Intervention Specialist - B.S.E. Program Requirements

• Deaf Education Concentration
• Educational Interpreter Concentration
• Gifted Education Concentration
• Mild/Moderate Educational Needs Concentration
• Moderate/Intensive Educational Needs Concentration

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts; KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (9 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	CULT	29535	Education in a Democratic Society*	3
	ITEC	19525	Educational Technology*	3
DD	SPED	23000	Introduction to Exceptionalities*	3
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (13 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KMC	MATH	14001	Basic Mathematical Concepts I*	4
KSS DD	PSYC	11762	General Psychology	3
	Kent Core Composition*			6-8
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (106-128 credits)
	Deaf Education (113)
	Educational Interpreter (106)
	Gifted Education (115-128)
	Mild/Moderate Educational Needs (106)
	Moderate/Intensive Educational Needs (107)
TOTAL				121-151

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned.

Deaf Education Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (85 credits)*Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	CI	47501	Teaching Mathematics in Early and Middle Grades	3
		47502	Science Teaching in Early and Middle Grades	3
WIC	CI ECED	47504 40126	Teaching Reading and Writing in Middle Grades (3) or Developmental Reading and Writing: Early Years (3)***	3
	EPSY	29525	Educational Psychology	3
	HED	42575	Health and Learning	3
	SPA	34104	Speech and Language Development	3
		34105	Phonemic Bases of Speech and Language	3
		43600	Fundamentals of Educational Audiology	3
	SPED	19201	American Sign Language I (or ASL 19201)**	4
		19202	American Sign Language II (or ASL 19202)**	4
		29201	American Sign Language III (or ASL 29201)	3
		29202	American Sign Language IV (or ASL 29202)**	3
		43010	Family and Professional Collaboration	3
WIC		43020	Assessment in Special Education***	3
		43030	Applied Behavior Analysis I: Theory and Techniques	3
		43031	Applied Behavior Analysis II: Application	3
		43092	Deaf Residential School Field Experience	1
		43309	Introduction to Deaf Studies**	3
		43310	Language Development for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students**	3
		43311	Instruction of Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students with Special Needs**	3
		43313	Literacy Assessment and Intervention for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students**	6
		43324	Curriculum Methods and Materials for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students**	3
		43392	Practicum: Deaf Education	4
		43981	Student Teaching in Special Education	9
		49525	Inquiry into Professional Practice	3
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (28 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KAD	COMM	15000	Introduction to Human Communication	3
KSS	JMC	20001	Media, Power and Culture	3
KAD	MATH	14002	Basic Mathematical Concepts II*	4
KFA	THEA	11000	The Art of the Theatre	3
	Choose from the following:			6
KHU	ENG	21054	Introduction to Shakespeare (3)
KHU		22071	Great Books I (3)
KHU		22072	Great Books II (3)
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	General Electives (number of credits required depends on meeting minimum 136 credit hours and minimum 39 upper-division credit hours)			3
MINIMUM TOTAL				113

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned, unless indicated otherwise.
**A minimum B (3.0) grade must be earned in SPED/ASL 19201, 19202. A Minimum B- (2.7) grade must be earned in SPED/ASL 29202, SPED 43309, SPED 43310, 43311, 43313 and 43324.
***A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned in either ECED 40126 or SPED 43020 to fulfill writing-intensive requirement.

 

 

Educational Interpreter Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (78 credits)*Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	SPA	34104	Speech and Language Development	3
		43600	Fundamentals of Educational Audiology	3
	SPED	19201	American Sign Language I (or ASL 19201)	4
		19202	American Sign Language II (or ASL 19202)	4
		29201	American Sign Language III (or ASL 29201)	3
		29202	American Sign Language IV (or ASL 29202)	3
		39201	American Sign Language V (or ASL 39201)	3
		39202	American Sign Language VI (or ASL 39202)	3
		43010	Family and Professional Collaboration	3
		43092	Deaf Residential School Field Experience	1
		43100	Survey of the Interpreting Profession	3
		43101	Deaf Culture and Community	3
		43102	Interpreting Processes Deaf Hard/Hearing I	3
		43103	Interpreting Processes Deaf Hard/Hearing II	3
		43104	Interpreting Processes III	3
		43105	Signed English and Other Systems	3
		43106	Classroom Setting Interpreting	3
		43107	Non-Classroom Setting Interpreting	3
		43108	American Sign Language Linguistics and Usage	3
		43110	Discourse Analysis for Interpreters	3
		43111	The Professional Interpreter	3
WIC		43309	Introduction to Deaf Studies*	3
		43981	Advanced Practicum in Educational Interpreting	9
		49525	Inquiry Seminar into Professional Practice	3
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (28 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KSS DD	CACM	11001	Introduction to Conflict Management	3
KAD	COMM	15000	Introduction to Human Communication	3
KAD	MATH	14002	Basic Mathematical Concepts II	4
KHU DG	PHIL	21001	Introduction to Ethics	3
KAD	PSYC	20651	Child Psychology	3
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			6
MINIMUM TOTAL				106

 *A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned in all concentration courses that count in the major. A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

 

Gifted Education Concentration

• Language Arts and Mathematics -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
• Language Arts and Science -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
• Mathematics and Science -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
• Social Studies and Mathematics -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
• Social Studies and Language Arts -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
• Social Studies and Science -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (56 credits)*Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	CHDS	20092	Field Experience I: Middle Childhood	1
	EPSY	29525	Educational Psychology	3
	HDFS	24013	Early Adolescence	3
	MCED	30001	Teaching Mathematics in Middle Childhood I	3
		30002	Integrated Social Studies and Science in Middle Childhood	3
		31000	Teaching and Learning in Middle Childhood	3
		40005	Effective Use of Phonics	3
WIC		40006	Reading and Writing in Middle Childhood*	6
		40007	Teaching Reading with Literacy in Middle Childhood	3
		41000	Curriculum and Organization Middle Childhood	3
		42357	Student Teaching in Middle Childhood/Gifted Education	5
		49525	Inquiry into Professional Practice	3
WIC	SPED	43020	Assessment in Special Education*	3
		43529	Nature and Needs of Gifted	3
		43530	Instructional Processes for Gifted Children	3
		43534	Social and Emotional Components of Giftedness	3
		43981	Student Teaching Special Education	5
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (23 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	BSCI	10001	Human Biology**	3
KHU	ENG	22071 22072	Great Books I (3) or Great Books II (3)	3
KSS	GEOG	17063	World Geography*	3
KMC	MATH	14002	Basic Mathematical Concepts II	4
	Choose from the following: Students in the social studies option must take HIST 12070			3
KHU DG	HIST	11050	History of Civilization I (3)
KHU DD		12070	History of the United States: The Formative Period (3)
KHU	PAS	23001	Black Experience I: Beginning to 1865 (3)
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)**			4
	Kent Core Fine Arts			3
III. OPTION REQUIREMENT (36-51 credits)Students must choose two options
Mathematics Option (25-27)
AD	MATH	10110	Algebra for Calculus	3
		11022	Trigonometry	2
KMC		12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	5
		34001	Fundamental Concepts of Algebra	3
		34002	Fundamental Concepts of Geometry	3
		10041 30011	Elementary Probability and Statistics (3) or Basic Probability and Statistics (3)	3
	MCED	40001	Teaching Mathematics in Middle Childhood II	3
	Choose from the following:			3-5
	MATH	12003	Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (5)
		21001	Linear Algebra with Applications (3)
		22005	Analytic Geometry and Calculus III (3)
		31011	Discrete Mathematics (3)
Reading/Language Arts Option (15)
KAD	COMM	15000	Introduction to Human Communication	3
	ENG	21001 21002	Introduction to Ethnic Literature of the U.S. (3) or Introduction to Women’s Literature (3)	3
		25002	Literature in English II	3
		31001 31003	Fundamentals of English Grammar (3) or Linguistics (3)	3
DD	COMM JMC	26000 20001	Criticism of Public Discourse (3) or Media, Power and Culture (3)	3
Science Option (21-22)
	ANTH BSCI	18630 10002	Human Evolution (3) or Life on Planet Earth (3)	3
	MCED	40002	Teaching Science in Middle Childhood II	3
KAD	PHY	11030	Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe	3
	Choose one series: Physical Science			5
	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I (4)
		10062	General Chemistry I Laboratory (1)
		or
	PHY	13001	General College Physics (4)
		13021	General College Physics Laboratory I (1)
	Choose one series: Earth Science			4
	GEOL	11040	Earth Dynamics (3)
		11041	Earth Dynamics Laboratory (1)
		or
	GEOL	11042	Earth History (3)
		11043	Earth History Laboratory (1)
	Choose from the following: Science			3-4
	BSCI	10110	Biological Diversity (4)
		20021	Basic Microbiology (3)
		30275	Local Flora (4)
	GEOG	31062	Fundamentals of Meteorology (3)
		41073	Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
	GEOL	21080	Oceanography (3)
		41073	Geology of Ohio (3)
	PHY	24040	Physics in Entertainment and the Arts (3)
		21430	Frontiers in Astronomy (3)
Social Science Option (24)
KAD	ECON	22060	Principles of Microeconomics	3
DG	HIST	11050	History of Civilization I	3
DG		11051	History of Civilization II	3
	MCED	40003	Teaching Social studies in Middle Childhood II	3
DD	POL	10100	American Politics	3
	ANTH SOC	18210 12050	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) or Introduction to Sociology (3)	3
	Choose from the following:			3
	POL	10500	World Politics (3)
		30540	African Politics (3)
		30520	European Politics (3)
		30550	Latin American Politics (3)
	Choose from the following:			3
	ANTH	38250	Religion: Search for Meaning (3)
		48210	Culture and Communication (3)
		48260	Culture Conflict (3)
		48270	Native Peoples of North America (3)
	GEOG	37010	Geography of Ohio (3)
		37040	Geography of Africa (3)
		37070	Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3)
		37084	Geography of South America (3)
		37085	Geography of Central America and Mexico (3)
	HIST	31061	History of Ohio (3)
		31126	History of the Middle East (3)
		31130	History of African Civilization (3)
		31140	Modern Latin America (3)
		42297	Colloquium: China and Japan (3)
MINIMUM TOTAL				115-128

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned in all concentration courses. A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

**Students in the science concentration should take the following two courses:

BSCI	10120	Biological Foundations (4)
CHEM	10030	Chemistry in Our World (3)

 

Mild/Moderate Educational Needs

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (75 credits)*Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	CI	47501	Teaching Mathematics in Early and Middle Grades	3
		47502	Science Teaching in Early and Middle Grades	3
		47503	Teaching Social Studies in Early and Middle Grades	3
		47504	Teaching Reading and Writing in Middle Grades	3
	ECED	40105	Appropriate Phonics Instruction for Kindergarten and Primary Children	3
WIC		40126	Developmental Reading and Writing Early Years*	3
	EPSY	29525	Educational Psychology	3
	HED	42575	Health and Learning:  Strategies  for Students and Teachers	3
	MCED	40007	Teaching Reading with Literature in Middle Grades	3
	SPA	34104	Speech and Language Development	3
	SPED	44010	Family and Professional Collaboration	3
		43020	Assessment in Special Education	3
		43030	Applied Behavior Analysis I: Theory and Techniques	3
		43031	Applied Behavior Analysis II: Application	3
		43040	Language and Reading Special Education	3
		43050	Characteristics of Students with Mild/Moderate Intervention Needs	3
		43060	Curriculum Methods in Special Education	3
		43062	Curriculum Methods Mild/Moderate Intervention	3
		43070	Planning and Programming for Transitions	3
		43981	Student Teaching in Special Education	9
		43992	Field Experience in Special Education	3
		44092	Field Experience for Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist	3
		49525	Inquiry into Professional Practice	3
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (31-32 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KAD	COMM	15000	Introduction to Human Communication	3
KSS DD	JMC	20001	Media, Power and Culture	3
KAD	MATH	14002	Basic Mathematical Concepts II	4
KFA DD	THEA	11000	The Art of the Theatre	3
	Choose two from the following:			6
KHU	ENG	21054	Introduction to Shakespeare (3)
KHU		22071	Great Books I (3)
KHU		22072	Great Books II (3)
	Choose from the following:			3
	ENG	31001	Fundamentals of English Grammar (3)
		31003	Linguistics (3)
		34004	British Literature, 1800-1900 (3)
		34005	British Literature, 1900-Present (3)
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	General Electives (number of credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 39 upper-division credit hours)			3
MINIMUM TOTAL				106

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned in all concentration courses. A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

 

Moderate/Intensive Educational Needs

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

 

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (79 credits)*Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	CI	47501	Teaching Mathematics in Early and Middle Grades	3
		47502 47503	Science Teaching in Early and Middle Grades (3) or Teaching Social Studies in Early and Middle Grades (3)	3
		47504	Teaching Reading and Writing in Middle Grades	3
	ECED	40105	Appropriate Phonics Instruction for Kindergarten and Primary Children	3
WIC		40126	Developmental Reading and Writing Early Years*	3
	EPSY	29525	Educational Psychology	3
	HED	42575	Health and Learning: Strategies for Students and Teachers	3
	PEP	25033	Lifespan Motor Development	3
	SPA	34104	Speech and Language Development	3
	SPED	19201	American Sign Language I (or ASL 19201)	4
		43010	Family and Professional Collaboration	3
		43020	Assessment in Special Education	3
		43030	Applied Behavior Analysis I: Theory and Techniques	3
		43031	Applied Behavior Analysis II: Application	3
		43040	Language and Reading Special Education	3
		43051	Characteristics of Students with Moderate/Intensive Intervention Needs	3
		43060	Curriculum/Methods Classroom Instruction: Mild/Moderate Intervention	3
		43063	Curriculum Methods Moderate/Intensive Intervention	3
		43070	Planning and Programming for Transitions	3
		43080	Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities	3
		43981	Student Teaching Special Education	9
		43992	Field Experience in Special Education	3
		44192	Field Experience for Moderate/Intensive Intervention Specialist	3
		49525	Inquiry into Professional Practice	3
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (28-29 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KAD	COMM	15000	Introduction to Human Communication	3
KSS DD	JMC	20001	Media, Power and Culture	3
KAD	MATH	14002	Basic Mathematical Concepts II	4
KFA DD	THEA	11000	The Art of the Theatre	3
	Choose two from the following:			6
KHU	ENG	21054	Introduction to Shakespeare (3)
KHU		22071	Great Books I (3)
KHU		22072	Great Books II (3)
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	General Electives (number of credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 39 upper-division credit hours)			3
MINIMUM TOTAL				107

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned in all concentration courses. A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.