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(SPED 300) Education of Students with Exceptionalities

Overview of the history and development of special education including causes, identification, characteristics, and interventions of various exceptionalities.

Credit hours 3.0 lecture
Prerequisite EDU 200
Offered Fall, winter, spring
Programs Education Minor, Special Education Minor, Art Education (BA), Business Education (BS), Elementary Education (BS), English Education (BA), Health and Human Science Education (BS), History Education (BA), Math Education (BS), Science Education (BS), Social Science Education (BA), TESOL Education (BA)

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Deepen knowledge and understanding of the history of how societies have dealt with persons with disabilities.
  2. Deepen knowledge and understanding of the laws that govern special education.
  3. Increase ability to recognize the instructional needs of individuals with disabilities.
  4. Increase ability to collaborate with other educators to help those with disabilities attain specified learning goals.
  5. Develop a disposition to resist ableism, to respect, and to love those with disabilities.
  6. Develop a disposition to help others resist ableism, to respect, and to love those with disabilities.
  7. Develop a disposition to have confidence that those with disabilities to reach their full potential as children of God.