Dual License in Primary Education and Intervention Specialist

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2022

General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)

Bookends (2 Hours)

• Launch Seminar (1)
• Reflection Seminar (1)

Foundations (22-25 Hours)

• Writing & Information Literacy (3)
• Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
• Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
• Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
• Natural Science (4-5)
• Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
• Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)

Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)

Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.

• Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
• Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
  • Lived Environments
  • Origins & Evolution
  • Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
  • Sustainability
  • Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Number, Nature, Mind

College Requirement (1 Hour)

• EHE 1100 College Survey (1)

Pre-Major Requirements (33-34 Hours)

2.75 GPA or higher required in Pre-Major Requirements

• Choose one (either can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences): 
  • HDFS 2410 Child Development (3)
  • EDUTL 3160 Application of Development in Learning Contexts (3)
• Choose one:
  • MATH 1125 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I (5)
  • MATH 1135 Number and Operations for Teachers (5)
• Choose one:
  • MATH 1126 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II (5)
  • MATH 1136 Measurement and Geometry for Teachers (5)
• Choose one:
  • ESPHE 3410 Philosophy of Education (can overlap with GE Historical & Cultural Studies) (3)
  • ESPHE 3206 School and Society (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnicity, & Gender Diversity) (3)
  • ESPHE 4280 History of Modern Education (3)
• Choose one:
  • ESSPED 2251 Introduction to the Special Education Profession (3)
  • ESSPED 5651 Introduction to Exceptional Children (3)
  • ESSPED 2650 Introduction to Young Children with Exceptionalities (3)
• EDUCST 2189S First Education Experience Program (FEEP) (3)
• EDUTL 5468 Foundations of Reading and Literacy (3)
• Choose one:
  • ARTEDUC 3900 Art & Curriculum Concepts for Teachers (2)
  • MUSIC 3370 Music for Elementary Teachers (2)
  • MUSIC 5772 Music for Early Childhood (3)
  • EDUTL 5101 Teaching and Learning with Drama: Introduction (3)
• ESEPSY 2309 Psychological Perspectives on Education (3)
• Choose one:
  • EDUTL 5005 Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education (can overlap with GE Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World) (3)
  • ESSPED 5194 Group Studies: Special Education (3)

Major Requirements (66 Hours)

B- grade or higher required in all Major Requirements

• EDUTL 5225 Diverse Literature and Comprehension – Elementary-Middle Education (3)
• EDUTL 5226 Composing Print + Digital Multimodal Texts (3)
• ESSPED 5722 Language and Communication Development for Children with Mild to Intensive Disabilities (3)
• ESSPED 5742 Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers (3)
• ESSPED 5760 Educational Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education (3)
• Choose one:
  • ESSPED 5755 Inclusive Classroom Management (3)
  • EDUTL 5505 Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (3)
• EDUTL 5469 Language and Word Study for All Learners (3)
• ESSPED 5738 Reading Instruction for Children with Disabilities or Severe Reading Deficits (3)
• EDUTL/ESSPED 5124 Early Childhood and Elementary Inclusive Pedagogy (3)
• ESSPED 5734 Methods of Instruction for Elementary Children with Mild/Moderate Disabilities (3)
• EDUTL 5129 Teaching and Learning of Science in Grades Pre K-5 (3)
• EDUTL 5137 Teaching and Learning of Social Studies in Grades Pre-K - 3 (3)
• EDUTL 5108 Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Grades Pre-K - 3 (3)
• EDUTL 5102 Teaching & Learning of Literacy in Grades Pre K-5 (3)
• ESSPED 3189 Field Experience: Special Education (2)
• EDUTL 4189.01 Advanced Field Placement: Early Childhood Education (2)
• ESSPED 4191.01 Student Teaching in Special Education: Early Childhood (8)
• EDUTL 5195.01 Reflective Seminar: Early Childhood Education (4)
• EDUTL 5191.01 Supervised Student Teaching Internship: Early Childhood Education (8)

Successful completion of the Ohio Assessment for Educators examinations is required prior to student teaching.

Cumulative GPA of 2.75 required in order to be recommended for state of Ohio teacher licensure.

Total Hours: 125-140

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 0

Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.