Visual Impairment Education

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 (26 Hours)

• EDUCST 2189S First Education Experience Program (FEEP) (3)
• ESEPSY 2309 Psychological Perspectives on Education (3)
• Choose one:
  • ESPHE 3206 School and Society (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnicity, & Gender Diversity) (3)
  • ESPHE 4280 History of Modern Education (3)
• EDUTL 2189 Field Experience (1)
• EDUTL 5468 Foundations of Reading and Literacy (3)
• 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)

Major Requirements (57 Hours)

B- minimum grade required in all Major Requirements

• EDUTL 5005 Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education (can overlap with GE Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World) (3)
• EDUTL 5529 Introduction to Visual Impairments (1)
• EDUTL 5506 Reading and Writing in Braille (3)
• EDUTL 5507 Visual Processes (3)
• Choose one:
  • ESSPED 5743 Educational Assessment of Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities (3)
  • ESSPED 5760 Educational Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education (3)
• Choose one:
  • EDUTL 5129 Teaching and Learning of Science in Grades Pre K – 5 (3)
  • EDUTL 5275 Science Methods for Preservice Middle Childhood Teachers (3)
  • EDUTL 7702 Science in Elementary and Middle School Education (3)
• Choose one:
  • EDUTL 5108 Teaching and Learning of Science in Grades Pre-K – 3 (3)
  • EDUTL 5270 Mathematics Methods for Preservice Middle Childhood Teachers (3)
  • EDUTL 7701 Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Elementary and Middle Schools (3)
• EDUTL 5530 Professional Development in the Field of Visual Impairment (3)
• EDUTL 5525 Curriculum and Instruction for Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities (3)
• EDUTL 5508 Modes of Communication and Instructional Materials for Students with Visual Disabilities (1)
• EDUTL 5510 Basics of Orientation and Mobility (2)
• EDUTL 5226 Composing Print + Digital Multimodal Texts (3)
• EDUTL 5225 Diverse Literature and Comprehension: Elementary-Middle Education (3)
• EDUTL 5469 Language and Word Study for All Learners (3)
• EDUTL 5501 Inclusion: Philosophical, Social, and Practice Issues: General Student Body (3)
• EDUTL 3189.05 Field Experience: Visual Impairment (1)
• EDUTL 4189.05 Advanced Field Experience: Early Childhood Visual Impairment (2)
• EDUTL 5195.05 Reflective Seminar: Visual Impairment (1+1+2)
• EDUTL 5191.05 Supervised Student Teaching Internship: Visual Impairment

Successful completion of the Ohio Assessment for Educators examinations is required prior to student teaching. Cumulative GPA of 2.75 and 2.75 content GPA required to be recommended for state of Ohio teacher licensure.

Total Hours: 109-123

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 0-11

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.