Special Education, BS

An elementary study of the formal and historical aspects of architecture, sculpture, painting, and music, and an examination of their relation to Western civilization at its high points. Meets the general education creative and performing arts requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 105 (Offered every semester.)

Emphasis is on the identification and remediation of reading problems at the elementary school level. Prevention of reading problems through early intervention is addressed. Informal assessment and teaching strategies are stressed. Field experiences required. Prerequisite: EDUC 312 and admission to the Teacher Education Program. (Offered fall semester.)

A writing intensive course with special attention to the uses of expository writing and group discussion in interrogating culture, a sense of self, and one's calling. Through discussion of both fiction and non-fiction texts, students enhance the critical thinking ability required for meaningful academic communication (both written and oral) within the disciplines. Emphasis given to the development of thesis statements, logical organization, and the honest and effective use of sources in summary, analysis, and argument. Meets the general education written communication requirement. (Offered every semester.)

A comprehensive survey of the various types of poetry and prose for children, with considerable attention to the significant historical and folklore backgrounds. Meets the general education humanities/literature requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 201, ENGL 243 or education major. (Offered every semester.)

This is the first mathematics course where the content of grades K-5 is carefully studied. Fundamental properties underlying the structure of numeration systems and various algorithms for computation are stressed. Basic algebra and problem solving is also reviewed and examined. This course is required of early childhood, elementary, and special education majors. This course does not count towards the mathematics major. Meets the general education quantitative reasoning requirement.

This is the second mathematics course where the content of grades K-5 is carefully studied. Topics including geometry, measurement, problem solving, probability, and statistics are stressed. This course is required of early childhood, elementary, and special education majors. This course does not count towards the mathematics major. Prerequisite: MATH 143.

The student is introduced to a variety of topics pertinent to health-related fitness. These include methods of training for cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, strength and flexibility, nutrition, stress management, and chronic disease. This course also engages students in activities that afford health-related fitness. Students plan and execute a personal cardiovascular training program and participate in student based discussions of current wellness literature. Offered: Every semester.

The course examines effective teaching strategies for teaching mathematics to elementary school students. It emphasizes placing students in a role where they actively think, reason, problem solve, and make sense of an inquiry-oriented, problem solving classroom environment. Students will examine children's strategies for making sense of various mathematical concepts and consider means of facilitating the development of these strategies. There are 15 hours of field experience required. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program and an appropriate mathematics course which may be taken concurrently. (Offered spring semester.)

This course focuses on multiple and diverse support systems for special education students. The content includes the design and delivery of moderate to intensive support systems, principles of instruction in community-based education, adaptive strategies and equipment, augmentative/assistive technology devices, curricular design and delivery, classroom design, collaborative planning and scheduling, and assessment of student progress and achievement. Prerequisite: EDUC 280 and Admission to the Professional Semester. (Offered fall of odd calendar years.)

This course studies the educational assessment process and uses various assessment strategies to support the continuous development of all students. Appropriate formative and summative assessments for determining student needs, monitoring student progress, measuring student growth, and evaluating student outcomes will be examined. Students will collaboratively make decisions driven by data about curricular and instructional effectiveness and make adjustments to meet the needs of each student. Students in the course will research teaching as a profession understanding that a professional teacher maintains standards of professional conduct, and provides leadership to improve students' learning and well-being. Prerequisite: EDUC 280 and admission to the Teacher Education Program. (Offered spring of odd calendar years.)

Study of organizational, administrative, and curricular modifications necessary for adolescents with disabilities. Techniques to create work-study programs are also stressed. Prerequisite: EDUC 280 and admission to the Teacher Education Program. (Offered spring of even calendar years.)

This course investigates the philosophical, historical, and legal foundations of special education. Students in the course will research the impact disabilities have on the development of an individual and explore strategies to provide support for each student. Using the knowledge of effective written, verbal, and visual communication techniques students in the course will collaborate with peers and share decision making to solve the challenges that are present when a student has a disability. Prerequisite: EDUC 280 and admission to the Teacher Education Program. (Offered fall of even calendar years.)

This course analyzes the differing approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners. Students will plan and design instruction, and Individual Education Plans based on knowledge of the discipline, student, community, and curriculum goals. Students will learn to identify central concepts and methods of inquiry; use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students' development within the context of creating a positive learning environment. Twenty hours of field experience are required. Prerequisite : EDUC 280 and admission to the Teacher Education Program. (Offered spring of odd calendar years.)

Students will develop an understanding of the role that arts, music, and movement play in the growth and development of children and adolescents within a multicultural context. They will integrate art, music, and movement into lessons to create practical cross-curricular learning activities and give examples of adapting lessons in art, music, and movement, to students with disabilities and/or mobility issues.

Our everyday wellbeing and sustenance are connected to our environment in many ways, but many of these connections are not obvious. This course focuses on how human society relates to and depends on the environment. This course incorporates the topics of human population, patterns of resource use, energy, and pollution while considering how to move toward a sustainable future for the Creation. Some aspects of the following disciplines are included: ecology, animal and plant biology, physics, chemistry, oceanography, and atmospheric science. Three hours of lecture and two hours lab per week. Meets the general education laboratory science requirement. (Offered fall semester of odd calendar years.)

Major emphases in this course are the scientific method; structure and function of plants, and their economic and ecological importance; and discussion of current issues such as genetic modification of crops. Meets the general education laboratory science requirement. (Three hours lecture and two hours lab per week.) (Offered fall semester of even calendar years.) Corequisite: BIOL 115L

This course deals with the basic principles of biology. Consideration is given to cell biology and structural and functional organization of plants and animals. Principles of reproduction, genetics, and ecology are introduced as well as a brief survey of the kingdoms of living organisms. Beginning course for all biology majors. Meets the general education laboratory science requirement. (Three hours lecture and two hours lab per week.) (Offered every semester.) Corequisite: BIOL 110L

Basic principles of chemical reactions and descriptive chemistry are integrated in terms of atomic structure, bonding theory, molecular geometry, reaction rates, equilibrium, and thermodynamics. Meets the general education laboratory science requirement. (Three lecture hours and three lab hours per week.) (Offered fall semester.) Corequisite: CHEM 111L

This course prepares the candidate for admission to the Teacher Education licensure program. Course content includes the characteristics of the Greenville College Teacher Education Program, the aim of American schooling, a survey of the legal, social, economic, historical, political, and ethical issues involved in public school education. Additionally, the course introduces culturally relevant pedagogy. This course will give you the opportunity to determine whether you want to persist in the Teacher Education Program. (Offered fall semester.) $32 Fee.

The purpose of this course is to explore race and poverty issues that impact the classroom environment. Candidates will search for effective strategies to better meet the needs of underserved populations. The hidden rules of economic class and characteristics of generational poverty will be studied, with emphasis on the impact this has on instruction. Students will spend time assisting in a classroom which serves a high minority and low socioeconomic population. Meets the general education global foundations requirement. Prerequisite: EDUC 110. (Offered fall semester) Course fee may apply.

This course prepares the candidate for admission to the Teacher Education licensure program. Course content includes the characteristics of the Greenville University Teacher Education Program. Additionally, this course develops culturally relevant pedagogy. This course includes 52-60 hours of field experience in diverse settings. This course will give you the opportunity to determine whether you want to persist in the Teacher Education Program. (Offered Interterm.) Fee $60.00

This course explores the theories and practice that identify communication skills and competencies in diverse educational settings, including virtual and remote, with multiple stakeholders. The course will also introduce educators to the pedagogy and integration of instructional technologies. Emphasis will be placed on interpersonal and intercultural communication, critical listening and questioning techniques, professional collaboration, digital communication and instructional tools. Students will build a professional, digital portfolio and the option to earn a Level 1 Google Certified Educator certification.

This course will examine the historical context, diverse characteristics, and individual planning for the exceptional child. Students in this course will explore how individuals develop and learn within the context of their cultural, linguistic, and academic experiences. Co-teaching instructional plans based on diverse student characteristics, student performance data, and curriculum goals will be developed. Twenty hours of field experience in a special education classroom are required. Students can take EDUC 110 and EDUC 280 at the same time.

This course will provide a current and comprehensive overview of research and theory related to human learning. The course will emphasize major concepts of learning theory but will also cover relevant motivational and developmental theories. The course will underscore the relationship between theory, research, and practice. Meets the general education social science or business management requirement. Prerequisite: EDUC101; Corequisite: EDUC 280. (Offered every term.)

This course will investigate the structures of a safe and healthy learning environment that facilitates cultural and linguistic responsiveness, positive social interaction, active engagement, and academic risk-taking. A three tiered level of positive behavior supports (PBS) will be explored as a framework for creating plans to accomplish a productive learning environment. Twenty hours of field experience required. Prerequisite: EDUC 280

After admission to the professional internship, candidates receive student teaching placements. Candidates work with their cooperating teachers during the first week of school. Five days of clinical experience required. Prerequisite: Admission to the Professional Internship. (Offered fall semester)

Taken in conjunction with EDUC 408; includes an eight-week assignment with elementary school students with disabilities. Prerequisite: Admission to the Professional Internship. (Offered every semester.)

Taken in conjunction with EDUC 406 with an eight-week assignment with secondary school students with disabilities. Prerequisite: Admission to the Professional Internship. (Offered every semester.)

This course explores methods and materials used in the teaching of the reading, language arts, and literacy at the elementary level. Emphasis is placed on oral language development, early and emergent language development, critical listening skills, using literature across the curriculum, and the writing process, which includes grammar, spelling, handwriting, and word processing. The course is designed to acquaint candidates with a variety of reading programs, theories, and approaches used in contemporary elementary school classrooms. Attention is given to strategies that aide in fluency, phonics, phonemic awareness, contextual and structural analysis. Attention is given to comprehension fostering strategies. Specific strategies for Content Area Reading are examined as well as strategies to be used with ESL students and Special needs students. The integration of technology, diversity in the classroom, critical thinking skills, and assessment and evaluation are also examined.

This course explores methods and techniques used in the teaching of Science and Social Studies at the elementary level. Emphasis is placed on the Science and Social Studies goals, writing objectives, lesson plans, assessment procedures, and the integration of other curricular areas. Literacy skills are examined as they apply to the goals of Social Studies and planning. Cultural diversity, differentiated instruction, integration of technology, and reflective teaching practices are also examined. This course is to provide the student with current strategies and methodologies for the teaching Science and Social Studies in conjunction with the Illinois Learning Standards and the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards.

A survey of the major cultural, economic, and political developments in the United States since 1877. Topics and issues include America's increasingly international role; issues of race, gender, and equality; the role of ideas and intellectuals in modernity; and the transformation of politics and ideology in the twentieth century. The course will focus on themes of progress, internationalism, and the individual in society. Meets the general education humanities-history requirement.

A survey of the major cultural, economic, and political developments in the United States from colonialism to 1877. Topics and issues include pre-Columbian North America, European migration, forms of slavery and forced labor in the early colonies, the American Revolution, democracy in the Early Republic, antebellum slavery, and the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The course will focus on themes of slavery versus freedom, federalism, and democracy. Meets the general education humanities-history requirement.

This course explores the origin and historical development of various cultures throughout the world and the interplay of physical, economic, political, and social forces in the shaping of world civilization to 1500. Meets the general education humanities-history requirement. (Offered fall semester.)

This course explores the interactions among the diverse cultures around the world and the interplay of cultural, economic, political, and social forces shaping the world civilizations since 1500. Meets the general education humanities-history requirement. (Offered spring semester.)