2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

Teaching Major in Exceptional Needs: Deaf Education (BA/BS)

Ball State's teaching major in exceptional needs: deaf/hard of hearing—the only one in Indiana—is designed to train you to work with students who are deaf/hard of hearing.

Coursework includes American Sign Language, deaf culture, and methods and techniques used to teach students who are deaf/hard of hearing, K-12. You will also complete coursework that leads to a license in mild interventions, K-6.

In addition to rigorous academics, our program emphasizes real-world field experience at the Indiana School for the Deaf, local schools, and community agencies. The program culminates in a student teaching experience in two different settings.

103 credits

Decision Point 1 Courses -- must be taken prior to Decision Point 2 courses

SPCE 201Introduction to Students With Exceptional Needs

3

SPCE 266Classroom Management

3

COMM 210Fundamentals of Public Communication

3

SPCE 271Introduction to Mild Interventions

3

Decision Point 2 Courses -- must be completed prior to Decision Point 3 courses

SPCE 361Mild Intervention Practicum-Elementary

3

SPCE 375Assessment in Special Education, Including Response to Intervention

3

SPCE 456Language Methods for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

3

SPCE 458Teaching Reading Across the Content Areas for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

3

EDFO 420Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of Education

3

SPCE 402Legal and Procedural Foundations of Special Education

3

SPCE 376Teaching Methods in Mild Interventions K-6

3

SPCE 361 and SPCE 376 are corequisite courses, meaning they are required to take concurrently.

Decision Point 3 Courses

SPCE 466Student Teaching: Deaf and Hard of Hearing

1 TO 12

SPCE 489Student Teaching: Mild Disabilities

1 TO 12

Other Professional Education Courses -- can be taken outside of the Decision Point sequence

EDPS 250Human Growth and Development

3

EDRD 400Teaching of Reading in Today's Schools

3

EDRD 430Assessment and Intervention in Elementary Schools

3

SPCE 400Mathematics Interventions for Students with Disabilities

3

SPCE 240Introduction to Sign Systems, Educational Environments, and Services

3

SPCE 246Speech Development and Technology for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals

3

SPCE 321Educational and Rehabilitation Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

3

SPCE 454Introduction to Language Acquisition for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals

3

Other Required Courses

AHS 100Introduction to Art

3

BIO 102Biological Concepts for Teachers

3

GEOG 101Earth, Sea, and Sky: A Geographic View

3

or

GEOL 101Planet Earth's Geological Environment

3

HIST 201American History, 1492-1876

3

MATH 100Mathematics for Elementary Teachers 1

3

MATH 207Mathematics for the Teacher of the Exceptional Learner

3

MUSE 265Basic Music for Classroom Teachers

3

PHYC 101Physical Science Concepts for Teachers

1 TO 3

FIN 101Personal Finance for Fiscal Wellness

1

SPCE 309Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis for Special Education

3

SPCE 331Technology in Education

3

SNLN 251American Sign Language 1

3

SNLN 252American Sign Language 2

3

Total Credit Hours: 103