Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Special Education (6-12 General Interventionist), B.S.


Elementary and Special Education  
Alicia Pence, program coordinator
(615) 904-8034
Alicia.Pence@mtsu.edu

The major in Special Education requires 120 semester hours including courses which satisfy the True Blue Core requirements. It is designed to prepare teachers in special education and will meet the Tennessee requirements for initial licensure in Special Education in the 6-12 General Interventionist Program. A grade of “C” is required.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Special Education (6-12 General Interventionist), B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 40 hours
Professional Education 39 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

Recommended Curriculum: Special Education (6-12 General Interventionist)


Freshman


Subtotal: 30 hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 31 hours


Subtotal: 33 hours


Subtotal: 26 hours