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Education (Special Education), BED

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Catalog Year: 2026 - 2027 General Studies Gold
Degree: Bachelor of Education, BEd
Plan Code: TEEDUSEBED
90
minimum credit hours
45
Upper division minimum
credit hours

Curriculum Checksheet

Requirement Minimum grade Credit hours
Major Core
TEL 317 Instructional Thought and Action: Learning Environment and Management
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
TEL 318 Instructional Thought and Action: Assessment for Learning
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
Special Education Concentration
SPE 321 Classroom and SPE Assessment
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
SPE 323 Effective Practices and Behavior Interventions: Supports for Exceptional Students
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
SPE 411 Special Education History and Law
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
SPE 423 Evidence-Based Practices for Students with Exceptional Needs
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
SPE 430 Professional Practices, Foundations and Collaborative Teaching in Special Education
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
Major Courses
MTE 280 Numbers, Operations and Proportional Reasoning for K-8 Teaching
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
TEL 331 Foundations of Literacy: The Science of Reading
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
Clinically Embedded Professional Experiences
EED 412 Mathematics in Elementary Schools
4 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 4
RDG 413 Elementary Methods for Literacy Instruction and Assessment
4 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 4
TEL 310 Instructional Design and Planning: Instructional Thought and Action
4 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 4
TEL 488 Student Teaching
9 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 9
Foundational Courses
BLE 220 Foundations of Structured English Immersion (HUAD)
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
GCU 113 United States and Arizona Social Studies (AMIT)
3 credit hours
3
MAT 114 College Mathematics (MATH)
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
SPE 222 Orientation to Education of Exceptional Children (CIVI)
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
TEL 111 Exploration of Education (HUAD)
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
TEL 208 Education in a Changing World (GCSI)
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
TEL 215 Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development (SOBE)
3 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 3
ASU 101 or College-Specific First-Year Seminar

ASU 101 or college-specific equivalent First-Year Seminar required of all first-year students.

TEL 101 Professional Educator Series: The Student Experience
OR ASU 101-ONL The ASU Experience

Campus-immersion students complete TEL 101. ASU Online students complete ASU 101-ONL

1 credit hours
1
First-Year Composition
ENG 101 First-Year Composition AND ENG 102 First-Year Composition
OR ENG 105 Advanced First-Year Composition
OR ENG 107 First-Year Composition AND ENG 108 First-Year Composition
6 credit hours
Minimum grade:C
C 6
Notes:

All baccalaureate degree students must fulfill university graduation requirements, including minimum total and upper-division hours.

All undergraduate students must complete General Studies requirements.

Mathematics Placement Assessment score determines placement in first mathematics course.

SCN 202 and SCN 208 are recommended to meet General Studies SCIT requirements.

General Studies designations listed next to courses were valid for the 2026 - 2027 academic year. Please refer to the course catalog for current General Studies designations at time of class registration. General Studies credit is applied according to the designation the course carries at the time the class is taken.
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