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Sacramento State Moderate/Severe Program Overview: Preliminary Educational Specialist Credential, Clear Professional (old Level II), and M.A.

Preliminary Moderate/Severe Coursework & Field Experiences (53-Units total)

Total preliminary Core Units includes 8-units of student teaching experiences; a candidate may meet some of these state requirements in their own place of special education employment. Total units may be less based upon equivalencies granted by a departmental advisor per previous experiences, university courses, and credentials held by a candidate.

Candidates may attend the program full-time or part-time. The Moderate/Severe Educational Specialist Credential Program can be completed in as little as four full-time semesters. Internships are available: check with the EDS Office for guidelines.

Please Note: You MUST meet with your assigned Advisor to develop an official Advisement Form.

Pre- or Co-Requisites

Course	Title	Units
EDS 100 A/B	Education of Exceptional Children and Youth	2 + 1
EDS 130A/B	Typical & Atypical Development	2 + 1
		6 units

 

Preliminary - Moderate/Severe Instructional Methods Core

(Must be admitted into program to take the below courses. RICA required by end of program unless Multiple Subject or Mild/Moderate credential already held)

Course	Title	Units
EDS 119	Legal and Social Foundations in Special Education	3
EDS 205	Methods in Access & Inclusion in the Core Curriculum: Moderate/Severe	3
EDS 206	Collaborative Program Development: Moderate/Severe	3
EDS 207	Secondary/Post-Secondary Methods, and Transition Planning: Moderate/Severe	3
EDS 208	Evidenced-Based Assessment & Instruction: Moderate/Severe	3
EDS 209	Developing Augmentative and Alternative Communication	3
EDS 216A/B	Movement, Mobility, & Specialized Health Care	2 + 1
EDS 218	Instructional Strategies: Low Incidence Disabilities	3
EDS 220	Language and Literacy in Special Education - I	3
EDS 221	Language and Literacy in Special Education - II (EDS 220 Prerequisite)	3
EDS 230 A/B	Positive Behavioral Supports of Students with Mild, Moderate, and Severe Behavioral Challenges	2 + 1
EDS 235	Fieldwork Seminar in Program & Instruction	2
EDS 236	Final Student Teaching Seminar: Moderate/Severe    [Must be taken with EDS 415]	1
EDS 292A/B	Teaching English Learners in General & Special Education	2+1
		39 units

(California RICA required and passed before completion of program)

 

Moderate/Severe Student Teaching

Course	Title	Units
EDS 414	Student Teaching I: Moderate/Severe	3
EDS 415	Student Teaching II: Moderate/Severe   [Must be taken with EDS 236]	5
		8 units

Employment & California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) Preliminary Level Moderate/Severe Specialist Credential Achieved.

 

PROFESSIONAL CLEAR
[old Level II]

A Professional Clear program is not offered on the Sacramento State campus as of Fall 2011. If you need to complete this CCTC requirement, contact your local district or county BTSA Office for an alternate means of meeting this credential level.

Another option available in which college credits are also earned (and can be applied to an M.A. in Education - Special Education) is through the Sacramento State - College of Continuing Education (CCE); information on this opportunity can be located at: http://www.cce.csus.edu/catalog/course_group_detail.asp?group_number=160&group_version=2

M.A. Coursework & Culminating Requirements

Master's Core and Coursework (GWAR, or equivalent, and Advancement to Candidacy required).

Course	Course Title	Units
EDS 250	Educational Research	3
EDS 251	Education Pluralistic Democratic Society	3
EDS 297	Current Issues in Special Education	3
Specialized Coursework	(Advisor and Departmental Approval - many units may be credited from Preliminary Level credential programs)	15-18
EDS 298	Master's Seminar in Special Education	3
OR
EDS 500/501	Thesis/Project	3 + 3
		30 units