Program of Study

Project scholars will complete coursework and fieldwork toward a Preliminary Education Specialist Credential in the area of ECSE. The Preliminary program is a two-year, 42-unit program and is composed of 30 units of coursework and 12 units of fieldwork experiences.听

Project scholars can enter the preliminary program through two pathways: (1) traditional students, including CADV seniors, and (2) interns. Traditional students take courses and complete supervised fieldwork under the direction and guidance of university faculty and mentor teachers. Interns are on-the-job teachers who have been hired by a school district as the 鈥榯eacher of record鈥� and who are completing coursework toward their preliminary credential while employed as a teacher, and university faculty work collaboratively with on-site support providers identified by the district. Scholars in both pathways take the same courses and are held to the same standards.听

Preliminary Credential Course Sequence for Traditional Pathway Scholars

Note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Year 1

Fall (9 units)

  • SPED 402听Behavior Assessment and Positive Behavior Support听(3)
  • SPED 431听Atypical Development of Young Children with Disabilities听(3)
  • SPED 500听Communication and Early Literacy Development for Young Children with Disabilities听(3)
  • Monthly Meetings with Mentor
  • Diversity Discussion Forum

Spring (9 units)

  • SPED 404听Teaching Diverse Learners with Social Communication Disabilities including Autism听(3)
  • SPED 532听ECSE Curriculum and Instruction听(3)
  • SPED 537听Methods for Young Children with Multiple Disabilities: Sensory Impairments听(3)
  • Monthly Meetings with Mentor
  • Diversity Discussion Forum

Summer (0 units)

  • No classes

Year 2

Fall (9 units)

  • SPED 520听Assessment and Evaluation in ECSE听(3)
  • SPED 535听Collaboration with Families in Early Childhood Special Education (3)听
  • SPED 536听Methods for Young Children with Disabilities: Motor and Adaptive Skills (3)
  • Monthly Meetings with Mentor
  • Diversity Discussion Forum

Spring (12 units)

  • SPED 538听Early Intervention Practices听(3)
  • SPED 580EC: Advanced Specialist Fieldwork and Seminar in Early Childhood Special Education (9)
  • Monthly Meetings with Mentor
  • Diversity Discussion Forum

Summer (3 units)

  • SPED 578听Fieldwork in ECSE: Infant/Toddler (3)

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Preliminary Credential Course Sequence for Intern Pathway Scholars

Note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Year 1

Fall (9 units)

  • SPED 431听Atypical Development of Young Children with Disabilities听(3)
  • SPED 500听Communication and Early Literacy Development for Young Children with Disabilities听(3)
  • SPED 535听Collaboration with Families in Early Childhood Special Education (3)听
  • Monthly Meetings with Mentor
  • Diversity Discussion Forum

Spring (12 units)

  • SPED 402听Behavior Assessment and Positive Behavior Support听(3)
  • SPED 404听Teaching Diverse Learners with Social Communication Disabilities including Autism听(3)
  • SPED 506 ECA Early Childhood Special Education Internship Field Experience (3)
  • SPED 532听ECSE Curriculum and Instruction听(3)
  • Monthly Meetings with Mentor
  • Diversity Discussion Forum

Summer (0 units)

  • No classes

Year 2

Fall (9 units)

  • SPED 506 ECB Early Childhood Special Education Internship Field Experience (3)
  • SPED 520听Assessment and Evaluation in ECSE听(3)
  • SPED 536听Methods for Young Children with Disabilities: Motor and Adaptive Skills (3)
  • Monthly Meetings with Mentor
  • Diversity Discussion Forum

Spring (9 units)

  • SPED 506 ECC Early Childhood Special Education Internship Field Experience (3)
  • SPED 537听Methods for Young Children with Multiple Disabilities: Sensory Impairments听(3)
  • SPED 538听Early Intervention Practices听(3)
  • Monthly Meetings with Mentor
  • Diversity Discussion Forum

Summer (3 units)

  • SPED 578听Fieldwork in ECSE: Infant/Toddler (3)