Special Education Minor

Elisa Jamgochian, Coordinator
340 HEDCO Education Building
ejamgoch@uoregon.edu
541-346-5185

The special education minor teaches the foundational knowledge and experiences for those who plan to pursue a career in general teaching or special education teaching, work with individuals with disabilities, or tackle challenges concerning people with special needs. If you are interested in becoming a teacher, some course credits can be applied toward the requirements for an Oregon special educator teaching license.

Special Education Minor Requirements

Electives provide students with a breadth of interdisciplinary options. Students may plan a course of study that introduces them to the field of special education and prepares them to begin a licensure program, focusing on classroom settings and specific instructional skills and strategies for teaching students with disabilities. Other major course work such as English, comparative literature, law, journalism, architecture, arts administration, business, or planning, public policy and management may be augmented by completing minor course work focused on broad issues concerning people with disabilities. The option provides an enhanced understanding of perspectives on disability and issues in each student's chosen profession.

Courses used to fulfill the minor requirements must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better or a mark of Pass (P or P*), unless otherwise stated.

Required Courses
SPED 411Foundations of Disability I 13
SPED 420Applied Experience in Special Education3
SPED 407Seminar: [Topic]1
Electives 217
SPED 407
Seminar: [Topic]
SPED 410
Experimental Course: [Topic]
SPED 415
Diversity and Special Education
SPED 428
Special Education Law
SPED 422
Special Education Mathematics Instruction
SPED 426
Behavior and Classroom Management
SPED 431
Introduction to Learning Disabilities
SPED 432
Introduction to Behavioral Disorders
SPED 440
Early Literacy for Diverse Learners
SPED 441
Intermediate Literacy for Diverse Learners
SPED 442
Adolescent Literacy for Diverse Learners
ANTH 369
Human Growth and Development
ARCH 440
Human Context of Design
ASL 101
First-Year American Sign Language
ASL 301
American Deaf Culture
CDS 201
Communication Disorders in Society and Media
CDS 450
Introduction to Language Development
CDS 455
Child and Adolescent Development
or PSY 308
 Developmental Psychology
CDS 460
Developmental Disorders in Communication
EDST 211
Childhood Studies
EDST 440
Physical Education for Diverse Learners
ENG 240
Introduction to Disability Studies
FHS 213
Issues for Children and Families
FHS 328
Human Development in the Family Context
FHS 329
Youth Psychopathology in Context
FHS 420
Research in Human Services
or PSY 303
 Research Methods in Psychology: [Topic]
or SOC 311
 Research Methods
GLBL 435
Global Perspectives on Disability
HPHY 434
Movement Disorders
IARC 204
Understanding Contemporary Interiors
PSY 475
Cognitive Development
PSY 478
Social Development
Total Credits24
1

A minimum grade of B- must be earned.

2

Any SPED course that does not fulfill other SPED requirements may count toward the Electives.

 Additional Requirements

  • 18 credits must be completed in residence at the University of Oregon.
  • 13 credits must be SPED prefix courses.
  • At least 12 credits must be taken on a graded basis.
  • No more than 6 applied experience/field study credits (e.g., 406) can be counted toward the minor requirements.
  • No more than 2 courses form the same subject code, excluding SPED, can be counted toward the minor.

Application and Admission

Complete SPED 411 with a minimum grade of “B-”.

Schedule a meeting with a COE advisor to review requirements and declare the minor.