Special Education Minor
https://cola.unh.edu/education/program/minor/special-education
In the special education minor, you will engage in a critical examination of inclusive education and study fundamental issues of values, purposes, and practices in public education systems. The concept of disability in education has a dual nature. It has been represented as a mechanism of protection within schools that recruits efforts and resources to develop all individuals’ abilities and to ensure their meaningful, full participation in society. Disability identification has also been a mechanism for exclusion and inequity, including long-standing intersections with race, language, class, and gender, among others. This minor can be combined with other majors and can provide an accelerated pathway to the Education Department's professional graduate preparation programs, particularly the M.Ed. in special education.
A Certification of Completion of Minor form needs to be completed at the beginning of a student’s final undergraduate semester at UNH. Forms are available from the Registrar’s Office or the Department of Education Office.
- The minor consists of completing five Education Department courses (20 credits) as follows below.
- No more than one required course or one elective may be a transfer course. A three-credit course taken transferred from another school will count for three credits at UNH, not four credits.
- The minor in Special Education does not lead to a teaching certification.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| EDUC 650 | Introduction to Disability in Inclusive Schools and Communities | 4 |
| EDUC 656 | Advocating for Diverse and Inclusive Family-School-Community Partnerships | 4 |
| EDUC 751A | Inclusive Elementary Education: Literacies and Learning for Diverse Learners | 4 |
| or EDUC 751B | Methods of Inclusive Secondary Education: Literacies, Learning, and Transitions | |
| Electives | ||
| Select two courses from the following: 2 | 8 | |
| Peer to Peer Mentoring for Students with Disabilities 3 | ||
| Educational Technology | ||
| Math with Technology in Early Education | ||
| Introduction to Young Children with Special Needs | ||
| Designing Curriculum for Inclusive, Equitable Settings for Young Children (birth-8) | ||
| Curriculum for Young Children with Special Needs: Evaluation and Program Design | ||
| Total Credits | 20 | |
- 1
Selection to be determined by the undergraduate major and future career interests
- 2
Or one course taken at UNH in a relevant department that is closely related to the field of special education and the practice of teaching and learning in schools, such as a course from the Disability Studies Minor, or from the Occupational Therapy Department.
- 3
May be taken twice as the content/readings are different each semester