Sudha Ramaswamy, Ph.D., Chair
914-674-3058
sramaswamy@mercy.edu

General Education	60 credits
Major Concentration: Teaching Students with Disabilities:	36 credits
Open Electives:	24 credits
Total:	120 credits

This undergraduate program allows students to complete a BS in Teaching Students with Disabilities (SWD) and get recommended for NYS teacher certification in SWD, birth-grade 12 (all grades) at the completion of the undergraduate degree. As part of their undergraduate major requirements, students will take 15 graduate level education credits that have the option of being counted toward both undergraduate and graduate level credit.

Students must accumulate 30 credits in one liberal arts and sciences content area through the general education and open elective coursework as part of NYS teacher certification requirements. Students select a liberal arts content area from one of the Liberal Arts Disciplinary Groupings comprising the general education curriculum.

Candidates will accumulate 30 credits from courses from any one of the 8 Liberal Arts Disciplinary Groupings:

Literature and Communication
Language and Cultural Perspectives
Mathematics and Information Technology
Scientific Perspectives
Social Perspectives
Historical and Global Perspectives
Ethical Perspectives
The Arts

*Students must use 9-15 credits of their open electives to take courses in the same Liberal Arts Disciplinary Grouping as their general education electives grouping to complete their 30-credit liberal arts content area requirement for NYS teacher certification:

Literature and Communication (9 credits)
Mathematics and Information Technology (9 credits)
Historical and Global Perspectives (12 credits)
Scientific Perspectives (12 credits)
Social Perspectives (15 credits)
Language and Cultural Perspectives (15 credits)
Ethical Perspectives (15 credits)
The Arts (15 credits)

Coursework:

Introductory Education Courses for Dual UG/Graduate credit:

course - Edu Fnd Diverse Perspectives
course - Fndtns Educ Sdnts w/Dsblts
course - Tchng English as 2nd Lang
course - Ed Evl/Assmt ECldhd-Adol&Dsabl
course - Aprchs Lit: EChldhd-Adolescenc

Specialized Coursework in Students with Disabilities:

Capstone:

course - Seminar in Teaching Students with Disabilities AND course - Health and Safety Workshop

Coursework for Residency Option:

This program has a limited number of residency opportunities for qualified candidates. Candidates in the residency option complete a modified program while participating in a paid, full-time residency in a school or district for one complete academic year (the last year in the program).

Introductory Education Courses for Dual UG/Graduate credit:

course - Edu Fnd Diverse Perspectives
course - Fndtns Educ Sdnts w/Dsblts
course - Tchng English as 2nd Lang
course - Ed Evl/Assmt ECldhd-Adol&Dsabl
course - Aprchs Lit: EChldhd-Adolescenc

Specialized Coursework in Students with Disabilities:

course - Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12
course - Assessment for Students with Disabilities B-12
course - Behavior and Classroom Management Strategies for Students with Disabilities B12
course - Effective Collaborative Practices for Students with Disabilities B-12

Capstone:

course - Seminar 1 in Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12
course - Seminar 2 in Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12 AND course - Health and Safety Workshop

4+1 B.S./M.S. Option:

The 4+1 BS/MS dual certification program in Teaching Students with Disabilities (SWD), B-grade 12 + Early Childhood Education or Childhood Education is an innovative and expedited option to create dual certified teachers to meet critical high needs shortage areas in schools.

Upon completing the BS degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities, students may apply the 15 graduate level credits they completed as part of their undergraduate major requirements to a MS degree and receive recommendation for an additional NYS teacher certificate in either Early Childhood Education (birth to grade 2) or Childhood Education (grades 1-6) depending on which 30-credit content area they pursued as an undergraduate student.

Students must accumulate 30 credits in one liberal arts and sciences content area through the general education and open elective coursework as part of the NYS teacher certification requirements.

For an adolescence certificate, the 30-credit liberal arts content area must match the content area of the certificate. For SWD, early childhood education, and childhood education, any of these liberal arts and sciences content areas are acceptable.

Students must accumulate 30 credits in one liberal arts and sciences content area through the general education and open elective coursework as part of the NYS teacher certification requirements.

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