Special Education Major

176401 Introduction to Special Education(특수교육학) (3 hour/ 3 unit) theory, teacher credit course

Course Goal

To teach students about the history of the development of special education and recent movements, problems and trends for social and educational integration, definition and character of children with sensory impairments, and the definition and character of children with intellectual developmental disabilities

Course Content

Investigate the history of the development of special education and recent movements and characteristics of the disabilities domain. Present the problems and trends for social and educational integration and cultivate basic abilities in the special education field.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for beginners.

141701 Introduction to Psychology(심리학개론) (3 hour/ 3 unit) theory, basic divisional requirement

Course Goal

To help students understand the physical development and language, cognitive psychology, sense and perceptions, and personality psychology

Course Content

Understanding various views of human psychology, behavior of human and children with special education needs, grasping the deviation degree of development and disabilities, learning how to use methods of psychology test tools

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for the beginners.

144701 Language Development and Teaching(언어발달과 지도) (3 Hours/3 Units) theory, major requirement

Course Goal

To study of normal development and acquisition of language in children

Course Content

Acquisition and development of speech and language in children, special methods of teaching for students with special needs

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for the beginners.

327301 Behavior Modification for Children with Disabilities(장애아행동수정) (3 Hours / 3 Units) theory, elective

Course Goal

To learn about Behavior Modification theory and how to modify behaviors and to apply Behavior Modification Methodologies to education for children with disabilities

Course Content

Develop an understanding on the principles and theories of Behavior Modification, and promote the ability to apply such understanding in modifying problem behaviors of children with disabilities

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 1st and 2nd year students who major in special education

327401 Special Education Technology(특수교육공학) (3 hour / 3 unit) theory+practice, teacher certificate course

Course Goal

To understand the history of special education technology and the application of technology according to the types of disabilities

Course Content

The definition and classification of special education technology, the present status of types and applications of CAI, the present status of types and applications of ICT, the present status of the types and application of universal design, and the present status of the types and application of assistants according to the types of disabilities

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all

225801 Education of the Visually Impaired(시각장애아교육) (3 hour / 3 unit) theory+practice, teacher certificate course

Course Goal

To help students increase their knowledge about the history of education of the visually impaired and develop their knowledge and skills about the education of the visually impaired

Course Content

The definition and classification of the visually impaired, the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics of the visually impaired, and the cause, diagnosisㆍassessment, educational method, etc of the visually impaired

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all

225101 Education for Children with Hearing Impairments(청각장애아교육) (3/3) theory+practice, lab experimentation major elective, teacher certificate

Course Goal

To study of effects of hearing impairments in children and education

Course Content

introduction to the education of children with hearing impairments; intellectual and personality development; psychological, educational, sociological, physiological, diagnostic aspects, etc

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Language Development and Teaching

225201 Education for Children with Physical Disability(지체장애아교육) (3 Hours / 3 Units) theory mandatory

Course Goal

To learn the definition and classification of physical disability, characteristics by type of physical disability, and learn appropriate teaching and learning methodologies for children with physical disability

Course Content

To extend overall understanding about physical disability, exploring definition and classification of physical disability, causes by type of physical disability, characteristics of children with physical disability, and methodologies about assessment and teaching for children with physical disability, and based on that developing basic knowledges about education for children with physical disability

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd year students who major in special education

226301 Education for Children with Mentally Retardation(정신지체아교육) (3 hour/ 3 unit) theory major electives group A, teacher credit course

Course Goal

To study the definition, classification, assessment of children with mentally retardation, specific characters of children with mentally retardation, trends in mentally retardation education research, and problem and solution method of mentally retardation education

Course Content

Research to definition, classification, assessment of children with mentally retardation and know to cause and specific characters of children with mentally retardation. And then learn to instruction method for children with mentally retardation and study trend of mentally retardation education research, grope problem and solution method of mentally retardation education.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd and 3rd year students who have taken theological and practical courses.

227801 Education for Children with Emotional and Behavior Disorders(정서·행동 장애아 교육) (3 hours/ 3 units) theory, major elective

Course Goal

To help students understand basic theory of emotional and behavior disorders and to help students becoming teachers attain skillful instructional method needed in teaching

Course Content

Definition and classification of emotional and behavior disorders, assessment and instructional methods for children with motional and behavior disorders, cause and characteristics of autism, and teaching skill for children with autism.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for the 2nd and the 3rd year students who have taken basic theological courses.

433801 Special Elementary Language(특수초등국어) (3 hour/ 3 unit) theory+practice , major electives group A/ teacher credit course

Course Goal

To study educational object and goal of language, language curriculum, framing instructional guidance, and imitation instruction

Course Content

Study to teaching and evaluation method of speaking, hearing, reading, writing for the correct understanding and extension of language use function.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd and 3rd year students who have taken theological and practical courses.

Special Elementary Mathematics(특수초등수학) (3 hour/ 3 unit) theory+practice , major electives group A, teacher credit course

Course Goal

To help students understand the educational objective and goal of mathematics, mathematics curriculum, framing instructional guidance, and imitation instruction

Course Content

Study contents analysis and teaching method of basic mathematics area about number, calculation, figure, relation, measurement, etc. And train to mathematics teaching method through teaching materials study.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd and 3rd year students who have taken theological and practical courses.

433301 Special Elementary Social Study(특수초등사회) (3 hour/ 3 unit) theory+practice major electives group A, teacher credit course

Course Goal

To help students understand the educational objective and goal of mathematics, mathematics curriculum, framing instructional guidance, and imitation instruction

Course Content

Study the analysis of social study curriculum and various teaching method of social study about individual life, household management, social life, country life.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd and 3rd year students who have taken theological and practical courses.

434001 Special Elementary Science(특수초등과학) (3 hour/ 3 unit) theory+practice, major electives group A, teacher credit course

Course Goal

To help students understand the educational objective and goal of mathematics, mathematics curriculum, framing instructional guidance, and imitation instruction

Course Content

Through understanding to basic concept and phenomenon, acclimate oneself nature environment and train to scientific attainments. And learn to efficient method of science instruction.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd and 3rd year students who have taken theological and practical courses.

Ethics for Elementary Students with Disabilities(특수초등윤리) (3 Hours / 3 Units) theory + practice teacher certificate course

Course Goal

To understand the norms of human conduct and stud the curriculum and instructional methodologies on norms of human conduct

Course Content

Based on understanding norms of human conduct from human relational aspect, and from standard of good/evil and context of essence-origin- development of morals, studying curriculum and diverse teaching methodologies

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd and 3rd year students who major in special education

Logic and Logical Writing(논리 및 논술) (3 Hours / 3 Units) theory + practice,teacher certificate course

Course Goal

To help students understand the process and the principles of logical thinking and how to teach logical writing

Course Content

Understanding the process about logical thinking and basic law on principles which are consistent with characteristics of all elementary subjects, and exploring how to teach to write logically those process and basic law

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd and 3rd year students who major in special education

226801 Education for Children with Learning Disabilities (학습장애아교육) (3 hour/ 3 unit) theory+practice, major electives group B/ teacher credit course

Course Goal

To learn the definition, classification, assessment of learning disability, cause and specific characters of learning disability, and discuss instruction strategies

Course Content

Research to definition, classification, assessment of learning disability and know to cause and specific characters of learning disability and then learn to instruction strategies for each type of learning disability.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd and 3rd year students who have taken theological and practical courses.

243601 Education for Children with Communication Disorders(의사소통장애) (3 hour/3 unit) theory+practice, lab experimentation, major elective, teacher certificate course

Course Goal

To study the effects of communication disorders in children and intervention

Course Content

Introduction to the education of children with communication disorders; assessment and theraputic methods

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Language Development and Teaching, Education for Children with Hearing Impairments

434101 Teaching ART(특수초등미술) (3 hour / 3 unit) theory+practice, major elective

Course Goal

To understand art education for children with disabilities, the practice of art instruction for children with disabilities, and the movement of the art instruction for children with disabilities

Course Content

The necessity of art instruction for children with disabilities, the theoretical background of art instruction for children with disabilities, the art instruction program for children with disabilities, and major issues of art instruction for children with disabilities

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all

434201 Teaching Music(특수초등음악) (3 hour / 3 unit) theory+practice, major elective

Course Goal

To understand music education for children with disabilities, the practice of music instruction for children with disabilities, and the movement of the music instruction for children with disabilities

Course Content

The necessity of music instruction for children with disabilities, the theoretical background of music instruction for children with disabilities, music instruction program for children with disabilities, and major issues of music instruction for children with disabilities

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all

434301 Special Elementary Sports(특수초등체육) (3 hour / 3 unit) theory, theory+practice, major elective, teacher certificate course

Course Goal

To study creative physical activities, health, exercise and knowledge, etc for children with disabilities

Course Content

Introduction to the sports for children with disabilities; curriculum analysis and teaching methods

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all

Special Elementary Practical Course(특수초등실과) (3 hour/3 unit) theory, theory+practice, major elective, teacher certificate course

Course Goal

To study daily activities and home based experiences and exploration of jobs for children with disabilities

Course Content

development of abilities and attitude to adapt present and future society

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all

433401 Special Elementary Computer(특수초등컴퓨터) (3 hours/ 3 units) theory, theory+practice, major elective

Course Goal

To help students understand basic theory and practice of computer-aided education and acquire the skills to use computer technology needed in special school.

Course Content

Basic theoretical study and practice of computer science and the application of computer technology in teaching for children with special educational needs.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for the 2nd and the 3rd year students who have taken basic theological courses.

Special Integration Subject(특수통합교과) (3 hour/3 unit) theory, theory+practice, major elective, teacher certificate course

Course Goal

To study integration subject for children with disabilities

Course Content

Development of instructional abilities to plan and manage classes

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all

433701 Diagnosis and Evaluation for Children with special educational needs(3/3) 장애아진단 및 평가 (3/3) theory, theory+practice, major elective

Course Goal

To help students accomplish the ability to diagnose and evaluate exceptional children with various assessment tools

Course Content

Basic theory about diagnosis and evaluation for exceptional children, development of the ability to evaluate exceptional children with various tools on intelligence, adaptive behavior, social and emotional behavior, language and academic achievement, etc.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for the 2nd and the 3rd year students who have taken basic theologicalcourses.

Introduction to Special School Curriculum(3/3) 특수학교교육과정론 the type of theory, major elective

Course Goal

To help students understand introduction to special school curriculum and develop the ability to apply the knowledge about special school curriculum at a special school

Course Content

From the general to the particular of special school curriculum.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for the 2nd and the 3rd year students who have taken basic theological courses.

Teaching Academic Subjects(교과교육론) (3 Hours / 3 Units) theory, teacher certificate course

Course Goal

To understand how to teach academic subjects and enhance the ability to teach each subject to students with disabilities

Course Content

Promoting appropriate understanding about Teaching Academic Subjects, and developing abilities for teaching each subject to students with disabilities

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 3rd year students who major in special education

434401 Education for Children with Multiple and Severe Disabilities(중복·중증장애아교육) (3 hour/3 unit) theory, mandatory

Course Goal

To understand concepts of multiple and severe disabilities and characteristics of children with multiple and severe disabilities and identification-assesment and teaching-learning methodologies for children with multiple and severe disabilities

Course Content

Understanding concepts of multiple and severe disabilities and characteristics of children with multiple and severe disabilities, Studying identification-assesment and teaching-learning methodologies for children with multiple and severe disabilities

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 4th year students who major in special education

Education for Children with the Autism(자폐성장애아교육) (3 hour/3 unit) theory, major elective

Course Goal

To help students increase their knowledge about the theory and characteristics of autism and to help students who plan to become teachers obtain the skillful instructional skills and methods needed in teaching the handicapped

Course Content

Study definitions, classification, causes, characteristics, evaluation of autism and research teaching methods needed in education of autism.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for the 3rd and the 4th year students who have taken basic theoretical courses.

Education of the Health Impairments(건강장애아교육) (3 hour/3 unit) theory+practice, major electives group C, teacher credit course

Course Goal

To provide definitions, classifications, assessment of the health impairments, causes and specific characters of the health impairments, and instruction on strategies for the health impairments

Course Content

Research definitions, classifications, assessment of the health impairments and the cause and specific characters of the health impairments and then learn to instruction strategies for each type of the health impairments.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 3rd and 4th year students who have taken theological and practical courses.

433501 Introduction to Integration Education with Secial Education Needs(장애학생통학교육론) (3 hour/3 unit) theory, major electives group C, teacher credit course

Course Goal

To study integrated education and the philosophical background of integration education and integration methods

Course Content

Special education changed to integration education from separation education. Learn view of change and philosophy background and integration method. Through this, cultivate solution ability about various integration of general school.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 3rd and 4th year students who have taken theological and practical courses.

266801 Special Education Research(특수교육연구) (3 hour/3 unit) theory+practice, major elective

Course Goal

To understand the major approaches of special education research, the present status of special education research, and major techniques of special education research

Course Content

The theory and practice of survey research, experimental research, single case study, and qualitative research

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all

225501 Parent Education for Children with SEN (장애아부모교육) (3 hour/3 unit) theory+practice major elective

Course Goal

To understand parental psychology of children with disabilities and the theory and practice of consultation for parents of children with disabilities

Course Content

The process of psychological adaptation of parents of children with disabilities, major consultation techniques for parents of children with disabilities, programs for parents of children with disabilities, and major issues related to the education of parents of children with disabilities

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all

Method of Subject Material Research(교과교재연구 및 지도법) (3 hour/3 unit) theory+practice, major elective

Course Goal

To help students learn the ability to report the syllabus, develop the teaching materials needed in class, and to help students attain teaching skill needed in class through practice lesson

Course Content

Planning syllabus through analysis of subject and teaching materials, developing the teaching materials, and improving teaching skills with practice lessons.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for the 3rd and the 4th year students who have taken basic theological c