Learning & Behavior Specialist II
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Auditory/Oral Specialist
For details concerning a given course, please visit Illinois State University's Undergraduate Catalog.
* Admission to Professional Studies Required (APS)
SED 101 — The Exceptional Learner (3)
PSY 215 — Educational Psychology (3)
SED 201 — Effective Collaboration and Teaching Exceptional and Diverse Learners I (3)
SED 130 — American Sign Language I (2)
CI 208 — Literacy I (3)
SED 353 — Education of Students Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (3) (Fall only)
Complete Basic Skills Test — State of Illinois
Total: 17 hours
SED 230 — American Sign Language II (2)
SED 202 — Effective Collaboration and
Teaching Exceptional and Diverse Learners II (3)
SED 203 — Measuring and Affecting Student Academic and
Social Behavior I (3)
SED 340
— Theories of Language Development in Students Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (3) (Spring only)
PAS 349 — Hearing Science (3)
PAS 211 — Phonetics (3)
All APS requirements completed by mid-semester for
advanced registration for following semester.
Total: 17 hours
PAS 350 — Audiology (3)
EAF 228 — Social Foundations (3)
Total: 6 hours
Practicum semester
SED 330 — Signed English Systems (3)
* SED 354 — Teaching Language to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students (3)
* SED 204 — Measuring and Affecting Student Academic and
Social Behavior II (3)
SED 373 — Family-Professional Collaboration (3)
PAS 351 — Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation Training (3)
SED 245.08 — Fieldwork in Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing-Language (2)
Take DHH Content test at end of semester.
SED 204, 354, and 245.08 concurrent registration
Total: 17 hours
Practicum semester or Field-based semester
TB Test
Criminal Background Check
* SED 355 — Teaching Speech to Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Students (3)
* SED 245.09 — Fieldwork in Special Education:
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Speech (2)
* SED 359 —Teaching of Reading and School Subjects to
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students (3)
* SED 245.10 — Fieldwork in Special Education:
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Reading and School
Subjects (1)
* SED 245.11 — Fieldwork in Special Education:
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Senior Practicum (2)
* SED 375 — Assessment & Planning for Deaf and Hard
of Hearing Students (3)
All concurrent registration
Total: 14 hours
STT 399 — Student Teaching (14)
Total: 14 hours