Associate of Arts in SPECIAL EDUCATION

The Special Education emphasis provides students with various foundational courses in the field of special education. The student completes the first two years of requirements leading toward a baccalaureate degree.

To facilitate success in this program, all students should enrol in ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed during their first semester at DSCC.

Students planning to teach should meet the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators (Core) or ACT testing requirements for their transfer institution during the sophomore year.

The courses are to prepare candidates for SE Interventionist K-8 and SPED Comprehensive K-12 licensure programs. Students transferring to a University of Tennessee or Tennessee Board of Regents university may need to meet additional requirements to admit that university’s Special Education program. Check with that university for specific program requirements. Students transferring to UT Knoxville need to be formally admitted to the program during Semester 4.

At some universities, foreign language may be required in certain programs that lead to a Bachelor of Science degree. Complete information regarding foreign language requirements at each university may be found on the transfer and articulation websites of the Tennessee Board of Regents and the University of Tennessee Systems. Community college students are encouraged to be familiar with foreign language requirements at the universities and, if applicable, complete the requirements before transferring.