Bachelor of Science - Teaching Students with Disabilities 7-12 Generalist

The major in Teaching Students with Disabilities 7-12 Generalist leads to a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and prepares undergraduate students to work with families and teach students with disabilities in Grades 7-12 in New York State schools. The major includes a requirement that the teacher candidate complete study that prepares them with the knowledge, understanding, and skills in the liberal arts and sciences, including but not limited to: artistic expression; communication; information retrieval; concepts in history and social sciences; humanities; a world language other than English; scientific and mathematical processes; and written analysis and expression.

Teacher candidates pursuing the Teaching Students with Disabilities 7-12 Generalist major must complete courses in psychology-child life (PCL) which, in combination with coursework on the subjects to be taught and pedagogical coursework, ensures that the teacher candidate has the knowledge, skills, and dispositions for supporting students and their families and teaching the New York State Next Generation Learning Standards.