Thiel College · Courses

SPED

14 courses with the subject SPED, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

SPED 150Special Education Processes, Procedures, Screening, 3 CH

Assessment, IEP Development and Evaluation

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 220Inst Stud w/Low & High Disabilities (3.0 CH) This course is designed to provide educators with the

theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to create an inclusive learning environment and effectively instruct students with a wide range of disabilities, from mild to severe. Students will explore characteristics and needs of students with low and high disabilities along with evidence-based strategies, instructional techniques, behavior management techniques, and assistive technology to meet the diverse needs of these learners. Students will learn to adapt curriculum and assessment, collaborate with families and professional to support student success, and develop individualized transition plans for students with disabilities. (P: EDUC 111 & EDUC 112; minimum GPA of 3.0)

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 320Effective Instructional Practices and Delivery Methods in 3 CH

Subject Area Content for All Levels of Special Education

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 350Educational Assessment (3.0 CH) This course is designed to provide the special education teacher

with knowledge of how to administer, score, and interpret educational assessments, prepare assessment summary reports, and utilize assessment results in instructional planning. This course will go over assessments and data to use IEP writing and transitional goals. Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. (P: Acceptance to the College of Education and minimum GPA of 3.0)

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 356Special Ed Processes & Procedures (3.0 CH) This course provides the regular and special

education teacher with basic knowledge about the foundations of special education, including the laws and regulations that govern it. It explores the different types of exceptionalities identified under Chapter 14 and IDEA and the how to appropriately serve special needs students within the school setting. Students must have an overall GPA of 2.75. This course is a requirement for all education majors.

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 357Eff Inst Pract/Del Special Education (3.0 CH) This course provides the regular and special education

teachers with the knowledge to meet the challenge of mixed-ability classrooms with academically responsive curriculum appropriate for all learners. Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Special fee of $200. Five hours per week is spent in the school setting. Transportation is the student's responsibility. This course is a requirement for all education majors. (P: SPED 356).

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 358Intensive Read, Writ, Math Interventions (3.0 CH) This course provides the regular and special

education teacher with specific data-based knowledge and skills to teach reading, writing, and math to students with disabilities. Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. This course is a requirement for all education majors. (P: SPED 356).

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 360Educational Assessment (3.0 CH) This course is designed to provide the special education teacher

with knowledge of how to administer, score, and interpret educational assessments, prepare assessment summary reports, and utilize assessment results in instructional planning. Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Follow student schedule template for prerequisites.

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 420Effect Collaboration&Commun in Acad Set (3.0 CH) This course provides the regular and special

education teacher with basic knowledge and skills to create, participate in, and promote collaboration and communication within the school district, with outside agencies, and with families of special needs students. A portion of this course (50 hours) is to be spent in the school setting within special education classrooms. (P: Acceptance to the College of Education and minimum GPA of 3.0)

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 424Student Teaching (6.0 CH) All education majors will complete a total of 12 weeks of student teaching

(ECE/SPED combined) in a public school in the state of Pennsylvania. Students must have an overall GPA of 3.0. (P: students must have successfully completed all education courses except EDUC 400 Educating English Language Learners). A minimum of 38 hours per week is spent in the school setting. Transportation is the student's responsibility. Pennsylvania certified pre-school settings will also be utilized. Special Fee: $200.

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 440Teach Students with Behavioral Disorders (3.0 CH) This course provides the regular and special

education teacher with basic knowledge and skills to support students with emotional and behavioral disorders within the academic setting. Teachers will use assessment as a guide to their interventions which will address: interfering behaviors that affect academics, social skill deficits, and problems with interpersonal relationships. Evidence based approaches will be a major focus within the course. (P: Acceptance to the College of Education and minimum GPA of 3.0)

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 450Inst Stud with Low and High Disabilities (3.0 CH) This course provides the special education

teacher candidate with the history, practices, advances, challenges, and opportunities that make up the complex and dynamic field of special education. Teacher candidates will design and implement instructional practices that help students learn academic, social, vocational and personal skills. Teacher candidates will review new information that reflects current research and practices. In preparation for teaching, teacher candidates will have opportunities to engage with the content, interactive self-assessments, teaching artifacts and tips for beginning teachers. Teacher 186

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 460Int Reading, Writing, Math Interventions (3.0 CH) This course provides the regular and special

education teacher with specific data-based knowledge and skills to teach reading, writing, and math to students with disabilities. Students will demonstrate IEP writing and transitional goals within the IEP. (P: Acceptance to the College of Education and minimum GPA of 3.0)

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

SPED 495Student Teaching in a SPED Setting 6 CH

TOTAL 84 CH Suggested schedule of courses for ECE/SPED majors (B.A.) Fall Spring 1 EDUC 110 Child Development Birth to 4th EDUC 150 Educational Psychology, Theory Grade and Practices EDUC 100 Foundations of American SPED 150 Special Education: Processes Education and Procedures 2 EDUC 210 Language Development for SPED 220 Instructing Students with Low Early Childhood and High Disabilities

Subject: SPED
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

Source: Thiel College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59