SPED at Arkansas Tech University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SPED coursework.

• SPED 5003Characteristics of Children with Exceptionalitiesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SPED 5013Assessment of Children with Exceptionalitiesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SPED 6033Working with Families of Exceptional Childrenopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SPED 5073Planning Instruction in an Early Childhood Settingopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate SPED work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 9 SPED and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 6 more SPED courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on SPED, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in SPED. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at SPED 5083

  1. SPED 5003Characteristics of Children with Exceptionalities
  2. SPED 5083B - K Supervised Practicum

• 2 courses deep, ending at SPED 6063

  1. EDFD 6053The At-Risk Child in the School Environment
  2. SPED 6063K-12 Supervised Practicum

• 2 courses deep, ending at SPED 6093

  1. EDFD 6003Educational Research
  2. SPED 6093Using Research, Assessment, and Data in Special Education

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SPED yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SPED yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

SPED does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Arkansas Tech campus feed.