EDSP at University of Maryland, College Park

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 EDSP coursework.

• EDHD 314Reading in the Early Childhood Classroomopens 7 courses (5 directly)
• EDSP 420Child Development, Birth to Three Yearsopens 7 courses (5 directly)
• EDHD 424Culture, School & Community: Contexts for Learning (PreK-3rd)opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• EDHD 431Child Development and Learning, Three to Eight Yearsopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• EDSP 315Inclusive Instruction: Reading Methods IIopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• EDHD 415Promoting the Social-Emotional Competence of Young Children in Inclusive Classroomsopens 2 courses (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 EDSP 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 22 EDSP and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 28 more EDSP courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 4 courses deep, ending at EDSP 321

  1. EDHD 210Foundations of Early Childhood Education
  2. EDHD 314Reading in the Early Childhood Classroom
  3. EDHD 415Promoting the Social-Emotional Competence of Young Children in Inclusive Classrooms
  4. EDSP 321The Young Child As Scientist

• 2 courses deep, ending at EDSP 403

  1. EDSP 400Instruction of Students with Severe Disabilities I
  2. EDSP 403Supporting Access for Students with Multiple Disabilities Across Settings

• 2 courses deep, ending at EDSP 411

  1. EDSP 210Foundations of Special Education: Inclusive Practices
  2. EDSP 411Foundations of Technology Integration for Curriculum Access

• 2 courses deep, ending at EDSP 484

  1. EDSP 416Reading and Writing Instruction in Special Education I
  2. EDSP 484Reading and Writing Instruction in Special Education II

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for EDSP yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under EDSP yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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