SPLED at Pennsylvania State 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 SPLED coursework.

• SPLED 401Motivating Exceptional Learnersopens 15 courses (9 directly)
• SPLED 425Foundations of Special Education, Etiologies, Law, and Implications for Practiceopens 15 courses (8.5 directly)
• SPLED 418Technologies for Persons with Disabilitiesopens 15 courses (5 directly)
• SPLED 408Meeting Instructional Needs of English Language Learners with Special Needsopens 15 courses (2 directly)
• EDPSY 408Meeting Instructional Needs of English Language Learners with Special Needsopens 15 courses (1 directly)
• SPLED 412Instruction for Students with Mild Disabilitiesopens 9 courses (7 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 SPLED 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 37 SPLED and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 15 more SPLED 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 SPLED, 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 SPLED. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 16 courses deep, ending at SPLED 495D

  1. SPLED 409BWriting and Content Literacy for Students with Special Needs
  2. SPLED 409AFundamental Literacy Skills for Students with Special Needs
  3. SPLED 495FPracticum in Special Education
  4. SPLED 495DProfessional Development for Special Education Teacher Candidates

• 11 courses deep, ending at SPLED 404

  1. SPLED 411Intervention for Students with Severe Disabilities
  2. SPLED 404Working with Families and Professionals in Special Education

• 7 courses deep, ending at SPLED 412

  1. SPLED 408Meeting Instructional Needs of English Language Learners with Special Needs
  2. SPLED 401Motivating Exceptional Learners
  3. SPLED 412Instruction for Students with Mild Disabilities

• 4 courses deep, ending at SPLED 402

  1. SPLED 408Meeting Instructional Needs of English Language Learners with Special Needs
  2. SPLED 401Motivating Exceptional Learners
  3. SPLED 425Foundations of Special Education, Etiologies, Law, and Implications for Practice

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SPLED yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SPLED yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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