Degrees for Education

SUA provides an outstanding liberal arts education designed to draw forth and nurture the unique potential of each individual. SUA students enjoy small seminar classes with an average class size of 16, a 9 to 1 student faculty ratio, and professors teaching comparative Eastern and Western perspectives across the liberal arts curriculum.

All students are required to concentrate on a foreign language and to participate in a study abroad for a semester in their junior year relevant to their major and their language of study.

The Core is a series of sequential courses taken by all undergraduate students, focusing on central issues facing our world in the 21st century. These courses examine comparative perspectives in areas including views of the self, the relationship between self and society, and ther relationship between self and the environment.

The Learning Clusters are courses in which small interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty work together to do research and develop proposals and solutions addressing local, regional and world issues. Acquiring the critical tools of investigation and analysis will be integral to the Learning Cluster experience, as well as the integration of knowledge and service.

As part of the liberal arts curriculum, SUA also offers classes in fine and performing arts, science, communications, business and other humanities. See curriculum and catalog for a detailed list of classes.

Special Education Certification – Cognitive, Behavior, Physical/Health Disabilities at Lebanon Valley College

The Special Education Program consists of five sequential courses and operates in conjunction with the Elementary, Music Education, or Secondary Education Programs. Students complete a full sequence of course work in their major in addition to their specialized course work in special education. Student teaching experiences are provided in two settings: one in the regular school setting and the second in a special education setting. Program graduates are certified to teach in regular elementary, music education, or secondary programs and in special education programs for students with mental retardation, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, behavior disorders, autism, orthopedic impairments, or multiple disabilities, grades K – 12.

Students pursuing special education certification must at the same time be seeking either elementary, music education, or secondary teacher certification. Special education certification cannot be taken apart from one of these other areas.

Post-baccalaureate candidates who already have a currently valid teaching certificate may apply for admission to the special education program. Each candidate’s credentials will be reviewed on an individual basis to ensure adequate preparation for admission to the special education program.

Each course in the program includes mandatory weekly field experiences in a special education setting over the course of the entire semester. One-half of the student teaching semester will be completed in a special education setting.

Degree requirements:
There is no major in special education. Students complete the requirements in their majors and in the chosen area of certification relative to that major and the required courses in special education.