The following list of courses are the 12 courses required by the state of Florida for certification in Deaf education. You should work with the Department of Education to determine your specific, individual needs as you work towards certification. The course numbers and title in brackets indicate the course at UNF that will satisfy the "course requirement" by the Department of Education.

(1) Foundations of exceptional student education to include historical perspectives, student characteristics, and trends and issues;
[EEX 3202 Psychology and Sociology of Exceptional Learners]

(2) Language development to include the application of English linguistics, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics to the education of hearing impaired students, including ages birth to five (5) years;
[EEX 4101 Language Development and Disorders]

(3) Introduction to education of students who are hearing impaired to include the nature and needs of hearing impaired and multi-handicapped students, trends and issues, family support and intervention, and community resources;
[EHD 4311 Psychology and Education of the Deaf]

(4) Educational management of exceptional students to include classroom organization, behavior management, and consultation skills;
[EEX 6625 Educational Management of Exceptional Students]

(5) Teaching social and personal skills for students who are hearing impaired to include employability skills, career awareness, and transition planning for adult living.
[EEX 6283 Social, Personal, and Career Skills for Exceptional Students]

(6) Audiology, anatomy and physiology of human speech and auditory mechanisms, including assessment, amplification, and assistive listening devices;
[EHD 4261 Audiology and Speech Science]

(7) Auditory development and learning to include methods of auditory learning, assessment, and techniques for evaluating the acoustic environment;
[EHD 6281 Speech Reading and Auditory Training]

(8) Manual communication to include manually coded English and American Sign Language;
[SPA 4620 American Sign Language I]
(not offered online, can be taken at most state universities and community colleges)

(9) Teaching language to include instructional procedures to effect language learning to students who are hearing impaired including ages birth to age five (5) years;
[EHD 6241 Language Instruction for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing]

(10) Speech development to include production and transmission of speech and instructional and assessment strategies to facilitate the development of speech skills for students who are hearing impaired including ages birth to age five (5) years;
[EHD 6242 Teaching Speech to the Hearing Impaired Child]

(11) Teaching reading to students who are hearing impaired to include theories, curricular adaptations, and assessment;
[EHD 6343 Reading Instruction for the Deaf of Hard of Hearing]

(12) Teaching mathematics, science, and social studies to students who are hearing impaired to include procedures for curricular adaptations;
[EHD 5341 Curriculum and Instruction: Deaf/Hard of Hearing]

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