Special Education (M.Ed.)

Prerequisites

In addition to the general requirements for admission to Graduate School, applicants for admission to the Master of Education in Special Education program must meet the following requirements:

• Certification in any area. A copy of the valid teaching certificate must be on file in the Department of Teacher Education.
• An acceptable formula score, which is determined by the following formula: Undergraduate GPA x 150 + GRE (verbal + quantitative) score must equal a minimum of 1200 for the Educational Diagnostician Concentration, and 1100 for the Advanced Professional and Autism Concentration.

Core Courses

Total Hours: 15

• EDLD 600 - Research I: Foundations of Educational Research
• EDUC 606 - Foundations of Advanced Teaching
• PSYC 603 - Principles of Learning and Behavior
• SPED 623 - Advanced Consultation and Collaboration Strategies for Program Planning
• SPED 696 - Special Education: Legal Aspects and Compliance

Total Hours for Degree: 36