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Sep 07, 2024
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Graduate Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Special Education, M.Ed.
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Degree Requirements
The department offers a M.Ed. in Special Education in the area of General Curriculum.
Admission to the program requires an applicant to:
- Complete requirements for a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
- Present a cumulative 3.0 (4.0 scale) grade point average or higher on all undergraduate work.
- Present a current renewable certificate in Special Education.
- Present current official scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) showing competitive scores.
- Submit a personal statement of purpose, not to exceed 200 words, that identifies the applicant’s reasons for pursuing graduate study.
The M.Ed. in Special Education - General Curriculum is a 36 hour program with 27 hours in the special education core and 9 hours of electives. For those students who do not have a degree in special education but do have a clear, renewable, professional teaching certificate in special education, the program consists of 33 credit hours in Special Education and 3 hours of elective credit. Courses meet the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards - Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood and the Council for Exceptional Children standards.
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