This program is designed for individuals with teaching degrees who have had no undergraduate training in special education and who wish to pursue an endorsement in special education while also earning a master’s degree.

Individuals receiving this degree are prepared to teach special education, advance toward administrative positions, do research in the field, or prepare for a doctoral degree. The degree may be added as an endorsement to a teaching licensure in either elementary or secondary education.

To achieve an endorsement in special education for licensure purposes; candidates must take 6 credits of SPED 584 Student Teaching. Candidates pursuing this degree must have taken SPED 540 within six years of beginning the master’s program.

Most of the courses in this program are offered online or in the evening allowing for flexible completion of the program.

Careers: What can you do with a degree in Special Education with a Generalist Option?

Individuals receiving this degree are prepared to teach special education, advance toward administrative positions, do research in the field, or prepare for a doctoral degree.

Admission Criteria/Application Procedures

1. Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0
2. Graduate GPA of at least 3.0

Online? Mostly Online Evening Classes? Yes Program Length This is designed as a part-time 3-year program

Program Structure

courses	credit	courses	credit
EDF 501 Research Design & Interpretation OR SPED 502 Research in Special Programs	3	SPED 405 Assessment of Students with Disabilities	3
EDF 530 Advanced Human Development & Learning	3	SPED 504 Collaboration in Ed. & Human Services	3
EDU 438 Literacy Assessment	3	SPED 510 Professional & Legal Issues in Special Ed.	3
SPED 310 Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities	3	SPED 530 Curricular Adaptations for Special Populations	3
SPED 311 Teaching Students with Emotional Disturbance	3	SPED 600 Facilitating Positive Behaviors in the Classroom Environment	3
SPED 312 Teaching Students with Developmental Disabilities	3	SPED 584 Student Teaching	6
		Total minimum credits required for Generalist Option	39
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See also: Graduate Faculty for the College of Education

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Please contact the office of Graduate Studies for information about this program, admission requirements, application forms, graduate assistantships and other scholarship information. Contact us as well for information about any of our graduate degree programs.

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