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M.S. Ed. - Special Education:
Childhood Education

 

Admission Requirements:

All students applying for admission to degree status are required to:

  • Submit a completed application and the non-refundable fee. Deadline March 1 for Fall admission.
  • Submit a copy of a NYS initial teaching certificate in Childhood Education.
  • Submit an official transcript of an earned Bachelors degree from a regionally accredited college.
  • Have achieved an undergraduate gpa of 3.0 overall and a 3.0 gpa in major field during the last two years of undergraduate work.
  • Submit an essay reflecting on your student teaching and/or teaching experiences with students with exceptionalities and identify one area of special education that you would like to learn more about.  Also describe two teaching adaptations that you might make for a child with exceptionalities. Reference at least one source on information of which you are aware. 
  • Submit three letters of reference.
  • Complete a personal interview.
Required Courses : _________________________________________________________
SPED 510 Foundations of Special Education
SPED 511 Instructional Design for all Content Areas
SPED 512 Applied Behavioral Analysis
SPED 513 Teaching Learners with Severe and Multiple Special Needs
SPED 514 Teaching Math and Written Language to Learners with Special Needs

SPED 515

Assessment for Teaching Learners with Special Needs
SPED 517 Assistive Technology
SPED 518 Communication and Collaboration

SPED 519
or
SPED 520

 Teaching Young Learners with Special Needs

Teaching Adolescents with Special Needs: Learning Strategies in Content Areas
EDUC 533

Meeting the Needs of Exceptional Children in Reading
SPED 600 Student Teaching in Special Education