You have a bachelor’s degree in a discipline outside of education (e.g. History, Art, Social Work, etc.) and want to be a licensed special education teacher and earn your master’s degree.

Program Requirements

  • Credit Requirements: 52 credits
  • Program Length: 7-8 semesters of coursework (including summer semesters)
  • Courses: 16-18 courses
  • 12-week student teaching (can be completed in your own classroom if you are teaching in a special education setting on Tier 1 or 2 license by the time you start student teaching).

Pathway One Coursework

Special Education Foundation Courses (12 Credits)

  • SPED 5600 Foundations of Special Education (3)
  • SPED 5655 Due Process Foundations (3)
  • SPED 5715 Foundations of Instruction for Special Educators (3)
  • SPED 6610 Applying Special Education Research (3)

SEP Courses (11 Credits)

  • ED 6107 Educational Psychology (3)
  • ED 5100 Introduction to Education (3)
  • ED 6140 Human Relations (3)
  • HLTH 5400 Health, Drugs, and Society (2)

Core Courses (15-18 Credits)

  • ED 5201 Special Education 8 Language Arts 1 (3)
  • SPED 5650 Collaboration: Parents, Practitioners, and Professional Partnerships (3)
  • SPED 6603 Math Difficulties: Assessment and Intervention (3)
  • SPED 6605 Advanced Due Process (3)
  • SPED 6608 Reading Difficulties: Assessment and Intervention (3)
  • PRE-Student teaching 8 week class (1)
  • SPED 5665 Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (3)

Methods Courses: Select one disability area from the three below

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders Methods Courses
    • SPED 5660 ASD Methods (3)
    • SPED 6660 Advanced ASD Methods (3)
  • Emotional Behavioral Disorders Methods Courses
    • SPED 5630 EBD Methods (3)
    • SPED 6630 Advanced EBD Methods (3)
  • Specific Learning Disabilities Methods Courses
    • SPED 5620 SLD Methods (3)
    • SPED 6620 Advanced SLD Methods (3)

Student Teaching and Seminar Courses

  • Student Teaching ASD, EBD, or SLD (6 Credits)
  • SPED 6810 Graduate Student Teaching Seminar (2 Credits)