Education, Professional Educator: Special Education Concentration, MA/Non-Licensing

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The Professional Educator: Special Education Concentration is for educators who would like to pursue continuing education leading to a master’s degree. The Special Education Concentration allows for a primary focus on Special Education, while also offering courses from across graduate program areas so students can tailor a sequence best suited to individualized goals.

Program Requirements

Students will need to complete the 6-credit Research Core and the 9-credit Social Justice Core. Students will also need to complete 15 credits of additional requirements as indicated below.

Required Research Core

All students seeking the MA in Education must complete the program with the two-course research sequence, AREDU or EDU 790, and AREDU or EDU 792. The courses must be taken in separate semesters (not concurrently).

EDU 790 - Intro to Educational Research Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
EDU 792 - Research Capstone Project Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
AREDU 790 - Intro to Educational Research AR Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
AREDU 792 - Research Capstone Project AR Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

Required Social Justice Core

Students successfully complete any three of the following courses:

EDU 600 - Diversity in the Classroom Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
EDU 630 - Paradigms of ESL/Bilingual Educ Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
EDU 778 - Inclusive School Law Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
AREDU 600 - Diversity in the Classroom Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
AREDU 603 - Development&Disability Child&Youth Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
AREDU 605 - Diversity Transition Family Process Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
AREDU 675 - Social Studies Methods & Diversity Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
AREDU 692 - Foundations Adolescent Development Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
EDU 631 - Second Language Acquisition Content Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
EDU 635 - ESL Curriculum Design & Assessment Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
EDU 655 - Equitable Designs Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
EDU 675 - Social Studies Methods & Diversity Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
EDU 692 - Foundations of Adolescent Devt. Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
EDU 772 - Intro to Educational Leadership Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

Additional Requirements

A total of 15 additional credits, to include:

9-12 credits selected from Special Education courses at the EDU 600 level or above
3-6 credits of EDU prefix coursework at the 600 level or above, selected from outside the concentration requirements.