School of Education-Graduate Advising
Room 438, College of Professional Studies
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Phone: 715-346-4403
Fax: 715-346-4846
Email Address: lyonash@uwsp.edu
“Working Copy” for the
Master of Science in Education-General Education (Option B)
Early Education and Early Childhood Special Education
Graduate Program of Study

Submit this “Working Copy” to the address listed above. Guidelines are provided throughout this
document to assist you.

As you prepare your “Working Copy,” consider your current teaching position and your
professional goals and objectives. Then complete this “Working Copy,” listing those courses
which will enhance your background and training as an educator. The “Working Copy” is a
tentative program outline to be discussed with your advisor, Dr. Patricia Caro.

In your program, you may include an array of graduate level courses taught at the participating
institutions associated with this Early Education and Early Childhood Special Education program.
Transfer credits (those from institutions other than UWSP) must be approved for inclusion in the
masters program by collaboratively meeting with Dr. Caro either in person, by phone call, or by
email. Courses from the array listed below do not need transfer forms. An Application for the
Transfer Credits form for other courses from institutions of higher education other than UWSP
and not on the list below must be completed. Submit that application and the required supporting
documentation to School of Education-Graduate Advising for review and consideration by the
Director of Graduate Studies.

A seven-year time limit (21 inclusive semesters) applies to all graduate programs at the University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. That time limit is calculated including the semester of the oldest
course being included in the program and concludes with the semester when final requirements are
met (exams, incompletes cleared, course work completed, etc.).

You will receive a letter from School of Education-Graduate Advising informing you of your
acceptance to the program. You will need to contact Dr. Caro, via email or telephone, in order to
finalize the array of courses you intend to include in your graduate plan of study. You will receive
a copy of the signed program plan and the original program of study will be retained in your
advising file folder.

Questions regarding this document should be referred to School of Education-Graduate Advising.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Email Address:
Today’s Date:
Name:
Student ID Number:
Home Address: (include street, city, state, zip)
Home Phone: (include area code)
Work Address/School: (include school name & address)
Work Phone: (include area code)
Teaching Certificate In: (list certification held)
Number of years full-time teaching
experience:
Note: Please notify School of Education-Graduate Advising (715-346-4403), or Registration and Records
(715-346-4301) if you have an address, phone number, employment change, or name change.
PRIOR EDUCATION
COLLEGE NAME
AND LOCATION
DATES OF
ATTENDANCE
MAJOR
SUBJECT
DEGREE AND/OR
CREDITS
THE PROPOSED PLAN OF STUDY

The proposed plan of study must include a minimum of thirty (30) graduate credits.

Nine credits of course work at the 700-level will come from the required component areas noted
below. Select one course from each area listed (1-A, 1-B, 1-C).

A minimum of 15 credits must be at the 700-level. Therefore, select a minimum of six additional
credits at the 700-level (in addition to the nine graduate credits of required components course
work). The remaining credits you list in your proposal may be 500-, 600-, or 700-level credits.

No more than nine graduate credits earned before admittance to the Master of Science in
Education-General program may be included in the proposed plan of study.

You may change your program of study; however, a “Change of Study” form must be approved
prior to taking a different course. School of Education-Graduate Advising will provide this form
or it is available on our website www.uwsp.edu/education/graduate .
REQUIRED COMPONENT CREDITS
Note: Any changes from the courses listed below require a “Change of Study” form prior to enrollment.
Obtain “Change of Study” forms from the School of Education-Graduate Advising or at
www.uwsp.edu/education/graduate
AREA 1-A – Foundations Component (3 credits minimum)
(Note: This is a required writing area for the culminating graduate exams in education).
Select one of the following:
[ ] Education 701 – Philosophical Foundations – 3 credits (online, 2 required F2F meetings)
[ ] Education 702 – Psychological Foundations – 3 credits (online, 2 required F2F meetings)
[ ] Education 790– ECSE and Infant Mental Health – 3 credits (online)
AREA 1-B – Curriculum Component (3 credits minimum)
(Note: This is an optional writing area for culminating graduate exams in education).
Select one of the following:
[ ] Education 726 – Models of Teaching – 3 credits (online, 1 required F2F meeting)
[ ] Education 780 – Curriculum for Special Education – 3 credits (online)
[ ] Education 790 – Curriculum in Early Childhood Special Education – 3 credits (online)
AREA 1-C – Research Component (3 credits minimum)
Select one of the following:
[ ] Education 707 – Educational Research – 3 credits (online – with some required F2F contact)
[ ] Education 782 – Seminar: Problems in Exceptional Education – 3 credits (online)
[ ] SPECED 702 –Reflective Practice and Action Research (UW-Whitewater)– 3 credits (online)
AREA OF SUBJECT CONTENT OR SPECIALIZATION
(21 credits minimum)
List below the courses for your degree that you perceive as meeting your needs and interests. If work has already been
completed, include the grade, semester completed, and institution if not UWSP.
ECE/ECSE Specialization
PREFIX &
COURSE
NUMBER
COURSE TITLE
INSTITUTION
(i.e. , ED 702)
EDUC 775
CSD 511
EXEDUC 630
EDUC 790*
EDUC 790*
EDUC 780*
EDUC 782*
SPECED
702*
Alternate Assessment (online)
Communicative Development &
Disorders: Assessment &
Intervention (online)
Survey of Early Intervention:
Young Children with Special
Needs and their Families (hybrid)
ECSE and Infant Mental Health
(online)
Curriculum in Early Childhood
Special Education (online)
Curriculum for Special Education
(online)
Seminar: Problems in Exceptional
Education (online)
Reflective Practice and Action
Research (online)
SEMESTER
CREDITS
(quarter credits will
be converted)
GRADE
EARNED
SEMESTER
COMPLETED
GRADE
EARNED
SEMESTER
COMPLETED
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Milwaukee
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Whitewater
*If NOT completed for 1-A, 1-B, or 1-C
Specialization and Fundamentals
PREFIX &
COURSE
NUMBER
COURSE TITLE
INSTITUTION
(i.e. , ED 702)
SPECED 576
TED 712
SPED 656
SPED 505
EDUINDP
790
SED 680-1
SPECED
607
SPECED
608
Medical Aspects of Disability
(online)
Developmental Learning
Experiences of Young Children
(online)
Introduction to Autism Spectrum
Disorder (online)
Introduction to Early Childhood
Special Needs (online)
Individualizing Inclusion through
Consultation in ECE (online)
Content Area Instruction for
Children with Disabilities in the
Primary Grades
Foundations of Autism Spectrum
Disorder
Methods of Autism Spectrum
Disorder
UW-Whitewater
UW-River Falls
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Stout
UW-Whitewater
Silver Lake
UW-Whitewater
UW-Whitewater
-OFFICE USE ONLY-
SEMESTER
CREDITS
(quarter credits will
be converted)
I have met with this advisee and have approved this proposed plan of study for processing:
Faculty Advisor: _________________________________________________ Date: __________________
Professor
Course Number and Title
Patty Caro, UWStevens Point
EDUC 775, Alternate
Assessment
Sharon Kolb, UWWhitewater
Simone
Devore/Shannon
Stuart UWWhitewater
Gay Ward, UWRiver Falls
SPECED 576, Medical Aspects
of Disability
SPECED 702 Reflective
Practice and Action Research
TED 712 Developmental
Learning Experiences of Young
Children
Mary McLean, UW- EXCEDU 630, Survey of Early
Milwaukee
Intervention: Young Children
with Special Needs and their
Families
LingLing Tsao,
SPED 456/656 Introduction to
UW-Oshkosh
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Ruth Nyland, UWSPED 505 Intro EC Special
Stout
Needs
Nancy Sims, Silver
Lake College
Marie Stadler, UWEau Claire,
Communicative
Disorders
Simone DeVore
& Giuliana Miolo
UW-Whitewater
UW-Whitewater
UW-Whitewater
SED 680-01 Content Area
Instruction for Children w/
Disabilities in the primary
grades
CSD 511 Communicative
Development and Disorders :
Assessment and Intervention
EDUINDP 790 Individualizing
Inclusion through consultation
in ECE
SPECED 607 Foundations of
Autism Spectrum Disorder
SPECED 608 Methods for
Teach Child w/ Autism
Spectrum Disorder
WI Teacher
Education
Standards
3, 5, & 8
2&9
1, 2, 6, 7, 9, & 10
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, & 10
1,3,4,5,7
2,3,9
When it
will be
offered
Fall and
Spring
semesters
Spring &
Summer
Summer
2009
Odd
numbered
Summers
Spring &
Summer
Every
Summer
Every
summer,
fall, and
spring
1, 2, 3, 5, 8
Summer
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10
Summers
beginning
in 2008
Online
starting
2008
Online
starting
2009