Master of Education in Special Education
Cross-Categorical High Incidence Certified
Department of Educational Specialties
PROGRAM OF STUDY (2013-14)
STUDENT INFORMATION
Student’s Name:
E-mail Address:
Enrollment Term:
NAU ID:
@nau.edu
Phone Number:
Expected Graduation:
(ex. Summer 2013)
(ex. Spring 2015)
Advisor:
Total Required Credits for this Degree Program: 31 -49
This is the:
Initial (upon admission)
Course Title
Final (submitted with Graduation Application) Program of Study
*
Course No.
Replacement
Course
Semester
I.
Block A – Foundation Education Coursework (12-18 units required, unless waived)
Year
Hours
Grade
T/E/P**
A. Educational Foundations (3 units required): Select ONE course from EDF 500, EDF 670, EDF 671, EDF 672, or EDF 677.
*
B. Elementary Curriculum and Instruction (6 units required)
*
ECI 531
Foundations of Reading Instruction
*
ECI 573
Teaching and Learning Elementary
School Mathematics
C.
Structured English Immersion (6 units required): BME 500 and BME 631 (or approved equivalents).
*
BME 631
Structured English Immersion and
Sheltered English Content Instruction
*
BME 500
Foundations of Structured English
Immersion
D. Educational Psychology (3 units required): Select ONE course from the following courses: EPS 605, EPS 610, or EPS 611.
*
II.
Block B – Required Special Education Certification Courses (31 units required)
*
ESE 526+
Foundations and Methods in Secondary
Special Education
Pre-req: ESE 548 and ESE 649
Co-req: 1 unit of ESE 608
*Required
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Student’s Name:
*
*
Course No.
ESE 625
NAU ID:
Course Title
Replacement
Course
Semester
Year
Hours
Grade
T/E/P**
Advanced Classroom Management
Strategies
Pre-req: ESE 548 or Special Education Survey
Milestone
*
ESE 649
Cross Categorical High Incidence
Foundations
Pre-req: ESE 548 or Special Education Survey
Milestone
*
ESE 650+
Cross Categorical-High Incidence
Methods in Special Education
Pre-req: ESE 649
*
ESE 655
Advanced Assessment of Exceptional
Learners: High Incidence Disabilities
*
ESE 608
Fieldwork Experience (Cross-Categorical
– to be taken with Methods Courses+)
*
ESE 698
Graduate Seminar
Pre-req: ESE 548 or Special Education Survey
Milestone
*
ESE 591
Special Education Student Teaching:
Cross-Categorical High Incidence
A. Select ONE course from the following courses (3 units required): ESE 520, ESE 580, or ESE 656.
*
III. Block C – Optional Additional Preparation: Candidates who want further Special Education preparation may choose to
complete additional concentrations or certificates by adding courses identified below. This is optional, not required.
Candidates seeking certificates must apply for additional certificates. Concentrations do not require application.
A.
High-Incidence Cross-Categorical Concentration
ESE 460
Consultation and Collaboration in
Special Education
Pre-req: ESE 424
ESE 580
ESE 656
1.
B.
Introduction to Autism Spectrum
Disorders
Advanced Assessment Practicum
Pre-req: ESE 655 or EPS 664
Select ONE course from the following courses: ESE 660 or ESE 670.
Early Childhood Special Education Concentration
ESE 536
Patterns and Variations of Child
Development
Foundations of Early Childhood Special
Education
ESE 556
Methods of Early Childhood Special
Education
ESE 516
Pre-req: ESE 548 or Special Education Survey
Milestone
Pre-req: ESE 536 or 548
ESE 608
*Required
Fieldwork Experience
Special Education: Cross Categorical High Incidence Certified (MED)
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Student’s Name:
*
Course No.
C.
NAU ID:
Course Title
Replacement
Course
Semester
Year
Hours
Grade
T/E/P**
Low-Incidence Concentration
ESE 594
ESE 634
Special Education Student Teaching
Severe/Profound
Advanced Foundations of Special
Education: Low Incidence
Severe/Profound Disabilities
Pre-req: ESE 548 or Special Education Survey
Milestone
ESE 657
Assessment in Special Education: Low
Incidence Disabilities
Pre-req: ESE 548 and (ESE 536 or ESE 634)
ESE 664
DIS 505
1.
D.
ESE 520
ESE 601
Methods in Special Education: Low
Incidence/Severe Profound Disabilities
Pre-req: (ESE 434 or ESE 634) and (ESE 548 or
Special Education Survey Milestone)
Co-req: ESE 608
Disabilities and Technology in the
Lifespan: An Introduction
Select ONE course from the following courses: ESE 585 or DIS 519.
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners Certificate
Bilingual and Multicultural Aspects of
Special Education
Limiting Bias in Assessment of Culturally
and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional
Students
Pre-req: ESE 520
ESE 602
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically
Diverse Exceptional Students
Pre-req: ESE 520
ESE 603
Inclusive Collaborative Methods for
Teaching Culturally & Linguistically
Diverse Exceptional Student
Pre-req: ESE 520
*Required
Special Education: Cross Categorical High Incidence Certified (MED)
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Student’s Name:
NAU ID:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Block A –Education Coursework
 The courses in this block are required for those candidates entering the program without a degree or
certification in elementary or secondary education.
 For candidates who have a degree in elementary education, and a full Structured English Immersion (SEI)
endorsement, these requirements are waived.
 For candidates who have certification in secondary education, the Elementary Curriculum and Instruction block
(ECI) is required, but the Educational Foundations and Educational Psychology courses (EDF) can be waived.
 Note: EDF 500 and EPS 605 are strongly recommended if you did not complete an undergraduate education
degree or certification program.
 BME courses are required for the SEI endorsement. Candidates who have full SEI endorsement at admission
must provide proof of the full endorsement. If proof of full SEI endorsement is presented at admission, the
candidate is not required to take the BME courses as part of his/her program of study.
Block B – Required Special Education Certification Courses
 All courses must be selected with the written approval of a special-education faculty advisor. Deviations from
these guidelines for individual candidates must be approved in writing by the advisor on this official form. In
addition, you must be admitted to this degree program before finishing your first 12 units of graduate work.
 Please Note: Candidates must also pass the Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessment (professional knowledge
and special-education focus area), and meet State requirements on Federal and State Constitutional knowledge
for Arizona Teacher Certification.
SIGNATURES
By signing below, you agree to the following statement:
“Students are responsible for complete knowledge of Academic Catalog requirements in their degree plan for their
catalog year and adhering to all policies in the Academic Catalog.”
Student:
Date:
Advisor:
Date:
Chair (required for Final):
Date:
**Transfer/Equivalent/Previous Graduate Degree – Must have Advisor approval
Transfer
T = Course transferred from another university
Previous Graduate Degree
P = Course taken at NAU from previous graduate degree
Equivalent
E = Course taken at NAU in place of required course
Transfer Credit Example:
*
Course No.
ABC 123
*Required
Course Title
Fundamentals of English
Replacement
Course
Semester
Year
Hours
Grade
T/E/P**
ASU 456
Fall
2012
3
A
T/ASU
Special Education: Cross Categorical High Incidence Certified (MED)
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