Department of Teaching and Leadership
Online Program Beginning Fall 2012
Master of Science Degree
Major in Special Education Teaching
Endorsement:
Adaptive Special Education PreK-12
Admission Requirements:
1. The candidate must hold a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Education degree
with requirements met for general education conditional teaching license.
2 The student must have a GPA of at least 3.00 in the undergraduate major.
3 International students must check with the graduate website for requirements.
4 Students may be granted probationary admission by maintaining a 3.30 grade point average
during the first nine hours of coursework.
Procedural Steps for Master’s Degree:
1. The student must apply for and be admitted to a degree program through the Office of
Graduate Studies.
2. The student must apply for candidacy in conference with the advisor prior to enrollment in
his/her 12th hour of coursework.
3. The student must petition the Graduate Office to graduate.
For the Master of Science degree with a major in Special Education Teaching, Adaptive Special
Education PreK-12 endorsement, the following requirements must be met:
Fall
SPED 738 Characteristics of Students with Adaptive Learning Needs ................. 3
SPED 745 Behavior Analysis and Management .................................................... 3
Spring
SPED 779 Teaching Elementary Students with Adaptive Learning Needs ........... 3
OR
SPED 780 Teaching Secondary Students with Adaptive Learning Needs ............. 3
SPED 761 Practicum 1: Adaptive Learning Needs ................................................ 3
Summer
SPED 822 Seminar in Special Education Law ...................................................... 3
SPED 750 Assessment in Special Education ......................................................... 3
Fall
Option I (Thesis Program)
TCHL 891 Methods of Research ............................................................................ 3
TCHL 890 Research and Thesis .......................................................................... 3-6
OR
Option II (Non-thesis Program)
TCHL 891 Methods of Research ............................................................................ 3
SPED 876
Teaching Young Students with Adaptive Learning Needs ................... 3
Spring
SPED 779 Teaching Elementary Students with Adaptive Learning Needs ........... 3
OR
SPED 780 Teaching Secondary Students with Adaptive Learning Needs ............. 3
SPED 864 Practicum II: Adaptive Learning Needs ............................................... 3
Summer
SPED 872 Practicum III: Adaptive Learning Needs .............................................. 3
SPED 833 Leadership and Collaboration in Special Education ............................. 3
NOTES:
1. All program courses will be delivered online beginning Fall of 2012.
2. This is a cohort program and courses are to be taken in the designated sequence.
3. One practicum will be done at the elementary level, a second will be completed at the
secondary level, and a third practicum is required at the Pre-K level.
4. SPED 738, a characteristics course, is a prerequisite for methods courses at their respective
levels (779, 780, and 876).