Department of Teaching and Leadership
Online Program Beginning Fall 2012
Master of Science Degree
Major in Special Education Teaching
Endorsements:
Adaptive Special Education K-6, 6-12
Functional Special Education K-6, 6-12
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 and
functional special education endorsements, the following requirements must be met:
Special Education Courses
Fall
SPED 738
SPED 745
Spring
SPED 779
OR
SPED 780
SPED 761
Summer
SPED 822
SPED 750
Characteristics of Students with Adaptive Learning Needs .................. 3
Behavior Analysis and Management .................................................... 3
Teaching Elementary Students with Adaptive Learning Needs ........... 3
Teaching Secondary Students with Adaptive Learning Needs............. 3
Practicum 1: Adaptive Learning Needs ................................................ 3
Seminar in Special Education Law ...................................................... 3
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 852 Characteristics of Students with Functional Learning Needs ............... 3
Spring
SPED 779
OR
SPED 780
SPED 853
Summer
SPED 860
SPED 833
Teaching Elementary Students with Adaptive Learning Needs ........... 3
Teaching Secondary Students with Adaptive Learning Needs............. 3
Teaching Students with Functional Learning Needs ............................ 3
Practicum: Functional Learning Needs ........................................ 3
Leadership and Collaboration in Special Education ............................. 3
Special 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 at the elementary level and the other will be completed at the secondary
level.
4. Characteristics courses (738 & 852) are prerequisites for methods courses at their respective
levels (779, 780, & 853).
5. Special Education Praxis exams are required at the time of application for full endorsement.