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Early Childhood Special Education: Online Master’s Degree
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Courses may be taken individually as a post-baccalaureate (formerly non-degree) student or as part of a master’s degree.
The early childhood special education online courses are interactive, semester-long courses. Courses are based on a weekly format that includes lecture, assignments, text readings and discussion. Students can choose the most convenient times to complete course work within the week, being mindful of weekly deadlines.
The early childhood special education faculty encourages students to begin by taking one or more of the early childhood special education focus courses.
Students admitted to the degree program have first priority to enroll in the early childhood focus courses until July 15 for fall; Nov. 15 for spring; and May 1 for summer. After these dates, the courses are open for enrollment to students who are not in the program.
Focus area (21 hours)
- SPC ED 8485 Introduction and Methods of Early Intervention
- SPC ED 8495 Introduction and Methods of Early Childhood Special Education
- SPC ED 8387 Seminar (Topic may vary each summer session.)
- LTC (C&I) 8900 Seminar: Developing Home-School Partnerships: Working with Families
- LTC (C&I) 8612 Advanced Early Childhood Curriculum
- LTC (C&I) 8900 Seminar: Language and Early Literacy Development
- SPC ED 8490 Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education
Core requirements (12 hours)
- Learning Theory
ESC PS 7160 Developmental Aspects of Human Learning - Instructional Leadership
ED LPA 8428 Curriculum Leadership - Instructional Technology
SISLT 9467 Technology to Enhance Learning - Research
SPC ED 8387 Seminar: Research Methods in Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education (beginning fall 2008 all ECSE students will be required to take this course instead of SPC ED 8350)
Note: Enrolling in a course does not provide acceptance into the degree program. Students who are applying course credit toward a degree must be accepted into the degree program before they finish nine hours of course work.