Special Education (M.A.T.)

Required Foundation Courses (6 cr)

These courses must be taken within the first 15 graduate credit hours of course work undertaken from this university.

• TE 505 - Educational Learning Theory 3 cr
• TEMS 504 - Foundations of Teacher Education 3 cr

Special Education Core (12 cr)

• TE 516 - Classroom Management Techniques for Effective Instruction 3 cr
• TE 532 - Assessment & Planning in Special Education 3 cr
• TE 535 - Collaboration and Consultation in Education 3 cr
• TE 541 - Teaching Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities: K-12+ 3 cr

Cognate (12 cr)

Take 4 of the following courses, as approved by program advisor

• TE 503 - Educ Implications of Behavioral & PDD 3 cr
• TE 510 - Methods in Elementary Reading Instruction 3 cr
• TE 536 - Adv Theory & Meth: Emotionally Impaired 3 cr
• TE 537 - Adv Theory & Prac: Learning Disabilities 3 cr
• TE 545 - Language Acquistion/Dysfunction 3 cr
• TE 569 - Teaching Students with Severe to Profound and Multiple Disabilities: K-12+ 3 cr
• TE 627 - Crisis Prevention Intervention for Students With ASD 3 cr
• TE 628 - Asst Comm & Tech for Students With ASD 3 cr
• TE 629 - Advanced Theory & Practice: ASD 3 cr
• TE 630 - Effective Transition Planning 3 cr
• TE 631 - Career and Postsecondary Preparation 3 cr
• TE 632 - Organizational and Community Systems 3 cr

Capstone (7 cr)

TE 621 or 660 taken as final course

• TE 620 - Special Education Research & Practice 3 cr