MA in Special Education: Learning Disabilities

Admission to the Program

In addition to meeting the minimum university requirements for graduate study, applicants must earn a satisfactory score on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). To be admitted students must earn a passing score on the Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills Assessments (PPST®). Passing scores (as set by the District of Columbia teaching licensing agency) are Reading 172, Writing 171 and Math 174.

Degree Requirements

A total of 36 credit hours of approved graduate work.

Option to Waive Course Work in Master's Programs: Students with the appropriate prior study or professional experience in the field of education may be permitted to waive up to 6 credit hours of course work without replacement. The waiving of credit hours and the specific courses to be waived are determined and approved by the adviser and the SETH dean upon admission to the master's program.

In addition, one of the following may be required: an assessment provided by an educational institution or organization which has criteria and evaluation procedures approved by the School of Education, Teaching & Health; or a portfolio developed in a one-credit independent study offered by SOE and submitted for evaluation and approval to the adviser and SETH dean.

Comprehensive examination.

All students must complete the Praxis II Exam prior to graduation.

Course Requirements

• EDU-502 Methods of Managing Pupils with Behavior Disorders (3)
• EDU-545 Overview of All Exceptionalities: The Arts in Special Education (3) or
  • EDU-541 Foundations of Special Education for Exceptional Children (3)
• EDU-605 Methods of Psychoeducational Assessment for Learning Disabilities and Emotional Disturbance (3)
• EDU-606 Theories and Methods of Diagnostic and Remedial Mathematics (3)
• EDU-607 Research Seminar in Special Education (3)
• EDU-620 Theories of Educational Psychology and Human Development (3) (or an elective approved by the student's adviser)
• EDU-644 Language Development and Remediation (3)
• EDU-645 Learning Disabilities I (3)
• EDU-646 Learning Disabilities II (3)
• EDU-671 Foundations of Reading: Diagnosis and Remediation (3)
• EDU-792 In-Service Training Project (6)

The School of Education, Teaching & Health offers a Minor in Special Education for its undergraduates students. Please go to the Teacher Education Program for more information.