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M.A.Ed. in Special Education
The M.A.Ed. program is for those teachers who have an A level license in education. Teachers with licenses in areas other than special education may have to take some prerequisite courses. The program consists of a professional core, a special education core, and a concentration in one of the following areas: behavioral disorders, gifted education, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, or severe/profound disabilities.
Admission Criteria:
Bachelors degree from a regionally accredited institution
3.0 average on last half of undergraduate program or 2.85 overall GPA
Satisfactory score on the GRE
Three letters of recommendation
Acceptance into Westerns Graduate School
Program: 36 semester hours of graduate study:
18 semester hours professional core
6 semester special education core
12 semester hours in the concentration area
Exit portfolio