MASTER OF SCIENCE Special Education (K–12)

MASTER OF SCIENCE Special Education (K–12)

The online path to a master’s degree that makes great teachers into outstanding special-ed teachers.

Find a rewarding career teaching students with diverse challenges. You’ll gain expertise in research, instructional design, IEP development, and behavioral management. Graduates of this program work in a variety of school settings, including inclusionary K-12 classrooms, self-contained classrooms, or resource rooms. Grade-level eligibility will depend on your state’s requirements.

• Psychoeducational Assessment Practices and IEP Development/Implementation
• Behavioral Management and Intervention
• Foundations of Instructional Design
• Issues in Instructional Design
• Instructional Design Production
• Research Foundations
• Research Questions and Literature Review
• Research Design and Analysis
• Research Proposals
• MS SPED Teacher Work Sample

Faculty

SUPPORTING YOU: Faculty focused on students.

WGU faculty members have one goal in mind: your success. A Program Mentor is your individually assigned faculty member, providing program guidance and instruction from the day you start to the day you graduate. Course Instructors provide subject-matter instruction and support, typically one-on-one, exactly when you need it.

One important measure of a degree’s value is the reputation of the university where it was earned. When employers, industry leaders, and academic experts hold your alma mater in high esteem, you reap the benefits of that respect. WGU is a pioneer in reinventing higher education for the 21st century, and our quality has been recognized.

Accredited

WGU's Teachers College is the first exclusively online university to receive accreditation for its degree programs that lead to teacher licensure from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE, now CAEP).

Paired with WGU's university-wide accreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, these accreditations assure your teaching degree from WGU will be highly respected.

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