Educational Leadership, Counseling & Special Education

Special Education - M.Ed.

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WELCOME TO ASU! We are pleased that you are visiting our website to learn more about the MEd program in Special Education. Below you will find all the information you need regarding our program requirements for this advanced degree.

Master of Education (M.Ed.) - Special Education

The Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Special Education is designed for candidates who already hold a valid teaching certification and wish an advanced graduate degree and T-5 certification. There is a concentration in mild disabilities. The program consists of 36 semester hours. The coursework allows candidates to develop and demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills in special education. The culminating course in the program incorporates a competency based research-to-practice project using data based strategies and interventions in a special education applied setting.

Admission Criteria

Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA at the Baccalaureate level on all undergraduate work attempted in which letter grades were awarded.
Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA on all graduate work
A clear, renewable teaching certificate
A record free of criminal and disciplinary problems

Program of Study

The program of study provides you with a list of classes that you will take in this program. Each class requires 30 hours of lab experience in a school setting. The following section details lab experience information.

Field Experiences

All of the classes in the Special Education Core and Special Education Concentration require a 30 hour lab experience in a classroom serving students with disabilities. Placements are made by Christine McKinney in collaboration with the SPED faculty. If you are employed as a teacher, you may complete your lab hours in your current classroom if you have opportunities to work with students with disabilities. If you are not teaching, ASU will place you. At the beginning of every semester, each student is required to complete a field experience packet to be found online. These forms can be obtained here . You will be assigned a master or mentor teacher regardless of employment status who will complete your evaluation and submit it online at the end of the semester. Students are required to submit an attendance log through Elroy to verify the number of hours that they are completing. All field experience requirements must be completed to pass your courses.

M.Ed. Advisors

For further information regarding the MED program in Special Education please contact:

Dr. Mike O'Connor - Last names beginning A-M
706-667-4505
moconno2@aug.edu

or

Dr. Kathleen Hogan - Last names beginning N-Z
706-729-2460
Khogan3@aug.edu

For additional admission information, please contact:

ASU Graduate School
Phone: 706-737-1499
Fax: 706-667-4706