Admissions
Certification programs
To meet certification requirements, students seeking their initial certificate may need liberal arts credits in addition to those taken for their undergraduate degree. Applicants for the initial certificate M.A. Program in Childhood Special Education must have completed collegelevel work in English, social science, mathematics, natural or physical science, and a language other than English, as well as a 30point concentration in one of the liberal arts or sciences by the time of M.A. degree completion. Students may complete liberal arts deficiencies any time before program graduation. For admission to the accelerated program, candidates must have met the liberal arts requirements before entering the program.
Non-Certification Programs
Candidates must hold or be eligible for provisional or initial certification in childhood education.