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MAT, Teaching Students with Disabilities, Grades 7–12, Initial Certification

The 30-credit MAT in Teaching Students with Disabilities (Initial Certification) equips you with the tools and training to teach social studies in urban settings for students with disabilities and other learning challenges. 

Core Course Sequence

You’ll take pedagogical core courses in inquiries in teaching and learning, adolescent learners in urban contexts, and issues in special education policy. You’ll participate in workshops in world language education, two semesters of mentored student teaching, and a specialized content core exploring education students with disabilities in middle childhood and adolescence, methods of instruction for children with low incidence disabilities, and learning environments and assessments for students with disabilities.

CourseTitleCredits
Required Courses 
Pedagogical Core 
TCHL-GE 2010Inquiries Into Teaching & Learning III3
TCHL-GE 2515Adolescent Learners in Urban Contexts2
TCHL-GE 2275Lang/Lit Acquisition Dev3
TCHL-GE 2999Drug, Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse ID/School Violence/DASA0
SPCED-GE 2124Historical and Contemporary Issues in Special Educ Policy, Research and Practice3
WLGED-GE 2914Workshop in World Language Education1
Specialized Pedagogy/Fieldwork 
SPCED-GE 2162Ed of Std With Disab in Middle Clhd/Adole Settng3
SPCED-GE 2052Methods of Instruction for Children with Low Incidence Disabilities3
SPCED-GE 2108Learning Environments, Behavior, and Students with Disabilities3
SPCED-GE 2136Assessment for Students with Disabilities3
Student Teaching Courses 
SPCED-GE 2526Teaching Students with Disabilities: High School3
SPCED-GE 2524Teaching Students with Disabilities: Middle School3
Total Credits30
Plan of Study Grid
1st Semester/TermCredits
TCHL-GE 2010Inquiries Into Teaching & Learning III3
SPCED-GE 2052Methods of Instruction for Children with Low Incidence Disabilities3
SPCED-GE 2162Ed of Std With Disab in Middle Clhd/Adole Settng3
SPCED-GE 2124Historical and Contemporary Issues in Special Educ Policy, Research and Practice3
SPCED-GE 2524Teaching Students with Disabilities: Middle School3
TCHL-GE 2999Drug, Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse ID/School Violence/DASA0
 Credits15
2nd Semester/Term
TCHL-GE 2515Adolescent Learners in Urban Contexts2
SPCED-GE 2136Assessment for Students with Disabilities3
SPCED-GE 2108Learning Environments, Behavior, and Students with Disabilities3
WLGED-GE 2914Workshop in World Language Education1
TCHL-GE 2275Lang/Lit Acquisition Dev3
SPCED-GE 2526Teaching Students with Disabilities: High School3
 Credits15
 Total Credits30

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