Special Education, M.Ed.

Thesis Option

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
EDSP 5413	Characteristics & Methods in Teaching Students with Exceptionalities	3
EDSP 5163	Leadership & Advocacy in Special Education	3
EDSP 6123	Contemporary Issues/Research	3
EDSP 5183	Advanced Assessment	3
EDSP 5143	Individual Behavior Planning in the Classroom	3
or EDSP 5603	Philosophical Assumptions of Behavior Analysis
EIPT 5033	Introduction to Research and Evaluation in Education	3
or EDSP 6023	Single-Case Research Design
Electives
Choose a minimum of 9 hours of graduate courses in Special Education		9
Choose a minimum of 6 hours of additional graduate electives approved by faculty advisor		6
Thesis
EDSP 5980	Research for Master's Thesis	2-4
Total Credit Hours		35-37

Non-Thesis Option

The non-thesis degree is a coursework-only degree; a non-thesis examination is not required

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
EDSP 5413	Characteristics & Methods in Teaching Students with Exceptionalities	3
EDSP 5163	Leadership & Advocacy in Special Education	3
EDSP 6123	Contemporary Issues/Research	3
EDSP 5183	Advanced Assessment	3
EDSP 5143	Individual Behavior Planning in the Classroom	3
or EDSP 5603	Philosophical Assumptions of Behavior Analysis
EIPT 5033	Introduction to Research and Evaluation in Education	3
or EDSP 6023	Single-Case Research Design
Electives
Choose a minimum of 9 hours of graduate courses in Special Education		9
Choose a minimum of 6 hours of additional graduate electives approved by faculty advisor		6
Total Credit Hours		33

General Requirements for all Master's Degrees

The master’s degree requires the equivalent of at least two semesters of satisfactory graduate work and additional work as may be prescribed for the degree.

All coursework applied to the master’s degree must carry graduate credit.

Master’s degree programs which require a thesis consist of at least 30 credit hours. All non-thesis master’s degree programs require at least 30 credit hours.

Credit transferred from other institutions must meet specific criteria and is subject to certain limitations.

Courses completed through correspondence study may not be applied to the master’s degree.

To qualify for a graduate degree, students must achieve an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the degree program coursework and in all resident graduate coursework attempted. A student must also have at least a 3.0 in all coursework (including undergraduate coursework if any).

Additional information for master's degree students may be found in the Graduate College Bulletin.