Overview

The curriculum is aligned with the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and helps cultivate strategies for teaching students with disabilities and collaborating with others to create individualized learning plans. You’ll take just one course at a time, and most are only 6 weeks long. That way, you can balance work and life on the path to your degree.

In the Education - Special Education program from University of Phoenix, you’ll study:

Strategies for measuring students’ strengths and needs

Special education laws and their implications for identification, placement, and instruction

A range of disabilities, including behavioral, physical, developmental, and the autism spectrum

Classroom management and inclusion strategies

Structured English immersion

Career

What can you do with a Master of Arts in Education/Special Education?

A MAEd/SPE can prepare you to be a:

Special education teacher

Intervention specialist

Resource teacher

Learning support teacher

Special education inclusion teacher

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Professional Communications

Orientation To Teacher Education

Curriculum Const And Assmt: Reading And Lang Arts For Spe

Structured English Immersion

Advanced Structured English Immersion Methods

Special Education Assessment And Interpretation

Orientation To The Exceptional Child

Characteristics Of Emotional & Behavioral Disorders

Characteristics Of Physical & Health Disabilities

Characteristics Of Intellectual/developmental Disabilities

Characteristics Of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 21 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

With classes starting every 5-6 weeks, find a date that fits with your schedule and begin school when you're ready.

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

46 SCH

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Must have an undergraduate degree from an approved, college or university with institutional accreditation, or hold a comparable degree from a recognized institution outside the United States.

Must meet work experience requirements or have access to an organizational environment, depending on your selected degree program.

Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or hold an approved, valid visa if residing in the United States.

Not have been expelled from a previous institution.

Meet the English proficiency admission requirement.

Tuition Fee

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International

12936 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12936 USD per year during 21 months.
National

12936 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 12936 USD per year during 21 months.
In-State

12936 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12936 USD per year during 21 months.

Funding

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