Overview

Enjoy opportunities for internships and research and learn to build sustainable and equitable educational practices. Careers include resource classroom teacher, itinerant teacher, self-contained classroom teacher, parent advisor and early intervention specialist.

Key Features

You will build the skills to work in a wide range of classroom settings with coursework including language and literacy assessment and intervention, instructional methods and strategies, audiology, speech and language development, cultural diversity and research.

Focus on addressing the needs of students within public school settings through communication and literacy development and put your learning into practice through a practicum and a final full-time teaching internship.

Graduates of the Special Education - Deaf and Hard of Hearing program at The University of Arizona have gone on to teach D/HH students as either itinerant, resource room or self-contained classroom teachers. Itinerant teachers travel from school to school to provide on-site services and support, while resource room teachers have D/HH classrooms on general education campuses and self-contained classroom teachers typically work at center schools for the deaf or in public school programs.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Language Development for the Exceptional Child
Educational Issues: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Audiology Practices in Education
Assessment and Development of Language in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Assessment and Development of Literacy in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
Issues in DHH: Supporting DHH Students in Public Schools

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Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-05-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Tucson, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

A bachelor's or graduate degree from an accredited college or university in education or related field,
a grade point average of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) on at least the last 60 units of coursework,
a grade of “A” or “B” in at least one American Sign Language course (as evidenced on college or university transcripts), and

experience with children, including children with special needs and/or children who are DHH.

Unofficial transcripts of all previous college work from each college or university previously attended must be uploaded with your application.

Three letters of recommendation from persons who have direct knowledge of your academic and/or professional performance and potential for graduate study.
Statement of purpose (1-2 pages, double spaced).

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

23400 USD / full

≈ 23400 USD / full
Out-of-State

23400 USD / full

≈ 23400 USD / full
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In-State

23400 USD / full

≈ 23400 USD / full

Funding

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