Overview

Help shape the future of children with exceptionalities by earning your Education Specialist in Teaching and Leading – Special Education degree online from NKU. Learn how to become a more effective educator for students with special needs while building toward Rank 1 teaching certification in Kentucky.

Deepen your expertise in working with exceptional children by assessing students with learning and behavior disorders, planning lessons that allow them to thrive, analyzing legal requirements and educational approaches, and learning applied behavior analysis techniques applicable to all children. The education curriculum includes clinical experiences and an embedded capstone project.

Program Learning Outcomes

In this accredited Special Education program of Northern Kentucky University, you will:

Learn how to apply methodology and management techniques toward educational programs for students with intellectual disabilities or orthopedic and/or health impairments

Gain a working understanding of principles, instruments, and procedures to place and plan instruction for students with learning or behavior disorders

Learn from the same experienced faculty who teach on campus

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Learning and Behavior Disorders

Behavioral Analysis Procedures for Students with Exceptionalities

Intellectual and Orthopedic Disabilities

Educational Assessment of Learning and Behavior Disorders

Research Based Teaching

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2023-10-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2023-10-05 00:00:00
Starting 2024-01-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Starting 2024-03-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-02-29 00:00:00
Starting 2024-05-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-04-26 00:00:00
Starting 2024-06-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Starting 2024-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-08-09 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Special Education View 461 other Masters in Special Education in United States

Academic requirements

GPA

3

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete online application for admission

Pay $40 non-refundable application fee

If you are an NKU alumni or active/veteran military member, your application fee will be waived

Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate coursework from accredited institutions. One transcript must show successful completion of a master's degree in education or in the content area of the applicant's teaching certificate.

Teaching Certificate: Submit a copy of current teaching certificate showing certification at the Rank 2 level or out-of-state equivalent. New teachers in Kentucky may submit a Kentucky Statement of Eligibility.

Tuition Fee

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International

12480 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12480 USD per year during 18 months.
National

12480 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12480 USD per year during 18 months.
In-State

12480 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12480 USD per year during 18 months.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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