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 2026-05-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-24 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-07 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Highland Heights, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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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 Fees

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Non-residents

8910 USD / year

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Out-of-State

8910 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

8910 USD / year

≈ 8910 USD / year

Funding

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