Overview

As a future inclusive education teacher, you’ll have the opportunity to be in a position that is instrumental in safeguarding the rights of the children in your classroom, and in helping them overcome barriers to academic success and independence. This Special Education degree from Grand Canyon University can qualify you to pursue licensure so you can work toward making a positive difference in the lives of children with disabilities.

In this master’s in special education program, you will be taught teaching and classroom strategies, and skills that suit the needs of students with specialized learning circumstances. These tools and skills can help prepare you to teach any subject, from math to language arts, to students with mild to moderate exceptionalities. These teaching methods will take into account the language, emotional development and physical and cognitive disabilities of each student.

Some examples of teaching strategies and skills taught in this program for special education classrooms include:

The design of lesson plans and teaching aids for students with varied learning abilities
The modification of lesson plans to suit individual student needs
Environment and lesson plan design that can help enhance student focus
The establishment of clear behavioral and academic expectations
Student assessments and progress monitoring

Classroom management for students with behavioral and emotional differences

Career Paths

Aspiring to become an adaptive learning educator can offer you the potential to empower children facing additional challenges in life, thereby fostering positive change within the classroom. The coursework and experiential learning components of this program can help equip you to pursue potential roles as a:

Middle school special education teacher

Secondary school and all other special education teachers

Elementary school special education teacher (including kindergarten)

Special education teaching assistant

Postsecondary education teacher

Programme Structure

Courses include:

U.S. and Arizona Constitutions for Teacher Candidates

Survey of Teaching Children with Exceptionalities

Classroom Management and Collaboration

Instructional Planning for Special Education Students

Methods of Structured English Immersion for K-12 Education

Language Development Through Phonics and the Science of Reading

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00

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More details

GCU has a rolling admission policy.

Language

English

Credits

44 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Phoenix, United States

Disciplines

Special Education View 511 other Masters in Special Education in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.8

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

500

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Graduate applicants may be accepted at Grand Canyon University (GCU) with an undergraduate degree from an accredited college or program that has been approved by GCU, with a 2.8 GPA or higher.
If you do not meet the GPA requirement, you may be eligible for admission with a graduate degree from an accredited, GCU-approved college or program and passing test scores: Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT): 500, Graduate Record Examination (GRE): 300 combined verbal/quantitative

Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

27060 USD / full

≈ 27060 USD / full
Out-of-State

27060 USD / full

≈ 27060 USD / full
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

27060 USD / full

≈ 27060 USD / full

Funding

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