Overview

The Childhood and Childhood Special Education degree at St. John's University prepares holders for both initial and professional certification as Special Education Teachers, Grades 1-6. In order to attain certification, holders must pass the New York State Content Specialty Test (CST) in special education.

Key Features

In completing initial, general education coursework, Career Change students learn about the fundamentals of teaching in grades 1-6, as well as child development and educational history.

Advanced coursework is designed to foster Career Changers’ ability to develop the skills, attitudes, and abilities needed to identify and remediate major learning and behavior disorders, ranging from mild to profound, regardless of etiology. Attention is also paid to diagnosis, intervention, program planning and program evaluation.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Psychological Foundations of Learning

Teaching and Learning: Childhood

Technology for Teaching Literacy Applications in regular and Special Education Settings

Childhood Associate Teaching

Curriculum Adaptation and Modification Planning for Exceptional Students

Education and Accommodating Needs of Individuals with Exceptionalities, K-12

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-01-22 00:00:00

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Starting 2025-09-04 00:00:00

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More details

Rolling Admission for Fall and Summer Semesters

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

48 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Education Special Education Early Childhood Education View 2919 other Masters in Education in United States

Academic requirements

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

Required

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Undergraduate scholastic achievement must be such as to give reasonable assurance of success in work for an advanced degree. Normally this will be a “B,” both in the general average and in the major field.

The Career Change Master’s program requires students to have an undergraduate course distribution in the General Liberal Arts and Sciences and a concentration in Social Sciences (or other) for childhood certification.

Your undergraduate transcript will be assessed by the School and a deficiency evaluation will be made available in the first semester. An individual deficiency evaluation will be completed upon admission, to list the credits that you will need to complete before being endorsed for certification.

Tuition Fee

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International

70560 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1470 USD per credit during 12 months.
National

70560 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1470 USD per credit during 12 months.
In-State

70560 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1470 USD per credit during 12 months.

Living costs for New York City

1819 - 3968 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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