Special Education Teaching Certification Special Education Teaching Certification Students seeking to major in special education must fulfill the general requirements for a bachelor s degree, requirements for a teaching certificate at either the elementary or secondary level and advanced preparation in educating students with learning and behavior disorders.
Students majoring in special education are subject to all teacher education policies and procedures.
This program represents an extended advanced training for special education majors for teaching individuals with learning disabilities and emotional impairments. Completion of the following sequence of courses will result in teacher certification at either the elementary or secondary level, a Master of Arts in Teaching degree and endorsements in Learning Disabilities and Emotionally Impaired. Academic Minors Special Education Majors-Elementary Special education elementary majors are required to develop a foundation in English, natural science, mathematics and social science. The student then will use the remaining three core content areas to build a 20-22 credit planned program minor, which consists of at least two courses in each of the three remaining core content areas.