Special Education PreK-12 Initial Licensure with Master's Degree Option

This program is designed for individuals with a baccalaureate degree who wish to work toward the Postgraduate Professional License with an endorsement to teach LD, E/BD, and Mild MR students. Graduate students learn assessment and diagnosis of students, as well as preferred intervention strategies, consultation techniques, and behavioral management strategies.  Students must indicate in the application process whether they are seeking the master's degree or licensure only.  Passing scores on Praxis I, or an equivalent SAT score, are required for admission to the program and passing scores on Praxis II are required prior to enrollment in the Internship/Professional Semester.

Students in the Special Education PreK-12 Initial Licensure program must complete a professional semester to meet state licensing requirements.  This professional semester is designed as the capstone course for this program.  For those students who are already teaching under a Provisional or Special Education Conditional License, enrollment in the professional semester is still a requirement, but will be a mentorship of their current teaching position.  An application for the Internship/Professional Semester must be completed and filed with the Office of Professional Services, Hull - Room 256, by 12 noon on the last day of classes one (1) year in advance of the professional semester. (Application available at the following url:  http://www.longwood.edu/cehs/professional_services/professional_services_info.htm#StudentTeaching, scroll to Graduate Professional Semester Application near the bottom.)
 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE ONLY:

EDUC 506    Contemporary Social Issues in American Education (3)

EDUC 521    Human Growth and Development (3)

MAED 623    Teaching Mathematics in Grades K-8 (3)

SPED 515    Survey of Exceptional Students (3)

SPED 516    Medical and Neurological Problems of Exceptional Students (3)

SPED 520    Language Development and Language Disorders (3)

SPED 530    Characteristics and Needs of Students with Learning Disabilities, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, and Mental Retardation (3)

SPED 540    Curriculum and Methods for Students with Learning Disabilities, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, and Mental Retardation (3)

SPED 545    Psychoeducational Assessment (3)

SPED 565    Behavior Management (3)

SPED 575    Career and Life Planning for Individuals with Disabilities (3)

SPED 682    Collaboration in the School, Home and Community (3)

SPED 692    Special Education Graduate Professional Semester PreK-12 (6)

Reading Courses (6).  Select two of the following:

EDUC 524    Emergent and Early Language Acquisition and Literacy Instruction (3)

EDUC 525    Middle School Literacy Education (3)

EDUC 530    Teaching Reading in the Content Areas (3)

TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE ONLY:  48

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER'S DEGREE:
(6 credits plus successful completion of the Comprehensive Examination OR 9 credits plus successful completion of a Thesis or Collaborative Special Education Research):

EDUC 502    Research Design (3)

EDUC 547    Instructional Media & Computer Technology in the Classroom (3)

EDUC 699    Comprehensive Examination (0)

     OR

SPED 600    Thesis Research (3)

     OR

SPED 601    Collaborative Special Education Research (3)                       

TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED FOR MASTER'S DEGREE: 54/57