Program Description/Overview
The Master of Arts in Education (MAE): Special Education degree program consists of 10 courses (30 units) that can be completed in less than a calendar year. This rigorous academic program covers the 12 Disability categories listed in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004. Students learn the characteristics of many disabilities, therapeutic interventions, and differentiated instruction to address all students’ learning needs. Students learn federal Special Education law that governs K-12 school districts in the United States.
Additionally, students tackle challenging issues facing Education today. The program teaches critical and analytical thinking skills and how to address rhetorical ploys and logical fallacies.
The program addresses ways to address the unique needs of English Language Learners (ELLs) and how to increase learning for this demographic of students.
Additionally, this program teaches how to teach students who learn differently effectively while the affective domain of teaching and learning is also addressed. This program teaches how to develop a classroom culture that is nurturing and emotionally safe, as well as addressing the cognitive and academic development of students.
This graduate degree program teaches instructional strategies for diverse learners, including people with specific learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, mental health conditions, and people whose first language is not English. Differentiated instruction and therapeutic interventions to address people’s learning needs are addressed throughout the curriculum. Federal Special Law is taught and the underlying values, beliefs, and professional practices that underlay the law are also covered.
Credit Units
Total Credit Units: 30
Total Core Credit Units: 30
Total Elective Credit Units: N/A
Total Concentration Credit Units: N/A
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