Program Description
The Department of Educational and Psychological Studies offers an advanced Master’s program in Special Education for students who hold an undergraduate degree in special education. The program represents and extension an refinement of knowledge and skills developed in an undergraduate special education program.
Admission Requirements
To qualify for admission to the program, students must have the following:
- A GPA of 3.0 or higher in junior and senior years
- A valid Florida Teaching Certificate in special education (if applicant does not hold a valid FL teaching certificate, all certification requirement in addition to degree requirements must be met.)
- Three letters of recommendation (at least one from an academic sources and one from work or volunteer experiences
- Well written autobiographical statement.
Program of Study
This program is a total of 36 credits. It has a common core of 27 credits in advanced areas of special education, plus a choice of 9 credits of electives in an area of concentration that is planned and approved by student and advisor.
Required Core: Each of the courses is 3 credits unless indicated. More complete descriptions of the courses are available
- EDF 6608 Social, Philosophical, and Historical Foundations of Education
- EDP 6211 Educational Psychology: Foundations and Applications
- EDF 5481 Foundations of Educational Research
- EEX 6846 Seminar in Special Education: Issues and Trends
- EEX 6535 Seminar in Special Education: Supervision and Leadership
- EEX 6912 Advanced Theory and Research in Special Education
- SPS 6199 Family/School Consultation and Collaboration
- EEX 6765 Instructional Technology
- EEX 6228 Integration of Assessment, Curriculum and Instruction
Optional:
- EEX 6971 Masters Thesis (6 credits)
Area of concentration: 9 credits
Area of concentration may be selected from an endorsement such as Gifted, ESOL, or as planned and approved by student and advisor.
Gifted Education (Endorsement)
- EEX 6417 Guidance and Counseling of Gifted
- EGI 5051 Nature and Needs of Gifted
- EGI 5232 Educational Procedures and Curriculum for the Gifted>
- EGI 6306 Creativity and the Gifted
- EGI 6405 Gifted Minority Students
Graduation Requirements
- Completion of all coursework
- GPA of at least 3.0
Further Information: Dr. Patricia M. Barbetta
Phone: (305) 348-2552
Fax: (305) 348-4125
E-mail: Barbetta@fiu.edu
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