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Multiple and Severe Disabilities

Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.)
Master of Education (M.Ed.)

The program for the major in multiple and severe disabilities prepares a student to teach children with moderate, severe, and profound mental retardation, autism, physical-health impairments, hearing loss, visual impairments, and deafblindness and young children with disabilities. The student is provided with course work and practicum experiences resulting in knowledge of characteristics, curriculum, instructional strategies, and classroom management procedures. The program has tracks leading to certification in behavior disorders, mental retardation, orthopedically impaired, hearing impairment, visually impaired, deafblind (dual certification in visually impaired and hearing impaired), and interrelated special education/early childhood. For more information go to the Educational Psychology and Special Education website.

* Students who do not hold a professional and renewable certificate in special education may apply for the M.A.T. program.

* Students entering the M.Ed. program must already hold a certificate in special education based on an accredited college/university program or will complete the approved certification sequence prior to enrolling in master’s level courses.

Graduate Admissions (Application)

M.Ed. Application Requirements

M.A.T. Application Requirements