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LBD MA Ed

 

M.A. ED. - MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION - LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR DISORDERS (LBD)

30 Semester Hours Minimum 

Options for the MA Ed in Special Education


Admission Requirements
For clear admission to the MAEd. program options the following programs must have an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 overall or on the last 60 hours and program test requirement of:

  • Minimum GRE scores of verbal 450, quantitative 350
  • OR combined GRE verbal, quantitative scores of 800, a GPA of 3.0, and an on-demand writing task scored by LBD Faculty
  • OR Miller Analogies Test (MAT) raw score of 389, GPA of 3.0, and an on-demand writing task scored by LBD faculty
  • OR GPA of 2.7 and composite GRE x GPA = 2400 and an on-demand writing task scored by LBD Faculty  
Course Number
Course Title
Credit Hours
 

Professional Core* (9 hours)

EDF 869 Research in Education 3 hours
EPY 816 Tests and Measurements 3 hours
Choose one of the course listed below.
EDF 837
or EDF 850
or EDF 855
or EMS 830
Comparative Education
or Educational Sociology
or Foundations of Multicultural Education
or Multicultural Populations and School Curriculum
3 hours
*Graduate students who have completed a graduate course in Research in Education, Tests and measurements, and/or cultural diversity and linguistic differences would select with their advisor a replacement Professional Education course from the list for the Rank II and I Professional Education listing of the courses.
 

LBD Option Courses (15 hours)

      Prerequisite:  LBD provisional certification
SED 803 Advanced Special Education Assessment 3 hours
SED 804 Educational Management of Learning and Behavior Disordered Students 3 hours
SED 805 Roles of Special Educators 3 hours
SED 810 Special Education Statues, Regulations and Case Law 3 hours
SED 886 Seminar in Special Education 3 hours
 
Electives (6 hours)
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