MSEd Special Education at University of Miami

Programme overview

The degree prepares individuals to work with students with disabilities in collaborative school environments, for working teachers and those seeking initial special education certification. The certification option prepares for K-12 special education certification with reading and ESOL endorsement.

Faculty: School of Education and Human Development | Department: Teaching and Learning | Duration: 30-36 credits over six terms, about one year including two summers | Intake: Fall | Location: Coral Gables, FL, United States

What you will study

Core track (30 credits): ESOL/TESOL, language development, assessment, exceptional students, language and reading instruction, inclusive teaching, UDL and transition, STEM methods, human development and applied research. Certification track adds 6 credits of student teaching (elementary or secondary) and seminar.

Career pathways

Aims to produce certified special education teachers, addressing teacher shortage in Florida and Miami-Dade County.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission to all graduate-degree concentrations in the School of Education and Human Development is based on the recommendation of the faculty. This program accepts applications for Fall admissions. Admissions decisions are based on faculty review of the following admission requirements for the M.S.Ed. in Special Education application. Completed application submitted through the Graduate School’s application portal. A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum 3.0 cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA). Submit official transcripts from each post-secondary institution (college or university) you attended, even if you did not earn a degree. Send electronic eScripts to [email protected] . If electronic delivery is not available at your institution, mail official transcripts to: SEHD Graduate Admissions, 1507 Levante Ave, Suite 311, Coral Gables, FL 33146. Provide three letters of recommendation. Letters should speak to your academic strengths and are ideally submitted by professors or academic advisors.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Most on-campus graduate programmes apply through the Graduate School online application; the application fee is $85 for Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Communication, Education and Human Development, Engineering, Miller School of Medicine and Rosenstiel School programmes, and $100 for Miami Herbert Business School and Frost School of Music programmes. Nursing applies through NursingCAS; Law, MD, Physical Therapy and Public Health Sciences use their own application portals.

Apply through the official page: https://applygrad.miami.edu/portal/application

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