MA Special Education at West Virginia University

Programme overview

The graduate program in Special Education at WVU is designed to prepare professional educators to work with children and adolescents with mild/moderate disabilities including learning disabilities, emotional/behavior disorders, autism, and intellectual disabilities. This graduate level program prepares special education teachers and other professionals to engage in current research-based practices to provide high quality educational programs and services to promote academic achievement and post-school outcomes in inclusive elementary or secondary schools.

Faculty: College of Applied Human Sciences | Duration: 30 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Morgantown, WV, United States

What you will study

Required coursework includes Legal/Educational Foundations: Special Education, Academic Interventions for Special Needs, Technology Applications for Special Needs, Learning Characteristics:Autism, Educational Interventions: Autism, Mathematics for Special Needs, Reading for Special Needs. Programme/major requirements total 30 credit hours.

Career pathways

One and one half (1.5) (Three semesters including summer) calendar years at the rate of twelve (12) credits per semester (full-time study- recommended for students who are not employed and/or have minimal family responsibilities).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Regular Admission Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution with minimum GPA of 2.75. Personal statement: 1-2 written pages on professional goals and reasons for seeking admission Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for admission to fall, spring, and summer terms. Note: Students who do not meet the 2.75 minimum grade point average requirement may be admitted as a provisional graduate student. Provisional graduate students are required to attain a 3.0 by the end of the term they complete their first nine hours of advisor-approved coursework to remain in the program and to be reclassified as a regular graduate student. Major Code: 5543

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.

Graduate applications are made through the WVU online graduate application with a $75 application fee (waivers for WVU and WVU Medicine employees, active military and veterans, AmeriCorps and Peace Corps members); minimum cumulative GPA 2.75 on a 4.0 scale for regular admission, and some programmes require higher. International graduate applicants also pay the non-refundable $75 fee.

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