Special Education, M.Ed.

The required courses are:

• ED 6005 - Evaluation of Abilities and Achievement (3) *
• ED 6010 - Foundations of Education (3) *
• ED 6020 - Fundamentals of Literacy Learning (3)
• ED 6030 - Technology and Education: Applications and Implications (3) *
• ED 6055 - Social and Affective Interventions (3) *
• ED 6060 - Counseling Techniques and Family Advocacy in Special Education (2) *
• ED 6070 - Language Development of Students with Exceptionalities (2) *
• ED 6080 - Educational Methods in Mild/Moderate Cross Categorical Disabilities (4) *
• ED 6090 - Specialized Instructional Strategies Across the Curriculum for Special Educators (3) *
• ED 6150 - Field Experiences and Action Research (3)
• ED 6400 - Advanced Psychological Foundations (3)
• ED 6450 - Foundations of Special Education (3)
• ED 6501 - Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment I (Teaching Science, Mathematics, and Health in Grades 1-6) (4)
• ED 6502 - Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment II (Integrating Language Arts, Social Studies and Children’s Literature in Grades 1-6) (4)
• ED 6620 - Foundations of Classroom Management (3)
• ED 6700 - Methods of Diagnosis and Instruction for Remedial Reading (3)
• ED 7760 - Literacy Practicum (3)
• ED 7800 - Graduate Student Teaching in the Elementary School (10)
• ED 7900 - Graduate Student Teaching Seminar (3)

Total: 65 graduate credits

Note(s):

Graduate students seeking special education certification will also be equired to complete six (6) hours of mathematics.

*Co-listed as a 4000-level undergraduate course. Undergraduate teacher candidates may apply up to nine credit hours of the following co-listed courses to the graduate degree: ED 4010/ED 6010 , ED 4020/ED 6020 , ED 4030/ED 6030 . For graduate credit, these courses must be taken at the 6000-level, which requires that those undergraduate teacher candidates taking the course for graduate credit, complete additional work at an accelerated level appropriate for graduate credit, and that the additional work required for graduate credit is reflected in the course syllabus. Courses taken at the 4000-level do not apply to the M.Ed. degree. For the M.Ed., the student must take the course at the 6000-level or take another graduate course in that domain of the M.Ed. core.

Two 3-hour mathematics courses, which can be taken at the undegraduate level, will also be required.

Rockhurst University meets the Missouri 168.400 requirement by:

Rockhurst University meets the Missouri 168.400 requirement by allowing teacher candidates who have been employed for at least two years as a full-time teacher assistant to bypass student teaching. Instead, such teacher candidates must take ED 7900 - Graduate Student Teaching Seminar  (3), as well as 10 hours of additional elective courses offered in the Rockhurst University Master of Education program to fulfill degree requirements.