Master of Education Degree in Special Education
for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learner

Admissions

The applicant must have a 3.0 Grade Point Average (GPA) or higher on a 4.0 scale in the last 60 semester or 90 quarter hours completed. The applicant must submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. The applicant must submit at least three (3) letters of recommendation from persons in a position to judge the professional and academic potential of the candidate.

The applicant must submit an application with statement of reason for pursuing a Master’s degree in School Psychology.
B.A. or Master’s in a field related to the exceptional learner and culturally and linguistically diverse learners (e.g. Psychology, Biology, Mathematics/Statistics, Spanish, Sociology, Special Education, Education, Bilingual Education, Educational Diagnostician or Social Work).

Program:

The 60 semester credit hour Master of Arts in School Psychology provides the option of a thesis program or a non-thesis program.

Semester Credit Hours:    Thesis   |   Non-Thesis
a. Required                          45                  45
b. Electives                            9                   15
c. Thesis                                6*                   0
    Total                                 60*                 60**

*If a student elects to complete a thesis, six semester hours of thesis courses can be credited toward the sixty semester credit hours required for a Master’s Degree in School Psychology.

**Students who choose the option for a non-thesis program will be required to prepare and submit research paper to a professional conference for presentation or a manuscript to a professional journal.