This AAQEP Accredited degree will prepare you to teach students Kindergarten to 12th grade with both high and low incidence disabilities. This may include students with specific learning disabilities, other health impairments, emotional disturbances, intellectual disabilities, autism, or multiple disabilities.
You'll have an opportunity to work within diverse elementary, middle, and high school settings in both urban and rural communities.
The Special Education program is approved by the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board.
Delivery Method: On-campus
Credit Hours: 120
Teacher certification information
Department of Early Childhood, Special Education, & Counselor Education
You'll be immersed in field experiences from the start, gaining over 200 hours of field experience in classroom observations that occur across disability categories and grade levels, in addition to a full semester of student teaching.
The B.S. in Special Education degree contains three steps:
View the Candidate Policies and Procedures Manual for Bachelor of Science in Special Education.
Below is a template of the course progression followed by Special Education students.
Semester 1 (16 course hours)
Semester 2 (15 course hours)
Semester 3 (15 course hours)
Semester 4 (16 course hours)
Check with your advisor to make sure requirements are completed for applying to the Teacher Education Program.
Semester 5 (13 course hours)
Apply to the Teacher Education Program
Semester 6 (18 course hours)
Semester 7 (15 course hours)
Semester 8
*requires prior admission to the Teacher Education Program
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