Master of Arts in Special Education (Accelerated)

Western Michigan University

The Accelerated Graduate Degree Program (AGDP) in Special Education allows qualifying students to begin accumulating credits toward completion of a Master of Arts degree in Special Education: Master Teacher Emotional Impairment Endorsement while still enrolled as undergraduates in the special education program. Undergraduate students admitted to the AGDP may take up to 12 credit hours of designated 5000 and 6000- level classes for graduate credit. These designated courses may be used in completion of both the bachelor’s degree and the master’s degree. The 30-hour program of study is identical to the MA in Special Education: Master Teacher. Students will pay undergraduate tuition for the designated AGDP 5000 and 6000-level courses as undergraduates, and the courses will be included in the flat tuition rate. On completion of the undergraduate degree, the student will be reclassified as a graduate student and then will pay graduate tuition rates for additional courses leading to the M.A. Students who previously have received their baccalaureate degrees will be ineligible to apply for this program and retroactively claim credits toward the M.A. Special Education degree.