MSEd in Teaching Students with Disabilities (all-grades)

SUNY New Paltz

The graduate program in teaching Students with Disabilities (All Grades) has been carefully designed to prepare teacher candidates with the skills and qualifications needed to begin a fulfilling career. The MSEd Program consists of 30 credit hours and leads to the Students with Disabilities All Grades certificate. This NYS certificate requires that candidates have 6 credit hours in each of the following content areas: English, social studies, science, and math. Students who are deficient in any of these credits must fulfill them before graduation from the master’s program. Students who enter the program with initial certification in a content area will also be recommended for an extension on their Students with Disabilities Generalist All Grades certification in that content area. Extensions for the following areas are available: SWD- Biology (grades 7-12), SWD- Chemistry (grades 7-12), SWD- Earth Science (grades 7-12), SWD- Mathematics (grades 7-12), SWD- Physics (grades 7-12), SWD- Social Studies (grades 7-12), SWD- English Language Arts (grades 7-12), SWD- Languages other than English (grades 7-12). American Sign Language, Cantonese, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish.

• Early Childhood Special Education
• Childhood Special Education
• Adolescence Special Education

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