A focus on how to plan, instruct, conduct assessments and collaborate to maximize learning opportunities for students with visual impairments, blindness, and deafblindness.
Admission Requirements
- Hold a minimum of a bachelor's degree;
- Hold a teaching certificate in education (any content area);
- Pass the GRE/MAT requirements, OR have 3 years of successful teaching, OR 3.0 undergraduate cumulative GPA, OR other master's degree.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| Any graduate courses (500+) with ED or EDC prefix with Department Approval | 12 | |
| Recommended Courses: | ||
| INTRO DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTI | ||
| APPLIED MULTICULTURALISM | ||
| DIFF INSTRUCTION SPEC POP | ||
| INTRO APPLIED EDUCATIONAL RES (Core Courses) | ||
| Concentration Courses (Teaching Field) | ||
| EDC 551 | FND OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS | 3 |
| EDC 652 | INTRO TO O&M | 3 |
| EDC 653 | STRATEGIES FOR VI | 3 |
| EDC 654 | INTRO TO BRAILLE | 3 |
| EDC 656 | PROGRAMS FOR MIVI/DB | 3 |
| EDC 657 | ADVANCED BRAILLE AND AT | 3 |
| Action Research Project | ||
| ED 690 | MASTER'S ACTION RESEARCH PROJ | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 33 | |