This master's program focuses on how to plan, instruct, conduct assessments and collaborate to maximize learning opportunities for students with visual impairments, blindness, and deafblindness.
Admission Requirements
Te be admitted to the program, a student must
- hold a minimum of a bachelor's degree, and
- hold a teaching certificate in education (any content area).
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| Any graduate courses (500+) with ED or EDC prefix with Department Approval | 12 | |
| Recommended Courses: | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION | ||
| APPLIED MULTICULTURALISM | ||
| DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (Core Courses) | ||
| Concentration Courses (Teaching Field) | ||
| EDC 551 | FOUNDATIONS OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS | 3 |
| EDC 652 | INTRODUCTION TO ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY | 3 |
| EDC 653 | PRACTICUM FOR TEACHING STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS | 3 |
| EDC 654 | INTRODUCTION TO BRAILLE LITERACY | 3 |
| EDC 656 | PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES/DEAFBLIND | 3 |
| EDC 657 | ADVANCED BRAILLE AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
| Action Research Project | ||
| ED 690 | MASTER'S ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 33 | |