College of Education: Department of Special Education

There are three tracks that a student may chose to earn a master's degree. Track I is for full-time students only.

Track II is for students who cannot dedicate 15 hours per semester to their academics.

Track III is for students who wish to take only one course per semester.

All SpEd courses are offered either online or through compressed video within Wyoming only.

Track I is recommended for full-time students.

The Department of Special Education requires that courses be taken in the following sequence. Courses may not be taken out of sequence.

	Fall
EDEX 5071	Teaching Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities	3
EDEX 5080	Teaching Students with Severe and Low Incidence Disabilities	3
EDEX 5820	Special Education Law	3
EDEX 5355	Assessment	3
EDEX 5100	Practicum I	3
	Spring
EDEX 5110	Positive Behavior Support and Management	3
EDEX 5120	Academic Instruction in General Education for Students with Disabilities	3
EDEX 5150 EDRE 5530	Classroom Research OR Intro to Research	3
EDEX 5200	Practicum II	3
	Summer
EDEX 5250	Assistive Technology and Transition	3
EDEX 5000	Collaboration/Professional Interdisciplinary Relationships	3

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Track II is recommended for part-time students.

The Department of Special Education requires that courses be taken in the following sequence.

	Fall 1
EDEX 5355	Assessment	3
EDEX 5071*	Teaching Students with Mild/Mod. Disabilities OR	3
EDEX 5080*	Teaching Students with Severe/Low Incidence Disabilities	3
	Spring 1
EDEX 5110	Positive Behavior Support and Management	3
EDEX 5120	Academic Instruction in General Education for Students with Disabilities	3
	Summer 1
EDEX 5250	Assistive Technology and Transition	3
EDRE 5530 EDEX 5150	Intro to Research or Classroom Research	3
	Fall 2
EDEX 5720	Special Education Law	3
EDEX 5070*	Teaching Students with Mild/Mod. Disabilities OR	3
EDEX 5080*	Teaching Students with Severe/Low Incidence Disabilities	3
EDEX 5100	Special Education Practicum Level I	3
	Spring 2
EDEX 5200	Special Education Practicum Level II	3
EDEX 5150	Classroom Research Plan A	3
	Summer 2
EDEX 5000	Collaboration/Professional Interdisciplinary Relationships	3

* Pick either EDEX 5070 or EDEX 5080

If a student chooses to write a Plan A paper, both research classes (EDEX 5150, EDRE 5530) will be required plus the 4 additional credit thesis hours and the program is 40 total hours.

* If a student chooses to write a Plan B paper, EDEX 5150 will be optional and the program is 33 total hours.

Twelve credit hours of credit can be used toward a degree program at a later date, upon approval of the student's graduate committee members.

A student may choose between EDEX 5150 Classroom Research or EDRE 5530 Intro to Rearch. EDEX 5150 is offered each spring semester.

Track III

(One class per semester)

Track III is recommended for part time students – one class per semester.

The Special Education Department requires that courses be taken in the following sequence. Please note that all requirements for the Master's degree must be completed by the end of summer semester in Year #6.

Course	Semester	Course Title	CR
Year 1
EDEX 5071	Fall	Teaching Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities	3
EDRE 5530	Spring	Introduction to Research or EDEX 5150 Classroom Reseach	3
EDEX 5250	Summer	Assistive Technology and Transition	3
Year 2
EDEX 5355	Fall	Assessment	3
EDEX 5110	Spring	Positive Behavior Support and Management	3
	Summer	No Class
Year 3
EDEX 5080	Fall	Teaching Students with Severe/Low Incidence Disabilities	3
EDEX 5120	Spring	Academic Instruction in General Ed for Students with Disabilities	3
	Summer	No Class
Year 4
EDEX 5720	Fall	Special Education Law	3
EDEX 5150	Spring	(Classroom Research)	3
EDEX 5000	Summer	Collaboration/Professional Interdisciplinary Relationships	3
Year 5
EDEX 5100	Fall	Special Education Practicum Level I	3
EDEX 5200	Spring	Special Education Practicum Level II	3
	Summer	No class
Year 6
EDEX 5490	Fall	Completion of Master's Degree Thesis/Project	1
EDEX 5490	Spring	Completion of Master's Degree Thesis/Project	1
EDEX 5490	Summer	Completion of Master's Degree Thesis/Project (if needed)	1

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Track II is recommended for part-time students.

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