MA in Infant/Toddler Early Childhood Special Education
Curriculum

The graduate program consists of 36 credits. Some courses are three credits and some are four credits. Students must complete the 36 credits, which includes one semester or summer session in a full time fieldwork placement, and a Master’s Thesis. To successfully complete the program, students must maintain a "B" average.

The 36–credit curriculum has four parts:

1. Core Curriculum (27 Credits)
Team Building and Collaborative Decision Making: Parents and Professionals; Language Development: Diversity and Disorders; Health and Medical Problems: Young Children with Mild, Moderate and Severe Disabilities; Advanced Research Methods; Social Studies Early Childhood: Methods and Materials 0–Grade 2; Science, Mathematics, and Technology: Curriculum, Methods, and Materials for Early Childhood Students and those with Disabilities; English Language Arts; The Reading Writing Connection for Early Childhood Students and those with Disabilities and Practicum or Advanced Service Seminar.

2. Specialized Courses (6 Credits)
Assessment of Early Childhood and those with Special Needs; Neurological Development

3. Electives (3 Credits)
Play and Learning in Early Childhood and for those with Special Needs, or a Guided Independent Study

4. Completion of a Master's Thesis

Fieldwork Experience
A unique aspect of this program is that in most of the courses there are coordinated fieldwork experience assignments, which will provide diversified interactive learning experiences where theory is applied to practice. This dimension is invaluable in all areas for those engaged in any aspect of early intervention with infants, toddlers, early childhood children and their families.