Admission Requirements

For Master’s Program in Teaching Children with Disabilities in Childhood Education

  1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Undergraduate scholastic achievement must be such as to give reasonable assurance of success in work for an advanced degree. Normally, this would
    be at least a “B,” both in the general average and in the major field.
     
  2. The special education program serves students who have received or who have qualified for the New York State initial teaching certificate. Students who do not possess the certificate at the time they seek admission will be accepted into the 48-credit program with the understanding they must receive this teaching certification to be eligible for institutional endorsement
    for the New York State permanent teaching certification.

Financial assistance may be available to those that qualify.