Inclusive & Special Education
Take your teaching career to the next level of inclusion at Alfred
The Master's of Science in Education in Inclusive & Special Education is a professional certification program for teachers who hold the initial certificate in any teaching area. While the degree is in inclusive special education, the focus of the program is preparing teachers to infuse strategies such as universal design for learning, differentiated instruction, and humanistic behavior supports into instructional activities at any grade level or in any content area. The Alfred University Inclusive & Special Education program is an excellent opportunity for teachers in the Corning area who are employed in full-time positions and need to complete courses for the professional certificate.
Degrees
- SPED 556 Intro to Inclusive Schooling and Development
- SPED 564 Environmental Design & Humanistic Supports
- SPED 541 Inclusion and Students with Autism
- SPED 542 Collaboration & Advocacy with Schools & Families
- SPED 557 Inclusive Curriculum & Instruction for Special Educators (all grades)
- SPED 570 Special Education Practicum (all grades)
- SPED 671 Assessing and Evaluating Students with Disabilities
- EDUC 503 Competency in the Teaching of Literacy
- EDUC 570 Field Experience and Seminar
- EDUC 604 Diagnostic & Remedial Techniques in Literacy
- EDUC 695 Master’s Research
All students accepted to Alfred University pay a non-refundable $200 enrollment deposit. The program application deadline is August 1.
- Initial teacher certification - must be valid through the end of the program
- Program interview
- Graduate application
- Personal statement
- $60 application fee (waived for AU alumni)
- Undergraduate college transcript for every institution attended and degree level
- Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0
- Graduate college transcript for every institution attended
- A letter of recommendation
Upon completion of the program, the student is expected to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of differentiated, universally designed, and individually adapted assessment, curriculum, instruction, and behavior support for all students, particularly students with disabilities.
The MSEd in Inclusive & Special Education leads to initial certification in Students with Disabilities (all grades) and meets the requirements for professional certification in a student’s initial certification area.