Department: Special Education and Communication Disorders 

Admission Requirements

• Candidates must meet all College of Graduate Studies requirements and have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.8
• Candidates must submit evidence that they have passed the Communication and Literacy Skills Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure^® (MTEL)
• Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work

Program Requirements

In consultation with an adviser, undertake the appropriate course work and activities including the following.

• Candidates must complete SPED 202  (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of “B”; SPED 211  (or equivalent); with a minimum grade of “B”; or SPED 510  (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of “B”
• PreK-8 Candidates must, prior to the student teaching experience:
  1. complete an appropriate psychology course (either PSYC 224  or PSYC 227  or equivalent) or ELED 120 
  2. have passed the General Curriculum MTEL^®
  3. complete SPED 509  (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of “B”
  4. have passed the Foundations of Reading MTEL^®
• 5-12 Candidates must, prior to the student teaching experience:
  1. complete an appropriate psychology course (PSYC 227  or equivalent) or ELED 120 
  2. have either passed a subject content MTEL^® or the General Curriculum MTEL^®
  3. complete SPED 509  (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of “B”
  4. have passed the Foundations of Reading MTEL^®