Special Education Degrees
Graduates from a special education degree program have the skills needed to work with students who need an alternate program because of physical, mental, or emotional challenges.
Online Special Education Degrees
Students with barriers to learning are entitled to an education, and graduates from a special education program can find work as special education teachers in:
• Correctional Facilities
• Mental Health Facilities
• Private Learning Centers
• Private School Systems
• Public School Systems
Concentrations in a special education degree program include the following:
• Autism/Developmental Disabilities
• Behavior Disorders
• Blindness and Visual Impairment
• Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• General Special Education
• High Ability
• Learning Disabilities
Examples of courses that a special education major would take are:
• Applications of Educational Psychology
• Assessment and Positive Behavior Support in School and Community Settings
• Autism
• Behavior Disorders
• Behavioral Assessment and Intervention
• Cognition Language and Literacy Processes in Education
• Critical Issues in Special Education
• Cultural Perspectives on Learning, Development and Media
• Design and Analysis of Research with Small Samples and Single Subjects
• Developmental Disabilities
• Education and Development of Gifted Learners
• Experimental Designs and Analysis in Education
• Human Development in Education
• Motivation in Education
• Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis
• Qualitative Methodologies in Educational Psychology and Special Education
• Research in Educational Psychology and Special Education
• Social-emotional Development in Education
• Specific Learning Disabilities