Special Education

Program Overview

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

A Doctoral Minor in Special Education is available to students in any UNC doctoral program with the approval of their doctoral program advisor. The intent of this program is to encourage doctoral students throughout the University to increase and expand their understanding of the field of special education and disability issues. Completion of the minor will be noted in the student's transcripts as Minor in Special Education. No application to the School of Special Education is required. In consultation with their doctoral program advisors, students may include sufficient EDSE courses in their programs of study to meet the requirements for the minor. Some or all of the courses used for this minor may be part of a student's program of required or elective classes. The minor consists of additional courses completed with a "B" or better.

This minor is not available to students in the Special Education doctoral program.

Doctoral Minor Requirements — 18 Credits

Required Courses — 9 hours

EDSE 510	Foundations of Special Education	3
EDSE 511	Content Accessibility for CLD and Students with Identified Needs	3
EDSE 512	Assessment, IEP Development and Instructional Planning	3

Select one of the following courses (3 hours):

EDSE 532	Typical and Atypical Early Child Development: Application to Early Childhood Special Education	3
EDSE 541	Introduction to Visual Impairments and Deaf-Blindness	3
EDSE 550	Foundations of Deaf Education	3
EDSE 613	Applied Assessment	3
EDSE 614	Behavioral Interventions	3
EDSE 616	Scientifically Based Literacy Interventions	3
EDSE 617	Mathematics and Content Area Learning for Students with Disabilities	3
EDSE 618	Educating Students with Significant Support Needs	3
EDSE 619	Secondary Services	3
EDSE 676	Assessment and Interventions for Students with Challenging Behaviors	3
EDSE 677	Transition to Adulthood for Youth with Exceptionalities	3
EDSE 678	Strategies for Students with Autism/Significant Needs	3
EDSE 679	Interventions for Students with Cultural and Linguistic Differences	3
EDSE 680	Administration and Supervision of Special Education	3

Select 6 hours of the following courses:

EDSE 702	Law of Exceptionalities	3
EDSE 721	Theories of Exceptionality	3
EDSE 727	Seminar in Exceptionalities	3
EDSE 732	Research in Exceptionalities	3
EDSE 745	Advanced Doctoral Seminar	3