Program Overview
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Site: Extended Campus/Distance
Mode: Online
Start terms: Summer, Fall, Spring
Director: Corey Pierce, Ph.D.
Location: McKee 36
Telephone: 970.351.2691
Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/special-education/
The MA degree in Special Education with a Deaf/Hard of Hearing concentration prepares professionals as a special education specialist: deaf/hard of hearing to work with children and youth with hearing losses ages birth-21 and their families in order to help them develop their full potential. Individuals who do not have a current teaching license are required to pass an approved elementary education content examination (e.g., Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects PRAXIS Exam #5001) or another state level elementary education test before being admitted to the Deaf Education Program. The program consists of the required courses and practicum requirements agreed upon by the student and advisor. Also, individuals who are not proficient in sign can enroll in the program and concurrently take sign courses. The Special Education Deaf/Hard of Hearing Specialist is required to pass a sign proficiency examination and an approved Special Education: Deaf/Hard of Hearing (e.g., Special Education: Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students PRAXIS Exam #5272) prior to enrolling in practicum.
Degree Requirements — 36-43 Credits
Required Major Core Credits — 3 hours
| SRM 600 | Introduction to Graduate Research | 3 |
Required Prerequisites — 7 hours
| CSD 266 | Normal Speech and Language Development | 3 |
| CSD 370 | Basic Audiology | 4 |
Ability to communicate, with intermediate proficiency in American Sign Language and/or a sign system.
NOTE: Advisor approved transfer credit equivalency may be accepted for the required prerequisite courses.
Required Concentration Credits — 33 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 |
| EDSE 550 | Foundations of Deaf Education | 3 |
| EDSE 650 | Issues and Trends: Deaf/Hard of Hearing | 3 |
| EDSE 651 | Collaboration: Deaf/Hard of Hearing | 3 |
| EDSE 652 | Foundations of Listening and Spoken Language: Deaf/Hard of Hearing | 3 |
| EDSE 654 | Language: Deaf/Hard of Hearing | 3 |
| EDSE 655 | Literacy: Deaf/Hard of Hearing | 3 |
| EDSE 656 | Curriculum and Instruction: Deaf/Hard of Hearing | 3 |
| EDSE 657 | Practicum: Deaf/Hard of Hearing | 3- 6 |
Note: EDSE 657: Take a minimum of 3 credit hours.
Program Notes
Students are required to complete a sign language proficiency test, which will be administered before each student's practicum placement or they must successfully pass ASL 202: American Sign Language IV prior to enrolling in practicum. Please note that ASL 202 may not be counted for graduate credit.