Master of Arts in Special Education

Our program will expand your skills and knowledge to new areas of special education. We offer courses toward an initial or additional endorsement in the areas of autism spectrum disorder, cognitive impairment, or specific learning disability. We also offer several pathways for obtaining special education certification and endorsements in the State of Michigan. If you are a certified teacher and are interested in an initial or additional special education endorsement, we offer pathways for earning endorsements in autism spectrum disorder, cognitive impairment, and specific learning disability. If you are seeking initial certification, we offer an expedited pathway for those with bachelor’s degrees to earn a standard teaching certificate with a cognitive impairment endorsement. This pathway will prepare to you to teach students with disabilities K-12 in the State of Michigan. If you are seeking to earn your bachelor’s degree, we also offer an accelerated pathway for degree completion and the ability to earn a standard teaching certificate with a cognitive impairment endorsement. This pathway will prepare to you to teach students with disabilities K-12 in the State of Michigan.