Special Education - Comprehensive (K-12) Licensure, (MAT)

Program RequirementsStudents seeking licensure and the MAT degree must take a minimum of 30-46 graduate semester hours, depending on program and licensure area. Minimum hours may increase depending on licensure requirements. Students who are employed by a school district on a Practitioner License may have the Level III (clinical teaching semester) waived if they provide the necessary documentation to verify one year of successful teaching experience in their area of licensure with a composite Teacher Evaluation Score of 3.0 or higher. Students in this category should contact the Teacher Education Office in 202 Ball Hall for specific requirements. Please note that all initial licensure candidates, including candidates who on a Job-Embedded Practitioners License, must take ICL 7993, either along with clinical teaching semester or the last semester before applying for license if working on a Practitioner License. This course serves as the culminating experience and will require successful completion of the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) to be able to be recommended for licensure.Special Education Licensure Program RequirementsStudents seeking Special Education Licensure and the MAT degree must complete the following requirements:Special Education Level I Licensure Requirements:EDPR 7111 - Child Development & Education Credit Hours: 3SPED 7000 - Intro Excptional Learnr Credit Hours: (3)orSPED 7001 - Test Meas Excp ChlAdul Credit Hours: (3)orPSYC 7800 - Intro School Psychology Credit Hours: (3)ICL 7105 - LangComm Inclusive Classrm Credit Hours: (3)ICL 7106 - ProfEth Prac Inclusive Class Credit Hours: (3)Special Education Level II and III Licensure Requirements:SPED 7211 - Academic Instruct Sped Credit Hours: (3)SPED 7212 - Content Methods in Special Edu Credit Hours: (3)SPED 7221 - Behavior Mgmt Spec Ed Credit Hours: (3)SPED 7241 - Superv Practicm In Sped Credit Hours: (3-9)orPSYC 7808 - Psychoed Assessmnt III Credit Hours: (3)ICL 7993 - Professional Seminar Credit Hours: (3)Comprehensive (K-12) Program RequirementsSPED 7042 - Fld ExpComprehen Sped Credit Hours: (3-6)SPED 7050 - Teach Exceptnl Learner Credit Hours: (2-3)SPED 7511 - Intellectual Disabilities Credit Hours: (3)MAT Degree Requirements:In addition to the above:EDPR 7521 - Introduction to Research Design and Methodology Credit Hours: (3)ICL 7993 - Professional Seminar Credit Hours: (3)

Baccalaureate Degree: The applicant must provide an official transcript showing that a bachelor’s degree was awarded by an accredited college or university. If you are a UofM undergraduate student applying to Graduate School at UofM, you do not need to request that an official transcript be sent to Graduate Admissions. This office has access to your transcript. In addition, transcripts from any other college or university attended may be requested. Only transcripts received directly from an issuing institution are considered official. Personal copies are not acceptable as official documents.

GPA: The applicant must have earned an acceptable grade point average, typically a minimum of 2.5 on a scale of 4.0, but departments may make exceptions for students whose overall GPA does not adequately reflect their ability to succeed in their chosen field.

English proficiency test scores accepted by the University:

• Duolingo English Test-110 or higher on the overall score.
• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) 550 or higher on the paper version, 80 or higher on the internet-based test
• IELTS (International English Language Testing System)- 6.5 or higher
• PTE (Pearson Test of English) - 59 or higher