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Program Profile

Master’s in Special Education (Ed. M.)

Special Education

Program Description:

Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education in positive Schools, Project TIES, is a personnel preparation program focused on strengthening ties between general and special education while preparing teachers to work more effectively with students who display challenging behavior. This Master Degree program in Special Education leads to a Learning and Behavior Specialist II, advanced endorsement, in Behavior Intervention. The Chicago program is an innovative program designed specifically for Chicago Public School teachers.

Delivery Method:
Face-to-face/Videoconferencing
Online 
Self-paced/Asynchronous

Classes offered on:
Nights
Weekends
Daytime 
Self-paced

Credit options for courses within the program:
Degree seeking (admitted to a degree program)
Non-degree seeking (students not admitted to a degree program at the time of the course)
Non-credit/Audit

Number of Required Campus Visits:  0

Enrollment Type:
Cohort (students take online semester-based courses as a group) 
Open Enrollment (enroll anytime)

Total Number of Credit Hours: http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/sped/TIES/ChicagoCoursework.html

Tuition/Program Costs:  Tuition stipends are available to cover a portion of costs for graduate study through Project TIES (Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education in positive Schools)

Admission Requirement(s):

Applications must include:

1. a completed application from the Graduate College. This application must be completed online. Go to the following website: http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/admissions/apply/

2. Fee payment.

*Note that the application and fee payment are automatically sent to the grad college

3. Three letters of recommendation.

4. A statement of goals for graduate study (can be done online or downloaded)

5. Academic transcripts from ALL colleges and universities attended.

** Note goal statements, transcripts and letters of recommendation are sent to Amy Rumsey, Department of Special Education 288 Education, 1310 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820.

Application Deadline:  This program is now closed to applicants.

Departmental Program Website:  www.ed.uiuc.edu/sped/ties 

Program Contact(s):

Yvonne Carey or Lisa Monda-Amaya
Department of Special Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
217-333-0260 | 217-333-6555 fax
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