The Graduate Bulletin 2011-2012
Graduate Certificates
Graduate Certificate in Special Education; Early Childhood Special Education
Certificate Requirements (25 credits) Required coursework may vary from student to student based on previous degree, teaching license(s) and coursework on transcript.
Special Education Department Chair: Deanne Borgeson, Ph. D Lommen 214D, (218) 477-2002 borgeson@mnstate.edu
SpEd 517: Educating Students with Severe Disabilities (3) SpEd 519: Biomedical Aspects of Students with Disabilities (3) SpEd 523: Young Children with Disabilities and Their Families (3) SpEd 524: Assessment in ECSE (3) SpEd 526: Infant Strategies (3) SpEd 527: Instructional Strategies: Preschool (3) SpEd 559: Communication Programming: Severe Disabilities (3) SpEd 567E: Practicum: Young Children with Disabilities (2) SpEd 567I: Practicum: Infant/Interagency Services (2) SpEd 568E: Student Teaching II: ECSE (4) SpEd 664: Theory and Process of Consultation/Collaboration (3) SpEd 620: Perspectives and Policies in Special Education (3) SpEd 606: Research and Application in Behavior Analysis (3)
The certificate will provide students with expertise in the field of Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE). The ECSE certificate is comp0risefd of courses to address the characteristics, assessment needs, and intervention needs of young children with disabilities (birth through age 6). Courses related to the professional role of the ECSE teacher focus on family-based practices, due process requirements, consultation/collaboration processes, behavioral strategies and inclusive environments. This will be an online certificate program.
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Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution. Completed “Application for Admission to Graduate Study� form indicating Graduate Special under "Program Admission Requested". Undergraduate and other transcripts sent directly from the institution to the Graduate Studies Office. Non-refundable $20.00 fee for first-time applicants to Minnesota State University Moorhead.
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