Accelerated Program for Teacher Licensure

MSE Teaching and Learning

Special Education Initial Licensure #2801

Online 40 credits * 2-2.5 years
No application fee for online graduate education students

Program Highlights & Benefits

Flexible, online format

Easy, efficient admissions steps

Up to 50% of your graduate credits can be considered

Professors who are committed to helping foster personal and professional success

For

Those looking to earn their Masters in Education and earn their initial licensure for Cross-Categorical Special Education through the State of Wisconsin. Candidates for this program will need to have earned their bachelor’s degree in order to be enrolled in this program.

What You Learn

Special Education is an evolving and dynamic field. Concordia prepares you to provide the specially designed instruction that children with a wide range of disabilities need to thrive as students. This program allows you to earn both WI DPI license #2801 and a master’s degree.

How You Learn

Class sizes are small to provide individualized attention during 8-week course sessions. 

  • Online courses are the primary format. You take at a time that works for you.
  • Select courses will be taken in real-time via zoom on a scheduled night of the week with the professor and other students.

Career Outcomes

Earn your initial licensure (WI DPI-Cross Categorical Special Education #2801) while earning a Master of Science in Education -Teaching and Learning. You will be endorsed to teach grades 4K-12 in cross categorical special education. Teacher candidates are prepared to be successful; in all environments to meet the learning needs of children: public, private, and parochial.

Degree Requirements

Master of Science in Education-Teaching and Learning-Special Education-Cross Categorical-Initial Licensure- 40 Credits

CourseTitleHours
EDC 5400Foundations of the Teaching Profession3
EDC 5405Educational Psychology-Understanding Theory of Teaching and Learning3
EDC 5420Teaching Diverse Students, Families, and Classrooms3
EDC 5430Language Arts Development and Strategies3
EDC 5445Curriculum and Methods of Mathematics3
EDG 5000Assessment for Special Education3
EDG 5005Principles of Behavior Management3
EDG 5010Legal Issues in Special Education3
EDG 5015Literacy for Diverse Students3
EDG 5030Teaching Methods for Exceptional Students3
EDC 7405Pre-Student Teaching Field Experience1
EDC 7410Student Teaching Placement 13
EDC 7415Student Teaching Placement 23
EDC 7420CAPTL Portfolio I0
EDC 7421CAPTL Portfolio II0
EDC 7440CAPTL Capstone Research2
EDC 7445CAPTL Capstone Project1
 Total Hours:40