MEd Special Education: Degree Requirements

The MEd Special Education program offers multiple options for learning about and working with students with disabilities. We welcome you if you are entirely new to the career of teaching and wish to pursue the degree along with Illinois professional teaching credentials. Or perhaps you are currently licensed to teach in IL and wish additional knowledge for working with youth with disabilities potentially along with additional state teaching credentials. Some might be interested in knowledge about students with disabilities without a teaching license and want the MEd only.

Additionally, the IL Early Childhood Special Education (ECE/SPED) Approval to teach students with and without disabilities, ages birth – five, and the Illinois Bilingual and ESL Endorsements to teach students with and without disabilities, are available for students in our programs. Those courses can also be taken as a non-degree with enrollment through UIC Extended Campus.  See information at https://education.uic.edu/academics/licensure-endorsements-credentials/

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