The Master of Education (M.Ed.) in
Special Education, with the focus on
Initial Certification for the Hearing
Impaired, is designed to meet the needs of
students who are interested in obtaining
their initial Florida Certification in
Deaf Education. The program consists of 85
semester hours that include prerequisites,
core and major requirements. The amount of
prerequisite course work will depend on
the individual students educational
background and ranges from 18 to 48 hours.
The program is approved by the Florida
Department of Education.
ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM
Applicants seeking admission to the
College of Education and Human Services
must have the following to be eligible for
a graduate program: 1.) A baccalaureate
degree from an accredited institution; 2.)
A 3.0 GPA during the last 60 hours in your
first baccalaureate program and / or a
composite score (verbal and quantitative
sections) of a 1000 on the Graduate
Records Examination (GRE); 3.) If the
overall GRE score is less than a 1000, the
General Knowledge Exam is required before
full admittance. Applicants who do not
meet the minimum requirements for
admissions must apply under the college’s
exception policy.
Applicants must also submit - 3 letters
of recommendation on official letterhead.
All applicants seeking admission are
required to meet with an academic advisor
and sign a tentative program of study
prior to admission. Contact the Office of
Academic Advising at (904) 620-2530 for
further information.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
PREREQUISITES (48 Semester Hours) (With a degree outside of education):
- EHD 4245 Lang Dev elopement
Deaf/Hard of Hearing - 3 credits
- SPA 4605 Advanced Sign Language IV -
3 credits
- EDG 4327 Assessment of Learning and
Behavior - 3 credits
- EDF 3151 Nature of the Learner - 3
credits
- EHD 4311 Psychology and Education of
the Hearing Impaired Child - 3 credits
- EHD 4261 Audiology and Speech
Science - 3 credits
- EEX 3202 Psychology & Sociology of
the Exceptional Learner - 3 credits
- EEX 4604 Educational Management of
Exceptional Students - 3 credits
- EEX 4101 Speech and Language
Development and Disabilities - 2 credits
- EEX 4281 Soc,Pers,and Career Skills for
Excep St - 3 credits
- EEX 3251 Development Skills of Math
for Special Education - 3 credits
- TSL 3550 Principle and Issues in TESOL
- 3 credits
- EEX 4255 Curriculum/Instruction:
Learners Exceptional - 3 credits
- EEX 3250 Reading Methods: Learners
Exceptional - 3 credits
- EEX 3252 Language Arts: Exceptional
Learners - 3 credits
- EDF 3945 Field Lab I - 2 credits
- EHD 4940 Dead Ed Practicum - 2
credits
CORE REQUIREMENTS (18 Semester Hours)
- EDF 6480 Foundations of Educational
Research - 3 credits
- EDF 6607 Education in America - 3
credits
SPECIAL EDUCATION CORE
- EEX 6025 Issues/Trends Special
Education - 3 credits
CLINICAL REQUIREMENT
- EEX 6841 Practicum in Special Education
- 9 credits
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (19 Semester
Hours)
- EHD 6241 Language Instruction:
Deaf/Hearing Impaired - 3 credits
- SPA 6625 Sign Comm. Classroom - 3
credits
- EHD 6242 Teaching Speech to the
Hearing Impaired - 3 credits
- EHD 6281 Teaching Speech Practicum - 1
credit
- EHD 5341 Curr & Instr: Deaf/
Hearing Impaired Child - 3 credits
- EHD 634- 3 Teaching Reading: Deaf/
Hearing Impaired Child - 3 credits
- SPA 6619 Advanced ASL Conversation -
3 credits
- No more than 10 semester hours can be
completed before a student is fully
admitted including a maximum of 6 semester
hours of approved transfer credits from
another institution.
- A student may receive credit for a
course only once. However, the GPA will
reflect all repeated courses.
- The student must apply for the
graduate practicum during the term prior
to graduation.
- An approved Dual/Concurrent
enrollment form is required prior to
registering for courses at another
institution.
- Students are strongly advised not to
enroll in courses at another institution
during their last semester at UNF.
- Graduation will most likely be
delayed for students who attempt dual
enrollment in their last semester.
- The College of Education and Human
Services is accredited by the National
Council for the Accreditation of Teacher
Education.
- Student must obtain passing scores on
all three parts of the FTCE (General
Knowledge, Professional Education and
Subject Area Exam) to be eligible for
graduation.