• DePaul’s Special Education degree program will prepare students to teach students with exceptionalities from kindergarten to age 21 in a variety of urban and suburban educational settings, including public and private schools.
  • By completing the bachelor’s in Special Education degree program, they will be eligible for the Illinois Learning and Behavior Specialist I (LBS1) license, provided they complete additional state requirements.
  • Students will complete two lab-based courses in the Education and Counseling Center in the College of Education, one focused on reading, and one on math. In each course, they will work with a struggling learner from the community.
  • Students will also complete two field-based practicum courses (totaling 70 hours of field experience) with related seminars: one focused on learners with high incidence disabilities in an inclusive setting, and one focused on students with low incidence disabilities in a self-contained setting.
  • As a Special Education degree major, students will learn to:
    • Apply specific strategies needed to teach exceptional learners
    • Consult and co-teach in general education inclusion classrooms
    • Modify content for exceptional learners in reading, math, natural and social sciences
    • Teach small groups of exceptional students in a resource room
    • Teach students with more significant disabilities in a self-contained classroom