Members in the program?gain advanced expertise in culturally and linguistically responsive special education services to students with both high-incidence and low-incidence disabilities. Theory and pedagogy from language minority education and special education are combined.

In conjunction with the Special Education Master's Degree, opportunities are available to earn additional credentials:

• Educational Diagnostician Certification: Educational diagnosticians are special education professionals who assess and diagnose children with learning difficulties. This certification requires 33 hours, some of which overlap with requirements of the Special Education Master's Program.
• Low-Incidence Disabilities Transcripted Certificate: This certification requires 9 credit hours and prepares you to work with students with low-incidence disabilities. Full tuition for this program, called the FLIP Your LIDS program, may be covered by a US Department of Education Grant.

The Master's in Special Education prepares students to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of individuals with disabilities
• Evaluate the needs of individuals with disabilities
• Demonstrate knowledge of fostering learning and development for individuals with disabilities
• Demonstrate knowledge of foundations of special education and professional roles and responsibilities of the special education educator
• Develop a behavior intervention/change plan