Special Education (EDUCST-PH, SPE)

Special Education (EDUCST-PH, SPE) Specialization leading to Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies

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Program Requirements (22 hours)

Doctoral Core Courses (6 hours)

Core 1 Course (3 hours)

• EDUCST 6891 Proseminar in Educational Studies (3)

Core 2 Course: Choose from one of the following courses (3 hours)

• EDUCST 5765 Grant Writing (3)
• ESEPSY 7404 College Teaching (3)
• ESEPSY 8404 Academic Writing in Education: Reviewing the Literature (3)
• ESEPOL 7100 Writing for Educational Policy Audiences (3)
• ESPHE 6403 Ethics and the Professional Context of Teaching (3)
• EDUCST 6892 Educational Policy and Inequality in Social and Cultural Context: Integrating Research Traditions (3)

Research Requirement (choose five, minimum 16 hours)

Required Research Courses (10 hours)

• ESSPED 8861 Single Case Research Design (3)
• ESQUAL 8280 Qualitative Research in Education: Paradigms, Theories, and Exemplars (3)
• ESQREM 7648 General Linear Modeling I (4)

Additional Research Courses (choose a minimum of 2 courses, minimum 6 credit hours from courses listed below in consultation with your advisor)

Qualitative Sequence

• EDUTL 7431 The Ethnography of Literacy and Language I (4)
• EDUTL 7432 The Ethnography of Literacy and Language II (4)
• EDUTL 8001 Discourse Analysis and Educational Research I (4)
• EDUTL 8002 Discourse Analysis and Educational Research II (4)
• ESQUAL 8290 Qualitative Research in Education: Methods and Analysis (3)

Quantitative Sequence

• ESQREM 7658 General Linear Modeling II (4)
• ESQREM 8648 Multivariate Analysis (3)
• ESQREM 7627 Sampling Designs and Survey Research Methods (3)
• ESQREM 8657 Factor and Cluster Analysis (3)
• ESQREM 7643 Categorical Data Analysis (3)
• ESQREM 8658 Applied Multilevel Data Analysis (3)
• ESQREM 8659 Structural Equation Modeling (3)
• ESQREM 8895 Seminars: Quantitative Research, Evaluation and Measurement (3)

Single Subject

• ESSPED 8874 Behavioral Research in Education (3)

Specialization Requirements (12 hours)

• ESSPED 8662 Survey of Research Designs and Scholarship in Special Education (3)
• ESSPED 7892 Topics in Special Education Research (3)
• ESSPED 8875 Professional Writing/Publishing in Special Education (3)
• ESSPED 8919 Behavior Approaches to College Teaching (3) OR
• ESEPSY 7404 College Teaching (3) OR
• ESSPED 8189 Fieldwork Experience in College Teaching (3)

Specialization Requirement (20 hours)

In consultation with their faculty advisor, students will identify an area of specialization.  Examples of specialization include but are not limited to applied behavior analysis, developmental disabilities, early childhood, d/Deaf and hard of hearing, high incidence education, and gifted education. If students wish to select ABA as their specialization and take the ABAI-accredited sequence of courses, see the course list below.

Suggested Elective Courses to Meet Specialization Requirements:

• EDUCST 5765 Grant Writing (3)
• ESSPED 8891 Contemporary Issues in Special Education (3)
• ESEADM 8317 Legal Aspects of Special Education (3)

ABAI-Accredited Course Sequence for ABA Specialization:

Courses required for the BCBA credential

• ESSPED 8200 Basic Behavior Analysis (3)
• ESSPED 8300 Behavioral Assessment (3)
• ESSPED 8400 Behavioral Interventions in Special Education (4)
• ESSPED 8500 Personnel Management and Supervisor (2)
• ESSPED 8832 Advanced Behavior Analysis (3)
• ESSPED 8921 Ethics in Applied Behavior Analysis (3)

Additional ABAI accreditation course options:

• ESSPED 7830 Urban Education & Precision Teaching (3)
• ESSPED 8916 Behaviorism: Application and Implications of Skinner’s Work (1.5)
• ESSPED 8917 Verbal Behavior (1.5)
• ESSPED 8871 Translational Research (3)

Dissertation (minimum 6 credit hours)

• ESSPED 8999 Dissertation/Thesis Research: Special Education

Minimum hours post-MA/MS: 60