E-mail this pageSpecial Education & Childhood Education Combined Program
Our Combined B.S./M.S.Ed. Program in Special & Childhood Education Allows You To:
- Earn 4 teaching certificates at the same time in
- Elementary school classrooms grades 1-6
- Special education settings grades 1-6
- Special education birth-2nd grade settings
- Childhood education birth-2nd grade settings
- Link educational theories, principles, concepts, and practice through extensive hands-on experience in elementary schools
- Learn to be a qualified, caring and competent educator
- Benefit from personal advisement with full-time faculty
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Childhood Education (115-123 credits)
Masters of Science (M.S.Ed.) in Special Education (54 credits)
The degree has different parts:
- General education courses required for all students (minimum of 35 credits)
- Childhood education courses and extensive field experience (50 credits)
- Childhood education majors complete 30 to 38 credits in one of the following academic concentrations: art, biology, chemistry, earth science, English, French, mathematics, music, social studies, or Spanish
- Enter special education graduate classes in your 7th semester
Benefits of the combined program in Childhood Education/Special Education at SUNY Plattsburgh
- An up-to-date curriculum
- Extensive field experience in elementary classrooms and special education settings
- An integrated curriculum that incorporates literacy and special education
- A program with themes that target development into qualified, caring and competent educator
- Graduates fulfill all degree requirements for teaching certification from the New York State Education Department
Program Requirements
- View the combined program in childhood and special education course curriculum
- View education (EDU) course descriptions
- View the program's suggested course sequence, including general education requirements (GE4), and education (EDU/EDS/EDT) courses.
Certification
Questions, Comments, Suggestions?
If you would like to learn more about our programs in special education at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact:
Heidi Schnackenberg, Ph.D.
Program Area Coordinator, Master of Science in Education Programs
Office: Sibley Hall 309
Phone: (518) 564-5143
Fax: (518) 564-2149
E-mail: heidi.schnackenberg@plattsburgh.edu
Cynthia McCarty, M.S.Ed.
Program Leader, Undergraduate Special Education
Office: Sibley Hall 206
Phone: (518) 564-5141
Fax: (518) 564-2149
E-mail: mccartca@plattsburgh.edu
Donna Vanderhoff
Secretary
Phone: (518) 564-2123
E-mail: Donna.Vanderhoff@plattsburgh.edu