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Graduate Programs
Master of Arts in Education Degree
All M.Ed. programs require a minimum of 30 semester hours. Students are
required to complete either a thesis or research paper and a written comprehensive
examination. The thesis option requires 6 hours of 220:299 Research and
an oral defense of the thesis. A minimum of 18 hours of 200 level coursework
is required for both thesis and non-thesis options. Individual degree
plans are developed with an academic advisor based on the student's past
academic experiences and future career goals. Students may elect to complete
an Iowa teaching endorsement as part of their degree program
The emphasis of the Master's programs is on enhancing student access to the general education curriculum. The focus is on academic and functional curriculum, interagency collaboration, integration into the community, and collaboration with general education in all aspects of inclusion. Competency areas targeted include: (a) informed inquiry and translation of theory into practice; (b) assessment, instructional methodologies, and curricular adaptations for access to the general education curriculum; (c) understanding and working with students from culturally and linguistically diverse populations; (d) consultation and collaborative teaming; and (e) disabilities legislation and policies.
Doctor of Education Degree
This program is intended to provide practicing educators the opportunity
to continue their study and earn the terminal professional degree in their
field. The Ed.D. degree requires a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit
beyond the master's degree. There are three components to the program:
24 semester hours in a Professional Common Core of work in educational
foundations, fundamentals, and research; 29 semester hours of Advanced
Professional Study in one of three areas of intensive study and a related
area; and a dissertation of 7 semester hours.
By design, all students are required to study in basic areas that undergird
and define educational practice and develop skills of problem definition,
data collection and analysis, and interpretation.
Efforts toward meaningful inclusion and the effective implementation
of services to diverse students are highly dependent upon educational
leaders who possess a substantive background in special education and
cultural diversity. In the absence of such leadership, direct service
providers experience great difficulty in acting upon their knowledge and
fulfilling their efforts toward accomplishing these goals. Our doctoral
programs are designed to prepare leadership personnel who are thoroughly
knowledgeable about special education programming, as well as the legal,
social, and policy issues pertaining to the education of individuals with
disabilities or those from culturally diverse backgrounds.
The University of Northern Iowa Department of Special Education, in
cooperation with the Department of Educational Leadership and the School
of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, offers an innovative
doctoral program specifically designed to prepare educational leaders
for one of three career tracks: (a) administration in K-12 settings, (b)
personnel preparation, or (c) inclusive leisure services programs. This
program centers on preparing leaders who will be able to promote new meanings
about diversity, develop inclusive school cultures and instructional programs,
and forge productive relationships between schools and their communities.
For information and application packets for the graduate programs in
Special Education, contact:
Marilyn Busch
Department of Special Education
150 Schindler Education Center
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0601
Phone: 319-273-6061
Fax: 319-273-7852
Email: marilyn.busch@uni.edu
General
Special Endorsements
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Department of Special Education
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614
Questions concerning the Department of Special Education
please contact Marilyn Busch 319-273-6061
Webperson Steve Noyes 319-273-7752