Special Education Department
Undergraduate Program:
The Department of Special Education, accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, offers programs that lead to a Pennsylvania Instructional I teaching certificate. Students who complete the baccalaureate program in special education are licensed to teach the following exceptionalities in grades N-12: mentally retarded, learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, physically handicapped, and brain injured. Students may also choose a “dual major” becoming certified to teach special education and elementary education or special education and early childhood education.
Graduate Program:
The master’s degree in the area of Mentally/Physically Handicapped and consists of three Tracks.
Total Number of Credits: Track A: 36, Track B: 36, Track C: 49
Tracks: Track A –Track A is a program for those who already hold an instructional/teaching certificate in any area but not Pennsylvania certification in special education.
Track B –Track B is designed for those students who already hold certification in Mentally and/or Physically Handicapped or any single-category area of special education.
Track C –Track C is designed for students who have no teaching certificate but who are now working with, or have worked with handicapped children or adults in either a community or an institutional setting. Track C leads to both Pennsylvania certification and a master’s degree.
For additional information on either the undergraduate or graduate program, please contact:
Chair: Dr. Katherine Mitchem
Secretary: Patti Ann Lang
Keystone Education Room 108
Phone Number: (724) 938-4142
Fax Number: (724) 938-1527