The Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Special Education
Special Education Doctoral Minor Requirements - 15 Credits
A Doctoral Minor in Special Education is available to students in any UNC doctoral program with the approval of their doctoral program advisor. The intent of this program is to encourage doctoral students throughout the University to increase and expand their understanding of the field of special education and disability issues. Completion of the minor will be noted in the student's transcripts as Minor in Special Education. No application to the School of Special Education is required. In consultation with their doctoral program advisors, students may include sufficient EDSE courses in their programs of study to meet the requirements for the minor. Some or all of the courses used for this minor may be part of a student's program of required or elective classes. The minor consists of additional courses completed with a "B" or better.
This minor is not available to students in the Special Education doctoral program.
Required Courses - 9 hours
- EDSE 510 Foundations of Special Education (3)
- EDSE 511 Learning Environments and Cultural Considerations (3)
- EDSE 512 Assessment, IEP Development, and Instructional Planning (3)
Select one of the following courses (3 hours):
- EDSE 541 Introduction to Visual Impairment and Blindness (3)
- EDSE 550 Foundations of Deaf Education (3)
- EDSE 613 Applied Assessment (3)
- EDSE 614 Behavioral Interventions (3)
- EDSE 615 Special Education Law: Cases and Trends (3)
- EDSE 616 Scientifically Based Literacy Interventions (3)
- EDSE 617 Mathematics and Content Area Learning for Students with Disabilities (3)
- EDSE 618 Educating Students with Significant Support Needs (3)
- EDSE 619 Secondary Services (3)
Select 6 hours of the following courses
- EDSE 702 Law of Exceptionalities (1)
- EDSE 721 Theories of Exceptionalities (3)
- EDSE 727 Issues and Trends in Exceptionalities (3)
- EDSE 732 Research in Exceptionalities (3)
- EDSE 741 Colloquium on Literacy (1)
- EDSE 742 Colloquium on Talent Development (1)
- EDSE 743 Supervision in Exceptionalities (1)
