BA Special Education

The School of Education seeks to transform lives in a learning community centered on excellence and service in education, providing a distinctive context for the professional preparation of teachers. The special education major with initial teacher certification in mild-moderate/cross-categorical disabilities for grades K through 12 prepares students to become caring educational leaders engaged in innovative teaching, collaboration and reflective practice. Through significant intellectual study and a variety of field and service learning experiences, students acquire the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to instruct diverse learners in a 21st-century classroom.