Specialization Core Courses

Specialization Core Courses

I. Specialization Core within-concentration area course options

Autism and Developmental Disabilities

SED 388   Challenging Behaviors and Developmental Research 

SED 388   Advances in Understanding and Treatment of Autism

SED 396C Trends & Issues in Autism & DD

SED 389 Policy/Proced in SED Admin


Early Childhood Special Education

SED 384   Overview of Early Childhood Special Education

PSY 394S Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology

CSD 293D Developmental Language Disorders

CSD 350    Language and the Brain

CSD 318K Acquisition of Communication Abilities in Children 

Learning Disabilities/Behavioral Disorders

SED 396C Trends & Issues in Learning Disabilities/Behavioral Disorders (offered every spring)

SED 395D Seminar in Reading (offered alternating spring semesters beginning 2019)

SED 395D Seminar in Mathematics (offered alternating spring semesters beginning 2020)

Equity & Diversity in Special Education

SED 396C Trends and Issues in Multicultural Special Education 

SED 380   International and Comparative Special Education 

SED 380   Addressing Critical Research Questions in Special Education Using National Datasets 

SED 380   Diversity and Disability: Contemporary Perspective On Intersectionality and Disproportionality 


*Requirement: Students should take at least one course from one other concentration area outside their concentration area, from list below

II. Specialization Core Outside-Concentration Area Options (within Department)

Autism and Developmental Disabilities

SED 380  Diversity, Equity & Disabilities in Special Education

SED 384   Parent Support & Family Intervention Research

SED 396T Trends & Issues in LD/BD 

Early Childhood Special Education

SED 396C Trends & Issues in LD/BD

SED 396C Trends & Issues in A&DD

SED 380  Diversity, Equity & Disabilities in Special Education

Learning Disabilities/Behavioral Disorders

SED 388 Trends & Issues in Autism & DD 

SED 380  Diversity, Equity & Disabilities in Special Education

Equity & Diversity in Special Education

Trends & Issues in LD/BD

Trends & Issues in A&DD


Note: Information about course offerings is current as of 8/9/18 but subject to change. Please check with your Academic Adviser and the Graduate Adviser for updates.