Sample Three-Year Plan with Summer Start

(Updated 09/07/22)​​​​

Teaching Special Education and Applied Behavioral Analysis Dual Masters (Full-Time) – MEd and MS (76 Credits)

Students are expected to review and track their own progress towards completion of degree requirements. This is provided as a sample guideline—it does not reduce the importance of careful and regular discussions between a student and their academic advisor.

Year One

Summer Semester
Course Credits
ID 512 Humanities in the Classroom 3
ED 604 Culturally Responsive Teaching 3
Total 6
Fall Semester
Course Credits
ABA 601 Concepts and Principles I: Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis 3
ABA 604 Treatment Evaluation 3
ABA 672 Fieldwork I 1
Total 7
Spring Semester
Course Credits
ABA 602 Concepts and Principles II: Experimental Analysis 3
ABA 606 Behavior Assessment 3
ABA 673 Fieldwork II 2
Total 8

Year Two

Summer Semester
Course Credits
ABA 608 Behavior Intervention 3
ID 510 Science, Math and Digital Literacy in the Classroom 3
Total 6
Fall Semester
Course Credits
ABA 614 Radical Behavior 3
ABA 616 ABA Training and Supervision 2
ED 518 Literacy Development for Children with Special Needs 3
ABA 674 Fieldwork III 2
Total 10
Spring Semester
Course Credits
ABA 612 Verbal Behavior 3
ABA 625 Thesis I 2
ED 523 Sheltered English Immersion Teaching 3
Total 8

Year Three

Summer Semester
Course Credits
ED 517 Assessment of Students with Special Needs 3
ABA 610 Ethical Practice in Applied Behavior Analysis 3
ABA 626 Thesis II 2
Total 8
Fall Semester
Course Credits
ED 515 (B) Contemporary Issues in Special Education 3
ED 521 (A) Classroom Management for Students w/Special Needs in Inclusive Classrooms 3
ED 519 A/B (B) Curriculum Adaptations/Differentiated Ins. for Children w/Special Needs 3
ABA 627 Thesis III 1
Total 10
Spring Semester
Course Credits
ED 503 Student Teaching 9
ED 503A Student Teaching Seminar 3
Total 12

Program total: 76 credits

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