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
CourseCredits
ID 512 Humanities in the Classroom3
ED 604 Culturally Responsive Teaching3
Total6
Fall Semester
CourseCredits
ABA 601 Concepts and Principles I: Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis3
ABA 604 Treatment Evaluation3
ABA 672 Fieldwork I1
Total7
Spring Semester
CourseCredits
ABA 602 Concepts and Principles II: Experimental Analysis3
ABA 606 Behavior Assessment3
ABA 673 Fieldwork II2
Total8

Year Two

Summer Semester
CourseCredits
ABA 608 Behavior Intervention3
ID 510 Science, Math and Digital Literacy in the Classroom3
Total6
Fall Semester
CourseCredits
ABA 614 Radical Behavior3
ABA 616 ABA Training and Supervision2
ED 518 Literacy Development for Children with Special Needs3
ABA 674 Fieldwork III2
Total10
Spring Semester
CourseCredits
ABA 612 Verbal Behavior3
ABA 625 Thesis I2
ED 523 Sheltered English Immersion Teaching3
Total8

Year Three

Summer Semester
CourseCredits
ED 517 Assessment of Students with Special Needs3
ABA 610 Ethical Practice in Applied Behavior Analysis3
ABA 626 Thesis II2
Total8
Fall Semester
CourseCredits
ED 515 (B) Contemporary Issues in Special Education3
ED 521 (A) Classroom Management for Students w/Special Needs in Inclusive Classrooms3
ED 519 A/B (B) Curriculum Adaptations/Differentiated Ins. for Children w/Special Needs3
ABA 627 Thesis III1
Total10
Spring Semester
CourseCredits
ED 503 Student Teaching9
ED 503A Student Teaching Seminar3
Total12

Program total: 76 credits