Overview

The Special Education (Online) programme from Drexel University offers courses online and in-person practicum experiences, you will learn the fundamental skills, knowledge, and competencies necessary to meet the needs of students with disabilities in Pre-K to 12th grade.

As a student in Drexel’s online BS in Special Education, you will learn the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) core competencies to become a special education teacher and will be prepared to apply for Pennsylvania’s special education certification. Through Interstate Reciprocity Agreements, you can become certified to teach in 48 states or U.S. territories. Specific state information is available through The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification.

Highlights

Online, part-time program

Small class sizes mean you receive personal feedback and support from your professors

Gain hands-on experience with the help of Drexel’s Field Placement Office, which is dedicated to helping students secure field experiences

Transfer up to 90 quarter credits (60 semester credits) from any accredited institution of higher learning as long as the grade is a C or better

Learn from faculty with extensive experience teaching and leading in PreK-12 schools

Graduates have access to two years of post-program support through the Early Career Practitioners Institute (ECPI) including classroom-based coaching, professional development and networking programs, and notifications of job openings

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Applied Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution

Composition and Rhetoric: Inquiry and Exploratory Research

Composition and Rhetoric: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing

Environmental Science and Society

Probability and Statistics for Liberal Arts

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-01-15 00:00:00
Starting 2026-01-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-10-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

Credits

181 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Education Special Education View 166 other Bachelors in Education in United States

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

Other requirements

General requirements

A minimum of 24 previous college semester credits (36 quarter credits) from a regionally accredited institution, with a grade of C or better in content courses, or a grade of B or better in core pedagogy*

College GPA of 2.5 or above (cumulative GPA of 3.0 must be achieved by end of program to obtain Pennsylvania state teaching certification)

Tuition Fee

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International

85613 USD/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 473 USD per credit
National

85613 USD/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 473 USD per credit
In-State

85613 USD/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 473 USD per credit

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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