BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LIBERAL STUDIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MAJOR with
SPECIAL EDUCATION MINOR

This program develops the knowledge and skills needed by special educators across disability areas, academic content areas, and the grade span. The major gives students an in-depth knowledge of the entire lifespan, preparing students to be Special Education teachers who understand how to work with children and their parents, and to understand the societal forces that lead to achievement gaps. The major also contains an in-depth focus on diversity and culture in the United States, and involves students in discussions on the role and relationships between home and school, school and society.

The minor prepares teachers to work with a diverse population of students with special needs and to educate reflective practitioners. Strategies for inclusive learning, learning how to learn, new technologies, transitional planning, nondiscriminatory assessment, and classroom and behavior management are addressed throughout.

Students will bring at least 66 credits into the program acquired through completion of an Associate degree. Total program credits = a minimum of 120. Upon successful completion of all program requirements, students will earn a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies degree and be eligible for a Washington State Residency Teaching Certificate in Special Education.

*must be completed prior to the practicum

Lesley University reserves the right to unilaterally add, withdraw, or revise any course offering in the above-mentioned program of study, including policies, provisions, requirements, and fees.

Lesley University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity institution and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, handicap or disability in its education programs, employment, or in admissions to, access to or treatment in its programs or activities.