Master of Education in Visual Impairments (grades PK-12)

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Required Courses

  • EDUTL 5468 Reading Foundations (3)
  • EDUTL 5469 Language and Word Study for All Learners (3)
  • EDUTL 5226 Composing Print and Digital Multimodal Texts (3)
  • EDUTL 5225 Diverse Literature and Comprehension (3)
  • EDUTL 5501 Inclusion: Philosophical, Social, and Practice Issues **1-5 can be completed as prerequisites or throughout program (3)

Autum

  • EDUTL 5506L* Reading and Writing Braille (3)
  • EDUTL 5507L* Visual Process (3)
  • ESSPED 5743* Educational Assessment of Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities or ESSPED 5760* Educational Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education (3)
  • EDUTL 5108*, 5270*, or 7701* Mathematics Methods (3)
  • EDUTL 5530L* Professional Development (3)

Spring

  • EDUTL 5525L* Curriculum & Instruction for Children with Sensory (3)
  • EDUTL 6052* Classroom Based Inquiry (1-4)
  • EDUTL 5189* Planned Field Experience (2)
  • EDUTL 5195 Reflective Seminar (1)

Summer

  • EDUTL 5508L* Modes of Communication (1)
  • ESSPED 5510L* Orientation and Mobility (2)
  • EDUTL 5005* Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education (3)

Autum

  • EDUTL 5129*, 5275*, or 7702* Science Methods (3)
  • EDUTL 5189* Planned Field Experience (2)
  • EDUTL 5195 Reflective Seminar (1)

Spring

  • EDUTL 5191** Supervised Student Teaching (8)
  • EDUTL 5195 Reflective Seminar (1)

*Minimum grade requirement B-

** Minimum grade requirement B

***Course sequence subject to change***

L Courses fulfill the Visual Impairment License requirement

Total hours: 57

Program Degree Department Email
Masters Teaching and Learning TL-academicservices@osu.edu

 

Note: Students exact curriculum may vary depending upon program of study determined by student and advisor. 

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