Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation Teaching and Orientation and Mobility - MSEd

Admission Standards

1. Undergraduate BA or BS degree from an accredited institution, with a GPA 2.8 or better, plus teacher of the blind and visually impaired teaching certificate.
   
   OR
   
   Master’s degree from an approved college in rehabilitation teaching or teacher of the blind and visually impaired with a GPA of 3.5 or better,
2. Evidence of acceptable written languages skills,
    
3. Three letters of recommendation,
    
4. Evidence of work, volunteer or personal experience with individuals with visual impairments,
    
5. An interview with a special education faculty member.

Progress Standards

1. Students must maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.0 in order to continue the program.
    
2. Students with more than one course grade below B in the first 12 credits will not be allowed to continue in the program.
    
3. A student who receives a grade F in any course in the first 12 credits will not be allowed to continue in the program.
    
4. Students with one grade of IN (incomplete) within the first 12 credits are restricted from registering for more than one additional course. Those with two or more INs will not be allowed to register for any courses.

NOTE: It is recommended that students with two or more INs take an official leave of absence.

Rehabilitation Teaching and Orientation and Mobility Course of Study

Total Credits: 52 credits

• SPED 70000 - Issues and Practices in Educating Students with Disabilities
• SPED 74000 - Medical Aspects and Educational Implications of Visual Impairments
• SPED 74100 - Education and Rehabilitation of Individuals with Visual Impairments
• SPED 74300 - Braille Literacy and Communication Skills for Learners with Visual Impairments
• SPED 74400 - Assistive Technology for Learners with Visual Impairments
• SPED 74700 - Principles and Practices in Orientation and Mobility for Teachers of Learners with Visual Impairments
• SPED 76000 - Skills and Techniques for Rehabilitation Teaching I
• SPED 76100 - Skills and Techniques for Rehabilitation Teaching II
• SPED 76200 - Principles of Vocational Rehabilitation and Independent Living Rehabilitation for Adults with Visual Impairments
• SPED 76300 - Internship I: Rehabilitation Teaching for Individuals with Visual Impairments
• SPED 76400 - Internship II: Rehabilitation Teaching for Individuals with Visual Impairments
• SPED 76500 - Intermediate Orientation and Mobility
• SPED 76600 - Advanced Orientation and Mobility
• SPED 76700 - Orientation and Mobility: Internship/Seminar
• SPED 76800 - Intermediate Orientation and Mobility: Lab and Seminar
• SPED 76900 - Advanced Orientation and Mobility Lab and Seminar
• COUNR 72000 - Medical Aspects of Disability
• COUNR 73000 - Counseling with the Aging
• COCO 70100 - Counseling Skills and Interviewing Techniques

Exit Standards

1. An overall GPA of 3.0.
2. Students must demonstrate consistently satisfactory written English in all course work.
3. Student Teaching, Supervised Practicum, and Clinical Teaching Lab

    A. Students are required to attain a minimum grade of B in the internship courses (SPED 763 and 764). Students receiving B-, C+, or C for any one of these courses must apply to the department chairperson for permission to retake that course, which may be repeated only once.

Any student who receives an F will not be allowed to continue.

    B. Students must complete all required days and hours for each of the internship courses. Students not completing the minimum required days and hours will receive a course grade of IN for that course, prohibiting them from graduating.