Visual Impairment – Combined Rehabilitation Teaching and Orientation and Mobility (MSEd)
Welcome to the Visual Impairment – Combined Rehabilitation Teaching and Orientation and Mobility (MSEd) program home page. Use this page as a guide to the program from acceptance to graduation.
Academic Plan: REHOM-MSED
Certification and Licensure: This program prepares candidates for national certification from the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals as vision rehabilitation therapists (VRTs) and certified orientation and mobility specialists (COMS). This program does not lead to NYS teacher certification.
Faculty Advisors
Contact for questions concerning the following:
- Registration Appeals
- Program Advisement: courses, course of study, course sequencing
- Course permissions – registration permission
- Transfer of Credits
- Exemption or Waiver of a Course Requirement
- Leave of Absence
- Override Course Conflict
- Transcript Comment – course substitutions
- Graduate Time Extension
- Dismissal Appeal – Plan of Action
- Independent Study
Administrative Advisor
Contact for questions concerning the following:
- Registration Support and Troubleshooting
- Readmission
- Major/Minor declaration (Including changes to tracks and subplans)
- Degree Audit/Graduation
- Certification and Licensure
- School of Education Holds on CUNYfirst
Clinical Placement Specialist (Fieldwork/Student Teaching/Practicum)
Contact for questions concerning the following:
- Fieldwork placement
- Student Teaching/Practicum application and placement
Office of Academic and Student Affairs (OASA) General Support
- Registration Support and Troubleshooting
- School of Education Commencement
- Out of State Certification form completion
- Letter Requests for DOE, Excess Credits, Optional Practical Training Etc.
- Submission of Workshop Completion (for certification & licensure)
- School of Education Dismissal Appeal
- School of Education Holds on CUNYfirst
- Following up on a submitted form
- Following up on a transfer of credit
- Following up on a Exemptions/Waiver
- Following up on a Leave of Absense
- Follow up on Registration Appeals
- Follow up on a Dean’s Request Form
- Following up on a Override Course Conflict
- Following up on a Graduate Time Extension
- Following up on a Independent Study
- Following up on Graduate Track change
Admissions Advisor
soeadmission.conditions@hunter.cuny.edu
Contact the admissions advisor for questions concerning the following:
- Admissions Conditions
Consult the course sequence guides for a suggested order of education courses. Students must meet with the program advisors to determine their particular course of study before registering for classes.
Review the course descriptions, progress standards, and exit requirements in the Course Catalog.
Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation Teaching and Orientation and Mobility - MSEd