Visual Impairment – Combined Rehabilitation Teaching and Orientation and Mobility (MSEd) Course Sequence and Program Tracker

 
  • Academic Plan: REHOM-MSED
  • Credits: 54
  • Credits cannot be waived or exempted in this program. It is a set sequence with courses only offered once a year, it is a Fall start ONLY with a December graduation.

Potential Summer Start

Courses

  • SPED 70050 – Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of General and Special Education (3 credits)
    • If fully online option is needed, must take in first summer, otherwise can take in-person in first Fall semester.

Fall Semester 1

Courses

  • SPED 74000 – Medical Aspects and Educational Implications of Visual Impairments(3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPED 74100 – Education and Rehabilitation of Individuals with Visual Impairments (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)

Spring Semester 1

Courses

  • SPED 76000 – Skills and Techniques for Rehabilitation Teaching I (3 credits, includes fieldwork hours)
  • SPED 74300 – Braille Literacy and Communication Skills for Learners with Visual Impairments (3 credits, includes fieldwork hours)
  • SPED 74700 – Principles and Practices in Orientation and Mobility for Teachers of Learners with Visual Impairments (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)

Summer Session 1-1

Courses

  • SPED 76800 – Intermediate Orientation and Mobility: Lab and Seminar (3 credits)
    • In-person at Helen Keller National Center, 15 consecutive days, first 2 weeks of July
  • SPED 76100 – Skills and Techniques for Rehabilitation Teaching II (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
    • In-person at Helen Keller National Center, 15 consecutive days, first 2 weeks of July

Summer Session 1-2

Courses

  • SPED 74400 – Assistive Technology for Learners with Visual Impairments (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
    • Meets online 2 days a week in July and August

Fall Semester 2

Courses

  • SPED 76500 – Intermediate Orientation and Mobility (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • COUNR 73000 – Counseling with the Aging (3 credits)
  • SPED 76200 – Principles of Vocational Rehabilitation and Independent Living Rehabilitation for Adults with Visual Impairments (3 credits)

Spring Semester 2

Courses

  • SPED 76600 – Advanced Orientation and Mobility (3 credits, includes fieldwork hours)
  • COUNR 72000 – Medical Aspects of Disability (3 credits)
  • COCO 70100 – Counseling Skills and Interviewing Techniques (3 credits)

Summer Session 2-1

Courses

  • SPED 76300 – Internship I: Rehabilitation Teaching for Individuals with Visual Impairments (2 credits)
  • SPED 76900 – Advanced Orientation and Mobility Lab and Seminar (3 credits)
    • In-person at Helen Keller National Center, 15 consecutive days, first 2 weeks of July

Fall Semester 3

Courses

  • SPED 76700 – Orientation and Mobility: Internship/Seminar (2 credits)
  • SPED 76400 – Internship II: Rehabilitation Teaching for Individuals with Visual Impairments (2 credits)

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Graduation

Students must apply for graduation the semester before their planned graduation. Refer to the Graduation and Commencement page for full policies and procedures.

Certification

Students must apply for certification in their final semester. Refer to the Certification page for requirements and step by step instructions

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