B.A. to M.Ed. in Special Education 78
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he B.A. to M.Ed. Program in Special Education with a Concentration in Intellectual Disabilities is designed for outstanding High Point University undergraduate students majoring in Special Education-Adapted Curriculum. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in their final year of undergraduate study and have demonstrated academic success in the first three years of coursework. Students accepted into the B.A. to M.Ed. Program in Special Education with a Concentration in Intellectual Disabilities will be permitted to enroll in nine credits of advanced coursework that may be applied toward the degree requirements of the M.Ed. degree in Special Education with a Concentration in Intellectual Disabilities. Students will apply for admission into the M.Ed. program in Special Education with a Concentration in Intellectual Disabilities immediately upon graduation and continue in the program during the summer and into the following academic year. Upon completion of all
graduate coursework and when students submit the application for graduation, the specified credits completed during the senior undergraduate year will be transferred onto students’ graduate academic record.
Admission into the Program Admission Terms Students are eligible for enrollment only in the fall of their senior year. Students may apply for conditional admission to the graduate portion of the program at the same time that they apply to the B.A. to M.Ed. program. Application is to join the B.A. to M.Ed. program during the final year of undergraduate study and for conditional admission to the graduate program following completion of their bachelor’s degree and satisfactory review of student teaching internship.
