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2015-2016 University Catalog

Bachelor's Degree (any)/Special Education, Accelerated MEd (Early Childhood Special Education [Non-Licensure] Concentration)

Highly qualified undergraduates may be admitted to the bachelor’s/accelerated master’s program and obtain a BA or BS in any degree area and an MEd in Special Education, Concentration in Early Childhood Special Education (Non-Licensure)  in an accelerated time frame after completion of 144 credits. See the Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Degrees  section of the catalog for policies related to this program.

This program of study is offered by the Graduate School of Education  in the College of Education and Human Development .

Students in an accelerated degree program must fulfill all university requirements for the master’s degree. For policies governing all graduate degrees, see the Academic Policies  section of the catalog.

Application Requirements

Applicants to all graduate programs at George Mason University must meet the admission standards and application requirements for graduate study as specified in the Admissions  section of this catalog. For information specific to this accelerated master’s program, see Application Requirements and Deadlines on the College of Education and Human Development web site. 

Accelerated Option Requirements

Students complete the following courses in their senior year:

  and   to be taken in the Fall semester and   and a graduate ECED or EDSE approved elective in the Spring semester.

While undergraduate students, accelerated master’s students are able to apply two of the courses listed above to both the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. These courses are considered advanced standing for the MEd. A minimum grade of B must be earned to be eligible to count as advanced standing. The other two courses are taken as reserve graduate credit and do not apply to the undergraduate degree. Early in their final undergraduate semester, students must submit the Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Transition Form to the CEHD Admissions Office and specify which of the four courses are to be designated as advanced standing and reserve graduate credit.