Welcome to the Department of Special Education!

Help children reach their full potential through a career in service to others. Advance your career and education through a nationally recognized program for preparation of special education professionals.

The Department of Special Education programs and faculty are nationally recognized and its graduates are some of the best-trained professionals in the country.

Why Gonzaga Special Education?

• Choice - three different tracks
• Nationally recognized faculty and program
• Shortage of special education teachers
• Marketability - nearly all graduates who complete teacher certification with an endorsement to teach special education and seek a teaching position are hired the next fall
• Faculty - highly competent practitioners and scholars
• Student Evaluations - program, courses, professors, advisors and supervisors receive top ratings
• Nationally accredited (NCATE)

Undergraduate Students

At the undergraduate level, the Department of Special Education offers:

• an academic major or minor in Special Education
• an endorsement to teach Special Education (P-12)
• an endorsement to teach Early Childhood Special Education (P-3)
• an initial teacher certification with an endorsement in special education (P-12)

Graduate Students

At the graduate level, the Department offers a Master (M.Ed.) in Special Education. The graduate student selects one of three tracks:

1. Functional Analysis
2. Early Childhood Special Education
3. General Special Education Endorsement (K-12)
   
4. Initial Teacher Certification with an endorsement in Special Education (P-12)

• an endorsement to teach Special Education (P-12)
• an endorsement to teach Early Childhood Special Education (P-3)
• an initial teacher certification with an endorsement in special education (P-12)