Accelerated Early Childhood & Special Ed Degree

With the accelerated online program, you'll gain a bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education, Special Education minor, and master’s in Special Education with specialization in Early Childhood Special Education. Upon degree completion, you will be eligible for licensure in Early Childhood Education and Early Childhood Special Education. 

As you earn your early childhood education/Early childhood special education degree online, you'll:

• Focus on children in the context of family, culture and community.
• Explore developmentally appropriate practices, emergent curriculum, descriptive assessment, and problem-solving approaches to resolving conflict and choices for children.
• Learn how to screen and assess young children with disabilities and program plan using research supported interventions.
• Develop interdisciplinary collaborative skills when working with families and colleagues in early intervention and early childhood special education programs.
• Learn online from an interdisciplinary group of faculty members with extensive experience as practitioners, professors and researchers.

How does an accelerated online education program work?

Early Childhood Education B.S. + Special Education Minor + Special Education M.Ed. with a specialization in Early Childhood Education

The online degree programs M.Ed. in Special Education or M.S. in Early Childhood Education allows those with an associate’s degree in education or currently enrolled undergraduate students at UND an opportunity to complete the requirements for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees at an accelerated pace. Undergraduates with 60 credits or those currently in an Education degree program are eligible for consideration for the accelerated degree program.

All requirements for the undergraduate and graduate degrees must be met. You may double count up to 12 graduate-level credits towards the requirements for your undergraduate degree and your M.Ed. degree. You must obtain your M.Ed. degree within 12 months of completing your undergraduate degree, provided that the degree requirements can be completed in that time frame.

Accredited Online Special Education Degree

Teacher education programs at UND are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). The online program follows the guidelines of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).