Special Education (Minor)

Improve your training to support individuals with diverse learning abilities and behavioral challenges with a concentration on reaching the hard to teach.

No matter what type of teacher you want to be, you will have students with disabilities and special needs in your future classroom. This Special Education minor from UND prepares you to understand and effectively teach those students so they can reach their potential.

Why Study Special Education at UND?

Part of being a 21st century educator is knowing how to successfully teach those with challenging behaviors and diverse learning abilities. Our goal is to support you in meeting these professional expectations and their integration in the general education classroom.

A minor in Special Education is the perfect supplement to your undergraduate major. You'll understand the challenges students with special needs go through, and how to help them reach their full potential.

You'll learn from a highly qualified and diverse group of faculty members with extensive experience teaching and working with special-needs children and their families.

Take courses in special education at one of our partner universities in Europe during a semester abroad.