Apply to the M.Ed. in Teaching Students with Disabilities

All applicants must complete the steps of the UD online graduate application process. Please see below for specifics about the application requirements for the M.Ed. in Teaching Students with Disabilities program. Admission decisions are made by the program’s full-time faculty. Students will be admitted to the program based upon enrollment availability and evidence that they meet or exceed the following minimum recommended entrance requirements. Applications are evaluated on a combination of academic achievement, recommendations, and professional objectives as evidenced by the following factors. Those who meet stated minimum requirements are not guaranteed admission, nor are those who fail to meet all of those requirements necessarily precluded from admission if they offer other appropriate strengths.

• • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university
  • An undergraduate cumulative grade index of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or demonstrate mastery of general knowledge, including the ability to read, write, and compute, by achieving a score deemed by the state of Delaware to be college ready on a test of general knowledge normed to the college-bound population.
  • A graduate cumulative grade index of at least 3.5 if graduate courses were taken.

Please do not send any transcripts to the School of Education.

• GRE scores are not required.
• TOEFL or IELTS for applicants whose primary language is not English. The minimum acceptable score for the Internet-based TOEFL is 100. The minimum acceptable score for the IELTS is 7.0.
• Three letters of recommendation from professors or supervisors.
• A resume detailing your academic, professional, and/or volunteer experience.
• Responses to the following two graduate application essays.

Essay 1

If the applicant plans to pursue initial teacher certification through the MPCP track or additional teaching certification through the traditional track in addition to the degree, this must be stated.

Essay 2

In this writing sample, the applicant should address one of the following questions in a brief essay of 500 words or less:

• Select an important problem facing individuals with disabilities or the schools, teachers, or other people who work with them and propose a solution to this problem; or,
• Describe an experience in your own life that influenced your decision to work with individuals with disabilities

Application deadlines