Overview

The Childhood and Childhood Special Education degree at St. John's University prepares holders for both initial and professional certification as Special Education Teachers, Grades 1-6. In order to attain certification, holders must pass the New York State Content Specialty Test (CST) in special education.

Key Features

In completing initial, general education coursework, Career Change students learn about the fundamentals of teaching in grades 1-6, as well as child development and educational history.

Advanced coursework is designed to foster Career Changers’ ability to develop the skills, attitudes, and abilities needed to identify and remediate major learning and behavior disorders, ranging from mild to profound, regardless of etiology. Attention is also paid to diagnosis, intervention, program planning and program evaluation.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Psychological Learning

Teaching and Learning: Childhood

Technology for Teaching Literacy Applications in regular and Special Education Settings

Childhood Associate Teaching

Curriculum Adaptation and Modification Planning for Exceptional Students

Education and Accommodating Needs of Individuals with Exceptionalities, K-12

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00

More details

Rolling admission basis: we will review and accept qualified completed applications as space permits or until the semester begins.

Language

English

Credits

48 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New York City, United States
New York City, United States

Disciplines

Special Education Early Childhood Education View 387 other Masters in Early Childhood Education in United States

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

Required

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Undergraduate scholastic achievement must be such as to give reasonable assurance of success in work for an advanced degree. Normally this will be a “B,” both in the general average and in the major field.

The Career Change Master’s program requires students to have an undergraduate course distribution in the General Liberal Arts and Sciences and a concentration in Social Sciences (or other) for childhood certification.

Your undergraduate transcript will be assessed by the School and a deficiency evaluation will be made available in the first semester. An individual deficiency evaluation will be completed upon admission, to list the credits that you will need to complete before being endorsed for certification.

Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

78720 USD / year

≈ 78720 USD / year
Out-of-State

78720 USD / year

≈ 78720 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

78720 USD / year

≈ 78720 USD / year

Living costs

New York City

United States

1819 - 3968 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Funding

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