Psychology (BA) and Secondary Special Education Generalist (MSEd), Dual-degree Program

Achieve an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of 3.0 in Psychology courses at the time of entry into the MSEd program, or upon completion of 90 semester hours of course work toward their BA degree;

3 s.h. of SPED undergraduate prerequisites;

Two letters of reference;

Personal essay outlining professional goals and objectives;

Interview; and

Fulfillment of all the undergraduate degree requirements with the exception of the s.h. and major requirements.

A minimum of 97 s.h. of undergraduate courses (at least 94 s.h. in liberal arts courses with an overall GPA of 3.0, including a minimum of 12 s.h. in liberal arts electives outside the Department of Psychology );

Submission of scores on a nationally normed admission test (such as the SAT or ACT);

All University requirements, including WSC 001 and 002 ;

All requirements for the BA , including distribution and language requirements;

All requirements for the Psychology major as specified below.

All BA requirements are described in the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of the online Bulletin. In particular: Successful completion of a total of 124 s.h., including 109 s.h. of undergraduate course work (94 s.h. must be in liberal arts courses, including 21 s.h. in liberal arts electives outside the Department of Psychology ) and 15 s.h. of MSEd in Secondary Special Education Generalist graduate course work;

The specific major requirements are described in the BA major in Psychology section of this Bulletin, with the exception of substitutions that have been approved for this dual-degree program.

Completion of 19 s.h. of Special Education course work;

Completion of 3 s.h. of Field Experience;

Completion of 3 s.h. of Practicum

Successful completion of SPED 310.

Completion of all required education law seminars including training in the area of children with autism.

Identification of Child Abuse and Maltreatment

Fire and Arson Prevention

School Violence Prevention and Intervention

Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Abuse

Highway and School Safety/Prevention of Child Abduction

Training in Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination Prevention and Intervention required under the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)