Complement your master’s degree with the knowledge and skills to improve the way your field supports people with disabilities by earning a graduate minor in special education.
Students wishing to pursue this graduate minor must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program at the University of Minnesota. Students with an educational psychology major may elect a minor in special education, but no courses may count for both the major and the minor.
The minor might be a good fit for those who currently work as or are interested in becoming:
If you wish to pursue this minor, you must be currently enrolled in a master’s degree program at the University of Minnesota. Students enrolled in an educational psychology master’s program may elect a minor in special education, but no courses may count for both the major and the minor. Students enrolled in the Special Education MEd program are not eligible for the minor.
All minor coursework must be taken on the A/F grade basis unless the course is only offered on the S/N grade basis, and the minimum cumulative GPA for that coursework is 3.0.
For more information, contact Laura Paczkowski (laurap@umn.edu), special education program advisor.