A Bachelor of Science in Education degree in Special Education prepares students to become special education teachers (also referred to as intervention specialists) or to work with individuals with disabilities in non-school settings.
Special educators teach individuals with many kinds of disabilities including learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, ADHD/other health impairments, intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, hearing impairments and multiple disabilities.
Special educators may co-teach with general education teachers in academic classrooms, teach small groups of students in a resource room, or teach students individually in highly specialized classrooms or programs designed specifically to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Special education majors who do not want to become teachers often will work with adolescents and adults with disabilities in community, residential and/or vocational settings.
The Special Education major comprises the following concentrations:
The Deaf Education concentration prepares candidates to work with deaf and hard-of-hearing students across inclusion, itinerant, resource room and self-contained public and residential classroom settings.
The Disability Services concentration prepares students to work with individuals with disabilities who have a wide variety of support needs in a broad array of settings (e.g., vocational, residential, community). Students in this concentration progress through highly-structured coursework and field experiences to learn evidence-based practices to teach leisure, social, adaptive and life skills to individuals with disabling conditions.
Students in the Disability Services concentration may apply early to the M.Ed. degree in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling and double count 9 credit hours of graduate courses toward both degree programs. See the Combined Bachelor's/Master's Degree Program Policy in the University Catalog for more information.
The Mild to Intensive Dual License concentration prepares candidates to work with individuals (kindergarten through age 21) who have a wide variety of support needs in a broad array of settings (e.g., general education classrooms, self-contained classrooms, alternative schools and community-based programs).
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the program will be able to:
Engage in professional learning and practice within ethical guidelines.
Understand and address individual developmental and learning needs.
Demonstrate subject matter content and specialized knowledge.
Use assessment to understand the learning and the learning environment for data-based decision making.
Support learning using effective instruction.
Support social, emotional and behavioral growth.
Collaborate with team members.
In addition, graduates of the program will demonstrate:
the dispositions necessary to be successful special educational teachers/professionals
preparation for the profession by successfully completing the Ohio Assessment for Educators (OAE) Special Education Assessments required for
Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries
Special education teachers, preschool
Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school
Special education teachers, secondary school
Special education teachers, all other
Substitute teachers, short-term
Teaching assistants, except postsecondary
Rehabilitation counselors
Community and social service specialists, all other
Social and community service managers
Social and human service assistants
Accreditation
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (Deaf Education and Mild to Intensive Dual License concentrations only)
กันยายน 2025
Kent State University
800 E. Summit Street,
KENT,
Ohio,
44240, United States
สิงหาคม 2025
Kent Campus
800 E. Summit St.,
Kent,
Ohio,
44240, Midwest, United States
New first-year applicants must finish secondary school in their home country by the time of enrollment to be eligible for university (comparable to the completion of senior high school in the U.S.). A student who has previously enrolled in a post-secondary (higher education) institution is required to apply as a transfer student.
All international undergraduate applicants must submit an English language proficiency test score to be considered for a Kent State program unless they meet specific exceptions or apply for conditional admissions.
All undergraduate applicants must obtain one of the following:
TOEFL iBT: 71; Home Edition iBT: 71
Revised PBT: 18 (average score)
IELTS Academic and IELTS indicator: 6.0
Duolingo:100
PTE Academic: 48
Completion of the Kent State University ESL Center Level 8 Intensive English program with a minimum of 3.75 out of 4.0 GPA
ELS Level 112 Intensive English Program completion
SAT: a minimum of 510 evidence-based reading and writing
ACT: a minimum of 21 in English
Application Deadlines: October 1 for Spring Semester; June 1 for Fall Semester.
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