{"id":885,"date":"2016-05-26T16:18:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T20:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education-draft\/?page_id=885"},"modified":"2025-04-08T13:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:53:03","slug":"admission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a-in-special-education\/admission\/","title":{"rendered":"M.A. Special Ed Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>M.A. in Special Education<\/h1>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"m-a-special-ed\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-m-a-special-ed\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-16194\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16194\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a-in-special-education\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4722\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4722\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a-in-special-education\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4731\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4731\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a-in-special-education\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<h2>Admission<\/h2>\n<h3>Admission Requirements<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate coursework.<\/li>\n<li>Statement of Intent (three pages double-spaced maximum) detailing: why you hold the dispositions to become a special education teacher committed to equity and justice; b) experiences that inspired your desire to work with youth with disabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Two professional letters of recommendation attesting to your potential success in graduate school and to work with children with disabilities (one letter must be from a direct supervisor who has observed you working with youth).<\/li>\n<li>Minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.5 from an accredited institution.<br \/>\nInterview with a faculty member from the Special Education Program.<\/li>\n<li>Current resume.<\/li>\n<li>If your first language is not English, an official report of TOEFL or IELTS results.<\/li>\n<li>A copy of a current BCI (Bureau of Criminal Identification) or equivalent document.<\/li>\n<li>Completed application form.<\/li>\n<li>Any required application fees.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Complete an online application through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">URI Graduate School website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.A. in Special Education Admission Admission Requirements Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate coursework. Statement of Intent (three pages double-spaced maximum) detailing: why you hold the dispositions to become a special education teacher committed to equity and justice; b) experiences that inspired your desire to work with youth with disabilities. Two professional letters of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":16189,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-885","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16193,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/885\/revisions\/16193"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}