4+1 Accelerated Master’s in Special Education – Graduate Studies

This unique program, available only to undergraduate UMF students, allows students pursuing a bachelor’s in Special Education or a minor in Special Education to earn up to 12 credits of graduate coursework toward UMF’s M.S.Ed. in Special Education while completing their bachelor’s degree.

With their advisor, UMF Special Education Major and Minor students choose two 400-level courses that double count toward both their undergraduate degree and toward the master’s degree in Special Education. Additionally, undergraduate students may take up to 6 credits of graduate-level courses in the summer following their junior year.

4+1 students will pay UMF’s lower undergraduate tuition rate for the double counted classes and those graduate credits count toward earning both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees.