Online Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Special Education Intervention FAQs

The M.Ed. in Special Education Intervention program offers an optional licensure track that does prepare for special education licensure.

Visit the admissions overview page to learn more about the admissions requirements. Requirements will vary in the cases of international students and other situations.

The online M.Ed. program can be completed in less than two years by taking one course at a time every seven weeks.

Winthrop University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's and specialist degrees.

The M.Ed. program features a NCATE-accredited curriculum that is held to a higher standard to assure quality, promote excellence and foster continuous improvement.

No. The degree is fully online, with no residency or campus visits required.

The 30-credit hour online M.Ed. program costs $750 per credit.

Financial aid is available to those who qualify. To apply for financial aid, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Winthrop University’s FAFSA code is 003456.

For more information about financial aid visit our tuition and financial aid page.

Graduates of the M.Ed. program learn a broad range of skills for school-based interventionists, including how to:

• Improve academic and behavioral programs supports and services based on knowledge of intervention and standards-based core curricula.
• Apply valid and reliable assessment practices that inform instruction and curricula.
• Facilitate improvement in the systems-level delivery of core and intervention curricula.
• Evaluate program effectiveness based on empirical data and make recommendations in professional practice.
• Collaborate with stakeholders effectively to improve outcomes for all students.
• Create effective learning environments by leading in program development, delivering professional development and writing grants.

Winthrop’s online M.Ed. program is unique in providing you the opportunity to:

• Practice what you learn in your current classroom environment by implementing intervention projects as part of your coursework.
• Learn a focused curriculum that equips you with the skills to coordinate and deliver evidence-supported interventions in the areas of behavior, literacy, and numeracy that address students where they are in their education through assessment.
• Study behavior, literacy, and numeracy interventions and choose one as a cognitive area of focus. Build a portfolio of information in your cognate area that you can apply to your degree-culminating capstone paper.
• Learn from faculty with expertise in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and intensive intervention, and who are psychologists and national advisory board members for Response to Intervention (RTI) and Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) programs.
• Study in an CAEP-accredited curriculum held to a higher standard that assures quality, promotes excellence, and fosters continuous improvement.
• Prepare for special education licensure to achieve the competitive career you want.

Students will have access to our online learning system and coursework can be accessed online anytime, day or night. However, course-specific tasks, including readings, assignments and tests, must be completed by the due dates set by each professor.