Bachelor of Arts, Special Education Mild to Moderate

The Bachelor of Arts, Special Education, Mild-to-Moderate (BASPMM), is a competency-based degree program that prepares teacher candidates to apply for a license in Special Education (K-12). The Special Education, Mild to Moderate Exceptionalities program is specifically designed for the preparation of prospective teachers to work with students with mild to moderate disabilities in a variety of educational settings, including inclusion K-12 classrooms and resource classrooms. This program consists of online courses which take the learner from general education through educational professional core coursework, continuing with specialized courses for special education content and methods of instruction, assessment, and progress monitoring. Candidates develop and refine their teaching skills through a series of sequential experiences beginning with video-based observations and simulations of classroom instruction to prepare candidates for authentic, collaborative, clinical teaching experiences in P-12 special education settings. Multiple clinical experiences include teaching in face-to-face environments and culminate with supervised student teaching in two authentic classroom placements, one in an elementary special education setting and another in a secondary special education setting. Both placements support the academic needs of students seeking a license across all P-12 grades with mild-to-moderate disabilities. With the successful completion of degree requirements for graduation, including required assessments in the major area of teaching, the student can receive institutional recommendation for licensure in special education.

Official catalog text — WGU-authored.

Program learning outcomes are not available in the current catalog edition.

Course groups from the WGU Program Guide. Expand each group to see course descriptions and competencies.

This program uses an advisor-guided course sequence. The order and pacing of courses may vary by student — the roster below reflects the current catalog course set, not a fixed sequence guaranteed for every student.

Total: 125 CUs across 38 courses. Degree total per catalog: 125 CUs.