Master of Arts in Teaching Children Who Are Visually Impaired

Advisor: Robert Wall Emerson
College of Health and Human Services

This 44 hour degree program prepares teachers to work with children with visual impairments in public and residential schools. Instruction is provided in skills to support the regular educational curriculum as well as the expanded core curriculum specific to children with visual impairments. Graduates are eligible to become certified teachers of children with visual impairments. Students may choose to combine this degree program with preparation as an orientation and mobility specialist to attain dual competency in the Master of Arts in Teaching Children Who are Visually Impaired/Master of Arts in Orientation and Mobility for Children program.

Admission Requirements

Students seeking admission to the Master of Arts in Teaching Children Who Are Visually Impaired program should request a Master’s Degree Program Application packet from the Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies.

Program Requirements

The program requires the satisfactory completion of:

BLS 5440 - Educating Individuals with Severe Impairments Credits: 2 hours
BLS 5840 - Computer Technology in Rehabilitation Credits: 3 hours
BLS 5880 - Psychosocial Aspects of Disability Credits: 2 hours
BLS 5900 - Physiology and Function of the Eye Credits: 2 hours
BLS 5910 - Braille and Other Tactual Communication Systems Credits: 3 hours
BLS 5912 - Teaching Math and Specialty Codes Credits: 2 hours
BLS 5930 - Methods of Teaching Adaptive Communications Credits: 2 hours
BLS 5945 - Itinerancy and Effective School Collaboration Credits: 3 hours
BLS 5970 - Principles Low Vision Credits: 2 hours
BLS 6010 - Small “N” Research: Design and Analysis Credits: 3 hours
BLS 6050 - Practice in Low Vision Credits: 1 hour
BLS 6060 - Adaptive Sports and Art Activities for VI Children Credits: 1 hour
BLS 6100 - Assisted Research Credits: 1 to 6 hours
(Credits needed: 2 hours)
BLS 6320 - Teaching Children with Visual Impairments Credits: 3 hours
BLS 6360 - Teaching for Independent Living Credits: 4 hours
BLS 6955 - Practicum in TCVI Credits: 2 hours
BLS 7120 - Professional Field Experience Credits: 2 to 12 hours
(Credits needed: 6 hours)