The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign offers a wide range of special education programs including bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees. The bachelor degree is the Illinois State Initial Teacher Certification and specialty in Learning and Behavior. This program prepares the teacher to work as a special education teacher in the classroom. The masters degree offers several different specialty programs that allow the teacher to focus on a specific area of special education such as Infancy and Early Childhood and Grant Funding. The university also has a doctoral program for Grant Funding.
University of Illinois--Urbana--Champaign
288 Education Building
1310 S. 6th St.
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0260
illinois.edu
Illinois State University prides itself in being the leading teacher preparation institute in the State of Illinois. Its special education program specifically prepares the largest number of special education teachers in the United States. They offer bachelors masters, and doctoral degrees. The bachelor program has three areas of specialization including Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Low Vision and Blindness or Learning and Behavior. The masters program consists of a Learning and Behaviorist II certification, while the Doctoral of Special Education prepares those who want to work in leadership and administration.
Department of Special Education
Illinois State University
DeGarmo 533
Campus Box 5910
Normal, IL 61790-5910
309-438-8980
ilstu.edu
Northeastern Illinois University's Bachelors in Special Education prepares educators to work as Learning and Behavior Specialist I. The masters program offers a much wider range of special education areas of study. These programs include Learning Behavior Specialist I and II for certified and non-certified educators, Early Childhood, and Gifted Education.
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Lech Walesa Hall (LWH) 4059
Chicago, Illinois 60625a
773-442-5580
neiu.edu