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Jun 07, 2026
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Working Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027
Special Education (BSEd)
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The Department of Educational and Clinical Studies offers a Bachelor of Science in Special Education (BSEd) for those students interesting in specialized services in schools and community agencies. Undergraduates participate in coursework and clinical experiences that contain a solid theoretical and practical knowledge base in the areas of research design and implementation, teaching, and the provision of mandated services at the community, state, and national level.
Please see the UNLV Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education web page at www.unlv.edu/ems for more information about department programs, faculty, and facilities. Degree worksheets and 4/5 year plan for the major are available at www.unlv.edu/degree/bsed-special-education.
Career Possibilities
- Possible career options after receiving this degree:
- Licensed teacher
- Private consultant
- Education specialist
- Non-profit organization director or employee
- State education department director or employee
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Special Education (BSEd) Degree Requirements - Total: 120 Credits
(see notes 1 and 2 below) General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 37-40
First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3
English Composition - Credits: 6
Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3
Constitutions - Credits: 4-6
Distribution Requirement - Credits: 19
Please see Distribution Requirements for more information. - Humanities and Fine Arts: 9 credits
- Two courses 3 credits each from two different humanities areas - 6 credits
- One course in fine arts- 3 credits
- Social Science
- Automatically satisfied by Major requirement
- Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking - 10 credits
- Two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab.
- Analytical Thinking 3 credit course
Multicultural and International
Multicultural, one 3 credit course required
International, one 3 credit course required These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: www.unlv.edu/provost/multicultural-requirements. Major Degree Requirements - BSEd in Special Education - Subtotal: 80 credits
Education Core Requirements - Credits: 9
Licensure Methods - Credits: 9
Special Education Generalist Core - Credits: 62
General Electives - Credits: 0-3
Notes
- A candidate for the Bachelor of Science degree in Education must earn a minimum of 120 semester hours with 40 credits in upper-division courses.
- Both a minimum overall GPA of 2. 0 as well as a minimum GPA of 2. 75 for all courses attempted in the special education core must be maintained.
- EDU 280 also fulfills the multicultural requirement of the general education core. One 3-credit elective course in Humanities and Fine Arts electives should be chosen to satisfy the International Requirement.
- A grade of B or higher must be earned in EDSP 481 (Resource Room Practicum) in order to register for EDSP 481 and EDSP 488 .
- A grade of B or higher must be earned in EDSP 481 and EDSP 488 (Pre-student teaching) in order to register for EDSP 491 and EDSP 492 . 6. Students must complete 10 credits of EDSP 491 (Student Teaching) for their degree.
- EDSP 441 is a Milestone Experience course for Special Education B.S.
- EDSP 491 is a Culminating Experience course for Special Education B.S.
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