Learn to help others overcome communication barriers and enhance their quality of life while preparing to become an expert for school-based programs.
The UB Teach speech and hearing/early childhood/childhood program is a five-year accelerated combined degree, offering a speech and hearing BA and an early childhood/childhood education EdM. Gain content expertise in speech and hearing while preparing to teach children from birth through grade 6. Study in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences and the Department of Learning and Instruction.
Academic credential granted | Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Education (EdM) |
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Certification option | Successful completion of program leads to an institutional recommendation for New York State initial and professional certification in early childhood/childhood education |
Grade levels | Birth to grade 6 |
Credits required for completion | 156 |
Time to completion | 5 years |
Course delivery | On campus, some online coursework |
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Application deadline | Early action: Nov. 15 Scholarship consideration: Dec. 8 Regular decision: Feb. 1 Students can continue to submit an application for fall consideration until capacity is reached. |
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This is a sample course schedule. These courses are subject to change. As a student in the UB Teach program, you must work closely with your advisor before registering for classes.
You will not apply separately to graduate study; instead, there are a series of progression points that you must meet.
Advancement to the graduate portion of the program requires that you: