Important: This certificate plan is effective for those starting in the fall 2024 through summer 2025. This certificate plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change certificates.

This is a non-licensure program and is not a state approved program. Completion of this certificate will not lead to the eligibility of a VA state teaching license or a teaching license or certificate in any other state. If you would like to be eligible for a VA state teaching license or work through reciprocity guidelines to be eligible for a license or certificate in another state, you must complete one of our state approved programs. Refer to www.liberty.edu/advisingguide.  

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses
EDSP 722	History and Future of Special Education	3
EDSP 723	Administration and Supervision of Special Education	3
EDSP 724	Collaboration and Communication in Special Education	3
EDSP 725	Assessment and Evaluation in Special Education	3
EDSP 726	Disability and Learning	3
EDSP 727	Critical Review of Special Education Literature	3
EDUC 730	Issues & Trends in Learning Technologies	3
or EDUC 745	Organizational Analysis and Problem Solving
Total Hours		21

Notes

• Students who want to apply certificate courses to a graduate degree program will have to abide by the GPA and grade requirements of that degree

Completion Requirements

• 21 total hours
• A maximum of 50% of a post-graduate and doctoral degree may be transferred if approved and
  allowable
• 3.0 GPA
• No grade lower than a B- may be applied to the Certificate
• Certificate must be completed within 3 years
• Submission of Certificate Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student’s anticipated graduation date

Program Offered in Online Format