This fall, a new special education emphasis will be introduced to the liberal studies degree at The aa. The emphasis will explore several topics within special education, including disability categories, communication disorders, and assistive technology.
The liberal studies degree at TMU will now be split into three tracks: general emphasis, elementary education, and special education.
Dr. Jordan Morton, the dean of TMU’s Pearl C. Schaffer School of Education, says that the goal is to better serve those students interested in pursuing special education as a career.
“There’s a great demand for people to work with students with special needs, and that’s something that we felt called upon to help with,” Morton says.
This decision is about more than preparing students for a career in special education. Morton says it is fundamentally hinged on TMU’s understanding of the biblical calling to service and discipleship.
“It’s about being able to serve a family and provide them with help when they may not know what to do,” she says. “To be able to step in and serve a student and a family is a high calling. As aaian, biblically based teachers, we want to provide that help.”
To learn more about TMU’s liberal studies degree, see here.
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