Degree Information

The M.Ed. program in Vision Studies, Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments track, requires the completion of 37 graduate academic credits. Students entering the TVI program without a degree in education are required to take three additional courses: Understanding Reading: Principles, Practices and Mathematics Thinking Skills-Elementary, and Introduction to Disabilities

Graduate Core Courses for the TVI Graduate Program:

  • VISN 602: Education of Students with VI, 3 credits
  • VISN 603: Braille Communications 1, 3 credits
  • VISN 604: Eye Anatomy and Disease, 3 credits
  • VISN 610: Braille Communications 11, 3 credits
  • VISN 660: Intro to AT for People with VI, 3 credits
  • VISN 612: Orientation and Mobility and IDL, 4 credits
  • VISN 613: Assessment and Instructional Strategies for Students with Visual Impairment Including Those with Additional Disabilities I, 4 credits
  • VISN 614: Assessment and Instructional Strategies for Students with Visual Impairment Including Those with Additional Disabilities II, 4 credits
  • VISN 615: Early Childhood and Visual Impairment, 3 credits
  • VISN 648 Cerebral/Cortical vision Impairment, 3 credits
  • VISN 619: Practicum in Teaching Students with Visual Impairment, 4 credits

Total : 37 credits