The certificate will provide students with expertise in the field of Specific Learning Disabilities. The SLD certificate is comprised of courses to address the characteristics, assessment needs, and intervention needs of students with specific learning disabilities. Courses related to the professional role of the SLD teacher focus on transition services, due process requirements, consultation/collaboration processes, behavioral strategies and appropriate learning environments. This will be an online certificate program.
 

1. Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution.
2. Completed Application for Admission to Graduate Study form indicating Graduate Special under "Program Admission Requested".
3. Undergraduate and other transcripts sent directly from the institution to the Graduate Studies Office.
4. Non-refundable $20.00 fee for first-time applicants to Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Required courswork may vary from stduent to student based on previous degree, teaching license(s) and coursework on transcript.