跨类别课程中的特殊教育本科专业专注于对有各种常规和特殊教学需求的学生的教育。其中包括传统上与智力和发育性残疾，身体/神经性残疾以及学习和行为困难相关的残疾组中的学生。该计划的毕业生通常会在包容性教室，资源室，独立教室，特殊学校，住宅设施中担任教师，或者在通识教育机构中担任顾问教师。在儿童期特殊教育和儿童期教育中均获得初始认证的学生特别有资格与综合教育环境中有特殊需求的学生一起工作。受过特殊教育的学生应完成基础教育和特殊教育的完整课程工作，建议他们获得纽约州儿童教育（1至6年级）和儿童特殊教育（1-6年级）
Undergraduate majors in exceptional education study within a cross-categorical program focusing on the education of students who have a variety of regular and special instructional needs. Included are students in disability groups traditionally associated with intellectual and developmental disabilities, physical/neurological disabilities, and learning and behavioral difficulties. Graduates of the program typically obtain positions as teachers in inclusive classrooms, resource rooms, self-contained classrooms, special schools, residential facilities, or as consultant teachers in general education settings. Students who pursue initial certification in both childhood special education and childhood education are particularly well qualified to work with students with special needs in integrated education settings. Students in exceptional education complete coursework in elementary education and special education to be recommended for initial certifications as a teacher of childhood education (grades 1-6) and childhood special education (grades 1-6) in New York State.