特殊教育理学硕士课程要求学士学位以上课程至少需要30个小时。学生还必须通过笔试。该计划专门用于为公立学校和机构的残疾学生准备教室和资源老师。在与有天赋和才华的学生或有严重/多重残疾的学生一起工作时，可以得到其他认可。程序可以组合以包含多个认可。
The Master of Science in Special Education requires 30 hours of graduate coursework beyond the bachelor's degree. Program graduates are eligible to be recommended for the Class AA Mississippi Educator License.The overarching goal of the department is to recruit and train high quality professional educators for Mississippi classrooms, and to prepare researchers and educators for a variety of roles beyond the K-12 classroom. Participants in each of the department's programs are provided extensive opportunities to make connections between research and practice and to experience interactive teaching and learning.