Special Education – Adapted Curriculum K-12

Special education teachers work with students with disabilities including learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, intellectual disabilities, autism and other disabilities. They adapt lessons for them and teach subjects such as reading, writing and math.

Appalachian State University's Special Education (BS) – Adapted Curriculum K-12 degree prepares future teachers to teach students in grades K-12 who will likely require more significant modifications and adaptations in order to access the general curriculum, and may not be candidates for career prep, college/tech prep, or college prep diploma from the North Carolina public schools.

This degree program is part of the Department of Child Development, Literacy and Special Education and leads to North Carolina teaching license in Special Education: Adapted Curriculum K-12.

• Camp Director
• Case Manager
• Child Development Center Director
• Child Development Specialist
• Communications Specialist
• Community Service Agency Director
• Drug Rehabilitation Official
• Educational Advocate
• Educational Diagnostician
• ESL Teacher
• Family Services Social Worker
• Group Home Director
• Juvenile Court Counselor
• Learning Center Administration
• Orientation and Mobility Specialist
• Peace Corps Volunteer
• Recreational Therapist
• Rehabilitation Counselor
• Special Education Consultant
• State Education Official
• State Hospital Worker
• Teacher
• Test Preparation Instructor
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

• Complete an application (apply using the Common Application)
• Provide your official high school transcript(s)
• Provide your official or unofficial college transcript(s) for any completed college coursework*
• Submit $65 application fee (or approved fee waiver)
• Submit official or self-reported SAT (school code: 5010) or ACT (school code: 3062) scores (or apply with a test waiver)
• Complete your FAFSA (application opens Oct. 1; school code: 002906)