The checklist at the following link is for your reference and does not need to be submitted with your application.  Please keep for your records.

Special Education Programs Admissions Checklist

You are applying to an Education Specialist credential program with a Master of Science Degree in Special Education. 

Please complete the form at the following link which documents your understanding that your status, if accepted to the program, would begin as a credential student and then include a master’s degree status- effective the first spring term of your training. The change to a master's degree would not impact your enrollment in the credential program.

Please complete the form at the following link and upload to your Department Application: Special Education Program Form.

The statement of purpose should respond to the following questions on the form at the link below to be submitted electronically with the Department application:

• Describe your professional goals and experiences.
• Discuss your philosophy on educating diverse students, including students with and without disabilities, and address issues of equity in education.
• Describe your personal attributes that illustrate your potential for success in the program and in the field of special education.
• What can you share about how you will manage a full-time program with work, school, and personal demands?
• Statement of Purpose with Coversheet

To fulfill the recommendation requirement, you are asked to submit three Department Recommendation Forms .

• Submit three (3) letters of recommendation forms that demonstrate suitable dispositions for teaching in public schools. 
• Recommendation forms should be completed by someone who has observed your teaching or working with groups of children in the age group you are pursuing your teaching credential. 
• These observations must have been done within the last 5 years. 
• Academic or Professional letters of recommendation are acceptable if you were not able to complete Early Field Experience. 
• Send the fillable forms to recommenders and have them send (email) back to you to be submitted electronically with your Department Application.

Documented field experience of at least 45 hours from the past five years.

Pre-professional experience must be in a classroom or classroom-like setting with groups of children/adults ages five (5) to twenty-two (22) for the education specialist program.

• At least 15 hours must be in a special service delivery setting. An acceptable special service delivery experience includes work as a teacher's aide or instructional support, behavioral support clinician, or classroom volunteer in a special day class. 
• The remaining 30 of the 45 hours minimum may be completed in public or private school settings as a substitute teacher, para-educator, or classroom volunteer, or in community-based venues such as the YMCA, park recreations center, or in a structured summer camp, after-school, or other formally organized program. 
• Submit original Early Field Experience Verification form. Use as many forms as needed to verify the total hours.  The forms should be merged as one document to upload to application.
• If you have taken TED 301 (or TED 3001) at CSUEB, this course will cover 15 hours of public school experience.  To show proof, you will need to submit an unofficial transcript from your MyCSUEB. 

All applicants must complete an online University Application in addition to this Department application.

Summer  2025 - February 1, 2025 - April 1, 2025

Fall  2025 - October 1,2024 - June 1, 2025

Submit an application for University Admission online at Cal State Apply.

How to Apply

Please review the credential program and term for guidance on how to select a program on Cal State Apply at the link 

Education Specialist Credential/Masters in Special Education-online program

After University Application through Cal State Apply is submitted and you

If you attend or graduated from CSU East Bay, you do not need to submit your CSU East Bay transcript.

Electronic transcripts can be ordered to be sent to electronictranscripts@csueastbay.edu directly from the institution.

For your Department Application:  Applicants with international transcripts with a foreign degree must provide an official evaluation of that coursework by a CTC approved agency.   FOREIGN TRANSCRIPT EVALUATION.

Foreign transcript evaluations can be ordered to be sent to csscdocuments@csueastbay.edu directly from the agency. 

If you have a degree or coursework from outside the United States, contact the International Admission Office for more information. https://www.csueastbay.edu/iao/

Do not submit transcripts until after you have submitted your University application AND get an email with your NET ID.

If you are attending or graduated from CSU East Bay, you do not have to submit transcripts you have previously submitted.

If considered for admission, and GPA of the last 60-semester or 90-quarter units attempted of baccalaureate and post baccalaureate work is below 2.5, you will be sent a "Petition to Waive GPA Requirement" form to submit for review.

Please scan and upload all unofficial transcripts (merged into one file).

Please note that the University Admissions Office requires official transcripts from ALL colleges/university attended AFTER you submit your University Application through Cal State Apply and get your NET ID.

CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE.

You must obtain a Certificate of Clearance or hold a valid CTC issued document in order to be accepted to a credential program.

Examples of CTC documents include, but are not limited to: Emergency 30-Day Substitute Teaching Permits, Short-Term Staff Permits, Child Development Permits, and other documents for which a fingerprint clearance is required for issuance.

Getting the Certificate of Clearance is a two-part process.

1. Print this Live Scan form and take to a location offering Live Scan services to have fingerprints rolled or scanned.
2. Go to www.ctc.ca.gov and apply for the Certificate of Clearance. For more details, visit Certificate of Clearance process.