The Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education prepares educators and professionals who work with individuals, small groups, and organizations/systems. The programs offered in the department all pursue at least two common goals. The first is to help individuals enhance the quality of their lives through meaningful personal, educational, and career development. A second common goal is to assist people in overcoming barriers to learning and to experience success and happiness in life. These barriers include unsupportive environments and individuals' difficulties in thinking, learning, making decisions, relating to others, understanding the impact of their behavior, and so forth.

Declare a Special Education Pre-Major Meet with an advisor in the Education Advisement Center (350 MCKB) to declare pre-major Complete a fingerprint background clearance Complete These Courses: CPSE 203: Intro. to Special Education CPSE 425: Foundations in Language Arts MthEd 305: Basic Concepts in Math Volunteer 20 Hours 10 hours in a mild/moderate disability setting 10 hours in a severe disability setting To apply, you must: Be willing to live to the Honor Code Submit ACT or SAT score (if you have fewer than 24 college credits) Submit English Proficiency Score (If required) Submit full documentation of all required transcripts. Some U.S. applicants may have completed foreign high school or college work. This work will need evaluation by a third-party credential evaluation company. See Evaluating International Work for more details. Pay $35 application fee Note: Failure to disclose complete academic history or any falsification of information required for admission consideration may result in immediate suspension and loss of all credit earned at BYU.