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The Coppin State University School of Graduate Studies came into existence, during the summer of 1968, when the Special Education Graduate degree program was initiated. This program was designed to prepare professional personnel to work with mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed children. The program was intended to provide special educators for the expanding special education programs in the public schools of Baltimore and the surrounding areas.
As recent as January 2000, Coppin State University School of Graduate Studies expanded its master degree program, when the Board of Regents for the University System of Maryland and the Maryland Higher Education Commission approved the Master of Science in Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling program.
Since its establishment in 1968 the School of Graduate Studies has made a strong commitment to ensure that its programs are relevant to the changing needs of its students, the professional communities it serves, and society.
The major goal set forth by the School of Graduate Studies is to provide a learning environment conductive to the development of skills, attitudes and competencies that are applicable to growth and development in an urban setting.
The School of Graduate Studies is a member of the Council of Graduate Schools. And holds to its accreditations the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), and Council of Rehabilitation Education (CORE).
The School of Graduate Studies offers master degree programs through the departments of Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling, Adult and General Education, Criminal Justice, Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Social Science and Nursing.
