About SERC

Welcome to the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling

Auburn University's Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling's principal mission is to provide quality programs of instruction, research, and outreach. Instruction, research, and outreach activities that result in competent, committed, reflective professionals who desire to make a significant contribution to society as special educators, rehabilitation and counseling practitioners. With a strong commitment to diversity, faculty, staff, and students are challenged to support and promote diversity-related instruction, scholarship, outreach, and professional activities. Our academic programs are accredited by:

The American Psychological Association (APA)
Council for the Accreditation of Counseling-Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
Alabama State Department of Education (SDE)
Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE)

With multiple accredited programs from which to choose, many opportunities and resources are available to our current students. Our instructional units are exceptionally strong and currently serve over 400 students who are enrolled in undergraduate, masters, or doctoral programs. Our research productivity is held in high regard. Currently departmental faculty are actively involved in contributing to the professional literature of their respective professions, presenting research findings at major national conferences, and directing federal and state grants totaling more than $4 million extramural dollars competitively secured in the last few years. We are also very proud of our outreach efforts through which our faculty shares their expertise beyond the university walls. Over the years our faculty have been involved in numerous significant social justice projects and for twenty years our Auburn Transition Leadership Institute has presented an annual transition conference.

It is because of our faculty and staff that SERC is highly regarded. We are indeed privileged to be a part of the Auburn University community. Changing Times, Peterson's College Guide, and U.S. News and World Report all designate Auburn University as one of America's top collegiate bargains regarding its national reputation, quality of degree programs, and costs. And, in a recent edition of Yahoo! Internet Life, Auburn was voted as one of the 25 "Best Wired" universities in the country.

We hope that all questions may be answered through the information provided here. For further inquiries, please contact the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling by email or visit, write, or call us at the below noted address and telephone numbers.

Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling
2084 Haley Center
Auburn, AL 36849
(334) 844-7676 phone
(334) 844-7677 fax
serc@auburn.edu

Again, I am pleased that you have visited our website and look forward to your application and enrollment in one of our outstanding academic programs.

Sincerely,
E. Davis Martin, Jr.
Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor and Department Head

Last Updated: Apr 01, 2011