BA Special Educational Needs and Disability with Foundation Year
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 72 A level: DDD T Level: Pass BTEC: MMP GCSE: GCSE Maths and English are preferred, however if you don't have these qualifications you will be able to undertake Maths and English at Level 2 as part of your course of study Access to HE: Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum of Distinction: 0, Merit: 30, Pass: 15 English language: IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)
About this course
BA (Hons) in Education, focusing on special educational needs and disability. Core topics include statistics, research methods, critical and analytical thinking, and global and comparative perspectives on education. The programme includes two placement modules across different SEND contexts, and culminates in a dissertation literature review.
Modules
- Placement Learning and Professional Development
- Academic Skills and Personal Development
- English
- Mathematics
- Children's Literature and Education
- Philosophy of Education
- Psychology of Education
- Sociology of Education
- Biomedical Science
- Creative Project
- Introduction to SEND: from Exclusion to Inclusion
- Engaging with Employability Skills and Practice: Placement 1
- Issues and Debates in SEND
- Comparative Perspectives in SEND
- The History of SEND: Past to present
- Personal, Professional and Academic Skills for the SEND Practitioner
- Exploring Cognition and Learning Needs
- Exploring Communication and Interaction Needs
- Exploring Sensory and Physical Needs
- Exploring Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs
- Developing Employability Skills and Practice: Placement 2
- The SEND Professional: Roles and Contexts in SEND
- Dissertation: Literature Review
- Concepts of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Research and Practice
- Social Exclusion and SEND: Research and Practice
- Creativity and Innovation in SEND: Research and Practice
- SEND: Live Project
- The Inclusive Classroom: Research and Practice
- Identity, Inclusion and Living with Disability: Research and Practice
- Autism: Research and Practice
- Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties: Research and Practice