Key Facts
- Indicative Fee
Home/EU: £5450 Part-Time: £2725
International: £12300 Part-Time: £6150 - Financial support
- Course Tutor(s):Julie Radford
- Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time.
- Study Method: Full-time, Part-time Outreach, Part-time
- Department: Dept of Psychology & Human Development
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Special and Inclusive Education MA / MSc
This masters degree will:
- develop your knowledge of key concepts and selected issues addressed in the academic and professional literature
- enhance your understanding of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives and their relationship to practice
- give you the ability to analyse, evaluate and synthesise evidence, theory and practice
- increase your capacity to apply conceptual and theoretical frameworks to professional policy and practice.
Features
This masters degree provides the opportunity to:
- study in one of the country's leading specialist departments in SEN, disability and educational psychology
- work with internationally recognised tutors who have published widely in the areas of special education, inclusion and disability studies and contribute to masters and doctoral programmes worldwide.
Who is this programme for?
Teachers and other professionals who have an interest in working with children, young people or adults with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities.
Entry requirements
A good first degree or equivalent.
How are you assessed?
By coursework assignments and a 12,000-word dissertation or 6,000-word report.
Attendance
Face-to-face evening sessions. Attendance may vary depending on your choice of optional modules.
More information
If you take this programme full-time you should expect to attend two evening sessions of three hours per week in the autumn term, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the spring and summer terms, you will attend on average two evening sessions of three hours per week, plus dissertation support and supervision sessions.
If you take this programme part-time, you should expect to attend on average one evening session of three hours per week in the first year. In the second year, you will attend one evening session of three hours per week, plus dissertation support and supervision sessions in the spring and summer terms.