Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Special Education

(BSpecEd)

Program of study

INTRODUCTION

The Bachelor of Special Education is a graduate-entry program which requires one year of full-time study or three years of part-time study. It can be taken in internal or external mode.

The course is offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology.

COURSE AIMS

The course is designed to prepare teachers for special education support work in regular schools and to increase the knowledge and skills of regular classroom teachers. It also prepares teachers for work in special classes, special schools and special centres.

The content of the program is appropriate for teachers at all levels from preschools through to TAFE.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must have completed one of the following:

• three-year Diploma of Teaching; or
• Bachelor of Education degree; or
• one-year Graduate Diploma in Education or the equivalent.

However, the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for canditature.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2007]

To qualify for the Bachelor of Special Education, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

If part-time students are teaching, the practical work required in some topics may be undertaken at their school. Full-time students are required to gain practical experience in particular settings.

36 units of topics are normally selected from the following:

* These topics must be taken concurrently

# External mode