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BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs & Disability Studies

Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

A supportive team of disabled and non-disabled academics will enable you to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to become a future leader in this area. You will learn about the historical, social and cultural factors that shape our understanding of special educational needs and disability. Your understanding of academic theories and models will be deepened by activities which challenge you to explore how this knowledge can be applied in professional settings. As well as tutors’ extensive professional experience, course content is informed by input from various guest speakers and from our partner organisations, including disabled-led and self-advocacy groups, education and care providers, charities, and disability arts organisations.

The Special Educational Needs & Disability Studies course at Liverpool Hope is unique in that it is informed and enriched by the work of the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies, an internationally recognised centre of excellence in disability studies research, and the only UK research centre to focus on disability and culture.

You will have the opportunity to undertake a placement in the second year of your course. This will enable you to enhance your understanding of the relevance of disability studies to a professional context.

General Eligibility

  • A-Levels BBC

  • UCAS Tariff Points 112 UCAS Tariff points must come from at least two A Levels (or equivalent). Additional points can be made up from a range of alternative qualifications.

  • BTEC DMM

  • Access to HE 112 Tariff Points

  • IB 28

  • Irish Leaving Certificate 112 Tariff Points from Higher Level qualifications only

  • Welsh Baccalaureate This qualification can only be accepted with other relevant qualifications.

  • T-Levels 120 Tariff Points / Merit

  • Subject Requirements No specific subject requirements

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1
  • Disability History

  • Disability and the Life Course

  • Disability and Culture

  • Disability and Society

2 Year 2
  • Social Theory of Disability

  • Exploring Diversity, Disability and Education

  • Exploring Professional Values and Attitudes

  • Researching Disability

  • Cultural Disability Studies, Theory, Research and Methods

  • Professional Identity: Disability Studies in Practice

  • International and Intersectional Perspectives on Disability

3 Year 3
  • Theories of Disability

  • Inclusive Practice

  • Disability and Ethics

  • Disability and Time

  • Disability Activism

  • Disability and Life-writing

  • Disability (Studies) & Identity

  • Dissertation Phase

  • Neither seen nor heard listening to the stories of marginalised young people

  • Mad, Bad & Sad: The Medicalisation of Human Emotion and Behaviour

  • Researching the Cultural History of Learning Disability

  • Metanarratives of Disability & Assumed Authority

  • Disability Rights, Chronic Illness & Chronic Pain

  • Disablement & Time

  • Researching the representation of disability in popular culture

Language Requirement

IELTS 6.0 overall (with reading and writing at 6.0) and no individual score below 5.5.

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