Program Overview

BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs, Disability & Inclusion (SENDI) and Sociology with Foundation Year

Course Overview

This joint degree programme challenges norms and assumptions surrounding context and categorisation of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The programme provides students with the opportunity to engage in study that offers a balanced range of modules from both disciplines and allows for the interconnections in concepts to be explored.

Why Study This Course

• Explore how categories of need are created through divisions within social and educational systems and learn to challenge these inequalities.
• Gain a broad skill set by combining sociology theory with research skills and practical application.
• Guaranteed free interview for PGCE and free interview training.

Course Summary

The programme provides students with the opportunity to engage in study that offers a balanced range of modules from both disciplines and allows for the interconnections in concepts to be explored.

Key Facts

• Award: BA (Hons)
• UCAS code: XL3F
• Duration: 4 years
• Mode of study: Full time
• Start date: September 2025
• Awarding institution: Bishop Grosseteste University
• Institution code: B38

Course Structure

• Foundation Year
• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3

Modules

Foundation Year

• Self as Learner
• Resourcing Learning
• Critical Engagement
• Critical Thinking
• The Digital Learner
• Effective Communication
• Reflective Learning
• Academic Writing

Year 1

• From Excluded to Included: A Century of Change
• The Whole Child: Holistic Approaches to Meeting Needs
• Writing and Thinking Sociologically
• Social Research Skills: Texts and Interactions
• What is (the point of) Sociology

Year 2

• Meeting Different Needs
• Interpreting the World: Research and Practice
• Public Sociology: Religion, Race and Sexuality
• Sociology of Happiness

Year 3

• Hidden Inequalities
• Surveillance and Society
• Contemporary Imprisonment
• Sociology of Personal Life

Optional Modules

• Rhetoric or Reality?
• Crime and the Media
• Spectrums and Kaleidoscopes
• Leading the Learning Environment

Capstone Project

• Students will implement, evaluate and present their chosen research-informed project on the topic of Inclusion or Special Educational Needs and Disability.

Entry Requirements

• Application for this course is via UCAS, although there is no formal requirement for UCAS points to access the course (normally GCSE English or equivalent is desirable).

Assessment

• A wide range of different types of assessment throughout the course, including coursework portfolios, group discussions, multimedia technology presentations and individual projects, as well as essays and a timed assessment (year 3).

Careers & Further Study

• Supported throughout study by opportunities to explore different career aspirations.
• Guest speakers share their professional experiences which can open new ideas for students.
• Progression has included graduate employment, teaching, social work, creative therapies, speech and language therapy, senior education managers and residential care.
• Progression to further study at Master’s level is a further choice.

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