Program Overview

Special Educational Needs, Disability & Inclusion (SENDI) and Sociology

Course Overview

The BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion (SENDI) and Sociology 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

Do you want to be an advocate for change for atypical learners? Explore how categories of need are created through divisions within social and educational systems and learn to challenge these inequalities.

We are inclusive in all aspects of delivery and provide students with opportunities to have their say, to make and be the difference.

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: XL36
• Duration: 3 years
• Mode of study: Full time
• Start date: September 2025
• Awarding institution: Bishop Grosseteste University
• Institution code: B38

Entry Requirements

• 96-112 UCAS tariff points (from a maximum of four Advanced Level qualifications)
• A range of qualifications that meet this requirement, such as A/AS Levels, BTEC, Access Courses, International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge Pre-U, Extended Project etc.

Course Structure

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
• Rhetoric or Reality?
• Crime and the Media

Year 3

• Hidden Inequalities
• Surveillance and Society
• Contemporary Imprisonment
• Sociology of Personal Life
• Spectrums and Kaleidoscopes
• Leading the Learning Environment
• Capstone Project Proposal
• Capstone Project
• Dissertation

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 and 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

Support

• Studying at BGU is a student-centred experience
• Staff and students work together in a friendly and supportive atmosphere as part of an intimate campus community
• Support from Student Advice team to guide students through all aspects of student finance step by step

Fees and Funding

• A lot of student finance information is available from numerous sources, but it is sometimes confusing and contradictory
• BGU tries to give students all the information and support they can to help throughout the process
• Full instructions at UCAS to make it as easy as possible for students to fill in their online application, plus help text where appropriate
• Full details of all tuition fees can be found on the BGU website

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