Program Overview

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

Overview

The BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion Studies with Foundation Year is designed to help you develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence to succeed in your studies with the University of Wolverhampton at degree level.

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BA (Hons)

Start Date

15 September 2025

UCAS Code

X365

Course Specifications

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Course Length

Full-time (4 years)

Campus Location

University: Walsall Campus

School

School of Education

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Course Modules

Year 1

• Exploring Inclusive Education and Practice
  • Module: 3ED005
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• Interprofessional Working
  • Module: 3ED004
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• Preparing for Undergraduate Study
  • Module: 3ED002
  • Credits: 40
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• The Developing Child in the World
  • Module: 3CF002
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• Valuing the Self & Others
  • Module: 3ED003
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core

Year 2

• Fake News: Debunking Myths in Education
  • Module: 4ED014
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core
• Introduction to Disability, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Module: 4SN005
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core
• Power, Inclusion and Diversity
  • Module: 4CF003
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core
• Promoting Inclusive Practice
  • Module: 4SN006
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core
• Safeguarding and Multi-Agency Perspectives
  • Module: 4CF005
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core
• Supporting Communication and Participation
  • Module: 4SN013
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core

Year 3

• Becoming a Researcher
  • Module: 5ED002
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core
• Enabling Learning
  • Module: 5SN002
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core
• Enhancing Professional Practice on Placement
  • Module: 5ED004
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core
• Exploring Autism
  • Module: 5SN008
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core
• Inclusion in the Early Years
  • Module: 5SN001
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core
• Exclusion from School and Social Justice
  • Module: 5SN004
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Optional
• Young Lives, Parenting and Families
  • Module: 5CF017
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Optional

Year 4

• Critical Issues in Inclusion
  • Module: 6SN008
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 4
  • Type: Core
• Dissertation
  • Module: 6ED015
  • Credits: 40
  • Period: 4
  • Type: Core
• Pedagogies for Inclusion
  • Module: 6SN002
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 4
  • Type: Core
• Specific Learning Difficulties: Label or Life Sentence?
  • Module: 6SN005
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 4
  • Type: Core
• Statutory Assessment - The SEND Industry
  • Module: 6SN009
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 4
  • Type: Core

Potential Career Paths

• Case Worker
• Disability Services
• Charities
• Support roles
• Specialist Learning Support
• Health professional

Why Choose This Course?

• Our Foundation Year programme has been designed to prepare you for studying at undergraduate level and provide you with the required skills and knowledge to transition effectively into Level 4 study.
• You will benefit from the team’s expertise, as they actively engage in research and writing.
• You will be taught in our state-of-the-art teaching buildings at Walsall Campus.

What Happens on the Course?

• At level 3, you will develop your underpinning knowledge of studying in higher education and the principles of inclusion.
• At level 4, you will have opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills of special educational needs theory, disability, and inclusive practice.
• At level 5, you will begin to develop your critical capabilities through the selection, analysis, and combining of relevant perspectives, and be able to justify different positions on matters relating to special educational needs theory, disability, and inclusive practice.
• At level 6, you will be able to reflect on your own value systems, development, and inclusive practices, question concepts and theories you have encountered in your studies, and interrogate the assumptions underpinning research and your own practice.

Course Fees and Finance

• Location | Mode | Fee | Year
  • Home | Full-time | £9250 per year |
  • Home | Part-time | £4625 per year# |
  • International | Full-time | £14950 per year |

Entry Requirements

• Prepare for Foundation Pathway: We will consider applicants who have not achieved 48 UCAS points (equivalence) from prior level 3 qualifications, if you have a keen interest in this subject area or hold relevant experience.

What Our Students Say

• Case Study-Joseph Haynes - Sendis FDY
• What we're you doing before special needs?
  • I was working with autistic children in a play therapist role.
• Why choose the foundation year?
  • It gives you the confidence especially if you haven't been in education for a long time, to know what you're doing before you go into the deep end of Level 4,5 and 6.

Funding

• Tuition Fees Loan (Home Fee Status): Most students will be able to apply for a loans to pay for these subject to eligibility.
• Changes for EU students: The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as having Overseas Fee status.
• Self-funding: If you don’t want to take out a loan to pay your fees or if you aren’t eligible to receive a loan, you might want to take advantage of the University’s scheme to pay by instalments.
• Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees: If your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

Contact Us

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How We Compare

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  • 88% say staff value students views and opinions about the course
  • 93% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.
  • 90% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.