Program Overview

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University of Fribourg Program Details

Introduction to Special Education

The University of Fribourg offers a minor study program in Special Education, which enables students to familiarize themselves with the foundations of special education without making it their main discipline at the bachelor level. This program consists of two parts: an introduction to the theoretical foundations of special education and an introduction to the theories of development.

Profile of the Study Programme

The goal of the bachelor program in Special Education is to familiarize students with the foundations of special education. This familiarization has two parts:

• Introduction to the theoretical foundations of special education, including courses in general special education and differential special education.
• Introduction to theories of development, including courses that enable students to acquire a basic knowledge of the factors, mechanisms, and conditions that influence individual typical and atypical development.

Learning Outcomes and Career Openings

This study program enables students to broaden their knowledge and interests with an introduction to the foundations and basic issues of special education. Students who successfully complete this study program will acquire and accumulate sufficient knowledge that they can use later in their training, for instance, by joining the master program in Special Education.

Studies Organisation

Structure of Studies

The program consists of 60 ECTS credits as a minor study program.

Curriculum

The curriculum includes courses in general special education, differential special education, and theories of development.

Comments

Students who choose this study program must enroll with the Department in the first three weeks of the first semester.

Admission

The following Swiss school-leaving certificates grant admission to bachelor programs at the University of Fribourg:

• Swiss academic Maturity Certificate
• Federal vocational or specialized Baccalaureate + supplementary examination of the Swiss Maturity Commission (passerelle)
• Bachelor Degree from a Swiss university, from an accredited Swiss university of applied sciences (HES/FH), or from a Swiss university of teacher education (HEP/PH)

A complete list of all further recognized Swiss school-leaving certificates is available. Foreign upper secondary school-leaving certificates are recognized only if they correspond substantially to the Swiss Maturity Certificate.

Key Points

Degree Conferred

Languages of Study

Possibility to study in French or in German

Commencement of Studies

Commencement of studies only in the Autumn Semester (September)

Access to Further Studies

Master

Program Details

• The program is part of the wide range of courses in secondary disciplines offered by the University of Fribourg.
• The program draws on a wealth of knowledge and scientific work, in a teaching tradition that has been widely developed and recognized at the University of Fribourg.
• Studies in Special Education as a minor study program are not equivalent to those that lead to a professional diploma in Special Education and Social Pedagogy.