BA Special Needs Education (Combi major, teacher training) at Freie Universität Berlin

Special Needs Education is a bachelor programme at Freie Universität Berlin, offered by the Department of Education and Psychology. It is studied as: Major subject in a combi bachelor with teacher training. It has German as the language of instruction, a start in the winter semester. The theory and practice of Special Needs Education delves into the browed topic of people who are disadvantaged or handicapped in society due to individual and social-economic factors. It is about the guidance and support of people with special needs through specific help, as well as the appreciation and validation of diversity and differences.

Faculty: Department of Education and Psychology  |  Department: Department of Education and Psychology  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany

What you will study

Special Needs Education is studied as a major subject with 90 credits in the teaching profession at integrated secondary schools and grammar school level (ISS/Gym) with specifically 60 credits in module offering suitable for the desired teaching profession level and the study area of teaching profession-related professional science (LBW). The study area LBW is mandatory for all student in teacher training.

Career pathways

Bachelor's graduates of this program are particularly qualified for teaching-related and other pedagogical and educational science advanced master's courses. In addition, there is the opportunity to work in professional fields such as educational administration or in special textbook or magazine publishers.

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