Course code: 0073
Contact: Dr Lawrence Bartak
The Bachelor of Special Education course focuses on exceptional children and provides theoretical, experimental and clinical studies in relevant areas of special education. Students will be expected to demonstrate competence in diagnostic assessment, curriculum planning, innovation and evaluation and special teaching techniques and to display the highest standards of professional ethics in handling interpersonal relationships. Graduates with the degree of Bachelor of Special Education may apply to undertake further studies leading to a higher degree.
The major objectives of the Bachelor of Special Education course are to provide students with the competencies to:
The course is aimed at students who have either teaching qualifications or appropriate equivalent professional qualifications plus at least one year's experience and who wish to make a career in specialist and consultant services with exceptional children. Personal interviews or reports may be requested in some cases. No daytime release is necessary as all lectures will be in the late afternoon. However the course is open to applicants with day release and this will facilitate practicum involvement in the Monash Institute of Child and Adolescent Studies (Elwyn Morey Centre or Krongold Centre) or other specialised institutions.
Applicants contemplating admission to this course may seek formal credit or recognition of prior learning. Applicants should apply for credit prior to enrolment but currently enrolled students may also apply. The Faculty of Education considers each application on its merits within the context of the faculty guidelines on credit transfer which are contained in a booklet `Learning from experience' available from the Professional Development Institute, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Gippsland campus, Churchill 3842 ($7 postage and packing).
The course consists of six compulsory subjects. Four compulsory core subjects provide a broadly based interdisciplinary introduction to theoretical and practical aspects of special education. The fifth and sixth subjects comprise a special education practicum which forms a major component of the course and is undertaken in special schools and centres, regular schools, institutions and other relevant settings.
This course comprises one years full-time study or equivalent part-time taken on-campus with school or institutional visits for the practicum. The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is forty-eight.
Details of all subjects, including reading lists, follow the course information in this handbook.
Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the inquiry office, Faculty of Education, Clayton campus (telephone 9905 2899 or 9905 2784).