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

Module: 3GK015

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

You will have the opportunity to study and understand contemporary social issues from different disciplinary perspectives. You will engage with current academic debates about a range of social issues and debate and discuss ideas about the social world that will challenge and extend your thinking. The module will provide an exciting basis for your future study of the Social Sciences.

Module: 3GK012

Credits: 40

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module is designed to introduce you to university life. It will support you in exploring the university environment. It will also introduce you to the wide variety of academic skills needed to succeed at university and will support you in the development of these skills.

Module: 3GK013

Credits: 40

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

In this module, you will work collaboratively with other students on a project that reflects an area of shared interest relating to the broad themes of Business, Law or the Social Sciences. You will have the opportunity to work as a small team to devise, design and plan a project relating to a topic of shared interest. In many aspects of life and work, teamwork and collaboration are the norm to solve real world-problems. This group-based project will allow you to develop a range of skills, including leadership skills, time-management, negotiation, communication, creativity, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. By investigating and responding to a complex question, challenge or problem, you and your group will acquire a deeper knowledge of your topic. The module will conclude with a conference, where your group’s project will be presented to the other groups in your class.

Module: 3GK014

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module introduces you to Wolverhampton and the people who live there using concepts and insights from a variety of academic subjects, for example Social Policy, Sociology, History, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Law, and Politics, amongst others. You will explore a range of cultural and social issues.

Module: 4SN003

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

The module will provide you with an opportunity to consider the experiences of disabled people over time. You will be able to explore historical developments that highlight the shift from segregation to inclusion in provision for disabled children, young people and adults. Drawing on literature and research you will examine factors, such as policy, economics, disability rights groups, and social and political structures which have influenced the lives of disabled people. You will also begin to consider how inclusion can be used as a mechanism for social justice and how inclusion philosophy rests on the idea that every individual, regardless of disability has the right to be included fully into society.

Module: 4DF009

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to give students with little or no knowledge an insight into Cultural issues which impact on deaf people's lives. This will follow on modules to further practical development of British Sign Language. Secondly, to develop confidence and skills to engage in a conversation on a range of familiar topics that are relevant to daily lives. Student will gain a knowledge of BSL, and grammatical features that will provide an essential platform for further study in this area.

Module: 4DF010

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This modules aims to explore socio-political, historical, technological issues and deaf identities, which impact on deaf people lives.

Module: 4SN005

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module provides you with the opportunity to develop your understanding of issues surrounding inclusion, disability and diversity for children, young people and adults in educational settings. You be introduced to different types of disabilities and how they can be diverse in nature depending on individual need. By drawing on literature and research you will also be able to consider inclusion, disability and diversity as a social issue that goes beyond education and explore models of disability and inclusion. You will examine how the inclusion of individuals with disabilities into everyday activities involves practices and policies designed to identify and remove barriers. These include physical, communication, and attitudes that hinder the ability of children, young people and adults to have full participation in society. You will also examine the challenges that promoting inclusion, diversity and disability rights can present to current practitioners when working in educational settings and local communities.

Module: 4SN013

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module allows you to explore literature and research about effective communication and interaction and why it is essential for all aspects of an individual's life from education to relationships, employment to emotional well-being. Within this module you will develop your awareness of the importance of inclusive communication for individuals who are at risk of social exclusion across the life span. You will also develop your understanding of your own practical communication skills and how you can promote the social inclusion of individuals who are at a disadvantage because of speech, language and communication needs and impairments.

Module: 4SA007

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module introduces you to how social policy is produced and delivered in Britain. The module looks at the question, ‘what is social policy?’ and charts the historical development of the welfare state from the Liberal reforms at the turn of the century to the present day. Throughout the module you will have opportunities to examine, analyse and evaluate primary and secondary source materials.

Module: 5SN003

Credits: 20

Period: 3

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

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