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06_2_Diploma Course

Completion requirements (Diploma Course in Special Education)

To complete the Diploma Course in Special Education, students are required to be enrolled
in the university for at least one year and to earn 30 or more credits for the courses designated below.
 
First-class Teaching Certificate Course

(Students enrolled in AY 2018)

Classification
Course No. of credits
Required Elective
Courses related to the basic theory of special-needs education Basics of Special Needs Education 2  
History of Special Needs Education   2
Basics of Research Methods in Special Needs Education   2
Courses related to the discipline of special-needs education Introduction to Psychology of Children with Intellectual Disabilities 2  
Introduction to Education of Children with Intellectual Disabilities 2  
Basics of Curriculum Methods in Education of Children with Intellectual Disabilities   2 4 credits (compulsory elective course)
Basics of Teaching Methods of Children with Intellectual Disabilities I   2
Basics of Teaching Methods of Children with Intellectual Disabilities II   2
Basics of Teaching Methods of Children with Intellectual Disabilities III   2
Basics of Education of Children with Physical Disabilities 2  
Basics of Teaching Methods of Children with Physical Disabilities 2  
Basics of Education of Children with Health Impairments 2  
Basics of Teaching Methods for Children with Health Impairments 2  
Outline of Psychology, Physiology and Pathology of Children with Health Impairments   2
Assessment of Children with Intellectual Disabilities   2
Courses related to disciplines other than the discipline of special-needs education that will be specified in a teaching certificate Basics of Education of Children with Visual Impairments   2
Basics of Education of Children with Learning Disabilities   2 2 credits (compulsory elective course)
Basics of Education of Children with Developmental Disabilities   2
Basics of Education of Children with Hearing Impairments   2
Basics of Education of Children with Multiple Disabilities 2  
Foundations of Development of Teaching Materials for Children with Disabilities   2
Clinical & Practical Seminar on Children with Disabilities I   2
Clinical & Practical Seminar on Children with Disabilities II   2
Clinical & Practical Seminar on Children with Disabilities III   2
Clinical & Practical Seminar on Children with Disabilities IV   2
Clinical & Practical Seminar on Children with Disabilities V   2
Practice teaching for children and students with physical and mental disabilities Teaching Practice 3  
Thesis Thesis 4  
Total 23 36
Credits required for completion 30
 
Advanced Teaching Certificate Course

(Students enrolled in AY 2018)

Classification
Course No. of credits
Required Elective
Courses related to special-needs education Seminar in Special Needs Education 1   2
Seminar in Special Needs Education 2   2
Seminar in Special Needs Education 3   2
Practical Seminar in Special Needs Education 1   2
Practical Seminar in Special Needs Education 2   2
Practical Seminar in Special Needs Education 3   2
Practical Seminar in Special Needs Education 4   2
Seminar in Teaching Children with Special Educational Needs 1   2
Seminar in Teaching Children with Special Educational Needs 2   2
Seminar in Teaching Children with Special Educational Needs 3   2
Seminar in Teaching Children with Special Educational Needs 4   2
Seminar in Special Needs Education & Transition 1   2
Seminar in Special Needs Education & Transition 2   2
Seminar in Characteristics of Children with Special Educational Needs 1   2
Seminar in Characteristics of Children with Special Educational Needs 2   2
Seminar in Characteristics of Children with Special Educational Needs 3   2
Practical Seminar in Special Needs Education   2
Seminar in Development of Teaching Materials for Special Needs Education   2
Research Methods in Special Needs Education 1   2
Research Methods in Special Needs Education 2   2
Total   40
Credits required for completion 30


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