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Specific academic inquiries: Contact the Coordinator of the Master: href = "https://www.ucm.es/estudios/master-educacionespecialType of education: Face-to-face.
Number of new entry places offered: 40
Total credits: 60
Languages taught: Spanish.
Indicative price: 45.02 euros per credit (for Spaniards, community foreigners and those who have legal status as residents in Spain) and 84.07 euros per credit for other students.
Master's Scholarship: see relevant information here .AboutThe Master in Special Education responds to a need for training in the field of special education of different professionals in the educational field.
CurriculumCourse 1
Subject
Character
Credits
Analysis and Modification of Behaviors
Optional
3.0
Evolutionary and Educational Aspects of deficiencies (Motor, Auditory, Visual, Sensory)
Compulsory
4.0
Pedagogical Bases and Didactic Intervention Strategies in Special Educational Needs
Compulsory
4.0
Sensory-Motor and Cognitive Disabilities
Optional
3.0
Didactic Intervention Strategies in People with High Intellectual Abilities
Optional
3.0
Neuropsychological Foundation of Special Education
Compulsory
4.0
Psychological Foundations of Giftedness and Talent
Optional
3.0
Educational Intervention in Contexts of Environmental Vulnerability
Optional
3.0
Neuropsychological Intervention in Special Education
Compulsory
3.0
Psychological Intervention in Learning Disorders (Reading, Writing and Mathematics)
Compulsory
4.0
Research in Educational Psychology Applied to Special Education
Optional
3.0
Neuropsychological Research on Disability and Learning Disorders
Optional
3.0
Family Intervention Models in Primary Care
Optional
3.0
Current Perspectives of Early Care
Optional
3.0
Practicum
External Practices
6.0
Clinical Psychology Applied to Special Education
Compulsory
3.0
Psychopathology Applied to Special Education
Compulsory
4.0
Curricular and Organizational Response to Attention to Diversity
Compulsory
4.0
Sociology Applied to Diversity and Inclusion
Optional
3.0
Support Technologies and ICT in Attention to Diversity
Optional
3.0
Final Master's Project
Final Master's Project
12.0
Transition to Adult Life of People with Disabilities
Optional
3.0
Generalized Development Disorders (Tgd)
Optional
3.0
goalsThe main objectives that the Master's Degree in Special Education seeks to achieve are specified as follows:
• Acquire advanced, specialized and interdisciplinary training for professional and research development in the different areas of Special Education.
• Train for the promotion and improvement of the educational response in coordination with the different professionals, seeking to improve the quality of life of the person with functional diversity.
• Know the evaluation and intervention procedures within the different functional diversities: physical, sensory and intellectual.
• Effectively address the special educational needs of people with functional diversity in the school, family and social spheres.
• Acquire the ability to transfer knowledge from the scientific field to educational contexts in order to convert them into knowledge applicable to Special Education.RecipientsStudents who meet any of the requirements listed below will be able to access this University Master :
• Graduates in Pedagogy, Teaching in Early Childhood Education, Teaching in Primary Education, Social Education, Psychology, Speech Therapy.
• Graduates in Pedagogy, Psychology and Psychopedagogy.
• Diplomas in Social Education, Speech Therapy and in any of the Teaching specialties.
In the event that the demand is greater than the supply of places, the candidates will be assessed considering, in addition to the academic record (65%) and professional experience in the field of knowledge of the Master (20%), the adequacy of the profile of the candidate to the objectives and contents of the program 15%).
If there are available places, those university graduates who prove training and professional experience linked to special educational needs may access, after evaluating their academic and professional record.
Non-Spanish speaking foreign applicants must prove an absolute command of the Spanish languageWhy study this master?It is essential to take this University Master's Degree if it is intended to work with people with functional diversity, both at an educational, social or health level, since it will expand the knowledge to be able to meet the special needs generated by personal or social issues.
This University Master's Degree:
• As an academic exit, it qualifies for possible admission to the Doctorate program with the corresponding completion of the doctoral thesis.
• As a professional outlet, it enables the design and implementation of evaluation and intervention programs for people with functional diversity (intellectual, sensory and physical) of all ages, from early care to the transition to adult life in different professional fields.Admission requirements for mastersNon-enabling university mastersBe in possession of any of the following titles:Spanish official university degree .
Title issued by an institution of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and empowering in the country of issue for access to Master's education.
Title of educational systems outside the EHEA that empowers in the country of issuance for access to Master's education, homologated or declared equivalent to the degree and academic level of Degree or Degree by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training . in case of lacking the mentioned homologation or equivalency, it will be necessary to have authorization or permission of access granted by this University.
Or be carrying out studies leading to the obtaining of any of the previous degrees during the course in which the pre-registration is carried out and be in a position to prove the obtaining of the same before the date established in the corresponding call (see href = "https: //www.ucm.es/requisitos-de-admision-a-masteres ).
In addition, students from foreign educational systems, whose mother tongue is different from Spanish, must prove level B2 of the Spanish language (or higher) .
Specific requirements that any of the requested masters may have. You can consult it by accessing the website of the Master itself.
