The two-subject Bachelor's degree programme in Special Needs Education is divided into basic (sop012, sop022, sop032), advanced (sop212, sop222, sop232) and special needs modules (sop413, sop441, sop451, sop465, sop472), which together cover 30 CP each (see study plan).

In the first semester, students begin with the three basic modules in special needs education. They focus on knowledge of social environments and settings that are analysed in terms of their relevance to issues of participation, inclusion and inclusion for people with disabilities or impairments (and their families) in a national and international context. The module "Fundamentals of special educational fields of work" (sop012) provides knowledge of the history of special education, essential concepts, important guidelines and patterns of action, as well as skills for scientific work. The "Society/Inclusion" module (sop022) provides an overview of selected socialisation theories and models and their significance for educational action in preventive, interventive, inclusive and rehabilitative work. The presentation of the connections between social, familial, economic, cultural and ecological structures and their significance for participatory educational, upbringing and rehabilitation processes plays a central role. Another focus is on the field theory-based person-environment analysis and the examination of the central spheres of influence (family, school, peer group and alternative sphere of ^influence1) for participation planning in the school and extracurricular context. This module also includes a differentiated examination of selected aspects of international special needs education and comparative special needs education.

In a further basic module (sop032), "development and developmental impairments" in the various special needs areas are addressed in an overview of the lifespan or individual stages of life. The central challenges in this module are to name and recognise the forms, theories and models of developmental processes, including in the areas of language and communication, learning, motor skills and behaviour, and to explain, explain, illustrate and analyse different developmental tasks. Students learn to make professionally and empirically sound assessments of development and developmental impairments as well as to develop elaborate programmes and their own proposals for promoting development and participation in school, extracurricular and rehabilitative contexts.

Building on this, students take part in the "Research Methods" module (sop222) and learn the basic structures of scientific thinking, the methods of empirical research and the design of experiential studies. The Bachelor's programme already teaches a programmatic orientation to empirical research in both qualitative and quantitative terms. In the second and third semesters, the module "Prevention/Intervention" (sop212) is studied in parallel, in which an examination of relevant approaches and methods of support in two (student-selected) subject areas takes place. The advanced modules are completed by the module "Diagnostics" (sop232), in which the basics of support diagnostics or the determination of special educational support needs are taught. From the third semester onwards, the focus is on lesson design in special educational fields of action, which is implemented in the module sop413 by means of a lecture, an interlinked exercise and an in-depth seminar, in which the module examination takes the form of a portfolio. The modules sop451 and sop441 were created as compulsory elective modules in which students expand their practical skills in the field of motor skills or creative design. The module "Communication and Counselling" (sop465) takes into account the special requirements of inclusive fields of action. It introduces students to questions of communication theory and familiarises them with counselling concepts and the basics of conducting conversations. A reflective overview of the content structure of the Bachelor's degree programme and opportunities for students to test their own didactic skills is provided by the tutorial module (sop472), which focuses on university didactics and in which fifth-semester students support the teaching and learning processes of first-semester students in seminars and lectures. In the final semester of the Bachelor's degree programme in Special Needs Education, the final thesis is due, which is supported and secured by an accompanying course.

With the ten modules in special education outlined here, students combine the teaching subjects and the course content of the area of specialisation as a second subject. This is also where the internships are located, which are realised in inclusive or special school-specific contexts under the responsibility of special education, accompanied in seminar form and reflected on in internship reports. In the first semester, students complete the 3-week orientation internship (prx111) in a field of special education, which is intended to assess their choice of study, aptitude and familiarisation with everyday academic appointments. The "Internship in the professional field of school" (prx103) follows in the fifth semester, in which the students for the teaching degree in special education - who have just completed the "Didactics" module - primarily gain experience in planning, implementing and reflecting on lessons.

Due to its polyvalent orientation, graduates of the Bachelor's degree programme in Special Needs Education have the opportunity to continue their education in a teaching-related or extracurricular Master's degree programme. After completing the Bachelor's degree, there is also the option of working in special educational fields and taking on the following tasks, for example:

1. Early educational support and counselling in extracurricular institutions,
2. prevention, intervention and rehabilitation in integrative, co-operative and other institutions and cooperation with families,
3. preparing and supporting the transition to work and academic appointments (for young people with disabilities),
4. Support for independent living and help for people with disabilities in all phases and situations of life.