815 Skills, Education and Professional Development BA Degree Programs

Our dynamic 3-year double-major track in Liberal Arts and English provides a broad-based education in subjects like Jewish studies, communications, and English literature. Cultivate adaptable skills in analysis, critical thinking, and communication, gaining a versatile understanding of how academic disciplines intertwine and influence each other.

The Undergraduate Studies Online Programme offers the flexibility to study creative writing and explore multiple writing approaches to improve your skills while cultivating broader interests in classical and modern studies or art and humanities.

This course combines theory and practice, preparing you for innovative leadership roles across diverse cultural settings.

Explore how people learn and develop as educators with the University of Oklahoma's online BA in Learning and Education Studies. This degree prepares you to understand educational theory, human development, and teaching practices, whether you're starting a teaching career or advancing in education.

A three-year degree combining university teaching with workplace learning or placements in Early Years education. Students develop professional practice, theoretical knowledge, and critical, analytical and transferable skills through taught content, employment-based experience and portfolio work.

Our BA Honours Education Studies degree goes beyond just teaching and learning, preparing you for a range of careers in the education sector and beyond. Our degree is taught by expert tutors with extensive experience working in educational settings and explores how education defines the world around us.

Every person has the right to equal participation in society. You contribute to this right by providing individualized support to people with special educational needs due to physical, intellectual, mental, linguistic, or cultural impairments. A Bachelor's degree as a state-certified special education teacher qualifies you to work in areas such as early intervention, child and adolescent support services, child and adolescent psychiatry, schools, residential facilities for the elderly, or workshops for people with disabilities. This distance learning program provides you with specialized knowledge about child and adolescent development, pedagogical methods, support approaches, and how to address special needs. The program is both theory-based and application-oriented, applicable to diverse fields and target groups. You will acquire practical skills for working with children, adolescents, and adults, such as diagnostic and observation methods, communication skills, intervention and support strategies, and conflict resolution techniques. The special education degree is particularly suitable for educators and special education teachers with state-recognized training who wish to expand their experience and obtain an academic degree, or for professionals who would like to take on more responsibility or a management position in a social institution in the healthcare sector with this further scientific qualification.

With a degree in Early Childhood Education, you can professionally exert a positive influence on the lives of young people in early childhood and play a vital role in their development. This online Bachelor's program is both theory-based and practice-oriented, preparing you for qualified and professional work as a state-certified early childhood educator with young children and their families. You will acquire expertise in (inclusive) pedagogy as well as in promoting physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development. You will learn the legal foundations, including those related to child protection, and methods of communication, interaction, and reflection. Furthermore, you will develop competencies in didactics and methodology, as well as in teamwork and organization. You will learn to integrate innovative methods and research findings into practice, implement new educational concepts and reforms, and adapt to new frameworks. This online Bachelor's program in Early Childhood Education is particularly suitable for educators, assistant teachers, and other pedagogical professionals who wish to expand their experience and knowledge in the areas of childhood, development, empowerment, support, and early childhood education. With a bachelor's degree, you can create new career opportunities or take on more responsibility, e.g., a management position – in daycare centers and many social institutions for care, education and training, as well as at various service providers such as associations and government agencies.

Do you want to learn more about education? Do you aspire to work with children and young people? Whether your future aspirations include: teaching, SEN and Disabilities and inclusion, educational policy or youth work, it begins with a degree in Education Studies. A degree in Education Studies will set you up for a career to work with children in a range of settings. The programme will give you the skills and knowledge for a range of careers including, teaching, social work, education policy, welfare and working with children and families.

Our Secondary Education degree prepares candidates to work in the general education classroom at the middle and high school levels. Instructors carefully structure and coordinate field experiences, giving students the opportunity to practice several teaching methods that will prepare them for a successful student teaching experience and career. A signature part of the Secondary Education program at Loras is the Professional Development School (PDS). Each Loras student will participate in diverse field experiences in technology-rich public and private schools.

The Pre-School Educator BA Program trains future professionals who will possess the theoretically-based knowledge, skills, and competencies in pedagogy needed to fulfill the expectations of pre-school education. The program aims to prepare experts who have acquired a firm foundation in theory and practical skills and are capable of and dedicated to educating three- to six-year-old children.

Are you interested in the education of children aged between 3 and 12? Are you thinking about pursuing a career in education or becoming a primary school teacher? This BA (Honours) in Education Studies (Primary) will give you a sound foundation for further study relevant to a range of roles within education. You'll develop your understanding of policy and practice in primary education, and gain the knowledge and skills needed to work collaboratively and equitably in a range of settings.

Loras College offers a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education leading to licensure in early childhood education, elementary education, and instructional strategist (special education). In these programs, students work with full-time professors and outstanding practitioners from area schools and agencies.

Our BA (Hons) Voice (Performance and Pedagogy) degree is for aspiring voice professionals and future voice teachers who have a passion for singing or want to bring out the best in others’ voices. You’ll focus on vocal performance, industry skills and pedagogy, and develop a comprehensive foundation in technical skills and methodologies.

A three-year, employment-based undergraduate degree focused on supporting the education, inclusion, mental health and wellbeing of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The course combines weekly academic study with practical experience in an appropriate setting.

Certified graduates of Early Childhood Education who are eligible to teach Pre-kindergarten through 4th grade -and- Special Education Classrooms from Pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

Education Studies at Queen’s explores the multi-disciplinary field of education by critically examining key topics and themes and analysing research-driven insights to ask questions that matter. From concepts and issues to policy and practice, students will examine the fascinating landscape of local and global education through the core underpinning disciplines of psychology, sociology, philosophy, history, and politics.

The purpose of the training is to provide advanced theoretical and methodological knowledge related to special needs education and associated scientific fields to future special needs teachers. Participants of our program will possess the skills required for special needs activities in addition to specialised and practical knowledge