EDUC 104AIntroduction to Exceptional Learners
Education · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Survey of characteristics and related educational needs of students (preschool through high school) who vary in mental, physical, psychological, and social characteristics. Focus on disabilities, with exploration in area of gift/talented education. Emphasis on inclusion, and legal, social, and philosophical issues associated with it. Students learn perspectives from disability studies and engage in class activities designed to challenge students to put inclusion into practice. Students develop understanding of various areas and exceptionalities of special education with emphasis on role of student special needs in context of general education settings.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.