271Table 15.2 Courses and programmes offered at bachelor’s degree level in HEIs by institutions and
subareas
Department/courses
and programmesResearch-intensive HEIs Rajabhat universities
CU SWU KKU KU PSU CMU CMRU CRRU SDRU
Curriculum and Instruction Development
Curriculum and
Instruction
DevelopmentxEarly Childhood
Educationx x x x x XPrimary Education x x X
Secondary Education x
Health or Physical
Educationx x x x x xSpecial Education x X
Arts, Music and Theatrical Arts
Arts Education x x x x x
Music Education x
Educational Research and Educational Psychology
Educational
Psychology and
Counsellingx x x xEducational Evaluation x x x x
Education Policy and Educational Management/Leadership
Business Education
(including Home
Economics Education)x x x xIndustrial Education x
Education Technology
Computer/ Information
Educationx x x xLifelong Learning/Adult Education/Alternative Education
Non-formal and
Informal EducationxSubject-based Teaching/Education
Linguistics and
Language Educationa
(Language Teaching)x x x xSocial Science
Education (Social
Science Teaching)x x xAgricultural Education
(Agricultural Teaching)xMath/Science
Education (Science
Teaching)x x x x xaLinguistics and Language Education covers various courses providing linguistic studies, includ-
ing English, Japanese, Chinese, Thai and so on. Each HEI has different focuses in providing
courses relating to languages
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