Childhood Studies, BA Hons
KEY FACTS
UCAS code
X310 A BA/CS
School
Education & Training / Health & Social Care
Location
Attendance
3 years full-time
4-6 years part-time
Entry requirements
160 UCAS points or above.
PLUS at least three GCSEs at grade C or above (including English) or equivalent qualifications
Assessment
Exams and continuous assessment
Professional recognition
Successful graduates may wish to study further to achieve Early Years Professional Status or apply to undertake initial training via a PGCE primary programme leading to Qualified Teacher Status
Career options
This programme provides a sound preparation for postgraduate courses in teaching, social work, children's nursing and play therapy, as well as further academic study to MA or PhD level. Opportunities exist in education, health and social care and community settings and also in the early years sector
Childhood Studies is a multi-disciplinary programme which engages with health, education, psychology, sociology and literature for and about young children. Unlike many early childhood studies courses, children and young people are studied across the age range from 0 to 18, from conception through to adulthood. Linking theory with practice, issues concerning multi-agency working with the young are addressed in a community context.
Students are taught by professionals with backgrounds in a range of children's services, as well as those with research expertise and academic qualifications in many subject areas, including philosophy and anthropology.
Content
Year 1
- Key Skills in Working with Children and Young People (30 credits)
- Child Development from Conception to Young Adult (30 credits)
- Aspects of Childhood (30 credits)
- The Learner, Development and Education (30 credits)
Year 2
- Challenging Perspectives on Child Development (30 credits)
- Research: Investigating Children and Childhoods (30 credits)
- Diversity, Equality and Risk (30 credits)
- One option from: Education in Early Years; Later (Adolescent) Years: An Interdisciplinary Approach; Additional Educational Needs; Aspects of Children's Literature (30 credits)
Year 3
- Theoretical and Social Perspectives of Children and Young People (30 credits)
- Partnerships in the Promotion of Child Development (15 credits)
- Individual Research: Enquiry Project (30 credits)
- One option from: Early Years Development; Later (Adolescent) Years: Cross-Cultural Perspectives; Managing Additional Educational Needs and Inclusion; Children, Childhood and Literature (30 credits)
- One option from: Contemporary Parenting; Health and Welfare of Young People; Keeping Children Safe from Harm (15 credits)