Course Overview
Do you know that you want to work with children but haven’t yet decided what area of Early Years to go into?
This degree will give you the chance to experience all areas of Early Childhood Studies to give a better foundation for choosing which career path you wish to take. Our BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies course offers an exciting range of modules, designed to increase your understanding of children and develop your practice skills and knowledge.
Study areas include:
- Child development
- Children’s behavior
- Safeguarding
- Special Educational Needs and Disability
Key Facts
- Full-time- 3 years
- Start Date- September
Entry requirements
- UCAS – 96-112 tariff points from A levels or combination with AS / EPQ / BTEC/ Cambridge Technical.
- A-Levels- BBC-CCC
- BTEC/Cambridge Technical- DMM-MMM
- GCSEs- C or better in English language and mathematics.
- CACHE Level 3 Diploma- B/C in Early Years Education and Care (Early Years Educator).
- IB- 26- 28 points
- Access to HE Diploma- Pass
- IELTS- 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5.
Careers
With this degree, you can pursue a career as an Early Years Practitioner. You’ll foster and develop the abilities, social skills, and understanding of children aged three to five, focusing on optimum child development and preparation for a successful transition to primary school education.
Possible career paths include:
- Early Years management
- Teaching
- Health and social care
- Policy-making
- Nursery management
- Hospital support
- An outreach worker with family centers
- Community development
Course Content
- Introduction to Childhood
- Child Development (0-8 Years)
- Preparing For Professional Practice
- Safeguarding Children And Integrated Practice
- Children’s Rights And Policy
- Play, Creativity And Expressive Arts
- The Developing Practitioner
- Children’s Health and Wellbeing
- Rocking the Cradle
- Curricula Around the World
- Childhood in Crisis: Global Perspectives
- Special Educational Needs and Disability
- Preparation for Independent Project
- Working with Families
- Understanding Children’s Behaviour
- The Reflective Practitioner
- Independent Project (Childhood)
- Therapeutic Play
- Leading Professional Practice
- The Digital Child
- Crime and Childhood
- Children, Stories and the Media
- Adventure Education
- Graduate Practitioner Placement