Course Overview
Are you interested in studying for an early years degree but feel you would benefit from a better foundation of knowledge? Then the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies with Integrated Foundation Year is an ideal option for you. This four-year route will build your academic skills and enable you to confidently embark on an undergraduate degree. Over the four years, you will focus on working with young children up to the age of eight. By the end of this degree, you will develop your effectiveness as a skilled Early Years practitioner.
Study areas include:
- Child development
- Children’s behavior
- Safeguarding
- Special Educational Needs and Disability
Key Facts
- Full-time- 4 years
- Start Date- September
Entry requirements
- UCAS – 48 tariff points
- 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
- Foundation in Knowledge and Skills
- Learning Outdoors
- Academic Support and Guidance
- Professional Studies: Learners And Learning
- Valuing Individual Differences
- Education, Philosophy And Thinking – Historical Perspectives
- From Bognor To Bogota And Beyond: An Introduction To The UN and SDGs
- Arts In Education And Society
- 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
- Independent Project (Childhood)
- Therapeutic Play
- Children’s Literature & The Media
- Criminology & Childhood
- Learning, Teaching & Caring in Adventure Education
- Reflective Practice Placement 2
- Special Needs & Disability
