Course Overview
Are you an enthusiastic and committed Early Years professional? Are you looking to enhance your professional practice? Then our Foundation Degree Early Years course is the option for you. Our course combines theoretical study with practical work. You will explore how children learn and develop in the early stages of their lives. In addition, you will enhance your skills in reflection, independent thinking, and critical analysis on your journey to becoming a more confident and skilled Early Years practitioner.
Key Facts
- Full-time- 2 years, Part-time- 3 years
- Start Date- September
Entry requirements
- All students must be employed or carrying out voluntary work in relevant early years setting (minimum of 12 hours per week).
- Two years’ experience in the sector.
- At least one Level 3 qualification (A level / BTEC / Cambridge Technical / NVQ3 / Advanced Apprenticeship).
Careers
Our Foundation Degree Early Years course allows you to develop as an early childhood worker through an intermediate level of study. In addition, the course prepares you to transfer onto our BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies Level 6 Top-Up program to complete a full degree in this area. These options will allow you to develop your career working with young children and opens a multitude of potential avenues for your future.
Career paths include:
- Early Years management
- Teaching
- Health and social care
- Policy-making
- Nursery management
- Hospital support
- SEND
Course Content
Year 1
- Introduction to Early Years
- Children’s Rights
- Play, Creativity, Expressive Arts
- Reflective Practitioner: Babies, Toddlers and Pre-school
- Safeguarding and Integrated Working in the Early Years
- Child Development in the Early Years
Year 2
- Curriculums around the world in the Early Years (Optional)
- Working with Families in the Early Years
- Understanding Children’s Behaviour
- Importance of Research in Early Years
- Childhood in Crisis: Global Perspectives (Optional)
- Health & Well Being of Young Children (Optional)
- SEND in Early Years
