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Childhood Studies
Childhood Studies BA(Hons)
Childhood Studies BA(Hons)

Childhood Studies BA(Hons)

  • ID:UH440060
  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

English Requirement  

  • IELTS 6.0 with no lower than 5.5 in any element or equivalent will be considered acceptable.

Other Requirements

In addition you must also:

  • have GCSE English Language at grade 4 or above, or grade C or above if awarded under the previous GCSE grading scheme.
  • complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check towards the end of Year 1, ready for your placement in Year 2, and to highlight any potential issues during your first term.

Course Information

Children are at the forefront of policy and debate in our society. Headlines about children’s rights, the health and development of young people and how to protect the younger generation can often be found in the news. This course helps you understand the issues and gain some crucial insights into what shapes children’s lives from birth to age 19. We believe it’s not enough to study the issues affecting children. You also need to understand them from their perspective. The course looks at key topics from the point of view of the children who they affect.

Why Childhood Studies

  • The course could be ideal if you’re looking to start a career in teaching, early years, social care or child and youth policy work. There are also plenty of other occupations relating to children, young people and families, and our Childhood Studies course is designed to help you take the first step towards your career.
  • We’ll give you the chance to explore the nature of childhood and youth in contemporary society. The course will examine relevant social theory and research, and draw on current policy and practices out there in the real world. You’ll be able to bring your own experience to bear on the course too.
  • Along the way you’ll look at childhood through the perspectives of psychology, sociology, philosophy and educational theories. You’ll also have opportunities to study health, wellbeing and development, social policy, how to protect vulnerable children and young people, youth identities and cultures, and children’s rights.
  • The course will also help you build up transferable skills that employers are looking for, developing you as a critical thinker and helping you to understand and challenge current approaches and policy.
  • While you’re here, you’ll be able to take a work placement in your second year and you have the option to do an enhanced placement in your final year. It could be the ideal way to develop the skills that employers are looking for and gain useful contacts in the industry.

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Year 1
Core modules:

  •  Theories and Strategies for Learning
  •  Perspectives in Learning and Development
  •  Self, Society and Welfare
  •  Contemporary Childhood Studies

Year 2
Core modules:

  •  Advanced Professional Practice
  •  Safeguarding Children and Young People

Option modules:

Choose two from a list which may include:

  •  Philosophical Approaches to Education
  •  Developing Language and Communication for Learning
  •  Social Policy, Inclusion and Inequality
  •  Working with Children and Families

Year 3
Core modules:

  •  Major Study
  •  Research Methodologies
  •  Finding a Voice (Children and Young People)

Option modules:

Choose one from a list which may include:

  •  Helping in Context (Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring)
  •  Leadership and Management in Professional Contexts
  •  Critical Approaches to Inclusive Education
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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

This course prepares you for a wide range of professional possibilities, including teaching, early years professional and learning support roles. Previous graduates have progressed as childcare workers, primary and early years teachers and teaching assistants, special needs support roles, play therapist and social support workers.**

Upon successful completion you may also consider pursuing further study, including a PGCE or other professional Master’s programmes.

*Percentage of graduates from this course who are in work and/or further study fifteen months after graduating (Unistats 18/19 data, UK domiciled graduates)

**LinkedIn and Graduate Employment Market Statistics (GEMS).

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Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year

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