SINGLE HONOURS
UCAS codes: X310 BA/EAR
Typical offer: 280-320 points
International Baccalaureate: 26 points
Degree duration:
3 years full-time 6 years part-time
If English is not your first language:
IELTS 6.0 (including 6.0 in writing) or a TOEFL iBT score of 87 or equivalent
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Alongside the compulsory modules for the Early Childhood pathway, students have the opportunity to work with other areas of study – race, gender, power, ecology and inclusion – and to apply these to early childhood. A variety of themes are drawn upon to explore early childhood in relation to ideas and political developments which have contributed to changing conceptions about family life and forms of caring for the young both in the context of schools and in the wider culture.
The programme is designed around a model of intellectual progression. Study in Year 1 is foundational and aims to provide a general level of contextual understanding for subsequent study. Students are encouraged to reflect on their own educational experiences, compare them and comment on how these experiences have influenced them, and to begin to familiarise themselves with the names and terms that influence current educational theory. The knowledge gained is built upon in Years 2 and 3. Study in these years consists of a few mandatory modules and a much larger range of optional modules which are intended to appeal to individual interests and career plans. During these two years, students are encouraged to engage fully with social, political and cultural perspectives. During Year 3 in particular, students build on this knowledge and begin critically deploying it in relation to ‘real-world’ situations.
Year 1
• Principles in Education
• Great Educators (double module)
• 1944 and 1988 Education Acts
• Reflections of Autobiography
Year 2
• Education: Social and Political Thought (1)
• Education: Social and Political Thought (2)
• Theorising Early Childhood
• What is a Child
Year 3
• Critiquing Education Policy
• Constructing the Other: Race, Ethnicity and Religion
• Critiquing Inclusive Education
• Construction of Gender Roles in Schools
Many students pursue a career in teaching. Other careers that are relevant to Education Studies (Early Childhood) include roles within the social services, student support, local government and the caring professions with particular reference to young children.