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Early Childhood Studies

BA(Hons)
UCAS code: L590

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Whats it about?

This degree will prepare you for many types of employment where you will be working with children aged from birth to 8 years old, and is especially appropriate for those of you wishing to progress to Early Years Practitioner Status as the content has been developed to meet the need for well qualified early years specialists. Alternatively, you could move into teaching, social work further education, charity work, management or higher degree courses.

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What you do

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Throughout the degree you will examine a range of areas and disciplines that focus upon a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary understanding of children, families, policy and practice.

This course offers a holistic approach to understanding early childhood, relating appropriate theory to practice. You will look critically at the role of play, consider differing curriculum models and examine the impact of early childhood researchers and Theorists on current government perspectives and practices. Studies in the theory of childhood development and the rights and diversity of young people are complemented by a consideration of leadership in the workplace and a range of multi-professional perspectives to the field of early years.

A significant feature of the programme is your extended work placements that can take place across a variety of workplace settings and will enable you to focus on your chosen research area in your final year dissertation.

The course is delivered through interactive lectures, seminars, tutorials, projects, group work and study placements, many of which involve input from those working throughout the early years sector.

Where next

A degree in Early Childhood Studies offers access to a wide variety of career and academic options. You may progress to employment within family and children centres, care support, educational administration and management, play work, learning support and so on. Alternatively, you may enter teaching through PGCE, Graduate teacher programme and SCITT routes.

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Qualification:	BA(Hons)
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Sciences
Location:	Stoke Campus
Course Start:	September
Course Length:	Normally three years full-time; up to eight years part-time
Entry Requirements:	All applicants are individually assessed on their qualifications, skills and experience. However, a typical 3 A Level offer will be 240 UCAS points. We welcome applications from students studying the CACHE Diploma in Childcare and Education, and would typically be looking for 3 Cs. Please call the Recruitment Centre if you would like to discuss entry criteria. All applicants who meet the entry criteria will be interviewed. The offer of a place is dependant upon a successful interview and satisfactory CRB check. A condition of an offer may also be that an applicant has to secure their own placement prior to enrolment upon the course
Application:	via UCAS
UCAS Code:	L590
Fees and Bursaries:	see undergraduate fees and bursaries