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BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

If you want to help children have the best start in life, there are questions you need to explore. For example: how is their wellbeing affected by factors like digital technologies, race, culture and globalisation? On this course, you'll look for answers across a child's crucial first 8 years.

On your BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies degree, you’ll discover how a child develops physically, emotionally and mentally. And with plenty of opportunities to work with children, you’ll practice how to make a positive difference for them. You can customise your degree and develop specialist skills that are valued in a variety of professions.

General Eligibility

  • A levels – ABB–BBC

  • UCAS points – 112–128 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent

  • T levels – Merit

  • BTECs (Extended Diplomas) – DDM–DMM

  • International Baccalaureate – 25

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Placement year

Optional modules:

  • Work Placement Year

  • Study Year Abroad

2 Year 1

Core modules:

  • Becoming a Researcher

  • Child and Youth Development

  • Health and Well Being of the Child and Young Person

  • Perspectives of Early Childhood Education

  • Understanding Childhoods

3 Year 2

Core modules:

  • Global Childhoods

  • Just Playing?

  • Professional Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care

  • Research with Children and Young People

Optional modules:

  • Children's Literature

  • Children's Social Minds

  • Development of Learning

  • Empire And Its Afterlives In Britain, Europe, And Africa

  • Engaged Citizenship In Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Gender, Race and Education

  • Global Security

  • Intercultural Perspectives on Communication

  • Introduction to Teaching

  • Marketing and Communication

  • Modern Foreign Language (Institute-Wide Language Programme)

  • Modernity and Globalisation

  • Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis, and the Everyday

  • News, Discourse and Media

  • Principles of Economic Crime Investigation

  • Professional Experience

  • Space, Place and Being

  • The Sociology of Education

  • Transitional Justice and Human Rights

  • Understanding Personal Life (L5)

  • Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response

4 Year 3

Core modules:

  • Aspiring Leaders and Managers

  • Dissertation / Major Project (Childhood Studies)

  • Promoting Confident Capable Learners

Optional modules:

  • Behaviour Matters

  • Families in Need

  • Going Outside: Pedagogies for Outdoor Learning

  • Introduction to Teaching

  • Issues Relating to Children and Young People's Mental Health

  • Professional Experience

  • Psychology in Practice

  • Risk, Relationships and Responsibilities in Universal Safeguarding

  • Working with Looked After Children

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

Ready to get started?

For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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