Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Early Childhood Studies (Early Years)

The BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies is an opportunity to get experience and knowledge for graduate roles in education, health, and social care.

This course gives students the recognition of becoming an Early Childhood Studies Graduate Practitioner, enabling them to achieve practitioner status as a Level 6 graduate alongside the Level 3 Early Years Educator (EYE) practitioner status if students do not already hold a practical qualification within the Early Childhood field.

This three-year Early Childhood Studies course will equip students with the necessary expertise to become a successful Early Childhood professional, with a key focus on children and their families aged 0-8 years. Students will become research informed and reflective practitioner, as well as their policy and practice as a developing graduate in the Early Childhood sector.

Students will become research informed and influential in becoming a reflective practitioner, as well as gaining knowledge within policy, practice, holistic child development, early childhood, care, health, and education, encompassing working with young children and their families. Students will study a contemporary range of modules which will develop their understanding of theory and practice with real placement experiences. Real life learning lies at the heart of this course. Placement is a core requirement and will be one or two days per week, building students' skills in working with children and becoming an Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner.