Child & Youth Studies BA (Hons)

University of Bedfordshire

Child & Youth Studies BA (Hons)

  • Country United Kingdom
  • Course Duration 36 month
  • Course Type Full Time
  • Courses Campus On Campus
  • Language Specification IELTS
  • Program Level Undergraduate
  • Education Required Grade 12 /Equivalent to 12th
  • Admission intake OCT
  • Minimum GPA 60
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Application Charges

Application Fee Tution Fee
Free GBP 13,500

Application Date

Application Start Date Application Closing Date
2023-03-01
2023-09-20

Program Description

Make a real difference to the lives of children and young people, families and communities, on a course that equips you to have an impact locally, nationally and globally.This course combines practical experience and research-informed theory to provide you with a thorough, current understanding of the needs of children and young people. You explore child development and child welfare as well as social policies and legislative frameworks. This includes the right to equal access to services and life opportunities regardless of social difference.In your second and third years, you can choose from a range of optional units in areas such as mental health, disability and youth violence. In your final year, you also undertake an independent research project, supported by our Social Sciences team, all of whom are actively involved in research themselves.

Why choose this course?

  • It has a student satisfaction rate of 95% for our teaching (NSS 2022). Our Childhood and Youth courses also ranked 7th for overall student satisfaction and 2nd for Graduate Outcomes (Prospects and On-Track), out of 49 HE institutes offering the subject (Complete University Guide 2023)
  • Gain the practical skills and knowledge you need for a career working with children, young people and families
  • Learn from staff with professional practice experience in youth work, counselling, teaching and working with looked-after children
  • Study with academics who have research expertise in areas such as child protection, alternative education and school exclusion, mentoring and coaching, safeguarding, and sexual exploitation
  • Benefit from opportunities offered by the University of Bedfordshire’s new Health & Social Care Academy, run in partnership with local councils and NHS Trusts, to recruit, train and develop health and social care workers
  • Be able to recognise and challenge discrimination, oppression and inequality across a range of services
  • There’s the option to take the course over four years and include a year’s placement in industry (see below), allowing you to gain practical skills, build your CV and make contacts
  • If you need to step up into higher education, start with a Foundation Year (see below) which guarantees entry to the undergraduate degree
  • The course can lead into careers in education, social work and welfare, youth and community work or postgraduate study

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* NOTE : The Tuition Fee is subject to change Semester wise, as such for exact Tuition Fee kindly see the Website of the respective University.
* NOTE : Pathways : Students who want to pursue a Graduate Degree through a particular University but are unable to meet the university requirements for the GPA, GRE/GMAT or English Language scores, have to take up an additional academic and language support i.e. pathways in order to ensure the admit and study at the desired University.