BA (Hons)Early Childhood Studies with placement

University of Portsmouth

BA (Hons)Early Childhood Studies with placement

  • Country United Kingdom
  • Course Duration 48 month
  • Course Type Full Time
  • Courses Campus On Campus
  • Language Specification IELTS
  • Program Level Graduate
  • Education Required Undergraduate
  • Admission intake SEP
  • Minimum GPA 3.1
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Free GBP 16,200

Program Description

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.

Course highlights

  • Learn different ways to measure children’s development from birth to age 8, which you can apply in all kinds of careers
  • Choose to do a different work placement in every year of study – from local schools, to other organisations that put young children first
  • Develop new skills by working with children in our own play and sensory rooms, and in outdoor environments such as forests and beaches
  • Look at how children are affected by society and politics, and discover what psychology and philosophy teach us about early years
  • Have the option to work towards achieving Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies (GPC) alongside your degree
  • Be taught by experts and hear from guest speakers, with unique insights into childhood and education based on their lived experience
  • Help tackle inequality by taking part in local initiatives that make a difference to children and families
  • Gain transferable skills in psychology, sociology, teaching and learning, leadership and management, and creative thinking

Options to customise your degree

After you start this course, you can choose to modify the qualification you graduate with. Depending on your interests and ambitions, there’s a range of options available.