BA Education
Entry requirements
A level: A*AA IB: 41-42 points, with 776 at Higher Level . We don't ask for any specific subjects to apply to Education. We recommend these subjects for a strong application: English (language or literature) History Languages (ancient or modern) Social science subjects
About this course
BA (Hons) in Education, an education degree centred on the study of educational practices, institutions, and ideas from diverse disciplinary perspectives. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can choose to follow an existing pathway, create a custom pathway, or study a broad variety of subjects throughout the degree, with compulsory theatre trips included in the second and third years. The first year covers core foundations through modules such as Introduction to Education Systems and Disciplines, Learning and Human Development, Education, Creativity and Culture, and Education and Social Justice. The second year introduces methodological training alongside thematic study, featuring compulsory modules like Designing Educational Research, Literature Review, Education and Psychology, and Modernity, Globalisation and Education. In the third year, students complete a compulsory dissertation of 8,000 to 10,000 words while selecting additional papers from options spanning topics such as Children’s Literature, Education, Neuroscience and Society, and Play, Creativities and Imagination.
Modules
- Introduction to Education Systems and Disciplines
- Learning and Human Development
- Education, Creativity and Culture
- Education and Social Justice
- Designing Educational Research
- Literature Review
- education and philosophy
- education and psychology
- education and social justice
- education, literature and drama
- Children’s Literature
- Modernity, Globalisation and Education
- Theatre: Text and Production
- Studies in Educational Ideas
- Educational Utopias and Dystopias
- Formal and Informal Contexts of Learning
- Critical approaches to Disability
- AI and Technology in Education and Society
- Performance, Education and Society
- a compulsory dissertation of 8,000 to 10,000 words which will allow you to pursue a research project into a relevant area of particular interest to you
- 3 more papers from a list of options, so you can study what interests you the most
- Children’s Literature
- Modernity, Globalisation and Education
- Theatre: Text and Production
- Education, Neuroscience and Society
- Studies in Educational Ideas
- Formal and Informal Contexts of Learning
- Play, Creativities and Imagination
- AI and Technology in Education and Society
- Performance, Education and Society
- Educational Utopias and Dystopias