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BA Early Childhood Studies with Foundation Year

Canterbury Christ Church University

Institution
Canterbury Christ Church University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Early Childhood Studies with Foundation Year
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
X391
Typical offer
A-level DDE, UCAS 64

Entry requirements

A level: DDE BTEC: MPP Access to HE: Pass 45 Credits 64 UCAS tariff points. DBS clearance A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is not an entry requirement. However if you take part in work-related experience, visits, or placements to settings where you are undertaking regulated activity, the setting may determine that a DBS check is required. You will be required to undergo a DBS check and arrange this through the University before undertaking the activity.

About this course

BA (Hons) in Children, Schools & Families (Graduate Practitioner), studying child development, safeguarding, and inclusive practice. Core topics include Critical & Analytical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The programme includes a foundation year for students entering without standard level 3 qualifications. Students complete an independent research project in their final year.

Modules

  • The Big Question
  • The Power of Arts, Humanities and Education
  • The Fearless Learner
  • Education; Transforming Lives
  • Student Success Modules
  • Introduction to Early Childhood: Children's Worlds
  • Growing Up: Development and Learning in Early Childhood
  • Keeping Children Safe: Safeguarding & Rights in Early Childhood
  • Children at the Centre of Practice
  • Student Success Modules
  • Constructing Childhoods: Identity, Community, Society
  • Play With Me! Creativity & Learning in Early Childhood
  • Interdisciplinary modules
  • Employability Modules
  • Re-imagining Early Childhood for Innovative Practice
  • Children Thriving: Opportunities and Well-being
  • Voices in Early Childhood Research
  • Leading the Future: Professionalism and Values in Early Childhood
  • Research in Early Childhood: The Major Project