BA Early Years Education and Care: Early Years Practitioner Status (2 Years) (
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Entry requirements
Early Years encourages and values applications from students who are returning to education, as they will have experiences and life skills that could support their entry onto the degree. Generally, students will have attained or will be working towards, a relevant level 3 childcare/education qualification such as NNEB, CACHE, BTEC, NVQ, A-levels. However, other experience is also valuable. They will also be working or volunteering regularly in an early years setting or a workplace that provides services for young children and families. All applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory enhanced disclosure document from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
About this course
BA Hons in Education, focused on early childhood development and practice. Core topics include Entrepreneurship. This two-year fast-track degree is delivered in the evening for those already working in the early years education and care sector. Bilingual and Welsh-medium study is embedded throughout the programme.
Modules
- Developing Successful Academic Skills
- The Professional Practitioner
- Human Development
- Children's Play: Theory and Practice
- The first 1000 days
- Research for Learning
- Safeguarding: practice, legislation and the multi-disciplinary team
- Well-being, care and healthy living
- Multilingual Practice in the Early Years
- Language and Literacy in the Digital Age
- Awe and wonder- science, mathematics and the outdoors
- Leadership and teamwork in the early years
- Early Years Curricula
- Supporting Children with Additional Learning Needs
- Leadership and Management for systems of quality
- Inclusive leadership: working together to support families
- Regaining Paradise? Sustainability in the Early Years
- Leadership skills in entrepreneurship