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, focusing on early years development. This two-year fast track degree is delivered in the evening for those already working in early years' education and care. The programme explores children's play, development from birth, and safeguarding practices. Bilingual and Welsh-medium study is available.
Modules
- Children's Play: Theory and Practice
- The first 1000 days
- Human Development
- The Professional Practitioner
- Safeguarding: practice, legislation and the multi-disciplinary team
- Well-being, care and healthy living
- Research for Learning
- Developing Successful Academic Skills
- Language and Literacy in the Digital Age
- Awe and wonder- science, mathematics and the outdoors
- Leadership and teamwork in the early years
- Well-being, care and healthy living
- Research for Learning
- Inclusive leadership: working together to support families
- Regaining Paradise? Sustainability in the Early Years
- Early Years Curricula
- Leadership and Management for systems of quality