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, centred on early years and childhood development. Core topics include entrepreneurship. The programme is delivered in the evening over two years, designed for those already working in the early years sector. Bilingual and Welsh-medium study options are available throughout the course.
Modules
- Developing Successful Academic Skills
- The Professional Practitioner
- Human Development
- The first 1000 days
- Children's Play: Theory and Practice
- Safeguarding: practice, legislation and the multi-disciplinary team
- Well-being, care and healthy living
- Research for Learning
- 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
- Inclusive leadership: working together to support families
- Regaining Paradise? Sustainability in the Early Years
- Supporting Children with Additional Learning Needs
- Early Years Curricula
- Leadership and Management for systems of quality
- Leadership skills in entrepreneurship