Programme summary for BA Honours Early Childhood Studies
This degree prepares you to work with children aged 0–8 years of age. It provides a critical, comprehensive and interdisciplinary preparation for multi-professional work in early childhood.
This programme will enable you to gain knowledge, understanding and a critical appreciation of early childhood studies, understand the development, needs and experience of young children, and achieve a foundation for both employment and further study in the early years field.
About the programme
This programme will enable you to gain knowledge, understanding and a critical appreciation of early childhood studies, understand the development, needs and experience of young children, and achieve a foundation for both employment and further study in the early years field.
DBS Check
This programme involves working closely with children and/or vulnerable adults. Applicants are therefore subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure check.
If you have any queries regarding this procedure, please contact Lucy Watson on +44 (0)20 8223 6271 or l.watson@uel.ac.uk
Programme structure
The BA Early Childhood Studies can be taken full or part-time. It can be taken as a single route or in combination – joint, major or minor – with another programme.
Career opportunities
The holistic approach to early childhood in the programme prepares you to undertake several postgraduate programmes through which professional qualifications, such as primary teaching, children’s nursing, midwifery or social work, can be attained. In addition, graduates have found employment with local authorities, health authorities, charities, housing associations and day nurseries. Jobs include childcare project managers, family support workers, nursery officers, play co-ordinators, out-of-school project managers, residential careworkers, classroom/education assistants, learning mentors, researchers, disability co-ordinators, sure-start project workers and early years officers within the local early years partnership. This programme provides you with a range of skills that are highly valued by employers.
Support
Each student is allocated a personal tutor. Your personal tutor is the person who will help you choose university wide options and will work with you to plan your learning and ensure that you are making progress. Your personal tutor will also help you with any personal or academic difficulties you may be having. Tutorials may be held with other students or individually. Student Representatives are nominated and elected from each programme, by their fellow students, to represent you on the Early Childhood Studies programme committee and the Education and Community field committee. There are strong links with students support services. All staff attempt to help students identify any additional learning needs at the earliest opportunity so that appropriate help and guidance can be sought. At regular intervals during the programme information is given about career opportunities, which is in addition to Employability Opportunity Days held in the School of Education.
Admission
240 UCAS Tariff Points:
For entry at Level One - 2 ‘A’ Levels (or equivalent) in relevant subjects; A vocational course at FE level three with either a Merit , Distinction or grade C and above profile, such as BTEC National Diploma in Early Years, BTEC National Certificate in Early years, BTEC Advanced GNVQ in Health and Social Care; Diploma in Childcare and Education (NNEB) or Diploma in Playwork, plus 5 GCSE Grade C or above including English (or equivalent). If applicants are intending to undertake an Early Years teaching qualification they will also require Maths and Science at grade C or above; and if they intend to undertake EYPS then they will also require a GCSE Maths at Grade C or above.
Other qualifications that will be considered if the applicant has had at least three years experience of working with children include: Diploma in Pre-School Practice, Diploma in Playwork, Montessori Diploma or NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education with GCSE Grade C English;
Mature students are advised to do an Access to Higher Education programme if they have not studied for a long time.
Direct entry to Level Two - This is dependent on previous professional or academic qualifications at diploma in HE or degree level in related subject specialism.
The University of East London actively promotes and celebrates equality and diversity and positively welcomes applicants regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, age, religion or social class.
Key facts
You can start many programmes in either September or February and applications are simple to make. Click below to:
Apply online Early Childhood Studies (BA Honours)
View full specification Early Childhood Studies (BA Honours)
