BA Childhood and Youth Studies (English medium)
About this course
BA (Hons) Childhood and Youth Studies (English medium) is an undergraduate degree exploring childhood and youth experiences, development, and societal issues. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Communication & Writing, and Human Behaviour. The course features practical learning opportunities through community projects and educational visits. The first year covers foundational subjects through modules such as Research Skills, Children's Rights: Perspectives and Practice, Adventures in Growing Up, and Children and Society. The second year progresses to topics in development and support with Inclusion and Learning Needs, Researching Childhood, Developing Effective Practice, and Emotional Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing. The final year involves an independent Dissertation, alongside compulsory study in Identities in Childhood and Youth and Substance Abuse in Families. Students can also select from optional modules including Core Concepts in Counselling, Working with Vulnerable Families, and Multilingualism in Childhood.
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Entry requirements
Offers are tariff based, 96 - 120 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted BTEC National Extended Diploma: MMM - DDM Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM - DDM City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): MMM - DDM International Baccalaureate Diploma Access to Higher Education Diploma NCFE CACHE Level 3 Extended Diploma Irish Leaving Certificate: 96- 128 points from a minimum of 4 Higher Subjects Welsh Baccalaureate Applicants are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check for the child workforce including a check of the children’s barred list. Applicants who have lived or worked outside the UK are also required to undertake a criminal records check in their countries of residence .
Modules
- Research Skills
- Children's Rights: Perspectives and Practice
- Adventures in Growing Up
- Children and Society
- Literacy for Life: Developing Children's Communication, Language and Literacy
- Skills for Learning and Work
- Enterprise, Innovation and the Community : CYS Project
- Inclusion and Learning Needs
- Researching Childhood
- Developing Effective Practice
- Emotional Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Parenthood
- Introduction to Positive Behavioural Support
- Dissertation
- Identities in Childhood and Youth
- Substance Abuse in Families
- Core Concepts in Counselling
- Working with Vulnerable Families
- Multilingualism in Childhood