BA Childhood and Youth Studies and Sociology (English medium)
About this course
BA (Hons) in Childhood and Youth Studies and Sociology (English medium), an undergraduate degree exploring childhood experiences, youth development, and societal structures. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Human Behaviour, and Social & Cultural Analysis. Year 1 establishes foundational knowledge through modules such as Children's Rights: Perspectives and Practice, Introduction to Sociology, Social Divisions, and Social Policy and Society. Year 2 advances analytical capabilities with Social and Political Research, Research Methods, Classical Social Theory, and Power, Capital and Society, alongside optional modules covering topics like parenthood, gender perspectives, and mental health. The final year examines broader societal frameworks through Globalisation and Social Change, Theorizing Society and Politics Today, and Sociological Theory. Optional modules in the final year allow students to explore specialised areas such as counselling concepts, multilingualism in childhood, housing policy, and crime and the media.
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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
- Children's Rights: Perspectives and Practice
- Adventures in Growing Up
- Skills for Learning and Work
- Enterprise, Innovation and the Community : CYS Project
- Social Divisions
- Introduction to Sociology
- Sociology and the Contemporary World
- Social Policy and Society
- The Welfare State and Social Policy in Wales
- Inclusion and Learning Needs
- Social and Political Research
- Research Methods
- Classical Social Theory
- Power, Capital and Society
- Emotional Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Parenthood
- Introduction to Positive Behavioural Support
- Poverty and Inequality
- Gender Perspectives
- Contemporary Social and Political Debates
- Injustice and Protest
- Policing, Security and the State
- The Police and Contemporary Society
- Work Placement
- Globalisation and Social Change
- Theorizing Society and Politics Today
- Sociological Theory
- Core Concepts in Counselling
- Working with Vulnerable Families
- Multilingualism in Childhood
- Identities in Childhood and Youth
- Substance Abuse in Families
- Serial Killers
- Language Rights
- Sociology of Music
- Housing Policy
- Climate Change and Environmental Politics
- Crime and the Media
- Perspectives on Youth Crime
- Work Placement