Course summary
Overview If you want to help children have the best start in life, there are questions you need to explore. For example: how is their wellbeing affected by factors like digital technologies, race, culture and globalisation? On this course, you'll look for answers across a child's crucial first 8 years. On your BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies degree, you’ll discover how a child develops physically, emotionally and mentally. And with plenty of opportunities to work with children, you’ll practice how to make a positive difference for them. You can customise your degree and develop specialist skills that are valued in a variety of professions. Course highlights
- Learn different ways to measure children’s development from birth to age 8, which you can apply in all kinds of careers
- Choose to do a different work placement in every year of study – from local schools, to other organisations that put young children first
- Develop new skills by working with children in our own play and sensory rooms, and in outdoor environments such as forests and beaches
- Look at how children are affected by society and politics, and discover what psychology and philosophy teach us about early years
- Be taught by experts and hear from guest speakers, with unique insights into childhood and education based on their lived experience
- Gain transferable skills in psychology, sociology, teaching and learning, leadership and management, and creative thinking
- early years teaching – with Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS)
- primary teaching – with a PGCE or SCITT (School-Centred Initial Teacher Training) leading to QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)
- pedagogical leadership in early childhood
- early years provision and setting management
- forest school leadership and training
- freelance education and private tutoring
- special educational and disability needs
- health and wellbeing promotion
- family support
- professional nannying
- therapeutic play – with further training
- play work
Subject options
This course offers the following subject options:
- Early Childhood Studies with Psychology
Modules
Year 1 Core modules in this year include:
- Becoming a Researcher
- Child and Youth Development
- Health & Well Being of the Child and Young Person
- Perspectives of Early Childhood Education
- Understanding Childhoods
- Global Childhoods
- Just Playing?
- Professional Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care
- Research with Children and Young People
- Children's Literature
- Children’s Social Minds
- Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe and Africa
- Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences
- Gender, Race and Education
- Global Security
- Intercultural Perspectives on Communication
- Introduction to Teaching
- Marketing and Communication
- Modern Foreign Language
- Modernity and Globalisation
- Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday
- News, Discourse and Media
- Principles of Economic Crime Investigation
- Professional Experience
- Space, Place and Being
- The Sociology of Education
- Transitional Justice and Human Rights
- Understanding Personal Life
- Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response
- Aspiring Leaders And Managers
- Dissertation / Major Project
- Promoting Confident Capable Learners
- Behaviour Matters
- Families in Need
- Going Outside: Pedagogies for Outdoor Learning
- Introduction to Teaching
- Issues relating to Children and Young People's Mental Health
- Professional Experience
- Psychology in Practice
- Risk, Relationships And Responsibilities In Universal Safeguarding
- Working with Looked After Children
Assessment method
Assessment methods include: Essays, reports and reflective accounts Individual and group presentations Individual and group project work including the opportunity to work towards a Major project in liaison with a local employer An online portfolio Developing a simple Wordpress or Google Sites website You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark. You can get feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future. Year 1 students: 8% by written exams, 15% by practical exams and 77% by coursework Year 2 students: 10% by practical exams and 90% by coursework Year 3 students: 100% by coursework
How to apply
25Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- LX53
- Institution code:
- P80
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5. |
| PTE Academic | 54 | An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill. |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing. |
| Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
| Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
| Trinity ISE | Pass | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
Unistats information
Operated by the Office for Students
There is no data available for this course. For further information visit the Discover Uni website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £9250 | Year 1 |
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| International | £17200 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship
Placement Year and Year abroad:
UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students – £925 |
EU – £925 (including Transition Scholarship)|
International (Non-EU) – £1,900.
Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation.
For more information about fees, go to port.ac.uk/ug-tuition-fees
For optional placements or placements abroad, you may be required to pay for additional costs, such as travel costs. These costs will vary depending on the location and duration of the placement, ranging from £50 to £1000.
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP