Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Early Childhood Studies
- 3 years
- Duration
- 16,750 GBP/year
- Price
- Sept 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Oxford / United Kingdom
- Location
- Oxford Brookes University
- School
Program description
Today's youth must face difficult futures and an unknowable environment. The lives and rights of children are being drastically altered by technology. Gender identity perceptions are changing. Additionally, austerity has hampered the growth of kids in the UK and around the world.
More than ever, young children and their families require the support of early childhood professionals with specialized training and in-depth expertise to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
While studying this degree at Oxford Brookes, you’ll explore the most significant issues facing children today - like:
- digital technologies and children’s understanding of the online world
- inequality, and its impact on children and families
- children’s emotional health
Additionally, you will develop practitioner skills that are in demand for a career working with families, communities, and children. Through your placements, you'll gain practical experience. And you'll graduate with credible experience on your resume, prepared to advance in areas like:
- Teacher Training
- Play Therapy
- Special Educational Needs
- Social Work
Program structure
Year 1
- Working with Children 1 (double)
- Research and Professional Practice (double)
- Listening to Young Children
- Growing up in the 21st Century (double)
- Listening to Children
Optional Modules
- Education, Childhood and Youth in Popular Culture
- Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development
- Young Children's Outdoor Learning
Year 2
- Child Development (double)
- Research in the Early Years
- Working with Children 2 (Double)
- Preparing for the Dissertation
Optional Modules
- Inclusion, Special Needs and Disabilities
- Gender in the 21st Century
- Cultural and Arts-Based Learning
- Literature for Young Children
- Young Children's Health and Wellbeing
- Children in the Digital World
Year 3
- Dissertation (Double)
- Reflective Practice (Double)
Optional Modules
- Controversial and Contemporary Research in Education (double)
- Becoming a Reader (Double)
- International Comparisons in Early Childhood Care and Education
- Professional Roles in Early Years
- Researching Child Development
- Unequal Childhoods
- The Principled Professional
Price
- Tuition Fee - 16,750 GBP per year
Requirements for applicants
General Entry Requirements
- Acceptable passes in five subjects (exceptionally four subjects) at GCSE or GCE including:
- one 12-unit vocational A-level, or
- two A-levels or two 6-unit vocational A-levels, or
- one A-level or 6-unit vocational A-level plus two AS-levels, or
- two 3-unit vocational A-levels
- A National Certificate or Diploma at a good standard.
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 24 points) or the European Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 60%).
- Five subjects in SCE with two at Higher level or one at Advanced Higher level.
- Three subjects in Scottish Highers or two at Advanced Higher level.
- Any other qualifications considered by the Academic Board to be of equivalent standard.
- A recognised access course.
English language requirements
- IELTS: 6.0 overall with 6.0 in reading and writing, 5.5 in listening and speaking
About the university
The history of Oxford Brookes University spans more than 150 years. We began as a modest School of Art in rented classrooms and have expanded into one of the UK's top modern universities with a reputation for distinction in teaching and research on the local, national, and worldwide levels.
Our primary goal is to provide a top-notch educational experience that helps each of our graduates to be competent, self-assured, and prosperous. The standard of instruction students receive is an integral component of this.
Oxford Brookes works with a wide range of partners both domestically and internationally. Our connections are essential to improving our instruction, research, and information sharing. Additionally, they provide our students a wealth of placement, internship, and employment options.
In cooperation with our Associate College Partners as well as directly, we offer a variety of higher education and degree apprenticeships (ACPs).
