B.A. (Hons) Education Studies

The course will also equip you with the ability to reflect on your own experiences, carry out independent research, and communicate effectively using a variety of information and communication technologies.

As part of the course we also offer you the opportunity to work in a school or an alternative educational organisation (for example, a museum or out of school initiative).

During Year 2 of your degree there are opportunities for a period of study abroad at a university in Europe, America, Japan or Australia or Japan.

Units you will study

Year 1

• Important Note to 2017 applicants

  We regularly review our course content to ensure we are offering the best learning experience for our students. Units on the BA (Hons) Education Studies degree course are currently undergoing this process and once fully validated in line with standard University procedures, full unit details will be published on this e-prospectus.

  Year 1

  Typical core units of study (30 credits each) may include:

  • Key Questions in Education

  • Contested Childhoods

  • The Learning System

  • Learning in Places

  Year 2

• Important Note to 2017 applicants

  We regularly review our course content to ensure we are offering the best learning experience for our students. Units on the BA (Hons) Education Studies degree course are currently undergoing this process and once fully validated in line with standard University procedures, full unit details will be published on this e-prospectus.

  Year 2

  Typical units of study may include:

  Core

  • Policy and Politics in Education

  • Becoming Researchers

  Option

  • Birth to Three Matters

  • Education and Community Development

  • Enrichment Pathway

  • EdLab5

  • What's the Difference?

  • Connexions

  Year 3

• Important Note to 2017 applicants

  We regularly review our course content to ensure we are offering the best learning experience for our students. Units on the BA (Hons) Education Studies degree course are currently undergoing this process and once fully validated in line with standard University procedures, full unit details will be published on this e-prospectus.

  Year 3

  Typical units of study may include:

  Core

  • Research Project

  Option

  • Comparing Education

  • Cooperative Education

  • Culture and Education

  • Curriculum Inquiry

  • Empowering Education

  • Perspectives on Play

  • EdLab 6

  • The Professional Self

As part of our drive to deliver the very highest quality programmes we are reviewing our undergraduate courses to ensure an up-to-date curriculum supported by the latest online learning technology. Some of the details given here may not yet reflect these improvements and information will be updated as it becomes available.

Assessment details

The assessment will be coursework based. There are no formal examinations. Various assessment methods are used, including essays, group and individual presentations, reports, projects, portfolios, and patchwork texts.