B.A. /BSc Combined Honours Early Years

You will study children’s learning, children’s development, professional practice and the health and wellbeing of children. You will also be able to choose from a range of options, enabling you to engage your own specific interests in a specialist field such as welfare or education.

• Year 1

  In Year 1 you will study both of your combined honours subjects equally. In early years, you will study the two core units detailed below - children’s learning and development, and children’s services: policy and practice

• Year 2

  In Year 2 you can continue with equal study or choose a minor route. The units you study will depend on the route you have chosen and currently include further studies in children’s learning and development, and citizenship and participation.

  Core units are citizenship and participation and children's learning and development as detailed below:

  Optional units are creative childhoods and creative leadership as detailed below:

• Year 3

  In Year 3 you can continue with an equal or minor route. You will continue to study issues in children’s learning and development, and early years and education.

  Option units offer further studies in creative leadership; health, community and social care; and creative childhoods.