BA (Hons) Childhood and Youth Studies

Year 1

SPY1102 Child Developmental and Social Psychology (20 credits)

SPY1103 Children and Young People in Society (20 credits)

SPY1104 Introduction to Social Policy and Welfare (20 credits)

SPY1105 Understanding Social Concepts (20 credits)

SPY1107 Exploring the Social World (20 credits)

SPY1113 Working with Children, Young People and Families (20 credits)

Language modules in French, Spanish or Mandarin, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree. A single Language module can be studied instead of SPY1107 Exploring the Social World.

Year 2

SPY2121 Research Methods One (20 credits)

SPY2129 Youth Studies: Key Concepts and Issues (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

SPY2127 Work-based Learning and Employability 1 (20 credits)

SPY2139 Self-Directed Learning (20 credits)

You will select three of the following modules:

SPY2122 Research Methods Two (20 credits)

SPY2123 Child Welfare Family and the State (20 credits)

SPY2124 Children's Cultural Worlds (20 credits)

SPY2125 Children, Food and Sustainability (20 credits)

SPY2126 Promoting Equality in Childhood (20 credits)

SPY2128 Representations of Childhood and Youth in Popular Culture (20 credits)

SPY2130 International Perspectives on Children and Families (20 credits)

SPY2131 Youth Offending: Critical Perspectives (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Year 3

SPY3100 Dissertation (40 credits)

SPY3115 Youth Studies: Critical Perspectives (20 credits)

You will select three of the following modules:

SPY3103 International Perspectives on Early Childhood, Education and Care (20 credits)

SPY3104 Social Work with Children and Families: Theory, Policy and Practice (20 credits)

SPY3105 Contemporary Theory, Policy and Practice in Education Services (20 credits)

SPY3106 Critical Perspectives in Children's Health and Wellbeing (20 credits)

SPY3107 Issues for Professional Practice (20 credits)

SPY3109 Arts in Society (20 credits)

SPY3116 Young People and Social Media (20 credits)

SPY3118 Childhood and Sexuality (20 credits)

SPY3120 Children and Migration (20 credits)

SPY3125 Socio-Cultural Issues and Questions (20 credits)

SPY3127 Work-based Learning and Employability 2 (20 credits)

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.