Child and Family Studies

This top-up degree will build on the learning outcomes of the Foundation Degree Child and Family Studies and your professional experience. The core modules will cover leadership and management, contemporary issues and debates, advanced work-based learning and research methods. In your final year you'll focus on your dissertation.

You’ll examine theoretical approaches to leadership and management in the public sector, and develop your ability to reflect on, and analyse, what’s happening around you, both in the workplace and in your personal life. You’ll also consider, from an in-depth theoretical perspective, areas of contemporary policy, such as restorative practice, leading you to better understand current demands on the workforce. In preparation for your final year research, you’ll deepen your understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods in social science.

In your final year, you’ll undertake a piece of independent research, supported by a tutor who has knowledge and understanding of the practice, theory and research relating to the topic you have chosen. You’ll learn how to conduct research to sound ethical standards, choose and apply appropriate methodologies and write up your findings in a 10,000-12,000 word dissertation.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

• Leadership and Management in Work With Children and Families 20 credits
• Child and Family Studies: Research Methods 20 credits
• Contemporary Issues and Debates in Child and Family Studies 20 credits

Optional modules

• Advanced Work-Based Learning 20 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

• Dissertation for Child and Family Studies 40 credits

For more information on typical modules, read Child and Family Studies BA in the course catalogue

Broadening your academic horizons

At Leeds we want you to benefit from the depth and breadth of the University's expertise, to prepare you for success in an ever-changing and challenging world. This course gives you the opportunity to broaden your learning by studying discovery modules. Find out more on the Broadening webpages.

Learning and teaching

Teaching is imaginative and supportive to make sure that you are intellectually stretched and helped to become an independent inquirer. Group sizes are small enough for you to engage actively and be well supported.

Assessment

Assessments are varied and include essays, projects, case studies, individual and group presentations and posters. This wide range gives you the opportunity to work to your strengths and to gain skills in different forms of expression.