Childhood and Youth: Theory and Practice BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Brighton

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    3 Years

This course engages you in both a rich theoretical understanding of childhood and youth as well as observational experience.
It combines a strong academic foundation and clear professional focus, and gives you experience in a range of services for children.
All of this develops your skills for life-enhancing work in the UK or internationally.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

Recent Childhood and Youth: Theory and Practice graduates have found jobs as:
SEN assistant, EduStaff
children and young person worker, Rise
teaching assistant, Priory Education.

You should also have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (or A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.

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Subjects

  • Childhood and Society
  • Contemporary
  • Youth and Transition
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Rights and Legal
  • Professional Approaches
  • Social Pedagogy
  • Disabled Childhoods
  • Childhood and Youth
  • Health and Wellbeing

Course programme

Year 1 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Childhood, Youth and Transition
  • Contemporary Debates 1: Childhood and Society
Spring teaching
  • Children's Rights and Legal Frameworks
  • Introducing Social Pedagogy: Professional Approaches
Customise your course

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.


Year 2 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Disabled Childhoods
  • Perspectives on Practice; Professional Approaches
Spring teaching
  • Research Methods For Childhood and Youth
  • Health and Wellbeing
Customise your course

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.

Study abroad or Placement

Study abroad (optional)

Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.

Observational placements

Observational placements help you to link theory and practice, and give you the opportunity to link your dissertation to a professional setting.

Year 3 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Parents and Families
  • Developing Your Research Proposal
  • Global Childhoods
  • Theraputic Work with Children and Young People (PA 3)
Autumn and spring teaching
  • Digital Childhoods
Spring teaching
  • Researching Childhoods: Dissertation

Additional information

International students Fee :  £16,750 per year

Childhood and Youth: Theory and Practice BA (Hons)

£ 9,250 VAT inc.