Bachelor of Arts in Childhood Studies (with Year Abroad)

University of Essex - Colchester Campus

UK,England

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48 Months

Duration

CAD 17,700/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

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UK, England

Type: University

Location Type: Semi-Urban

Founded: 1965

Total Students: 17,800 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom

Bachelor of Arts in Childhood Studies (with Year Abroad)

Program Overview

Are you fascinated by children’s behaviour? What drives their development, what informs their behaviour and shapes their identity? Do you want to help children with emotional, social, behavioural and education difficulties? Why do some children falter through life’s ups and downs, whilst others seem to thrive in adversity and are more resilient? Do you want to make a difference to children’s lives? If so, this course is for you.

Children today face a wide range of new and challenging experiences, including unprecedented access to media, wider cultural diversity, online bullying and larger school numbers. Their early experiences of childhood affect them for the rest of their lives. You can make a positive contribution to these formative years.

Childhood studies is a vibrant and exciting field which has expanded in recent years to include knowledge from psychology, sociology and psychoanalysis. This course lays the foundations for a career working with infants and children, whether in education, health care or children’s services. You gain a solid understanding of child development, the ecology of childhood (the place of children in different societies) and consider the way our concepts of childhood shape and condition children’s lives. You will also learn about the direct work with children through undertaking a placement in each year of study where you can begin to make links between theory and practice. Assessment is mainly by course work.

Topics include:

  • Psychosocial approaches
  • Child development
  • Attachment theory
  • ADHD, developmental trauma and Autism
  • Criminological approaches
  • Play and infant observation
  • The social history of childhood
  • Children in literature
  • Therapeutic work in groups
  • Wellbeing and resilience
  • Psychodynamics of teaching, learning
  • Therapeutic work groups

Study abroad

Your education extends beyond the university campus. We support you in expanding your education through offering the opportunity to spend a year or a term studying abroad at one of our partner universities. The four-year version of our degree allows you to spend the third year abroad or employed on a placement abroad, while otherwise remaining identical to the three-year course.

Studying abroad allows you to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised.

If you spend a full year abroad you'll only pay 15% of your usual tuition fee to Essex for that year. You won't pay any tuition fees to your host university

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