BA (Hons) Childhood at University of Suffolk

The BA (Hons) Childhood programme explores the well-established academic discipline of childhood studies. The programme focuses on the multi-disciplinary nature of the study of childhood, which embraces diverse academic disciplines such as sociology, education, psychology, philosophy, social policy, health and disability studies. Such inclusion allows for the diverse, multi-faceted experiences of children to be explored, contextualised and interrogated through application of social science perspectives.

Faculty: School of Business, Arts, Social Sciences and Technology  |  Duration: Three years full time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Child Development and Education (Requisite), Children's Wellbeing and Inclusion (Requisite), Children’s Rights, Social Policy and Social Justice (Requisite), The Personal and Professional Self (Requisite), Pathway: Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner 1 (Mandatory). Year 2: Contemporary Debates in Childhood and Education (Requisite), Safeguarding (Requisite), Research and Developing Practice (Mandatory), Individual Literature Paper (Recovery), Pathway 1: Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner, Pathway 2: Social Pedagogy Practitioner. Year 3: Creative and Alternative Education (Requisite), Children's Spaces and Places (Requisite), Independent Project (Mandatory), Applied Studies (Recovery), Pathway 1: Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner, Pathway 2: Social Pedagogy Practitioner.

Career pathways

The Childhood programme and its pathways provides the opportunity to develop a critical understanding of childhood for students who aspire to work directly with children, their families and/or with the services that support them. Employability has always been central to the Childhood programme here at the University of Suffolk.

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