Course Content
Year 1
Core modules in this year include:
- Becoming a Researcher – 20 credits
- Child and Youth Development – 20 credits
- Criminal Justice – 20 credits
- Enrichment – 0 credits
- Understanding Childhoods – 40 credits
- Understanding Criminology – 20 credits
Year 2
Core modules in this year include:
- Children's Social Minds – 20 credits
- Enrichment (L5) – 0 credits
- Professional Practice with Children and Young People – 20 credits
- Psychological Science – 20 credits
- Research With Children and Young People – 20 credits
- Youth Culture – 20 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- Development of Learning – 20 credits
- Digital Natives – 20 credits
- Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences – 20 credits
- Global Childhoods – 20 credits
- Modern Foreign Language – 20 credits
- Understanding Personal Life (L5) – 20 credits
Placement year (optional)
- Work Placement Year – 120 credits
Year 3
Core modules in this year include:
- Enrichment (L6) – 0 credits
- Psychology in the Community – 20 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- Behaviour Matters – 20 credits
- Dissertation (Childhood Studies) – 40 credits
- Families in Need – 20 credits
- Going Outside: Pedagogies for Outdoor Learning – 20 credits
- Introduction to Teaching – 20 credits
- Issues Relating to Children and Young People's Mental Health – 20 credits
- Major Project – 40 credits
- Professional Experience L6 – 20 credits
- Psychology in Practice – 20 credits
- Working with Looked After Children – 20 credits
- Young People's Relationships and Aspirations – 20 credits