索里赫爾學(xué)院

Where will this course lead?

Taking up a career within Early Years gives you the opportunity to develop and cover a range of working environments, such as; Children's Centre Worker, Nursery Nurse, Private Nanny, Lead Practitioner, or Childminder. You might also work with families and children in an advisory role for organisations in the public, private or charitable sectors. Wider opportunities include work in commercial organisations which are oriented to children and families e.g. children's publishing or broadcasting, children's leisure activities. You may wish to continue your studies through progression to Early Years Teacher (EYT) or to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or to Masters Level and beyond and to become involved in research or academia. If so, you should explore this possibility with your Tutors.

What will I study?

The Early Childhood Studies Degree Top up builds on your previous study and offers the completion of an Honours Degree. The modules have been selected in order that you may explore aspects of Early Childhood Education and Care that are of a particular interest to you.

In order to achieve an honours degree students undertake an advanced level of study which will ensure that they have developed a systematic understanding of key aspects of Early Childhood Studies. Previous study at Level Five embeds conceptual understanding to underpin honours level modules (Level Six). The dissertation as well as other modules at Level Six encourages students to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources, using techniques previously explored in the Level 5 Research Methods module.

What can I do after this course?

Upon completion of this course you may wish to progress to:

- Masters Degree in a variety of relevant career paths, e.g. Early Childhood Education, Child Psychology, Social Work
- PGCE in Primary Education (QTS)
- Early Years Teacher Status
- Family Support.