Early Years Childhood Studies (Hons) (Top up)

Overview

Early Years Childhood Studies (Hons) (Top up) offered by the University of Bolton is what you’re looking for if you’re an early years practitioner who has successfully completed a Foundation Degree in Early Years and Childhood Studies and you want to top-up to achieve an Honours-level qualification. You'll enhance your existing knowledge, ready to achieve the status of BA (Hons) Early Years and Childhood Studies (Top-up) graduate.

Making the link between your course content and real-life situations is crucial to your understanding of early childhood studies. Using their wealth of experience from a wide range of settings, highly-qualified professional tutors will guide you through the theories and research that underpin early years' practice and legislation. In some modules, you may be taught alongside professionals who work in related services and professions. Such connections help promote the multi-agency team approach that is such an important part of the early years' childhood agenda.

You'll explore areas such as children’s health and wellbeing, and management and leadership in the early years, and focus on enhancing your research skills and understanding.

Students at Early Years Childhood Studies (Hons) (Top-up) offered by the University of Bolton will:

• be opened up to higher-level career opportunities in the early years' sector, or be given  an honours-level qualification 

• have the chance to undertake a research project focusing on an area of early years and childhood that is particularly interesting to them.

• have opportunities to learn through role-play, which is a great way to develop and practice their skills and understanding.