Early Learning (non-honours progression route)

Description

BA (Hons) Early Learning (120 credits)

One year - full-time or two years part-time

The BA (Hons) Early Learning is an intensive work-based higher education qualification for experienced early years practitioners who have completed a Foundation Degree in Childrens Care Learning and Development or equivalent undergraduate qualification.

On the full-time programme students must engage in 20 hours per week of work-based learning either with their current employer, or on a voluntary basis in a registered early years setting. Part-time students must engage in 10 hours per week of work- based learning either with their current employer or on a voluntary basis in a registered early years setting. Students are required to attend college for one day each week, normally Wednesdays from 0900-18.00.

The programme focuses on developing students knowledge and understanding of the principles and values that underpin the learning and development of young children primarily from birth to 12 years old, and to critically apply these values and principles in order to develop their professional practice.

The course is designed to offer students the opportunity to progress to teacher training or further postgraduate study. Students can also choose to work towards Early Years Professional Status either alongside the BA (Hons) Early Learning or after completion of the degree.

The programme has an established reputation and is supported by local employers and by the Local Education Authority.

In order to succeed on the programme students need to be hardworking and committed individuals who wish to improve their knowledge and understanding and their academic skills.

The BA (Hons) Early Learning programme is underpinned by the following principles and values agreed by the course team, and articulated in module lectures particularly in the Early Learning Practice Module. They are embedded in the Professional Practice Standards which students use as a tool for critically evaluating their own practice.

Effective practice in the early years is based upon:

Committed enthusiastic and reflective practitioners with a breadth and depth of knowledge, skills and understanding involving:

• Establishing and maintaining good relationships with both children and other adults
• Understand the diverse ways that children develop and learn
• Knowledge and understanding to actively support and extend childrens learning styles and interests
• Working with parents, carers, the wider community and other professionals within and beyond the setting

Detailed Course Facts

• EUR 9550 Year (EEA)
• EUR 12530 Year (Non-EEA)

UK/EU Fees Students starting at UCS from September 2012 will be charged £8000 for a full-time Bachelors degree or £7500 for a full-time Foundation degree. Tuition fees for full-time International Study: Classroom-based 10,500 GBP (£) Laboratory-based 12,600 GBP (£)

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Course Content

There are two pathways for this programme; the Honours degree or the Ordinary degree route which is full-time (120 credits) and the Ordinary Degree route which is part-time (60 credits).

Modules studied:

Honours degree route - full-time

• Early Learning Practice - 40 credits(Mandatory)
• Research II - 40 credits (Mandatory)
• Early Childhood Intervention - 20 credits (Mandatory)
• Critical Theory and Practice - 20 credits (Mandatory)

Honours degree route - part-time

• Early Learning Practice - 40 credits (Mandatory)

With a choice of 1 module from:

• Early Childhood Intervention - 20 credits (Optional)
• Critical Theory and Practice - 20 credits (Optional)

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 CAE score : 75(Grade B) TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test : 79

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Requirements

English language requirements

All students need to be able to understand and express themselves in both written and spoken English. Students whose first language is not English will need to take a recognised English Language test in advance of commencing a course at UCS and before the Confirmation of Acceptance (CAS) letter is issued for visa purposes.
UCS accepts a range of English qualifications, with the following standards required:
IELTS (academic version): 6.0 for all degrees, apart from Diagnostic Radiography,Radiotherapy and Oncology, ODP and all Pre-Registration Nursing and Midwifery courses that require 7.0. Postgraduate courses generally require between 6.5 and 7.0.
TOEFL: 550 on paper-based test; 213 on computer-based test; or 79-80 on the internet-based test for all degrees
Pearson Test of English Academic - Minimum score of 50 is required
Cambridge Proficiency Certificate: Grade C; Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English: Grade B
GCE O-level or GCSE English Language/Use of English: Grade C
Test in English for Educational Purposes (TEEP) International Baccalaureate English Grade B (standard level).
Hong Kong Certificate of English Education

A Foundation degree (or equivalent)

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University Campus Suffolk.

Funding

National Scholarship Programme

As part of the new student finance system, students with households incomes under £25,000 per year will benefit from a new National Scholarship Programme. This new scheme is targeted towards students who most need financial help.
The National Scholarship is funded jointly by the Government and Universities. UCS has been awarded a number of National Scholarships which students can apply for Suffolk Access Champion Scheme
The Suffolk Access Champion Scheme will be open to eligible students currently studying at a Suffolk State Sixth form, College or Academy, and applying to study at UCS on a full-time undergraduate degree programme in 2012-13.
The Suffolk Access Champion will work over two years mentoring Year 10 and 11 students to encourage progression on to higher education.

Scholarships for international students

UCS offers a generous scholarship scheme for all undergraduate students paying international fees.
All international students that are offered and have firmly accepted a place on a full-time undergraduate Foundation or Honours degree course at UCS by the 30 September for the year of entry, will be eligible for a scholarship of £1,000 per year for the duration of their course. This scholarship will be awarded each year once annual fees have been paid in full.
Please note that any international students accepted on a course that requires a practice placement with a Primary Care Trust, for example Nursing, Midwifery or Radiography, will incur an additional £3000 fee per each year of study (this excludes all British Islands students except the Falkland Islands).