Duration1 Year (Full Time) / 2 Years (Part-time)Full time
AwardBA
IELTS6.0
Overview
This page covers BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies (Top-Up) across the departments we work with, including what each asks for and what it charges. It is a 1 Year (Full Time) / 2 Years (Part-time) undergraduate degree, with the specialism widening as you move through the years.
Teaching in Early Childhood Studies is reflective in style, drawing on your own practice throughout the assessments.
The lowest English requirement we hold on this course is IELTS 6.0, and departments asking more than that usually expect a stronger academic record too. Tuition is £9,450 a year.
If you are comparing this against two or three other courses, send us all of them. We will set the entry terms and the fees side by side.
Entry requirements
Academic
A high school diploma with strong grades in relevant subjects. Many departments will also consider a recognised foundation year.
English
IELTS 6.0
Careers opportunities
This does not by itself qualify you to teach in a school, and the destinations sit in the early years sector, family services and policy instead. A graduate practitioner competency pathway on the course makes a real difference to what you can do with it.
Roles graduates go into
Early years practitioner or manager
Family support worker
Nursery or setting leader
Early years adviser
Play or child development specialist
Policy and research assistant
Where they work
Nurseries and early years settings
Local authority children's services
Charities and family support organisations
Schools in nursery and reception provision
Research and policy bodies
After the course
Early Years Teacher Status or a PGCE if you want to teach, and both are taken after this degree rather than as part of it.
Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge
