Early Childhood (Top-up) (Q90)

Gain your Top-up BA (Hons) Early Childhood in one or two years. Designed for experienced early years practitioners, this top-up route lets you count previous study in a relevant subject towards our Top-up BA (Hons) Early Childhood. You’ll need a Foundation degree, Higher National Diploma or Diploma of Higher Education in Early Years/ Early Childhood. Building on your prior study and experience, you’ll advance your professional development by completing two modules covering working with children and research with children and young people. Achieve your degree in less time while gaining an excellent foundation for a career working with young children.

Key features of the course

• Offers a fast-track route to gaining our BA (Honours) Early Childhood

• Encourages critical understanding and reflection on contemporary issues and debates in early childhood

• Prepares you for further research, study, enquiry and practice

This top-up degree has one stage, comprising 120 credits. You’ll start at Stage 3, where you’ll study two modules – one that focuses on the development of a multidisciplinary professional workforce for children and one that will introduce you to a range of research methods and analytical techniques.