BA(Hons)Early Childhood

This course provides an excellent foundation for careers with children, or for further study.

Careers

Tailoring what and how you study, you can shape the course towards your chosen career path.

Your skills will prepare you for a range of managerial careers in childcare or educational settings, children's services and family support.

You'll be qualified to work in early years setting at level 3, or if you've taken the relevant optional modules, at level 6.

You could go on to postgraduate study, including training for early years or primary teaching and Early Years Teacher Status. Or you could progress to a postgraduate degree in play therapy, speech and language therapy, social work or psychology.

On completion of the course you are guaranteed an interview for the PGCE Primary Education course, and for PGCE Secondary Education subject routes, where degree content matches the entry criteria.

Entry requirements

If you don't meet the entry requirements, you may be eligible for BA(Hons) Early Childhood (with Foundation Year).

Additional requirements

All applicants will be required to complete:

• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check*
• health checks*

*All information will be treated in confidence and only taken into account when absolutely necessary.

International applicants

For country specific entry requirements please find your country on the Country Information pages. If you are an international student and do not meet the academic requirements to study this course, you can qualify by completing preparatory study at our International College.

If you are applying to study at UWE Bristol and require additional support to meet our English language requirements, you may be able to attend one of our pre-sessional English courses. Read more about our Pre-Sessional English Programme.