Program Overview

BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies

Overview

The BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies has been designed by the University of Derby, a TOP20 UK University in Education Studies, according to the Guardian University Guide 2019.

Description

This course is right for you, if you are a high school graduate of any discipline, who aspires to work with children, either as an educator, or in social and childhood welfare services.

Admission Requirements

• The minimum English language requirement for the Greek-taught course is equivalent to IELTS 4.5 (B1) and for the English-taught course equivalent to 6.0 (B2).
• If you do not possess an official English language certificate, you can sit the College’s internal placement test.
• You’ll be asked to submit a reference letter from a tutor, and you’ll be called for an academic interview with the programme leader.
• If you are a holder of an IEK/ HND diploma or a University or College student in a relevant discipline, you may be granted advanced entry, through recognition of prior learning.

Course Structure

Level 4 / Year 1

• Preparing to Study
• Contextualising Childhood: Theory, Philosophy and Pioneers
• Principles for Sustainability through Play and Creativity
• Professional Identities in Early Childhood
• Understanding Holistic Development
• Supporting Holistic Development
• English I
• Creative Educational Lab (Music, Art, Theater, Handcrafts, Storytelling) Ι

Level 5 / Year 2

• Creative Communication and Listening in Early Childhood
• Family Diversity, Community and Culture
• Professional Identities for Equitable Practice
• Promoting Children’s Health and Wellbeing
• Research in Early Childhood Ethics, Agency and Participation
• Safeguarding Children Advocacy, Policy and Practice
• English II
• Creative Educational Lab (Music, Art, Theater, Handcrafts, Storytelling) ΙΙ

Level 6 / Year 3

• Challenging Childhood: Rights, Discourses and Debates
• Creative Pedagogies
• Professional Identities for Critical Practice and Leadership
• Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in an Early Childhood
• Independent Research Project

Career Prospects

As an Early Childhood Studies graduate, you possess the knowledge and skills to undertake teaching roles in nurseries and kindergartens, in private or public schools. Also, you can work in various other educational settings:

• Special education facilities
• Childcare units
• Children’s creative activities centres
• Playgrounds and camps
• Counselling centres (for families/children)
• Non-Governmental Organisations
• Educational units of museums and cultural centres

Postgraduate Study

An Education degree allows you to choose among a variety of postgraduate and specialist courses. You may opt for a Master’s in Education or shift towards Management or Psychology. At Mediterranean College you have the following options:

• MA Inclusion and Special Educational Needs & Disability (ISEND)
• MA Education: Leadership & Management
• MA Education (TESOL): Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
• MSc Counselling & Psychology in Educational Settings

Alternatively, you can choose an accredited CPD course offered by Mediterranean Professional Studies:

• Advanced Professional Diploma Special Education Needs
• Advanced Professional Diploma Intercultural Education

Degree Recognition

Your degree is recognised in Greece as professionally equivalent to degrees awarded by Greek state universities. It is also recognised by the UK NARIC as academic and professionally equivalent to any UK degree.