Program Overview

Education Studies (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)

Overview

The BA (Hons) Education Studies gives you a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of education studies, and a range of practical, professional and key transferable skills to make you career ready.

Course Structure

Foundation Year Core Modules

• Discovering the Social Sciences, Humanities and Law
  • A 40-credit module introducing you to the historical and contemporary development of social science disciplines.
• Investigating Society and Culture: The Case of Crime
  • A 20-credit module exploring crime through history, politics, English and creative writing, criminology, sociology, psychology, and education.
• Your Foundation Year Project
  • A 20-credit module where you identify and explore an area of interest related to your area of study through small-scale research.
• Your Toolkit for University Success
  • A 40-credit module developing your personal and academic skills to help prepare you for university success.

Year 1 Core Modules

• Education and the State
  • A 20-credit module discovering the key moments in the history of British education that have shaped current education policy, practice, and curriculum.
• Language and Learning
  • A 40-credit module considering language in educational situations and developing your understanding of how language is learnt in childhood.
• Learning Outside the Classroom
  • A 20-credit module exploring how learning happens in different contexts and settings beyond the classroom.
• Skills for Education
  • A 40-credit module considering the importance of research to understand and approach problems in educational settings.

Year 2 Core Modules

• Diversity in Education: Reality or Rhetoric?
  • A 40-credit module developing an understanding of diversity in society and examining how education systems respond to it.
• Future Directions in Education (Level 5)
  • A 20-credit module understanding your strengths and areas for development, and developing graduate skills.
• Safeguarding and Wellbeing
  • A 20-credit module enhancing your knowledge and understanding of the importance of safeguarding policies and procedures for children.
• Students as Tutors
  • A 40-credit module developing your knowledge and key skills to be confident in delivering learning.

Year 3 Core Modules

• Education, Identity and Society
  • A 20-credit module exploring and critically considering education in relation to the reproduction of social inequalities and the formation of identity.
• Research Project
  • A 60-credit module developing your independent research skills on a topic of personal interest that relates to your course.
• Supporting Vulnerable Children and Families
  • A 20-credit module developing your knowledge and understanding of vulnerability in early childhood, and how agencies should work together to support and safeguard children.

Entry Requirements

• Any combination of recognised Level 3 qualifications.
• Each application is considered on a case-by-case basis.
• A typical offer is 32-64 tariff points from at least 2 A levels, T level, or equivalent.
• GCSE English at grade 4 / C, or an equivalent.

Employability

• Careers include a range of educational roles within schools, further and higher education, local councils, and library or museum services.
• You may be able to progress on to a primary PGCE that provides Qualified Teacher Status with a good honours degree.

Tuition Fees

• Full-time: £9,535 a year (UK applicants), £17,000 a year (international applicants)
• Foundation year: £5,760 (UK applicants)

Other Course Routes

• Full-time: 4 years, UCAS code X301 BA/EdStFY
• Part-time: Not available

Choose Teesside

• iPad, keyboard, and up to £300 credit for learning resources
• Affordable accommodation from £100 a week
• Town-centre campus with £280m of recent investment
• Adobe Creative Campus for developing creative and digital skills

Education, Early Childhood & Youth

• Facilities ideal for a career in education
• Access to resources similar to those found in an educational setting

Get in Touch

• UK students: [insert email], [insert telephone number]
• International students: [insert email], [insert telephone number]

Open Days and Events

• Undergraduate open day: [insert date], 9.00am - 3.00pm, on campus