Program Overview

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Professional Practice BA (Hons) Top-up Degree

Overview

This course is designed for professionals working in early years, children's services, or the education sector. It enables students to enhance their skills and expertise within their chosen area, furthering their professional development.

Key Features

• Delivered by the Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning (SCIL)
• Progression pathway to full honours degree classification for those with existing qualifications in education, such as a foundation degree
• The perfect platform to progress to Qualified Teacher Status in Primary or Early Years with a further year of postgraduate study on a PGCE course

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements

• 120 credits at Level 4 HE
• 120 credits at Level 5 HE
• Applicants must have current experience of working in a relevant professional setting

Other Information

If your qualifications are not listed, please contact the Admissions Office for advice.

Course Content

Modules

Mandatory

• Research Project
• Professional Development Planning
• Applied Psychological Perspectives
• Reflecting on Practice: Evaluation & Change

Optional

• Specialism Module: Early Years
• Specialism Module: Integrated Children's Services
• Specialism Module: Education

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching

You will be allocated a personal academic tutor who will support you through tutorials as well as in support of two key modules over the year: the independent study and the specialism study.

You are taught through a combination of lectures and seminars supported by tutors. In sessions, interactive learning activities take a variety of formats and are intended to enable the application of learning through discussion and small group activities.

Contact Time

In a typical single module you will have 10-hours contact hours of teaching. You will be expected to complete learning activities before and between sessions.

Independent Self-Study

In addition to the contact time, you are expected to undertake around 15-20 hours of personal self-study per week. Typically, this will involve completing online activities, reading journal articles and books, undertaking research in the library and online, preparing coursework assignments and presentations, and preparing for final assessments.

Teaching Staff

You will be taught by a teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on the course. The team includes professional practitioners from across the fields of study covered by the degree programme. Teaching is informed by the research and consultancy and is based on considerable experience of practices in the field.

Assessment

The course provides opportunities to test understanding and learning informally through the completion of practice or 'formative' assignments. Each module has one or more formal or 'summative' assessments which are graded and count towards the overall module grade.

Assessment methods include a research project, critical response report/portfolio, reflective evaluation, comparative assignment, and evaluative report.

Feedback

You will receive feedback on practice assessments and on formal assessments undertaken by coursework. Feedback is intended to support learning and you are encouraged to discuss it with personal academic tutors and module tutors as appropriate.

Careers

Completion of this course can enable you to apply for postgraduate study in education or other related areas. Many graduates continue their studies and career development through postgraduate training programmes for primary teaching (e.g. Postgraduate Certificate in Education) or the early years teacher status, alternatively applying for Masters qualifications.

Fees and Funding

Full-time Tuition Fees

UK and EU Students

The standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees is £9,535 per year for new and continuing students.

International Students

The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees is £16,700 per year.

Additional Costs

Every course has day-to-day costs for basic books, stationery, printing and photocopying. The amounts vary between courses. If your course offers a placement opportunity, you may need to pay for an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

How to Apply

Applying through UCAS

Professional Practice BA (Hons) Top-up Degree X370

UCAS is the central organisation through which applications are processed for entry onto full-time undergraduate courses in Higher Education in the UK.

Read our How to apply pages for more information on applying and to find out what happens to your application.

UCAS Code

X370

Apply via UCAS - Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning

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