Program Overview

Course Options

• 2 years part-time
• September
• Chelmsford

Key Facts

• STUDY OPTIONS: 2 years part-time
• START DATES: January, September
• LOCATION: Chelmsford
• FEES:
  • £4,767 UK students starting 2025/26 (part-time, per year)

Description

Fine-tune your understanding of children and young people's mental health, and turn your existing qualification into a full degree in just two years.

Teaching and Assessment

• You'll complete four modules over two years.
• Two modules explore mental health conditions in children and young people, the role of families and support services in aiding recovery, and children's psychological development from infancy through to adolescence.
• One module focuses on research methodology.
• The final module is an Undergraduate Major Project, where you'll work on a topic of interest to you, with support from a tutor who's conducted research in a similar area.
• You'll be assessed through essays, research reports, artefacts, reflective summaries, and your Undergraduate Major Project.

Core Modules

• Children's Typical Psychological Development: Infancy to Adolescent
• Children's Mental Health Conditions
• Research Methodology
• Undergraduate Major Project
• Into ARU

Facilities

• Our part-time course lets you fit your studies around your career and other commitments.
• You'll have access to award-winning learning facilities, talented academics, and full use of our IT and library facilities, with library resources accessible 24/7.
• You'll also have access to online support for study skills, careers advice, health and wellbeing, and more.

Careers

• Our BSc (Hons) Child and Adolescent Mental Wellbeing Top-up offers two great ways to boost your career.
• You'll turn your existing qualification into a full BSc (Hons) degree in just two years, studying part-time.
• When you graduate, you'll have up-to-the-minute knowledge of an important area of healthcare.
• You can use this knowledge to take your career to the next level, whether you're working in health or social care, or starting a new career in this area.

Entry Requirements

• Applicants must demonstrate 120 credits at level 4 and 120 credits at level 5 through a diploma and or a professional qualification.
• Individuals should be working in, or have an interest in child and adolescent mental health.

Fees and Paying for University

• The part-time course fee assumes that you're studying at half the rate of a full-time student (50% intensity, or 60 credits per year).
• Course fees will be different if you study over a longer period, or for more credits.
• UK students starting 2025/26: £4,767 per year (part-time)

Life in Chelmsford

• Chelmsford has something for everyone, and our green, modern campus is just ten minutes from the city centre.
• Get to know Chelmsford

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