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UCAS CODE: X310

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Sir Tom Cowie Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    15-SEP-25

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary


Help give children the best start in life. Qualify for a lifelong career in a fulfilling field. Discover new abilities and capacities you didn't know you had.

If you're interested in a career engaging with families, children and their communities, the BA (Hons) Childhood Studies degree will provide you with skills, knowledge and understanding in a range of subject areas that combine to form childhood studies. You will learn about child development, children's needs, and the historical, social, and cultural issues that impact their lives. You will also develop your knowledge and understanding of the child as an individual and the position of the child in society and family.You will have the opportunity to register on an exciting pathway during your first semester, Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies. This will allow you to become a practitioner and assures employers that you have completed relevant practice experience. If you choose to take this pathway, you will graduate with the degree title BA (Hons) Childhood Studies with Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies.

Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 16,500per year

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Scottish Higher : BBCCC

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University information

University of Sunderland

  • University League Table

    75th

  • Campus address

    University of Sunderland, Edinburgh Building, City Campus, Chester Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    66th out of 91 6

    14th out of 73 1

    23rd out of 42 6

  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    137 61%

    35th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    77.0 77%

    49th

    34
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.95 74%

    75th

    10
  • Entry standards

    / Max 180
    131 73%

    29th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    100.0 100%

    1st

    21
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.25 81%

    17th

    14
  • Entry standards

    / Max 157
    125 79%

    18th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    68.0 68%

    11th

    22
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.10 78%

    34th

    26

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