Early Years FdA

COURSE CONTENT

Are you an enthusiastic and committed Early Years professional? Are you looking to enhance your professional practice? This two-year full-time degree is structured so that you attend University one day per week, enabling you to study without giving up work. It is therefore an ideal way to continue your career development in the rewarding field of Early Years.

Our course combines theoretical study with practical work, to help you explore how children learn and develop in the early stages of their lives. You will enhance your skills in reflection, independent thinking and critical analysis on your journey to becoming a more confident and skilled Early Years practitioner. This course provides the opportunity to progress to the BA (Hons) Early Childhood ‘Top-up’ and is an excellent pathway to enable busy practitioners to gain a degree.

The programme is designed to support the development of the role of the early childhood worker through an intermediate level of study.

On successful completion, students can continue their studies to a full degree by taking the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies Level 6 Top-up programme.

Other careers include:

• A range of work with Early Years (0 to 8 years) management and policy-making
• Nursery day-care manager
• Hospital support worker
• Health and social care
• Special needs (for example, Portage)
• Good preparation for teaching and social work with young children
• Study a PGCE leading to Qualified Teaching Status.