Childhood Studies (Including Year Abroad)

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BA (Hons) Childhood Studies

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Childhood Studies (Including Year Abroad)

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Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies

What is BA Childhood Studies?

The BA Childhood Studies at Essex is a unique interdisciplinary degree exploring the social and emotional worlds of children and young people from birth to 25.

You’ll deepen your understanding of children’s lives, development, wellbeing, and identity while preparing for careers working directly with children or influencing policy, advocacy, and research that shapes childhood experiences.

Why this course

Childhood Studies is a vibrant and expanding field bringing together ideas from psychoanalysis, psychology, sociology, social work, and the arts and humanities to better understand children’s lives and experiences.

You’ll explore how childhood is shaped by culture, society, relationships, and emotional development, while examining the challenges children and young people face today, including inequality, climate change, online media, mental health difficulties, and bullying.

This course combines academic learning with practical experience through placements in Years 1 and 2, helping you connect theory with real-world work alongside children and young people.

Whether you want to work directly with children, support families and communities, or progress into postgraduate training and professional practice, you’ll graduate with the knowledge and insight to make a positive impact on children’s lives.

Who should apply

Students fascinated by child development, behaviour, identity, and emotional wellbeing

Future professionals interested in education, social care, advocacy, mental health, or family support

Learners wanting to combine academic study with practical placement experience

Those already working with children who wish to deepen their knowledge and professional skills

What you’ll learn

Child development: Study emotional, social, and psychological development across childhood and adolescence

Attachment and wellbeing: Explore attachment theory, resilience, safeguarding, and developmental trauma

Childhood across cultures: Examine how ideas of childhood differ across societies and historical periods

Neurodiversity and mental health: Learn about ADHD, ASD, emotional wellbeing, and the unconscious mind

Teaching and group dynamics: Understand psychodynamics of learning, teaching, and working with groups

Your learning experience

Placements in Years 1 and 2: Gain hands-on experience working with children and young people in real-world settings

Infant observation: Develop professional insight through focused observational practice in Year 2

Interdisciplinary teaching: Learn from experts across psychoanalysis, psychology, sociology, and social work

Coursework-based assessment: Assessment is mainly through coursework rather than exams

Research-informed learning: Study within an internationally recognised department specialising in unconscious processes, mental health, and society

Careers and outcomes

A BA in Childhood Studies prepares you for careers supporting children, young people, and families across a wide range of settings:

Education and schools: Supporting learning, wellbeing, and child development in educational environments

Children’s services and advocacy: Working with children experiencing emotional, behavioural, or social difficulties

Health and social care: Supporting children and families within community and care settings

Further professional training: Progressing into postgraduate study in teaching, psychotherapy, social work, or speech and language therapy

Research and policy: Influencing childhood policy, advocacy, and services that improve children’s lives

You’ll graduate with a strong balance of theoretical understanding, reflective practice, and practical experience that prepares you to make a meaningful difference to children and young people.

Employers of graduates from this course

Graduates from this course progress into roles across education, health, social care, and child-focused organisations, including:

Schools and early years settings

Children’s homes and family support services

Community and mental health organisations

Advocacy and safeguarding services

Charities and organisations supporting children and young people

Why we're great.

You'll be taught by a team of lecturers who bring both academic and practical knowledge to the field of childhood studies

Our degree will lay the foundations for a career working with infants, children and young people, whether in frontline practice or in child-centred sectors and organisations

The opportunity to complete two placements with support from our staff

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Course structure

Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field. The following modules are based on the current course structure and may change in response to new curriculum developments and innovation.

We understand that deciding where and what to study is a very important decision for you. We'll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities as described on our website and in line with your contract with us. However, if we need to make material changes, for example due to significant disruption, we'll let our applicants and students know as soon as possible.

Components and modules explained

Components

Components are the blocks of study that make up your course. A component may have a set module which you must study, or a number of modules from which you can choose.

Each component has a status and carries a certain number of credits towards your qualification.

What this means

You must take the set module for this component and you must pass. No failure can be permitted.

Core with Options

You can choose which module to study from the available options for this component but you must pass. No failure can be permitted.

Compulsory

You must take the set module for this component. There may be limited opportunities to continue on the course/be eligible for the qualification if you fail.

Compulsory with Options

You can choose which module to study from the available options for this component. There may be limited opportunities to continue on the course/be eligible for the qualification if you fail.

Optional

The modules that are available for you to choose for each component will depend on several factors, including which modules you have chosen for other components, which modules you have completed in previous years of your course, and which term the module is taught in.

Modules are the individual units of study for your course. Each module has its own set of learning outcomes and assessment criteria and also carries a certain number of credits.

In most cases you will study one module per component, but in some cases you may need to study more than one module. For example, a 30-credit component may comprise of either one 30-credit module, or two 15-credit modules, depending on the options available.

Modules may be taught at different times of the year and by a different department or school to the one your course is primarily based in. You can find this information from the module code. For example, the module code HR100-4-FY means:

The department or school the module will be taught by.

In this example, the module would be taught by the Department of History.

The module number.

The UK academic level of the module.

A standard undergraduate course will comprise of level 4, 5 and 6 modules - increasing as you progress through the course.

A standard postgraduate taught course will comprise of level 7 modules.

A postgraduate research degree is a level 8 qualification.

The term the module will be taught in.

AU: Autumn term

SP: Spring term

SU: Summer term

FY: Full year

AP: Autumn and Spring terms

PS: Spring and Summer terms

AS: Autumn and Summer terms

Year Abroad

Final Year

COMPONENT 01: CORE

Introduction to Childhood Studies

(30 CREDITS)

In this module you will explore childhood from a local and a global perspective. You will discover a broad range of topics related to children and childhood, including psychology, sociology, history, media, law and education.

View Introduction to Childhood Studies on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 02: CORE

Becoming Human

How do unconscious dynamics work in individuals, groups and organisations? How can psychodynamic insight be applied to this? Explore how individuals affect one another, how institutions affect those who work there and vice versa. Understand key concepts in psychodynamic thinking and how to apply this to individuals, groups and workplaces.

View Becoming Human on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 03: COMPULSORY

Placement I: Observing and Reflecting

What skills are involved in psychodynamic observation? How do you apply psychodynamic theory to everyday events? Gain a theoretical and practice-based understanding of psychodynamic observation. Develop your psychodynamic approach to reflective practice. Undertake your own observations, in the community and on placement, and present your findings in seminars.

View Placement I: Observing and Reflecting on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 04: COMPULSORY

Assignment and Research Writing for Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies

(15 CREDITS)

Want guidance in understanding your course? Know how your academic skills will transfer to the world of work? Develop your abilities to undertake independent research. Learn to read critically and to write clearly. Build the employability skills that will help you during your studies and after graduation.

View Assignment and Research Writing for Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 05: COMPULSORY

Living a Good Life: Critical Approaches to Wellness and Happiness

This first-year module will inspire you to build a meaningful philosophy of life.

As an interdisciplinary module within the fields of Psychoanalytic and Psychosocial Studies, Childhood Studies, therapeutic and clinical practice, Happiness Studies, the Sociology of Health and Medical Humanities, it will enable you to reflect on what we think we need to be happy and what a good and meaningful life entails for individuals and societies. You will also be encouraged to explore how small changes in our ways of thinking may help us to live better lives.

A key question for this module is how we can find space for happiness, wellness, and mindfulness in a globalised world shaped by climate crises, war and violence, pandemics, oppression and inequality and the biopolitical organisation of our lives. Through reflective activities and class discussions you will be encouraged to use theoretical ideas to research your own lives, your established ways of thinking and your current perspective on life. As such, the module will motivate you to invest in developing an individual philosophy of life, and reflect on how a pragmatic and realistically optimistic outlook for life can be pursued, both at an individual, as well as a social level.

View Living a Good Life: Critical Approaches to Wellness and Happiness on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 01: COMPULSORY

Placement II: Infant Observation

In this module you will learn about child development, focusing on infancy. You will have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience in observing the early developments of an infant, within a family setting or in the nursery setting. You will learn the unfolding of the infant’s awareness of self and others and the developing of personality and identity within the context in which it is happening.

You will also be learning about the role of the observer. Understanding and developing how this role supports the development of skills and sensitivity around role management and boundaries in preparation for professional life – where working therapeutically or with ordinary children or other settings.

View Placement II: Infant Observation on our Module Directory

Psychosocial Research Methods

View Psychosocial Research Methods on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 03: CORE

Therapeutic Practice and Responsibility: Statutory Frameworks

What are the frameworks around therapeutic work? How do you ensure responsible practice? Examine professional conduct and ethical considerations. Build your psychodynamic understanding of the issues and dynamics involved. Gain knowledge of your wider responsibilities to your organisation, discipline, clients and yourself.

View Therapeutic Practice and Responsibility: Statutory Frameworks on our Module Directory

Careers: Theory to Practice

In this module you will develop your understanding of childhood studies and childcare practice and explore employability and career options within this field. You will have the opportunity to think about your future career aspirations and learn about the graduate employment market.

View Careers: Theory to Practice on our Module Directory

The Social History of Childhood

Consider the ways in which childhood has changed throughout history. In this module you will explore how the concept of childhood has developed particularly from eighteenth century onwards. This module covers a variety of aspects including religion, education, rights and policies, culture, gender and sexuality.

View The Social History of Childhood on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 06: OPTIONAL

Autumn Term Option from list

COMPONENT 07: OPTIONAL

Spring Term Option from list

Abroad Module 120 Credits

(120 CREDITS)

View Abroad Module 120 Credits on our Module Directory

Childhood Wellbeing: Play, Socialisation and Resilience

Explore children’s well-being through play, socialisation and resilience. Discover how well-being can vary across cultures, both nationally and globally. In this module you will also learn about current issues facing children today such as technology, internet and the effects that this may have on well-being.

View Childhood Wellbeing: Play, Socialisation and Resilience on our Module Directory

Teaching and Learning with Children: A Psychosocial Approach

Understand what facilitates education and the factors that can also hinder learning. You will explore all areas that can affect a child’s ability to learn, from anxiety to new experiences. You will learn the aspects of learning through a sociological and psycho-social perspective.

View Teaching and Learning with Children: A Psychosocial Approach on our Module Directory

Dissertation

Throughout the year students will be pursuing a research project based on a subject of their choice.

There will be an introductory workshop to help with choosing the project, followed by a series of lectures and workshops and three 30-minute supervision meetings with a named member of staff to monitor progress and offer support.

Students will draw on the theory from the three years of the course and apply these to a subject of their choice, exploring the conscious and unconscious dynamics involved.

View Dissertation on our Module Directory

Disney's World: Childhood, Culture, and Global Media

How does diversity impact children? How is childhood constructed differently based on differences in race, gender, class, sexuality, nationality, religion, or disability? How do children themselves navigate the larger inequalities of society and eventually internalize an understanding of their own diverse identities?

This module emphasizes the importance of diversity and identity for understanding childhood and offers a critical introduction to some of the main identity categories that impact children's everyday lives. Taking a topical, week-by-week approach, this module considers, for instance, how children navigate racial identities in a landscape of social inequality and how gender differently affects children's development of relational qualities like confidence and caring.

View Disney's World: Childhood, Culture, and Global Media on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 05: OPTIONAL

Option(s) from list

(45 CREDITS)

Placement

On a placement year you will gain exciting and relevant work experience within an external organisation, where you can gain the competitive edge you need in the graduate job market, make key contacts in the sector and further develop the competencies and experience needed to build your CV. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.’

Year abroad

On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.

Teaching

Undergraduate students in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies typically attend a one-hour lecture and a one-hour seminar for each module per week. There are some variations in place depending on the module.

Teaching takes place through lectures and seminars often in relatively small groups, with a focus on group interaction and discussion

Discussion in seminars includes discussing theoretical ideas, how these might apply to practice and discussing your own experiences and observation on placement

You will also participate in skills based workshops, debates, observation seminars, reflective groups and teach others through presentation of theoretical readings and practice case examples

Assessment

Your grade is made up mainly of coursework marks, including essays, case studies and reflective reports. There are exams, but these are infrequent

UK entry requirements

112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 2 full A-levels.

IB: 29 points in the IB Diploma or 112 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of 2 Higher Level subjects.

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If you’re an international student, but do not meet the academic requirements for direct admission to this degree, you could prepare and gain entry through a pathway course. Find out more about opportunities available to you at the University of Essex International College

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£10,050 per year

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£22,575 per year

Fees will increase for each academic year of study.

If your course has the option to include a placement year or study abroad, and you choose to do so, you will pay the following:

Placement year

20% of your standard tuition fee for that year

Full year abroad

15% of your standard tuition fee for that year

Single term abroad

Standard tuition fee

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There may be scholarships, bursaries or discounts available to help with the cost of this course.

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