Once you become a student at the University, you can get help with planning and developing your career from Career Development and Employability Services.
Once you become a student at the University, you can get help with planning and developing your career from Career Development and Employability Services.
Early Childhood Studies is a growing and evolving field, largely due to the increasing recognition of how critical the early years of a child’s life are for long-term wellbeing and development. Our programme in Early Childhood Studies develops knowledge, skills and dispositions relevant to employment in a wide range of early-years contexts and organisations.
The Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies is a scholarly, child-centred and innovative programme, incorporating theory and practical placements across the three years. It enables graduates to appreciate and understand theories, concepts and practices related to the field of early childhood studies.
The practical experiences (practice-based learning and service learning) in early childhood context settings will prepare graduates to work in a range of early childhood-based services and organisations both domestically and abroad. Students will encounter a range of practices during placements relevant to the early childhood years including education, health, and community-based contexts. This wide exposure will enhance graduates’ ability to enter the workforce in many different settings across a range of roles.
Graduates of the BECSt programme will understand the interdisciplinary nature of early childhood contexts and able to critically analyse and respond to issues relevant to a range of organisations and communities. They will be culturally responsive, critical, reflective, and committed to social justice.
This programme provides a strong disciplinary pathway into a graduate teaching qualification or postgraduate research in the field of early childhood studies.
Please note: this qualification will not allow graduates to qualify for teacher registration.