BA (Hons) Education with Integrated Foundation Year

This four-year route will help you gain a deeper understanding of the philosophy, policy and practice of education while building your academic skills.Studying at university can be challenging but that’s the beauty of this course. It includes an introductory year to build your academic knowledge, skills and confidence.Alongside building your academic writing, research and presentation skills, in the first introductory year you’ll take modules from theBA (Hons) EducationandBA (Hons) Primary Teachingdegrees. This means you’ll get to see different careers in education. Our BA (Hons) Education with Integrated Foundation Year course prepares you for a future career in education, as you go beyond the confines of the classroom to analyse the fast-changing landscape of education.Exploring topics on a local, national and global scale, you’ll learn about education from all perspectives and understand how you can make a significant difference to the lives of others. Choosing this course will help keep your options open with future study and job prospects in or outside of the classroom. You will gain the skills needed to progress within numerous industries that contain an education element to their work. As part of this course, you get the opportunity to experience placements during the third and fourth year. This will give yougreat insight into how different industries integrate education in their organisations.On this course you will:Build your academic on an integrated foundation year.Investigate, understand and analyse the fast-changing landscape of education.Explore and consider key theories of human development and the nature of education.Provide a firm foundation for a career within educational settings.