愛爾蘭國立高威大學

Course Overview

The BA (Children's Studies) is an interdisciplinary degree designed to equip students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the lives of children and youth today. This four-year degree draws on expertise from a wide range of areas including the creative arts, literature, law, health, human rights, history, sociology and psychology, and incorporates the optional study of one modern language. Community-based service-learning and enquiry-based learning are embedded across the degree and the third year placement combines valuable practical experience with specific career-orientated goals.

Course Outline

Year 1

Introduction to Children’s Studies

Children in Social Contexts

Children and Fairy tales

Children and Health

History of Childhood

Child Development

Year 2

Exploring Irish Childhoods

Adolescents in Ireland: Healthy and Risky Behaviour

Research Methods

Child Law

Educational Pedagogies: Policies and Practice

Children and Storytelling

Year 3

Child-Centered Research

Children and Transition

Children and Play

Twenty-First-Century Young Adult Literature

Semester-Long Placement/Exchange

Year 4

Children’s Rights

Children and Theatre

Children and Inequalities

Children, Culture and Media

Applied Behavioural Analysis

Independent Project

Why Choose This Course?

Career Opportunities

The BA (Children’s Studies) provides students with the knowledge, confidence and transferrable skills to identify their preferred career path as well as to succeed in their chosen field nationally or internationally. Graduates will be well-placed to pursue careers in primary school teaching (this requires the addition of a Professional Master of Education), social care sectors and community development work as well as to gain entry to postgraduate degrees in play therapy, social work, health promotion, children’s librarianship, museum work, arts administration, special-needs teaching, public advocacy and activism. Over the years, 88% of the graduates from the BA CONNECT are in further education or in employment.