Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Childhood and Youth Studies

This Teesside University programme is delivered by staff with specialist knowledge and practice in formal and informal education, sociology, psychology and social research. In the final year of the programme the students dissertation allows for further specialization as well as developing their research and analytical skills. Students can study this programme with a range of career interests in mind, ranging from primary teaching to social work, education support work or youth and probation work and, after graduation with the right degree classification, they are ideally placed to further these career interests by moving into work or taking a professional qualification at postgraduate level.

• Minimum Level of Education Required: 1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate
• Min GPA: 65.0%
• English Proficiency Requirements:
  For direct admission, applicant must be from an English speaking country or meet either of the following English test scores:
  • Min TOEFL iBT: 78 (Min Listening: 17.0, Min Reading: 18.0, Min Speaking: 20.0, Min Writing: 17.0)
  • Min IELTS overall: 6 (Min Listening: 5.5, Min Reading: 5.5, Min Speaking: 5.5, Min Writing: 5.5)
  • Min PTE overall: 52 (Min Listening: 51, Min Reading: 51, Min Speaking: 51, Min Writing: 51)
  Applicants interested in applying for direct admission, but are yet to complete an acceptable language test, can do so, but must provide valid results before receiving a final offer letter.
  For conditional admission, you are required to provide English proficiency scores:
  • Min IELTS overall: 4.5 (Min Listening: 4, Min Reading: 4, Min Speaking: 4, Min Writing: 4)