BA Education Studies

at Durham University

Core modules:
 

• Historical and Philosophical Ideas of Education

• Introduction to Intercultural and International Education

• Contemporary Issues and evidence in Education

• Foundations of the Psychology in Education

• Educational Research Methods

• Dissertation.

Examples of optional modules:
 

• Higher Education: Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion

• Constructing Childhood and Youth

• Assessing Education

• Identity, Culture and Education

• Learning and Development in Childhood

• Wider Contexts of Education

• Disability and Educational Needs: Impairment, Empowerment and Education

• Disability and Education Needs: What’s so ‘Special’ about SEND?

• Education in a Global Age

• Understanding the Arts in Education

• Evidence and Educational Policy

• The Social Life of Education

• Learning Sciences.

Placement

You may be able to take a work placement.

A level offer – AAB.

BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma/OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma – DDD.

IB Diploma score – 36

In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note:
 

• We welcome applications from those with other qualifications equivalent to our standard entry requirements and from mature students with non-standard qualifications or who may have had a break in their study.

The tuition fees shown for students are for one complete academic year of full time study and are set according to the academic year of entry. Fees for subsequent years of your course may rise in line with an inflationary uplift as determined by the government.

Career opportunities

School of Education

Of those students who graduated :
 

• 100% are in paid employment or further study 15 months after graduation across all our programmes

Of those in employment:
 

• 100% are in high skilled employment

• With an average salary of £24,000.