📖Program Curriculum
You will learn through a combination of lectures seminars digital resources and practical workshops. Lectures and seminars make creative use of a variety of digital resources and media to help you plan record and support your progress. An integral element of the program are the guest speakers and educational visits that enrich and reinforce your learning.
On this course you will have the opportunity to participate in and experience the following:
Workshops on issues as diverse as children's literacy children and technology and children's rights with the support of experts in those fields.
Use of digital media and resources to educate support research help record progress and share work.
Participate in meetings and conferences on a variety of course related issues including children's voices and the contribution of childhood and adolescence to decision-making processes.
Regular presentations by experts in the field in areas related to different childhood and youth pathways and Welsh language literature.
Educational visits in the local area to places of national significance and in some cases to international locations.
Opportunity to work alongside employers and service providers in relevant areas including education care services and agencies supporting provision for young people.
Regular contact and support with important organizations including schools social care organizations and children's rights organizations. Liaise with these organizations to help develop ideas and pathways related to individual career aspirations.
You will write essays undertake various weekly exercises and tasks read and prepare for seminars. Assessments are a combination of coursework and examinations with some modules assessed solely on the basis of coursework. If you are from a second language background all your Welsh-language instruction in the first year will be specifically tailored for you and a continuation of your language experiences to date. Additional language support is also provided in the second and third years.
What will you study on this course?
The course will include modules covering psychological sociological and educational perspectives on issues relevant to childhood and adolescence both theoretical and practical. You can study and enjoy the whole range of Welsh literature and can also take vocational or creative modules (it's your choice).
In your third year you will undertake a major research project in an area of your choice. Depending on your area of research you may be involved in projects in school nursery or with practitioners in the childhood and youth industry. Recent Welsh graduates have chosen to research individuals such as Dafydd ap Gwilym Kate Roberts Mihangel Morgan Angharad Tomos Caryl Lewis Meic Stevens and Geraint Jarman and areas such as eco-criticism gender and transgender the language of Pembrokeshire Welsh literature and slavery literature and horses and football in literature.
You can choose to study 100% of your modules through the medium of Welsh and choose to have a Welsh speaking personal tutor; you can do your assignments in English or Welsh. As a bilingual speaker you may feel more confident writing in either language. On this course you can follow Childhood and Youth Studies modules through the medium of Welsh and submit work in English or vice versa. Whatever your decision we will support you in developing your bilingual skills.
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