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MSc Infancy and Early Childhood Development

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    MSc 1 year full-time, 5 years flexible

Course Description

A unique multidisciplinary programme exploring development from prenatal to preschool stages, suitable for practitioners or students. Strong links to Great Ormond Street Hospital offer clinical and theoretical psychology, neuroscience, medical and allied health perspectives. Students curate bespoke study pathways within this framework, boosting clinical practise or academic career trajectories.

The depth and multidisciplinary nature of programme are singular. You leave the programme with a specialism in early years development and students aiming to apply for practitioner training will gain valuable skills for their application.

Core modules describe early development from in utero life to five years of age. Students study across disciplines to connect diverse perspectives on typical and atypical development using psychology, education, medical, health, social and education contexts, developing research skills and an understanding of clinical material.

The second notable feature of this programme is flexibility. Students choose optional modules allowing them to build a degree reflecting their specific academic interests and career requirements.

Who this course is for

This programme is suitable for health and allied professionals who wish to specialise in early development and augment their professional portfolio. Many students from our programme – early in their career progression – may go on to apply for practitioner further training. The course also provides excellent opportunities (including valuable networks across the UCL campus) as an introduction into academia and further academic study such as a PhD.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree in psychology, medicine or other health or education related topic from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.

Student Destinations

During the programme, you will acquire solid knowledge and theoretical base of child development, environmental influences, medical and educational aspects within the prenatal to five-year period. You will be exposed to a range of evaluation and treatment/intervention approaches and acquire research method, analysis and communication skills, including those for communicating research to the general public.

Employability

You will gain skills and knowledge relevant to PhD-level study, a career in early childhood development research, or roles within the medical/educational professions working with infants and young children. The degree is an academic qualification and should not be considered clinical training. However, it is considered a valuable addition to the professional portfolio of those already working in clinical settings or students who are planning to apply to clinical training courses.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  •  Research Project for Infancy and Early Childhood Development
  •  Infant Development
  •  Prenatal and Newborn Development
  •  Preschool Years
  •  Applied Statistics for Health Research I

Optional modules

  •  Health and Family Well-Being in Early Childhood
  •  Infant and Neurodevelopmental Assessment
  •  Safeguarding and Children in Society
  •  Child Public Health
  •  Nutrition, Growth and Physical Activity
  •  Fetal and Perinatal Medicine
  •  Social, Emotional and Behavioural Development
  •  Psychology for Special Needs
  •  Language Development
  •  Autism: Research and Practice

Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change.

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