Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2016 | Page 87

Third year You will complete a dissertation on an educational topic of your choice, and will be able to choose one module each semester from a range of electives, which include: • Education, Work and Identity • Race, Politics and Education • Inclusive Education • Higher Education: Policy and the Student Experience • Educating for ‘Global’ Citizenship • The Making of Professionals: Education, Health and Social Work Teaching and assessment Teaching consists of lectures, seminars, individual tutorials and workshops. Much of the work you will be required to do is coursework, either in the form of essays or, on some modules, collaborative portfolios. In the second and third years there is a strong emphasis on individual research projects, assisted by tutor support. You will be given plenty of opportunities for formative assessment, and support for essay writing is embedded in the first year. The teaching team has a strong research record in topics such as education, social justice and education, culture and social policy, childhood, teacher professionalism, pedagogy, professional development and higher education, international and comparative education. Skills and careers Although the course does not lead directly to a teaching qualification, it will provide you with the knowledge and skills appropriate to a range of professional careers and occupations, including public sector management, educational research, work in communications and the media, industrial and business training and teaching. Keele University has a long established reputation in Initial Teacher Education and the BA Education has close links with primary and secondary school centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) partners. Good to know The External Examiner’s Report stated “An exciting and imaginative degree programme, offering students a lively and diverse range of modules within an overall framework that is coherent and well conceived”. www.keele.ac.uk/ugcourses Course type Single honours, dual honours, major/minor Entry requirements Single honours BBB Dual honours BBC (For exclusions and other qualifications please see the entry requirements table on page 230 to 239) WWW.KEELE.AC.UK/UNDERGRADUATE Key Information Approximate intake 50 Study abroad Yes binations Popular comglish, En Education and Music, d an n io at uc Ed Sociology, d an n io Educat Geography, d Education an Biology, Education and Criminology d an n Educatio UCAS Single honours programme X300 Education (Subject to validation see page 246) UCAS Dual honours programmes FX73 Applied Environmental Science FX53 Astrophysics CX73 Biochemistry CX13 Biology NX93 Business Management MXX3 Criminology QX33 English XL38 Environmental Studies XP33 Film Studies NX33 Finance FX43 Forensic Science FX63 Geology VX13 History XC3C Human Biology NX63 Human Resource Management XN31 International Business NX53 Marketing GX13 Mathematics WX33 Music WXH3 Music Technology BX13 Neuroscience VX53 Philosophy FX33 Physics LX23 Politics LX33 Sociology UCAS Major and foundation programmes X390 Education (Major) X3L3 Education with Social Sciences Foundation Year 87