Education (BSc) at Cardiff University

Our BSc Education is designed for students who have an interest in education and are looking for the opportunity to pursue this interest in a broad social science context.

Your study will be informed by our research in education and the latest developments in policy and practice, encompassing aspects of culture and identity, childhood and youth, gender and ethnicity, and social justice and inclusion.

Core modules are aimed at developing a deep understanding of the social, historical, political, economic and developmental contexts of education – in Wales, the UK and internationally.

Having a broad understanding of education provides you with an essential basis for challenging many of our common sense beliefs about education and society, enabling you to play a role in helping to transform and improve how we think about and practice education.

Distinctive features

• Our close links with policy makers, as well as local schools, colleges and other education/training organisations, provide opportunities for you to actively engage with educators and practice.
• A chance to study education in ways that go beyond a focus on classroom practice. You will study the wider debates around education, laying the foundation for a wide variety of careers.
• The opportunity to study a credit-bearing placement module.
• Study in a School ranked 3rd in the UK for research quality in sociology and 5th for education in the 2014 Research Excellent Framework (REF).
• Emphasis on independent learning in a research-led environment.
• A wide variety of modules on offer in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary School.
• Option to extend to a four year programme, spending Year Three on a professional placement or studying abroad.