Community, Youth and Families
Plymouth Marjon University
UCAS Code: CMYF | Bachelor of Arts - BA
Entry requirements
A level
88 Tariff points from Access course, to include a minimum of 3 Credits at Distinction
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
About this course
This programme supports employees and employers across the youth and community work sector. In response to consultation of stakeholders, the curriculum aligns to current and anticipated workforce needs and developments. This includes the co-delivery of specialist modules, bringing in experts from local organisations, further strengthening links into the community.
Learning consists of one full day on campus, generally 6 hours a week, split between lectures and activity-based seminars, with some online study and 1-2-1 tutorials that can be arranged to suit your needs, with a timetable to fit around other life commitments, like work and childcare. Throughout the academic year, there is a consistent day on campus each week, allowing you to benefit from the full range of Plymouth Marjon University's digital and information resources and facilities.
The course has a design to help you achieve your best possible results, with an extended academic year of three terms, enabling modules to be taught in a way that paces the assessment and learning load, and allowing you to develop skills without feeling overwhelmed. Three experiential placements take place across the three years. These will be a mix of individual and group experiences, co-designed with each cohort and in response to available opportunities.
**Why study at Marjon?**
• Small, person-focused university
• No.2 university in England for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2024)
• No.4 university in the UK for Career Prospects (WhatUni Student Choice Awards 2023)
• No.4 uni in England for Education (Student Experience) (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023)
Modules
YCWC55 Engaging with Learning: Youth & Community Work
YCWC51 Intro to YCW: Principles and practices
YCWC52 Interpersonal communication and relationship skills
YCWC56 Experiential Placement 1
YCWC53 Diversity, inclusion and social justice
YCWC54 Issues and Interventions
YCWD51 Policy & Practice
YCWD53 Developing and leading projects
YCWD52 Youth & Community Practice in the Digital World
YCWD54 Practitioner Research
YCWD56 Experiential Placement 2
YCWD55 Families, friends and communities
YCWH51 Organising, Leading & Managing Practice
YCWH53 Working in and with communities
YCWH52 Changing Practice: contemporary controversies and dilemmas
YCWH56 Experiential Placement 3
YCWH54 My Professional Identity
YCWH55 Practitioner research report, aimed at publication
Assessment methods
Critical review
Essay
Learning Resource
Placement Portfolio
Portfolio (research, practical or project portfolio)
Poster
Practical project
Presentation
Project
Research proposal
Self-assessment
Structured assignment
Tuition fees
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Plymouth Marjon University
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Top job areas of graduates
We're short of social workers - so if you want a degree that is in demand, then this could be the one for you! There's a shortage of social workers all over the UK, and graduates can specialise in specific fields such as mental health or children's social work. If you decide social work is not for you, then social work graduates also often go into management, education, youth and community work and even nursing. Starting salaries for this degree can reflect the high proportion of graduates who choose a social work career - social work graduates get paid, on average, more than graduates overall, but not all options pay as well as social work. This is also an unusual subject in that London isn't one of the more common places to find jobs - so if you want to get a job near to your home or your university this might be worth thinking about.
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Social work
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