Cardiff University, BSc (Econ) (Hons), Education and Social Policy

This joint Honours degree programme enables the student to combine the study of the two subjects; this degree is equal in status to a single Honours degree, although the time spent on each subject is effectively halved; the education course explores human development, educational psychology, education as a social process and government policy; it puts an emphasis on three perspectives: firstly, the psychological and social development of children from their birth through into their adolescence and later adult life; secondly, a study of national and international policy developments in education as they affect educational institutions, economic performance and social justice; thirdly, practical issues related to teaching, learning and the organisation and management of schools, colleges and education in the wider community; social policy is concerned primarily with the study of social problems, such: as poverty; housing; ageing; crime and delinquency; health and deprivation; it is also concerned with ways of tackling these problems through state welfare agencies and voluntary activity; the course is designed so that the student gains a critical understanding of the problems of managing the provision of social welfare in industrial society.