Children's Literature and Literacies

This is the first programme in Scotland dedicated to children’s and young adult’s literature as a primary resource and a field of academic study. You will develop a specialisation that is highly valued in professions such as education, library services and children’s media.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME
- The programme gives you the opportunity to take a literary and critical stance to well-loved texts, as well as to contemporary authors whose texts push the boundaries of children’s literature.

- You will investigate new developments in the production of texts for children using multimodal forms and digital technologies.

- You will discuss recent theories of language and literacy development and consider how they can be supported by traditional and multimodal texts for children.

- This programme provides the opportunity to learn, share experiences and insights and create networks with international students from a range of backgrounds in teaching, publishing and related academic disciplines.

- Education at Glasgow is ranked 6th in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2025.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take five core courses and one optional course, and produce a dissertation based on a specialised topic.

Core courses
Children's Literature And Literacies: Critical Enquiry
Introduction To Educational And Social Research
Modern Educational Thought
Reframing Language, Literature And Literacies For 21St Century Life
Texts For Children and Young People

Optional courses may include
Advanced Educational Research
Developing Literacies: An Inclusive Perspective
Identities, Relationships and Behaviours in Education
International and Comparative Education
Texts For Diversity: Children's Literature for a Diverse World