HELP University Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Honours)
HELP University

HELP University

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Honours)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Bachelor's degree

3 years

English

Full time

Jan 2027

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: HELP University's Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Hons) builds competencies in child development from birth to junior primary. The programme has 121 credit hours across 36 subjects, incl. 24 major ECE courses, 4 electives, 2 workplace practicums, 4 MPU and 2 HGA. It uses blended learning with face-to-face and online classes and varied assessments: written and practical, presentations, portfolios, projects and community service.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as early childhood educators, kindergarten teachers, nursery managers, curriculum developers, child carers, learning support assistants, or ECE program coordinators, may enter child development, curriculum design, educational policy or community education sector.

HELP’s Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Hons) is aimed at allowing our early childhood specialists to foster a wide range of competencies that cover the development of the young child from birth to junior primary levels.

Programme Details

The contents of the study fulfil the minimum 121 credit hours comprising 36 subjects.

  • 24 Major ECE Courses
  • 4 ECE Electives
  • 2 Workplace Practicums in Nursery and Kindergarten, respectively
  • 4 MPU Courses
  • 2 HGA Courses

Delivery and Assessment Modes 

The programme uses the blended learning approach with a combination of face-to-face classes and online classes. The programme focuses on student-centred learning. Hence, a wide variety of learning experiences, instructional approaches, and academic support strategies that are intended to address the distinct interests and aspirations of students are used.

The range of assessment modes is aligned to achieve the main outcome of the BECE (Hons) programme, which is the qualified status of the educator and carer of young children. The type of assessments comprises formative and summative assessments of written and practical assessments, presentation, portfolio, project and community service.