This course is designed to develop your knowledge of health and social care, and the wider social, policy, legal and organisational environment within which they are situated both within the UK and internationally. You will study areas including the sociology of health, public health, mental health, disability, multi-agency working as well as welfare and social care issues faced by vulnerable individuals and groups. There is a strong employability focus at all levels of the course, which will enable you to develop a range of transferable, employability-enhancing skills.

Year 1 – are all core units: Introduction to Health and Social Care, Investigating Social Life, Introduction to the Human Services, Foundations in the Social Sciences Year 2 – students do four core units and choose two option units: Core: Global Public Health, Research Approaches in the Social World, Multi-Agency Working, Comparing Welfare Internationally Options: Disability in Childhood: Critical Perspectives on Policy And Practice, Mental Health and Society, Contemporary Forced Migration, Managing and Management in the Human Services, Child Welfare: Perspectives on and Approaches to Risk Assessment, Studies in ‘Race’ and Ethnicity Year 3 – students do two core units and choose two option units: Core: Independent Project in Health and Social Care, Health Issues in Gender, Age and Ethnicity Options: Dependency and Care: Critical Perspectives on Policy and Practice, The Social Body, Child Protection: Critically Analysing Policy and Practice, Ideas and Issues in Globalisation, Leadership, Management and Multi-Agency Working in the Human Services, Current Issues in the Human Services

You will undertake written assignments – essays and reports – as well as participating in group conferences, poster presentations, and presentations. These presentations are designed to build your confidence and enable you to become accustomed to presenting in a variety of settings. Being able to practice these skills in a supportive environment will develop this essential employability skill. You will also have in-class tests and two examinations – one in Year 1 and one in Year 3 – to allow you to demonstrate and record your ability to work under pressure. However, the weight of assessments are written assignments and these allow you to explore the subject in depth through detailed research and construct an argument based on the evidence you gain in preparing the assignment.

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: L590

Institution code: B22

Campus Name: Bedford Campus

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

Applicants with other qualifications will be considered. If you would like to check that your qualifications will be accepted please contact the university.

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Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

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English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

Student satisfaction : 71%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 67%

Go onto work and study: 82%

EU	9250.0	Year 1
England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
International	13200.0	Year 1

Tuition fees are reviewed annually.

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