The BSc (Hons) Health and Social Science Degree offers an excellent opportunity to tailor your learning experience to meet personal, academic, and career goals.
Our BSc (Hons) Health and Social Science with Foundation Year draws on diverse academic disciplines such as public policy, psychology, criminology, public health, economics, exercise science, human performance, political science, psychology, and sociology. You will gain a critical comprehension of health and social care policy, theory, and practice together with an understanding of how complex groups and societies function interact and change.
The Foundation Year Course takes a flexible, work-based, approach to teaching and learning, which encourages reflective practice. All teaching and learning are offered on flexible timetables where you can fit your studies around your life, with study options including evenings and weekends. Students will be assessed through examinations, essays, short answer papers, reports and reviews, presentations, case studies, group assessment projects, debates, and health profiles.
A range of optional modules can be chosen in the final years of the program to tailor the course to suit your interests, improve your strengths, and fine-tune your career path.
Career progression
Successful completion, of this Health and Social Science degree, offers improved career opportunities in the fields of health and social care. Graduates have found careers in teaching, youth justice, mental health, medical rehabilitation, housing associations, social care, charity organizations, and community development. However, there are plenty of other areas in which your qualification can be an advantage.