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BSc (Hons) Public Health with Foundation Year

Ruskin College Oxford, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Our Public Health with Foundation Year course begins by equipping you with the skills and knowledge required for undergraduate study.

What is a Foundation Year?

It's an academic year spent building your skills in good academic practices while experiencing all the aspects of student life. After which, you will be ready to progress seamlessly to your chosen degree.

Our foundation year course is particularly suited to you if:

  • you do not have the relevant qualifications

  • you are returning to study and need to build up your skills and/or confidence

At the end of an academic year spent focusing on a range of subjects designed to underpin your future study you will be ready for your BSc (Hons) Public Health degree.

Why choose Ruskin College?

  • We put you first. Our teaching is designed for you: your ambitions and your needs. You will study in a supportive learning environment with a small learning group approach that focuses on you.

  • Career-focused courses. Course content is designed to give you the skills that employers are looking for and is delivered by lecturers with industry experience and connections.

  • Part of a top 20% UK university. Ruskin College is part of the University of West London (UWL), ranked 23 out of 121 UK universities in the UK in the Guardian Good University Guide 2023 and number 1 in the UK for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2022*. You will benefit from access to UWL student support services throughout your time at Ruskin College.

General Eligibility

72 UCAS points required level 3 qualifications

These can include, but are not limited to;

  • A Levels at grades B, C (if you have two A Levels) or grades D, D, D (if you have three), or above

  • BTEC Level 3 qualifications

  • Access to HE Diploma

  • T Levels

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours Per Week

What You'll Study

1 Foundation year
  • Introduction to Business

  • Personalised Learning

  • Data Handling and Information Communication Technology (ICT)

  • Delivering the Customer Experience

  • Managing People and Systems

  • Study Skills for Success

2 Year 1
  • Lifelong Learning for Public Health

  • Finding, Understanding, and Using Evidence for Public Health

  • Determinants of Health and Wellbeing

  • Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse

  • Measuring Individual Health and Wellbeing

  • Politics and Advocacy in Public Health

3 Year 2
  • Assessing Population Health and Wellbeing

  • Health Protection, Systems and Emergencies

  • Health Promotion in Action

  • Public Mental Health and Wellbeing

  • Mass Media Health Communication

  • Introduction to Research Methodologies and Methods in Public Health

4 Year 3
  • Promoting and Developing Healthy Public Policy

  • Designing, Delivering, Monitoring, and Evaluating Public Health Interventions

  • Professional Project: Public Health Intervention Project

  • Developing Leadership for Health Improvement

Optional modules:

  • Public Health in Action

  • Substance Use and Infectious Diseases (Psychology)

  • Psychopharmacology and Addiction

  • Care of the Older Person (Nursing)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS00
  • TOEFL00
  • PTE00
  • Duolingo00

Ready to get started?

For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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