BSc (Hons) Health Sciences (with Foundation Year)

The BSc (Hons) Health Sciences degree provides a broad base of scientific knowledge and skills applicable to many occupations and potential career opportunities. Graduate jobs include scientific and medical research roles and clinical and analytical laboratory set-up. Potential employers include health service organisations, government, local authorities, industry, and charitable and international organisations. The time spent on developing essential interpersonal and valuable transferable skills throughout the degree through a diverse range of activities (group work, presentation, interview, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication enhancement, analysis and statistics) makes you further employable to a range of career opportunities and occupations including:

Public Health, health promotion and surveillance

Corporate social responsibility

Industrial and graduate training programmes in health

Non-governmental organisations

Any Level 3 subject is acceptable for entry to this course.

Typically entry qualifications can be accumulated from:

• any combination of Level 3 qualifications (for example, A/AS levels, BTEC Certificates/Diplomas, Access to Higher Education courses)

• High School Certificate or Diploma with good grades completed after at least 12 years of primary and secondary education

English language and mathematics requirements

• Usually, evidence of English language and mathematical skills equivalent to at least GCSE grade 4 is required. We consider a wide range of English and maths qualifications alternative to GCSEs. Please contact our admissions staff for advice.

20 Hours of work permit weekly for international students.