BSc (Hons) Health Sciences (with Foundation Year)

Course Overview

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

General Eligibility

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.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• International students must also provide evidence of English language skills equivalent to IELTS 7.0 (or equal).