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BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care with Foundation Year

Scholars School System, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This Health and Social Care BSc (Hons) with Foundation Year in Health and Care degree is delivered in partnership with Leeds Trinity University.

To help meet the demand for skilled professionals in this growing area of provision, this degree has been designed in partnership with leading health and social care employers.

In this course, you’ll be at the forefront of learning and professional practice in health and social care, developing the knowledge, understanding, and skills to shape the future health of our populations.

This four-year Health and Social Care BSc (Hons) with Foundation Year in Health and Care degree offers an alternative route into higher education and is designed for prospective students who may not have sufficient or relevant academic background for University study.

In the integrated Foundation Year in Health and Care, you will undertake modules to help develop your academic skills and confidence and will be introduced to key concepts, debates, and skills that will support and inform your second, third, and fourth years of undergraduate degree study.

You’ll explore issues such as life quality, effective caring, and communication. You will also gain an understanding of the basic factors that influence health and social care.

What You'll Study

1 Foundation Year

Core modules (students are required to take):

  • Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence

  • Project

  • Being Healthy in a Modern World

  • Introduction to Effective Caring

2 Year 1

Core modules (students are required to take):

  • Psychological Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing

  • Social Influences on Health and Wellbeing

  • Supporting People with Long-term Conditions

  • Developing Values and Principles in Health and Social Care Practice

3 Year 2

Core modules (students are required to take):

  • Applying Health and Social Care Policy, Ethics and Law

  • Multi-agency Working

  • Professional Placements

  • Research Methods and Evidence-based Practice

  • Personalized Care and Social Prescribing

4 Year 3

Core modules (students are required to take):

  • Leadership and Enterprise in Health, Social Care and Community Settings

  • Difficulties Families Face with Therapeutic Interventions

  • Mental Health, Resilience, and Recovery Across the Life-course

  • Independent Project

Language Requirement

  • IELTS00
  • TOEFL00
  • PTE00
  • Duolingo00

Applicants should have GCSE English Language at grade C/4 or higher or accepted equivalent qualification and a level 3 qualification equivalent to an A level.

Applications are welcome from mature students with few or no formal qualifications. These applications will be assessed based on any previous relevant work experience or learning, an interview, a written task, and an English proficiency test.

This course is not available to students on a Student Route Visa.

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