SINGLE AND COMBINED HONOURS
UCAS codes: BL95 BSc/HCSCS
Typical offer: 220-260 points
International Baccalaureate: 24 points
For Combined Honours UCAS codes and entry requirements
Degree duration:
3 years full-time
6 years part-time
If English is not your first language: IELTS 6.0 (including 6.0 in writing) or a TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based) or 213 (computer-based) or equivalent CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) clearance may be required
Applicants are recommended to seek relevant paid or voluntary work experience prior to application
Students explore issues for health and social care, from a multi-agency and community perspective, for a whole range of different individuals and groups, around conditions or issues such as physical or intellectual impairment, growing older, mental health or drug and alcohol use.
Year 1 is foundational and provides an understanding of the wider social field on many levels. Students are introduced to theories concerning how people come to be placed and labelled as ‘vulnerable’, ‘marginalised’ or ‘problems’ in society, alongside exploration of the political and ethical influences on service provision.
Health and care issues experienced by people within different settings are explored and linked to how practitioners can support people to affect change in their communities. Students explore theory and literature about how people behave, what this can mean and the importance of understanding and reflecting on our own ability to respond.
During Years 2 and 3, students have the opportunity to engage in much greater depth with a range of key issues, studying modules which develop their understanding and critical approaches to leadership and management, social research, multi-agency working, advocacy, substance use and misuse, health and care needs of people, entrepreneurship and law and ethics.
Year 1
• Developing Academic Skills
• Care and Community – International Contexts
• Policy and Politics
• Values and Ethics
Year 2
• Caring Communities
• Doing Social Research
• Understanding Physical Impairment
• Understanding Intellectual Disability
Year 3
• Critical Health and Social Care Practice
• Leadership, Management and Entrepreneurship
• Health and the Media
• Law and Ethics
There is a demand for multi-skilled people across a range of roles in the wider health and social care sectors, including the voluntary sector and local authorities. Graduates may undertake professional qualifications in order to pursue specific roles such as social work. Study also provides a good foundation for undertaking further study at postgraduate level.