Applied Social Studies (Extended) BA (Hons)

University of Bedfordshire

Bachelor's degree

In Luton

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Luton

About the course A degree you can tailor to your interests, while enhancing your career prospects – employers value the transferable skills gained by Applied Social Studies graduates. Gain a deep understanding of the lives of individuals, communities and workplaces, the issues faced by vulnerable individuals and groups in our society, and the policy, legal, cultural and organisational contexts. After a foundation in the first year, choose specific areas like: children and adult services, criminal justice, welfare systems, disability issues, community care, public health, multi-agency working, globalisation and the law. This course achieved % overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey .

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Location

Start date

Luton (Bedfordshire)
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University Of Bedfordshire Business School, Luton Campus (Vicarage Street), LU1 3JU

Start date

On request

About this course

The full-time undergraduate tuition fee is £9, per year. The part-time undergraduate tuition fee is charged pro-rata to £. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees. You can also apply for a maintenance loan from the Government to help cover your living costs. See /student-finance The University of Bedfordshire offers a number of scholarships and bursaries to help you finance your studies. See /scholarships The University reserves the right to increase tuition fees by no more than inflation.

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Subjects

  • English
  • Disability

Course programme

  • Learn practical skills relevant to a wide range of human services work including management practice, communication and multi-agency working
  • Study areas informed by research at the forefront of social work and development, including trafficking studies, youth offending vulnerable social groups
  • Gain knowledge and skills in communication, team-working and research
  • Explore your choice of areas such as children and families, crime, health care, disability, older people and global policy issues
  • Benefit from a course which helps you develop breadth of mind, transferable knowledge
  • and skills and humanistic values – all of which will help you attract potential employers
This course draws on world-leading research from both the Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime and The International Centre: Researching Child Sexual Exploitation, Violence and Trafficking, recently awarded the Queen’s Award for pioneering research into child sexual exploitation. The course covers both national and global social issues and policy responses and interventions across the human services. Units
  • Academic English Skills (LNG) Compulsory
  • Business Basics (LNG) Compulsory
  • English For Specific Purposes (LNG) Compulsory
  • English For Study (LNG) Compulsory
  • Everyday Computing (LNG) Compulsory
  • Integrated Project (LNG) Compulsory
  • Introduction To Economics (LNG) Compulsory
  • Introduction To Management (LNG) Compulsory
  • Mathematical Foundations (LNG) Compulsory
  • Mathematical Sequences (LNG) Compulsory
  • Practical Computing (LNG) Compulsory
  • Statistics (LNG) Compulsory
  • Understanding British Culture And Society (LNG) Compulsory

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