Full Time Beauty and Spa Management Foundation Degree

Beauty and Spa Management Foundation Degree

Location:Redditch

Qualification Level:level 4 - 5

Attendance:Full Time

Course Duration:
2 Years. (2.5 days per week) plus 1 day per week placement or employment within a Spa/Salon setting.

Course Description
A Foundation Degree is a Higher Education qualification equivalent to the first two years of a BA (Hons) degree programme. Foundation degrees are linked to the workplace and students will be able to gain skills to apply to their work and vice versa in addition to the theoretical knowledge.

This foundation degree will enable you to explore various advanced technologies in the Beauty and Spa Industry where you will gain hands on practice of some of these therapies; it will also introduce you Leadership and management concepts. On successful completion of the course you will have developed the necessary skills and management techniques to start your career in the Beauty or Spa industry.
Course Structure:

LEVEL 4 Module Title
Introduction to Study Skills
Client Focus and Customer Care
Advanced Skin Technologies
Leadership Skills within an Organisation
Infection Control Management
Legal and Ethical Framework
Human Resource Management
Interpersonal Communication Skills

LEVEL 5 Module Title
Laser and Pulsed Light Therapy
Creativity in Marketing
Evidence and research for Spa/Salon Management
Retail Design
Managing Innovation and Change
Coaching in the Workplace
Health and Wellbeing
Business Practice

How is the Qualification Achieved ?
Assessments are mainly by written assignments including:- Reports, Essays, Case studies, presentations and other written and practical approaches.

On Successful Completion of this Course
Completion of the Foundation Degree in Beauty and Spa Management provides a undergraduate qualification of 240 credits. It allows progression to the final year of the BA(Hons) in Leadership and Management at the University of Worcester. Which can be studied Full or Part time.

Additional Information
See the NEW College Higher Education Prospectus