Health and Social Care (including foundation year) - BSc (Hons)

London Metropolitan University

Bachelor's degree

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    4 Years

This Health and Social Care (including foundation year) BSc degree is designed for those who want to progress their career in health and social care, but don’t meet the entry requirements for the undergraduate course. On completion of this four-year degree you’ll graduate with the same award and title as students on the three-year health and social care course.

The foundation year will develop your academic study skills, which will prepare you for successful further study at undergraduate level. In the subsequent three years, you’ll focus more on the issue and practices within health and social care, gaining practical skills that will allow you to enter management and leadership roles in the sector.

This course received a 90% overall student satisfaction score in the National Student Survey 2020.

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Location

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London
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31 Jewry Street, EC3N 2EY

Start date

On request

About this course

On our Health and Social Care (including foundation year) BSc, you’ll consider principles, knowledge, values and policies that underpin good health and social care practice and explore the formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce.

Successful completion of your degree offers excellent career opportunities in the fields of health and social care. This may be within the NHS, voluntary or independent sectors. Our graduates have found careers in mental health and medical rehabilitation, and as support workers in the NHS, housing associations and charity organisations.

In addition to the University's standard entry requirements, you should have:

at least one A level (or a minimum of 32 UCAS points from an equivalent Level 3 qualification, eg BTEC/Subsidiary/National/BTEC Extended Diploma)
GCSE English Language at grade C (grade 4) or above (or equivalent)

Professional accreditation
This course is fully validated by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH).

Accreditation of Prior Learning
Any university-level qualifications or relevant experience you gain prior to starting university could count towards your course at London Met. Find out more about applying for Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).

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Subjects

  • Leadership
  • Literacy
  • Critical Thinking
  • Health and Social Care
  • Housing
  • Interventions
  • Media
  • Crime
  • Race
  • Discrimination

Course programme

Modular structure

The modules listed below are for the academic year 2020/21 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 0 modules include:
  • Critical Thinking (core, 15 credits)
  • Fundamentals of Health and Social Care (core, 15 credits)
  • Interventions for Change (core, 15 credits)
  • Media, Crime and 'Race' (core, 15 credits)
  • Reflecting on Self and Society (core, 15 credits)
  • Researching Discrimination (core, 15 credits)
  • Researching Inequality (core, 15 credits)
  • Social Issues in Context: Text to Essay (core, 15 credits)
Year 1 modules include:
  • Academic skills & literacy: finding & presenting information (core, 15 credits)
  • An introduction to Knowledge and Inquiry in Health & Social Care (core, 15 credits)
  • Introduction to Effective Practice in Health & Social Care (core, 15 credits)
  • Introduction to Health & Social Care; concepts of health & well-being (core, 30 credits)
  • Personal & Professional Development; self-management (core, 15 credits)
  • The Context of Health & Social Care: cultural, social & ethical perspectives (core, 30 credits)
Year 2 modules include:
  • Academic skills & literacy: developing critical thinking (core, 15 credits)
  • Advancing the health of the population: Understanding Public Health (core, 30 credits)
  • Becoming employable (core, 15 credits)
  • Ethical Research in Professional Contexts (core, 30 credits)
  • Issues in Health, Illness & Society (core, 15 credits)
  • Personal & Professional Development; managing professional relationships (core, 15 credits)
Year 3 modules include:
  • Academic skills & literacy: effective critical thinking (core, 15 credits)
  • Effective responses to emerging issues in health & social care (core, 30 credits)
  • Personal & Professional Development; management & leadership of others (core, 15 credits)
  • Project (core, 30 credits)
  • Global Health (option, 15 credits)
  • Homelessness and Housing Policy (option, 15 credits)
  • Housing Issues and Housing Solutions (option, 15 credits)
  • Mental health & well being (option, 15 credits)
Assessment

You'll be assessed through seen examinations, short answer papers, practical reports and reviews, case studies, group assessment projects, presentations, essays and health profiles.

Additional information

UCAS code - L504

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