Health and Sport
Bachelor's degree
In Aberdeen
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Aberdeen (Scotland)
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Duration
4 Years
Examining the determinants of health (physical, psychological, social, environmental, and service provision). Provide a basis from which assessments may be made of the relevance of formal and informal health care to patterns of national morbidity. Suitable for: People with an interest in health and health care, and students with qualifications other than those traditionally acquired on leaving school; these include most mature students.
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About this course
First year entry Scottish Highers BBBB or Advanced Highers CCC or A Levels CCC, including good performance in at least two Mathematics/Science/Technology subjects.
Advanced entry Advanced Highers BBB or A levels BBB, including Biology and Chemistry.
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Course programme
Programme Structure & Content
First & Second Year
Students study core courses in Health Studies, Biology, Psychology, Sociology and Elementary Statistics. They take other courses from a wide range of arts, science and social science subjects.
Third Year
Third year courses are taught at the Medical School, and, as part of its deliberately wide-ranging (broad) structure, introduce students to health related disciplines including:
- Nutrition
- Epidemiology
- Statistics
- Research Methods
- Health Promotion
- Social Influences on Health and Illness
Fourth Year (Honours)
Students join a specialist stream focusing on Health and Sport:
- First semester: Health Economics, Health Services Research.
- Second semester: Individual project and dissertation in specialist stream. Students will design, conduct and analyse a small-scale project on a health-related topic and write a dissertation on this work.
Teaching & Assessment
The typical workload in first and second year is four hours class time a day. In third year and Honours the contact hours are less and more time is allocated for self-study. Mature entrants are welcome - especially those with prior healthcare experience. In third year and Honours all sessions start at 9.30 to assist mature students with school-aged children.
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Health and Sport