BA (Hons) Health and Social Care
For UK and EU Students
This course is designed to develop your knowledge of health and social care, and the wider social, policy, legal and organisational environment within which they are situated both within the UK and internationally. You will study areas including the sociology of health, public health, mental health, disability, multi-agency working as well as welfare and social care issues faced by vulnerable individuals and groups. There is a strong employability focus at all levels of the course, which will enable you to develop a range of transferable, employability-enhancing skills. Feburary, June and October £ 9,250* University of Bedfordshire The University of Bedfordshire is a modern, innovative university with a heritage of top quality education going back more than 100 years. The University has its London Study Centre based at Chaucer House, which is its London Bridge campus. The University offers courses belonging to the Bedfordshire Business School at this campus. We nurture our students to become educated, employable and entrepreneurial global citizens. We support our students in all aspects of their life and encourage them to influence the education and services we provide. Apply now and pave the way to a successful future.
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Year 1 – are all core units:
Introduction to Health and Social Care
Investigating Social Life
Introduction to the Human Services
Foundations in the Social Sciences
Year 2 – students do four core units and choose two option units: Core
Global Public Health
Research Approaches in the Social World
Multi-Agency Working
Comparing Welfare Internationally
Year 2 – students do four core units and choose two option units: Options
Disability in Childhood: Critical Perspectives on Policy And Practice
Mental Health and Society
Contemporary Forced Migration
Managing and Management in the Human Services
Child Welfare: Perspectives on and Approaches to Risk Assessment
Studies in 'Race' and Ethnicity
Year 3 – students do two core units and choose two option units: Core
Independent Project in Health and Social Care
Health Issues in Gender, Age and Ethnicity
Year 3 – students do two core units and choose two option units: Options
Dependency and Care: Critical Perspectives on Policy and Practice
The Social Body
Child Protection: Critically Analysing Policy and Practice
Ideas and Issues in Globalisation
Leadership, Management and Multi-Agency Working in the Human Services
Current Issues in the Human Services
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Volunteer and work experience
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Modern accommodation
Personal tutors
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