Program Overview

Health and Social Care (Top-up) BSc (Hons)

Overview

This course provides students with the unique opportunity to engage with and learn about the wider concepts and developments within the health and social care sector, particularly in light of recent legislative and social policy developments.

Course Details

Course Structure

• Year 1 core modules:
  • Improving Health and Wellbeing in Communities
  • Individual Practice Project (Dissertation)
  • Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care
  • Policy and Practice in Health and Social Care
  • Research in Health and Social Care

How You Learn

• Learning is classroom-based with a variety of lectures, electronic resources, group work, presentations, and a small-scale independent research study.
• You access a range of resource materials accessible online using the virtual learning environment, the learning resource centre at Stockton Riverside College, and Teesside University’s Library Services.
• All assessments are submitted using the virtual learning environment.

How You Are Assessed

• Assessment and feedback include a variety of methods, including academic and reflective essays, presentations, and producing a dissertation.
• Availability of formative assessment – structured formally throughout individual modules in the form of one-to-one tutorials.
• Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care is assessed through an individual 15-minute presentation on a negotiated topic area linked to service improvement and your own leadership style.
• Policy and Practice is assessed through a 3,000-word essay on a negotiated area of policy within the sector.
• Research in Health and Social Care is assessed through a 3,000-word literature critique of a selected Health and Social Care focused paper.
• Improving Health and Wellbeing in Communities is assessed through a 3,000-word electronic health information resource for service users.
• Individual Practice project is assessed by a 6,000-word literature review on an agreed subject area within Health and Social Care practice.

Entry Requirements

• Applicants must have a level 5 foundation degree in Health, Wellbeing and Social Support or an equivalent qualification.
• Or you can have already completed a research study as part of a different degree programme at level 5.
• You are also required to provide written references from two sources – an academic reference and a work-based mentor or supervisor.
• All applicants are required to attend an interview to secure a place on the course.
• Because this course is taught at Stockton Riverside College, we are not accepting applications from international students requiring a Student Visa.

Employability

Work Placement

• Candidates are expected to be working with clients or have experience of working within a professional framework to apply their learning on this course.

Career Opportunities

• Management roles in social care
• Non-clinical lead roles in healthcare
• Service managers

Fees

Full-time

• £9,535 a year
• Length: 1 year
• UCAS code: B993 BSc/HSC
• Start date: September
• Semester dates
• Typical offer: Foundation degree or HND

Part-time

• Not available part-time

Choose Teesside

• Are you eligible for an iPad, keyboard, and up to £300 credit for learning resources?
• Live in affordable accommodation right on-campus - from only £100 a week
• Study in our town-centre campus with £280m of recent investment.
• Study at Europe's first Adobe Creative Campus and develop your creative and digital skills.

Service User and Carer Involvement

• Service users and carers support all aspects of our students' lifecycle from recruitment to graduation.