Program Overview

Health Sciences (with Foundation Year) Cert HE

Overview

Designed to prepare you for applying to one of our pre-registration courses, this programme gives you knowledge and understanding of a broad range of health-related topics and professional skills.

Course Details

Foundation Year Core Modules

• Big Data
  • This module explores the concept of big data, its creation, and its role in society.
  • You learn how big data is used in various fields, including policing, conservation, health, and bioinformatics.
• Chemical Science and the Environment
  • This module provides an overview of fundamental concepts in chemistry and their application in environmental and life sciences.
  • You learn about the structure of the atom, the periodic table, chemical bonding, chemical reactivity, environmental science, biogeochemistry, pollution, green chemistry, and climate change.
• Experimental Methods for Life Science
  • This module is based around a series of laboratory sessions, emphasizing important foundation skills, such as working safely in a practical environment and documenting practical work.
• Global Grand Challenges
  • You focus on how science can help address some of the global grand challenges that face society, including health and wellbeing, resilient and secure societies, digital and creative economy, sustainable environments, and learning for the 21st century.
• Introduction to Health Sciences
  • You build a foundation of science knowledge applicable to healthcare, within a health and social care arena.
• Life Science
  • You focus on life sciences from a human perspective, developing an understanding of human biology and the role of different but interconnected life science disciplines in modern life.

Year 1 Core Modules

• Anatomy and Physiology
  • You gain a basic knowledge of human body structure and relate this knowledge to the understanding of the mechanisms associated with the control and regulation of physiological processes of the major organs systems of the body.
• Application of Health Sciences
  • You study the breadth of health science, clinical and non-clinical support services within the National Health Service in the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care.
• Biochemistry and Chemical Science
  • You develop an understanding of key concepts necessary to underpin subsequent studies in chemistry, biochemistry, biomedical sciences, and molecular biology.
• Cell Biology
  • You increase your understanding of biological processes at the cellular level, exploring eukaryotic cell architecture and function with a molecular and mammalian focus.
• Microbiology
  • You are introduced to a range of microscopic organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, exploring microbial cell structure and function, microbial growth, microbial diversity, and the importance of microbes in the environment, industry, and human health.
• Pathology
  • You gain an overview of normal histology and cytology of major organs and systems of the human body and molecular and cellular factors underpinning the pathology of common diseases.

How You Learn

• There is a strong emphasis on practical work (lab and field-based) and other forms of experiential learning to develop knowledge, understanding, and skills essential to a biological sciences graduate.
• You are also supported by our virtual learning environment (VLE).
• You learn through a range of methods, including lectures with integrated seminars, practical lab sessions, computer laboratory-based sessions, group projects, an optional work placement year, and your final year independent research project.

How You Are Assessed

• The course assessment strategy is designed to test your subject knowledge, independent thought, and skills acquisition, and provides you with information useful to employers.
• Assessment methods include written exams, coursework, practical exams, and oral presentations.

Entry Requirements

• Examples of typical entry qualifications include any combination of Level 3 qualifications (for example, A/AS levels, BTEC Certificates/Diplomas, Access to HE).
• Any Level 3 subject is acceptable for entry to this course.
• You are expected to provide evidence of English language and mathematical skills equivalent to at least GCSE grade C/4.
• Non-EU international students who need a student visa to study in the UK should check our web pages on UKVI-compliant English language requirements.

Employability

• This course leads to a range of study routes and career opportunities.
• On completion, you are qualified to apply for entry to the second year of study (advanced entry) for the following courses:
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult, Child, Learning Disabilities or Mental Health)
  • BSc (Hons) Midwifery
  • BSc (Hons) Biology
  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • BSc (Hons) Nutrition
  • BSc (Hons) Food Science and Technology
  • BSc (Hons) Health Sciences
• Alternatively, completion of this course can help you in a new application for one of our pre-registration health courses:
  • BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
  • BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography
  • BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy
  • BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice Studies
  • BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practice
  • BSc (Hons) Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy

Tuition Fees

• Full-time: £9,535 a year
• Part-time: Not available part-time

Other Course Routes

• Full-time: 2 years, UCAS code: C992 CertHE/HScFY, Start date: September
• 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

Bios

• Introducing Bios, our £36.9m facility for science and clinical subjects
• Houses four floors of high-quality facilities, including cutting-edge super labs, immersive simulation suites, and replicas of both home and hospital settings

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