Program Overview

Health and Social Care Management with Integrated Foundation Year (London)

Overview

Our London-based Health and Social Care Management degree offers an Integrated Foundation Year to prepare you for degree-level learning.

What you'll learn

Our Health and Social Care Management course is designed to give you the opportunity to:

• Foster an informed and critical attitude to policies and interventions used to improve the management of service development and client care within the health and social care sector.
• Enhance knowledge of leadership and management skills and how these can be applied within a variety of sectors.
• Be familiar with the methods used to collect and interpret data.
• Help you become an informed, independent and reflective practitioner through the development and application of practical research skills.
• Improve your ability to think logically, analyse problems and communicate effectively within the workplace.
• Prepare for employment in a wide range of contexts either within or without the field of health and social care or for further study.
• Enhance transferable skills that you can take forward into employment including problem-solving, decision-making, digital literacy and written, verbal and visual communication.

How will I be assessed?

You'll be assessed in a wide range of ways that test your health and social care management skills and reflect the demands of your management role, once you have graduated. These could include presentations, case studies, practical reports, critical reflective blogs, workbooks, practical projects, essays, exams, development plans, and proposals.

How will I be taught?

We offer variety in the way we teach: sometimes we'll set you problems so you can find the answers for yourself; sometimes we'll lecture. Most modules use a mix of lectures and small group seminars, and there's a good blend of online activities using our Virtual Learning Environment.

We invite health and social care professionals in to talk about their experiences.

All of our teaching methods facilitate your development as a self-directed learner. Many of our lecturers have a background in the area of health and social care. You’ll be given personal support in your study – we're a friendly team of academics, committed to helping you achieve your goals.

Course modules

This course offers or includes the following modules:

Year zero (Integrated Foundation Year) modules

• Academic and career foundation
• Digital essentials
• Introduction to Health and Social Care
• Introduction to leadership and management for person-centred care

Year one (Level 4) modules

• Principles and Practice in Health and Social Care
• Critical Thinking and Reflective Practice
• Safeguarding – Prevention and Early Intervention in Service Design
• Collaborative Working in Health and Social Care Provision
• Working in partnership with users of Health and Social Care Services
• The Business Environment

Year two (Level 5) modules

• Managing Human Resources in Health and Social
• Financial Management in Health and Social Care
• Organisational Management in Health and Social Care: Influences, Quality and Change
• Social Science Research Methods
• Work Experience in Health and Social Care Management
• Health: Mind, Body, Society
• Innovation Management
• Operations and Project Management

Year three (Level 6) modules

• Dissertation in Sociology
• Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care - CPD and Professional Practice
• Contemporary Issues and Debates in Health and Social Care
• Health and Social Care Work Based Service Improvement
• Enterprise: Creating Your Business
• Organisational Strategy
• Community Engagement
• Academic Skills for Health and Social Care Management

Opportunities

Careers

You may already be skilled in your current career, perhaps working in health and social care or beauty and wellness, and now wish to progress to leadership in your specific field. Our students come from diverse fields including healthcare administration, social care, and public health.

This course could be for you if you’re looking to level up your current skills so that you can progress to management, policy, research, teaching (following an initial teacher training course) or consulting, or you’re interested in making a career switch into the field of health and social care.

You could also start your own business, charity or community initiative, or become a supervisor or manager in a related field, such as health, mental health, social care, or recruitment for health and social care.

Facilities and resources

Where the subject is taught

This course is taught at our Bath Spa University London campus. You'll have digital access to services such as:

• ASk (Academic Skills)
• Specialist subject resources and subject librarian
• Virtual Learning Environment
• LinkedIn Learning
• English Language Unit
• Careers and Employability
• Student Wellbeing Services

Resources

Our libraries offer a wide range of business materials that you can access online. You can also access a wealth of material available via electronic sources. These include Business Source Complete, Mintel, Newsbank and an increasing range of e-books.

Fees

2025 entry

• UK full time: £9,535

Additional course costs

You may need to pay additional course costs over and above your tuition fees, for example, for specialist equipment or trips and visits. Please check the course Programme Document for details of any additional costs. You can also read our Additional Course Costs Policy for further information.

Funding opportunities

Please visit our Funding pages for an overview of the funding options that may be available, including scholarships and bursaries.

Entry requirements

We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes with an integrated foundation year:

• A minimum of five GCSE passes at grade C/4 or above (including Maths and English) or international equivalent. The qualifications must have been awarded within the last five years. Evidence of ongoing recent study preferred. Or;
• If you do not have formal or recent qualifications, you can support your application with evidence of appropriate skills and knowledge acquired through a minimum of three years post-school professional work experience. Accompanying your application, you must write an essay of 500 words setting out the following:
  • A summary of your work experience
  • A consideration on how that experience has advanced your skills and knowledge
  • A summary of how that experience relates to the course of study applied for.

English language requirements

If English is not your first language, we will need to see evidence of your proficiency in the English language.

Generally, we are looking for a score equivalent to IELTS 5.5, with no less than 5.5 in each of the four components of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. We accept a range of qualifications including:

• IELTS
• TOEFL iBT with a minimum score of 64
• Pearson PTE with a minimum score of 45
• Duolingo with a minimum score of 95
• Academic qualifications taught in English can also be accepted, such as GCSE English Language with a minimum grade C/4.

Other admissions requirements

In addition to the academic requirements, your personal statement should set out your keen interest in the subject and why you wish to pursue the course. Applicants should also describe why they have chosen Bath Spa University in London.

You may be asked to discuss your application further through an informal interview.

Right to study in the UK

All students studying at Bath Spa University London are required to have the Right to Study in the UK. Assessment of your Right to Study in the UK, and therefore your eligibility to study at BSU London, will be undertaken as part of your application to study at the University.