Program Overview

Applied Community & Social Care Studies

BA (Hons)

Attendance

• Full-time
• Part-time

Campus

• Preston Campus

Start

• September 2025

Duration

• 3 years

UCAS Code

• L590

Delivery

• In-person

Foundation year available

Want to make a difference? Our BA (Hons) Applied Community and Social Care Studies course will provide you with a strong knowledge base and develop the key skills required for community and social care leadership roles.

Why study with us

• Excellent teaching and student support from the course team and the University’s wider support services.
• You can study a wide range of topics, including race, social inequality, crime, and mental health. This opens up a variety of careers, from working with children to probation.
• You'll have the opportunity to hear about the experiences of service users, carers, patients and public members via our community engagement and service user support (Comensus) groups.

What you'll do

• You'll learn in interactive, inclusive and engaging lectures and seminars. You will enrich your learning through guest speaker talks and conferences.
• You'll learn about key social issues, as well as social care practice. This will equip you with both the knowledge and skills you'll need for a range of careers.
• Our strong links with employers and agencies enable you to link classroom learning to live experiences across a wide range of social care and community-based organisations.

Modules

Year 1

Compulsory modules

• Supporting Well-being and Development
• Introduction to Sociology for Community Practice
• Understanding Welfare Development
• Politics and Policy for Practice
• Introduction to Relational Practice
• Introduction to Community Practice

Year 2

Compulsory modules

• Comparative Social Policy
• Managing and Delivering Welfare
• Developing Effective Relational Practice
• Researching Social Inequality
• Safeguarding for Community and Social Care Practitioners
• Applied Community Practice: Research and Development

Optional modules

• Crime in Society: Introductory Themes
• Race, Racism & Ethnicity: Introductory Themes

Year 3

Compulsory modules

• Critical Social Policy
• Community Research Project
• Dissertation
• Management Skills for Community Practice

Optional modules

• Drugs and Society: Critical Analysis
• Social Theory: Textual Analysis
• Social Housing and Homelessness: Critical Analysis
• Mental Health and Social Care: Critical Analysis

Entry requirements

• UCAS: 96-112 points at A2
• BTEC Extended Diploma: MMM-DMM
• BTEC Diploma: DD-DD
• Pass Access Course: 96-112 UCAS points
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 96-112 points from Higher Level Subjects
• T Level: P (C+) - M
• IELTS: 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
• GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 including Maths and English or equivalent
• A satisfactory Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland) is required for this course

Fees and funding

• UK: £9,535 per year (full-time), £1,587 per 20 credits (part-time)
• International: £17,325 per year (full-time)

Learning and assessment

• The learning environment includes blended interactive online and in-class delivery, workshops, and group work.
• Personal tutorials with your Year Lead, seminars and opportunities to access structured work experience in a community and/or social care setting.
• A variety of approaches are used in assessing work, including essay, group and individual presentations, online portfolios, conference presentations and debates.

Further information

• As part of the course you will have the opportunity to hear about the experiences of service users, carers, patients and public members via our community engagement and service user support groups (Comensus).