Health and Social Science
Buckinghamshire New University
UCAS Code: L51L | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
A typical offer will be a UCAS Tariff score of 88 - 112. A minimum of two full A-levels (or equivalent) is required. Every application is considered on an individual basis.
About this course
Do you want to study the changing world and the social and cultural influences on health, wellbeing and society?
On this course you will learn how to deconstruct issues and challenges in society related to diversity, health and gender. It also examines the ways in which globalisation is affecting the community and understandings of health, wellbeing and ageing.
This course gives you the key transferable academic skills needed to pursue a career in the wellbeing, health, social and voluntary sectors.
**Why study this subject?**
Are you interested in the changing world and the social and cultural influences on health, wellbeing and society? Do you see yourself working in the leisure, health and social sectors, whether in public service, non-government organisations or charities?
Health and social science will help you to attain the key transferable academic skills needed to pursue a career in the wellbeing, health, social and voluntary sectors.
You’ll be well qualified for positions such as health assessment officers, exercise coordinators and lifestyle coaches. Social policy positions will also be within your grasp, or you may choose to work in the voluntary sector working with people in recovery.
**Why study at Buckinghamshire New University?**
Throughout your time here we’ll support you on the route to your chosen career. On this course we’ll help you to develop crucial skills, encouraging you to become enterprising, employable and a good leader.
Our modules and teaching will help you to become more independent as a learner and more certain of your discipline expertise. As you learn you'll develop important skills that employers value, such as understanding and working in diverse social settings as well as critical thinking, report writing, presenting, and research methods.
**What will I study?**
The course uses a multi-disciplinary approach to investigate the social world from a social science perspective, joining the areas of health, wellbeing, sport and social science together. You will explore health from socio-cultural and global perspectives, as well as those from a political, environmental and social policy view.
On this flexible programme, you can choose from a variety of optional modules in year two and three. This allows you to tailor the programme to suit your personal interests, working to your strengths and fine-tuning your career path.
In your final year, you will work on a large project, exploring a specific area of interest. You will be able to tailor your dissertation to a particular area of interest, such as gender, diversity, ethnicity, ageing population, sport, wellbeing or youth and community. Your choice of subject will be decided by your personal interest in the topic.
**What are my career prospects?**
Our BSc (Hons) Health and Social Science course will help prepare you for a range of career possibilities in the leisure, health and social sectors, such as:
- Health assessment officer
- Exercise coordinator
- Lifestyle coach
- Social Policy positions
- Working with people in recovery.
Modules
Year One: Making Sense of Society, Social Policy and Society, Sociology of Health, Wellbeing in Society, Contemporary Debates, Understanding Sport Development. Year Two: Research Methods, Gender and Sexuality in Society, 'Race', Ethnicity and Migration, Citizenship, Community and Welfare, Understanding the Work Environment I, Understanding the Work Environment 2, Ethical Issues in Health and Social Science, Sport, Diversity and Well-being. Year Three: Disability, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System, Dissertation, Body, Culture and Society, Ageing through the Life-Course, Leadership and Teamwork, Global Health and Society, Funding for Sport.
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Buckinghamshire New University offers a range of bursaries and scholarships. For more information, please visit https://www.bucks.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/financial-support-bursaries-and-scholarships
The Uni
Buckinghamshire New University
School of Human and Social Sciences
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