Health and Social Care (with Foundation Year)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
UCAS Code: L51F | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
UCAS Code: L51F | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
Grade combinations totalling 48 points considered from at least 2 A-level or equivalent
Successful completion of the Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at level 3
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Five GCSEs (Grades A-C) including English Language and Mathematics or Mathematics - Numeracy at grade C / grade 4 or above
A minimum tariff of 24 points
48 points from Higher Level, minimum H4 considered
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Grade combinations totalling 48 points considered to include a combination of Highers and Advanced Highers.
T Level
48 UCAS tariff points from at least 2 A level or equivalent, to include a minimum C grade
Grade combinations totalling 48 points considered with at least 1 A-level. Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate considered as second subject
About this course
This is a four-year programme that includes a year of foundational study which leads directly into the degree course. Our foundation year offers the chance to strengthen your skills, knowledge and confidence, before you advance to stage one of your honours degree.
Are you passionate about making a difference in people’s lives? Do you want to drive change within the diverse and exciting health and social care sector? If so, the BSc (Hons) Health & Social Care degree at Cardiff Met is for you. Through this exciting undergraduate degree, you will explore three core themes: Adult Health and Social Care, Child Health and Social Care, and Global issues in Health and Social Care.
You will be taught by expert lecturers who are actively involved in cutting edge research in the field, meaning that you will stay up to date with key ideas and practices that shape the health and social care sector. You will also hear from a variety of guest speakers from the sector including Health and Social Care Wales.
At Level 5, you will gain a highly regarded Level 5 Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualification, and take part in work-based learning, giving you valuable real-world experience of the health and social care sector. Placement settings include local and central government, third sector organisations, the NHS, drug and alcohol services and the St John Ambulance. At Level 6, our innovative social entrepreneurship module, provides an opportunity for you to propose an intervention to address a pressing health and social care issue, giving you the tools you need to create positive change in the sector.
There is a strong emphasis on creative research methods in each year of study, so you understand the connection between health and social care industry discoveries, leading to research, and subsequent government funded policies. This fully prepares you for an academic research poster exhibition and your dissertation on a relevant topic of your choosing in your final year.
On completion, the Health and Social Care degree at Cardiff Met will open up a wide range of career paths including working in the voluntary, charitable and private sectors.
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Cardiff Met - Llandaff
Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy
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