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The Health and Social Care BSc (Hons) degree is designed to help you develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence to start a professional career in the health and social care sector. This undergraduate programme is aligned to the standards set by Skills for Health (the Skills Council for the NHS) and upon completion you’ll be able to demonstrate that your health and social care skills conform to the National Occupational Standards (NOS).
This course is designed to support the development of your academic skills as well as equipping you with the personal and professional skills necessary for undergraduate studies and graduate-level opportunities in the workplace. It is also fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), making you eligible for free student membership of the CIH if you wish to specialise in housing.
This is a four-year Health and Social Care BSc (Hons) degree with a built-in foundation year (Year 0), which offers an alternative route into higher education if you don’t have traditional qualifications or don’t meet the entry requirements for a UK undergraduate degree.
Each year of the course identifies a particular stage of your development as a student. Following the foundation year (Year 0), year one begins as The Inquiring Student, the second year casts students as Emerging Practitioners, and year three will establish students as Effective Graduates by the end of the course.
Key modules in years one and three will begin with extended induction periods to support your achievement through greater understanding of course requirements and the establishment of student learning syndicates, developing group cohesion and a sense of community. You will also take part in Personal and Professional Development (PDP) and Academic Skills and Literacy (ALS) modules each year, which will further support your learning and academic achievement.
The Personal and Professional Development modules also contribute to the development of your employability and will consist of self-management and empowering activities to develop the values and skills necessary to work effectively in models of service delivery.
You will be taught through a variety of teaching methods including:
You will be assessed through a mix of:
At London Metropolitan University, we’re focused on a digital future and your degree plays an important part in preparation for this, helping you to achieve your employability goals and life ambitions.
As part of your studies, we aim to equip you with the key skills you’ll need to enhance your employability and prepare you for success in your career. Blended working is now a permanent feature for many businesses around the world and the experience you gain by studying through a blended learning model will help prepare you for this, increasing your confidence and readiness for a digital workplace.
The number of live contact hours that you have with your lecturers remains the same:
Our blended approach offers the best of both live, online, and on-campus learning opportunities, and your blended timetables will typically follow one of the below:
Daytime students – you will typically have two days of tuition per week and your sessions will be on campus for one of those days. The other day will take place live online.
Evening and weekend students – your blended timetables will typically follow one of the below patterns each week:
Weekend only students – you will typically have face-to-face sessions on a Saturday and online sessions on a Sunday.
Please note that the blended timetable pattern will be decided by the scheduling team.
Find out more about blended learning.
Alongside our daytime timetables, we also offer evening and weekend, or weekend only timetables. These options offer the same levels of study support with the flexibility to balance your full-time studies with personal commitments.
All modules are core and are worth 15 credits unless otherwise specified.
This module will follow a task-based approach involving a process of critically examining an issue, historical or current. You will be involved in the process of identifying an issue and conduct research into it to gain a critical understanding. There is a focus on collaborative group work, during which you will explore a past and/or potential intervention to the issue.
You will critically reflect on the process and your own learning.
During this module, you will consider principles, knowledge, values, and policies that underpin good health and social care practice and explore the formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce.
The principal aim of this module is to develop your understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all who work in health and social care.
This module considers issues of culture, society, and ethics and their implications for professional contexts in health and social care. Current policy, professional frameworks, and legislation relating to identity, diversity, rights, and inequality will be examined. The professional role in challenging inequalities and implementing ethical and anti-oppressive practice will be explored. You will reflect on your own identity and experiences and keep a reflective journal throughout the module.
This module begins by asking “what do we mean by knowledge” in the context of health and social care and goes on to explore answers to this question. A key purpose of the module is to help you locate the concepts of evidence and research within a broader understanding of the importance of evidence-based practice but also to introduce you to the contested and contentious nature of what we mean by knowledge.
This module introduces you to both ethics and research through an exploration of principles, theories, and practices that inform decision-making in professional contexts. It is taught in two interconnected parts:
Part One: Study ethics using sector-specific professional codes of ethical conduct and examine normative ethical theories. Explore contemporary moral issues and situations in professional contexts.
Part Two: Learn about ethical research processes and the research skills relevant to professional and academic development. Understand social research and evidence-based practice design.
This module is structured in two stages to enhance employability. During the Autumn semester, you will engage with activities to help clarify career goals and identify personal developmental needs. After that, you will undertake a placement to focus on specific learning needs identified during the seminars.
This module introduces sociological perspectives of health, illness, and society (medical sociology). It challenges bio-medical approaches to health and illness and explores how these are defined, measured, and treated. You will examine the role of social factors in the distribution of illness and develop critical thinking on contemporary health issues.
This module enables you to apply prior knowledge to relevant work environments and develop new capabilities in teamwork. It builds on the skills learned in the first year and explores intra- and inter-personal skills. Emphasis is placed on appropriate communication within teams, especially involving service users and carers.
It will also examine theoretical aspects of teamwork, stages of team development, and conflict resolution. In preparation for the final PPD module, you will explore the role of followership within teams and its relationship to leadership.
This module builds on academic skills learned in the first year and extends your ability to critically analyze and synthesize information to form well-reasoned arguments. You will enhance your skills in research, evaluating sources, and processing information for problem-solving.
This module integrates knowledge from previous modules, including the Introduction to Knowledge and Inquiry in Health and Social Care, and Ethical Research and Practice. It focuses on applying that knowledge to specific projects in health and social care contexts, drawing on a broader understanding of the field.
This module focuses on preparing you for graduation, with an emphasis on the development of graduate skills and competencies related to management and leadership. It prepares you for professional practice and further studies by developing the skills necessary for leading and managing others in health and social care contexts.
This module builds on your prior academic knowledge and skills to help you produce work at a high academic level. It specifically focuses on critical thinking and the standards required for the Health Project.
This module examines the history and shift in UK housing policies, focusing on the causes of the current housing crisis in London and the UK, particularly in the context of neoliberal policies from the 1980s.
The course information displayed on this page is correct for the academic year 2024/25. We aim to run the course as advertised, however, changes may be necessary due to updates to the curriculum (due to academic or industry developments), student demand, or UK compliance reasons.
To study this programme, you will need to meet the following entry requirements:
Additionally, during the admissions process, you will be asked to attend either an academic or admissions interview.
We encourage and will consider applications from mature students who haven’t recently undertaken a formalised course of study at A-level or equivalent, but who can demonstrate workplace, indicating their ability to complete the course successfully. Applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
If you have higher qualifications, we also have a 3-year Health and Social Care BA that will allow you to directly start your undergraduate study.
Please note: We are not currently able to sponsor International students to study this programme at London Metropolitan University Centres, therefore if you require sponsorship to study as an International student, this course will be unavailable to you.
If you are an international student interested in this course and would like to discuss alternative options available to you, please contact 020 3944 1243.
£9,535 per annum
Your tuition fees cover the cost of teaching, access to resources, registration costs, and Student Support Services. They do not include the cost of course books, stationery and photocopying/printing costs, accommodation, living costs, travel, hobbies, sports or other leisure activities.
Access to a laptop/PC with a microphone, speakers, webcam and a reliable internet connection is required for accessing your live online sessions and to complete your assignments.
If you’re an undergraduate student from the UK, you may be able to receive financial support from the Government to help fund your studies.
The Government currently offers two types of loans that cover:
Repayment
Both loans will need to be repaid after your studies, however generally you won’t have to start paying anything back until the April after you have finished your course once you are employed and earning above a specific amount. For more information on when you’ll start repaying, please refer to your student finance repayment plan.
How to apply
If you would like to find out more information about Student Finance loans and how to apply, please refer to the following:
Health and social care provides career opportunities in a wide range of roles and contexts. Successful completion of the degree offers excellent career opportunities in the NHS, voluntary or independent sectors, for example in social enterprises, charity organisations or housing associations (accreditation by the Chartered Institute of Housing is a considerable advantage in following this option).
Within these contexts, it is possible to focus on a number of areas including:
Careers can also be followed in roles such as:
By studying a degree in our blended learning model, you will enhance your employability by demonstrating you successfully studied in a blended learning environment as part of your degree – a key requirement in today’s digitally focused businesses.
You can apply online to study this programme through the application links on this page.
As part of your application, you are required to provide some supporting documents (examples below):
Next application deadline: View Important Dates
Select your chosen intake, location and study timetable and apply online using the links below to the QA Higher Education application portal.
Birmingham
London
Manchester
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£9,535 per annum (25/26)
Undergraduate
4 years (3 year option also available)
April
August
November
32 UCAS points (or equivalent)
GCSE English Language at grade C (grade 4) or above (or equivalent). Alternatively, applicants can sit the QA Higher Education English test.
Full-time blended learning: Daytime, Evening and Weekend, or Weekend only delivery
Coursework including presentations, portfolios and podcasts
London
Birmingham
Manchester