BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care at University of Staffordshire

Programme overview

The BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care develops core transferable skills and knowledge relevant to health care, social care and public health, with work experience of 70 hours in each of years one and two and lifelike simulation facilities. It is taught by lecturers with sector and academic experience.

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years with a placement year; 4 years with a foundation year; 4-9 years part-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 includes Communication, Digital and Professional Skills, Human Growth, Development and Wellbeing and Introduction to the Health and Social Care Sector; Year 2 includes Adventures in Research, Public Health, Health Promotion and Community Engagement and Social Policy and Law; Year 3 includes Extended Project, Human Factors and Patient Safety and Leadership and Management of Change. The placement-year option is a 36-week full-time placement with a portfolio assessment.

Career pathways

Roles across the health and social care sector; work experience placements have been taken with the Probation Service, Youth Offending Team, Healthwatch, NHS trusts, care homes and charities.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typical offer: 96 UCAS points; A-levels CCC; BTEC MMM. Successful completion of the Foundation Year or Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care at a partner college enables direct progression onto the course. Offers are also made to applicants with Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales, Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers and the Irish Leaving Certificate, normally in line with the standard entry requirements and possibly with specific subject grades.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Stoke-on-Trent campus, full-time Source

International applicants: GBP 17,285 a year (2027/28). Stoke-on-Trent campus, full-time Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years with a placement year; 4 years with a foundation year; 4-9 years part-tim

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