Leicester, United Kingdom
Entry Requirements
Students will continue to work in appropriate job roles or participate in meaningful placement of not less than 16 hours per week while completing either degree pathway.
It is recognised that applicants are likely to have a wide variety of educational backgrounds and will be mostly people over the age of 21 who would not normally access higher education. Usually students will have one year's full-time post qualification experience at Level 3 before joining the programme. All applicants will be interviewed by a member of the programme team where they will need to evidence their capacity, through selection tasks, to engage successfully with degree level study.
In order to progress to the full Honours degree; students will have acheived 240 credits on the Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care at Carshalton College in addition to a successful interview and completion of selection tasks.
Those students who may wish to join the programme from external organisations will need to demonstrate their understanding of the core modules of the Foundation Degree.
Curriculum
Year 1
- Professional and Academic Development
- Principles and Application of Anatomy, Physiology and Nutrition
- Values and Ethics in Health and Social Care
- Communication in Health and Social Care Settings
- The Context of Mental Health Care
Year 2
- Work Based Enquiry
- Caring for Children, Young People and Families
- Safeguarding Vulnerable People
- Principles in Caring for Adults
- Medicine Management