BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care Policy
Course Overview
This dynamic BSc in Health and Social Care Policy equips you with the essential knowledge and skills for a successful graduate career in the health and social care sector. With a strong foundation in social policy, the course focuses on the management and delivery of services in Northern Ireland and beyond, while developing your key intellectual and professional capabilities. Please note: students will transition to the Belfast campus partway through their studies.
Key Program Highlights
- Strong foundation in social policy applied to real-world health and social care contexts
- Focus on developing key intellectual, professional, and personal skills for graduate employment
- Examines the policy landscape and service delivery in Northern Ireland and internationally
- Prepares students for diverse graduate-level roles within the growing health and social care sector
- Transition to the vibrant Belfast campus, enhancing the student experience partway through the course
Course Overview
This dynamic BSc in Health and Social Care Policy equips you with the essential knowledge and skills for a successful graduate career in the health and social care sector. With a strong foundation in social policy, the course focuses on the management and delivery of services in Northern Ireland and beyond, while developing your key intellectual and professional capabilities. Please note: students will transition to the Belfast campus partway through their studies.
Key Program Highlights
- Strong foundation in social policy applied to real-world health and social care contexts
- Focus on developing key intellectual, professional, and personal skills for graduate employment
- Examines the policy landscape and service delivery in Northern Ireland and internationally
- Prepares students for diverse graduate-level roles within the growing health and social care sector
- Transition to the vibrant Belfast campus, enhancing the student experience partway through the course
Requirements
Modules
- Introduction to Social Policy and Social Justice
- Making and Delivering Policy
- Contemporary Social Policy Issues
- Education: Policy and Practice
- Policies for Families and Children
- Introduction to Health and Social Care Policy
- Social Survey Methods
- Social Policy: Concepts and Theories
- Placement
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Policy Analysis: Skills, Tools and Techniques
- Poverty and Social Security
- Adult Social Care Policy
- Civil Society, NGOs and Social Movements
- Diploma in Professional Practice
- Diploma in International Academic Studies (DIAS)
- Dissertation
- Contemporary Issues in Health Policy
- Gender and Social Policy
- Migration, 'Race' and Ethnicity
- International Social Policy
- Ageing and Society
- Mental health and disability
- The Environment, Social Justice and Sustainable Social Policy
