BA (Hons) Public Services
Course Overview
This BA (Hons) Public Services degree equips you to make a tangible impact, from local communities to the global stage, by exploring how these essential services operate and the modern challenges they face. The course emphasizes a crucial link between theory and practice, using real-world data and case studies to ensure your learning is directly relevant to the workplace. You will be encouraged to undertake a short-term placement with organizations like the NHS, providing invaluable experience and the practical skills employers demand.
Key Program Highlights
- Examine the inner workings and 21st-century challenges of public, voluntary, and community services.
- Learn through real-life data, practical examples, and contemporary case studies.
- Strong emphasis on bridging theoretical knowledge with practical, workplace-applicable skills.
- Opportunity to undertake a valuable short-term placement with public sector organizations.
- Graduate equipped with the specific skills and experience sought after by employers in the sector.
Course Overview
This BA (Hons) Public Services degree equips you to make a tangible impact, from local communities to the global stage, by exploring how these essential services operate and the modern challenges they face. The course emphasizes a crucial link between theory and practice, using real-world data and case studies to ensure your learning is directly relevant to the workplace. You will be encouraged to undertake a short-term placement with organizations like the NHS, providing invaluable experience and the practical skills employers demand.
Key Program Highlights
- Examine the inner workings and 21st-century challenges of public, voluntary, and community services.
- Learn through real-life data, practical examples, and contemporary case studies.
- Strong emphasis on bridging theoretical knowledge with practical, workplace-applicable skills.
- Opportunity to undertake a valuable short-term placement with public sector organizations.
- Graduate equipped with the specific skills and experience sought after by employers in the sector.
Requirements
Modules
- Understanding Communities and Data
- Democracy, Campaigns and Change
- Exploring Crime and Deviance
- Public Services and the Law
- Outdoor Leadership, Search and Rescue
- Professional Skills for the 21st Century Public Servant
- Human Rights, Equality and Social Justice
- Politics, Public Services and the Welfare State
- Disaster and Emergencies: Resilience, Response, Rescue and Recovery
- Public Services Placement and Professional Skills
- Researching Crime, Security and Justice
- Leadership and Professional Skills
- Technology, Innovation and Change
- Dissertation / Social Impact Project
- Geopolitics: Understanding Conflict, War and Peace
- Criminal Justice Inquiry: Dissertation
- Introduction to Disaster Healthcare
- Investigation of Serious and Organised Crime
- Civil Society and Community Activism
- Society and the Environment
