Health and Social Care (top-up)

University of Greater Manchester
Undergraduate BSc (Hons) Full-time 1 Year HealthSocial work, childhood, and youth studies

About this course

If you already have a foundation degree or HND in a related subject area, get ready to boost your career prospects and make a real difference to the daily lives of vulnerable people by studying our BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care final year top-up degree.

Health and social care is a vast service sector providing support to vulnerable people, such as children, older people and adults with disabilities or mental health issues. The University of Bolton's BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care final year top-up course offers you the opportunity to build on previous qualifications to develop the values, skills and knowledge essential to good health and social care practice, opening the door to a huge range of rewarding employment opportunities.

Balancing policy, practice, and academic training, our course is strongly linked to the UK government’s health and social care agendas. Our highly experienced and dedicated team will lead you in an exploration of compassionate health and social care, research in health and social care, safeguarding, and more. We’ll support you as you learn how to collaborate across professional boundaries, use evidence to inform your decisions and gain an understanding of critical issues in health and social care and ways of dealing with them.

Our focus is on helping you become a knowledgeable, compassionate, and person-centred professional.

Study Options

This course is available in 2 study options:

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: BSc (Hons)

Location: Bolton

Part-time

Duration: 18 Months

Qualification: BSc (Hons)

Location: Bolton

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2119 Natural and social science professionals
3111 Laboratory technicians
3219 Health associate professionals
2223 Speech and language therapists
2461 Social workers
1171 Health services and public health managers and directors

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Bolton
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Health, Social work, childhood, and youth studies