Health and Social Care with Professional Practice

Taught by academic experts from across the social sciences and humanities, this course will enable you to gain work-relevant skills and to develop academic expertise through our wide choice of option modules and opportunities for individual study.

The BA Health and Social Care with Professional Practice is particularly suitable if you are interested in understanding how arts and humanities approaches can help us understand and respond to changing needs within health and social care, across time and space. You will use a wide range of sources, such as policy documents, literary texts, film and archives to develop a deep understanding of people’s relationships to their own and others’ health. You will have the chance to gain practical work-based experience during this degree by undertaking a work placement module as well as completing a work-based digital project.

If you opt for the Foundation Year route, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study. It is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didn't achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree. 

This course has an evening timetable with classes taking place in the evening.

Highlights

Careers and employability

A degree in health and social care prepares you for a wide variety of careers in areas such as:

You will find health and social care graduates in the following kinds of role:

We offer a comprehensive careers service - Careers and Enterprise - your career partner during your time at Birkbeck and beyond. At every stage of your career journey, we empower you to take ownership of your future, helping you to make the connection between your experience, education and future ambitions.