Public Health (with foundation year)

Coventry University
Undergraduate BSc (Hons) Full-time 4 Years MedicineHealthCounselling, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy

UCAS Points

64 points

About this course

From developing strategies to tackle health inequalities and rising levels of obesity to promoting mental, physical and environmental health, this course prepares you for a wide range of roles and opportunities in public health.

Our degree with foundation year could be the stepping stone you need to achieve your goals. The foundation year aims to prepare you for degree-level study and is a great way to build the confidence, skills and knowledge needed to succeed on your degree course.

The foundation year of this Coventry University degree will be delivered from our CU Coventry campus. Course delivery from year one of the degree onwards will be from our Coventry University campus.

Foundation Year The foundation year supports you to gain the academic skills required for degree-level study and provides a grounding in key areas of health, education, psychology and wellbeing. Students who successfully complete their foundation year will then progress onto the Public Health BSc (Hons) degree within Coventry University’s School of Health and Care.

Degree The degree explores practical strategies for tackling disease and preventing ill health, including health promotion programmes and approaches to health protection in response to emerging challenges. We aim to give you a real-world taste of the tasks and challenges you may face as a practitioner, preparing you through practical activities and workshops applicable to your future career.

  • The course aims to equip you to work in a range of roles within public health where you can make a real difference to people’s health and wellbeing.

  • Develop an understanding of health disparities and health inequalities at local, national and international level as well as the knowledge to be able to improve health outcomes through the effective planning, execution and evaluation of health interventions to change behaviour.

  • The course offers the opportunity to develop knowledge around differing health needs, influences on health, and how to prevent ill health and promote health and wellbeing.

    Why you should study this course

  • Learning is interactive and creative with hands-on learning sessions related to real-life situations.

  • Taught by current public health experts from a range of practice, research, academic and leadership backgrounds (staff may be subject to change).

  • The assessments use the same competencies, knowledge and skills that you will use in many public health job roles.

  • You will also have interprofessional learning opportunities allowing students from health-related courses the opportunity to share, learn and work together.

    For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website.

  • Entry Requirements

    UCAS Tariff Points 64 points

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    3219 Health associate professionals
    2483 Environmental health professionals
    3214 Complementary health associate professionals
    3582 Health and safety managers and officers
    2259 Other health professionals
    3560 Public services associate professionals

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    4 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Coventry
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Medicine, Health, Counselling, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy