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Health and Wellbeing – (B.Sc.)
University Campus Suffolk
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| Application Deadline: | UK or any other EU country - 15 January ; International - 30 June | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 9,550 - ≈ € 12,530 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Ipswich / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University Campus Suffolk
This degree enables students to develop in-depth knowledge of promotion of health and wellbeing. Students gain specialist knowledge, methods and skills in health and wellbeing and will learn how to develop health promotion strategies representing local, national and global needs. The course equips students with the skills to help others to adopt healthier lifestyles, make better use of available health and social care services and actively participate in the planning and implementation of programmes which affect health.
Further Information
Subject and academic skills are formally assessed using a variety of methods, including essays, reports, examinations, presentations, journals and case study work. In the final year students will carry out a research dissertation on an aspect of health promotion that is of particular interest to them. Students are also encouraged to develop a personal and development portfolio which focuses on key skills essential to the work place.
There is a range of career opportunities within health promotion, health education, management, research or administration in health, social and education services as well as community based groups in the voluntary sector. Students can progress to postgraduate level study at UCS.
Contents
Core modules include: Introduction to Health Promotion, Health, Illness and Society, Anatomy and Physiology, Lifespan Development, Family and Society, Research Methods, Lifestyle and Risk Behaviour, Health Policy, Health Psychology, Social Epidemiology, and Global Health.
Optional modules include: Nutritional Wellbeing, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Contemporary Approaches to Sexual Health, and The Health and Wellbeing of Young People.
Students are strongly encouraged to make use of the optional learning in industry modules in order to gain direct work experience that is occupationally relevant to the promotion of health and wellbeing. Assistance is offered in finding placements within all the sectors.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
Typical Offer: 280 UCAS tariff points (or equivalent)
Plus three GCSEs at grade C or above including English and Mathematics.
English language requirements
All students need to be able to understand and express themselves in both written and spoken English. Students whose first language is not English will need to take a recognised English Language test in advance of commencing a course at UCS and before the Confirmation of Acceptance (CAS) letter is issued for visa purposes.
UCS accepts a range of English qualifications, with the following standards required:
• IELTS (academic version): 6.0 for all degrees, apart from Diagnostic Radiography,Radiotherapy and Oncology, ODP and all Pre-Registration Nursing and Midwifery courses that require 7.0. Postgraduate courses generally require between 6.5 and 7.0.
• TOEFL: 550 on paper-based test; 213 on computer-based test; or 79-80 on the internet-based test for all degrees
• Pearson Test of English Academic - Minimum score of 50 is required
• Cambridge Proficiency Certificate: Grade C; Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English: Grade B
• GCE O-level or GCSE English Language/Use of English: Grade C
• Test in English for Educational Purposes (TEEP) International Baccalaureate English Grade B (standard level).
• Hong Kong Certificate of English Education
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 79 |
Funding details
National Scholarship Programme
As part of the new student finance system, students with households incomes under £25,000 per year will benefit from a new National Scholarship Programme. This new scheme is targeted towards students who most need financial help.
The National Scholarship is funded jointly by the Government and Universities. UCS has been awarded a number of National Scholarships which students can apply for Suffolk Access Champion Scheme
The Suffolk Access Champion Scheme will be open to eligible students currently studying at a Suffolk State Sixth form, College or Academy, and applying to study at UCS on a full-time undergraduate degree programme in 2012-13.
The Suffolk Access Champion will work over two years mentoring Year 10 and 11 students to encourage progression on to higher education.
Scholarships for international students
UCS offers a generous scholarship scheme for all undergraduate students paying international fees.
All international students that are offered and have firmly accepted a place on a full-time undergraduate Foundation or Honours degree course at UCS by the 30 September for the year of entry, will be eligible for a scholarship of £1,000 per year for the duration of their course. This scholarship will be awarded each year once annual fees have been paid in full.
Please note that any international students accepted on a course that requires a practice placement with a Primary Care Trust, for example Nursing, Midwifery or Radiography, will incur an additional £3000 fee per each year of study (this excludes all British Islands students except the Falkland Islands).
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