Want to make a difference? Our BA (Hons) Applied Community and Social Care Studies course will provide you with a strong knowledge base and develop the key skills required for community and social care leadership roles.
Why study with us
- Excellent teaching and student support from the course team and the University’s wider support services.
- You can study a wide range of topics, including race, social inequality, crime, and mental health. This opens up a variety of careers, from working with children to probation.
- You'll have the opportunity to hear about the experiences of service users, carers, patients and public members via our community engagement and service user support (Comensus) groups.
What you'll do
- You'll learn in interactive, inclusive and engaging lectures and seminars. You will enrich your learning through guest speaker talks and conferences.
- You'll learn about key social issues, as well as social care practice. This will equip you with both the knowledge and skills you'll need for a range of careers.
- Our strong links with employers and agencies enable you to link classroom learning to live experiences across a wide range of social care and community-based organisations.
Modules
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Academic expertise
Future careers
Our Applied Community and Social Care Studies degree prepares you to work in a variety of welfare settings. This includes education, the police, probation, youth offending teams, housing management, substance misuse agencies, charities and many more.
Some of careers you could go into include:
- Youth worker
- Project worker with families in crisis
- Review and assessment officer
- Field work officer
- Litigation and employment officer
Entry requirements
We will consider your educational achievements, predicted grades, work experience and personal statement. If you don't meet the grades for your chosen course, we will consider you for other programmes.
We know that many factors can influence the grades you achieve in school or college. If your life experience has affected your academic studies, we can take this into account. Use the UCAS Points Calculator below to check whether you are eligible.
Unsure if you meet our entry requirements? Contact our friendly Course Enquiries team to talk through your options.
- UCAS: 96-112 points at A2
- BTEC Extended Diploma: MMM-DMM
- BTEC Diploma: DD-D*D*
- Pass Access Course: 96-112 UCAS points
- International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 96-112 points from Higher Level Subjects
- T Level: P (C+) - M
- IELTS: 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
- GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 including Maths and English or equivalent
- A satisfactory Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland) is required for this course
This course will involve you working with vulnerable groups of individuals, this may include children. In order to ensure that the University offers places on their programmes to suitable candidates you will be required to obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance (formerly termed CRB).
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Not got the grades?
Our courses with a foundation year could be exactly what you're looking for. They provide an alternative route to study for this degree.
Fees and funding
Scholarships and bursaries
We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.
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Care Leaver Bursary
Our Care Leaver Bursary is for students who need extra support because they have been in care or are estranged from their parents.
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Estranged Student Support Bursary is for students who need extra support because they are estranged from their parents.
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Students with financially dependent children may be eligible for our Dependants Bursary as part of our financial support package.
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If you are from a low income household our Financial Bursary may be able to help.
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This course is delivered by the School of Health, Social Work and Sport
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