BA Applied Community & Social Care Studies
Entry requirements
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
About this course
BA (Hons) in Social Sciences. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The programme includes a dissertation requirement and a community research project aligned to work experience. Students help organise the annual InTouch Conference, contacting industry professionals and arranging speakers, talks and workshops.
Modules
- Supporting Well-being and Development
- Introduction to Sociology for Community Practice
- Understanding Welfare Development
- Politics and Policy for Practice
- Introduction to Relational Practice
- Introduction to Community Practice
- Comparative Social Policy
- Managing and Delivering Welfare
- Developing Effective Relational Practice
- Researching Social Inequality
- Safeguarding for Community and Social Care Practitioners
- Applied Community Practice: Research and Development
- Crime in Society: Introductory Themes
- Race, Racism and Ethnicity: Introductory Themes
- Critical Social Policy
- Community Research Project
- Dissertation
- Management Skills for Community Practice
- Drugs and Society: Critical Analysis
- Social Theory: Textual Analysis
- Social Housing and Homelessness: Critical Analysis
- Mental Health and Social Care: Critical Analysis