Health and Social Care Open University Degree level: Undergraduate Awarded by: The Open University

Course summary

In today's fast-changing care sector, professionals at all levels need to be proactive and flexible to succeed. This degree provides a sound and critical understanding of health and social care policy, theory and practice, and the skills you need for effective practice in a diverse, multidisciplinary environment. You’ll learn how ethical, legal, social, economic and political factors influence the provision and development of services; and gain the critical and analytical skills that underpin evidence-based practice.

Key features of the course

• Applies new ideas to real life issues and situations that affect us all

• Helps you to develop as an independent and reflective learner

• Explores the context and processes of change and new ways of working across agency and professional boundaries

We also offer a Diploma of Higher Education in Health and Social Care (W69) that is the same in structure as the first two-thirds of this degree.

Course details

How to apply

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Fees and funding