The BA (Hons) Health and Social Policy degree is a specialised variant of the Social Studies programme that focuses on a range of modules offered by the Centre for Lifelong Learning and the Department of Sociology and Politics and International Studies.

When starting your social studies degree, you might be uncertain which area to specialise in. However, you will not need to make this decision immediately. As this is a flexible degree, you spend the first two years on the social studies pathway and then make a decision about which subjects you would like to pursue at the end of year two.

You can find further information on the modules you will study here: Undergraduate Modules

Flexible entry requirements, formal qualifications are not required, just evidence of work and life experience and motivation to study. Applicants are interviewed by the course selector. Applications from access students will be welcomed.

Over 2,000 local people have studied on this programme, many without any qualifications, and have gone on to further study or careers in areas such as social work, teaching, local government, the community and voluntary sectors and research.

Your course and university experience will give you skills which can be transferred to a wide variety of careers. Such skills include communication, persuasion, analytical and problem-solving skills, time management and working under pressure. All these are very desirable to employers. As many graduate jobs are open to students from all degree subjects, there is a huge range of career possibilities. For example, jobs in marketing, finance and HR. You could also work in a range of sectors such as arts, culture and recreation, energy and utilities, public services and transport.

Here are just some of the new careers our graduates have chosen to pursue in the Centre across our undergraduate courses:
-Teacher: primary and secondary Lecturer: FE and HE
-Community worker
-Social researcher
-Youth worker
-Manager of early years settings
-Management trainee Team leader
-Counsellor Local government officer Caseworker (MP)

Some students choose to stay with us for further study, on courses such as PGDE (FE and Skills) and MSc Psychotherapy and Counselling

The degree is divided two stages - Level 4 and Honours Level. Level 4 consists of 120 credits and is studied over the first two years; Honours Level (years three and four) consists of 240 credits and is studied over the final two years of the degree.

In the first two years you will study modules in sociology, politics, research, and health and social policy at a partner college. These modules will introduce you to key theorists and concepts in these connected subject areas that seek to understand and explain our experiences, values and changes in society. These modules are studied at an appropriate pace through consideration of a wide range of issues that affect our everyday lives including poverty, inequality, health, power, and global and domestic politics to name just a few

You will study a range of modules in Years 3 and 4, including core research modules:

• Either Research Methods in the Social Sciences (all year)

OR

• Practice and Interpretation of Quantitative Research and Designing and Conducting Social Research (one per term)

You will also choose from a list of modules in the Centre for Lifelong Learning and the Departments of Sociology and Politics and International Studies in years 3 and 4. These include counselling, social work, mindfulness, coaching, gender studies, social policy and lifelong learning. (Please note that this degree path is under review for the academic year 2019-20)

You will study a range of modules in Years 3 and 4, including core research modules:

• Either Research Methods in the Social Sciences (all year 9)
  OR
• Practice and Interpretation of Quantitative Research and Designing and Conducting Social Research (one per term)

You will also be able choose from a list of optional modules in CLL and the Departments of Sociology and Politics and International Studies, among others.

Currently, students on this degree do not need to complete an undergraduate Dissertation, but this is under review.

Applications are now closed.

You may be interested in the Gateway to HE: Social Studies a free course starting in November.

Please find more information on making information on our How to Apply page.

Tuition fees for Home/EU Students in 2019-20 are as follows:

£6,750

See Student fees and funding for more information and view potential additional fees.

Times of classes will depend on the college attended and modules taken at the University, please contact the relevant college for teaching days and times in years one and two.

Two years at college and two years at the University of Warwick Colleges currently offering this course:

• Coventry College - Henley Campus
• North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College - Nuneaton Campus