Access to HE Social Sciences
If you are looking to achieve a diploma to progress in Social Care, Social Services, Social Sciences or Teaching at degree level, then this is the course for you.
Entry Requirements: GCSE English Language at Grade C/4 or above or a Functional Skills Level 2 equivalent. Recommended: GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or Functional Skills Maths Level 2.
Course Info
This course provides you with a platform to progress to higher education upon achieving an overall pass and meeting the entry requirements and conditions of your prospective HE provider.
You will develop a wide range of skills, knowledge and abilities to support your transition into a degree. The learning and assessment will stretch you to develop the basis for starting a degree programme including academic writing, referencing, critical and evaluative thinking and reflective skills. You will also develop skills in group work as well as independent working skills.
This Access course is particularly suitable for people who are considering a career in the fields of Social Care, Social Services, Social Sciences or Teaching. Other areas such as Community Studies, Counselling, Education Welfare, Youth Offending and Probation Service degrees are a good route also.
- You will be provided access to MS Office 365. You can download this to your own PC or device for free.
- Throughout the course we will use a number of platforms including MS Office 365, Teams, Moodle, Pro Portal and Turnitin.
- You will require a laptop, PC or tablet and access to Wifi at home.
Teaching
Your tutors provide an incredibly supportive learning environment to ensure that your individual needs are met and to support you to support you to achieve on the course.
Some of the units that you can expect to study on the Access to HE Diploma: Social Sciences may include:
- Anti-oppressive practice
- Mental Health
- Education and Social Inequality
- Personality Theories
- Poverty and Contemporary Britain
As the course is at Level 3 a high level of commitment is essential.
In addition to your work at college you will be required to undertake independent study and research for a minimum of 15 hours per week.
Course leader: Bally Kaur, BSc (Hons), has been teaching for nearly a decade on Access to HE. She graduated in 2010 with a BSc in Psychology and Health Studies from the University of Huddersfield and completed her PGCE soon after. Since then she been successfully leading the University Centre’s Access to HE Social Sciences course, and is an established member of the University Centre team, with an impressive track record of supporting students to progress to
degree courses. Her previous work has included working as an interpreter alongside the West Yorkshire Police and volunteering at the Citizens’ Advice Bureau.
Entry Requirements & Interview Process
GCSE English Language at Grade C/4 or above or a Functional Skills Level 2 equivalent. You are also recommended to have GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or Functional Skills Level 2, however you may undertake GCSE Maths/Functional Skills Maths alongside the Access to HE Diploma.
All applicants will have opportunity to discuss their application during an interview with one of the tutors, where any questions about the course can be answered.
You are highly advised to check, prior to enrolling, the entry requirements of any courses you wish to apply for at degree level.
