There is a diverse range of programmes within Edge Hill University’s applied health and social care portfolio. Courses draw on a wide knowledge base of subjects and specialisms, traditional and contemporary, related to health and wellbeing and social care provision. This involves the inclusion and application of such disciplines as biological and health sciences, nutrition, public health and wellbeing, counselling, psychology and sociology, the behavioural sciences as well as ethics and law.

Our Undergraduate Applied Health and Social Care Courses can be seen below:

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Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing

BSc (Hons)

Explore why children and young people experience mental ill health, from pre-conception to adulthood, analysing how this can develop as they grow and examining the influences on wellbeing and the barriers to treatment.

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UCAS Code:	BB76
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time 5 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Contemporary Mental Health Practice

BSc (Hons)

Discover contemporary approaches to enable, promote and protect mental health, as you develop the skills to conduct compassionate-centred conversations and engage with individuals, families and communities.

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UCAS Code:	B765
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time 5 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Counselling & Psychotherapy

BA (Hons)

Prepare for a career as a professional counsellor or psychotherapist, gaining experience with real clients and developing emotional and relational awareness through a person-centred experiential model of therapy.

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UCAS Code:	BC98
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Critical Approaches to Counselling & Psychotherapy

BSc (Hons)

Discover a range of counselling models and develop empathic listening and groupwork skills, gaining experience of supporting the emotional wellbeing of others through setting up and running your own support group.

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UCAS Code:	B9C8
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time 6 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Health & Social Wellbeing

BA (Hons)

Prepare to meet the challenges of a changing health and social care agenda on a degree that develops your understanding of key theories, policies and practice and examines the effect of social experiences on wellbeing.

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UCAS Code:	L511
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Nutrition & Health

BSc (Hons)

Gain eligibility to apply for Direct Entry as a Registered Associate Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition on a degree which explores the role of food and nutrition in the promotion of health and prevention of disease.

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UCAS Code:	B400
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time 5 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Psychosocial Analysis of Offending Behaviour

BSc (Hons)

Develop an integrated understanding of offending behaviour, from exploring the contributory factors to crime and offending, to the impact of crime on individuals, and the rehabilitation and wellbeing of offenders.

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UCAS Code:	C816
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time 5 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Social Work

BA (Hons)

Gain eligibility to register as a qualified social worker with Social Work England as you discover how to support and promote the wellbeing of individuals, families and communities.

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UCAS Code:	L500
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Course Name	Qualification	UCAS Code
Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing	BSc (Hons)	BB76
Contemporary Mental Health Practice	BSc (Hons)	B765
Counselling & Psychotherapy	BA (Hons)	BC98
Critical Approaches to Counselling & Psychotherapy	BSc (Hons)	B9C8
Health & Social Wellbeing	BA (Hons)	L511
Nutrition & Health	BSc (Hons)	B400
Psychosocial Analysis of Offending Behaviour	BSc (Hons)	C816
Social Work	BA (Hons)	L500

We also offer a top-up programme giving you the opportunity to progress from a Foundation Degree (or equivalent) to an Honours degree:

Integrated Children & Young People’s Practice

BSc (Hons)

Develop skills in reflective practice and enhance your ability to work across professional and traditional boundaries, as part of the Children’s Workforce, on this conversion degree.

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Course Length:	1 Year Full-Time 2 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Course Name	Qualification	UCAS Code
Integrated Children & Young People’s Practice	BSc (Hons)	Apply Direct

Our Postgraduate courses include:

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Applied Management of Offending Behaviour

MSc

Enhance your understanding of the management and rehabilitation of offenders, gaining the expertise required to conduct research across a range of contemporary community and custodial sentences.

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Course Length:	1 Year Full-Time 2 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing

MSc

Actively engage in addressing the priorities for promoting and protecting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, developing the skills to become an evidence-based leader and research-focused change agent.

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Course Length:	1 Year Full-Time 2 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Psychotherapy and Counselling – Contemporary Creative Approaches

MSc

Integrate creative and expressive arts methods with the study of person-centred process experiential therapy on a programme approved by the UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners.

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Course Length:	2 Years Full-Time 4 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Public Health Nutrition

MSc

Learn how nutrition is combined with the science of disease prevention and management, as well as health and behaviour methods, to improve the lives of individuals and populations.

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Course Length:	1 Year Full-Time 2 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Course Name	Qualification	UCAS Code
Applied Management of Offending Behaviour	MSc	Apply Direct
Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing	MSc	Apply Direct
Psychotherapy and Counselling – Contemporary Creative Approaches	MSc	Apply Direct
Public Health Nutrition	MSc	Apply Direct

Throughout all our applied health and social care programmes, close alignment with the world of work and application to potential future employment is made. The programmes have been developed by blending disciplines, resulting in an academic portfolio whose synchronicity with the work place ensures cutting-edge provision.

An applied health and social care programme will enable you to consider specific subjects whilst gaining the key transferable graduate skills essential to broaden your education and enhance your employability.