- UCAS course code
- B902
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
BSc Public Health (on campus)
Duration: 3 years FT
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: B902 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Scholarships available
Accredited course
- Typical A-level offer: BBB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: Course not eligible for contextual offer
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: Course not eligible for contextual offer
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 32 points overall with 5,5,5 at HL, including specific requirements
Course unit details:
Student Development Programme Yr3
| Unit code | POPH30800 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 0 |
| Unit level | Level 6 |
| Teaching period(s) | Full year |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
The Student Development Programme is a unit designed around your needs in developing the skills you will use while studying while simultaneously facilitating your individual goal setting and connecting you with supportive university services. The unit includes weekly seminars, that you will see in your timetable and an online resource. The timetabled sessions include a combination of active student seminars, workshops and guest lectures. The Student Development Programme is an integral part of each of the three years of the Public Health Programme. In Year 3 the SDP is there to encourage and support the students so they are confidence in knowing what their next steps are. This is a time for the students to be able to talk about the skills they have practiced at University and how they can be transferred to the workplace.
Aims
The Student Development Programme unit is a mandatory unit and part of each year of the BSc Public Health. During the unit you will develop a variety of skills to explicitly support you. The unit is responsive to the needs of you as a cohort and there are opportunities to co-design the unit content with the unit lead.
Learning outcomes
| Category of outcome | |
| Knowledge and understanding | A1 Motivate students to reach Level 6 skills, including effectively communicating their knowledge in a persuasive way, coming to well informed judgements and an ability to zoom in and out of the public health topics to gain a full view |
| Intellectual skills | B1 Develop strategies to problem solving and decision making that are used in professional public health contexts. B2 Practice consolidation of knowledge in practical and applied contexts |
| Practical skills | C1 Develop skills to prepare and apply for the graduate job market or further study. |
| Transferable skills and personal qualities | D1 Communicate skills and experiences effectively in different ways to transfer to the workplace. |
Teaching and learning methods
The seminars use a variety of techniques to engage learners, dependent upon the content. Some of the seminars are a workshop style where there are opportunities to practice a skill and receive peer feedback, guest lectures take more of a question-and-answer format.
On-campus students only
Academic engagement includes lectures, seminars, workshops and other face to face activities. To achieve the intended learning outcomes for this course unit, we have created a range of activities. Along with the Programme Director Seminar Series this unit connects both skills and knowledge essential for studying public health. Ongoing consultation with students and the tutor team will identify further needs for which academic engagement activities will be provided.
Distance/blended learning students only
Students on this mode of study will have the opportunity to study synchronously with the on-campus students and asynchronously via recorded sessions and online resources.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Seminars | 48 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Samantha Aston | Unit coordinator |