Health and Wellbeing in Society

This versatile degree equips you with the skills, confidence, and knowledge to tackle today’s public health challenges and make a positive impact on individuals and communities. You’ll delve into a wide range of important topics, such as health psychology, public health, and health inequalities, gaining a deep understanding of the issues shaping modern healthcare.

With opportunities to tailor your learning to suit your interests, you can specialise in areas like substance use, mental health, or social exclusion. Real-world placement experiences allow you to apply your knowledge in professional settings, helping you build practical skills that employers value. Whether you want to work in healthcare, health promotion, or community services, this course prepares you for a rewarding and impactful career.

Key features

• Build in-demand skills: Develop the essential skills and knowledge needed for careers in healthcare, public health, and community services.

• Personalise your learning: Customise your studies with elective modules to specialise in areas like Substance Use and Addictive Behaviours, Mental Health and Wellbeing, and Social Exclusion.

• Boost your employability: Gain practical experience through optional 80-hour placements in health-related services, enhancing your confidence and employability.

• Global experience: Access global opportunities through DMU Global, with past students exploring poverty in Florida, supporting refugees in Berlin, and studying inequality in New York.

• Become career ready: Our Health, Wellbeing and Society in Professional Contexts module allows you to take advantage of placement opportunities in a variety of health and community settings.

• Broaden your horizons: Graduates go on to careers in health and health promotion, in a range of health and community settings, charitable organisations and local councils. Many graduates pursue further postgraduate study, including the Masters by Research MA/MSc at DMU.

• Focused learning: Block teaching lets you focus on one subject at a time, with a balanced schedule for better engagement.

FIRST YEAR:
Block 1: Introduction to Health, Wellbeing and Society
Block 2: Introduction to Social Research Methods
Block 3: Psychological and Social Theories of Health and Illness
Block 4: Health Improvement and Lifestyle

SECOND YEAR:
Block 1: Health and Disease in Communities
Block 2: Debates and Dilemmas in Health and Health Care
Block 3: Application of Psychological and Social Theories of Health and Illness
Block 4: Applied Social Research Methods

THIRD YEAR:
Block 1: Health Promotion and Public Health
Block 2:
Select from the list below
Leadership and Management in Diverse Settings
Contemporary Issues in Health Research
Substance Use, Addictive Behaviour and Health

Block 3:
Select from the list below:
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Health, Wellbeing and Society in Professional Contexts
Health, Technology and Society
Social Exclusion and Health
Gender, Health and Health Care

Block 4: Health and Wellbeing in Society Project

This is a full-time course. Each module is worth 30 credits. A variety of teaching and learning methods are adopted, including:

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Group Work
• Problem Solving
• Guided Reading
• E-Learning

Assessment methods are tailored to individual learning styles, and include:

• Essays
• Portfolios
• Reports
• Presentations
• Reflective logs
• Case studies

Typically you will have between 6 and 9 hours contact time each week. These will be timetabled between the hours of 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday. You are expected to engage in additional self-directed study throughout the course.