Social Work (including foundation year) Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

Why study this course?

Our Social Work (including foundation year) BSc (Hons) is an alternative route into social work studies if you don’t meet the necessary requirements to enter the standard undergraduate degree.

This four-year course has a built-in preparatory year, designed to equip you with confidence and vital study skills, such as essay writing, research and critical thinking. You’ll benefit from an extra year that will help you succeed at undergraduate level, but you’ll graduate with the same award and title as students on the standard three-year course.

More about this course

Our social work bachelor's degree with a foundation year will provide you with knowledge, skills and experience to enter or progress your career within the social work sector.

This newly designed foundation year will help you build the essential academic skills you need: writing, research, critical thinking and presentation. You’ll engage with broader social science topics like inequality, identity, and ethics while working in small, interactive groups alongside students from other disciplines. The programme’s assessments are portfolio-based, enabling you to evidence your learning through reflections, research tasks, group work and presentations. 

Your foundation year will be shared with students from other specialisms studying a foundation year in the School of Social Sciences and Professions. This will be the perfect opportunity to learn about other disciplines and exchange different perspectives on the topics you study.

Upon successful completion of assessed group and written tests, you will be put forward to the individual interview stage. If you pass this stage, you’ll join students on our Social Work BSc (Hons) course and study the same content and modules as them. If you are unsuccessful but pass all your modules, you can choose another course at the University, subject to meeting entry requirements.

You are encouraged to attend an Open Day event if you have any queries and would like to speak to an academic member of staff.