Health Sciences (Hons) (with Foundation Year) Teesside University

Overview

This Health Sciences (Hons) (with Foundation Year) course from Teesside University includes a foundation year - ideal if you need additional preparation or if you don't have sufficient grades to join Year 1 of a degree.

Key Facts

You explore how humans change over the lifespan, how they adapt to external stressors and how lifestyle impacts health. Research and identify potential therapeutic and clinical strategies to reduce the effect of these risk factors on disease states.

You also develop skills for employability, including good lab practice, control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH) assessments, health and safety policies, the Human Tissues Act, quality assurance and patient care. Develop transferrable skills through the development of verbal and poster presentations, written reports, independent research and teamworking skills.

Career opportunities

• Public health, health promotion and surveillance: work to improve community health by creating educational programs analysing health data, assessing public health needs, and implementing policies to reduce health risks and improve wellbeing.

• Industrial and graduate training programmes: provide hands-on experience and skills development for recent graduates in healthcare fields.

• Non-governmental organisations: create positive change by providing services, advocacy and resources, often focusing on underserved or vulnerable communities.

• Health service management and administration: oversee the operations of healthcare facilities ensuring quality patient care, managing budgets, coordinating staff and implementing policies.

• Graduate entry to further health and clinical education programmes: pursue advanced training in healthcare fields such as medicine, nursing or public health, gaining specialised education, practical skills and clinical experience.

• Biomedical, pharmaceutical or health sciences research: conduct studies to advance medical research, develop new treatments and improve healthcare outcomes. Design experiments, analyse data and publish findings.

• Pharmaceutical, microbiological and biotechnological lab assistants: prep samples, conduct experiments, maintain lab equipment and record data, working under the guidance of scientists.