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Health and Social Care courses

This is a list of all the modules available for study as standalone courses in Health and Social Care. Please note that this is an alphabetical list. You should not study these courses in this order.

OU modules are planned on the assumption that you will study progressively from one study level to the next, starting at Level 1. Modules at Level 2 and Level 3 assume that you are suitably prepared for study at this level. If you want to study a module as a standalone course, you don't need to start at Level 1 but you do need to have adequately prepared yourself for OU study in some other way. Check with advisory staff at our Student Registration & Enquiry Service to make sure that you are sufficiently prepared.

Course title (code)	Level	Credits	Next Start
Adult health, social care and wellbeing (K217)	2	60	Oct 2013
Adulthood, ageing and the life course (K319)	3	60	Oct 2013
An introduction to health and social care (K101)	1	60	Oct 2013
Biological psychology: exploring the brain (SD226)	2	30
Challenging ideas in mental health (K272)	2	30	Oct 2013
Communication in health and social care (K309)	3	60
Death and dying (K260)	2	30	Oct 2013
Dementia care (K235)	2	30	Oct 2013
Diverse perspectives on mental health (K225)	2	30	Oct 2013
Effective practice in youth justice (K208)	2	60	Oct 2013
Enhancing the patient experience (K342)	3	30	May 2013
Enhancing your healthcare practice (K117)	1	60	Sep 2013
Exploring practice (K316)	3	60	Oct 2013
Exploring psychological aspects of athletic development (E313) NEW	3	60	Oct 2013
Extending your contribution to healthcare practice (K236)	2	60	Nov 2013
Foundations for effective practice in youth justice (K115)	1	60	Oct 2013
Foundations for social work practice (KYJ113)	1	60	Jan 2014
Foundations for social work practice (KZW113)	1	60	Jan 2014
Health and illness (K213) NEW	2	60	Oct 2013
Infectious disease and public health (SK320)	3	30	Feb 2014
Introducing health sciences: a case study approach (SDK125)	1	30	Oct 2013
Introduction to sport, fitness and management (E112)	1	60	Oct 2013
Issues in research with children and young people (EK313) NEW	3	60	Feb 2014
Leadership and management in health and social care (K313) NEW	3	60	Oct 2013
Making your coaching certificate count (EXC224) NEW	2	30	Feb 2014
Making your exercise instruction certificate count (EXF224) NEW	2	30	Feb 2014
Managing care (K303)	3	60
Mentorship and assessment in health and social care settings (K320)	3	30	May 2013
Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice (K311)	3	60	Oct 2013
Research with children and young people (EK310)	3	60
Researching biology and health science (SXL390)	3	30	Feb 2014
Science and theory into practice: exercise instruction (EXF223)	2	90
Science and theory into practice: sports coaching (EXC223)	2	90
Signals and perception: the science of the senses (SD329)	3	30	Oct 2013
Social work with children, young people and families in Scotland (K229)	2	30	Oct 2013
Sport and conditioning science into practice (E217) NEW	2	60	Oct 2013
Sport and exercise psychology: a case study approach (E233)	2	30	Oct 2013
The early years: developing practice (E100)	1	60	Oct 2013
The law and social work in England and Wales (K270)	2	60	Feb 2014
The law and social work in Scotland (K207)	2	60	Feb 2014
The science of the mind: investigating mental health (SDK228)	2	30	Oct 2013
Understanding cancers (SK123)	1	15	Jan 2014
Understanding cardiovascular diseases (SK121)	1	15	Sep 2013
Understanding children and young people (Y176)	1	15	Jun 2013
Understanding health (Y178)	1	15	Jun 2013
Understanding human nutrition (SK183)	1	10
Understanding the autism spectrum (SK124)	1	15	Nov 2013
Working and learning in sport and fitness (E113)	1	60	Oct 2013
Working together for children (KE312)	3	60	Oct 2013
Working with children and young people in trouble (K116)	1	60	Oct 2013
Working with children, young people and families (K218)	2	60	Oct 2013
Working with young people: an introduction (E108) NEW	1	60	Oct 2013
Youth justice: theory, research and practice (K209)	2	60	Oct 2013
Youth: perspectives and practice (KE308)	3	60

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