Skip to content

Undergraduate

Social Care

On this page

Image to illustrate studying Social Care at the Open University

If you’re involved in caring for others, whether personally or professionally, you’ll find our courses of interest. Care services are integrated into a broader set of health and social care services, and all our courses address that wider context.

Our Level 1 and some of our Level 2 courses introduce you to key questions on how essential support and care can be provided in a large and complex society. They look at the intense political debates over the future of our health and social care services. You’ll explore the skills of care work in a wide range of contexts and extend your own skills. Other Level 2 courses have a more detailed focus on mental health and the experiences of service users, as well as the different forms of help that are offered.

We have Level 3 courses that explore the changing world of management in health and social care and can help you to develop your own management competences. Or you may want to develop your understanding of communication and relationships and look at the ways in which these are shaped in health and social care.

Degrees

  • Health and Social Care
    This degree covers a broad range of topics relevant to employment in the health and social care sectors.
  • Open degree
    The BA/BSc Open Degree is a qualification that gives you a huge choice in terms of subjects and modules that you study to make up your degree.

Certificates

Courses in Social Care

See the list of all our individual courses in Social Care.

Postgraduate options

If you already have a degree, you may want to see postgraduate courses and qualifications in Health and Social Care.

Are you already an OU student ? Go to StudentHome for your personal prospectus information.

An undergraduate subject in Health and Social Care

Spotlight on Social Care

Working in the Substance Misuse field?

If you are working or volunteering in the Alcohol and Substance Misuse sector, look at our range of FDAP accredited vocational qualifications offered by The Open University VQ Assessment Centre.

 

Your questions

We may have already answered it in our frequently asked questions.

Or contact an adviser in our Student Registration & Enquiry Service Email or call +44(0) 845 300 60 90 +44(0) 845 366 60 35

Employers' questions

Contact Corporate Enquiries
Visit our website for employers or Email us


Get a prospectus

Download or
order