All of the modules on this course are compulsory and worth either 20, 30 or 40 credits. Successful completion of all of the modules in the first year is worth 120 credits at Level 4 and equivalent to a Certificate of Higher Education. Successful completion of the second year is worth 120 credits at Level 5 and equivalent to a Diploma of Higher Education. Completing all three years of student (on a full-time basis) will lead to the award of a BSc degree.

Full-time year 1:

• Environmental Health Law (30 credits)
• Environmental Impact (30 credits)
• Introduction to Professional Practice (30 credits)
• Principles of Public Health (30 credits)

Full-time year 2:

• Environmental Protection (30 credits)
• Food Control (30 credits)
• Health, Safety and Risk (30 credits)
• Housing and the Built Environment (30 credits)

Full-time year 3:

• Environmental Health Project (40 credits)
• Professional Practice (20 credits)
• Public Health in Action (30 credits)
• Risk Management Systems (30 credits)

This course is taught via a combination of lectures, seminars, skills practice, presentations, fieldwork, case studies and group workshops. UCW’s Higher Education Library Plus (HE.LP) team also deliver a series of sessions on degree-level research and academic writing to all first-year students. When not in scheduled lecturers and seminars, students are expected to continue learning through independent self-study. This involves reading relevant literature, working on individual and group projects, and undertaking research in preparation for coursework and exams.

This course has an average of 13.5 hours of scheduled teaching per week. This course also has a work placement element totalling 100 hours.

At UCW, we also understand that some students benefit from more contact time with lecturers than is the norm at a traditional university, so we do all we can to make sure academic staff are available for their students when they are needed.

Assessment is varied and includes written reports, essays, laboratory reports, research projects, interviews, presentations, field work reports, health campaigns, examinations.

• Graduates are well placed to secure rewarding jobs to work towards the status of Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner, or to progress to postgraduate study.
• UCW Public and Environmental Health graduates have progressed to public and private sector environmental health roles in the South West and also as far afield as Gibraltar and New Zealand, and for great organisations including NSF International, Argent Risk Management Systems, Goldman Sachs, MSNBC Universal and more.

A minimum of CC at A Level, or a BTEC Extended Diploma at MPP, or a T Level Pass, or an Access to Higher Education Diploma with 15 Level 3 credits at Merit, or equivalent, preferably in a related area, in addition to Level 2 English and Maths at 4/C or above.

Applicants with a level 5 qualification such as HND, Foundation Degree, or equivalent can be considered for 3rd year entry. Please contact admissions@ucw.ac.uk to discuss your application further.

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