Biomedical Science FdSc: Course features
What this course offers you
- This part-time foundation degree has been created to help develop your career opportunities if you have the right abilities and work:
- as an assistant/technician in an NHS, private hospital or sub-contractor lab; and
- in a microbiology, haematology, chemical pathology, genetics, histopathology or cytology field.
- It has been designed by a unique partnership of NHS employers and higher education establishments to create a qualification that is relevant to the healthcare science workplace.
- The programme is delivered online by St George's, University of London and is divided into 16 modules.
- Modules typically last for eight to 10 weeks and are run at set times. They normally start with a face-to-face day and you then take part in online activities, which are structured over the period of the module.
- The programme starts with a preparatory module, which:
- introduces you to distance learning; and
- equips you with the academic and ICT skills you need to be successful in your studies.
- The whole programme, including a Return to Study module, is designed to be studied at a manageable rate, over a four-year period.
- Participants are expected to study for an average of 12-14 hours a week. Employers are encouraged to allow learners the equivalent of a half-day a week for study to support this.
- Distance-based e-learning is the main delivery method. This relates directly to the work-based learning element of the course.
- Structured but flexible learning approaches are used, where you work on set tasks either in groups and individually. This can be in online or face-to-face learning situations.
- For more information about the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, visit www.healthcare.ac.uk.
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