Access to Higher Education: Social Science (19+) including a four week introductory course — Full-time

This course is perfect if you are aged 19+ and interested in exploring human behaviour. Whilst studying you will be exploring explanations behind mental health, offending behaviour, and assessment of social changes in relation to behaviour.

You’ll learn a broad range of skills and knowledge across the social sciences with psychology, criminology and sociology with unit including:

• Psychopathologies
• Treatment and Therapies
• Forensic Psychology: Offender Profiling
• Criminology: Past and Present
• Victimology
• Sociology of the Family
• Sociology of Crime and Deviance

A focus of the course will be on developing your academic skills in preparation for university, improving written ability, critical thinking, researching and verbal communication.

As part of the course, you will work with your tutor who will support you with your university application and monitor your progression on the course.

The Introduction to Access course will focus on developing study skills such as academic writing, researching, paraphrasing and referencing to help you to progress onto the Access course. There will be a focus on developing IT skills necessary to access and use the college systems and to complete assignments. You will be introduced to the subjects that you will study on the Access course, so that you can make an informed decision at the end of the four weeks on which Access course is the correct course for your future plans. Progression onto the Access course is subject to successful completion of the four-week introductory course.