BSc Health and Society Presentation

BSc Health and Society at

School of Nursing & Human Sciences

• Postgraduate programmes in research, psychotherapy, and nursing practice

• Undergraduate programmes:• Homelessness• Nursing• Psychology• Health & Society

BSc Health & Society

•A three-year degree

•From the cellular to the global levels

•Health issues as live and controversial

•Argument is valued

•Theme of health action

Health action

• Understanding action on health

• Developing health strengths

• Engagement with community agencies

• Health campaigning

• Health action project

Modules: Year One

• Perspectives on health• Becoming a university

student• Understanding the

human body 1 & 2• Food, nutrition & health• Scarcity and health

• Reading health research• Growing older • Drugs in society• Critical thinking &

health• Marginalisation &

health

Modules: Year Two

• Campaigning for health• Storying lives• Building human

capabilities• Society, health & illness• Technology and the

person

• Doing health research• Epidemiology • Sexuality & society• Human genetics & cell

biology• Culture, health & illness

Modules: Year Three

• Biological basis of disease

• Bioethics and health• Comparative health

systems• Pursuing human

happiness

• Challenging global health problems

• Understanding infection & immunity

• Violence and abuse in society

• Discourse, representation & health

• Inquiring into health action

Possible futures

• Speech & language therapy

• Occupational therapy

• Global health

• Health promotion

• Non-statutory agencies

• Medicine

• Nursing

• Psychotherapy

• Community & overseas development

• Research

Life at DCU• Clubs and Societies• Students’ Union• Learning Support• Uaneen• Disability Service• Student Advice• Library• Sports facilities

Getting HereGetting here, either by public transport or under your own steam, is easy; we’re close to the M50 and M1 motorways and serviced by bus routes from all parts of the city.

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