FdSc Youth, Social and Community Studies

Year 1

Core modules

• Professional Skills & Digital Literacy (TRUR1226)

  In accordance with current digital strategies and frameworks, this module builds the core professional, academic and digital skills required of students embarking on undergraduate studies and work-based learning. Focusing on the relationship between academic and critical thinking skills, personal and professional development, digital well-being and online identity and inclusivity and digital literacy.

• Understanding Communities and Society (TRUR1227)

  This module provides the foundations of social theory and understanding in the construction and dynamics of communities, and society. The module highlights how culture, beliefs, social, political and economic factors affect people through life courses and the communities in which they live.

• Working in Partnership to Support the Foundations of Mental Health (TRUR1228)

  This module offers an introduction to the knowledge necessary for people to work effectively with individuals and other practitioners to support the foundations of positive mental health. It examines the main classifications of mental illness and the organisations which deal with mental health care. The module evaluates models of mental health informing mental health practice.

• Introducing Issues in Social Policy (TRUR1229)

  This module provides students with an introduction to the development of social policy in Britain, investigating a range of social and political issues relating to social welfare. Students will develop a fundamental understanding of social policy, and how theory in relation to these policies translates into policy formation and service delivery.

• Developmental Perspectives and Youth (TRUR1230)

  This module provides a framework to explore the personal and social aspects of human development, examining continuity and change through the lens of youth. This cross-disciplinary module considers aspects of physical, mental, social and emotional development. This will include physical health, exercise, social and emotional development.

• Professional Practice (Work Placement) (TRUR1231)

  This module focuses on work-placement within a social, community, youth or associated context, linking theory and practice. The principles of professional engagement and the application of codes of practice in the workplace are central to this module. The module provides an opportunity for students to evidence their personal development, professional skills and knowledge of professional practice.

Final year

Core modules

• Applied Research Practice in the Community (TRUR2220)

  This module develops an understanding of research methods to enable you, as students and practitioners to undertake a small-scale research project within your practice context. It introduces research methods and methodologies and requires students to undertake a piece of primary research on a topic of their choice.

• Developing Wellbeing in the Community (TRUR2221)

  This module critically analyses the theory and practice of how supporting health and wellbeing transitions can be built into practice. This module explores differing ideological perceptions in relation to the concept of community then, through these theoretical insights, examines the key practical imperatives within community work management and practice.

• Leadership in Youth, Social and Community Organisations (TRUR2222)

  This module develops an understanding of theories of leadership, and the organisation of professional practice. Students will develop key skills and understanding of youth, social and community organisations, and will have the opportunity to explore emergent theory and practical factors such as mentoring arrangements, group structures, staff development and the leadership of change.

• Contemporary Social Problems & Social Policy (TRUR2223)

  This module extends key contexts and practices of social policy, focusing on how and why specific social issues, such as poverty, youth unemployment and environmental justice, become identified as ‘social problems’ and the evaluation of contemporary social policy. Theoretical notions of inequality, conflict and power are explored, unpacking the links between contemporary theory and social policy.

• Culture and Identity in a Knowledge Economy (TRUR2224)

  This module examines the evolving nature of culture and identity, work and employment as knowledge economies move into the fourth industrial revolution. Focusing on the relationship between personal and collective identities and how people’s experiences of these are represented, contested and resisted, students investigate the opportunities and challenges of living in a knowledge economy.

• Critical Professional Practice (Work Placement) (TRUR2225)

  This module provides students an opportunity to use and develop practice skills, analysing their own practice in relation to workplace strategies centred around empowerment, equality, anti-discriminatory practice, and informal learning. Students are expected to critically reflect on their learning and identify areas for further developing professional practice.