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Degree Programme Table: Nursing (BN) (UTNURSING01F)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Understanding the Person: Life Sciences and Nursing Care 1

Must be passed for professional purposes

NUST08019 40 credits
What is Health?: Society, Culture and Health 1

Must be passed for professional purposes

NUST08020 20 credits
What is Nursing?: Society, Culture and Health 1

Must be passed for professional purposes

NUST08021 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from School(s) A-W - Level(s) 7-8

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Counselling and Psychotherapy: Principles and Practices
CNST08001 20 credits
Trauma in Society
CNST08002 20 credits
British Sign Language Stage 1
LLLO07003 20 credits
British Sign Language Stage 2
LLLO07004 20 credits
Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society
SCIL08004 20 credits
Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles, Public Problems
SCIL08005 20 credits
Social Work: Making A Difference
SCWR08003 20 credits
From Research into Practice: Landmarks in Social Work Research
SCWR08005 20 credits
Working and Relating: Developing Your People Skills
SCWR08007 20 credits
Mapping Health and Illness Across Societies
SHSS08001 20 credits
Identity and Experience in Health
SHSS08002 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Health and Wellbeing
SHSS08004 20 credits
Language and Communication in Health and Society
SHSS08005 20 credits
Introduction to Disability Studies (Pre-Honours)
SHSS08006 20 credits
History of Science 1
STIS08005 20 credits
History of Western Medicine
STIS08009 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
For progression from Year 2 to Year 3 Honours, students must pass either NUST08023 at 50%, or have a combined average of 50% across NUST08022 & NUST08024.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Mind and Body: Life Sciences and Nursing Care 2

Must be passed for professional purposes

NUST08023 40 credits
Mental Health: Life Sciences and Nursing Care 2

Must be passed for professional purposes

NUST08022 20 credits
Healthy Communities: Society, Culture and Health 2

Must be passed for professional purposes

NUST08024 20 credits
Innovations in healthcare: Society, Culture and Health 2
NUST08025 20 credits
Evidence and Enquiry: Research
NUST08026 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Pathophysiology and nursing care: Life Sciences and Nursing Care 3

Must be passed for professional purposes

NUST10054 20 credits
Nursing people with complex needs: Life Sciences and Nursing Care 3

Must be passed for professional purposes

NUST10053 20 credits
Working with data to inform nursing, health and social care research: Research
NUST10056 20 credits

Course options

Courses from School of Health in Social Science- Bachelor of Nursing with Honours- Level 10 (Year 3)

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that not all options are available every year and information about options will be made available for students entering the Honours year courses to facilitate advance planning.

Students are encouraged to balance their workload across semesters. Students are encouraged to take no more than 60 credits each semester. Students should speak to the Programme Team if they want to deviate from this.
Community Nursing
NUST10002 20 credits
Caring and Emotional Work
NUST10005 20 credits
Issues and Developments in the Management of Pain
NUST10008 20 credits
Cancer Care
NUST10022 20 credits
Transplantation Nursing
NUST10030 20 credits
Care of older people: relating theory and policy to practice
NUST10033 20 credits
Critical Care Nursing
NUST10036 20 credits
Critical Appraisal of Practice
NUST10044 20 credits
Global Public Health: Principles and Practice of Health Improvement
NUST10045 20 credits
Movement, Activity and Participation
NUST10046 20 credits
Contemporary issues in mental health: engaging through the arts, humanities and social science
NUST10050 20 credits
Homeless and Inclusion Health: Global Challenges; Local Perspectives
NUST10051 20 credits
Culture and healthcare in the UK and International context: Society, Culture and Health 3
NUST10055 20 credits
Person Centered Care in Practice: Relationships and Emotion
NUST10060 20 credits
Ethical Values and Challenges in Care
SHSS10003 20 credits
Psychological Perspectives on Health and Care
SHSS10005 20 credits
Health, bodies and embodiment
SHSS10009 20 credits
Nature, Greenspace and Health
SHSS10010 20 credits
Drug Policy and the Public Good
SHSS10011 20 credits
Introduction to Disability Studies
SHSS10012 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation: Research (Bachelor of Nursing with Honours)
NUST10059 40 credits
Clinical Decision Making: Life Sciences and Nursing Care 4

Must be passed for professional purposes

NUST10057 20 credits
Professionalism: Leading and managing in health and social care: Society, Culture and Health 4

Must be passed for professional purposes

NUST10058 20 credits

Course options

Courses from School of Health in Social Science- Bachelor of Nursing with Honours- Level 10 (Year 4)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that not all options are available every year and information about options will be made available for students entering the Honours year courses to facilitate advance planning.

Students are encouraged to balance their workload across semesters. Students are encouraged to take no more than 60 credits each semester. Students should speak to the Programme Team if they want to deviate from this.
Community Nursing
NUST10002 20 credits
Caring and Emotional Work
NUST10005 20 credits
Issues and Developments in the Management of Pain
NUST10008 20 credits
Cancer Care
NUST10022 20 credits
Transplantation Nursing
NUST10030 20 credits
Care of older people: relating theory and policy to practice
NUST10033 20 credits
Critical Care Nursing
NUST10036 20 credits
Critical Appraisal of Practice
NUST10044 20 credits
Global Public Health: Principles and Practice of Health Improvement
NUST10045 20 credits
Movement, Activity and Participation
NUST10046 20 credits
Contemporary issues in mental health: engaging through the arts, humanities and social science
NUST10050 20 credits
Homeless and Inclusion Health: Global Challenges; Local Perspectives
NUST10051 20 credits
Person Centered Care in Practice: Relationships and Emotion
NUST10060 20 credits
Ethical Values and Challenges in Care
SHSS10003 20 credits
Psychological Perspectives on Health and Care
SHSS10005 20 credits
Health, bodies and embodiment
SHSS10009 20 credits
Nature, Greenspace and Health
SHSS10010 20 credits
Drug Policy and the Public Good
SHSS10011 20 credits
Introduction to Disability Studies
SHSS10012 20 credits
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