2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BSc Addiction Studies

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements

- 5 GCSE's at grade C or above to include maths, English and a science
PLUS
- 2 A levels
OR
- Equivalent BTEC National Certificate or Diploma
OR
- NVQ Level 3 equivalent
- Access to Higher Education level 3 credits

Consideration will be given to other appropriate qualifications commensurate with A2 level study.

To ensure that education opportunities are accessible to all sectors of society, consideration will be given to applicants with a wide range of educational backgrounds for entry onto the programme.

English requirements for candidates for whom English is not their first language:
- GCSE English Language grade C or above
- IELTS: 7.0 overall with not less than 6.5 in every skill
- TOEFL: 600 (paper based) with not less than 5.0 in “test of written English”
- TOEFL iBT: 100 with minimum scores of 22 in listening, 24 in reading, 24 in speaking and 25 in writing

Additional Requirements:

The candidate must show on application (personal statement) or at interview, the following:

- Two satisfactory references
- Satisfactory outcome of an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service
- Commitment to a career in addiction
- Evidence of current practice (on an employed or substantial volunteer basis) in the addiction field, with signed support of manager
- Availability of workplace based practice mentor
- Satisfactory workplace audit (form provided) for assessing suitability and availability of service users for skills development and implementation
- Current eligibility for NHS funding or the means to self-fund or employer fund

Advanced standing

Subject to approval by the Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Medicine, Classified Undergraduate Examiners Board

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

See: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/assuring-standards-and-quality/the-quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements

None specific to this programme

Programme specification:

Programme Aims
On successful completion of this programme students will be equipped to perform a specialist role in the substance misuse field.

They will be able to:
1. demonstrate a detailed understanding of the use of substances, theories of dependence and the consequences of substance misuse
2. evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of a number of treatment modalities for substance use
3. justify research strategies used to investigate treatment and policy outcomes
4. enhance clinical skills relevant to specific interventions in the addiction field
5. reflect in depth on the links between practice and theory
6. select and implement a research strategy applicable to the addiction field.

The programme will give students an opportunity to apply theory and research in competence assessed practice. It includes a blend of distance learning and face to face taught modules affording students who are employed and may have family commitments a greater flexibility in their learning schedules both in and away from the workplace.

This programme is unique as a part time undergraduate programme in the UK recruiting students who are mainly already employed in the field of addiction. It is further unique in being able to assess competence by direct observation of practice, when the practice is workplace based and its assessment occurs in the academic setting.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Certificate of Higher Education Addiction Studies

Compulsory modules:

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Diploma of Higher Education Addiction Studies

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Honours Degree

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Last updated: 31/10/2016

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