BTEC Diploma in Health and Social Care consists of eight mandatory units and some optional units thats combines to give a total of 120 credits. This course is designed to provide you with a specialist work-related qualification, It is perfectly suited to anyone interested in entering nursing or any of the paramedical occupations. It develops the skills, knowledge and understanding required to enable progression to qualifications along the vertical and horizontal planes in the National Qualifications Framework.
This course offers candidates the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and understanding that will prepare them for entry into employment at trainee level within a wide range of health, social care and early years care and education environments.
It gives students a broad educational base for employment in the field of health & social care and higher education. The course can help students to progress to further studies, for example a Degree, a Diploma course, Teacher Training or nursing.
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Fee EU/Local Students €1,850 Exam fee: €20 /module Minimum of 120 credits |
Easy Pay Option: €500 deposit €55/ week for 45 weeks |
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| Duration: | 12 Months |
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| Start Dates: | January/February | September/October | ||
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Degrees in Allied Health Professionals and related disciplines.
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This course is ideal if you:
Units to cover
Semester 1
Semester 2
Unit Assessment
Assessment takes the form of written assignments, observations, in-class tests, verbal assessment and projects
To gain the unit learners must achieve, as a minimum, the Pass grade; the Pass grade is in effect the gaining of the credit for the unit, and this contributes to the overall qualification grade. All units must be passes within the rules of combination to achieve the overall qualification.
The table below shows the number of points scored per credit at the unit level and grade
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| Pass | Merit | Distinction | |
| 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Learners who achieve the correct number of points within the ranges shown in the 'qualification grade' tables below will achieve the qualification Pass, Merit, Distinction or Distinction* grades (or combinations of these grades appropriate to the qualification).
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