The course modules will offer you the chance to study a wide range of dynamic topics exploring historic and current events that will help you to develop skills in critical thinking, close reading, evidence-based research and analysis, and academic referencing.

Modules will include:

• Psychology
• English Language Studies
• English Literature
• Social Policy and Welfare
• The Sociology of Crime and Deviance
• Information Technology
• Mathematics
• Personal Development and Learning Skills

This one-year course is taught over 34 weeks, September – June. 

Daytime pathway: 2 days per week. Days and timetable will be discussed on enrolment. Evening pathway: 2 evenings per week, 17:00 – 21:00.

Days and timetable will be discussed on enrolment.

You will study 12 hours per week in timetabled lessons. This will include sessions for academic support in English and maths skills, as well as 1:1 support with your tutors.

Up to 15 hours of independent study outside of your timetables lessons is expected for you to maintain progress throughout the course.

You will be assessed on a continuous basis, both formally and informally throughout the course.
Assessment methods will be flexible and creative and will echo those used in higher education. You will complete work in forms ranging from written essays and reports, creative research documents and short presentations.

This qualification will provide you with a range of transferable skills so that you can progress into many different HE areas.

Past students have progressed onto our foundation degrees in Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, Early Childhood Practice, Social and Public Sector Studies and Youth, Childhood and Community Studies and then have then progressed to complete a relevant top-up degree offered at Middlesbrough College.

Successful completion of the course qualifies you to apply for a place at a university in the UK.
Our students completing this diploma typically successfully progress onto well recognised professional training in teaching or social work and to undergraduate programmes in the social sciences and humanities, such as:

• Psychology
• Counselling
• Social Work
• Youth Studies
• Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Professional Policing
• Sociology
• Politics and Social Policy
• Business Studies English Literature
• English Language and Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• Journalism and Media
• Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Film and Cinema
• History
• Foreign Language Studies
• Philosophy and Ethics
• Education and Teaching

As part of the course, you will be supported by your tutors and our Careers team in the first term to complete your UCAS application for your next steps in university study.

See our blog: What can I do with an Access to Humanities & Social Sciences qualification?

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£3,022

Tuition fees are free if you are a UK or home- fee status student and aged 16-18 on the 31st August before the start of your course. 

If you are aged 19 or over, you may be required to pay fees depending on your residency status, educational background and personal circumstances. 

Level 3 Entitlement: If you are aged 19 - 23 on the start date of the course and this is your first full Level 3 qualification the course is free. For more information please contact Course Information on 01642 333333. Advanced Learner Loan: If you are aged 19-23 and this is not your first full Level 3 qualification or you are aged 24 or over on the start date of the course, you will have to pay fees. However, you may qualify for an Advanced Learner Loan. You can apply for an Advanced Learning Loan from Student Finance England (SFE) to fund all or part of the fee. For information on Advanced Learning Loans go to www.gov.uk/advanced-learning-loans/. 

The Advanced Learner Loan will not be repayable by students who progress into Higher Education and complete their degree.

Please note any fee shown excludes any additional costs to learners for any necessary equipment, materials, uniforms or any visit/residential that learners are required to participate in.

You can apply online by clicking on the apply button at the top of this website page. Once we have received and processed your Application Form we will be in touch. If you have any questions about the status of your application please contact the Admissions Department on (01642) 333601. For general enquiries about courses, please contact Course Information on (01642) 333700 or e-mail courseinfo@mbro.ac.uk

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