BScHealthcare Science (Audiology)
| Study location | United Kingdom, Southampton |
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| Type | Bachelor courses, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 3 years |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | BSc |
| Course code | B610 |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) At least one of your exams must be a Science related subject, i.e. Mathematics, Psychology, Physics, Chemistry or Biolog The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Upload documents in original language and translations. You must take verified copies of the entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. |
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| Language requirements | English IELTS: 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each band) |
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| Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application. |
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Overview
Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.
Programme structure
In Year 1, you will get a grounding in healthcare science generally. You will learn about sensory and brain biology, waves (sound), the technology involved in diagnostic tests, perception, disease and health psychology. You will also learn about specific techniques for evaluating hearing (and other senses) and brain processing, and how we help people improve the quality of their lives (e.g. hearing technology, rehabilitation). You will start to develop your practical skills in conducting various clinical techniques, your detective skills for figuring out the cause of the symptoms and your communication skills, for example working with a hearing-impaired person to work out a rehabilitation plan.
In Year 2, you will focus more on specific aspects of audiology, including more complex aspects of hearing and balance testing and rehab, state-of-the-art digital technology and broader elements of patient care. You will also learn about research, public health issues and how healthcare is delivered in the NHS and beyond.
During the summer of Year 2 and the second semester of Year 3, you will apply the skills and knowledge you have gained in a clinical placement. You’ll be working in an audiology service, and contributing to the service. The clinical placements, totalling seven months, are based at our placement centres in the South and South East of England, and Jersey.
During the second semester of Year 3, you will continue to apply the skills and knowledge you have gained in your second clinical placement.
You will also conduct an individual research project, supervised by one of our researchers, which leads to a dissertation. Research projects at ISVR are distinctive in their duration and their depth, with many projects generating publications in scientific journals. The projects give you a great opportunity to sink your teeth into a research area. You will either suggest your own projects or select a general topic from a suggested list, which you refine over the first couple of months. The projects are usually experimental, where data are collected from human subjects, and in all cases are intended to make a meaningful contribution to science.
Career opportunities
Career prospects for ISVR graduates are excellent, and demand is high. Over the past 5 years, near 100% of final year Audiology students received offers for jobs or further study.
Most BSc Audiology graduates have pursued careers in NHS audiology services around the UK. Note that geographical flexibility is important because most towns have one audiology service. Graduates have also progressed to further study, such as MSc in Audiology, PhDs at the ISVR and at universities (including Oxford and Cambridge), post-graduate training in other healthcare fields (including medical physics) and fast-track degrees in medicine.
Since 1972, ISVR graduates have gone on to make some of the most important and innovative contributions to audiology and healthcare, both nationally and internationally.
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