The School's range of undergraduate courses is delivered within the Faculty's modular degree scheme, which emphasises interdisciplinarity and gives students considerable subject choice within an integrated course framework. Several course fields can be combined in joint awards with subjects offered elsewhere within the Faculty and University, creating opportunities for innovative and interesting study programmes. Psychology is also offered as a half-degree. The Psychology Pathway is run in conjunction with the Faculty of Science, Computing and Engineering. A stand-alone Diploma in Community Nursing is offered to prepare nurses in undertaking the Specialist practitioner Programme.
All programmes cover policy, practice and theoretical issues.
Health Studies explores sociological approaches to health and illness and examines the social, political and economic context in which health and social services operate. It is designed for those who wish to take advantage of the new career structures in the NHS, voluntary and private sectors. Programmes in Health Policy, Health Studies and Psychology can be taken as half degrees in joint honours programmes across the Faculty and University, offering students the opportunity to study fields such as Health Studies and Philosophy, Psychology and Education. This one year full time MA is taught at the Hogeschool, Maastricht by a teaching team drawn from the School of Community Health, Psychology and Social Work in collaboration with the School of Social Sciences and partners from our Erasmus network. The course is designed to deepen students' understandings of European institutions, policies and frameworks for studying comparative issues in the field of social professions.