BSc (Hons) Environmental Health

About your course The professionally-accredited BSc (Hons) Environmental Health at Liverpool John Moores University offers you extensive opportunities to secure hands-on experience through a wide range of field trips and our extensive links with environmental health professionals. Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), this course is your first step to becoming an Environmental Health Practitioner. It covers the five key areas of Environmental Health, enabling you to specialise in any of these areas after graduation. These areas are: housing food safety health and safety environmental protection health protection and promotion Located within the Public Health Institute at LJMU, the course benefits from extensive links with a range of organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors and provides a wealth of expertise at your fingertips. You will also be following in the footsteps of famous Liverpool practitioners, as both the first Medical Officer of Health (Dr Duncan) and the first Environmental Health Practitioner (Thomas Fresh) in the country were appointed in the city. The course includes the food practical examination (including an offsite two-day training course) and the Integrated Professional Assessment, key requirements for registration as an Environmental Health Practitioner. Along with taught sessions the course provides a range of field trips for students focusing on the key areas of environmental health. In the past these have focused on: Health and safety (Matalan) Food safety (Dairy Crest) Waste (Gillmoss Recycling Centre) The local Magistrates court Students preparing for their food practical exam have also visited the Liverpool fruit and vegetable market plus the Liverpool meat and fish market. The course focuses not just on extending your knowledge and skills in relation to Environmental Health but also on developing your graduate employability skills. All students in their first year of study will have an opportunity to engage with the Future Focus programme as an integral part of a core module of study.

Please choose your qualifications below to view requirements Grades/points required from qualifications: BBC (112) Work out how many UCAS points your qualifications are worth by visiting the UCAS Tariff Calculator. Home International Qualification requirements Show all sections A levels BBC (112) Minimum number of A Levels required: 2 Maximum AS UCAS points: 20 BTECs Extended Diploma: DMM Access awards Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications. Pass overall with a minimum of 112 points including relevant subjects. International Baccalaureate Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications from a relevant subject. T levels Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications. You need to obtain the required UCAS points from a related subject area. NVQ Overall pass at HNC or HND in any subject would be acceptable for entry into level 4. If the HND or HNC was in Environmental Health then direct entry into other levels may be possible (subject to RPL approval) Alternative qualifications considered GCSE Maths and English Language grade C or above. The ability to understand and make use of written material and communicate clearly and accurately in spoken and written English. This will take the evidential form of GCSE English Language at Grade C, or equivalent e.g.L2 Key Skills, L2 Functional Skills. Candidates without this qualification will be required to demonstrate competence in written English as part of assessment for admission. N.B. For students whose education has not been in English, evidence will be required of proficiency in English. Typically, applicants will need to have achieved: Band 6 in the IELTS (International English Language Testing Scheme) and/or TOEFL (Test of English as a foreign language) score of 580 or above (completed within 2 years of date of application to the BA). You must contact the Faculty Admissions Team to check equivalent qualifications prior to applying Further information Contextual Offers At LJMU, we are dedicated to widening participation in education. We understand that academic potential isn't always accurately represented by grades alone. Therefore, we consider additional information included in your application. If you meet certain eligibility criteria, we may make an offer lower than our typical entry requirements. International requirements Other international requirements Equivalent relevant qualifications and mature students will be considered on a case by case basis. IELTS score of 6 overall, within minimum of 5.5 in each component is required for any student for whom English is not their first language. Further information Find your country Please Note: All international qualifications are subject to a qualification equivalency check. How to apply Securing your place at LJMU UCAS is the official application route for our full-time undergraduate courses. Further information on the UCAS application process can be found here https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate-students/how-to-apply. We shortlist applicants based on current qualifications, predicted grades, references and personal statement. We are looking for applicants who are interested in creating a fairer and healthier world. We are also looking for applicants who are keen to learn new skills and develop those they already possess. We want applicants with the ability to: Communicate effectively and confidently Understand and discriminate between ideas and methods in the field of public health Evaluate new ideas and add them to their existing knowledge when they judge them to be sound Appraise knowledge and suggest possible solutions to a range of problems Take responsibility for organising and delivering their own work, for developing as an independent learner, and planning their own career pathways For deferral options please contact the Faculty Admissions Team on 0151 231 5829 or email health@ljmu.ac.uk

IELTS score of 6 overall, within minimum of 5.5 in each component is required for any student for whom English is not their first language

International students: £18,740 per year

UK students: £10,050 per year

UK/Home: £10,050 per year

International: £18,740 per year

September

Apply via UCAS

• Liverpool John Moores University, City Campus, Liverpool, United Kingdom