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Course Description
NCC Home Learning are delighted to be able to offer students the opportunity to enrol onto the Access to HE Diploma and will be offering course titles in our particular area of expertise - Health and Social Care. Students are required to choose a combination of subjects including 1 Level 2 course and 2 Level 3 courses to suit their area of interest and study at home at their own pace. The course by its very nature will be challenging but there will be plenty of support by experienced tutors to ensure students achieve.
Students will also be required to complete a mandatory HE Toolkit and mandatory Study Techniques in order to complete the Diploma.
CREDIT VALUE 21 CREDITS contributing to the Access to HE Diploma pathway - Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
RATIONALE
The Access to HE Diploma is aimed at anyone who would like to progress to University but does not have the relevant qualifications to enter. Usually these are people who have had a break in education and would like to return and achieve a qualification.
The purpose of this subject syllabus is to provide such learners, with an opportunity to study the principles and applications of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders at Level 3 with sufficient focus and detail to develop the transferable skills, knowledge and understanding necessary for progression towards related programmes at a higher level and /or Higher Education.
The award of an Ascentis Access to HE Diploma is subject to satisfactory completion of all the requirements set out in the rules of combination for the named Access to HE Diploma. Satisfactory completion of this subject results in the award of 21 credits at Level 3 of the Access to HE Diploma.
Although each unit may be undertaken, and must be assessed independently, it is a key requirement of the subject that the full set of three units attached to the syllabus need to be completed.
The award of an Ascentis Access to HE Diploma is subject to satisfactory completion of all the requirements set out in the rules of combination for the named Access to HE Diploma.
TARGET GROUP
Access to HE courses should be targeted at those learners who have the ability to benefit from the course and progress to HE but who have previously not had the opportunity to do so and have few, if any, prior qualifications. This particular syllabus is designed for such learners with a particular interest in Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) who wish to progress to higher levels of learning in a similar or related area.
INTENDED PROGRESSION
This Level 3 subject is included in the following Full QAA Access to HE Diploma Pathways:
- Health and Social Care Professions.
AIMS
- To provide opportunities to develop academic skills in Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders appropriate for a range of related progression options.
- To develop an advanced knowledge and understanding of the subject area.
- To encourage the learner to apply terms and concepts appropriately.
- To enable the learner to apply a range of transferable skills to subject related topics and issues.
- To facilitate the development of a range of presentation skills appropriate to the discipline and level.
OBJECTIVES
- To encourage directed and independent learning / key skills in an effective, academic context for purposes of personal development and progression.
- To develop a mature appreciation of the value and problems of interpretation of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
- To build on understanding of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
- To encourage learners to apply their experience and skills to a range of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders topics.
- To introduce learners to a range of transferable explanatory and evaluative skills in Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
- To advance the development of presentation skills appropriate to the discipline and level.
Previous Knowledge Required
The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course. This course is openly available to anyone wishing to progress in to Higher Education and do not have the relevant credits in order to do so.
Support
The course by its very nature will be challenging but there will be plenty of support by experienced tutors to ensure students achieve.
Assessment
This Level 3 Subject is made up of a set of three units, which may be delivered and assessed independently. Units 1, 2 and 3 are assessed by coursework activities. Each of these three units draws on content material specific to each unit to demonstrate discipline-based transferable academic skills and knowledge. The Level 3 subject requires successful completion of all three units. This allows learners to complete units at a pace appropriate to their resources, commitments and learning plans.
Credit is awarded for the successful completion of each unit. All the learning outcomes and assessment criteria attached to each unit must be met in order for credit to be awarded. The units are awarded credits at Level 3 on a basis of 3, 12, and 6 credits respectively.
Assessment of Units 1 and 2 are carried out via the Assessment Workbook provided with the course.
Assessment of Unit 3 is carried out by an Independent Project of 2000 words in length.
Modules
- Unit 1 Foundations in Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Module 1 The History of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Unit 2 Theories and Perspectives in Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Module 2 Taking Responsibility for the Unborn Child
- Module 3 Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Screening
- Module 4 Children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Module 5 Behavioural Phenotypes of FASD
- Module 6 Growing up with FASD
- Unit 3 Topics and Themes in Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Awarding Body
Ascentis is a Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA) approved national awarding body that designs user-friendly qualifications and supports these with the highest possible standard of customer service. Ascentis is therefore able to offer a comprehensive ladder of opportunities to centres and their learners, starting at Pre-Entry programmes and progressing to QAA-recognised Access to HE qualifications or professional Further Education Teaching Certificates.
