Applied Science - Fast Track to Degree

Entry Requirements

4 or more GCSEs at 4/C or above are advised, although personal experience is also credited. All applicants should have an interview to discuss their suitability for the course.

Qualification Obtained

Industry Placement and Field Trips

There are no placements or field trips planned as part of this course.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Teaching and learning differs for each modules, with practical units culminating in a product creation assignment.

Initially, we will support you by way of demonstrations and walkthroughs; as you progress through the course, we will encourage you to work on your own initiative and in groups.

Teaching is delivered by subject specialists, who draw from a vast amount of industry experience to support you in developing the skills needed in your future career. You will also have access to cutting-edge facilities and resources throughout your course.

Expert Tutors

All staff involved in the delivery of adult education courses within the College are approved to teach the subjects and modules they deliver. The approval process ensures that staff delivering a given programme are appropriately qualified and where appropriate, possess relevant technical and industrial experience and professional practice.

Assessment Methods

The new qualification structure of this programme is a mixture of exams and coursework. Our students always perform will in both of these areas and the examination results have been excellent. The inclusion of exams provides a well-recognised bench mark of external assessment that further validates our graduates with employers and higher education institutions. Modules are:

• Principles and Applications of Science (examined, 3x 40 minute exams biology/chemistry/physics)
• Practical Scientific Procedures and Techniques (coursework)
• Science Investigation Skills (examined, 1 practical, 1 written)
• Applications of Inorganic Chemistry (coursework)

As well as this, we are providing a significant number of practical experiments for you to carry out. These will include titrations, purity analysis, chromatography, spectrophotometry and many more. You are encouraged to make records of the experiments that you will carry out on this programme as part of a portfolio.

Other Costs and Equipment Needed

All equipment needed will be provided by B&FC at no additional cost.

Tuition Fees

Read our page on Fees and Finance for Adult Learners for more information.

Regulation and Accreditation

Accrediting Institution: N/A

Awarding Body: Pearson

Terms and Conditions

Read our full terms and conditions for more information

Career Options and Progression

This section is really important, so we suggest that you get in touch and speak to us directly via phone or email and we can discuss your application individually. Every student on this programme will have different directions in mind.

Our science degrees in Human Bioscience and Marine Biology are ideal progression routes after this course, with our students doing very well in these areas historically. Students who have studied this programme previously have gone on to our degrees and are now in fully fledged science careers as a result.

Also, students can use this qualification as a stepping stone to go in to other fields, such as nursing, physicians' associate programmes, radiology and so on.