COURSE: BACHELORS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE (NURSING)

The B.Soc.Sc. degree is a four-year integrated programme which, with the cooperation of a number of service departments and health care institutions, enables the student to register as a nurse (general, psychiatric and community health) and midwife at the South African Nursing Council (SANC).

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 4 years fulltime

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Nursing


• Nursing practical


• Psychology


• Sociology


• Chemistry


• Microbiology


• Anatomy and physiology theory


• Anatomy and physiology practical


• Computer literacy

Second year subjects:

• Nursing


• Nursing practical


• Pharmacology


• Sociology


• Anatomy and physiology theory


• Anatomy and physiology practical

Third year subjects:

• Nursing


• Nursing practical


• Psychology


• Health care dynamics


• Medical physics


• Research

Fourth year subjects:

• Midwifery


• Psychiatric nursing


• Midwifery practical


• Psychiatric theory


• Psychiatric nursing practical

Careers: nurse.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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