Hearing Sciences (Top-Up)
Convert your foundation degree to a full BSc (Hons) in Hearing Sciences in just one year, with our distance learning course.
Study through a blend of online learning and residential sessions. You'll learn about:
- tinnitus assessment and management
- managing people with specialist needs
- implantable hearing devices
- hearing in children
- advances in adult audiology.
For online learning, you'll use our virtual learning environment. There are also seven three-or-four-day residential weeks between September and April. We'll confirm dates as soon as we can, so that you can plan around your work and book accommodation.
You'll be joined by your fellow students in residential sessions, and take part in practical assignments using the latest hardware from Siemens, GN Resound and Interacoustics.
Find out more on our distance learning website.
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Earn a full degree in just one year.
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Study through a mix of online learning and practical residentials.
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Explore your interests by completing a research project on a topic of your choice.
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Enhance your skills and boost your career options, with our professionally accredited course.
Study at an award-winning university
We were named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023. We've also been awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework – a reflection of the outstanding education we offer our students.
Careers
Enhance your skills and boost your career options with our Top-Up course.
Whether you're already working as an audiologist, or interested in this area, you'll broaden your knowledge of hearing science (rehabilitative and diagnostic).
There's also the option to continue your studies, for example with a postgraduate research degree.
Please note that this course doesn't currently provide a direct route to the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP). However, you can pursue an alternative pathway to registration.
Teaching and modules
Learn more about working with adults, children and people with specialist needs.
Over the course of a year, you'll explore common hearing disorders, hearing loss, diagnosis and rehabilitation, implantable devices, and the assessment and management of tinnitus.
You'll also complete a piece of research and/or product development work, focused on a topic of your choice.
Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.
- Tinnitus Assessment and Management
- Managing People with Specialist Needs
- Implantable Hearing Devices
- Hearing in Children
- Advances in Adult Audiology
- Undergraduate Major Project (30 credits)