Personalise your degree
Find out how our flexible course structures provide you with an opportunity to personalise your studies, feed your curiosity, and help you achieve your career aspirations
Make your degree your own
Many of our degrees have a wide range of optional modules that allow you to follow your interests and play to your strengths.
For some of our courses, we offer a unique structure that allows you to study and combine topics that are important to you.
Study a combination of subject areas
If you choose to study two modules from the same subject area (outside your core degree), you will be able to add this second subject area to your final degree certificate:
BA/BSc (Hons) [core degree] with [second subject area]
Add a history component to your study of anthropology, or mix things up and express yourself through creative writing – the possibilities are almost endless.
Why personalise your degree?
- Dive deeper into your subject
Choose to take optional modules within the structure of your course which fit your academic interests as they emerge. - Branch out and explore new subject areas
Take optional modules taught across completely different degrees. - Play to your strengths
Hone your talents and study the subject areas that suit your academic interests and strengths. - Gain additional skills employers value
A cross-disciplinary degree can evidence your willingness to learn and could broaden your future career opportunities. - Experiential opportunities
Branching out can provide you with diverse and rewarding experiences.
How it works...
1. Choose your core degree
- BA (Hons) Anthropology (Full-time)
- BA (Hons) Creative Writing (Full-time)
- BSc (Hons) Criminology (Full-time)
- BSc (Hons) Criminology and Psychology (Full-time)
- BSc (Hons) Criminology and Sociology (Full-time)
- BA (Hons) English (Full-time)
- BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing (Full-time)
- BA (Hons) History (Full-time)
- BSc (Hons) International Relations (Full-time)
- BSc (Hons) Politics and International Relations (Full-time)
- BSc (Hons) Sociology (Full-time)
Next steps after you start your course...
2. Choose your second-year optional module
Stick with modules from within your core degree subject area, or swap in modules from a different subject area within the school
3. Choose your final-year module
As you approach the final year of your degree, you should be in a good position to choose your final optional module
4. Achieve your final degree certificate
If you've studied two optional modules from the same second subject area, you can choose to add this to your degree certificate
We know that you need time to develop your interests. You don’t have to make any decisions about modules until the second year of your core degree.
We will support you in choosing modules and subjects that are best suited for your interests, academic strengths and chosen career path.