Combined Studies part time BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Bangor

£ 11,750 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • Duration

    6 Years

  • Start date

    September

This degree is designed for those looking for a learning challenge and wanting to improve their employment opportunities and progress. This degree offers a range of subjects relevant to employment and which will stretch your mind. It will support individuals who have already obtained higher education credits, such as Higher National Certificates (HNC), Higher National Diplomas (HND) and Foundation Degrees. These awards and credits can be recognised and ‘carried in’ to the Combined Studies programme therefore shortening the length of study. In some instances this means that you might be able to complete a degree within 18 months of parttime study.

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Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course


The course aims to enable understudies to: Manage their time in order to meet course deadlines

Understand different learning styles and their implications;

Gain the best result from their reading and listening;

Collect and select material from libraries and from electronic storage systems;

Record, manage and interpret information from books and lectures;

Present information orally and by using IT packages

Write reports and essays using appropriate structures and conventions;

Work with other students in groups;

Prepare for examinations;

Plan, organise and implement their personal programme of study

Show evidence of critical thinking;

Use e mails and search the web for information

Demonstrate library and information searching skills


As a Combined Studies graduate you should be adaptable, well organised and self motivated, with a variety of skills and qualities which employers are keen to use. The career prospects are therefore as varied as the course itself. This means you could go into a wide range of areas of employment such as management or administration, commerce or finance, teaching, social and community services, local government, and journalism or the media.

We consider all applicants on individual merit. You do not need any particular academic qualifications but some recent experience of academic study would be advantageous. Professional experience, skills developed in the workplace or in the home can place you in a strong position to study on this programme.

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Part Time
  • Combined Studies part time
  • Series of lectures, seminars and/or workshops
  • Reading and writing assignments
  • Returning to education
  • Social and Community Studies
  • Humanities, Psychosocial Studies
  • Range of academic disciplines
  • Own personal aims and aspirations
  • Coherent and logical learning path

Course programme

What will you study on this course? This degree allows you to choose a specific path of study – such as Social and Community Studies, Humanities, Psychosocial Studies – or to select openly from a range of modules to create your own study programme. You will be able to choose modules from a range of academic disciplines, as well as following interdisciplinary modules which help you make the connections between disciplines. Introductory modules are intended to lay a foundation for deeper understanding of the subjects and help to build confidence. In order to ensure that your programme of study meets your own personal aims and aspirations whilst maintaining a coherent and logical learning path, it is important that you discuss your proposed programme with an Academic Coordinator. You may combine subject areas from the entire Higher Education programme offered by Lifelong Learning. Subject areas include: Sociology Psychology History Community Development Languages

Combined Studies part time BA (Hons)

£ 11,750 VAT inc.