Arts and Humanities (with a foundation year) BA (Hons)
Foundation degree
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Foundation degree
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
4 Years
Our Arts and Humanities Foundation Year will familiarise you with academic research. You gain essential skills in critical analysis, developing arguments and self-expression.
Explore a range of subjects – such as history, philosophy and literature – and tailor your course to your personal interests.
You can continue your studies following a specialism of your choice, confident that you’re following the right path for you.
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About this course
We welcome students with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences, including:
those who aren't sure which subject they'd like to specialise in
those who don't have the right combination of subjects for direct entry into Year 1
those who don't meet the expected requirements for direct entry into Year 1
those who are returning to education after some time away.
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Subjects
- Psychology
- Humanities
- Spanish Ab initio B
- Japanese Ab initio B
- Italian Ab initio B
- German Ab initio B
- French Ab initio B
- Chinese Ab initio B
- Arabic Ab initio B
- Business and Economics
Course programme
This course prepares you for undergraduate study in the arts and humanities. It means you can try different subjects at university before choosing to specialise in your degree.
Core modules introduce you to the study of history and exploring literary genres. You choose an option in areas such as:
- business, management and economics
- film and drama
- psychology
- education and social work
- law, politics and sociology
- global studies and languages.
The Foundation Year will help you develop your personal and academic abilities. You gain transferable skills by giving presentations, taking part in seminar discussions and writing essays.
These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Core modulesAutumn and spring teaching- Academic Development
- Making History
- Reading Literature: Shakespeare to the Present
- Arabic Ab initio A
- British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 1A
- Chinese Ab initio A
- French Ab initio A
- German Ab initio A
- Italian Ab initio A
- Japanese Ab initio A
- Spanish Ab initio A
- Approaching Drama and Film
- Business in Society
- Cradle to the Grave: welfare and wellbeing across the lifecourse
- Foundations in Psychology: Health and Clinical
- Foundations in Psychology: Organisational, Social and Applied
- Global Issues, Local Lives: Anthropology, Geography, International Relations and International Development
- Order and Disorder: Understanding Law, Politics and Sociology
- Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics (QMBE)
- Arabic Ab initio B
- British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 1B
- Chinese Ab initio B
- French Ab initio B
- German Ab initio B
- Italian Ab initio B
- Japanese Ab initio B
- Spanish Ab initio B
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Arts and Humanities (with a foundation year) BA (Hons)