Flexible Combined Honours BA/BSc - Cornwall

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The Flexible Combined Honours degree enables you to combine modules from a number of different fields of study not otherwise available through an existing Joint Honours programme. These form a unique, approved academic programme.

All undergraduate degree programmes in the University are made up of a number of modules, each of which has a particular credit value, usually 30 credits and sometimes 15. You take modules to the value of 120 credits in each year.

So, for example, if you choose a Flexible Combined Honours degree over two subjects, you could take 60 credits each year from each subject, and if three subjects are followed, the areas could be arranged as 45/45/30 credits. The proportion of credits in each subject can be varied each year. If you are following a themed pathway, the modules simply need to add up to a total of 120 credits each year.

Each of the pathways has core modules which you will be required to study in your first year, as well as optional ones from which you choose.

In your second and third years you will have more choice of modules and you will be able to structure your degree to reflect your own preferences. You are also encouraged to include an independent study (dissertation) during your final year that will involve research.