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International Foundation Year in Business, Social Sciences and Humanities

Progress to a degree in the Faculty of Social Sciences

Whether you want to be an entrepreneur, solicitor, landscape architect or something else entirely, this is the first step.

The International Foundation Year in Business, Social Sciences and Humanities leads to a number of degrees in the Faculty of Social Sciences. This includes the Management School and the School of Law.

Your programme will be tailored to allow you to prepare for your chosen degree. You will study the most relevant modules to your subject area. Some of these modules will be compulsory for progression onto specific degree programmes at the University.

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Core modules

Critical Reading
Academic English Skills
Reach Higher (an interdisciplinary group challenge)
Personal Development Programme (PDP)

Pathway modules (dependent on your chosen degree option)

Pathway	Module 1	Module 2	Module 3	Module 4
Business & Management (B&M)	Introduction to Business	Statistics for Social Science	Introduction to Economics	Introduction to Financial Accounting
Economics (E)	Pure Mathematics		Introduction to Economics	Statistics for Economics
Social Sciences (SS)	Sociology	Statistics for Social Science	Political Ideas, Concepts and Practice	Globalisation
Society & Environment (S&E)	Sociology	The Urban Environment	Political Ideas, Concepts and Practice	Globalisation
Law & Society (L&S)	Sociology	Political Ideas, Concepts and Practice	Globalisation	Law

Please note: Our programmes are subject to formal approval by the university but may be subject to minor modification. Degrees and entry requirements are also subject to change and some degrees may require a minimum level of performance in specific modules.

Degree options

Degree Programmes	Pathway	Overall Grade %	English Grade
BA (Hons) Accounting & Financial Management	B&M	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Accounting & Financial Management and Economics	B&M	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Applied Social Sciences	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Applied Social Sciences	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Archaeology*	S&E	60%	60% with min 40% in all skills
BA (Hons) Architecture#^^	S&E	70%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Architecture and Landscape#^^	S&E	70%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Business Management	B&M	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Business Management and Economics	B&M	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Business Management and Japanese Studies	B&M	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Chinese Studies~	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Chinese Studies with Japanese~	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Classical and Historical Archaeology	SS or S&E	60%	60% with min 40% in all skills
BA (Hons) Criminology	L&S or S&E or SS or B&M	67%	70% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Digital Media & Society^^	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) East Asian Studies~	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Economics	E	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Economics	E	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Economics and Mathematics	E	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Economics and Philosophy	E	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Economics and Politics	E	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Economics with Finance	E	70%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Education, Culture and Childhood	SS or S&E or B&M or L&S	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics	S&E or SS or L&S	67%	70% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) English Language and Literature	S&E or SS or L&S	67%	70% with min 60% in all skills
BA (Hons) English Literature	S&E or SS or L	67%	70% with min 60% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Geography	S&E	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Geography and Planning	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) History	S&E or SS or L	67%	70% with min 60% in all skills
BA (Hons) International Business Management with Study Abroad^^	B&M	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics	L&S or S&E or SS	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Japanese Studies~	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Journalism Studies**†	S&E	64%	70% in all skills
BA (Hons) Korean Studies~	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Korean Studies with Japanese~	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture^	S&E	64%	60% with min 40% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Landscape Architecture^	S&E	64%	60% with min 40% in all skills
LLB (Hons) Law	Any pathway	70%	70% with min 50% in all skills
LLB (Hons) Law (European and International)	L&S	70%	70% with min 50% in all skills
LLB (Hons) Law and Criminology	Any pathway	70%	70% with min 50% in all skills
LLB (Hons) Law with Chinese Law	L&S or S&E or SS or B&M	67%	70% with min 50% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Mathematics	E	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
MMath Mathematics	E	70%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Mathematics & Philosophy	E	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Mathematics & Statistics	E	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
MMath Mathematics & Statistics	E	70%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BMus Music!	Any pathway	67%	60% with min 40% in all skills
BA (Hons) Philosophy*	Any pathways	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Philosophy, Religion and Ethics	Any pathway	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Politics	S&E or SS or L&S	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Politics and Philosophy	S&E or SS or L&S	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Politics and Sociology	S&E or SS or L&S	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Psychology**	Any pathway	67%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Quantitative Social Sciences	SS or B&M or E	64%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Sociology^^	S&E	60%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Sociology with Criminology^^	S&E	60%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BA (Hons) Sociology with Social Policy***^^	S&E	60%	60% with min 50% in all skills
BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Sciences	SS & SE	64%	70% with min 60% in all skills
BA (Hons) Urban Studies	Any pathway	60%	60% with min 50% in all skills
Mplan Urban Studies and Planning	Any pathway	60%	60% with min 50% in all skills

* Delivered in Faculty of Arts & Humanities

** Students wishing to progress to these degree programmes at the University will require an English level of IELTS 0.5 or equivalent higher than the standard level of entry to their International Foundation Year/Pre Masters Programme

*** Subject to approval/ validation

† Pass in an interview required as well as meeting progression requirements

# Design Portfolio required at application of USIC. Find more details.

^ Portfolio will be completed in College but does not count towards progression

^^ Students wishing to progress to this degree must turn 18 by the end of September of the academic year when they start their undergraduate course at the University

! Grade 8 Practical (ABRSM/Trinity/Rockschool) at Merit + Grade 5 theory (ABRSM/Trinity) at Merit or equivalent. If equivalent qualifications are offered, please consult with the department to check if appropriate

~ Students cannot be native speakers of any of the language degrees they progress to