If you know what subject you wish to study and want to concentrate on that subject alone, then a Single Honours programme is for you. If you like the idea of studying more than one subject for your degree, then we have a range of options for you.

At Birmingham, we offer one of the broadest programme ranges of any UK university and one of the first choices you have to make is what type of course you would like to study.

• Single Honours
• Joint Honours and Major/Minor programmes
• Modules Outside the Main Discipline
• Foundation Year programmes
  

All our degree programmes lead to Honours degrees.

Single Honours

If you know what subject you wish to study and want to concentrate on that subject alone, then a Single Honours programme is for you. This type of programme focuses on one subject only, such as Geography or English.

Joint Honours and Major/Minor programmes

 If you like the idea of studying more than one subject for your degree, you have a range of options:

• A Joint Honours degree allows you to study two subjects equally, such as English and History. See the Joint Honours section for more details.
• A Major/Minor degree means you study the first subject for around 70% of your time and the second subject for the remaining 30%; for example American and Canadian Studies with English. You can identify Major/Minor combinations from their titles, which will state the Major subject with the Minor subject.
  

Modules Outside the Main Discipline (MOMD)

Many programmes enable you to study a module outside the main discipline of your degree. This is a 20-credit module in a subject that is not normally part of your main programme, which you may take to broaden your knowledge and skills. There are over 130 MOMDs available across a wide range of disciplines, and most students take them as part of the first year of their programme.

Foundation Year

We offer one-year Foundation programmes, as preparation for degree-level study in a range of subjects. See the Foundation Year section for more details.

The credit system

At Birmingham, one credit is equivalent to about ten hours of learning time. All Birmingham degrees are set within a credit framework designed to measure your academic achievements and allow like-for-like comparison between our different programmes. We expect all students to accumulate 120 credits in each full year of study.

Birmingham's credit system is set within the Quality Assurance Agency's Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Learn more: www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/FHEQ/EWNI/default.asp

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