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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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Course content
The common first year
Students take six modules:
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Economics
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Political science
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Organisation and management
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Sociology
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Mathematics and statistics
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Introduction to Central, East European and Russian Area
Studies OR Law OR Social Policy OR a language*
* French, German, Spanish, Russian or Polish
Lectures are complemented by smaller tutorial/seminar groups
in which you will work throughout the academic year. In this
way BESS students are provided with the best of both worlds:
lectures deliver authoritative summaries of material which is
then analysed in detail in small groups.
Degree options
After the common first year, BESS leads to the following
10 degree options.
Single honor degrees
Business
(B.B.S.)
Economics Political
science
Sociology
Joint honor degrees (combining any two of the above
four disciplines)
Business and
Economics
Economics and
Political science
Political science
and Sociology
Sociology
and Business
Business and
Political science
Economics
and Sociology
Features of the BESS degree structure:
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Access to all 10 degree options is completely open and
unrestricted at the end of the common first year.
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Through judicious choice of subjects and associated
modules after the common first year, it is possible to keep
open up to three of the ten BESS degree options throughout
the second year, thus facilitating the postponement of a
final choice until the beginning of the third year. Students
therefore have an opportunity to adjust their study
programmes in accordance with their academic results,
interests, aptitudes and emerging career aspirations.
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Consultations with your personal tutor, lecturers and the
Careers Advisory Service help to ensure that informed
choices are made.