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The Exeter Award

Enhance your employability

FCH

  • combine subjects not otherwise possible at Exeter
  • cross-subject degrees to suit your interests and career ambitions
  • leads to a named degree title of the subjects you study
  • study two subjects, or sometimes three
  • create your own themed pathway
  • vary the proportion of the subjects each year
  • add vocational elements to your studies
  • opportunities for study and work abroad

 

studentsTwo subjects

During your first year you usually study two subject areas. These are normally taken in equal proportion.

This means that of the 120 credits taken in your first year, 60 will be made up of modules in each of the two subjects.

Three subjects

A third, minor subject can be taken in the first year, provided that any compulsory modules in the two main subject areas create 'space' within the overall 120 credits and the timetable is viable.

Such minor pathways frequently include a language, especially if you intend spending a year abroad.

Such third subjects still form part of the total of 120 credits, and so one or both of the two main subject areas need to be reduced below 60 credits. Such reduction can usually be achieved if a main subject includes optional modules, and fewer optional ones can be taken.

After your first year

For your second and final years there is much more flexibility about the way subjects are taken and the general format of your study programme.

You can even drop one of your first-year subjects and start a new one, assuming there are spaces in the new area and you have any necessary pre-requisites.