Program Overview

Arts and Humanities with Foundation Year BA Hons

Overview

The Arts and Humanities with Foundation Year BA Hons is a four-year program designed for talented UK students with an interest in arts and humanities subjects, but whose personal circumstances make achieving our usual entry requirements difficult.

Qualification and Entry Requirements

• Qualification: Bachelor of Arts with Honours
• Entry Requirements:
  • BCC
  • 24 Points overall or 544 in 3 Higher Level Certificates (IB score)
  • GCSE English grade 4 (C)
• Additional entry requirements:
  • Some degrees, notably those provided by the Department of Music, and post-A level pathway Modern Languages, have additional entry requirements.
  • Progression to certain UG degree programmes within the Faculty of Arts is dependent on student holding additional specific qualifications.

Personal Circumstances

• To qualify for our Foundation Year contextual offer, you must have Home/UK fee status and meet specific criteria.
• As well as having the required grades, your current or most recent school cannot be an independent school, and you must meet at least one of the following personal background criteria:
  • You live in an area where people are less likely to go to university.
  • You were in receipt of free school meals (FSM) on any census day in the six years before the census day of your final KS4 year.
  • You are the first generation in your family to enter higher education.
  • You will be over 21 years old when you begin your course.
  • You have spent more than three months in local authority care.
  • You have refugee status from the Home Office.
  • You need to study in the East Midlands (for example for family, cultural or financial reasons).
  • You provide long term care of a sick or disabled family member.

Tuition Fees

• £5,760* (UK Government confirmed maximum tuition fee for UK undergraduate students studying some foundation year courses)

Additional Costs

• Essential course materials are supplied.
• Books: You'll be able to access most of the books you’ll need through our libraries, though you may wish to buy your own copies of core texts. A limited number of modules may have compulsory texts which you are required to buy. We recommend that you budget £100 per year for books.
• Volunteering and placements: For volunteering and placements, such as work experience and teaching in schools, you will need to pay for transport and refreshments.

Scholarships and Bursaries

• Faculty of Arts Alumni Scholarships
• University of Nottingham bursaries and scholarships
• Home students: Over one third of our UK students receive our means-tested core bursary, worth up to £1,000 a year.

Course Overview

• Your Arts and Humanities Foundation Year will help prepare you for undergraduate study at Nottingham.
• Through a range of engaging modules spanning the arts and humanities, you will develop key skills such as communication, critical thinking, teamwork, and digital capability.
• You'll be able to tailor your assessment topics to explore aspects of your progression degree with elements of interdisciplinarity and real-world applicability.

Modules

• Important Thinkers Through History
• Critical Thinking and Reflective Learning
• Language and Culture
• Media, Communication and Society
• Narrative and Creativity
• The Project / Language Centre modules

Teaching and Learning

• Teaching methods: Lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops
• Assessment methods: Essay, poster, presentation, portfolio (written/digital), creative piece, workbook
• Contact time and study hours: At least 12 hours of timetabled contact a week through lectures, seminars and workshops.

Careers

• Evidence shows that students commencing their university study at foundation level achieve the same levels of undergraduate degree as their fellow direct-route students, which in turn leads to the same wide range of career options.
• In addition to your study we recommend that you participate in at least some of our CV-enhancing programmes which include:
  • Nottingham Advantage Award
  • Student Ambassador scheme
  • Volunteering opportunities

Your Campus - University Park

• University Park Campus covers 300 acres, with green spaces, wildlife, period buildings and modern facilities.
• It is one of the UK's most beautiful and sustainable campuses, winning a national Green Flag award every year since 2003.