The main advantages of a modular degree programme are that it provides students with flexibility and choice . Students can put together a programme that best meets their goals and career aspirations. Students can elect to specialise in one subject or follow a more broad-based programme. As you take modules you build up credits towards your degree and may be able to transfer these to other programmes of study. You can also gain intermediate awards on the basis of the number of credits accrued.
Work is assessed in a variety of ways rather than by the traditional single exam.
Programmes are regularly reviewed and update and new programmes of study developed to meet the demands of both students and employers. This degree of flexibility and choice allows students to combine areas of study that may better suit their career aspirations. Typically, you would only pursue modules in this area although in the first year there will most likely be some general requirements and in the second and third years the possibility to take some modules from outside this subject area. This option allows you to study two subjects more or less equally. The combined honours programme is for students who wish to study three subjects more or less equally in their first year but with scope for some specialism in years two and three.