Undergraduate Prospectus 2017/18 Birmingham City University
Everything and more
Whatever you want to achieve, we will give you the support, skills, knowledge and experience to make a difference. Located in the heart of the dynamic city of Birmingham, we are dedicated to transforming your future, ensuring you make the successful transition from course to career.
4 Welcome 30 An international university 6 The University at a glance 32 Why Birmingham? 8 On course to a career 36 A place of your own 10 Inspirational teaching 38 Financing your degree 14 More than a degree 40 Further opportunities 16 The Graduate+ advantage 42 Courses by subject area 18 Success stories 190 Planned new courses 20 First-class support 194 Keep in touch 22 Enhancing your study 195 How to find us 24 Our campuses 196 Apply here 28 Sport and Life Sciences 197 Entry requirements
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Welcome Choosing Birmingham City University means you will be part of a transformation.
We are dedicated to inspiring you to become a maker and a doer. Someone capable of shaping the profession or field you choose to enter once you graduate. Our approach has enriched the lives of leading architects, designers, lawyers, engineers, healthcare professionals, musicians and many more around the world.
Our innovative teaching methods, ground- breaking research and collaboration with industry are backed by almost 40 professional accreditations – an approach Opportunity... awaits that is constantly broadening the thinking of our staff, students and associates.
As an integral part of the city of Birmingham we have a true world presence – one that embraces diversity, individuality, ambition, success; working with each other and enterprise to address the real world challenges of today and tomorrow.
Join us and transform.
This prospectus tells you how.
Professor Cliff Allan Vice-Chancellor
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The University 1843 £260m established invested
We have been educating Our investment programme at a glance professionals for over includes the new Conservatoire at 170 years. our City Centre Campus with further developments currently under way.
Parkside Mediahouse has world-class TV studios suitable for shooting commercials, films and video.
1,500 inspirational staff countries 80 Our teaching staff come from and maintain their links with industry Our diverse community of more and the professions, ensuring than 23,500 students includes you benefit directly from their some 2,600 international and knowledge, insight and contacts. EU students from over 80 different countries.
Earn £ 93% while you learn employment/further study
Work for the University with Within six months of graduating, our in-house employment 93 per cent of our UK undergraduate agency, OpportUNIty - students are in employment or further Student Jobs on Campus. study (Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey 2013/14).
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On course to a career
Textiles graduates exhibit at New Designers in London Designed to give you the very best • Accountancy and Finance • Law Our practice-led, knowledge-based • Acting/Theatre • Life Sciences start when you leave, each course • Advertising, Marketing and PR • Management learning means you receive hands-on, offers access to contemporary • Animation • Marketing learning environments and insight • Architecture/Landscape Architecture • Media and Multimedia Technology real-world experience whether you • Art, Design and Visual Communication • Midwifery from industry experts. There are • Built Environment • Music are interested in academic subjects like opportunities to gain experience • Business and Management • Nursing through work-based placements, • Computing and Technology • Photography business or psychology, creative courses • Criminology • Psychology aided by our close connections • Education and Teacher Training • Public Relations with businesses and organisations • Engineering • Radiography like music or fashion, hands-on subjects • English • Social Sciences in the city. • Fashion and Textiles • Social Work like computing and engineering, or • Finance • Sociology To discover the right course for you, • Graphic Design • Sound Engineering those related to caring professions or to find out how to apply, turn to the • Health and Social Care • Speech and Language Therapy course section of this prospectus or • Illustration • Sport like healthcare or teaching. visit www.bcu.ac.uk/courses. • Interior and Three-Dimensional Design • Surveying • Jewellery/Silversmithing • Teaching • Journalism
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Vina Patel
Teaching Vina has over 20 years’ experience in the public and private sectors, leading and managing early years provision. She worked as a Childcare Development Officer in one of the most deprived wards in the country, developing a neighbourhood nursery that was rated ‘Outstanding’ in two consecutive Many of our 1,500-strong team OFSTED inspections. of academic staff are practising professionals and leading experts in their sector.
This means you will receive first- hand and up-to-date knowledge Professor Julian Lloyd Webber
directly from those in the know, be Music Widely regarded as one of the finest cellists it exhibiting artists, celebrated legal of his generation, Julian is now sharing his expertise with our music students. He has specialists or professional musicians. premiered more than 60 works for cello, recorded several highly successful CDs and was the only classical musician to perform at the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Inspirational teaching Olympic Games.
Dr Imran Awan Franziska Schenk Professor Michael Ward
Criminology Fine Art Engineering Dr Imran Awan is a Senior Lecturer in Having studied art in Germany and the Although formally trained as a physicist, Criminology and Deputy Director of the Centre UK, Franziska has gone on to research Michael has spent almost 30 years working for Applied Criminology. He is one of the a number of projects focusing on the on various aspects of microelectronics country’s leading experts on Islamophobia, relationships between fine art painting and microengineering. He has carried counter-terrorism and policing. He regularly and the natural world. Her own art has out research for the Ministry of Defence appears in the media and acts as an independent been displayed at venues across the UK and has a special interest in energy advisor to the British Government. and Germany. harvesting technology.
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Meet the experts Previous high-profile speakers:
Close partnerships with industry, including UK World lead for business companies like Microsoft, Sony and Cartier, software provider SAP’s mean you will regularly have the opportunity Academy Cube Hub to meet the people who are shaping the world We are working in partnership with Cisco, SAP and 6,000 today. Guest speakers at events students can other global companies on a learning platform to help attend have previously included the acclaimed students identify the skills author Nick Hornby, Marks & Spencer CEO they need for future careers. Trevor Beattie Amanda Sourry Marc Bolland and infamous rogue trader Nick Leeson, to name but a few. Advertising legend Unilever chairman Working with industry
Birmingham City University has global connections with local reach. Our partnerships with business and the professions offer you a whole world of opportunities to help define and focus Gok Wan Ian Emes Ken Scott your career objectives and connect you Fashion guru BAFTA-winning film Influential British record to the contacts that count. director producer/engineer
• We are the UK world lead for SAP’s (The Gadget Show) Ralph Rivera Academy Cube Hub and online (Director, BBC Digital) and Frank learning platform working in Golding (formerly Vice-President partnership with Cisco, SAP and of Google) to four million people. 6,000 other global companies. • BCU Advantage enables you • We are shaping the trends of the to ‘Get Money, Get Knowledge future – 120 of our students and Get Connected’ in the real create a national showcase world of business, innovation working with Global Color and enterprise. As a Birmingham Research at nationally recognised City University student, graduate design events at Excel and the or alumni, our BCU Advantage National Exhibition Centre. programme offers you the Lady Michelle Mone Stephen Drew invaluable advice, mentoring • Our #RethinkMedia conference, and practical experience you Founder of the Ultimo Headteacher from part of the BBC Digital Cities need to help realise your lingerie company Channel 4’s Educating activity, was co-produced and entrepreneurial and career Essex blogged by our students, bringing goals. the views of Jason Bradbury
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Throughout your time here, everything is tailored to ensure you are equipped with the exact skills you need to develop a successful career.
Options Tailor your study to your own interests and career aspirations with optional modules.
Whichever subject you choose, you will • Employability skills, enterprise and practice- • Online learning and teaching to support benefit from flexible study options, work- based project work built into the curriculum, your studies. related experience and an international giving you hands-on experience of the sort of perspective at every stage of your studies. careers you may wish to enter. You can also gain further experience during More than a degree your time as a student by becoming a paid All of our courses benefit from the following: • An international perspective on your subject, member of University staff through our in-house • Practical work experience, with placements including the opportunity to study abroad for employment agency, OpportUNIty. With feedback offered on the majority of courses. Many those who want to. and assistance at every stage and support in courses incorporate a year in industry, and our developing skills in more than 20 identified placement officers are here to help you secure • Professional accreditation from relevant areas, this experience will help you clearly your ideal role. Where possible, this experience industry and professional bodies, where show your ability to future employers. will be assessed and count towards your final available. degree classification. Whatever your ambitions for life, studying at • Optional modules so you can tailor your study Birmingham City University will give you more • A range of assessment and feedback methods to your own interests and career aspirations – than a degree – it will also provide practical to improve your learning and prepare you for including modules from different subject areas skills and experience which you can apply to future success. where appropriate. your future career.
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The Graduate+ advantage We know how important it is to stand out in a competitive job market. That is why our Graduate+ programme has been designed to equip you with the knowledge and attitudes that employers value and respect.
From the 2016/17 academic year, our students If you have an idea for an opportunity that will be expected to participate in Graduate+. does not yet exist, the Graduate+ team may You will have a target of gaining 120 Graduate+ even be able to help fund and develop it. points in each year which you will gain from taking part in a wide range of extra-curricular, We will also be putting in place ‘summer employment-related activities. camp’ activities to help you to excel in focused activities or just to try to develop a new skill The number of points awarded will depend on or ability. the nature of the activity, ranging from 10 points for joining a University society or meeting a This scheme will not involve any additional careers consultant to 60 points for significant assessment; instead, you will be asked to commitments such as studying abroad or keep a reflective record of the activities you organising a programme-related placement. have taken part in, providing evidence where necessary. As part of our integrated approach to increasing your employment prospects, gaining You will be able to collate this evidence using employment with the OpportUNIty - Student an online e-portfolio which we will help you to Jobs on Campus programme is also recognised create to showcase your employability, skills, with Graduate+ points. knowledge and attributes. It will be something you can review and improve throughout your At the beginning of each year of study, you will time at university, and into your career beyond. work with our Graduate+ team to undertake Help a skills audit, identifying your strengths and weaknesses. In discussion with your personal In discussion with your tutor, you will devise a personalised programme personal tutor, you will devise of opportunities through the academic year that a personalised programme you can access to support your development. www.bcu.ac.uk of opportunities through the academic year to support your development.
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Serena Eddy Success stories After securing a first-class honours degree in Law, Serena is now a trainee solicitor with Irwin Mitchell, a top 20 full service law firm. She won their ‘hero of the month’ award for her Whether it is senior positions contribution to a large civil litigation case in the Middle East. within global companies Litigator or creating award-winning entertainment, our graduates are successfully shaping the world with the skills they Blogger Cal Henderson have honed right here. Cal is Chief Technology Officer and co-founder for business communications app Slack, which has over one million active users and has www.bcu.ac.uk/stories been valued at nearly $3 billion. He previously developed the online creative community B3ta and was the chief software architect for photo sharing site Flickr.
Lily Pebbles Artisans When Lily Pebbles began her beauty and life- style blog as part of a digital marketing module, she had no idea how many doors would open up for her. Now she runs her blog and YouTube channel full-time, attends regular press events, collaborates with brands such as ASOS and won a Johnson & Johnson Journalism Award for Best Independent Beauty Blogger.
Marsha Ramroop Technologist Craig and Rebecca Struthers
Marsha has achieved a long and successful Husband and wife team Craig and Rebecca career with the BBC, currently working as started their own watchmaking company, Assistant Managing Editor at BBC Radio Struthers London, while still at the University, Editor Northampton, where she is responsible for using traditional skills to create 21st-century many of the day-to-day aspects of running designs. They secured a prestigious contract the station. She previously worked at BBC with Morgan Motor Company to make bespoke Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio Derby. watches, and have been recognised as two of the leading figures in British horology in the WatchPro Hot 100 Awards.
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Accessing advice has never been easier. First-class support Throughout your student career, you will have access to our full range of student support services, as well as careers advice, mentoring, advice on finance and academic matters, professional development events and more.
And to make sure it is all easy to access, also offers you: we have introduced a one-stop confidential • Professional, independent support through student enquiry service, Ask. If you have got our Advice Centre a question about health and wellbeing, visas, • A voice throughout your time as a student your student record, the Students’ Union, with our Student Academic leader scheme childcare, accommodation, IT or anything • Employability skills and volunteering else, we are here to help. opportunities to help your CV stand out • Part-time jobs and opportunities Your studies • Campaigns to support student rights • Admissions • Help with finding safe and affordable • Academic calendar accommodation. • Student ID cards and student status letters • Complaints and appeals www.bcusu.com • Erasmus – study abroad programme • Careers and job prospects (see below) Careers and mentoring • Graduation. Our team of experienced careers consultants Money matters are available to help you refine your skills and • Scholarships identify potential career opportunities. Our • Personal finances dedicated Employment Advisers offer a • Student Loans Company queries unique, personalised service to make your • Payments. transition from education into employment as easy as possible. Support services • Healthcare We work with local, regional, national and • Disability and dyslexia support international employers to ensure our • Counselling, mental health and wellbeing students and graduates have access to the • Childcare best opportunities available, including through • Visas and immigration. our online jobs board. We also offer a suite of face-to-face and e-mentoring initiatives by both Students’ Union students and professionals. When you join Birmingham City University, you automatically become a member of BCUSU Support includes: – your Students’ Union. We are run by a team • Work, study and social advice Yo u of elected students and work closely with the • Commercial awareness, employability skills University to ensure you get the most out of A personalised service from and real-world preparation your time as a student. Alongside the fun side our career consultants to help • CV, application form and interview techniques. of student life, including regular social events you find the job you want. and a wide range of student groups, BCUSU www.bcu.ac.uk/careers
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Library and learning resources discuss aspects of your work, or attend a variety of study skills and English language workshops.
With access to over 62 million resources, www.bcu.ac.uk/cas you need including books, e-books, and print and The resources electronic journals, our libraries have a wealth of resources to help you succeed. IT resources
Our new Curzon Library brings together many When you join Birmingham City University, When you choose to study at Birmingham of our print collections for the first time in our you will have access to your own email history, and we are constantly expanding our account, as soon as you accept an unconditional City University, you can be confident that electronic collections. All our libraries are offer from us, free secure file storage and free available to any University student and our University wi-fi, as well as the use of open- librarians are on hand to help you become access computers within every library your learning needs are our top priority. skilled information seekers and users. and faculty.
www.bcu.ac.uk/library In addition to high-quality facilities specific Our IT Help Desk is on hand to answer any technical issues, while our Follow-Me printing to your course, you will find a range of Centre for Academic Success system lets you print from any printer on campus and our online student portal – general learning resources which provide To support you in achieving your full potential, iCity – gives you everything you need to know the Centre for Academic Success is available about IT, your course and the University. you with all the help you need to succeed. to help with your study, literacy and numeracy skills. You can book a one-to-one tutorial to www.bcu.ac.uk/it
Access You will have your own email account, free secure file storage and free University wi-fi as well as the use of computers within every library and faculty.
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When you join Birmingham City University, the first thing you will notice is the high standard of our campuses. With an investment of £260 million across our buildings and facilities, we are committed to giving you the very best learning environment to help shape Our campuses your experience.
Millennium Point City Centre Campus
The Parkside Building
The Parkside Building has been designed to maximise light and encourage collaboration between artists and students. It is the perfect setting for the workshops and teaching spaces of our design courses, as well as the state-of-the-art media centre for the advanced teaching facilities of Birmingham School of Media.
Facilities include: • Print, textiles, wood, ceramics and glass workshops • Photography studios and darkrooms • Digital print and pattern-making facilities • Four industry-standard TV studios • Green screen MILO studio • Radio studios and editing suites • Catering and social spaces.
The Curzon Building Millennium Point
The latest addition to our City Centre Campus development, Millennium Point, a landmark building situated in one of the the Curzon Building forms a new focal point for the University, largest regeneration zones in the UK, is home to the £4 million hosting a superb library and dedicated provision for student purpose-built Birmingham School of Acting and the workshops, queries and support. The 24,300 sq m building also offers a new laboratories and teaching spaces used by students on our home to our Business, Law, Social Science and English courses. courses from our Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment. Facilities include: • Library with access to 62 million print and Facilities include: online resources • Ten specialist studios complete with acoustic panelling • Seminar rooms and lecture theatres and sprung floors • Mock law courtroom • Large performance studio (a benchmark for drama • Dedicated IT and student services support training facilities in the UK) • Two wings of teaching accommodation • Noise and vibration cells • Students’ Union • Robotic laboratory • Catering and social spaces. • Recording facilities and vintage mixing desk The Parkside Building • Catering and social spaces.
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Birmingham Conservatoire Birmingham School of Art – Margaret Street
A new £46 million building at our City Centre Campus, opening Floating mezzanine levels, glass lifts and cutting-edge in 2017, will provide a conservatoire for the 21st century. Our workspaces sit comfortably beside the original stained-glass music students will soon benefit from a new concert hall, private windows and mosaic floors of this glorious purpose-built art rehearsal and practice rooms, and teaching spaces for musicians school. This Grade I listed Venetian Gothic building houses a from a variety of disciplines. wonderful complex of traditional-style workshops and teaching and exhibition space. Facilities will include: • Five performance venues, including a 400-seat concert hall Facilities include: • A 150-seat recital hall and smaller experimental music space • Light and airy studios • Organ room and dedicated jazz venue • Gallery and installation space • Over 70 dedicated practice rooms. • Fine art library • Woodwork, metal, plaster, fibreglass and ceramics workshops • Digital media, print and photography workshops.
School of Jewellery – Vittoria Street /Assay Office
One of the most significant jewellery schools in the world stands in a modern and spacious building right at the heart of Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter, where much of the jewellery made in Britain today is manufactured. Gemmology courses are based in a purpose-built area within Birmingham’s new Assay Office.
Facilities include: • Soldering hearths and polishing machines • Bench-mounted powered equipment • Lathes and milling machines • Digital Technology Hub • Floor-to-ceiling windows, providing excellent natural light levels • Exhibition space and specialist library • Specialist laboratory for analysis and valuation of gemstones.
Seacole Building, City South Campus
Bournville City South Campus Our Bournville campus, located in the idyllic setting of the Bournville Village Trust conservation area, has All health and social care students are based on one state- a 100-year pedigree as a centre of learning. It is home of-the-art campus in Edgbaston. Our realistic learning to Birmingham City University International College environment includes an operating theatre, hospital wards (see page 31), which provides bespoke pathways for and a fully equipped midwifery skills/birthing room. From overseas students, leading to undergraduate and 2017, this site will also be home to our School of Education £260m postgraduate courses at the University. and new courses in sport and life sciences. investment
Facilities include: Across our buildings and facilities, • Virtual radiotherapy suite we are committed to giving you • A radiography imaging suite the very best learning environment • A simulated home environment to help shape your experience. • Physiology and biomedical science laboratories. www.bcu.ac.uk/maps
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Sport and Life Sciences
m £41 investment in new laboratories and teaching spaces.
Not only are we investing £41 million in a This will complement our existing sports By expanding our provision to these new For more information about our Sport and The creation of our new suite of new building to house the laboratories and facilities, which already provide a base for areas, we will be helping to tackle some of Life Sciences courses, please see pages teaching spaces needed, but we also plan to students to compete in activities ranging the biggest challenges facing society today, 192-193 of this prospectus. courses in Sport and Life Sciences open up these facilities to benefit all students from rugby to jiu jitsu. such as obesity and unhealthy lifestyles, by and the wider community. encouraging and supporting healthy eating This is not the only new development ahead. The courses will reflect the latest developments and greater physical activity. We are constantly looking to enhance the is yet another exciting development The 10,500sq m building at City South Campus in our teaching and our focus on practice-led range of courses we offer - please see pages will enable us to offer a wide range of new learning with work placements and live industry In addition, we will be producing graduates 190-191 and keep checking our website for at Birmingham City University. health, nutrition, biomedical science and sports case studies incorporated into the curriculum. who can support elite performers in meeting more information on the latest additions to courses, as well as providing a new home for All courses have been co-designed with the UK’s ambitions for sporting success at our portfolio. our education programmes. employers and are endorsed or accredited events such as the Olympics and other by professional bodies where appropriate. world sporting tournaments.
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An international university
With both our staff and students coming from many different cultures and backgrounds, Birmingham City University boasts a diverse 2,600 international mix of nationalities. and EU students from 80 countries.
For us, it is this individuality that makes us International support Our bespoke range of international services International and cultural student groups Birmingham City University Birmingham Institute of Fashion unique. And this is the reason we have a means you are never far from the support Including the International Student Group, International College and Creative Art reputation for being a modern and dynamic The International Office co-ordinates and you need: Nigerian Society, Oriental Society and international university committed to Indian Society. supports the recruitment and admissions Based at our Bournville campus, Birmingham We have entered into a partnership with transforming the futures of our international Meet and Greet service process, providing advice and guidance to City University International College provides Wuhan Textile University (WTU) in China’s Hubei students. We operate a free ‘Meet and Greet’ service International Students in Birmingham prospective international students, assisting bespoke Foundation and Pre-Master’s pathways, Province to set up a new institution, Birmingham at Birmingham Airport for all of our new Connecting international students with with initial enquiries, handling applications leading to undergraduate and postgraduate Institute of Fashion and Creative Art (BIFCA), Based in the heart of the UK, our University international and EU students who register local people through a range of social for places on programmes and providing degrees. Designed for international students, to deliver high-quality courses in Landscape is easily accessible from Birmingham Airport, onto one of our Meet and Greet weekends. events and activities. support for students on arrival to study at they offer progression to a Bachelor’s or Architecture, Visual Communication and Digital with many airlines flying directly to the city. the University. Master’s programme at Birmingham City Media Technology. For international students, studying in the Student Services team Centre for Academic Success University. UK’s second largest city and in a vibrant, Providing visa counselling, career and Free one-to-one advice and support Our friendly team is here to help you and There will be the option of studying in China for multicultural environment brings great benefits, employment services. to improve English language skills. we have Regional Managers who regularly You will work closely with teachers, students the entire four-year programme, or spending both culturally and to their academic studies. visit countries across the world to provide and support staff plus a wider network of the first two years in China before transferring Accommodation services Finding work information about our courses and how to contacts, as well as having access to the to the UK to complete the degree. Anyone • 2,600 international and EU students from Priority allocation and a wide range of Our own in-house employment agency, apply. We have offices in China and India; facilities, resources and support of the wider studying a BIFCA programme will automatically 80 countries. accommodation options available to OpportUNIty – Student Jobs on Campus, if you are from these countries, you can University. Academic classes are capped at be enrolled as a student of Birmingham City • Over 100,000 alumni across 120 countries. suit all needs. can help you find work in a range of make an application direct to them. 35 students and English language classes University and will study for an internationally roles at the University, subject to any are restricted to 16. recognised UK Bachelor’s degree. visa restrictions. www.bcu.ac.uk/bcuic www.bcu.ac.uk/bifca 30 www.bcu.ac.uk www.bcu.ac.uk/international 31 Undergraduate Prospectus 2017/18 Birmingham City University
Why Travel 160 shops make up the iconic Bullring shopping centre, which is the size of 26 Birmingham? football pitches. 52m By choosing Birmingham rail passengers can be accommodated by the City University, you will be revamped Birmingham joining a diverse city with New Street station. so much to offer. Shop Not only is Birmingham Europe’s youngest city*, but it was also voted one of the top 10 cities to visit in 2015 by travel publisher Rough Guides**, demonstrating Birmingham’s continuing growth and appeal. Grand Central, New Street station There is plenty to do in Birmingham to keep yourself stimulated. It remains one of England’s most visited places to shop, with nearly £2 billion expenditure. Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Serenade
With a world-class symphony orchestra, royal ballet company and theatre, Birmingham has some of the finest contemporary arts venues in the country. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is watched by 36,000 people every year, more than any other UK orchestra, while one of the city’s most exciting Over 100 new facilities is the state-of-the-art, £188 million of our famous balti houses, Library of Birmingham. attracting over 20,000 visits each week. There are also numerous cutting-edge restaurants and pubs to sample. Birmingham has five Michelin- m
starred restaurants, more than any other city outside £188 London, with Adam’s recently voted the fourth best restaurant in the world by TripAdvisor. state-of-the-art Library of Birmingham is If you want to get out and about yourself, the city among the latest additions has over 8,000 acres of park and open space, to the city’s cultural scene. making it one of the UK’s greenest cities. Culture * Visit Birmingham ** Rough Guides, 2015 Eat ©Roy Smiljanic ©Roy
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Edgbaston Cricket Ground
With over 42,000 companies, Birmingham is not just a good place to study and explore; it is also a great Sport Iconic 4,700 location to start your career. sporting venues Edgbaston jobs created through Cricket Ground, The Belfry overseas investment in and Villa Park are located in 2014/15 - more than any You can gain real-world skills and establish industry the city. other city.** contacts within your sector, whether this be through placements or a part-time job, before progressing into your chosen career. LG Arena Major employers are investing their future in the city, including world-renowned businesses such as Jaguar Land Rover, MG Motor, HSBC and Deutsche Bank. Birmingham also boasts the iconic Jewellery Quarter, home to over 400 jewellery businesses, which has been at the forefront of the industry for over 250 years.
The city is also home to the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and International Convention Centre (ICC), which Financial district host over 850 events per year*, and overall the city has been voted the most popular destination outside London for meetings, conferences and events by the annual British Meetings & Events Industry Survey (BMEIS).
Birmingham City Council is the largest local authority Business Network in Europe and a major employer of teaching staff The city’s new Queen Elizabeth Hospital is one of the largest in Europe, and the University is the biggest supplier of health and social care professionals to the NHS in the region.
Ideally placed in the heart of the country, Birmingham offers exceptional connections to local, national and global networks ensuring you are only ever a short distance away from leading businesses and institutions.
£ + 700 £94bn international firms including Jaguar Land regional economy** making the m Rover, HSBC and city a major engine of UK growth. Deutsche Bank all have 34 a presence in the city. **Marketing Birmingham visitors per year*
*Visit Birmingham
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Public transport links are just as handy, The Heights (City Centre) with cost-effective student travel cards available to all students. All of our halls • University partner are self-catered, with shared kitchens, • 5-bedroom flats A place of your own and all come with telephone and internet • En-suite rooms access, secure entry systems, laundry facilities and social space.
Leaving home for university is one Londonderry House (City Centre) Oscott Gardens of the biggest moves you will ever (City North Student Village) • University partner • 5-bedroom flats make. And with the excitement, • University owned • En-suite rooms • 3 miles from Birmingham city centre The Coppice freedom and independence of • 5-8 bedroom flats • En-suite rooms living in halls, it is the perfect No1 City Locks (City Centre) way to meet new friends. • University partner The Coppice • 5-8 bedroom flats with en suite rooms (City North Student Village) • 2-bedroom flats (not en suite)
At Birmingham City University there’s • University owned safe, secure and affordable accommodation Accessible and/or adapted rooms are • 3 miles from Birmingham city centre available in all halls apart from City South. for everyone at our University-owned • 6-bedroom flats and private halls of residence in the city.
A kitchen and lounge area Full-time international students and undergraduates outside Birmingham City South can guarantee University accommodation in their first year by making us their first choice and applying before the deadline. • University owned • 2 miles from Birmingham city centre • 9-10 bedroom flats
My Student Village Birmingham (City Centre)
• University partner • 1 mile from Birmingham city centre • 4-6 bedroom flats • En-suite rooms • Music practice rooms
Jennens Court (City Centre)
• University partner Life • 3-6 bedroom flats • En-suite rooms All of our halls of residence across the city offer shared kitchen and living areas, laundry facilities, free wi-fi An artist’s impression of City Locks and common rooms. www.bcu.ac.uk/accommodation
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Money, fees and grants • You start to pay the loan back once you are are parents or who have an adult who is in work and earning above a set threshold, financially dependent on them, or students The good news is that most students do not currently £21,000. in receipt of certain benefits. have to pay tuition fees up front and there • If your income falls back below that level, Financing your degree are a range of funding options available to payments will stop automatically. For 2016 entry, we offered scholarships of support you. • Anything you have not repaid after 30 years up to £3,000 to students who had showed is written off. particular academic promise. Plans for Here are some simple facts to put your 2017 will be announced in due course on With one in three jobs requiring mind at ease: Loans are subject to conditions and arrangements our website. • Loans are available to cover the full may change in future, depending on government * cost of your tuition fees. legislation. Source: CBI 2013 and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 2015 degree-level skills and graduates • Loans are available to cover food, accommodation and travel. There are also non-repayable grants for some earning an average of £9,000 a students with disabilities, students who www.bcu.ac.uk/tuitionfees year more than non-graduates*, coming to university is an investment in your future career.
Assist For 2016 entry, we offered scholarships of up to £3,000 to students who had showed particular academic promise.
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Further opportunities
If you are not sure which career path to take, university can be a great way to find out. New opportunities such as work experience, volunteering or joining a student society will help you understand a subject that interests you in greater depth. Learn from industry experts
Our courses are developed in line with industry trends with frequent visits from industry experts.
Biomedical Laboratory
Further study Research number of research students across our core subject areas: It’s never to early to think about the possibilities Research is another way of furthering your • Art and Design generated by postgraduate study. Should you knowledge and expanding your opportunities. • Allied Health Professions, Nursing and wish to continue your studies at a higher level The work undertaken by our research staff and Life Sciences after graduating, it could help you progress even research doctoral students not only enriches • Architecture, Built Environment further within your chosen field. Features of our our courses, but is also shaping the world. and Planning taught postgraduate courses include: • Business and Management Studies • Qualifications up to Master’s level Alongside academic enquiry to create new • Computer Science and Informatics • Industry-accredited training knowledge and insights, we are focusing on • Cultural and Media Studies • Lectures and seminars by research- complex societal and economic challenges • Education active staff to address real-world problems and deliver • Engineering • Written, oral and practical examinations tangible societal, cultural and economic • English Language and Literature • Frequent visits from industry experts benefits regionally, nationally and • Law • Courses developed in line with industry trends. internationally. • Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts • Psychology • Social Work, Social Policy For more information on funding options and Bigger, better, broader and Criminology. scholarships, please see our website. Our ambitious strategy and investment plan will improve the quality, quantity and subject www.bcu.ac.uk/postgraduate coverage of our research, increasing the www.bcu.ac.uk/research
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Courses by subject area
104 BA (Hons) | Fashion Design with Garment Technology Criminology 184 BA (Hons) | Textile Design 184 BA (Hons) | Textile Design (Constructed Textiles) 86 BA (Hons) | Criminology 184 BA (Hons) | Textile Design (Embroidery) 187 BA (Hons) | Visual Communication 86 BA (Hons) | Criminology and Security Studies 184 BA (Hons) | Textile Design (Printed Textiles Accountancy and finance (Graphic Communication) 86 BA (Hons) | Criminology, Policing and Investigation and Surface Design) 188 BA (Hons) | Visual Communication (Illustration) 184 BA (Hons) | Textile Design (Retail Management) A 46 BA (Hons) | Accountancy 189 BA (Hons) | Visual Communication (Photography) 47 BA (Hons) | Accountancy and Business Education and teacher 190 MBus Accounting* Health and social care 48 BA (Hons) | Accounting and Finance Built environment training 190 MBus | Accounting and Finance* E 55 Association of Chartered Certified 89 BSc (Hons) | Diagnostic Radiography 52 BSc (Hons) | Architectural Technology 76 BA (Hons) | Children and Integrated H Accountants (ACCA) B 114 CertHE | Health and Social Care 58 HNC | Building Services Engineering Professional Care 116 FdSc | Health and Social Care 59 BSc (Hons) | Building Surveying 190 BSc (Hons) Computer Science with ICT 150 BSc (Hons) | Medical Ultrasound 77 BEng (Hons)/MEng | Civil Engineering with Secondary Education* 151 BSc (Hons) | Midwifery Acting and theatre (optional foundation year) 82 BA (Hons) | Conductive Education 152 BSc (Hons) | Midwifery Shortened Programme 84 HNC | Construction 190 BSc (Hons) | Design and Technology with 158 BSc (Hons) | Nursing – Adult 49 Foundation for Actor Training 85 BSc (Hons) | Construction Management Secondary Education* 158 BSc (Hons) | Nursing – Child 50 BA (Hons) | Acting 172 BSc (Hons) | Quantity Surveying 92 BA (Hons) | Early Childhood Studies 158 BSc (Hons) | Nursing – Learning Disability 51 BA (Hons) | Applied Performance 175 BSc (Hons) | Real Estate 93 FdA | Early Years 158 BSc (Hons) | Nursing – Mental Health (Community and Education) 95 BA (Hons) | Education Studies 182 BA (Hons) | Stage Management 160 DipHE | Operating Department Practice Business and management 166 BA (Hons) | Primary Education with Qualified 161 BSc (Hons) | Operating Department Practice Teacher Status 162 BSc (Hons) | Paramedic Science 170 BSc (Hons) | Public Health Advertising, marketing and PR 60 BA (Hons) | Business 174 BSc (Hons) | Radiotherapy 61 BA (Hons) | Business (Professional Practice) Engineering 176 FdSc | Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment) 72 BA (Hons) | Business and Marketing 62 BA (Hons) | Business Administration (Top-Up) 178 BSc (Hons) | Social Work 73 BA (Hons) | Business and Marketing 64 BA (Hons) | Business and Economics 56 BEng (Hons)/MEng | Automotive Engineering 181 BSc (Hons) | Speech and Language Therapy (Professional Practice) 65 BA (Hons) | Business and Finance (optional foundation year) 127 BA (Hons) | International Marketing (Top-Up) 66 BA (Hons) | Business and Human 96 BEng (Hons)/MEng | Electronic Engineering 141 BA (Hons) | Marketing Resource Management (optional foundation year) Jewellery and silversmithing 142 BA (Hons) | Marketing (Professional Practice) 67 BA (Hons) | Business and Human Resource 140 BEng (Hons)/MEng | Manufacturing Engineering Management (Professional Practice) 143 BA (Hons) | Marketing, Advertising and (optional foundation year) 112 Gemmological Association Foundation Certificate/ Public Relations 68 HNC | Business and Management 146 BEng (Hons)/ MEng | Mechanical Engineering J Gemmology Diploma/Gemmology Diamond Diploma 69 HND | Business and Management 144 BA (Hons) | Marketing, Advertising and (optional foundation year) 113 BSc (Hons) | Gemmology and Jewellery Studies 70 BA (Hons) | Business and Management Public Relations (Professional Practice) 153 BSc (Hons) | Motorsports Technology 118 BA (Hons) | Horology 71 BA (Hons) | Business and Management 129 Creative Self Development | Jewellery and (Professional Practice) Silversmithing 94 BA (Hons) | Economics and Finance Architecture and design English 130 HND | Jewellery and Silversmithing 125 BA (Hons) | International Business (Top-Up) 131 BA (Hons) | Jewellery and Silversmithing – 126 BA (Hons) | International Finance (Top-Up) 53 BA (Hons) | Architecture (RIBA Part 1 Exemption) 98 BA (Hons) | English Design for Industry (Top-Up) 138 BA (Hons) | Leadership and Management 124 BA (Hons) | Interior Design 98 BA (Hons) | English and Creative Writing 132 BA (Hons) | Jewellery Design and Related Products Practice (work-based) 134 BA (Hons) | Landscape Architecture 98 BA (Hons) | English and Drama 133 School of Jewellery Summer and Bespoke 167 BA (Hons) | Product Design 98 BA (Hons) | English and Journalism* Short Courses 98 BA (Hons) | English and Media Computing and technology 100 Foundation Certificate | English for Art, design and visual Academic Purposes Law C 74 BSc (Hons) | Business Information Technology 98 BA (Hons) | English Literature 78 BSc (Hons) | Computer Games Technology communication 98 BA (Hons) | English Literature and English 136 LLB (Hons) | Law 79 BSc (Hons) | Computer Networks Language Studies L 136 LLB (Hons) | Law (Graduate Entry) 80 BSc (Hons) | Computer Networks and Security 136 LLB (Hons) | Law with American Legal Studies 54 BA (Hons) | Art and Design 81 BSc (Hons) | Computer Science 136 LLB (Hons) | Law with Business 88 BA (Hons) | Design for Theatre, Performance 101 BSc (Hons) | Enterprise Information Systems Fashion and textiles 136 LLB (Hons) | Law with Business Law and Events 110 BSc (Hons) | Forensic Computing 136 LLB (Hons) | Law with Criminology 108 HND | Fine Art 120 BSc (Hons) | Information and 109 BA (Hons) | Fine Art F 102 BA (Hons) | Fashion Business and Promotion 136 LLB (Hons) | Law with Marketing Communications Technology 186 BA (Hons) | Visual Communication 104 BA (Hons) | Fashion Design 136 LLB (Hons) | Law with Psychology (Film and Animation) 104 BA (Hons) | Fashion Design with Design for Performance 136 LLB (Hons) | Law with Sociology 104 BA (Hons) | Fashion Design with Fashion Accessories 139 HND | Legal Studies 104 BA (Hons) | Fashion Design with Fashion Communication *subject to approval 42 www.bcu.ac.uk 43 Undergraduate Prospectus 2017/18 Birmingham City University
Life sciences
192 BSc (Hons) | Nutrition Science* 192 BSc (Hons) | Biomedical Sciences* 192 MEng | Biomedical Engineering m Media and multimedia technology 62 M 90 BSc (Hons) | Digital Media Technology With access to over 62 million 106 BSc (Hons) | Film Production Technology resources, including books, e-books, 107 BSc (Hons) | Film Technology and Visual Effects and print and electronic journals, 121 BA (Hons) | Interactive Entertainment (Digital Art) our libraries have a wealth of 122 BSc (Hons) | Interactive Entertainment resources to help you succeed. (Digital Marketing) 123 BSc (Hons) | Interactive Entertainment (Games Development) 147 HND | Media and Communication 148 BA (Hons) | Media and Communication 148 BA (Hons) | Media and Communication (Event and Exhibition Industries) 148 BA (Hons) | Media and Communication (Journalism) 148 BA (Hons) | Media and Communication (Media Photography) 148 BA (Hons) | Media and Communication (Music Industries) 148 BA (Hons) | Media and Communication (New Media) 148 BA (Hons) | Media and Communication (Public Relations) 148 BA (Hons) | Media and Communication (Radio) 148 BA (Hons) | Media and Communication (Television) 156 BSc (Hons) | Music Technology 180 BSc (Hons) | Sound Engineering and Production Music
128 BMus (Hons) | Jazz 154 BMus (Hons) | Music 155 BA (Hons) | Music Business 163 BA (Hons) | Popular Music (Top-Up) 164 BMus | Popular Music Performance 165 HND | Popular Music Practice Social sciences S 168 BSc (Hons) | Psychology 168 BSc (Hons) | Psychology with Business 168 BSc (Hons) | Psychology with Criminology 168 BSc (Hons) | Psychology with Marketing 168 BSc (Hons) | Psychology with Sociology 179 BA (Hons) | Sociology 179 BA (Hons) | Sociology and Criminology Sport and exercise science
193 BSc (Hons) | Physical Education and School Sport* 193 BSc (Hons) | Sport and Exercise Science* 193 BSc (Hons) | Sport and Exercise Nutrition* 193 BSc (Hons) | Sports Therapy*
*subject to approval
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Accountancy Accountancy and Business
With insight from industry-leading guest speakers and dynamic work placement opportunities, Combining two key subjects, you will be provided with placement opportunities, professional each stage of this course is structured to provide you with the professional skills and knowledge experience and the chance to create a marketing plan, which will be pitched to industry Birmingham City you need for a respected career in accountancy. professionals in the style of the TV series Dragons’ Den. Birmingham City Business School Business School Highly respected within the industry, this course will equip you with the skills and knowledge The course gives a thorough understanding of the day-to-day impact of company figures and to handle financial challenges and become a valuable asset to any business. balances, equipping you with practical skills and knowledge needed to succeed. CAMPUS CAMPUS City Centre The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the You will apply your practical knowledge of accountancy to contemporary business issues, City Centre Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered Institute of Public enabling you to develop skills which are highly valued by employers. We set you real-life business DURATION Finance and Accountants (CIPFA) for exemption purposes. The University is also a Platinum projects so you can gain valuable and practical experience, which has seen former students move DURATION Approved Learning Partner of the ACCA, in recognition of its high-quality tuition and into roles with companies such as AXA, AF Blackmore & Son and NCH Europe. 3 years full-time professional credibility. 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich Combining these subjects sets you up for possible graduate fast-track training and entry-level 4 years sandwich Each stage of this course is structured to provide you with professionally relevant skills and management posts in a number of industries. You will build a wealth of knowledge that will be UCAS CODE knowledge that will prepare you for a respected and well-rewarded career in accountancy. invaluable to your professional future, whatever your ambitions. UCAS CODE N400 NN41 The course takes every opportunity to put you into the shoes of a professional accountant, with The University is a Platinum Approved Learning Partner of the Association of Chartered Certified placements and professional experience, as well as opportunities for international exchanges. Accountants (ACCA), in recognition of its high-quality tuition and professional credibility. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Graduates work for companies such as HSBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland and L’Oreal. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBC (or equivalent) • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or at A Level; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical; Year 1 Year 3 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Year 1 Year 3 or • Accounting and finance • Corporate reporting • 28 points from International • Fundamentals of financial accounting • Advanced financial reporting • 28 points from International • Managing organisations, people and self • International business strategy Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Fundamentals of management accounting • Managing performance Baccalaureate Diploma; or • New venture creation • Business start-up project, management • Access to Higher Education • Professional and financial skills • Integrated strategic management • Access to Higher Education consultancy project, dissertation or Diploma (see website); or • Business economics and law Diploma (see website); or Year 2 placement project • Other qualifications • Other qualifications equivalent • Financial accounting and analysis equivalent to 112 UCAS Year 2 to 112 UCAS points; plus • Management accounting points; plus • Financial reporting • GCSE grade C or above in • Creative problem-solving • GCSE grade C or above in • Management accounting applications English language and English language and • Tax principles mathematics (or equivalent). mathematics (or equivalent). • Operations and project management • Effective management For full entry requirements For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION “This course is a challenging and an interactive experience. There “I chose to study at Birmingham City Business School as I believed are many skills that will be tested throughout and will lead to having they could offer me the knowledge and wisdom to succeed in my a good future career.” chosen course area.”
Steven Partlett Chantel Lane
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BA (Hons) Accounting Foundation for and Finance Actor Training
With a host of professional accreditations from leading associations, this course gives you full With professional workshops at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, plus theatre visits and backstage membership of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) and will see you gain a wide tours, you will be given valuable insight into a challenging but exciting profession. Birmingham City range of valuable skills. Birmingham Business School At 20 weeks in length, this exciting course offers you an intensive introduction to the techniques School of Acting Officially accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the needed, and the hard work required, if you want to progress to drama school or a degree-level Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), this highly respected course performance course. CAMPUS gives you the knowledge and experience to succeed. CAMPUS City Centre Ideal if you are contemplating a gap year before higher education, it gives you invaluable City Centre The University is an ACCA Platinum Approved Learning Partner, a status only granted to experience and proof of your commitment when you move on to auditions for three-year degrees. DURATION institutions meeting the highest standards, such as exceeding the worldwide student pass We will teach you the secrets of a successful audition, alongside voice, movement, dance and DURATION rate for examinations. acting classes, as you experience the world of acting at an exciting, contemporary drama school. 3 years full-time 20 weeks full-time 4 years sandwich This course covers a range of areas such as accounting, taxation, business economics and The course is delivered through practice-based classes, where you will be introduced to the law, strategic decision-making and management. With real-life briefs and projects to work principles of Stanislavski’s system in creating a character and performance. You will analyse UCAS CODE UCAS CODE on, we also encourage you to get involved in competitions such as the Chartered Institute of and investigate a script, exploring dramatic relationships and character clues. You cannot apply for this NN43 Management Accountants Global Business Challenge, where you work in teams to present a course via UCAS. Please apply business case study. Throughout the course, you will learn how to prepare for acting and singing auditions. In addition directly to the School using to this, you will complete the Trinity Performance exam in Performance, which can contribute up our online application form. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Placement and exchange programmes provide outstanding industry experience; students to 65 UCAS points. • Grades BBC (or equivalent) have recently obtained placements at AXA Investments, Bentley, British Gas, the NHS, at A Level; or Toys R Us and Volkswagen. You will obtain membership of the AAT on completion, ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or provided you undertake an appropriate placement. No previous qualifications • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Content includes: necessary. Letter of reference Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or required and you may be asked • 28 points from International • Classes cover acting, voice, movement and to audition. Baccalaureate Diploma; or Content includes: singing • Access to Higher Education For full entry requirements Diploma (see website); or Year 1 Year 3 You undertake four projects as part of the course: and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Other qualifications equivalent • Fundamentals of financial accounting • Managing performance • Devised work (storytelling) • Fundamentals of management accounting • Advanced financial reporting to 112 UCAS points; plus • Musical theatre styles ACCREDITATION • GCSE grade C or above in • Professional and financial skills • Financial strategy • Shakespeare English language and • Business economics and law • Modern playwrights mathematics (or equivalent). Year 2 For full entry requirements • Management accounting applications and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Financial reporting • Taxation • Business finance decisions ACCREDITATION • Principles of audit and assurance
“The course is challenging and provides you with all the tools “It’s such a modern school, full of life, varied and contemporary. necessary for life after graduation. The whole faculty is geared The course has helped me to choose my places, think about where towards helping its students and providing the best service to them.” I want to go and why I want to do it, prepare for auditions and get the recalls I need.” Rohiel Khaliq Rebecca Witherington
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Acting Applied Performance (Community and Education)
Take your acting skills to the next level as you receive expert preparation for a career on stage The only course of its kind in the West Midlands, this course gives you the professional skills or screen, culminating in the chance to appear in live stage shows, industry showcases, and a to make you an invaluable addition to any company, or start your own. Birmingham portfolio of filmed and recorded performances. Birmingham School of Acting We will help you to develop skills in acting, singing, dancing, spoken word, writing and devising School of Acting Part of a School accredited by Drama UK, this course treats you as, and prepares you to be, performance. a professional actor, stretching you physically, personally and professionally. CAMPUS You will have the opportunity to perform in multidisciplinary performance projects for young CAMPUS City Centre Based in professional studios, a team of experienced staff will teach you a range of acting people which challenge perspectives as well as developing and delivering workshops in City Centre skills, how to interpret text to an advanced level, and voice, movement and singing techniques. community or educational settings. DURATION You are taught a range of acting skills, you learn to interpret text to an advanced level, and receive DURATION specialist training in voice, movement and singing. The course embraces students from a wide variety of performance backgrounds and actively 3 years full-time encourages you to develop your own areas of interest and practice. Recent students coming on 3 years full-time There are opportunities to compete in various industry competitions, including the Carleton to the course have included spoken word artists, musicians/singers, dancers and those with UCAS CODE Hobbs Competition for Radio, organised by the BBC, the Sam Wanamaker Festival at interests as diverse as puppetry and arts administration. UCAS CODE N/A – please apply to School Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, and the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer W490 directly using our online of the Year Award, organised by the Society for West End Theatres. You will also benefit from partnerships and collaborations with a wide variety of companies, application form venues and organisations, including Birmingham REP, mac Birmingham, The Drum and In your final year, you appear in live stage performances, industry showcases, a filmed The Playhouse Theatre. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS performance and a radio play. You also have the opportunity to showcase your talents to • Grades CCC (or equivalent) ENTRY REQUIREMENTS invited agents, casting directors and other professionals in Birmingham and London. at A Level; or • Successful two-stage • MMM (or equivalent) at audition – Initial and Recall; Content includes: BTEC; or plus • MMM (or equivalent) at OCR Content includes: • Skills workshop • Minimum of 64 UCAS points Year 1 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Project from two A Levels or • Skills workshop or Year 1 • Physical skills equivalent; or • Contextual studies and critical theory • 24 points from International • Acting • Singing Year 3 • MM (or equivalent) at BTEC; • Community and identity Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Acting theory and context • Voice • Project planning plus • Performance workshop • Other qualifications • Physical skills • Collaboration project • At least five GCSEs at grade • Project equivalent to 96 UCAS points. • Singing Year 3 • Outreach project C or above including English • Voice • Recorded media • Community arts project language. Year 2 For full entry requirements • Project • Professional development • Professional practice and administration and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses For full entry requirements • Devising, making and writing Year 2 and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Applied practice and theory • Acting • Facilitation in context ACCREDITATION • Workshops ACCREDITATION
”The tuition we received was absolutely outstanding – so many of “The course enabled me to explore the various forms of applied our tutors had worked in the acting business all their lives and to performance and pursue the ones I felt passionate about through have the benefit of their experience was amazing for all of us.” my own projects. It allowed me to find a path that was right for me and develop a successful career.” Catherine Tyldesley (Eva Price in Coronation Street) Katie Finch
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BSc (Hons) BA (Hons) Architectural Architecture Technology (RIBA Part 1 Exemption)
Learn how to construct designs using Computer-Assisted Design (CAD) in a three-dimensional From lectures by leading industry professionals to cultural study trips and live project briefs format, explore the intricacies and challenges of negotiation with planning and building from real clients, this course has been structured to help you respond creatively to the School of authorities, and gain the ability to offer technical advice where appropriate. challenges of expanding urbanisation. Birmingham School Engineering and the of Architecture Built Environment Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists and the Chartered Institute of If you are considering a career in architecture, studying here will equip you with everything and Design Building, this course teaches you to play a significant role in the creation of the built environment. you need to participate in shaping the future of architectural design. It matches the need for a well-designed, functioning and productive built environment with the CAMPUS regulatory, technical and sustainable influences that underpin it. With the city of Birmingham as your initial architectural reference point, you will work CAMPUS City Centre collaboratively with tutors, practitioners, theorists and designers. The course explores City Centre It focuses not only on the creation of the built environment, but also on the structuring of space environmental conditions, neighbourhoods, cities, and regional and global networks, in and around it. You will cover every aspect of architectural design and technology, from reading as well as how disciplines, systems, concepts and people connect in the real world. DURATION drawings to producing surveys and understanding sustainable development. You will use industry- DURATION 3 years full-time standard facilities, including CAD and the latest landscape design software. The course is accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects. It also includes a 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich comprehensive set of activities in Professional Studies, including a work placement, 4 years part-time 5 years part-time This course’s excellent links with industry open up a range of opportunities for work placements, construction site visits and Into Work seminars. allowing you to experience first-hand the professional life of an architectural technologist. UCAS CODE UCAS CODE After a year out in an architectural practice, you are advised to apply for our MArch course Regular field trips to construction projects add context and relevance to your studies as you gain (RIBA Part 2) and then progress to our PgDip Architectural Practice course (RIBA Part 3). K100 K236 inspiration from a variety of landscapes and settings. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Content includes: • Grades AAB (or equivalent) • Grades BBC (or equivalent) Content includes: at A Level; or at A Level; or Year 1 Year 2 • DDD (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or Year 1 Year 3 • Digital and hand-drawn visual • The role of the architect as co-ordinator • DDD (or equivalent) at OCR • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Residential construction • Research into practice communication skills in two and or facilitator in the act of construction Level 3 Cambridge Technical; Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Environmental and materials science • Design practice three dimensions • Praxis, and integrated work placements or • 30 points from International • Design and surveying skills • Inter-professional project • The city and urban environment • Co.LAB live projects • 28 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma • Law for designers • Honours research project • Design principles, spatial planning, • Technical integration Baccalaureate Diploma; or (minimum grade 5 in • Professional practice project architectural design concepts • Architectural theory • Other qualifications mathematics); or • Construction technologies - an introduction equivalent to 136 UCAS • Access to Higher Education Year 2 to environmental and structural design Year 3 points; plus Diploma (see website); or • Pre- and post-contract procedures strategies • Praxis • GCSE grade C or above in • Other qualifications equivalent • Design practice and procedures • History and theory of architecture • Cultural and societal change in English language and to 112 UCAS points; plus • Advanced design and surveying skills architecture mathematics (or equivalent). • GCSE grade C or above in • Commercial and industrial technology • Understanding complex urban • A good portfolio of work English language and • Professional practice project environments may be required. mathematics (or equivalent). • Developing design through technological resolution and exploration For full entry requirements For full entry requirements • Critical study in architecture and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION “Lecturers are always willing to help... they work to ensure everyone “The diverse interpretation the School takes on what architecture is, can reach their full potential.” and what it can be, makes the school a captivating place to study.”
Aneesa Mulla Callum Sohal
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BA (Hons) Association of Art and Design Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
With regular talks from professional artists, designers, curators, craftspeople and Be fully prepared to pass the examinations for the fastest-growing international accounting Birmingham entrepreneurs, you will be inspired to develop your skills in the context of the real world. body, whose membership is highly rated by employers worldwide. Birmingham City School of Art This is an innovative course that enables you to establish highly flexible approaches This course gives you the necessary preparation to pass the external examinations, Business School to identify and develop your own personal practices. This includes the effective application of at Skills and Professional Level for ACCA. design methodologies to challenge conventional viewpoints. In developing your ideas, you will CAMPUS also gain an insight into the realities of professional life in the creative industries and develop The University is a Platinum Approved Learning Partner of ACCA, a status only granted to CAMPUS Margaret Street excellent links and networks. institutions meeting the highest standards, such as exceeding the worldwide student pass City Centre rate for examinations. DURATION Closely supported by expert staff from a variety of disciplines and regular talks/workshops DURATION from professional artists, designers, craftspeople and entrepreneurs, you will be encouraged All of our tutors are qualified accountants, with expert academic and professional knowledge 3 years full-time to work across art and design in order to explore the potential of various media, processes and and experience. 1–4 years full-time ways of working. Variable part-time UCAS CODE As a leading UK practice-based university, we offer a range of facilities and support mechanisms. W190 The School runs two nationally recognised contemporary galleries and you will have access to We also offer a range of further study opportunities, both during and after completing the ACCA UCAS CODE outstanding studios and contemporary installation spaces. qualification. N/A – please apply to School ENTRY REQUIREMENTS directly using our online Work experience placements and live industry briefs provide practical, professional exposure that application form • Grades BBC (or equivalent) has led to collaborations with a range of companies, galleries, events and institutions such as London Fashion Week, Associated Architects, Channel 4 and Sony. Content includes: at A Level; or ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Skills Papers Essential • You must be accepted as or • F4 Corporate and Business Law • P1 Governance, Risk and Ethics • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR a registered student by Content includes: • F5 Performance Management • P2 Corporate Reporting the ACCA (find out more at Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • F6 Taxation • P3 Business Analysis or www.accaglobal.com); plus Year 1 Year 2 • F7 Financial Reporting • Two A Levels or equivalent; • 26 points from International • Introduction to art and design practices • Further development of individual practice • F8 Audit and Assurance Options (two to be completed) Baccalaureate Diploma; or plus • Introduction to contemporary and • Professional placements • F9 Financial Management • P4 Advanced Financial Management • Five GCSEs including • Access to Higher Education historical contexts • Collaborative practices • P5 Advanced Performance Management Diploma (see website); or mathematics and English • Interdisciplinary projects • Opportunities for overseas study • P6 Advanced Taxation language. • Other qualifications (developing strengths) • P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance equivalent to 112 UCAS Year 3 points; plus For full entry requirements • Professional practice: develop a career plan and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Good portfolio of work. • Major project and exhibition • Final-year dissertation For full entry requirements ACCREDITATION and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
“What really stuck with me was the intention to cultivate the skill set “I am learning invaluable skills that I will take away with me. needed to define my goals, break down the steps/stages to achieving The Business School has great resources and staff that have my goals and fulfil them.” supported me throughout the course.”
Devon McFarlane Jenny Head
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BEng (Hons)/MEng Automotive Engineering
Become a successful professional engineer with the ability to implement new technologies. You can participate in the annual international IMechE Formula Student event at Silverstone School of and take part in events which have included Autolink, Powertrain, Autosports International, Engineering and the Walker Adams, Max Power Show and Hot Wheels Racing. Built Environment Designed to meet the needs of industry, this course provides you with outstanding career prospects, aiming to create successful, highly employable graduates. Accredited by the CAMPUS Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, City Centre this course is respected by industry. Advanced automotive workshops and laboratories provide the spark and ignition for theoretical DURATION learning, including CNC, three-dimensional scanning, and rapid prototype facilities and reverse BEng – 3/4/5 years, full-time/ engineering facilities. sandwich/part-time MEng – 4/5/7 years, full-time/ We have strong links with business and industry, such as Morgan Motor Company, and work sandwich/part-time with globally respected technology partners.
UCAS CODE H330 (BEng), H3H0 (MEng) Content includes:
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Year 1 Year 3 • Mathematics and dynamics • Dynamics and control • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at • Mathematics and mechanics • Body engineering A Level, including mathematics • Materials and processes • Advanced engineering analysis at grade C or above; or • Design methods and digital design • Design management • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 2 Year 4 (MEng) Level 3 Cambridge Technical ; or • Management of engineering and • Master’s project • 30 points from International technology innovation • Hybrids and sustainable technologies Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Mechanics and dynamics • Knowledge-based engineering • Access to Higher Education • Suspension and chassis design • Automotive electronics and Diploma (see website); or • Engine and drivetrain systems control systems • Other qualifications equivalent • International logistics and supply to 112 UCAS points; plus chain management • GCSE grade C or above in English language and Note: This course can also be accessed via our Foundation Year in Engineering (UCAS code: H338). If mathematics (or equivalent). you have 80 UCAS points, with at least one A Level in technology, science, mathematics or computing, but do not have the necessary qualifications to directly enter year one of this degree, you can apply for For full entry requirements the Foundation Year. and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “The University has good facilities for the automotive sector and ACCREDITATION the labs are very hi-tech, with all the latest software. We got a lot of hands-on experience. Overall, the course and the University helped me raise my confidence and be outgoing in life.”
Sourabh Joshi
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HNC BSc (Hons) Building Services Building Surveying Engineering
Gain the technical ability and all-round professional awareness required to work as a technician Fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Chartered Institute in the areas of heating, ventilation or air conditioning. of Building, this course has complete professional integrity. You will gain the skills relevant to School of current construction practice and emerge as a highly capable practitioner. School of Engineering and the A nationally recognised professional qualification in its own right, this award also helps you Engineering and the Built Environment progress to a full Honours degree in Building Services Engineering. Aimed principally at You will benefit from the expert guidance, support and insight of staff who can call on Built Environment engineers in the building services industry, this is one of the few UK courses of its kind. professional industry experience. The skills you acquire will be put to the test as you undertake a domestic survey and commercial survey as part of your assessment. Regular site visits will CAMPUS You will be taught by experienced academic staff, many with long experience in industry, give you industry insight and you will benefit from cutting-edge technology and industry-standard CAMPUS South and City College bringing with them a wealth of skills and knowledge. During the course, you will explore the facilities. City Centre Birmingham science behind building services, and look at management principles and how to put them into practice. The course also covers the crucial elements of health and safety as they apply to your Our content is always relevant to the latest industry practice and takes into consideration changes field. in law and planning regulations. You will be assessed throughout your course through a mix of DURATION DURATION coursework, presentations and reports, as well as examinations. 3 years full-time 2 years part-time You will consider design principles and concepts, and apply all your learning in a group project, 4 years sandwich which involves the design of services for recently completed buildings or those still under Once the course is successfully completed, and a minimum of 24 months of suitable work 5 years part-time UCAS CODE construction. experience is undertaken, you can apply for the final Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) to gain membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). UCAS CODE N/A – apply online at South and City College Birmingham is one of only a handful of training providers to achieve www.sccb.ac.uk the government’s Training Quality Standard in three or more sector areas. The College also K230 has Customer Service Excellence status, proof of the importance placed on student satisfaction. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Content includes: ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • PPP (or equivalent) at BTEC Year 1 Year 3 • Grades BBC (or equivalent) Extended Diploma (Building Content includes: • Residential construction • Commercial surveys and reporting at A Level; or Services Engineering); or • Environmental and materials science • Defect and structural appraisal • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • MP (or equivalent) at BTEC • Design principles and application You will also study an additional four • Design and surveying skills • Conservation issues in practice • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR National Certificate (Building • Building services science specialist units: • Law for designers • Project and maintenance management Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Services Engineering • Analytical methods • Thermofluids and acoustic criteria • Professional practice project • Building surveying practice • 30 points from International pre-2010); or • Management principles and applications • Air conditioning Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Advanced GNVQ in Construction • Health, safety and welfare • Heating Year 2 • Access to Higher Education (Building Services); or • Group project • Energy utilisation and efficiency • Commercial and industrial technology Diploma (see website); or • Grades DD (or equivalent) at • Residential surveying • Other qualifications equivalent A level in appropriate subjects, • Advanced design and surveying skills to 112 UCAS points; plus for example a science • Pre- and post-contract procedures • GCSE grade C or above in (preferably with mathematics • Professional practice project English language and at AS Level); or mathematics (or equivalent). • Other qualifications equivalent to 48 UCAS points; or For full entry requirements • Appropriate professional and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses experience; plus • GCSE grade C or above in ACCREDITATION English language and “Studying with others on similar courses enabled me to broaden “The lecturers are friendly and very approachable if you require mathematics (or equivalent). my mind. I learned how people with different backgrounds can any help or guidance with certain topics.” work together and developed vital skills in communication and For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses leadership.” Matthew Hateley
Sidra Qayum
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Business Business (Professional Practice)
With talks from high-profile guest speakers, a huge choice of subject areas and a valuable work Our unique professional practice degree in Business is designed to fast-track your professional placement, our BA (Hons) Business course perfectly prepares you for a rewarding and dynamic development and help you apply your business studies to your work experience. You will study Birmingham City career in a demanding industry. at the University for two years, before spending your third and final year on paid placement, Birmingham City Business School ensuring you graduate as a highly employable, experienced professional. Business School This is the most flexible course in Birmingham City Business School’s degree portfolio. We will give you a solid grounding in the main areas of business, before you then progress and decide This course allows you to delve into a wide area of business before spending your final year in CAMPUS CAMPUS upon your specialist study topics. a paid work placement. It covers all the key areas of business such as finance, management, City Centre marketing, logistics and strategy. City Centre Throughout this course, you will find an emphasis on business theory as it applies to actual DURATION business situations. A compulsory work placement before your final year puts you face-to- This route closely integrates both theory and practice and provides the opportunity for you to learn DURATION face with real business challenges, and there is also the chance to take part in an exchange how our current understanding of business is reflected in and challenged by professional practice. 4 years sandwich programme at one of our international partner institutes. 3 years full-time You will work on case studies of real companies, developing your own ideas and solutions to UCAS CODE The personal insight of high-profile guest speakers adds colour and relevance to business the challenges facing real businesses. You will also have the opportunity to enter national and UCAS CODE N100 principles and theories. international student competitions. Recent students won the European Business Masters Cup, N001 and travelled to Stuttgart University in Germany for the award. As one of the UK’s most established and respected business schools, we enjoy close and ENTRY REQUIREMENTS collaborative links with industry providing real-life insight and experience that is recognised Throughout the course, you will benefit from the support of staff with exceptional links to ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBC (or equivalent) and valued by employers. business and experience gained from the Ministry of Defence, aerospace, and multi-million • Grades BBB (or equivalent) at A Level; or pound conglomerates. at A Level; or • DMM (or equivalent) at • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or BTEC; or • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Content includes: Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • 28 points from International Year 1 Final year • 28 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Economic environment • International business strategy Year 1 Year 3 Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Access to Higher Education • Accounting and finance • Placement project • Economic environment • Professional practice project in which you • Access to Higher Education Diploma (see website); or • Managing organisations, people and self • Globalisation • Accounting and finance investigate and make recommendations Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications equivalent • New venture creation • Managing organisations, people and self on how your placement organisation can • Other qualifications equivalent to 120 UCAS points; plus • New venture creation enhance what it does to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in Year 2 • You will also demonstrate how you • GCSE grade C or above in English language and • Contemporary business issues Year 2 developed and enhanced your own English language and mathematics (or equivalent). mathematics (or equivalent). • Creative problem-solving • Contemporary business issues professional practice skills during the year • Business operations and logistics • Creative problem-solving For full entry requirements • Marketing communications planning • Business operations and logistics For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Marketing communications planning and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
“The staff are really good at helping you to get to where you want “Designed to fast track students’ professional development, the to be – they take the time to help you out.” professional practice Business programmes will enable students to apply their business studies to their work experience, ensuring our Katherine Anley graduates emerge as highly employable and experienced professionals.”
Cindy Millman, Associate Professor in Business
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BA (Hons) Business Administration (Top-Up)
This top-up course allows you to deepen your knowledge of the areas of business that most appeal to you. You can tailor your studies to your interests and receive specialist support from Birmingham City our tutors, who have helped former graduates progress into jobs with such employers as npower Business School and Zurich.
Guided and supported throughout by your tutor, you will build your own personal programme of CAMPUS study, which clearly demonstrates to employers your business strengths. City Centre You will benefit from the close attention of staff who can share a vast range of knowledge from DURATION their own extensive industry experience.
1 year full-time You will follow a timetable chosen to suit your needs with a high level of individual support, studying eight modules from a choice of at least 16 with assessment taking place at the end of UCAS CODE each term. N101 Birmingham City Business School collaborates closely with industry, which means your course has currency, credibility and practical business relevance. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • 240 UK university credits in On completion, you will have the option of progressing to postgraduate study through Birmingham a business-related field; or City Business School’s outstanding portfolio of MA, MSc and MBA courses. • HND in a related subject – Distinction profile; or • ABE Advanced Diploma – at least grade B in two Content includes: modules; plus • GCSE grade C or above in • International business strategy English language and • Business operations and systems mathematics (or equivalent). • Business statistics • Creative industries marketing For full entry requirements • Digital marketing strategy and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Global marketing • Contemporary advertising
“My tutors have helped me succeed and given me valuable advice on how to study efficiently; we are always updated with the facilities available in the University to help us achieve in our studies.”
Shuo Yin
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Business Business and Economics and Finance
Business practice can play a major role in global economic recovery. Our course gives you a As a Platinum Approved Learning Partner of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants practical and engaging entry into this theory, through a work placement, high-profile guest (ACCA), Birmingham City Business School is a recognised centre of excellence in finance Birmingham City speakers and a Dragons’ Den-style pitch to industry professionals. education. Birmingham City Business School Business School Combining these two main subject areas broadens your employment potential and skill set. This course provides you with an insight into financial markets and planning, combined with study A year-long work placement means that you get inside the business world, pick up key of business operations, which enables you to develop a portfolio of skills that are sure to impress CAMPUS transferable skills, and put theory into practice. There are also opportunities for international potential employers. CAMPUS City Centre exchanges. City Centre Reflecting current practice, your studies consider the published results of real companies, DURATION Teaching includes case studies that look at the published results of real companies, and and high-profile guest speakers will share their experience and insight. DURATION high-profile guest speakers share experience and insight. You will get involved in live briefs 3 years full-time and collaborate with other students to really learn how to work in a business environment. You will follow a core first year – with modules on economics, marketing, accounting, finance 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich This experience has helped our graduates to pursue careers with major companies such as and management – before going on to take subject-specific modules. 4 years sandwich Royal Mail, Barclays and online investors TD Waterhouse. UCAS CODE There is also the opportunity to spend a year working in industry between your second and UCAS CODE NL11 Birmingham City Business School collaborates closely with industry, which means your third years on an optional placement year, getting essential, hands-on business experience. NN13 course has currency, credibility and practical business relevance. You will be taught and supported by expert staff with strong global industry links and experience. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBC (or equivalent) Content includes: • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or at A Level; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Content includes: Year 1 Year 3 • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • Economic environment • Business operations and systems or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 1 Year 3 • Accounting and finance • International business strategy • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • The economic environment • International economics • Managing organisations, people and self • International corporate finance Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Accounting and finance • Money and banking • Placement project or research dissertation or • 28 points from International • Marketing fundamentals • Business operations and systems Year 2 • 28 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or • New venture creation • Making sense of organisations • Contemporary business issues Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Access to Higher Education • International business strategy • Business finance decisions • Access to Higher Education Diploma (see website); or Year 2 • Financial markets Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications equivalent • Contemporary business issues • Other qualifications equivalent to 112 UCAS points; plus • Microeconomics to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in • Macroeconomics • GCSE grade C or above in English language and English language and mathematics (or equivalent). mathematics (or equivalent).
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“A learning environment that gives a vast amount of communication “The University has provided me with more than an education. With all between the students and lecturers. More than a teach–learn the extra activities, events, competitions and societies available, it has relationship.” helped me gain employability skills and made me more confident as an individual.” Sukaina Al-Husseiny Navdeep Dhillon
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Business and Human Business and HRM Resource Management (Professional Practice)
This course helps you understand how people and businesses fit together and you will be Gain a competitive advantage by learning about business and human resource management as equipped for excellent career opportunities, including roles in employee relations, employee you work. You will spend two years in university learning about the importance of motivating Birmingham City development and recruitment. and managing people within a business, before spending your third and final year on a paid Birmingham City Business School placement, applying your knowledge and seeing how people can improve a business first-hand. Business School You will gain insight into how to motivate and empower staff to help maximise their business performance and confidently approach employment in a competitive field. Gain insight into the link between successful business performance, management and the CAMPUS people that you employ. You will look at how real businesses operate, find out about marketing CAMPUS City Centre By focusing on the importance of close integration between staff, management and the needs and finance, and get immersed in current issues and developments in human resources. City Centre of the business, you will gain an understanding of how a company attracts, retains, motivates DURATION and manages its people. We encourage your creative side to solve business issues and find innovative ways to benefit DURATION businesses. You will learn through studying case studies on real businesses and gain real work 3 years full-time Birmingham City Business School has always worked closely with industry; this business experience while you learn in your final year. 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich exposure means the course reflects real challenges and is highly valued by employers. You will stay up to date with the latest issues and developments in human resources, because our UCAS CODE UCAS CODE A Joint Honours degree allows you to study two main subject areas and potentially aim for staff are linked to industry. They have worked all over the world and with some huge names such N1N6 NN16 employment in two distinctive areas. as Marks & Spencer, Nestlé and TSB bank. This course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) who set Our course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). This ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS the benchmark in excellence for organisations across the world. This ensures our course remains means that we have achieved their worldwide benchmark of excellence. You can also achieve the • Grades BBB (or equivalent) • Grades BBC (or equivalent) cutting-edge and relevant, recognises the quality of our teaching profession and makes sure we CIPD Intermediate Level Diploma in Human Resource Management alongside your degree. at A Level; or at A Level; or keep up to date with the latest developments. • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR You can also achieve the Intermediate Level Diploma in Human Resource Management alongside Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Content includes: Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or your degree. • 28 points from International • 28 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 1 Year 3 Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Access to Higher Education • Managing organisations, people and self • Professional practice project in which you • Access to Higher Education Diploma (see website); or • Marketing fundamentals investigate and make recommendations Diploma (see website); or Content includes: • Other qualifications equivalent • Accounting and finance on how your placement organisation can • Other qualifications equivalent to 120 UCAS points; plus • New venture creation enhance what it does to 112 UCAS points; plus Year 1 Year 3 • GCSE grade C or above in • You will also demonstrate how you • GCSE grade C or above in • Managing organisations, people and self • International business strategy English language and Year 2 developed and enhanced your own English language and • Marketing fundamentals • International human resource management mathematics (or equivalent). • Legal aspects of human resources professional practice skills during the year mathematics (or equivalent). • Accounting and finance • Managing the human resource management • HRM resourcing and development • New venture creation function For full entry requirements • Contemporary business issues For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Creative problem-solving and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Year 2 • Legal aspects of human resources • HRM resourcing and development ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION • Contemporary business issues • Creative problem-solving
“My experience at Birmingham City Business School has been fantastic. “This course is ideal for students who have real drive to get out in the Lecturers are able to advise and teach by incorporating academic and workforce and make their mark but keep the credibility and investment practice techniques together.” in their future by gaining their degree at the same time.
Amnol Kalsi Clare Jones, Associate Professor in Management, Human Resources and Enterprise
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HNC HND Business Business and Management and Management
With a sharp focus on practical skills, this course gives you a solid platform for opening up With a clear emphasis on the key management issues in day-to-day business, you will develop Birmingham City a career in your chosen field of business or moving on to further your studies. a range of skills crucial to negotiating today’s organisational and entrepreneurial challenges. Birmingham City Business School Professionally accredited by the Chartered Management Institute, this course is validated by This full-time, two-year course builds on HNC study, offering a deeper understanding of business Business School the University and gives you the flexibility to study at either South and City College Birmingham and management principles, along with a chance to practically develop your business skills. or Birmingham Metropolitan College, both respected providers of quality business CAMPUS teaching. With full University validation, the course is studied at either South and City College Birmingham CAMPUS Birmingham Metropolitan or Birmingham Metropolitan College, institutions with an outstanding reputation for the Birmingham Metropolitan College or South and The part-time mode of study gives you the chance to adapt your studies to your regular working provision of business education. You can also take advantage of all the personal support, College (BMC) or South and City College Birmingham commitments. The course modules are delivered through short lectures, typically running industry connections and cutting-edge facilities enjoyed by every student of Birmingham City College Birmingham alongside a seminar programme to help with your assignment completion, as well as a tutorial City Business School. (SCCB) DURATION and skills-based programme. Your studies are assessed by a variety of methods, including written reports, presentations, case studies, role-play and examinations. Over your two years of study, you follow 12 core and four optional modules, each of which is DURATION 2 years part-time assessed separately by an examination, an individual project, an assignment, or a combination The knowledge and practical skills you acquire on the course demonstrate to employers of these. With a clear emphasis on the key management issues in day-to-day business, you 2 years full-time UCAS CODE your potential as a clear-thinking, analytical individual with a good grasp of current business will develop a range of skills crucial to negotiating today’s organisational and entrepreneurial N/A – apply directly to College challenges and opportunities. Successful completion allows you to progress to the HND Business challenges. UCAS CODE and Management course, or one of the undergraduate business-related courses offered at the 122N (BMC), 022N (SCCB) University. This course gives you direct entry to the latter stages of a full Honours degree course at ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Birmingham City Business School, as well as access to a wide range of exciting career opportunities. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • GCSE grade C or above in • Grades CC (or equivalent) at English language and Content includes: A Level; or mathematics (or equivalent). • MPP (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • Marketing Content includes: • MPP (or equivalent) at OCR For full entry requirements • Organisations and behaviour Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Business environment • Marketing • 28 points from International • Law for business • Human resource management Baccalaureate Diploma; or ACCREDITATION • Business analysis • Organisations and behaviour • Access to Higher Education • Managing activities to achieve results • Business environment Diploma (see website); or • Managing financial resources and decisions • Law for business • Other qualifications equivalent • Business analysis to 64 UCAS points; plus • Business planning • GCSE grade C or above in • Managing financial resources and decisions English language and mathematics (or equivalent).
For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
ACCREDITATION “The sound emphasis on business practice helps equip the student “The University provides a lot of resources and connects you with key for the rigours of study on a full degree programme, and prepares networks to get into the field you require. My advice is to be proactive them well for success in the future.” and network and you will succeed.”
John Kimberley Jasdeep Dhillon
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Business Business and and Management Management (Professional Practice) Learn how to manage not only businesses and people, but also yourself, becoming an efficient Gain a competitive advantage by learning about business and management as you work. and organised manager. You will benefit from Birmingham City Business School’s excellent You will study at the University for two years before spending your third and final year on Birmingham City industry links, and accreditation from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) keeps our a paid placement, where you will apply your knowledge in a real life setting. You will graduate Birmingham City Business School course cutting edge. as a highly employable, experienced professional with a year of work experience behind you. Business School
This course prepares you for a management role where you can offer answers to new business This course teaches you to think creatively about business opportunities and issues, but also CAMPUS issues, apply concepts and theory to real-world situations, and bring effective leadership to gives you invaluable management skills. You will take on challenging real-life briefs and learn CAMPUS City Centre your team. You will take key management concepts, models and theories off the page and apply about effective leadership in business. We guide your learning, so you understand how good City Centre them to real contemporary business situations. management – of teams, individuals and yourself – can positively affect a business. DURATION DURATION Birmingham City Business School has always worked closely with industry; this business Our industry connections and focus on getting you real business experience means our 3 years full-time exposure means that the course reflects real challenges and is highly valued by employers. graduates go on to work for some of the biggest names nationally and worldwide including 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich Capgemini, HSBC, Jaguar Land Rover, NHS, BMW Mini and NatWest. Throughout the course, you will explore case studies and reports from real businesses, giving UCAS CODE you the chance to apply your skills to the real world. You also have the opportunity for a work This course is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). The CMI promotes high UCAS CODE N1N2 placement, which can lead to future employment. standards in management and leadership excellence, which means you can be sure this course N201 is very high quality. If you join the CMI, you can achieve the Level 5 CMI Diploma in Management Our staff are leaders in their field and many of them still work in industry, so they are able to apply and Leadership alongside your degree. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS theory to real, current, relevant examples to enhance your understanding of the subject area. • Grades BBB (or equivalent) • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or at A Level; or • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Content includes: Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Year 1 Year 3 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • 28 points from International Year 3 • Accounting and finance • Professional practice project in which you • 28 points from International Year 1 Baccalaureate Diploma; or • International business strategy • Managing organisations, people and self investigate and make recommendations Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Accounting and finance • Access to Higher Education • Critical management perspectives • Marketing fundamentals on how your placement organisation can • Access to Higher Education • Managing organisations, people and self Diploma (see website); or • Managing and leading strategic change • New venture creation enhance what it does Diploma (see website); or • Marketing fundamentals • Other qualifications equivalent • You will also demonstrate how you • Other qualifications equivalent • New venture creation to 120 UCAS points; plus Year 2 developed and enhanced your own to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in • Creative problem-solving professional practice skills during the year • GCSE grade C or above in Year 2 English language and • The business entrepreneur English language and • Creative problem-solving mathematics (or equivalent). • The complexity of management mathematics (or equivalent). • The business entrepreneur • Business operations and logistics • The complexity of management For full entry requirements For full entry requirements • Business operations and logistics and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION
“Birmingham City University offered the degree I wanted to study and “Our professional practice degree allows our students to apply theatrical brilliant facilities within the Business School; this, coupled with excellent knowledge to real world business environment.” feedback and results from friends who had previously studied here, made the decision an easy one.” Navdeep Chouhan, Senior Lecturer in Management
James Hartle
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Business Business and Marketing and Marketing (Professional Practice) Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), this cutting-edge course teaches you Designed to fast-track your professional development, this Business and Marketing degree how organisations operate and the challenges they face. You will have the chance to conduct will help you evolve into a creative entrepreneur, with relevant business skills. The course Birmingham City a year-long work placement in industry, gaining skills that will make you a valuable asset to mixes theory with practice and you will spend your final year on a paid work placement, Birmingham City Business School any company. gaining first-hand experience. Business School
Bringing essential business discipline to creative marketing flair, this course examines The course combines business theory with exciting current marketing themes, such as new CAMPUS how emerging marketing techniques are used to transform organisations. You will have the digital media and the importance of a positive consumer experience. From day one, you will start CAMPUS City Centre opportunity to work on real marketing projects via our own internal marketing agency, The Link. to understand how organisations operate and what their current challenges and opportunities City Centre It’s run by our undergraduates and recently enabled students to work on the successful Cure are. You will look at how emerging technologies and consumer experience can have a profound DURATION Leukaemia campaign. effect on how successful a business can be. DURATION 3 years full-time This is a practice-based study environment, and from day one you are seen as a business You will have the opportunity to work on real marketing projects via our own internal marketing 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich professional with marketing expertise. You get a clear view of how organisations operate, the agency, The Link. It’s run by our undergraduates and recently enabled students to work on the contemporary challenges and opportunities ahead of them, and the business-focused creativity successful Cure Leukaemia campaign. UCAS CODE needed to successfully market them. UCAS CODE N1N5 This course is recognised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) which means you can NN15 Placements provide invaluable opportunities at companies such as DHL, Epson and Hewlett gain CIM qualifications. You can choose to complete two further modules after you finish your Packard. Our graduates have secured roles at companies including Royal Bank of Scotland, degree to gain the CIM Professional Diploma. Uniquely, our course covers your extra tuition ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Mercedes Benz, Jaguar Land Rover and Sainsbury’s. and CIM membership. • Grades BBB (or equivalent) • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or at A Level; or • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Content includes: Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • 28 points from International Year 1 Year 3 • 28 points from International Year 1 Year 3 Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Accounting and finance • Marketing strategy and planning Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Accounting and finance • Professional practice project in which you • Access to Higher Education • Marketing fundamentals • Digital marketing • Access to Higher Education • Marketing fundamentals investigate and make recommendations Diploma (see website); or • Managing organisations, people and self • Contemporary advertising Diploma (see website); or • Managing organisations, people and self on how your placement organisation can • Other qualifications equivalent • New venture creation • Other qualifications equivalent • New venture creation enhance what it does to 120 UCAS points; plus
to 112 UCAS points; plus • You will also demonstrate how you • GCSE grade C or above in Year 2 • GCSE grade C or above in Year 2 developed and enhanced your own English language and • Managing the brand English language and • Managing the brand professional practice skills during the year mathematics (or equivalent). • Creative problem-solving mathematics (or equivalent). • Creative problem-solving • Business operations and logistics • Business operations and logistics For full entry requirements • Marketing research For full entry requirements • Marketing research and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION
“Dealing with live clients, you are able to get a glimpse of what it’s really “Through this unique approach to work-based learning, professional practice like in the real world. This is probably the best part of my course.” degrees offer our students an alternative to traditional sandwich degrees. They aid employability by giving our students more opportunities to apply Mazvita Nyatsambo their subject knowledge to commercial situations.”
Nicola Gittins, Departmental Undergraduate Co-ordinator
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BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology
Relevant to real-life needs and respected by employers, this course includes extensive use of School of case studies, as well as industry-standard simulation and virtualised technologies. Computing and You will gain technical skills alongside sound business knowledge as you prepare for a Digital Technology professional future. The course provides a thorough grounding in the hardware and software used in modern CAMPUS networked computer systems. You explore how business database systems are designed and City Centre implemented, and also investigate the legal aspects of technology. You will also have the chance to complement your academic learning with a high-quality industrial DURATION placement after your second year, which will really boost your CV. In your final year, you will 3 years full-time complete an extended research project on a subject of your choice. 4 years sandwich Your studies take place at our state-of-the-art City Centre Campus, with technology and facilities UCAS CODE that reflect advanced professional practice. The School is established as one of the leading academies for Microsoft and Cisco Systems, and is internationally recognised for teaching G520 quality, research and extensive industry partnerships. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBC (or equivalent) Content includes: at A Level, with at least one from a science, technology, Year 1 Year 3 mathematics or computing • IT professionalism • Individual project subject; or • Network fundamentals • Enterprise e-systems • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC • Web technologies • Strategic information systems (computing/engineering • ICT programming • Consultancy and IT management preferred); or • Business systems • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Year 2 (computing/engineering • Research and professional practice preferred); or • Enterprise databases: design and • 30 points from International implementation Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Network management • Access to Higher Education • Business intelligence Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications equivalent to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C in English language and mathematics. “The knowledge gained on my degree has helped me to develop For full entry requirements professionally and think bigger, and I feel it has made me more prepared and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses for the IT work environment.”
Cleon Russell
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BA (Hons) BEng (Hons)/MEng Children and Integrated Civil Engineering Professional Care
If you are looking to pursue a career working with children as part of an integrated professional Progress into a career as a civil engineer and become a member of the relevant professional School of Education team, you will receive the expert tuition needed from experienced professionals. institutions with a course designed specifically to meet their requirements. School of The course is based on the requirements of the Common Core of Skills and Knowledge for the With strong links to existing courses within the School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Engineering and the CAMPUS Children’s Workforce (CWDC 2010), and responds to the aims of the Every Child Matters Agenda this degree is aimed at students wishing to become Chartered Civil Engineers in industry. The Built Environment (2004). It also incorporates recent and relevant legislation affecting children, young people and course provides academic and vocational content within the areas of engineering mathematics, City South their families within education, law, health and social care. structural design, geotechnics, materials science and civil engineering technology, plus general construction subjects. CAMPUS DURATION It is one of only a few courses of its kind in UK higher education; no other award offers the same City Centre 3 years full-time combination of subject areas. The course is targeted at people who are seeking a career in civil engineering. However, it is also applicable to anyone involved with the design, production or management of buildings or We offer various opportunities to engage with professional practice in the areas of children infrastructure. DURATION UCAS CODE and education; children and health; children and social care; and child and family law. BEng – 3/4 years, full-time/ L590 The course is studied full-time and offers opportunities to experience a simulated workplace sandwich Previous students have achieved positions in education welfare as attendance officers, as family environment for design project tasks. The delivery of the course is complemented by visits to MEng – 4/5 years, full-time/ ENTRY REQUIREMENTS support workers in children’s centres, as teaching assistants in special schools/colleges, and construction sites where you will be able to appreciate theory in context. The course allows sandwich as nursery practitioners. In addition to this, graduates move on to work in the voluntary sector, seamless progression from BEng to Master’s-level awards if your work is of a sufficiently • Grades CCC (or equivalent) project managing for charities and voluntary providers of children’s services. high standard. UCAS CODE at A Level; or • DD at BTEC Diploma H201 (BEng), H200 (MEng) (12 units) / MMM at BTEC Extended Diploma (18 units) / Content includes: Content includes: ENTRY REQUIREMENTS BTEC Subsidiary Diploma / • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at National Award (six units) in Year 1 Year 3 Year 1 Year 3 A Level including mathematics combination with other Level • Child development and managing transitions • Work-based reflective study • Civil engineering technology and graphics • Geotechnical engineering at grade C or above; or 3 qualifications; or • Children and education • Contemporary issues • Mathematics and mechanics • Civil engineering measurement and cost • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • 24 points from International • Inclusive practice • Perceptions of childhood and youth • Materials and processes • Contract practice • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Baccalaureate Diploma; or • English law and the legal system • Youth crime • Topographic surveying • Honours research project Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Access to Higher Education • Social work skills • 30 points from International Diploma (see website); or Year 2 Year 2 Year 4 (MEng) Baccalaureate Diploma; or • CACHE Level 3 Diploma in • Working with families to safeguard children • Hydraulics and drainage • Building information theory • Access to Higher Education Childcare and Education; or • Schools and communities • Professional practice project • Construction law and contract Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications equivalent • Children and the law • Structural design • Sustainable construction • Other qualifications equivalent to 96 UCAS points; plus • Child protection • Civil engineering technology and • Civil engineering project management to 112 UCAS points; plus • At least four GCSEs including soil mechanics • GCSE grade C or above in English language and English language and mathematics. Note: This course can also be accessed via our Foundation Year in Engineering (UCAS code: H20F). If you mathematics (or equivalent). have 80 UCAS points, with at least one A Level in technology, science, mathematics or computing, but do For full entry requirements not have the necessary qualifications to directly enter year one of this degree, you can apply for the For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Foundation Year. and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
“The course has helped build my knowledge about children and “This new course is designed to prepare students for industry by enabling ACCREDITATION health, law, education and social skills. It has also helped to build them to integrate theoretical knowledge with in-demand practical skills Accreditation from the Institution my confidence in working with others and delivering presentations.” across a wide range of subdisciplines.” of Civil Engineers (ICE) will be sought at the appropriate time. Kerry Mobbs Antony Taft, Course Director
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BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) Computer Games Computer Networks Technology
Developed in consultation with industry players including Microsoft, Rare Ltd, Blitz Games Gain a clear understanding of computer operating systems, network communication systems Studios, Jagex and Eutechnyx, as well as the industry accrediting body Skillset, this course and how to integrate hardware and software with business elements. School of sets you up for an exciting career as a programmer in the gaming industry. School of Computing and You will develop the technical ability to plan, design and implement new networks, as well as Computing and Digital Technology Covering entertainment and educational games, your studies are entirely relevant to market the market insight and interpersonal skills that every employer looks for. Our course meets Digital Technology needs. You will have the opportunity to work with both 2D and 3D game worlds, to learn how the needs of a competitive global economy, anticipates new developments in high-speed digital to programme game engines, work with augmented and virtual reality and study mobile communication systems and is informed by the need for strategic computer networks systems. CAMPUS technologies, graphics programming and artificial intelligence. CAMPUS City Centre This course is IEng accredited and fulfils the educational requirements for registration as an City Centre Through individual and project-based learning, you work with other programmers, artists Incorporated Engineer. and sound engineers to reflect professional practice. DURATION We are a Cisco Systems Academy Centre, and one of Microsoft’s top UK university-based DURATION 3 years full-time There is the possibility of a work placement with local game companies, some of which include academies. Your computer network training follows the Cisco Systems Networking Curriculum 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich Innovation Birmingham Campus, Soshi Games, Fish-in-a-Bottle, Daden Labs, Sega and Mixed and is professionally recognised. 4 years sandwich Reality Studios. UCAS CODE There is the chance to undertake an industry placement and gain professional qualifications, UCAS CODE You will also benefit from outstanding technology including a dedicated games studio with such as the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and Microsoft Certified IT Professional G450 specialist game development software. Throughout your course, you will receive the support of (MCITP) certifications. G422 expert teaching staff, all of whom are authorities in their industry, having worked in computer ENTRY REQUIREMENTS science and software development. We have internationally recognised research- and practice- ENTRY REQUIREMENTS based interests which include applying computer games technology to healthcare, engineering • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at and the built environment. Content includes: A Level, with at least one A Level, with at least one science, science, technology, Year 1 Year 3 technology, mathematics or mathematics or computing • Professional context of technology • Individual project computing subject; or subject; or Content includes: • ICT programming • Advanced networking technologies • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; • Computer systems technology • Network design and management • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR or Year 1 Year 3 • Computer networking basics • ICT infrastructure management Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Game engines • Game graphics programming • Supporting ICT clients • 30 points from International Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Game design • Game console programming Baccalaureate Diploma; or or • Introduction to 2D games programming • Artificial intelligence Year 2 • Access to Higher Education • 30 points from International • Introduction to 3D games programming • Mobile and web technology • Management in technology innovation Diploma (see website); or Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Computer systems technology • Individual project • ICT programming • Other qualifications equivalent • Access to Higher Education • Wireless networks to 112 UCAS points; plus Diploma (see website); or Year 2 • Switched LANS and WANS • GCSE grade C in English • Other qualifications equivalent • C++ programming for games • Infrastructure services language and mathematics. to 112 UCAS points; plus • Programming game engines • GCSE grade C in English • 3D game world development For full entry requirements language and mathematics. • Open systems and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
For full entry requirements ACCREDITATION and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “I enjoy spending time with my new-found colleagues during and “My placement involved being an intern for a year, doing everything a after class. I find working as a team to be a great and enjoyable full engineer would do, everything from configuration to documentation experience thanks to them.” to eating lunch with the rest of the guys.”
Radu Dumitriu Phil Bridges
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BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) Computer Networks Computer Science and Security
This course offers a pragmatic look at developing secure network and communication With the unique combination of studying mathematical and scientific skills alongside modern systems, with a view to combating fraud and malice, together with the need to handle error techniques, this course has been designed to match employer needs within the sector. School of and mischance. School of Computing and Internationally recognised for teaching quality, research and extensive industry partnerships, Computing and Digital Technology Focusing on practical business needs, you will receive the support, tools and contacts to give the School is established as one of the leading academies for Microsoft and Cisco Systems. Digital Technology you a distinct advantage in a demanding field. The unique course design combines traditional computer science with advanced software CAMPUS You will use dedicated facilities for systems analysis, eCommerce and business intelligence, development. This allows you to work within growth employment areas, such as mobile phone CAMPUS City Centre and for the support of computer forensics (within our own fully equipped laboratory). programming, website engineering, and artificial intelligence or computer systems City Centre development. This course is IEng accredited and fulfils the educational requirements for registration as an DURATION Incorporated Engineer. Study inside modern, well-equipped software laboratories running the software from our DURATION 3 years full-time well-known industrial partners, such as Oracle for databases, C# for programming and Apple 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich This course also offers professional qualifications, such as Cisco Certified Network Associate for mobile software. 4 years sandwich (CCNA), Professional (CCNP) and Security (CCNAS) certification. We enjoy wide professional UCAS CODE respect as a Cisco Systems and Microsoft Academy Centre. Gain hands-on skills in a variety of programming languages during your course and benefit from UCAS CODE professional qualifications through the likes of Cisco Systems and the Linux Professional Institute. GG49 G401
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Content includes: ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Content includes: • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at Year 1 Year 3 • Grades BBC (or equivalent) A Level, with at least one science, • Professional context of technology • Individual projects Year 1 • Discrete computing and algorithms at A Level, with at least one technology, mathematics or • Data analysis • Personal ID and authentication systems • IT professionalism • Research and professional practice science, technology, computing subject; or • Computer systems technology • Advanced networking technologies • Data analysis • Network management mathematics or computing • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • Visual programming • Network design and management • Web technologies subject; or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Computer networking basics • Software development Year 3 • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Network fundamentals • Individual project or • 30 points from International Year 2 • Artificial intelligence and machine learning • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Management of engineering and technology Year 2 • Mobile and web technology Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Access to Higher Education innovation • Advanced software development • Usability engineering or Diploma (see website); or • Open systems • Enterprise databases: design and • 30 points from International • Other qualifications equivalent • Data capture technology implementation Baccalaureate Diploma; or to 112 UCAS points; plus • Security systems theory • Access to Higher Education • GCSE grade C in English • Switched LANS and WANS Diploma (see website); or language and mathematics. • Other qualifications equivalent to 112 UCAS points; plus For full entry requirements • GCSE grade C in English and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses language and mathematics.
Full details: bcu.ac.uk/courses ACCREDITATION “I always recommend Birmingham City University to students “My studies helped me a great deal – they gave me the knowledge needed wishing to go to the UK for studies and six of them so far have to be a successful developer and an all-round, software-literate graduate.” listened to my advice!” Ansar Nazir Muhammad Sagir Usman
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BA (Hons) Conductive Education
Discover how to develop human potential as you seek to transform the lives of people with School of Education neurological motor disorders. This is a unique course that provides the only opportunity in the UK to qualify as a professional CAMPUS conductor to work with children and/or adults with physical disabilities. You will train and learn at the National Institute of Conductive Education, a charity based in Moseley, Birmingham which is National Institute of an acknowledged world leader for Conductive Education. Conductive Education, Moseley The course is based on acquiring the skills for a vocational profession. Qualified Conductor Status (QCS) is a globally recognised professional qualification and enables graduates to be employed DURATION as a conductor. In addition to QCS, successful graduates will receive an Honours degree in 3 years full-time Conductive Education.
You will undertake practical work in groups of children and/or adults alongside experienced UCAS CODE conductors. X161 On graduating, you will be able to make a difference to people’s lives and will be able to work in ENTRY REQUIREMENTS centres and schools across the world where conductive education is practised. • Grades CCC (or equivalent) at A Level; or • MMM (or equivalent) at Content includes: BTEC; or • Learning theories for conduction • Access to Higher Education Year 1 • Practice-based learning: analysing effective Diploma (see website); or • Observation for directing active learning teaching and learning styles • Other qualifications equivalent • Developing professional skills through active • The social basis for learning to 96 UCAS points; plus learning • GCSE grade C or above in • Principles of conductive pedagogy Year 3 English language and • Conductive facilitation for learning • Conductive pedagogy: evaluation and mathematics (or equivalent). Year 2 application • Education research project For full entry requirements • Conductive pedagogy: analysis and • Application of conductive education and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses development of learning • The impact of motor disorders on learning in • Practice-based learning: evaluating learning childhood and adulthood
“There is constant practical and academic tuition, support and feedback throughout. A truly fantastic degree that makes a difference!”
Susan Mechan
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HNC BSc (Hons) Construction Construction Management
Offering expert training for technologists in the design, production and management of buildings, With full professional accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and with and providing advanced entry to our associated degrees, this course has flexibility, practical the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), this course will prepare you for an exciting School of focus and professional respect. and challenging career as a senior manager in the construction industry. School of Engineering and the Engineering and the Built Environment It offers an ideal gateway for progression from tradesperson to site manager and beyond. On Regular site visits allow you to get a close-up view of professional practice and build insight Built Environment successful completion, you can progress straight to the second year of a full-time professionally and perspective into your studies. accredited degree course at the University. CAMPUS You will benefit from the expert guidance, support and insight of staff who can call on their CAMPUS City Centre You will benefit from having access to both state-of-the-art digital facilities and traditional professional industry experience, and hear from respected guest speakers. We maintain a wide City Centre resources. Using advanced CAD software, surveying equipment and a computer-generated virtual network of professional contacts, helping your studies to reflect current practice and giving you building site, you get accustomed to the technology used in industry. work experience opportunities. DURATION DURATION 2 years part-time As part of the course, you get the chance to attend specialist seminars, and go on field trips to With the support of experienced staff who have worked for companies such as Prudential, Taylor 3 years full-time construction sites around the Midlands. A recent assessment involved working as part of a project Wimpey and Wembley Housing, you will use facilities that reflect the work environment you 4 years sandwich UCAS CODE management team to put together a development brief for work on an actual site. enter after graduation. You will use CAD and learn the latest skills such as Building Information 5 years part-time Modelling (BIM) and you will create 3D and 4D BIM models before presenting to industry. Direct online application Delivered on a day release, one-day-per-week basis, this course is targeted at people who are UCAS CODE seeking a career in technology, building surveying, building control, quantity surveying and By taking further suitable work experience and the Professional Review, you can apply for full ENTRY REQUIREMENTS construction management. It is also applicable to anyone involved with the design, production membership of CIOB and RICS following the Assessment of Professional Competence with the RICS. LK12 or management of buildings. • Grades CCE (or equivalent) ENTRY REQUIREMENTS at A Level; or • MMP (or equivalent) at BTEC Content includes: • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or (construction or related Content includes: discipline preferred); or Year 1 Year 3 • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • MMP (or equivalent) at OCR Year 1 • Quantification • Construction economics Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Level 3 Cambridge Technical • Design principles and application • Construction technology • Contract practice • 30 points from International (construction or related • Science and materials • Professional practice project • Bid strategy Baccalaureate Diploma; or discipline preferred); or • Construction and maintenance of buildings • Design and construction management • Project management • Access to Higher Education • 24 points from International • Law and contract • Cost estimation and economics • Civil engineering Baccalaureate Diploma; or Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications equivalent • Other qualifications equivalent Year 2 Year 2 to 112 UCAS points; plus to 80 UCAS points; plus • Management principles and application • Contract law • GCSE grade C or above in • GCSE grade C or above in • Group project • Tender estimating English language and English language and • Health, safety and welfare • Commercial technology mathematics (or equivalent). mathematics (or equivalent). • Research projects • Architectural engineering and environmental technology For full entry requirements • Operational management For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses ACCREDITATION “The group project brings into reality what would be expected of “The course was well tailored to not only give the skills and attributes that professionals in the construction industry in work-based situations pertain to the construction industry, but are also applicable to other and shows the importance of communication and teamwork.” disciplines.”
Harvir Singh Aamir Saleem
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BA (Hons) Criminology
Offering you a choice of specialist routes as well as the chance to get invaluable experience School of through regular voluntary work, you will gain skills and insight while you study. Social Sciences This in-depth study of crime, punishment and victimisation gives you a solid grounding for a professional career. The course’s professional relevance is supported by our close links with local criminal justice agencies, such as regional police forces and community safety partnerships. CAMPUS City Centre Our Centre for Applied Criminology was founded by Professor David Wilson, one of the UK’s leading criminologists. Guest speakers have included former Home Office minister Sir Peter DURATION Lloyd, TV presenter Donal MacIntyre, and ex-offenders such as Noel ‘Razor’ Smith.
3 years full-time You will be actively encouraged to take part in debates and visits such as the unique debate with 5 years part-time high-security prisoners at HMP Grendon, along with the option of taking on voluntary work in your final year. UCAS CODE
M900 Content includes:
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Year 1 Year 3 • Grades BBC (or equivalent) • Criminology and criminal justice • Transnational corporate and organised at A Level (excluding general • Security studies crime studies); or • Psychology for criminologists • Prison and the therapeutic community • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC • Introduction to policing and investigation • Serial killers and the phenomenon of serial (excluding Early Years); or murder • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 2 • Hate crime Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Prisons and punishment • 28 points from International • Forensic psychology Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Addiction and criminality • Access to Higher Education Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications equivalent AVAILABLE SPECIALIST ROUTES: to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in Criminology and Security Studies ML94 Criminology, Policing and Investigation ML9K English language (or With questions in security so prevalent – This course will equip you with a range of skills equivalent; not Adult Literacy). from radical religious groups and terrorist that will be valuable in careers where policing campaigns, or created by declining resources or investigation play a significant part. Flexible For full entry requirements or a changing environment – this route part-time study can enhance the careers of and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses investigates underlying causes and those already employed within the criminal governmental/group responses to them. justice system.
“I was involved with the Student Academic Mentoring project which saw me gain employment as the Criminology Department’s Mentoring Project Supervisor.”
Leonie Folan
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BA (Hons) BSc (Hons) Design for Theatre, Diagnostic Performance and Events Radiography
With access to outstanding facilities, expert staff and exceptional industry links, this unique Train for a rewarding career in the diagnosis of disease, using X-rays, ultrasound or magnetic course includes design and production for theatre, dance, puppetry, museums, concerts, fields at the Midlands’ only centre for radiography training, with accreditation from the College School of exhibitions, events, festivals, themed environments, nightclubs, film and live arts. of Radiographers. School of Visual Communication Allied and Public Benefiting from a studio atmosphere rich in diversity and collaboration, this course celebrates the The course equips you with both advanced technical skills and a crucial awareness of the human Health Professions convergence of various subjects found within contemporary performance design practice. needs of your patient. CAMPUS The course has been designed to offer a framework within which you negotiate your own focus City Centre and direction. More than half your time is spent on placement, giving you perfect preparation for the distinct CAMPUS challenges of clinical practice. City South DURATION Our facilities include The Shell, a flexible, state-of-the-art and experimental production space. Expert staff who are experienced designers, makers and educators will offer support and insight. A purpose-built and outstandingly equipped radiography skills suite, including an UltraSim 3 years full-time Ultrasound Simulator, allows you to improve your skills through simulation in a safe and DURATION We have links with companies and organisations including Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham protected environment. 3 years full-time UCAS CODE Repertory Theatre, Merlin Leisure, Midlands Arts Centre and Live Nation’s Download Festival. Up to 6 years part-time W460 Our end-of-year awards are sponsored and presented by high-profile names, with most award The Quality Assurance Agency has commended us for our close, collaborative links with hospital winners offered placements which have led to permanent employment. imaging departments, which help give real-life relevance to the course. UCAS CODE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS All offers are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance, Disclosure and Barring B821 Service report, and registration with Independent Safeguarding Authority. • Grades BBC (or equivalent) Content includes: at A Level; or ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Year 1 Year 3 • Grades BBB (or equivalent), or • Studio-based projects • Major personal project Content includes: including a science subject, • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Team-based designs • Critical investigation at A Level; or Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Theatre design principles • Professional studies Year 1 Year 3 • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC or • The performance • Introduction to professional life • Research in radiography in science or radiography; or • 26 points from International • Radiography physics and imaging technology • Progressing to practitioner • 26 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 2 • Introductions to the thoracic and abdominal • Diagnostic imaging specialisms Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Merit from UAL Extended • The role of the designer region • Advancing skills for autonomous practice • Access to Higher Education Diploma; or • Theory and experiment • Introduction to skeletal imaging • Clinical placement (undertaken over all Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications • Work placement and live project three years) • Other qualifications equivalent equivalent to 112 UCAS opportunities Year 2 to 120 UCAS points; plus points; plus • Evidence-based practice • Five GCSEs at grade C or • Good portfolio of work. • Applied imaging technology above including English • Imaging of body systems language, mathematics and For full entry requirements a science subject; plus and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • A ‘satisfactory’ report of a visit to a clinical department.
For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “I developed key skills for each step of the design process, from “If we weren’t radiographers, we would be detectives; our job is to concepts to completion on site, gaining experience and having find out what is going on. I was X-raying patients from the first hour ACCREDITATION a lot of fun along the way!” of my first day.”
Millie Proud Adam Robinson (Creative at Madame Tussauds, Merlin Entertainments)
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BSc (Hons) Digital Media Technology
Working in the purpose-built Media Centre in our £62 million Parkside Building, you will School of have access to cutting-edge facilities including the largest university TV studio in the UK. Computing and This course explores web and rich internet application development, animation, three- Digital Technology dimensional modelling and video production. This course is IEng accredited and fulfils the educational requirements for registration as an Incorporated Engineer.
CAMPUS You will learn from an experienced team of academics and practitioners who offer not only City Centre academic expertise, but also current industry relevance, practice and business acumen. Creative network opportunities, multimedia events and guest speakers bring the insights, DURATION contacts and the realities of the media world to your studies. You have the option of a year-long 3 years full-time work placement, and a media technology project allows you to develop in-depth knowledge and 4 years sandwich skills in a specialist area of your choice.
UCAS CODE The technical ability, business understanding and creative flair you gain will make you an attractive candidate for current and emerging web and multimedia roles. P310
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Content includes: • Grades CCC (or equivalent) at A Level; or Year 1 Year 3 • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • Media industry • Post-production and video enhancement • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Website production • Media technology project Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Multimedia design and graphics • Digital image processing • 30 points from International • Media technology • Web server applications Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum grade 5 in Year 2 mathematics); or • Media industry • Access to Higher Education • Video production Diploma (see website); or • 3D modelling and animation • Other qualifications equivalent • Interactive applications development to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in English language and mathematics (or equivalent).
For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
ACCREDITATION “The main thing that attracted me to the course was that it covered a wide range of disciplines which allowed me to expand my skill set. The course also had a business module which gave a good overview of the media industry.”
Irfan Vasin
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BA (Hons) FdA Early Childhood Early Years Studies
With a focus on understanding children and childhood, this course has a strong focus on research This course is an excellent source of professional development if you are already working in and employability. You will explore early childhood in a variety of contexts and prepare for a a childcare setting, and is a highly respected starting point for your studies. School of Education range of careers working with children from birth to five years old. School of Education Studying in small, intimate groups, trainee early years practitioners get the chance to enhance CAMPUS You will experience the value of work placement in helping you to practically apply what you learn skills and professional standing, while aspiring entrants to the profession enjoy a practical, CAMPUS to the development, learning and wellbeing of babies and young children. hands-on introduction to key issues. City South South and City College We offer extended placement opportunities to work alongside a wide range of professionals in This course supports the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), ensuring you can deliver provision Birmingham DURATION meeting the needs and development of babies and young children, enabling you to reflect on that complies with EYFS learning and development requirements. The course is carefully designed 3 years full-time your learning and to develop professional skills. to offer appropriate skills and knowledge relating to professional practice, and the application of DURATION work-based experience. It also focuses on your self-development and independent learning, as 2 years full-time You will acquire a working knowledge of key documents, policies and procedures relevant to a well as team work and your ability to manage others. UCAS CODE broad range of professional settings working with babies and young children in early years. Study X320 topics include children and childhood, child development, exploration and play, and working with Although based at the respected South and City College Birmingham (Digbeth Campus), you have UCAS CODE families. This course considers inclusive practice, developing communication skills and children full use of University facilities and will feel part of our supportive student community. Ofsted rates X311 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS and family social policy. South and City College Birmingham as a ‘Beacon Status’ college, making it one of only a few UK training providers to achieve the government’s Training Quality Standard in three or more sectors. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades CCC (or equivalent) If you have already completed FdA Early Childhood, Early Years, or equivalent and want to top at A Level; or up to a full Honours degree, then depending on the previous course studied and individual mark Equivalent to two years of degree-level study, it offers entry to the BA (Hons) Early Childhood • 48 UCAS points at A Level • DD at BTEC Diploma profile entry you could be offered entry to the programme in Year 2 or Year 3. (For entry at Year 3, Studies course at Level 5 (Y2) or 6 (Y3), depending on your mark profile upon completion of the or equivalent; or (12 units) / MMM at BTEC a 60 per cent grade average is required at Level 5.) foundation degree. • MP at BTEC National Diploma Extended Diploma (18 units)/ (12 units not including early BTEC Subsidiary Diploma/ years) / PPP at BTEC National Award (six units) in Extended Diploma (18 units combination with other level Content includes: Content includes: not including early years); or 3 qualifications; or • 24 points from International • 24 points from International Year 1 Year 3 Year 1 Year 2 Baccalaureate Diploma; plus Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Introducing professional practice • Researching professional practice • Developing and managing self • Safeguarding children • GCSEs in English language • Access to Higher Education • Introduction to child development • Managing transitions • Theories of child development • Working with parents and families and mathematics at grade C Diploma (see website); or • Children’s play • Contemporary perceptions of childhood • Supporting children’s personal, social and • Including all children or above. • CACHE Level 3 Diploma in • Towards employment emotional development • Multi-agency working Childcare and Education; or Year 2 • Supporting children’s physical development • Issues in early years For full entry requirements • Other qualifications equivalent • Developing professional practice • Supporting children’s creative development • Professional development and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses to 96 UCAS points; plus • Safeguarding and child protection • At least four GSCEs including • Further child development English language and • Researching early childhood mathematics at grade C or above.
For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “This course offers real freedom because it isn’t tailored towards a “The library has outstanding facilities including private study rooms, teaching career; it offers a platform for you to open your career path computers and even a café. The staff are always friendly and willing to other areas of working with children.” to help you find what you are looking for.”
Luke Alletson Roberta Goddard
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Economics Education Studies and Finance
Mixing theory with practical, real-life studies and placements, our Economics and Finance The BA (Hons) in Education Studies considers the concept of education from a variety of course brings together two challenging topics and equips you with the skills and knowledge perspectives and will require you to engage in critical reflection on the aims, values, Birmingham City to address them professionally. principles and policies of the UK education system as well as educational systems around School of Education Business School the world. The course combines in-depth investigation with practical application, giving it real relevance CAMPUS to today’s professional world. The course introduces the principles and practice of finance in a The degree draws from a range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, law and CAMPUS business context, as well as how economic principles can be applied to solve business, social and criminology, which are well-established departments at Birmingham City University. Drawing City South City Centre political problems. on the wealth of expertise available across the University, this degree explores the way in which these disciplinary fields have contributed to development of education in the UK and beyond. DURATION DURATION You will be taught and supported by expert staff with strong global industry links and experience. 3 years full-time They have experience working in multinational conglomerates, managing start-ups and advising Topics studied throughout the course include theories of learning, curriculum development, 3 years full-time the likes of Vauxhall. inclusion, the impact of social factors, political perspectives on schooling and legal frameworks. 4 years sandwich UCAS CODE You will also get to hear from high-profile guest speakers who will share their wealth of The Education Studies degree offers a valuable opportunity to embark on a variety of work-based TBC UCAS CODE experience and industry insights with you. Previous speakers include Sir Ranulph Fiennes, placements in education as Birmingham City University is one of the foremost teacher-education LN13 finalists fromThe Apprentice, the Chairman of Unilever and Chief Executive of Marks and Spencer. universities in the West Midlands with established connections across schools, colleges and ENTRY REQUIREMENTS training institutions and providers in industry and the educational sector. On your optional placement year, you have the chance to see business challenges from the inside. TBC; please see website for ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Students have recently secured placements at companies of the stature of Hewlett Packard latest information • Grades BBC (or equivalent) and Pfizer. at A Level; or Content includes: For full entry requirements • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 1 Year 3 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; Content includes: • Introduction to education studies across • Independent study in an area of educational or national and international contexts practice draws on personal interests and • 28 points from International Year 1 Year 3 • The role of social and psychological factors placement experience Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Economic environment • Financial management in individual experiences of education • Curriculum design • Access to Higher Education • Accounting and finance • International corporate finance • Pedagogy Diploma (see website); or • Managing organisations, people and self • International economics Year 2 • Other qualifications equivalent • Practice-based placement in the field of to 112 UCAS points; plus Year 2 education • GCSE grade C or above in • Business finance decisions • Preparation for research English language and • Financial markets – risk and returns • Diversity and inclusion mathematics (or equivalent). • Tax and financial planning • Microeconomics For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
“Economics and finance is a broad area of study but very interesting “I like the community feel of the University; everyone is really friendly and related to each other. The job prospects are quite vast and you and I always feel safe. There are a lot of opportunities to develop yourself are able to specialise in any area.” socially, academically and professionally.”
Nabila Watmai Katie Thurlow
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BEng (Hons)/MEng Electronic Engineering
Gain essential practical and theoretical engineering skills that are updated in line with industry PATHWAYS: developments and valued by employers. School of Electronic Engineering – Microelectronics Electronic Engineering – Telecommunications Engineering and the This course offers seamless progression to a Master’s-level qualification, with a choice of Our microelectronics pathway combines This pathway provides a comprehensive Built Environment pathways in microelectronics or telecommunications. After gaining a thorough grounding in theory and practice in electronics, and you academic understanding of electronic electronic engineering, you will study modules specific to your chosen pathway from the third will examine microprocessor systems, digital engineering, and you will also develop year onwards. and analogue electronics, communications problem-solving abilities and an CAMPUS and digital signal processing. You will combine understanding of teamworking – skills that theory and practice in embedded systems, will be essential in any successful career City Centre The BEng (Hons) course is CEng accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and meets the educational requirements for Chartered Engineer when presented with an analogue electronics, digital electronics, in electronics or electronic engineering. accredited MSc or MEng. The MEng is a new course for which an application for accreditation will telecommunications and digital signal You will combine theory and practice in DURATION be submitted at the appropriate time. processing before focusing on microelectronics embedded systems, analogue electronics, BEng – 3/4/5 years, full-time/ modules in the third and fourth years. The digital electronics, telecommunications and sandwich/part-time You will be based in Millennium Point at our City Centre Campus, where you will have access to fourth year offers optional modules such digital signal processing before focusing on MEng – 4/5/7 years, full-time/ a wide range of professional-standard facilities and equipment. These include dedicated labs as automotive electronics and control, telecommunications modules in the third sandwich/part-time for electronics, microprocessor, Electronic Computer-Aided Design (ECAD), communications, embedded robotics and hybrids and and fourth years. The fourth year offers networking, programming and project work, as well as state-of-the-art rapid prototyping, sustainable technology, allowing you to optional modules such as radio frequency and UCAS CODE laser-cutting, and CNC machines. match your course to your requirements microwave engineering, applied digital signal and interests. processing and network security, allowing H601 (BEng), H679 (MEng) Placement opportunities with a range of companies offer you a first-hand appreciation of the you to match your course to your requirements professional working world, giving you crucial experience and useful industry contacts. You can and interests. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS also enter or help run our national and international competitions in robotics (Birmingham • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at TechFest) and Micromouse. A Level including mathematics at grade C or above; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Year 1 Year 3 • 30 points from International • Professional development • Individual project Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Programming for engineers • Digital signal processing • Pass overall in an Engineering • Electronic fundamentals • Telecommunications and optical Access Diploma (see website); • Engineering practice communications or • Embedded systems design • Other qualifications equivalent Year 2 to 112 UCAS points; plus • Signals and systems Year 4 (MEng) • GCSE grade C or above in • Analogue and digital circuit design • Group project English language and • Embedded systems • Technology entrepreneurship mathematics (or equivalent). • Data networks • Applied digital signal processing • Advanced IP networks For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “The most enjoyable time was the final year when I was spending the Note: This course can also be accessed via our Foundation Year in Engineering (UCAS code: H677). If you have 80 UCAS points, with at least one A Level in technology, science, mathematics or most time in the lab. All the researching and practising strengthened and ACCREDITATION computing, but do not have the necessary qualifications to directly enter year one of this degree, expanded my knowledge.” you can apply for the Foundation Year. Yitian Xu
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BA (Hons) English
To study literature or to analyse language? To engage in creative writing or to become a drama PATHWAYS AVAILABLE IN ADDITION specialist? Discover a wealth of opportunities and enjoy a wide range of study options at the TO BA (HONS) ENGLISH: School of English School of English. English and Creative Writing QW38 English and Media QP33 CAMPUS Find out more about the only English course in the region offering such a flexible combination Balancing English and creative writing, this Combining the study of literature with an of subjects, allowing you, from the second year onwards, to target your interests. Housed in the pathway is ideal for anyone who loves reading appreciation of popular culture, this course City Centre University’s new Curzon Building in Birmingham city centre, you will be part of a community and writing stories, poems, scripts, novels allows you to combine study of theory modules enjoying inspirational tuition from expert academics and renowned writers, supported by our and plays. This course both encourages and from Birmingham School of Media and a range DURATION virtual learning environment. disciplines your imaginative processes to allow of options from English studies, allowing you 3 years full-time you to tell stories that have real impact and to explore cultural contexts for media and 6 years part-time The School houses the Research and Development Unit for English Studies (www.rdues.bcu.ac.uk), create interest. The ICCW’s programme of literary texts. an important research centre in linguistics that developed both WebCorp language analysis events and visiting speakers from the creative UCAS CODE technology and eMargin for text annotation; all our students have access to this technology. writing sector will enhance and support your English Literature Q320 studies (www.bcu.ac.uk/iccw). From children’s fiction to science fiction, Q301 Our creative writers work in prose, poetry, screen writing and radio, and the School is immerse yourself in the world of literature. committed to fostering and enhancing the creative arts through its Institute of Creative and English and Drama QW34 Studying English literature will allow you to ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Critical Writing (ICCW), which hosts events both exclusively for its students and for the wider With inspiration from Ancient Greece to the develop your skills in close reading, literary Birmingham community. Regular guest lectures from visiting writers will inspire you and provide present day, you will balance your English criticism and textual analysis, in addition to • Grades BBC (or equivalent) you with industry insight. studies with practical, workshop-based giving you the opportunity to improve your at A Level; or experience of scripting, adaptation, presentation abilities and writing styles. • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Our staff regularly publish a variety of critical works, such as a study of the life of Restoration performance theory, theatre history and or actor Thomas Betterton and an award-winning book on the poet Coleridge. Such first-class criticism, and enjoy close collaboration English Literature and English Language • 26 points from International research directly benefits you as you learn from lecturers at the cutting edge of their discipline, with local theatre groups. Studies Q391 Baccalaureate Diploma; or whether that is literature, linguistics, creative writing or drama studies. Follow your own preferred areas of study in • Access to Higher Education English and Journalism* English literature, while benefiting from our Diploma (see website); or In addition, you will have access to excellent learning facilities and resources, including the We are planning to launch this course for considerable strengths in English language. • Other qualifications School’s dedicated drama studio. entry in 2017. It will combine your study of This pathway covers topics including children’s equivalent to 112 UCAS language and writing from the School of fiction, the Gothic, literary linguistics, and points; plus English with practical journalism modules language and gender. • At least five GCSEs at grade from Birmingham School of Media. Please Content includes: C or above including English check our website closer to the time for Course features may include (depending on your pathway): language. GCSE equivalents more details. within Access courses are accepted. Year 1 Year 3 * subject to approval • Literature • Science fiction For full entry requirements • Drama • Drama workshop and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Language • Child language development • Criticism • Screenwriting • Creative writing • Shakespeare studies
Year 2 • The Gothic “My English degree changed my life. It was the best thing I’ve ever done. • Contemporary theatre and theory It made me a better human being and more analytical.” • Language and social identity • Writing short stories Frank Skinner (Comedian, writer and alumnus)**
**Taken from Metro, 20 September 2011.
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Foundation Certificate BSc (Hons) English for Enterprise Academic Purposes* Information Systems
If you are an international or European student, this is a fantastic opportunity for you to enhance Reflecting the pressing needs of commerce, this course combines a thorough technical, practical School of Education your academic English skills and prepare for successful study at a British university. and theoretical understanding of enterprise systems with an overview of industrial practice. School of This course enables you to share and exchange opinions with students from different cultures It delivers the knowledge and skills to analyse, design and develop enterprise systems solutions Computing and CAMPUS and backgrounds. Learning about the lives and experiences of other students in your class and within a commercial organisation. throughout the University will broaden your views and help you think reflectively, giving you Digital Technology TBC advantages in terms of personal, academic and professional development. You will explore a wide range of business processes, including process management, modelling and re-engineering for various sectors and across an organisation’s functional areas. You will CAMPUS DURATION The course is run over one year, from September to June, which allows adequate time for you to receive the support of expert staff who have a wide range of academic, research and industrial City Centre Full-time: September – June get to know the University and Birmingham itself before starting your main degree course. experience in systems analysis and development. DURATION UCAS CODE The course is designed on a modular basis and each module is taught by a different tutor, allowing The course directly meets the requirements of industry employers such as AURUM Holdings, you to experience varied teaching styles and methods. Cognizant, Atos, SAP, BAE, BP, Rolls-Royce, Capgemini, Edenhouse, HCL Axon, Ciber and 3 years full-time N/A – apply direct to the Accenture, who employ skilled graduates. 4 years sandwich University via International If you pass the course successfully and you hold a conditional offer for an undergraduate academic Office course at Birmingham City University, provided you have the required academic qualifications and Supported by SAP University Alliances, it offers additional SAP certification in Enterprise UCAS CODE you pass the course at the required level, you will not need to retake IELTS or its equivalents. Resource Planning, Business by Design, Integration of Business Processes and Mobile. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS N2I2 IELTS minimum 4.5 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Content includes*: Content includes: For full entry requirements • Grades BBC (or equivalent) and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Speaking and communication skills Year 1 Year 3 at A Level; or • Culture in action • Integrated business processes • Mobile and web technologies • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC • Reading development • Software development • Strategic enterprise management (computing/engineering • Writing development • Professional context of technology • Knowledge management preferred); or • Listening and note-taking • Fundamentals of project management • Undergraduate project • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Academic speaking Level 3 Cambridge Technical • Reading for university Year 2 (computing/engineering • Writing for university • Business operations systems preferred); or • Enterprise solutions • 30 points from International *This course is subject to change • Software design and construction Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Management of engineering and technology • Access to Higher Education innovation Diploma (see website); or • Agile project management • Other qualifications equivalent to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in English language and mathematics.
For full entry requirements “This course has a lot of quality tutors who teach you many different “The innovative techniques that are taught, such as cloud computing, and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses methods of improving your English skills. I also learned about in-memory technologies, augmented reality, virtualisation and British lifestyle, history and culture which is essential knowledge visualisation, are the reasons why I chose to do this course.” for studying in the UK.” Faisal Maqsood Qadri Areeyanan Satthamsakul
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BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion
Benefit from talks by guest speakers from a variety of fashion brands, and have opportunities for School of cultural trips to London, Paris, Florence and New York. Fashion and Textiles You will learn about the roles of trend forecasters, buyers, merchandisers, visual merchandisers and fashion event organisers as well as the worlds of PR and fashion marketing.
CAMPUS Through the first-hand industry experience of our staff, your learning is supported by City Centre contemporary knowledge, practice and contacts. You will develop creative and innovative approaches to the fashion industry while developing business skills to prepare for a DURATION successful career.
3 years full-time The course develops teamwork and communication skills, commercial awareness, aesthetic sensibility and keen observational skills – all vital in this competitive area. UCAS CODE W5N9 Your final year moulds your strengths in a series of projects and develops your skills ready to step into industry. In June, students showcase their work at Graduate Fashion Week in London, offering an opportunity to network with industry professionals. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Content includes: or Year 3 • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 1 • Dissertation – a written piece of work Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Fashion business context – setting the scene researching a subject area of your choice or for the year and the industry • Competition – developing recommendations • 26 points from International • Trend forecasting – additionally learning from the dissertation into a commercial Baccalaureate Diploma; or InDesign concept, ready to deliver at a Dragons’ Den- • Merit from UAL Extended • Buying and merchandising style pitch Diploma; or • Digital marketing branding and PR • Final major project – developing a concept • Other qualifications with creative, financial and commercial equivalent to 112 UCAS Year 2 outcomes and to fine-tune skills ready for points; plus • Visual merchandising a chosen industry sector • Good portfolio of work. • Industry placement and self-promotion with three weeks’ work experience • Self-promotion and the future – exit package, outlining your professional For full entry requirements • Event management live group project credentials and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • International retailing – looking at global retailing and expansion
“I can truly say this course prepares you to be 100 per cent industry- ready. You will learn in a challenging, informative and inspiring way, giving you true industry insight and skills across a number of subjects.”
Sophie Johnson
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BA (Hons) Fashion Design
Enjoy excellent links with regional and international fashion brands Burberry, Next, Paul PATHWAYS: Smith, Ted Baker, Abercrombie and Fitch, Iris Van Herpen and many other high-profile fashion School of companies, and showcase your work to industry leaders at events such as Graduate Fashion Fashion Design with Design for Performance Fashion Design with Fashion Communication Fashion and Textiles Week in London. W2W4 W290 An opportunity for students who wish to design The fast-paced fashion consumer is eager to This course will help you to develop your creative confidence and individuality as you get set and make bespoke outfits for performance hear, read and see the latest lines, trends and CAMPUS for a career in the demanding and competitive fashion industry. There is also an optional and special events. Character interpretation innovations. This pathway is ideal if you intend City Centre placement year. and script analysis are an integral part of the to pursue a creative career in areas of trend pathway. You collaborate with external clients forecasting, fashion graphics or styling for DURATION Blending individual creativity and commercial realism, this course will enable you to apply your throughout the final year, as designing and editorial and fashion promotion. Our students skills and knowledge of the professional design process from concept to product and is for fitting to individual figures is an essential are avid bloggers and explore the full range 3 years full-time imaginative, motivated and committed students who wish to work within the fashion industry. element of bespoke work. A recent graduate’s of fashion communications. They have gone 4 years sandwich You can specialise in either womenswear or menswear, taking a conceptual or a more work has appeared in Vanity Fair worn by on to create their own magazines, as well as commercial approach. Helena Bonham Carter in a shoot by the being snapped up to work in exciting creative UCAS CODE renowned fashion photographer Mario Testino. careers. W230 You will have the opportunity to work with the Gerber pattern-cutting and design system, widely used in the global fashion industry. Fashion Design with Fashion Accessories Fashion Design with Garment Technology W233 W2JK ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Garments and accessories combine within Align your creativity with technical knowledge this pathway. Extend your fashion design skills in the pre-production process, which includes • Grades BBC (or equivalent) Content includes: into the areas of fashion accessories, with pattern-cutting, fittings, grading and sizing, at A Level; or particular emphasis on designing bags and production planning, costing, testing and • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Year 1 Year 3 related accessories such as belts, headwear technical packs. You collaborate with industry or • Fashion practice and theory • Major project and gloves. You will use a range of materials, for your final major project, working with • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Fashion materials and form • Dissertation (or placement report for four- including leather, and the course has companies such as Burberry, George, Rocket Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Fashion design practice year sandwich option) excellent working relationships with Muffin and Cro’ Jack. Garment technologists or • Personal development • Specialist modules related to your final-year local manufacturers. find themselves in high demand both in the UK • 26 points from International pathway and overseas fashion industries. Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 2 • Merit from UAL Extended • Fashion business and entrepreneurship Diploma; or • Fashion options portfolio offering a wide • Other qualifications choice of projects equivalent to 112 UCAS • Work experience placement or external/ points; plus collaborative self-directed project • Good portfolio of work. • Advanced skills related to your final-year pathway For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
“I had a fantastic support base which meant I was able to find my style and work to the best of my abilities, pushing myself in the last year of my degree.”
Thomasin Gautier-Ollerenshaw
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BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) Film Production Film Technology Technology and Visual Effects
Plan, shoot and post-produce a range of digital films, using single camera production and If you are interested in film production and computer graphics and are looking for a creative industry-standard practice, protocols, workflows and equipment, to prepare you for an exciting career, this course is for you. School of career in film production. School of Computing and You will plan and produce a range of film and visual effects productions, using industry-standard Computing and Digital Technology The course includes unique modules exploring the technology of film production, the nature and tools such as NUKE compositing software, Maya 3D modelling and animation software. Digital Technology behaviour of light and sound, and the effects of digital storage and manipulation. The broad scope of the subjects covered within the course will give you extra flexibility in your CAMPUS Our film graduates are among the most technically literate in the UK, able to make informed future career, opening the door to a range of industries using digital video and computer graphics, CAMPUS City Centre technical choices, understand technical specifications and their implications and accurately test such as film, animation, visual effects and computer games. This course is IEng accredited and City Centre and calibrate equipment. This course is IEng accredited and fulfils the educational requirements fulfils the educational requirements for registration as an Incorporated Engineer. for registration as an Incorporated Engineer. DURATION The Parkside Building is equipped with four film and television studios; a dedicated 320 sq m DURATION 3 years full-time The Parkside Building is equipped with four film and television studios, a dedicated 320 sq m green screen studio with a MILO Motion Control rig; Final Cut Pro, Adobe and NUKE 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich green screen studio, sound recording studios, Final Cut Pro and Adobe post-production facilities post-production facilities; Autodesk 3D graphics and animation software; a DaVinci Resolve 4 years sandwich and editing suites, a DaVinci Resolve colour grading suite with colourist control surface, 4K colour grading suite with colourist control surface; 4K screening facilities; and hundreds of UCAS CODE screening facilities, and hundreds of PC- and Apple-based multimedia workstations. PC- and Apple-based workstations. UCAS CODE WP63 W614
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Content includes: Content includes: ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
• Grades BBB (or equivalent) Year 1 Year 3 Year 1 Year 3 • Grades BBB (or equivalent) at A Level with at least one • Visual design • Pre-visualisation • Digital acquisition • Visual effects production at A Level with at least one from a science, technology, • Digital acquisition • Sound mixing for film and video • Visual effects and compositing • Sound effects from a science, technology, mathematics or computing • Sound recording for film and video • Film production planning • Film industry • Digital media technology project mathematics or computing subject; or • Production fundamentals • Digital media technology project • Three-dimensional modelling • Film production planning subject; or • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • Film production and direction • Production fundamentals • Film production and direction • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 2 • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Narrative design Year 2 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • 32 points from International • Production and distribution technology • Visual effects techniques or Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Production techniques • Three-dimensional animation • 32 points from International • Access to Higher Education • Advanced film studies • Professional practice Baccalaureate Diploma; or Diploma (see website); or • Professional practice • Production techniques • Access to Higher Education • Other qualifications equivalent Diploma (see website); or to 120 UCAS points; plus • Other qualifications equivalent • GCSE grade C or above in to 120 UCAS points; plus English language and • GCSE grade C or above in mathematics (or equivalent). English language and mathematics (or equivalent). For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses For full entry requirements “I chose this course because, unlike a lot of film courses, it’s a “My colleagues and lecturers are friendly and are always willing and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses ACCREDITATION Bachelor of Science degree, which means they go into a little bit to help you – there has never been a time where I am not learning more detail about the technical side of how cameras and lights something new.” ACCREDITATION and that sort of thing work.” Oliver Rossetti Michael Palmer
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HND BA (Hons) Fine Art Fine Art
This course encourages you to find your own route to creative expression across an exciting This outstanding course gives you the necessary scope, space and support to establish and range of fine art practice and gives you the professional practice skills for further career develop your fine art practice and creative identity, and the self-confidence to progress to a Birmingham development. broad range of professional roles and further study options. Birmingham School of Art School of Art This course opens your first door to a career in fine art or enables you to move on to degree-level Dedicated staff who are practising artists will encourage you to experiment and investigate ideas study with automatic entry to the second year of a related degree course, including our and practices, employing the full range of excellent technical and practical resources in the CAMPUS BA (Hons) Fine Art programme. Nurturing and nourishing your individual creativity, and with no building, including, importantly, full-time use of the professional-quality studios. CAMPUS Birmingham Metropolitan set pathways, you have the chance to work in areas such as painting, sculpture, printmaking, Margaret Street College, Sutton Coldfield drawing, photography, film and video. To establish and develop your individual creative practice, and with no set pathways, you will have the chance to work in areas such as painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, film DURATION DURATION Studying at Birmingham Metropolitan College, you are also a student of the University with all and video. You will be building a significant professional portfolio in the form of a website and will the opportunities, experiences and professional contacts this brings. The first year explores such participate in a range of professional presentations and exhibitions that will clearly demonstrate 3 years full-time 2 years full-time themes as developing a fine art language and drawing in a fine art context. You consider historical your artistic ambitions and abilities. and contextual referencing, and examine various disciplines including sculpture, painting, UCAS CODE UCAS CODE photography and printmaking. There are significant links to the Ikon, Eastside Projects, Grand Union, New Art Gallery Walsall W101 001W and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, as well as studios and galleries set up by ex-students In your second year, your drawing skills come into focus, and you look into curating and taking such as Stryx and A3. part in exhibitions. As you develop your own fine art identity, you get to apply your creativity in ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS modules covering site-specific art and specialist studio practice. • Grades BBC (or equivalent) • Grades DD (or equivalent) at at A Level; or A Level; or Across both years, you prepare to take your creativity beyond your studies and into the world of Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; • PPP (or equivalent) at BTEC; work. The Business and Professional Practice modules give you a feel for the realities of working or or as an artist, and equip you to approach your career with credibility and competence. Year 1 Year 3 • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Practice and context • Practice and professional presentation Level 3 Cambridge Technical; Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Methods and materials • Practice-led dissertation or or • Establishing practice • Professional portfolio • 26 points from International • 24 points from International Content includes: • Themes and concepts in art Baccalaureate Diploma; or Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Art and exhibition • Merit from UAL Extended • Other qualifications Year 1 Year 2 Diploma; or equivalent to 48 UCAS points; • Business and professional practice • Commissioned artwork Year 2 • Other qualifications plus • Fine art • Personal development studio practice • Developing practice equivalent to 112 UCAS • Good portfolio of work. • Various artistic disciplines • Extending practice points; plus • Art in theory and writing • Good portfolio of work. For full entry requirements • Art, space and audience and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • International exchange For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
“A great course which enabled me to gain an education in fine art “The tutors were always on hand to help and were of great support. while pursuing my own interests and obsessions.” They were the ones who guided me through my work process, gave me confidence and, best of all, helped me gain a place at the Royal College Victoria Platt of Art.”
Alicia Dubnyckj
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BSc (Hons) Forensic Computing
Learn about digital data recovery, preservation and analysis, giving you the skills to assist with School of criminal investigations and provide evidence for legal or commercial use. Computing and Run jointly with our School of Law, the course has been devised and designed following extensive Digital Technology consultation with digital forensics practitioners. This course is IEng accredited and fulfils the educational requirements for registration as an Incorporated Engineer.
CAMPUS You will study the EnCase Certified Examiner, AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE), and Micro City Centre Systemation .XRY Certification curricula during your studies, with the opportunity to take their certification exams.
DURATION There is the opportunity for a work placement with a prestigious organisation such as Cisco 3 years full-time Systems, IBM, 3M or Airbus. Our industry-standard software and hardware tools include EnCase 4 years sandwich Forensic, FTK, .XRY, Cellebrite and WinHex, as well as advanced drive repair and data recovery tools from ACE Labs, Salvation Data and WinHex. Our specialist computer forensic laboratory UCAS CODE is equipped in accordance with the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO) guidelines. FG44
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Content includes: • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or Year 1 Year 3 • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; • Data analysis • Individual project or • Professional context of technology • Computer law and the law of evidence • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Computer technology and software systems • Digital device forensics Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Computer forensic fundamentals • Forensics investigation of IT systems or • Computer networking basics • Advanced networking technologies • 30 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 2 • Access to Higher Education • Management in technology innovation Diploma (see website); or • The English legal system • Other qualifications equivalent • Computer mobile OS for forensic examiners to 112 UCAS points; plus • Security systems theory • GCSE grade C or above in English language and mathematics.
For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
ACCREDITATION “My confidence came from our course director who taught us everything that we needed to know. Through hands-on experience, through theory and through the personal tutoring, he gave us all the skills that we needed to have.”
Chris Elmore
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Foundation Certificate/Gemmology BSc (Hons) Diploma/Diamond Diploma Gemmology and Gemmological Jewellery Studies Association
Discover more about the fascinating world of precious gemstones and their use in the world Designed in collaboration with the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A) to build on of jewellery. Following the syllabus of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A), the skills and knowledge gained during the study of the Gem-A professional qualifications, this is School of Jewellery these courses offer a choice of introductory and/or further specialised education, covering the the only degree in gemmology in the world. School of Jewellery study and identification of gemstones and gemmological materials, whether natural, synthetic CAMPUS or artificial. You will gain the highest level of professionally recognised gemmological skills alongside an CAMPUS excellent working knowledge of the jewellery trade. Giving you ample opportunity to use the gem Assay Office Birmingham Leading to a globally respected award, you can register for Fellowship of Gem-A on successful and diamond testing skills you will gain, the programme takes your knowledge and skills to an Assay Office Birmingham completion. You can take the Foundation Certificate before progressing to the more scientific advanced level, engaging in gemmological equipment, diamond grading and jewellery valuation. DURATION study of the Gemmology Diploma, and then the prestigious Diamond Diploma. DURATION Foundation Certificate: In addition to your degree, you will gain the internationally recognised Diploma and Diamond 3 years full-time 1 year, 2.5 hours per week Gem-A’s Gemmology Diploma is the most prestigious gemmological qualification in the gem Diploma qualifications of the Gem-A. plus independent study and jewellery trade, while the Diamond Diploma is the ultimate education in diamonds. Students with both the Gemmology and Diamond Diplomas of the Gem-A, and who are current UCAS CODE Diploma: 1 year, five hours per The Gemmology department of the School of Jewellery is based in a fully-equipped, purpose- members of the Association, can apply to study year three only to top up their professional 73J9 week plus independent study built area within Birmingham’s new Assay Office, giving you access to its specialist laboratory qualifications to a degree qualification. for analysis and valuation of gemstones. This creates an exciting new partnership leading to ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Diamond Diploma: 1 year, employment and research opportunities within the industry. The Gemmology department of the School of Jewellery is based in a fully-equipped, purpose- • Grades BBC (or equivalent) 2.5 hours per week plus built area within Birmingham’s new Assay Office, giving you access to its specialist laboratory at A Level; or independent study for analysis and valuation of gemstones. This creates an exciting new partnership leading to employment and research opportunities within the industry. • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Foundation Certificate • Interact with the jewellery trade or UCAS CODE • Careful handling of commercially important • On graduation, you are eligible for • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Direct application to gems, such as diamonds, sapphires, rubies election to FGA Membership status of the Level 3 Cambridge Technical; the University and emeralds Gemmological Association Content includes: or • Investigate imitation and synthetic gem • 26 points from International ENTRY REQUIREMENTS materials Diamond Diploma Year 1 Year 3 Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Use basic gemmological tools • One of the world’s most respected diamond • Introduction to practical and theoretical • Advanced gemmology, including use of • Merit from UAL Extended • You must have passed the • Examine how gems are used in jewellery awards gemmology advanced laboratory equipment Diploma; or Foundation Certificate before • Learn about the value and durability of gems • Investigate diamond grading • Introduction to diamond theory and diamond • Advanced diamond grading and theory • Other qualifications you are able to progress to • Identify features of commercially important • The 4Cs (carat weight, colour, clarity and grading • Geology of gemstones equivalent to 112 UCAS the Gemmology Diploma. gems cut) • Industry studies 1 • Valuation and appraisal theory points. • There are no specific entry • Gain Cert GA status with the Gemmological • Learn how to identify imitations and • Research project requirements for the Diamond Association treatments Year 2 For full entry requirements Diploma course but • Successful completion allows you to apply • Industry studies 2 and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses completion of the Foundation Gemmology Diploma for election to Diamond Membership of the • Gemmology theory Certificate is advised. • Gain an in-depth understanding of Gemmological Association, and to use the • Practical gem testing project gemmology letters DGA after your name • Pearls For full entry requirements • Develop competence in handling, testing and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses and identification
“The course content is challenging but really enjoyable, and the “We really enjoy studying on such a unique and specialised course. We knowledge I have gained has proved to be invaluable in my work particularly like the diamond grading classes, and also the opportunity within the jewellery trade.” to handle so many different varieties of gemstones.”
Michael Barrows Edward Ferder and Maxwell Burden
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CertHE Health and Social Care
If you are currently a support worker in a health and social care setting and wish to either gain credits to enable access to a degree programme or would like to develop your career to the School of Allied next level, this course is for you. and Public Health This one-year work-based learning programme includes one protected university study day each Professions week, with a high level of support from your personal tutors, workplace mentors and assessors. If you would like to take the first steps towards developing your knowledge and skills, this CAMPUS qualification is the ideal first step.
City South The School’s belief in working collaboratively, and for mutual benefit, with employers and trust colleagues means your studies accurately reflect the hands-on operations of contemporary DURATION practice. 1 year full-time, work-based learning Outstanding facilities include the £30 million award-winning Seacole Building, with hospital wards, operating theatre, home environment room and laboratory. COURSE CODE UF0308 (apply direct) Modules: Children ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Academic Skills Suitable for people working with children • Principles of Anatomy and Physiology or in a support worker role. • One A Level or two AS Levels Introduction to Health Policy at Grade D or above; or • Fundamentals of Care Mental Health • Grade PPP (or equivalent) at Of particular relevance to people who work BTEC National Diploma; or Plus: with clients with mental health needs. • Grade M BTEC National • A pathway-specific skills module Award / Grade PP BTEC • One or two option modules (select two single Maternity National Certificate; or modules or one double module) For those working within a maternity setting • CACHE Award (full award); or who wish to develop their role. • 24 points from International The following study pathways are available: Baccalaureate Diploma; or Management in Health and Social Care • Access to Higher Education Adult Care Suitable for those employed in a variety of Diploma (see website); or For people working with adults in a health administrative and informatics-based roles. • NVQ Level 3 (full award) / or social care environment. NVQ Level 2 (full award) plus a written paper; or • Portfolio route; plus • GCSE grade C or above in English language and mathematics (or equivalent). • You should be employed in a health or social care support worker role (or equivalent).
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FdSc Health and Social Care
As a healthcare assistant, support worker or equivalent within a health and social care setting, PATHWAYS Management in Health and Social Care this course supports and guides you in gaining the work-based skills you need to take your Aimed at those employed within a health School of career to the next level. Adult Care or social care setting including the NHS, Allied and Public Focusing on care delivery within an adult public, private and voluntary sectors, in an Health Professions This work-based learning course includes one protected university study day each week, with a or acute care environment, this pathway administrative, informatics, leadership or high level of support from your personal tutors, workplace mentors and assessors. is suitable for those employed in a variety supervisory management role. The pathway of areas across the health and social care is of particular interest to those wishing to CAMPUS You can move your career forward if you hold suitable employment in the following areas: adult spectrum. You will be encouraged to reflect on develop their managerial knowledge and City South care, children, diagnostic radiography, maternity, mammography, mental health, radiotherapy and and enhance the specific knowledge and skills leadership skills in order to shape the design management in health and social care. required to provide compassionate, person- and delivery of smart and efficient services. centred care. DURATION The School’s belief in working collaboratively, and for mutual benefit, with employers and trust Maternity 2 years full-time, colleagues means your studies accurately reflect the hands-on operations of contemporary Children Aimed at support workers who are working work-based learning practice. Acquire and develop a deeper understanding within a maternity setting, this pathway will of the skills and knowledge required to work be of particular interest to those wishing to UCAS CODE Outstanding facilities include the £30 million award-winning Seacole Building, with hospital in your area of children’s healthcare. This develop their role and gain competence in the wards, operating theatre, home environment room and laboratory. pathway is aimed at those employed within a principles that surround caring for pregnant UF0304 (apply direct) healthcare setting including the NHS, public, women. private and voluntary sectors who are involved ENTRY REQUIREMENTS in delivering healthcare to infants, children, Mental Health Year 1 modules: Year 2 modules: • One A Level or two AS Levels young people and their families. Increase your understanding of mental health, • Academic Skills • Introduction to Evidence-based Healthcare the impact of mental illness and strategies at Grade D or above; or • Principles of Anatomy and Physiology or and Research Diagnostic Radiography to aid an individual’s recovery. You will gain • Grade PPP (or equivalent) at Introduction to Health Policy • Becoming a Paraprofessional Get involved in the pivotal role of supplying greater understanding of communication, self- BTEC National Diploma; or • Fundamentals of Care crucial information to medical and other awareness and therapeutic approaches that • Grade M BTEC National Plus: clinical staff to help plan treatment. You may form the foundation of effective interpersonal Award / Grade PP BTEC Plus: • A pathway-specific skills module already be working in radiology/imaging care in a mental health setting. The National Certificate; or • A pathway-specific skills module • Two single option modules departments so will have an understanding mental health pathway is aimed at support • CACHE Award (full award); or • One or two option modules (select two of the environment and the importance of workers employed in mental health settings • 24 points from International single modules or one double module) Baccalaureate Diploma; or radiation safety and accurate examinations. of all types including inpatient, day centre or • Access to Higher Education community care. Diploma (see website); or Mammography • NVQ Level 3 (full award) / Examine psychological and cultural influences Radiotherapy NVQ Level 2 (full award) plus relevant to working in a breast imaging You will examine social, psychological and a written paper; or department. This pathway will be of interest to cultural influences relevant to your area • Portfolio route; plus Assistant Practitioners or those in a similar of work and gain understanding of both • GCSE grade C or above in role who are employed in a breast imaging the boundaries of your practice and the English language and service. It is aimed at students who wish opportunities offered in this exciting and mathematics (or equivalent). to develop the fundamental skills and technologically advancing field. The pathway • You should be employed in a knowledge required to undertake requires current employment within a health or social care support “I have met some fantastic people and have really enjoyed working with mammographic imaging of the breast. radiotherapy department as a trainee Assistant worker role (or equivalent). Practitioner, and you will be provided with the them as we teach each other and learn from each other.” opportunity to acquire and develop the key For full entry requirements skills required to be an Assistant Practitioner and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Fiona Kilbey in a radiotherapy department.
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BA (Hons) Horology
This course is the only one of its kind, designed to attract, train and educate students in horology. You will be based in Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter, where an estimated 40 per cent of School of Jewellery British jewellery is made today – providing exposure to industry practice and contacts.
CAMPUS Horology is the art and science of time management, studying mechanical and electronic devices used to show the passing of time. Vittoria Street Supported by experienced staff, you will have the opportunity to undertake the professionally DURATION accredited qualifications of the British Horological Institute. 3 years full-time A growing global demand for watchmakers and clockmakers gives graduates of this unique UCAS CODE course excellent employment opportunities. W723 Students in recent years have found employment with global watch brand leaders such as Patek Philippe, Cartier, Rolex, Swatch, Tag Heuer and significant specialist restoration/repair ENTRY REQUIREMENTS businesses such as Richard Higgins Conservation and the Clock Clinic in Putney. • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Content includes: or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 1 • Design of a horological mechanism using Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Horological theory CAD design, fine hand and machining skills, or • Acquisition of industry-focused skill set in and project management • 26 points from International servicing/repair of watches and clocks • Reflective and evaluative practice Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Design drawing, CAD and critical studies • Merit from UAL Extended modules Year 3 Diploma; or • Reflective and evaluative practice • Further advanced horological theory • Other qualifications • Professional practice further developing skill equivalent to 112 UCAS Year 2 set in servicing/repair of watches and clocks points; plus • Advanced horological theory • Commercial awareness, business planning • Good portfolio of work. • Development of industry-focused skill set in • Implementation of design plan culminating servicing/repair of watches and clocks in creation of a significant horological For full entry requirements • Specialist manufacturing and finishing mechanism and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses techniques relevant to watch/clock making • Reflective and evaluative practice, and and restoration project management
“My time spent studying provided me with an excellent foundation skill set and knowledge that I was able to build upon professionally in an Haute Horology brand service department.”
Thomas Mason
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BSc (Hons) BA (Hons) Information and Interactive Communications Technology Entertainment (Digital Art) Gain the technical and managerial skills to meet the challenges of a fast-paced global industry Delivered by industry practitioners with over 16 years’ industry experience creating products which is constantly evolving. This course follows Microsoft, Cisco and Oracle curricula, including such as Star Wars Battlefront and GoldenEye Reloaded, this course is designed to prepare you School of technologies of Citrix, Apple and Linux, allowing you to gain these qualifications alongside for demanding careers in games, TV, advertising, film and other fields of interactive NTI Birmingham Computing and your degree. entertainment. Digital Technology CAMPUS Our collaboration with organisations of the stature of IBM, APC Schneider Electric, ATOS, Britvic Teaching takes place in a production studio in Birmingham city centre where you will be provided and the Chartered Institute for IT (The British Computing Society) gives you a fascinating and with studio space to complete projects and a laptop with all the software you need for the duration City Centre CAMPUS highly valuable insight into your future career. This course is IEng accredited and fulfils the of the course. DURATION City Centre educational requirements for registration as an Incorporated Engineer. During the two-year course, you will work on a number of live projects which may involve games 2 years full-time You will have an engaging learning experience with the use of virtual learning environments and companies, broadcasters and ad agencies. DURATION laboratories for networking, electronic systems, enterprise systems and business intelligence. UCAS CODE 3 years full-time On the course, you will learn new skills relevant and appropriate for careers in the field of 4 years sandwich An optional year-long placement offers you professional insight and useful industry contacts. interactive entertainment and you will gain experience of completing live projects with other W642 students in multidisciplinary teams. UCAS CODE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS G420 Content includes: • Grades BBB (or equivalent) Content includes: at A Level; or ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Year 1 Year 3 • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; • IT professionalism • Individual project Year 1 Year 2 or • Grades BBC (or equivalent) • Data analysis • Enterprise e-systems • Art fundamentals • Professional art disciplines, • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR at A Level, with at least one • Computer systems technology • ICT infrastructure management • Art for branding environment and concept Level 3 Cambridge Technical; science, technology, • Computer networking basics • Network design and management • Application development • Professional art disciplines, or mathematics or computing • Concept development and visualisation character and animation • 30 points from International subject; or Year 2 • Interactive entertainment production • Product development: concept and vision Baccalaureate Diploma; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • Research and professional practice for brands • Product development: prototype • Access to Higher Education • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Business and technology entrepreneurship • Interactive entertainment production • Product development: production Diploma (see website); or Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Enterprise databases: design and • Interactive entertainment production • Other qualifications • 30 points from International implementation equivalent to 120 UCAS Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Infrastructure services points; plus • Access to Higher Education • GCSE grade C or above in Diploma (see website); or English language and • Other qualifications equivalent mathematics (or equivalent). to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C in English For full entry requirements language and mathematics. and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
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ACCREDITATION “Within the course there were excellent opportunities to develop “Interactive Entertainment Digital Art gives me the tools, the training myself both professionally and personally. You get a great deal of and the guidance necessary to accomplish my dream to become a support outside of lectures.” concept artist.”
Scott Brant Adame Boutrif
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BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) Interactive Entertainment Interactive (Digital Marketing) Entertainment (Games Development) Recognising a skills gap in the emerging worlds of digital, mobile, social media and Create the games of the future, gaining the creative and technical know-how to support entertainment, this forward-thinking course is designed for the jobs that communications your ambition. NTI Birmingham agencies will need to fulfil. NTI Birmingham This course is delivered by practitioners with industry experience in creating global CAMPUS You will use social media, smartphones/iPads and a specially provided MacBook Air as the core entertainment products. CAMPUS tools of your learning. City Centre Teaching takes place in a production studio based in Birmingham city centre where you will be City Centre Rather than taking a theoretical approach, you will work on live projects, teaming up with provided with studio space to complete projects and a laptop with all the software you need DURATION programmers and artists as a digital agency team. for the duration of the course. DURATION 2 years full-time 2 years full-time Through this hands-on experience, you build a portfolio of professional work, which You will work on a number of live projects which may involve games companies, broadcasters and demonstrates the creative skills and the cutting-edge marketing savvy required in today’s ad agencies. UCAS CODE communications industry. UCAS CODE P647 Learn new skills relevant and appropriate for careers in the field of interactive entertainment and I573 All teaching is delivered by leading industry experts in fields such as branding, television, social gain experience of completing live projects with other students in multidisciplinary teams. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS media, production and content marketing. You will be ready to apply for roles in marketing, ENTRY REQUIREMENTS advertising, communications and creative media. • Grades BBB (or equivalent) • Grades BBB (or equivalent) at A Level; or Content includes: at A Level; or • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or Content includes: Year 1 Year 2 or • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR • Interactive entertainment technologies • Introduction to high-performance languages • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical; Year 1 Year 2 theory and practice for interactive entertainment Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Marketing fundamentals • Interactive entertainment landscape • Two-dimensional game engine • High-performance software research and or • 30 points from International • Audiences • Content development programming development • 30 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Brand development • Monetisation • Web-based three-dimensional engine • High-performance software production Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Access to Higher Education • Campaign development • Production management programming for interactive entertainment • Professional research and development • Access to Higher Education Diploma (see website); or • Campaign integration and deployment • User experience • Interactive entertainment production • Professional technical production planning Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications • Interactive entertainment production • Interactive entertainment production • Product development • Other qualifications equivalent to 120 UCAS equivalent to 120 UCAS points; plus points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in • GCSE grade C or above in English language and English language and mathematics (or equivalent). mathematics (or equivalent).
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“I chose the course as it enables you to work in a select group of other “I know of no other course that can deliver a better approach to games like-minded creative students. I can’t think of a better course that can development. The tutors have an incredible wealth of industry experience prepare you for a career within the creative industries at the end.” for me to learn from. I cannot imagine a better way to invest in my future.”
David Murawski Lee Fitzpatrick
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Interior Design International Business (Top-Up)
Manipulate, in three dimensions, the interior sculptural qualities of a building or space. Transform, The ability to source, engage and do business with overseas partners is critical to growth, or give a new life to, an old space based on your vision and possibilities of a given context. And and graduate talent in this field is highly valued. With specialist support from our experienced Birmingham School re-order or sequence activities within space so that practical and human needs are met. tutors and flexible modular choices, the course is your chance to get ahead in the business world. Birmingham City of Architecture Business School and Design Manipulating, transforming and re-ordering space within the context of interior design and With more and more markets emerging across the world, global trade is now key to many interior architecture allows you to explore the broad range of three-dimensional spatial design organisations’ short- and long-term strategies and ambitions. This course enables you to possibilities within this sector-driven and diverse industry. consolidate your business expertise in an international context. CAMPUS CAMPUS City Centre City Centre This industry-aligned course offers you the opportunity to study the adaption and re-use of space This course allows you not only to extend the breadth of your knowledge in the key business within existing building stock, or the inside skin of architecture, while also addressing aesthetics, disciplines, but also to align your studies to your own career aims, with close guidance from DURATION human needs, materiality and the more ephemeral qualities of atmosphere, character, colour, your tutor. DURATION light and shade. 1 year full-time 3 years full-time You will emerge ready to face new business horizons, bringing a critical, strategic outlook to Alongside the regeneration of existing space, new interior environments such as restaurant, hotel, an ever-changing and internationally focused business environment. The course opens up a UCAS CODE UCAS CODE retail and residential design offer an experiential approach to design and the fine grain level of variety of career opportunities in finance, management or marketing, depending on your chosen N121 detail required for effective space planning and the refurbishment of space. Become a design- area of specialism. W250 aware and industry-ready interior designer. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS There is an option in the final year to transfer to Design Management for those students who • 240 UK university credits in Content includes: • Grades BBC (or equivalent) would prefer a business focus. a business-related field; or • HND in a related subject – at A Level; or • Globalisation • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Distinction profile; or • International marketing • ABE Advanced Diploma – or Content includes: • International business strategy • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR at least grade B in two • Business operations and systems modules; plus Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Representing interiors Year 1 • Making sense of organisations • GCSE grade C or above in or • Co.LAB live projects • Making your mark – design processes and • Business statistics English language and • 26 points from International communication • Managing and leading strategic change mathematics (or equivalent). Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Design evolution Year 3 • Merit from UAL Extended • Developing professional studies • Material technologies For full entry requirements Diploma; or • Signature project (contextual research and • The interior design studio and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Other qualifications • Conceptual practice and creative boundaries analysis) equivalent to 112 UCAS • Signature project (development and points; plus Year 2 realisation) • Good portfolio of work • The industry-led design studio and client- • Showcase your work to industry leaders may be required. driven consultancy looking for new talent, such as at Free • Portfolio construction, praxis and pitching Range London For full entry requirements yourself and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
“Birmingham City University offered me so many opportunities, “The course challenges me academically; with smaller class sizes in from different collaborations to European exchanges to internships. seminars I am able to participate and learn a lot more in depth.” The University really made my dreams come true by helping me find a way to materialise my ideas!” Adam Walker
Daria Tagliabue
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) International Finance International (Top-Up) Marketing (Top-Up)
As a Platinum Approved Learning Provider of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Put yourself in the shoes of an international marketing manager with this innovative top-up (ACCA), we have the financial expertise and industry contacts to develop your financial course, where you can explore new opportunities for global business co-operation. Birmingham City management knowledge within a global context. Birmingham City Business School This top-up qualification gives you the chance to specialise in international marketing, and Business School This course allows you to build on your existing accounting and finance knowledge to give your sharpen your skills in successfully managing the cross-border promotion of goods and services studies a rare depth of insight into this challenging, changing and competitive field. through creativity, business awareness and cultural sensitivity. CAMPUS CAMPUS City Centre You will be invited to consider the direction in which you want your career to progress, and choose To help you work towards your preferred career route, you get the opportunity to shape your own City Centre the areas of study best suited to those future plans. package of study, receiving a high level of individual attention. There are also opportunities for DURATION co-curricular activities, workshops and competitions. DURATION You can set up your own personalised programme of study in line with your future plans and 1 year full-time are fully supported by expert tutors. Assessment includes business reports, portfolios and We use innovative and relevant assessment methods such as business reports, case studies, 1 year full-time case studies. individual and group presentations, portfolios and projects, as well as conventional examinations. UCAS CODE UCAS CODE N390 The course leads to opportunities not only in finance, but also in fields such as management With more and more channels of global communication available, there will always be demand for N550 or marketing. You could also consider postgraduate study opportunities at Birmingham City graduates with the skills offered on this course. Business School. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • 240 UK university credits in a • 240 UK university credits in a Content includes: business-related field; or business-related field; or • HND in a related subject – Content includes: • HND in a related subject – • Contemporary advertising Distinction profile; or Distinction profile; or • Sustainable marketing • ABE Advanced Diploma – • Comparative financial systems • ABE Advanced Diploma – • Digital marketing strategy at least grade B in two • Comparative international reporting at least grade B in two • PR planning modules; plus • Current issues in company reporting modules; plus • Marketing strategy and planning • GCSE grade C or above in • Financial management • GCSE grade C or above • International marketing English language and • Globalisation in English language and mathematics (or equivalent). • International business strategy mathematics (or equivalent). • International corporate finance For full entry requirements • Statistical decision-making For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
“Tutors provide us with lots of useful insight into the course.” “Studying International Marketing here is very exciting; I have learned so much in a short period of time. I am enjoying my time in the city alongside Weifan Li (Nicole) studying at the University.”
Thanh Le
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BMus (Hons) Creative Self Development Jazz Jewellery and Silversmithing
Perfectly in tune with the needs of a modern jazz performer, you will develop your practical and Studying purely for creative enjoyment, you can develop your skills in a relaxed and professional skills, emerging as a fully rounded, professional musician with an awareness of the inspirational environment. Birmingham commercial realities and entrepreneurial opportunities ahead of you. School of Jewellery Conservatoire Courses vary according to demand but are generally around these key areas: portfolio Delivered by performers, band leaders and composers, the course includes one-to-one lessons, development, enamelling, jewellery, computer-aided design, stone setting or silversmithing. CAMPUS small group coaching and private practice. CAMPUS You will gain practical experience in highly equipped workshops, where you are free to experiment Vittoria Street Birmingham Conservatoire You will enjoy much more one-to-one tuition time than on a typical academic university music and develop at a comfortable pace. course or, in fact, than on many conservatoire courses. Promoters, peers and professional DURATION DURATION jazz (staff) musicians give you immediate, constructive feedback on your performance. You are taught and encouraged by experts with first-hand knowledge of the commercial world Courses run for a full and practising designer-makers who can colour their teaching with insights from the creative 4 years full-time (three years academic year, three hours The course is professionally supported by Jazzlines, a leading jazz promoter and key contact front line. per session during the day, with direct entry to the second for international masterclasses. An important feature of the course is access to internationally year, subject to ability) two and a half hours per renowned jazz masters such as Kenny Garrett, John Reilly, Dave Holland, Mark Turner, Jeff Enamelling session for evening classes, Ballard and Mulgrew Miller. For beginners, this course introduces you to vitreous enamel, properties and techniques, initially from the beginning of October UCAS CODE involving projects working with copper, before moving on to silver. If you are more experienced, to the following June. 310F (UCAS Conservatoires) We have consistently achieved high rates of satisfaction in the National Student Survey (over you get to produce samples and experimental work. 90 per cent). Jewellery UCAS CODE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Covers aspects of jewellery manufacture, including hand-crafting and quantity production N/A – apply direct • A standard in First Study techniques, creating pieces of jewellery to your own design, using gemstones of your choice, equivalent to that of the Content includes: and surface treatments such as polishing, reticulation and oxidising. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Associated Board’s Grade VIII (Distinction): this may be Years 1 and 2 Computer-Aided Design (CAD) • No formal qualifications are demonstrated at audition • Intensive weekly coaching This course introduces CAD jewellery software to create three-dimensional designs. It starts required but you should be or on your audition • Masterclasses by showing you how to create two-dimensional artwork suitable for processes such as laser motivated and demonstrate recording; plus • Workshops marking, before moving on to three-dimensional objects made to scale. an interest in the subject you • Minimum of 32 UCAS points • Jazz history wish to pursue. from two A Levels or Stone Setting equivalent; or Years 3 and 4 Introduces you to stone-setting techniques, including claw, grain and pavé settings, channel, For full entry requirements • 24 points from International • Major project tension and burnished settings. You will be able to buy silver cast rings, pendants and a selection and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Baccalaureate Diploma; plus • Run your own small group of stones at cost price to practise the technique of setting stones in their mounts. • At least five GCSEs at • Apply for mentoring and coaching as you see grade C or above including necessary for the band’s development Silversmithing English language. For beginners or more experienced makers, this course initially explores hand production techniques such as forming, planishing, filing and soldering, before building on these skills For full entry requirements to produce simple yet attractive pieces, such as vessels, containers, cutlery and tableware. and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
“My musical approach is greatly indebted to the time I spent studying “I started the course with the intention of learning a new skill – three on the jazz course. Simply being around like-minded people in a years later, I now want to start an accessories business with jewellery culture of practice and study, with guidance from musicians I greatly playing an integral role.” respected, was extremely beneficial.” Deborette Clarke Tom Chapman
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HND BA (Hons) Jewellery and Jewellery and Silversmithing Silversmithing - Design for Industry (Top-Up) Learning new techniques and using the latest technology, you will be able to develop your With an emphasis on new technology and a reputation for highly employable graduates, creativity to design and make your own unique pieces. this course builds on existing traditional skills to enhance your potential as a designer School of Jewellery within a company or as a creative entrepreneur within the contemporary jewellery and School of Jewellery This practice-based course will introduce you to techniques and processes associated with the silversmithing industry. CAMPUS traditions of the jewellery industry, enabling you to construct pieces in both precious and non- CAMPUS precious metals. The course has an excellent reputation for producing highly employable graduates You will use well-equipped studio workshops with access to laser cutting, marking and welding, Vittoria Street with a practical understanding of the needs of the industry and the skills to fulfil those needs. and a dedicated CAD facility. You also have the provision of a laptop for the duration of the course, Vittoria Street loaded with up-to-date, relevant CAD software. DURATION Our uniquely well-equipped studio workshops offer a range of equipment from traditional DURATION 2 years full-time Victorian fly-presses to cutting-edge laser-welding and advanced CAD CAM technologies, The expertise of our Jewellery Industry Innovation Centre, internationally known for its 1 year full-time enabling you to not only learn about the traditional techniques of the bench jeweller but to concept-to-prototype approach to new product development, will support your study. enhance those skills with the most contemporary processes. UCAS CODE Based in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, where an estimated 40 per cent of British jewellery UCAS CODE 72WW Based in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, where an estimated 40 per cent of British jewellery is made today, you are among potential industry contacts, inspiration and experience. W790 is made today, the internationally renowned School of Jewellery positions you among potential ENTRY REQUIREMENTS industry contacts, inspiration and experience. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
• Grades DD (or equivalent) at Sponsorship and support from associated companies gives this course industry relevance and Content includes: • A Higher National Diploma A Level; or insight and a team of both full-time and visiting tutors with a wealth of practical experience of in Jewellery and • PPP (or equivalent) at BTEC; their own will guide you through your two-year HND, ensuring that your experience is not only • CAD and CAM acquisition Silversmithing; or or industry-relevant but exciting and enjoyable too. • Collaborative project with a • Foundation degree in • PPP (or equivalent) at OCR manufacturing company Jewellery and Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Design in context – laser technology Silversmithing; plus or • Business and entrepreneurship • Portfolio. • 24 points from International Content includes: • Design in practice – produce and launch a Baccalaureate Diploma; or product range For full entry requirements • Other qualifications Year 1 Year 2 • Promotion of your product range to an and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses equivalent to 48 UCAS points; • Industry studies 1 • Applied technology industry panel plus • Introduction to small-scale metalwork • Live project • Good portfolio of work. • Traditional techniques • Industry studies 2 • Introduction to large-scale metalwork • Design development and realisation For full entry requirements • Multiple production • Specialist techniques 2 and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Specialist techniques 1
“The HND course allowed me to gain confidence in hand skills while “The course gave me access to a wide range of skilled people from many exploring many new technologies. I am now able to create individual different aspects of the jewellery trade.” designs combining several techniques.” Rachael Briggs Liz Rollo
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BA (Hons) Jewellery Design School of Jewellery and Related Products Summer and Bespoke Short Courses Experiment with materials, techniques and processes with one of the most respected creative These courses provide inspirational and intense workshop opportunities in a diverse range of courses in the country. subjects associated with design, jewellery and silversmithing. They offer a chance to explore the School of Jewellery traditional processes or a more innovative experience in one of the many new technologies. School of Jewellery This course encourages you to develop your own personal philosophy and look beyond horizons – CAMPUS there is no ’house style’, no rigid templates, just pursuit of innovation. They are suitable for professionals or beginners to gain specialised industry skills in a wide range CAMPUS of jewellery-related areas. Vittoria Street You will be based in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, near to our Jewellery Industry Vittoria Street Innovation Centre – internationally known for its concept-to-prototype approach to new Your tutors bring trade expertise, insight and inspiration to intimate teaching sessions of between DURATION product development. five and 10 students. DURATION 3 years full-time Varies – see website for details During your course, you will design, develop and launch your own highly innovative, You will be located in the heart of Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter, with access to fully UCAS CODE contemporary and thought-provoking products. equipped workshops in a contemporary learning environment. UCAS CODE W239 Our School of Jewellery is Europe’s largest institution for training and education across The focus is on learning the specific industry techniques you require to move your creative work N/A - apply direct the specialisation. forward to the next level without the constraints of studying for an award; however, a Certificate ENTRY REQUIREMENTS of Attendance is given if you complete your course. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
• Grades BBC (or equivalent) The short course programme varies each year and for those requiring a more flexible approach to • No specific entry at A Level; or Content includes: learning, it is possible to tailor the courses to an individual’s needs through consultation to develop requirements; open to all • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; bespoke courses, which can be arranged at any time, subject to tutor availability. as part of our commitment or Year 1 Year 3 to training and education • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Introductory skills and techniques • Professional development for creative industry Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Design methodology and critical thinking • Design and make your own collection professionals or jewellery or • Professional collaboration • Exhibition enthusiasts. • 26 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 2 For full entry requirements • Merit from UAL Extended • Employability and entrepreneurial skills and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Diploma; or • Company development and product sales • Other qualifications • Professional experience equivalent to 112 UCAS • Conceptual thinking points; plus • Good portfolio of work.
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“Being a student at the School of Jewellery was like being in a huge “Simply fantastic and well worth the course fee. The course exceeded family. The tutors, the technical staff... everyone was so helpful and my expectations – it has been a very good experience.” supportive throughout the years I was at the School.” Norah Khor Alice Clarke
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BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture
Develop a career that can make a real difference, delivering sustainable, dynamic landscapes Birmingham School to help ensure our global future. of Architecture This course is fully recognised and accredited by the Landscape Institute. You will be supported and Design by a leading design team in the field, gaining professional insight at a respected institution. Transferable skills and employability lie at the heart of this course – at the end of the course, CAMPUS you will have a strong portfolio and a suite of industry-standard software skills. City Centre You will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of briefs, integrating urban and natural design elements from a local to a global scale. Well-established connections with the region’s DURATION best landscape architecture practices will help you gain placements and experience. 3 years full-time You will be based in our multi-million pound City Centre Campus Parkside Building and have UCAS CODE access to digital studios and 3D design workshops. The proximity of the newly built Eastside Park provides inspiration to your studies, introducing a strong example of contemporary civic space and K310 park design. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
• Grades BBC (or equivalent) Content includes: at A Level; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Year 1 Year 3 or • Principles of design process • Integrated environmental architectures • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Visual and verbal design communication • Sustainable future Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Built and natural materials • Research and design exploration or • 26 points from International Year 2 Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Multidisciplinary skills, professionalism and • Merit from UAL Extended collaboration Diploma; or • Urban and natural systems • Other qualifications • Concept and production equivalent to 112 UCAS points; plus • Good portfolio of work may be required.
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ACCREDITATION “I have gained so many new experiences that have really allowed me to appreciate the places around me. The course provided a great stepping stone between education and employment, and the experience allowed me to gain employment at a Landscape Architect practice straight after my degree.”
Jocelyn Bennett
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LLB (Hons) Law
Learn in our realistic mock courtrooms, enhance your debating skills with one of the UK’s top SPECIALIST OPTIONS: mooting societies or gain an international perspective on your studies with the country’s largest School of Law internship scheme to the USA. Law with American Legal education in the principles of law, along with Studies M130 an in-depth understanding of marketing. You CAMPUS Universally recognised for its academic rigour and innovative teaching, you will be exposed to a With this route, you must complete the will gain a firm understanding of the English practical real-world application of the law, gaining an excellent grounding of the legal system following option modules: American legal system and the rules of English law City Centre before you decide on your area of specialism for a high-flying future career. Criminal Procedure and Evidence, American alongside a detailed look at the theories and Legal Practice or American Legal Studies research behind marketing. You must complete DURATION Outstanding facilities include our mock courtrooms and an e-learning suite. Our comprehensive Dissertation, and US Constitutional Law. The the following marketing modules: Marketing American Legal Practice module gives you the Fundamentals; Managing the Brand; and 3 years full-time law library and the ‘open door’ policy of lecturers give you ample access to information, experience chance to put theory into practice through an Digital Marketing Strategy. 4 years part-time and insight. We boast a thriving mooting society, which regularly achieves national success. internship in the USA. The School’s Centre for American Legal Studies operates the UK’s largest US internship scheme, Law with Psychology M10P UCAS CODE giving you the opportunity to gain practical experience in America at a federal or state public Law with Business M10B This innovative new course allows you to focus M100 defender’s office, private attorney office, university law school or law project. Gain key analytical and critical skills with a on a rigorous but fascinating education in law, broad base of legal knowledge alongside while also gaining a knowledge of psychology. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS The School has strong professional links with Birmingham Law Society (the UK’s largest Law an in-depth analysis of business. You must With both disciplines analysing human Society outside London), and the four Inns of Court, especially Lincoln’s Inn and Inner Temple. complete the following business modules: behaviour, these disciplines are combined • Grades BBC (or equivalent) All first-year students receive free student membership with Birmingham Law Society. Managing Organisations, People and to make an exciting course that leaves you at A Level (excluding general Self; Business Logistics and Operations; highly employable. You must complete the studies); or Contemporary Business Issues; and Making following psychology modules: Introduction • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC Sense of the Organisations. to Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Social (excluding Early Years); or Content includes: Psychology; and Biological Psychology. • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Law with Business Law M1MG Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Year 1 Year 3 Gain a thorough grounding in the legal system, Law with Sociology M10S • 28 points from International • Law of tort • Law of the European Union with a particular focus on the law as it affects You will be trained to apply analytical, Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Law of contract • Equity and trusts business. Your choice of modules must include evaluative and research skills to a number of • Access to Higher Education • Criminal law • Two option choices. The options currently the following: Intellectual Property Law, different subjects, including Understanding Diploma (see website); or • Skills, processes and scholarships include Family Law; Evidence, Proof Company Law, and Employment Law and Society, Understanding Popular Culture, and • Other qualifications equivalent and Argument; Employment Law; LARU Practice. This pathway may particularly appeal Gender and Crime. Other sociology options to 112 UCAS points; plus Year 2 (placement module); Intellectual Property to students who wish to engage in a career are: Fixing Society; Vilification, Amplification • GCSE grade C or above in • Public law and civil rights Law; American Legal Practice (placement with a large commercial firm. and Socialisation; Human Rights: Theory and English language (or • Land law module); or a dissertation. Practice; and Globalisation, People and Society. equivalent; not Adult Literacy). • Professional skills and practice Law with Criminology M1MF • One option choice. The options currently You will complete a compulsory module in Core Successful completion of any of the LLB pathways will result For full entry requirements include Company Law; US Constitutional Issues in Crime and Punishment* and optional in the award of a qualifying law degree (subject to professional body requirements). and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Law; International Human Rights; modules in Crime Prevention or Britain and Employment Law. Terrorism* and Transnational Corporate and ALSO AVAILABLE: Organised Crime or The War on Terror*. This pathway may particularly appeal to students Law (Graduate Entry) who wish to engage in a legal career with “During my third year, I took part in the Legal Advice and Representation If you already hold a Bachelor’s degree, this bodies such as the police force, the probation course allows you to complete the LLB in two Unit, in which I was placed in a legal charity, which allowed me to put service, or the criminal justice system. years (full-time) rather than three. what I had learned throughout my degree into practice.” Law with Marketing M10M *Modules subject to approval This course will provide you with a thorough Luke Browning
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BA (Hons) HND Leadership and Legal Studies Management Practice (work-based) This new in-company degree, unique to the West Midlands, will give your management career This vocational qualification is highly valued by employers and prepares you for the expanding a real kick-start. field of paralegal work or further study. Birmingham City School of Law Business School Allowing you to work throughout your degree at a sponsoring organisation, this course gives You will be given a sound grounding in law to prepare you for the next stage of your studies or you on-the-job skills while you gain an academic qualification. your first steps into employment. CAMPUS CAMPUS The degree aims to nurture the leaders and managers of tomorrow. The unique combination The course is recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board as City Centre and Birmingham City Centre and working with of a practice-based course that mixes academic study with practical skills and experience providing exemptions from the academic stage of training. Metropolitan College (Sutton an organisation from the workplace gives you an experience that a campus-based degree may not. Coldfield Campus) You will study all the core modules from Level 4 of the LLB degree at Birmingham City University, DURATION This type of degree also allows you to put forward your ideas while at the workplace and make including Criminal Law, Law of Tort and Contract Law. On successful completion, you will exit with DURATION a tangible difference to your organisation. a Level 5 Award, receiving both the Higher National Diploma and a Certificate in Higher Education. 2 years full-time 3 years full-time This entitles you to progress to the second year of the LLB (Hons) Law course at the University It allows you to earn a salary while you learn, and your academic fees are covered by your should you wish to continue your studies and gain a qualifying law degree. UCAS CODE sponsoring organisation. If you impress them, your future employment opportunities are UCAS CODE N/A – apply direct greatly enhanced. You will attend both the University and Birmingham Metropolitan College, enjoying the advanced 039M facilities of both institutions, and sharing ideas and perspectives with full-time LLB students. You will also see inside the legal world on placement modules, gaining confidence, competence and ENTRY REQUIREMENTS professional contacts. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades ABB (or equivalent) Content includes: • Grades CC (or equivalent) at A Level; or at A Level; or • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Year 1 Year 3 • Access to Higher Education or • Accounting and finance for managers • Change and innovation in organisations Course features: course; or • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR • Personal and professional development • Comparative management practice • Advanced Diploma or • Managing people and organisations • Issues in leadership and management • Skills, processes and scholarship Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Criminal law Progression Diploma in or practice appropriate discipline Year 2 • Leadership development • Law of tort • 30 points from International • Law of contract (such as Business); plus Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Strategic management – theory and practice • GCSE grade C or above in • Managing teams and projects • Foundations of family law • Access to Higher Education • Civil and criminal litigation English language (or equivalent; Diploma (see website); or • Business performance improvement project not Adult Literacy). • Other qualifications equivalent to 128 UCAS points; plus For full entry requirements • GCSE grade C or above in and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses English language and mathematics (or equivalent).
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“Birmingham City Business School is a fantastic learning “My placement at St Philips Chambers was very useful. I was only there environment with extremely dedicated and very helpful lecturers. for a short period of time, but I learned so much and it reassured me that A great experience.” this was the career I wanted.”
Jaz Azam Jade Cheung
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BEng (Hons)/MEng BA (Hons) Manufacturing Marketing Engineering
This course has been developed to maximise your career prospects with a focus on employability Focusing on the application of marketing principles and practice in actual business situations, skills. It features a wide range of assessment, from coursework and presentations to written this course enables you to develop an appreciation of the impact of your work on the health of a School of Engineering and practical exams. Teamwork is integral to the programme, designed to deliver the type of business, ensuring that you will stand out as a highly credible marketing professional. Birmingham City and the Built graduates that industry is looking for. Business School Environment Due to our links with the Chartered Institute of Marketing, this course has a well-founded It is aimed at part-time students currently in full-time employment with the emphasis on practice- reputation for excellence. Teaching is provided by industry-leading staff, who are all marketing based learning and assessment throughout. It has been developed in close consultation with a and PR experts and will share their experience and marketing know-how with you. CAMPUS CAMPUS number of partners, in particular EEF, Westfield Sports Cars, and Solihull and Walsall colleges. City Centre City Centre An emphasis on real-world practice and an outstanding professional reputation gives you With a course design philosophy strongly anchored in direct consultation with our industrial the grounding for a successful marketing career. The amount of real client briefs, activities, DURATION and academic partners and students, this course aims to provide local, regional, national and competitions and placements you are exposed to is huge, which means you leave with real agency DURATION international organisations with an excellent opportunity to elevate their workforces to degree- experience and your own industry links. Our students have worked on projects and campaigns 3 years full-time 3–4 years part-time level status and beyond. with Prostate Cancer UK, Aston Manor Brewery, National Express, Royal Ballet and Aston Villa 4 years sandwich (day release) Football Club. We have a proven track record in providing high-quality part-time engineering courses, ensuring UCAS CODE UCAS CODE you gain the skills and knowledge industry needs. At the end of the course, you can complete two extra modules to get the CIM Professional Diploma N500 in Marketing. Unlike other institutions, our course covers your extra tuition and CIM membership. N/A – apply direct The course has been designed with a focus on professional skills and is assessed in an integrative manner, reflecting the application of a mixture of skills and knowledge such as is typically found in Our graduates go on to work for big-name companies such as Royal Bank of Scotland, Jaguar ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS an industrial and commercial environment. Land Rover and British Gas. • Grades BBC (or equivalent) • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at at A Level; or A Level to include mathematics • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR grade C or above and one Content includes: Content includes: from physics, chemistry, Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • 28 points from International design technology, further Year 1 Year 3 Year 1 Final year Baccalaureate Diploma; or mathematics, electronics, • Mathematics and mechanics • Design management • Business and marketing fundamentals • Marketing strategy and planning • Access to Higher Education computing, ICT or engineering • Design methods • Advanced materials • Design in marketing • Digital marketing strategy Diploma (see website); or (excluding general studies); or • Materials and processes • Project • Understanding consumer behaviour • Global marketing • Other qualifications equivalent • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • Digital design • Manufacturing systems management • Creative concepts • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in Level 3 Cambridge Technical; Year 2 Year 4 (MEng) Year 2 English language and or • Sustainable design and manufacture • Knowledge-based engineering • Brand management mathematics (or equivalent). • 30 points from International • Practice-based project • Project management for practice • Channel management Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Automation and control • Developing financial capabilities • Digital communications For full entry requirements • Pass overall in an Engineering • Management of engineering and technology • Product lifecycle management • Marketing research and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Access Diploma (see website); or innovation • Retail marketing • Other qualifications equivalent to 112 UCAS points; plus Note: This course can also be accessed via our Foundation Year in Engineering (UCAS code: H702). ACCREDITATION • GCSE grade C or above in If you have 80 UCAS points, with at least one A Level in technology, science, mathematics or computing, English language and but do not have the necessary qualifications to directly enter year one of this degree, you can apply mathematics (or equivalent). for the Foundation Year.
For full entry requirements “I found the support from staff excellent during my time with the “Studying marketing here has given me more than just an insight into and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses University. Staff were on hand to answer queries and also offer the industry; it has also helped bring out the best in me. I have been sound guidance on each module.” able to perfect my strengths and work on my weaknesses.”
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Marketing Marketing, (Professional Practice) Advertising and Public Relations Designed to fast-track your professional development, this course teaches you the marketing Featuring a practical syllabus with real-life case studies to work on, this course helps you skills you need to succeed. Our course mixes theory with practice, and in your final year you will learn how to develop the image and messages crucial to a company’s credibility and survival. Birmingham City combine study with a paid work placement, gaining first-hand experience. Working in a real job Birmingham City Business School role will give you the skills and experience you need for your full-time career. As innovative and dynamic as its subject areas, this creative course puts you on the front line of Business School marketing, advertising and public relations. This course covers relevant, real-life subjects such as digital marketing, branding and the CAMPUS importance of good customer experiences. We teach by using real business scenarios, so you will You will study at one of the UK’s most established and respected business schools – one of only CAMPUS City Centre, Curzon Building get the chance to draft marketing plans for actual companies, work on business case studies and a handful of study centres selected by the Chartered Institute of Marketing to offer dual awards. City Centre get experience in our very own in-house marketing agency, The Link. DURATION Balancing the creative energy of marketing, advertising and public relations with business DURATION Teaching is provided by industry-leading staff, who are all marketing and PR experts and will discipline, this course encourages you to develop the personal transferable skills that every 3 years full-time share their experience and marketing know-how with you. employer seeks and prepares you for an exciting career. 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich UCAS CODE Gain professional qualifications through CIM Graduate Gateway. CIM qualifications are highly We cover everything from design in marketing to communicating the right message, market N005 sought after by employers, and map work alongside our own degrees so you are equipped with the research and PR planning. It’s a creative course that has a solid grounding in business knowledge UCAS CODE best opportunities for a successful marketing career. so that you can apply what you learn to current business issues. NLM2 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS At the end of the course, you can complete two extra modules to get the CIM Professional Diploma We teach by using real business scenarios, so you will get the chance to draft marketing plans for • Grades BBB (or equivalent) in Marketing. Unlike other institutions, our course covers your extra tuition and CIM membership. actual companies, work on business case studies and get experience in our very own in-house ENTRY REQUIREMENTS at A Level; or marketing agency, The Link. An optional placement year gives you the opportunity to gain real • Grades BBC (or equivalent) • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; insight into how marketing impacts on business. at A Level; or or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Content includes: • 28 points from International Year 1 Year 3 • 28 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Business and marketing fundamentals • Professional practice project in which you Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 1 Final year • Access to Higher Education • Design in marketing investigate and make recommendations • Access to Higher Education • Business fundamentals • Marketing strategy and planning Diploma (see website); or • Understanding consumer behaviour on how your placement organisation can Diploma (see website); or • Marketing fundamentals • Digital marketing • Other qualifications equivalent • Creative concepts enhance what it does • Other qualifications equivalent • Understanding consumer behaviour • Global marketing to 120 UCAS points; plus • You will also demonstrate how you developed to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in Year 2 and enhanced your own professional • GCSE grade C or above in Year 2 English language and • Brand management practice skills during the year English language and • Digital communications mathematics (or equivalent). • Channel management mathematics (or equivalent). • Digital communications • Marketing research • Retail marketing For full entry requirements • Marketing research For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Retail marketing and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
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“Professional practice degrees offer our students an alternative to “Coming to university was the best decision I ever made; coming from a traditional sandwich degrees. They aid employability by giving our small city into Birmingham seemed very daunting but Birmingham City students more opportunities to apply their subject knowledge University gave me all the guidance I needed.” to commercial situations.” Parveen Nar Nicola Gittins, Departmental Undergraduate Co-ordinator
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BA (Hons) Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations (Professional Practice) Designed to fast-track your professional development, this course teaches you how to use marketing, advertising and public relations (PR) to enhance today’s businesses. You will learn Birmingham City the theoretical and practical skills you need for a successful career, and in your final year you Business School combine study with a paid work placement, gaining first-hand experience.
We cover everything from design in marketing to communicating the right message, market CAMPUS research and PR planning. It’s a creative course that has a solid grounding in business knowledge City Centre so that you can apply what you learn to current business issues.
DURATION We teach by using real business scenarios, so you will get the chance to draft marketing plans for actual companies, work on business case studies and get experience in our very own in-house 3 years full-time marketing agency, The Link.
UCAS CODE Teaching is provided by industry-leading staff, who are all marketing and PR experts and will N5P2 share their experience and marketing know-how with you. Gain professional qualifications through CIM Graduate Gateway. CIM qualifications are highly ENTRY REQUIREMENTS sought after by employers, and map work alongside our own degrees so you are equipped with • Grades BBB (or equivalent) the best opportunities for a successful marketing career. at A Level; or • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or At the end of the course, you can complete two extra modules to get the CIM Professional Diploma • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR in Marketing. Unlike other institutions, our course covers your extra tuition and CIM membership. Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • 28 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Access to Higher Education Content includes: Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications equivalent Year 1 Year 3 to 120 UCAS points; plus • Business and marketing fundamentals • Professional practice project in which you • GCSE grade C or above in • Design in marketing investigate and make recommendations English language and • Understanding consumer behaviour on how your placement organisation can mathematics (or equivalent). • Service design enhance what it does • Creative concepts • You will also demonstrate how you developed For full entry requirements and enhanced your own professional and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Year 2 practice skills during the year • Marketing communications planning • Brand management ACCREDITATION • Digital communications • Marketing research
“Professional practice degrees offer our students an alternative to traditional sandwich degrees. They aid employability by giving our students more opportunities to apply their subject knowledge to commercial situations.”
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BEng (Hons)/MEng HND Mechanical Media and Engineering Communication
Gain an excellent foundation of mechanical engineering skills and knowledge that will enable Offering an inspiring introduction to the production, theoretical and professional aspects of media, you to prove your worth to employers. this course gives you a solid grounding to progress your studies or move into employment in the School of media and communication industries. Birmingham Engineering and the Accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Engineering and School of Media Built Environment Technology, this course is respected by industry. You will work on the latest industry-standard Underlining our innovative approach to media studies, we are the UK’s sole provider of an computer-aided engineering (CAE) and industrial-based analysis tools and state-of-the-art HND in Media and Communication. software from global suppliers. You will use outstanding facilities including rapid prototyping and CAMPUS CAMPUS thermodynamics technology. Your studies cover key aspects of audio, the moving image, journalism, and television studio Birmingham Metropolitan City Centre practice. You will explore broadcast journalism, photography and photojournalism, radio features College (James Watt Campus) You will also benefit from experiences which will broaden your understanding of the power and and documentary television production, as well as television drama and film studies. The course scope of engineering; for example, you will have the opportunity to participate in the annual UK also covers the crucial research and academic techniques you need to effectively source, collate DURATION DURATION and Ireland Engineers without Borders Challenge, an engineering competition designed to change and analyse information. BEng – 3/4/5 years, full-time/ the lives of people in developing countries, a competition which our team won in 2015. 2 years full-time sandwich/part-time A placement allows you to absorb the day-to-day realities of a media production business and you MEng – 4/5/7 years, full-time/ Module themes cover areas such as mathematical analysis, applied mechanics, engineering get to focus on your future employment in a career development workshop. You also benefit from UCAS CODE sandwich/part-time design and practice, applied thermodynamics, environmental studies, thermofluid analysis and the experience, close support and encouragement of expert staff. 003P power and energy systems. UCAS CODE As a student on this course, you share all the facilities, contacts and advantages of a Birmingham You can opt for an industrial placement year, which gives you an invaluable opportunity to hone City University student, and feel part of a dynamic, creative and enquiring media production ENTRY REQUIREMENTS H300 (BEng), H301 (MEng) your expertise, try out a potential career path and get relevant workplace experience that is valued community. • Grades DD (or equivalent) at by so many employers. It will also boost your CV. A Level; or ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Your HND qualification gives you direct entry to the second year of our BA (Hons) Media and • PPP (or equivalent) at BTEC; • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at Communication course at the University, with a choice of eight specialist routes. or A Level including mathematics Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR at grade C or above; or Level 3 Cambridge Technical; Year 1 Year 3 or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Digital design • Power and energy systems • 24 points from International • Design methods • Design management Baccalaureate Diploma; or Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Broadcast production • Applied thermodynamics • Advanced engineering analysis • A pass in a recognised • 30 points from International • Publication production • Materials and processes • Project Access course; or Baccalaureate Diploma or • History and structure of the media • Other qualifications • Pass overall in an Engineering • Media texts and cultural contexts Year 2 Year 4 (MEng) equivalent to 48 UCAS points; Access Diploma (see website); or • Professional studies • Other qualifications equivalent • Sustainable design and manufacture • Master’s group project plus to 112 UCAS points; plus • Mechanics and dynamics • International logistics and supply • Good portfolio of work. • GCSE grade C or above • Environmental studies and thermodynamics • Chain management in English language and • Management of engineering and technology • Thermofluids For full entry requirements mathematics (or equivalent). innovation • Knowledge-based engineering and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Numerical analysis For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Note: This course can also be accessed via our Foundation Year in Engineering (UCAS code: H308). If you have 80 UCAS points, with at least one A Level in technology, science, mathematics or computing, ACCREDITATION but do not have the necessary qualifications to directly enter year one of this degree, you can apply for the Foundation Year.
“I enjoyed the modules and the lectures because of the quality “The area seemed so vibrant with varied culture, cuisine and a mix of and commitment of the tutors. The practical nature of the course entertainment options. I knew my free time spent in Birmingham would prepares students well for their future careers.” be exciting and memorable.”
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BA (Hons) Media and Communication
Take advantage of specialised, sophisticated equipment for every area in our purpose-built AVAILABLE PATHWAYS : £62 million city centre home, including six radio studios, four TV studios and the largest Birmingham free-standing green screen in Europe. Media and Communication P910 Media and Communication School of Media The broad course allows you to choose a range (New Media) G493 Other facilities include editing suites, music production studios, a new media suite, a newsroom, of modules from the other specialisms. You From the technical and visual design skills and photography studios (including a half and a full infinity cove). decide the degree to which you specialise as needed to create effective websites to CAMPUS you progress through the course. engagement with emerging technologies, this City Centre We are a pioneering institution, and were one of the first in the UK to deliver degrees in media. pathway explores new approaches to media Helped by strong links with many influential media organisations, the Creative Skillset-accredited Media and Communication publishing and online promotion. Innovation- DURATION course offers an industry-relevant blend of production, theory and professional development. (Event and Exhibition Industries) PN38 led, it places you at the forefront of new Industry placements give you invaluable insight, contacts and lessons for life. Balance media production skills with the ability media production. 3 years full-time to effectively produce and manage events Enjoy the guidance and contemporary perspective of staff who are established media and exhibitions, and put theory to work by Media and Communication UCAS CODE professionals. We run a huge range of guest speaker masterclasses, which have included organising your own events. We enjoy excellent (Public Relations) P9P2 links with local and national event and exhibition This pathway provides you with the skills and See pathway newsreader Huw Edwards, Head of News Partnerships at Twitter Jo Geary, UB40’s Brian Travers, Vogue fashion photographer Eliot Siegel and BSkyB’s Head of Production Services Dave Rooke. organisations including the NEC Group. knowledge that today’s PR professionals need in a fast-moving media environment. The ENTRY REQUIREMENTS This dynamic course offers eight different specialisms to suit your future media career ambitions. Media and Communication course is recognised by the Chartered Institute • Grades BBC (or equivalent) (Journalism) P9P5 of Public Relations (CIPR) and you can build at A Level; or Gain access to industry contacts and learn how contacts with some of the UK’s leading PR • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or to find stories, interview and write for different organisations. The CIPR Midlands Student of • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Content includes: readers and audiences. Working against the the Year award has been won by students from Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Course features may include (depending on your pathway) but are not limited to: clock to meet deadlines, you will produce stories this course every year since 2006. • 26 points from International regularly for a range of publishing platforms Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 1 Year 3 on a number of different topics. You will also Media and Communication • Merit from UAL Extended • Choice of production modules • Production project develop and use the skills needed to operate in (Radio) P9P3 Diploma; or • Introduction to academic media research • Research dissertation a modern multimedia journalism environment. Gain the competence, confidence and contacts • Access to Higher Education • Media festival • Graduate showcase to make yourself a valuable part of any team Diploma (see website); or • Media placement Media and Communication in the radio industry. Working in our enviable • Other qualifications equivalent (Media Photography) P9W6 facilities, you learn how to operate a studio, to 112 UCAS points; plus Year 2 Gain key skills in professional photographic present a show, record interviews, and to edit • GCSE English at grade C • Choice of production workshops production and creative visual literacy. You and mix sound. As your studies advance, you or above. • Choice of theory options develop skills in camera technique, studio put together music radio shows and short • Media conference and location lighting and post-processing in features as you prepare to run a live radio For full entry requirements • Media placement Photoshop and Lightroom. You will work to live station at the University. and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses creative briefs with real-world industry clients and develop a focused portfolio. Media and Communication (Television) P9WP ACCREDITATION Media and Communication This pathway gives you the opportunity to (Music Industries) PJ39 participate in group productions in our four Ideal if you want to look in depth at promotion, industry-standard TV studios including our “Learning what you need to pass your degree is one thing, but finding the music PR and music media, running a green screen MILO facility. You acquire all the right university that gives context and practical application for your record label or producing music videos and necessary skills and technical knowledge for knowledge in a fun and exciting environment is what, for me, makes websites, or be at the forefront of creating and location shooting, as well as studio production Birmingham City University the number one for Media and Communications.” developing innovative ideas within the music – working with a single camera, sound, lighting industry. You see the industry in action on and editing equipment – and apply your placement and opportunities have included creativity to video storytelling. Chris Williams EMI Publishing, NEC Group, Sony Records and the O2 Academy. 148 Course Enquiries team: +44 (0)121 331 5595 Course Enquiries team: +44 (0)121 331 5595 149 M M
BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) Medical Ultrasound Midwifery
Learn at one of the region’s largest centres for radiography and ultrasound education, with a With state-of-the-art teaching facilities, a diverse range of clinical placements and accreditation well-established history, and strong links with hospital imaging departments, giving you the from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), this course leads you to registration with the School of chance to enhance your practical and clinical skills. NMC as a midwife. School of Allied and Public Nursing, Midwifery Health Professions Medical ultrasound is an imaging technology involving the application of high-frequency sound All teaching staff on the course are qualified midwives and have worked in practice, and many and Social Work waves on patients to aid in medical diagnoses. This course combines theoretical and clinical still do. This enables all tutors to have a unique insight into issues which affect your academic and education enabling you to perform ultrasound examinations with a high level of expertise. clinical experience. CAMPUS CAMPUS City South You will be allocated clinical placements to ensure that you can learn to undertake the range of Placements take place across the West Midlands’ NHS trusts with continuous support and City South ultrasound examinations required of a qualified Sonographer. encouragement from both your personal tutor and midwifery mentors.
DURATION A Sonographer uses specialised equipment to produce real-time images and interprets those Our facilities include a home environment, birthing area and teaching tools, including use of the DURATION 3 years full-time images while scanning the patient. A good Sonographer will make the patient feel at ease while PROMPT birth simulator and neonatal mannequins to help simulate a variety of birth scenarios. 3 years full-time being examined and therefore excellent communication skills are essential. This is also supported by the Virtual Case Creator and other digital learning facilities. UCAS CODE UCAS CODE Sonography is a rewarding career that offers endless possibilities, empowering you to work in a You will gain broad and diverse experience within both consultant-led units and designated B800 wide range of settings, in the UK and overseas. It is also the ideal foundation for further study, midwife-led birth centres during your studies. B720 including musculoskeletal, paediatric and breast ultrasound. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS All offers are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance, Disclosure and Barring ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBB (or equivalent), All offers are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance, Disclosure and Barring Service report, and registration with Independent Safeguarding Authority. • Grades ABB (or equivalent), including a science subject, Service report, and registration with Independent Safeguarding Authority. including a science subject, at A Level; or at A Level; or • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC Content includes: • DDD (or equivalent) at BTEC in in science or radiography; or Content includes: Health and Social Care only; or • 26 points from International Year 1: • Examination and care of the baby • 36 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 1: • Principles of ultrasound technology • Midwifery practice: antenatal • Global health and theories of change Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Access to Higher Education • Introduction to professional life • Foundations of obstetric, abdominal and • Midwifery practice: postnatal • Access to Higher Education Diploma (see website); or • Anatomy and physiology general ultrasound • Midwifery practice: postnatal mother Year 3: Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications equivalent • Diagnostic imaging methods • Examination and care of the baby • Professional and leadership module • Other qualifications equivalent to 120 UCAS points; plus • Ultrasound physics Year 3: • Midwifery professional practice and • Examination and care of the baby to 128 UCAS points; plus • Five GCSEs at grade C or • Research methods development • Normality and women-centred care • Five GCSEs at grade C or above including English Year 2: • Advanced obstetric, abdominal and general above including English language, mathematics and a • Ethical and legal issues in sonography ultrasound Year 2: language, mathematics and a science; subject; plus • Evidence-based practice • Gynaecological and vascular ultrasound • Supporting vulnerable women and science subject; plus • A ‘satisfactory’ report of a their families • A face-to-face engagement, visit to a clinical department. • Complex midwifery practice normally an interview.
For full entry requirements For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “A sonographer produces detailed medical images, interprets them “Seeing my first actual birth was a big highlight; really lovely to be and at the same time provides support and communicates with involved. It was an amazing experience and solidified the reasons why ACCREDITATION the patients in their care. The work of a sonographer can be very I wanted to be a midwife.” difficult, often stressful, but ultimately it is a highly rewarding and worthwhile occupation.” Melanie Green
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BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) Midwifery Motorsports Shortened Programme Technology
With state-of-the-art teaching facilities, a diverse range of clinical placements and accreditation Race ahead of the competition as you hone your skills in motorsports, including designing, from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), this two-year course leads you to registration building and competitively racing the IMechE Formula Student car at the world-famous School of with the NMC as a midwife if you are already a registered adult nurse. Silverstone circuit. School of Nursing, Midwifery Engineering and and Social Work All teaching staff on the course are qualified midwives and have worked in practice, and many still The only dedicated undergraduate Motorsports Technology course in the Birmingham region, the Built Environment do. This enables all tutors to have a unique insight into issues which affect your academic and it blends technical skills with creativity, problem-solving and logical reasoning ability. clinical experience. CAMPUS As part of the course, you design and build a new Formula Student race car in the second year CAMPUS City South Placements take place across the West Midlands’ NHS trusts with continuous support and and compete against 150 international universities over four days at Silverstone. City Centre encouragement from both your personal tutor and midwifery mentors. This course is IEng accredited and fulfils the educational requirements for registration as an DURATION Our facilities include a home environment, birthing area and teaching tools, including use of the Incorporated Engineer. DURATION 86 weeks full-time PROMPT birth simulator and neonatal mannequins to help simulate a variety of birth scenarios. 3 years full-time This is also supported by the Virtual Case Creator and other digital learning facilities. We have strong links with the motorsport industry; these provide you with the chance to work on 4 years sandwich UCAS CODE our 320bhp University Drift car, and our industrial partner Walker Adams’ 200bhp 4X4 off-road You will gain broad and diverse experience within both consultant-led units and designated kart. You will benefit from the input of our graduates in the motorsports industry as well as Arden UCAS CODE N/A – apply direct midwife-led birth centres during your studies. International Motorsports Team, Aquila Race Cars and Westfield Sportscars Ltd, plus visiting guests from motorsport. H334 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Current NMC registration as Content includes: a Registered Adult Nurse Content includes: • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at with six months’ full-time Part 1: Part 2: A Level including mathematics nursing experience prior to • Foundations of midwifery practice • Complications and emergencies Year 1 Year 3 at grade C or above; or commencing the course; or • Normal antenatal, intrapartum and • Supporting vulnerable women and • Motorsports engineering • Motorsports individual project • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC • Evidence of 240 specific postnatal midwifery care their families • Design methods and digital design • Advanced prototypes (computing/engineering credits, 120 of which should • Care and examination of the newborn • Preparing for professional, autonomous • Sustainable racing project • Powertrain development preferred); or be Level 5 (diploma level) or (part 1) practice as registered midwives • Entrepreneurship and innovation • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR equivalent. If holding a BSc • Clinical practice • Care and examination of the newborn Year 2 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; (Hons) Adult Nursing degree, (part 2) • Automotive digital design or applicants must have • Automotive engineering • 30 points from International achieved a minimum • Advanced motorsport project Baccalaureate Diploma; or classification of 2:2. • Management of engineering and • Access to Higher Education technology innovation Diploma (see website); or For full entry requirements • Component development • Other qualifications equivalent and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses to 112 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in English ACCREDITATION language and mathematics. For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “The lecturers are supportive of everybody on the course and it’s a “The support from the staff is great – they are always willing to help with really friendly environment.” any problems that you come across, and if they don’t know the answer, ACCREDITATION they are always willing to work with you to find the right answer.” Phern Adams Robert Fletcher
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BMus (Hons) BA (Hons) Music Music Business
With 30 hours of individual specialist tuition per year, increasing to 35 in year four, you will get Develop your music industry aspirations by gaining the skills and confidence to understand what Birmingham the individual attention you need to hone your musical talents for a successful future career. the industry requires. Faculty of Conservatoire You also get five additional hours per year which you can allocate to additional areas of support Delivered by respected external partners Access to Music, this course provides the skills to enable Arts, Design and study of your choice. Overall, the amount of individual tuition you receive here is far more than you to confidently approach a management role in the music industry. and Media is typically offered by academic university music courses. CAMPUS Work on projects that allow you to see the realities of creating music industry ventures. Explore Birmingham Conservatoire Our performance coaching programme – the first of its kind in the UK – uniquely and innovatively the effect of new technologies on the creative industries and use technology to develop your CAMPUS applies the principles of sports psychology to elite musical performance. business ideas. Custard Factory, Digbeth DURATION Birmingham Conservatoire is recognised by the Association of European Conservatoires – all tutors You take a close look at the workings of the music industry, covering aspects such as music 4 years full-time are professional musicians who bring a lifetime’s musical experience and insight to their teaching. marketing, law and contracts, and publishing. You examine the changes that have taken place, DURATION (3 years with direct entry to the and how the future might well look, especially with regard to the impact and influence of new 2 years full-time second year, subject to ability) Perform in our prestigious 450-seat concert hall and Recital Hall, and make use of our technologies. state-of-the-art recording/editing studios and organ practice rooms. UCAS CODE UCAS CODE Enjoy the encouragement and expert guidance of working professionals who can share W375 300F (UCAS Conservatoires) Work towards a final-year project relevant to your own professional aspirations – for instance, first-hand experience of the music industry at work. putting on a public performance, making and releasing your own recording, setting up a music business, or running an education or community music project. Use the facilities at the Custard Factory, in Birmingham’s creative quarter, to develop business ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS projects engaging the local community and further afield. • Grades CDD (or equivalent) • A standard in First Study at A Level; or equivalent to that of the • BTEC National Diploma in a Associated Board’s Grade Content includes: Content includes: music-related subject; or VIII (Distinction): this may • Rockstar Level 3 Music be demonstrated at audition All years Year 4 Year 1 Year 2 practitioner qualification; or or on your audition recording; • Individual lessons • Final-year project • Business and management skills • Develop your own business • Other qualifications plus • Coaching • Professional development options • Web development skills and eCommerce • Learn and implement new business models equivalent to 80 UCAS points; • Minimum of 32 UCAS points • Performance/composition/ • Musicianship and contextual studies options • Publishing, intellectual property and • Music law and contracts plus from two A Levels or music technology classes copyright • Final major project • At least four GCSEs at equivalent; or • Orchestras, choirs, bands and other • Develop entrepreneurial and creative grade C or above including • 24 points from International performing ensembles business skills English language and Baccalaureate Diploma; plus Years 1 – 3 mathematics; plus • At least five GCSEs at grade C • Interview. or above including English • Musicianship language. • Contextual studies • Professional portfolio: community For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses For full entry requirements engagement, pedagogy and professional and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses development planning ACCREDITATION
“The best thing about the Conservatoire is the warm atmosphere and “The course has made me realise that there are more branches to the brilliant tutors. The college arranged for us to have four different bass music business than I originally thought. It has helped me increase the tutors throughout the course, all equally amazing, and we really brand recognition of my company, Little Cavalier, and build a business benefited from it.” for the future.”
Emilie Head Richard Wright
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BSc (Hons) Music Technology
Benefit from the use of over 1,200 sq m of dedicated equipment, including multi-track recording School of studios, post-production facilities, and several hundred multimedia stations. Computing and This innovative course is designed to give you an understanding of how to use technology to Digital Technology create, record and distribute music. Run jointly by the School of Computing and Digital Technology and Birmingham Conservatoire, CAMPUS the BSc (Hons) in Music Technology develops creative, practical and technical skills in music City Centre and Birmingham production. The course is IEng accredited and fulfils the educational requirements for registration Conservatoire as an Incorporated Engineer. Birmingham Conservatoire is recognised by the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) DURATION and all Conservatoire tutors are professional musicians; all are active composers, producers 3 years full-time or performers. 4 years sandwich Close industry links add currency, consistency and colour to your subject, putting you in a prime UCAS CODE position to take advantage of industrial placements, real-life projects and career opportunities. W350
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Content includes:
• Grades BBB (or equivalent) at Year 1 Year 3 A Level with at least one from • Music and audio industries • Interactive music systems a science, technology, • Music and critical studies • Music and sound for visual media mathematics or computing • Digital audio technology • Technology project subject; or • Audio electronics • Acoustic engineering • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • Music technology and sound recording • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 2 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Employability, projects and management • 32 points from International • Digital signal processing Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Music technology and sound recording • Access to Higher Education • Audio systems Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications equivalent to 120 UCAS points; plus • GCSE grade C or above in English language and mathematics (or equivalent); plus • GCSE music, Music Theory grade 5, or proficiency of “The practical-based assignments were always something I was performance equivalent to looking forward to taking part in, and one of the main attractions of ABRSM or RockSchool Grade 5. the course. The recording assignments put you in the driving seat of For full entry requirements a producer within a professional studio environment.” and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Jason Rosehill
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BSc (Hons) Nursing
Gain experience from our state-of-the-art simulation facilities and through a series of AVAILABLE PATHWAYS : placements within the Midlands’ NHS trusts and non-NHS providers as you prepare for a School of rewarding career in nursing – and an opportunity to transform the way patients are cared for Adult Nursing B740 (Jan intake) Learning Disability Nursing B761 Nursing, Midwifery in the future. B741 (Sept intake) (Sept intake only) and Social Work Throughout the course, you will develop a You will learn how to place an emphasis on Professionally accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), this course gives you a range of clinical skills and the underpinning patient-centred care to support the promotion choice of four specialist fields – Adult, Child, Learning Disability or Mental Health. knowledge to prepare you to meet the holistic of a full life and meaningful experiences for CAMPUS needs of a diverse adult population. In addition people with learning disabilities. Teaching to the core modules, you will undertake four includes service users and carers in classroom City South You will gain essential hands-on clinical skills involving care and compassion that reassure patients/service users and their families that a professional is at their side. Supported by clinical adult field-specific modules and be assessed settings and practice placements, ensuring placements over the course of the three years of study, the programme teaches you how to in a range of clinical placement areas that throughout the course, their experiences DURATION assess, implement, plan and evaluate care for patients in a variety of settings. across Birmingham to develop your role as a are your prime focus. 3 years full-time competent practitioner. Towards the end of the course, you will focus on making the transition from nursing student Mental Health Nursing B760 (Jan intake) UCAS CODE to registered nurse, and you have the opportunity to explore a relevant area of your choice. Child Nursing B730 (Jan intake) B762 (Sept intake) B731 (Sept intake) Develop the knowledge, skills and values you See pathway Throughout, you nurture and hone the personal and professional skills that are key to your future employment. The focus is on delivering family-centred care will need to meet the mental health needs of a across all age ranges with a wide variety of diverse population. This may be empowering ENTRY REQUIREMENTS As the largest regional provider of qualified staff to the NHS for health and social services, health and mental health needs in an ever- individuals on their individual journeys to • Grades BBB (or equivalent), Birmingham City University can offer you first-hand access to a network of invaluable contacts changing and increasingly technical and recovery, or providing ongoing high-quality care including a science subject, through our extensive partnerships with NHS trusts. high-dependency healthcare system. The to support people of all ages so that they can at A Level; or exposure to a diverse range of placements experience a full, active and meaningful life. • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC All offers are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance, Disclosure and Barring across the city allows you to gain the necessary National Diploma (NQF) in Service report, and registration with Independent Safeguarding Authority. knowledge and skills required to function as a Health and Social Care, Society, caring, compassionate and competent nurse. Health and Development, science or equivalents; or • Access to Higher Education Content includes: Diploma in a health and social care subject (see website); or Year 1 Year 3 • Other qualifications equivalent • Professional values and academic skills • Academic and practice enquiry to 120 UCAS points; plus • Introduction to nursing practice and • Policy, politics and nursing • GCSE Grade C or above in decision-making and placement • Nursing practice and placement 4 English language, mathematics • Health in society • Transition to qualified practitioner and a science subject. • Nursing practice and placement 1 and placement
For full entry requirements Year 2 and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Professional values and evidence-based practice • Nursing practice and placement 2 ACCREDITATION • Nursing in society • Nursing practice and placement 3 “Support from staff cannot be faulted – there is always somebody there that you can voice any concerns or queries to, whether by email, phone or face-to-face.”
Michele Prosser
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DipHE BSc (Hons) Operating Operating Department Practice Department Practice
Gain the skills and expertise you need for your future career, benefiting from the facilities in our This exciting new course prepares you to play a vital role as an Operating Department Practitioner, £30 million Seacole Building, outstandingly equipped with hospital wards, operating theatre and delivering safe and effective patient care in the anaesthetic, surgical or recovery setting. School of a fully functioning ambulance. School of Allied and Public We are one of the largest Operating Department Practice education and training providers in the Allied and Public Health Professions You will prepare to play a vital role as part of a team, safely taking patients through their UK, with a reputation for excellence. Health Professions perioperative experience. Our BSc (Hons) programme thoroughly prepares you for safe and effective care delivery in the CAMPUS Professionally accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) you will, on perioperative environment, and provides you with the transferable skills to work in other acute CAMPUS City South successful completion, be eligible for registration as an operating department practitioner. care settings. City South With a 100 per cent record in graduate employment (DLHE survey 2013/14), this course strongly You will experience a mixture of teaching, self-directed study and practice-based clinical DURATION emphasises practical skills and experience, with up to 70 per cent of your time on clinical placement. placements, spending 60 per cent of your time each year on placement. A state-of-the-art DURATION 2 years full-time Placements are primarily within operating theatres within NHS trusts and private healthcare simulation facility and skills suite complement your clinical placement experience. 3 years full-time facilities throughout Birmingham and beyond, and there may also be opportunities for broader UCAS CODE healthcare experiences. While on placement, you receive continuous support and encouragement Successful completion of this programme gives eligibility to apply to the Health and Care UCAS CODE from both your personal tutor and trust placement manager. Professions Council for registration as an Operating Department Practitioner. B990 B772 You will be working primarily within operating theatres as a surgical, anaesthetic or recovery All offers are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance, Disclosure and Barring ENTRY REQUIREMENTS practitioner, caring for patients and helping to ensure a safe and risk-free patient experience. Service report, and registration with Independent Safeguarding Authority. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades CCD (or equivalent) On successful completion of the course, you can apply for registration with the Health and Care • Grades BBC (or equivalent), at A Level; or Professions Council (HCPC). including a science subject, • DD (or equivalent) at BTEC; or Course features: at A Level; or • DD (or equivalent) at OCR Level All offers are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance, Disclosure and Barring • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or Service report, and registration with Independent Safeguarding Authority. 3 Cambridge Technical; or Year 1 Year 3 • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • 24 points from International • Introduction to bioscience • Enhanced surgical skills Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Introduction to professional development • The application of research and the evidence • 26 points from International • Access to Higher Education Content includes:* and responsibilities base for the ODP Baccalaureate Diploma; or Diploma (see website); or • Introduction to perioperative care theory • Enhanced anaesthetic and post-anaesthetic • Access to Higher Education • Other qualifications equivalent Year 1 Year 2 • Introduction to perioperative practice practice Diploma (see website); or to 88 UCAS points; plus • Working in a multi-professional healthcare • Advanced clinical knowledge and skills for • Transition to professional registration • Other qualifications equivalent • Five GCSEs at grade C or team care delivery Year 2 to 112 UCAS points; plus above including English • Foundation skills to deliver and • Development of an autonomous reflective • Applied bioscience • Five GCSEs at grade C or language, mathematics and support safe and effective care delivery practitioner • Analysing perioperative care theory above including English a science subject. during anaesthesia, surgery and • Clinical placements allowing theory-to- • Developing perioperative care practice language, mathematics and post-anaesthetic care practice links to be established • Evidence-based practice for Operating a science subject. For full entry requirements • Clinical placements allowing theory- *Module structure may be subject to change Department Practitioners and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses to-practice links to be established • Healthcare policy and professional practice For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses ACCREDITATION “It’s challenging... two years ago I never thought I would be in an “This exciting and dynamic programme will enable you to have a operating theatre, standing there handing instruments to the surgeon; rewarding and varied healthcare career with excellent opportunities it’s fantastic.” for further progression.”
Patrick Power Karen Evans, Head of Department
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BSc (Hons) BA (Hons) Paramedic Science Popular Music (Top-Up)
With training facilities including breathing and talking mannequins and a fully equipped This course will help prepare you for a career in the popular music industry as a professional ambulance on site, this course will teach you to become part of an inter-professional team artist or practitioner. School of and learn how to put patients at ease, even in potentially life-threatening situations. Faculty of Allied and Public With an exciting balance of academic and practical endeavours delivered by current industry Arts, Design Health Professions Involving a significant amount of time spent on clinical placement, this three-year course practitioners, you will be provided with an excellent opportunity to upskill and advance. This and Media thoroughly prepares you to practise as a paramedic and to apply for registration with the Health one-year course is designed to build on practical, commercial and academic skills that you have and Care Professions Council (HCPC). acquired through a Level 5 course, such as an HND or foundation degree. You will cover elements CAMPUS of performance, composition, music production and live sound. CAMPUS City South Working with paramedics brings you face-to-face with the realities of the role, giving you South and City College a unique appreciation of the professional life ahead of you. Learning in the heart of Birmingham at South and City College’s superbly equipped Digbeth Birmingham Centre, you will benefit from a 400-seater auditorium, five recording studios, numerous rehearsal DURATION Innovative skills facilities include mannequins attached to monitors to replicate changing spaces and production facilities – all in the vibrant environment of Birmingham’s creative quarter. 3 years full-time physiological measurements and cardiac arrest, as well as equipment for procedures such as DURATION giving an injection, chest decompression, and caring for critically ill patients across the lifespan. Successful completion of this course can lead to postgraduate study in a range of music 1 year full-time UCAS CODE disciplines and there are opportunities to develop a career in community music, youth work You also develop the interpersonal and communication skills that complement your science- and teaching or education. UCAS CODE 7B23 based knowledge, and which are crucial in putting your patient at ease and making you an effective collaborative member of your professional team. Apply direct to South and ENTRY REQUIREMENTS City College Birmingham All offers are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance, Disclosure and Barring Content includes: Email: Dr Simon Lesley • Grades BBB (or equivalent), Service report, and registration with Independent Safeguarding Authority. [email protected] including a science subject, Year 1 Dale Woolley at A Level; or • Dissertation [email protected] • DDM (or equivalent) at • Creative project BTEC in science; or Content includes: • Advanced techniques for emerging ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • 26 points from International artists/practitioners Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 1 • Pharmacology for paramedic science • Music as art • 240 credits achieved from • Access to Higher Education • Applied anatomy and physiology for • Knowledge and skills for paramedic • Music business realisation a relevant Level 5 music Diploma (see website); or paramedic science coronary care qualification such as an HND • Other qualifications • Assisting the paramedic • Knowledge and skills for gynaecology, or foundation degree, which equivalent to 120 UCAS • Introducing physiological measuring skills obstetrics and paediatrics should include a minimum points; plus • Foundations of paramedic practice of 60 credits at Level 5 with • Five GCSEs at grade C or • Knowledge and skills for paramedic science Year 3 a merit grade. above including English • Intermediate life support • Research methods • In exceptional circumstances, language, mathematics and • Managing unscheduled and complex care candidates with 240 credits a science subject. Year 2 • Leadership for paramedic practice at Level 4 and 5 without a • Evidence-based practice • Transition to qualified paramedic merit grade profile may be For full entry requirements • Understanding unscheduled and complex care considered for admission if and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Knowledge and skills for paramedic the applicant can demonstrate trauma care at interview or audition the ability to successfully fulfil the requirements for this “Simulations at University use Sim Man; you can feel for pulses, it talks “I think Birmingham is a great place to be a student. As a musician, I was Level 6 course. and breathes so you can treat it as an actual patient. It gives you more able to pick up a lot of external work and got to know the city as a home.” confidence when doing your first patient assessments.” For full entry requirements Hannah Arora and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Shaun Kemp
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BMus (Hons) HND Popular Music Popular Music Performance Practice
Work with the advanced facilities of commercial studios and the experience of producers and Develop your artistic identity and gain essential practical skills in performance, production Faculty of Arts, engineers to gain a real-life insight into the world of a professional popular music performer. and composition for contemporary music. Faculty of Arts, Design and Media This course is aimed at guitarists, bassists, drummers, keyboard players and vocalists looking Our focus on these three key areas mirror the working realities of the commercial music industry. Design and Media to develop a career in the contemporary music industry. Expertly delivered by our external Your studies give you an all-round grasp of the inherent challenges as well as specific skills partner, Access to Music, it shows you how to perform individually and within groups as a player, to deal with clearly defined issues surrounding performance and production via live musical CAMPUS performer and composer, and how to operate as a business within the contemporary popular situations, and producing finished products such as recordings and composition portfolios. CAMPUS Heath Mill Studios and music industry. South and City College Mushrooms Studios, Digbeth South and City College Birmingham’s advanced facilities, including a 440-seat auditorium, as well Birmingham The course is designed to equip you with the skills you need to take advantage of a range of as specialist recording studios and music technology suites, put you in a professional working DURATION freelance opportunities focusing on music performance. environment from day one. DURATION
2 years full-time You will learn from leading professional session players who bring inspirational talent and You get the chance to work with current music industry professionals and possibly undertake a 2 years full-time first-hand insight of the music business to the classroom. You develop instrument-specific relevant commercial placement. UCAS CODE technical and interpretative skills, as well as a practical understanding of how to perform UCAS CODE W315 effectively as part of an ensemble. The course also covers composition techniques and By involving you heavily in the development of professional products such as performances, tours, 143W industry-specific music technology skills. music recordings and radio shows, the course helps you build your own professional profile and artistic identity. Working with your colleagues will show you the importance of effective team ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Guest speakers and workshops, as well as engagement in local and national music events, collaboration. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • At least two passes at allow you to get the most from your experience. • Grades DD (or equivalent) at A Level; or A Level; or • Rockstar Level 3 Music • PPP (or equivalent) at BTEC; practitioner qualification; Content includes: or Content includes: plus • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • At least four GCSEs at Year 1 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; Year 1 Year 2 grade C or above including • Foundation skills • Creative portfolio or • Instrumental skills – individual tuition • Advanced instrumental skills – English language and • Techniques into practice • Contemporary business in practice • 24 points from International • Musicianship – harmony, theory, digital individual tuition mathematics; plus • Resourcing performances • Extending creative techniques Baccalaureate Diploma; or audio workstation (DAW) software • Musicianship – songwriting, composition • Interview. • Exploring the contextual • Expanding the performance horizon • A pass in a recognised • Professional development – anatomy of the and arrangement • Independence in research and practice Access course; or music industry, popular musician in society, • Advanced ensemble skills – For full entry requirements Year 2 • Final project • Other qualifications eCommerce and marketing musical direction and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Music business and marketing equivalent to 48 UCAS points; • Ensemble skills – group performance • Professional development – • Expanding the range plus entrepreneurship in the music industry, • Creating a show • Good portfolio of work. ACCREDITATION project management For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
“Just what aspiring musicians need. I had the attitude, all I needed “There are plenty of things to do in and around the city and was the guidance; you’ll get it here. Being surrounded by people the central location allows access to London, Manchester and with the same interests helps you really find your song.” Liverpool. It’s great having easy access to London without having to have the expensive cost of living.” Matthew Seymour Miriam Rowe
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Primary Education with Product Design Qualified Teacher Status
This course is designed to give aspiring primary school teachers all the skills they need to Explore how product and furniture design shapes the world around us through creative kick-start their classroom career. Your practical teaching experience, on both block and serial innovation, exploration and development of ideas and concepts for new and existing markets. School of Education placements, is enhanced throughout by constructive feedback and points for development from Birmingham School your placement mentor and University tutor. You will explore the design process in relation to scales of manufacture, developing concepts of Architecture and CAMPUS that are integral to interior and exterior environments, from furniture and lighting to consumer Design The School of Education enjoys excellent links with over 900 primary schools across the West products and communication devices. City South Midlands. During your training, you will develop your teaching skills through practical experiences in a range of schools offering a rich cultural and ethnic diversity. The course will introduce social and cultural factors that influence design decisions as well as CAMPUS DURATION the importance of user-centred design and commercial understanding. Excellent industry links City Centre 3 years full-time High graduate employment rates, above the national average, are proof of the professional regard with local and national companies and organisations help to build employability skills through in which our course is held. real design challenges and collaborative projects. You will have the opportunity of working with respected professional bodies including the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers and the DURATION UCAS CODE The course offers opportunities for some students to develop primary language teaching skills RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce). 3 years full-time X120 in French and Spanish primary schools. There is also an opportunity to undertake teaching experience in a special school. Our well-equipped workshop facilities enable you to express your individual design language UCAS CODE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS convincingly, fostering a hands-on approach to your studies. Equipment includes water jet cutting, In total, 93 per cent of Birmingham City University-trained newly qualified primary teachers rated plywood moulding, 3D printing, slip casting, kiln-formed glass and many more traditional and W243 • Grades BBC (or equivalent) the quality of their training as good or very good (Newly Qualified Teacher Survey 2014). new manufacturing techniques and processes. Computers are equipped with the latest industry- at A Level; or standard software including SolidWorks for 3D visualisation and presentation. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Grades BBC (or equivalent) There is an option in the final year to transfer to Design Management for those students who at A Level; or Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Content includes: would prefer a business focus. • 26 points from International • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 1 Year 3 or • Merit from UAL Extended • Introduction to learning and teaching • Independent research module • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Diploma; or • School experience • Developing subject leadership Content includes: Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • CACHE Level 3 Diploma in • Subject study • School experience or Childcare and Education; or • Introduction to subject knowledge for • Exploring contemporary issues in primary Year 1 Year 3 • 26 points from International • Other qualifications equivalent Foundation Stage/KS1 and KS2 and Early Years education • Design and visualisation skills • Competition and collaborative opportunities Baccalaureate Diploma; or to 112 UCAS points; plus • Critical theory and history • Individual final project (design and make) • Merit from UAL Extended • At least five GCSEs at grade C Year 2 • Material technologies and applications • Professional exhibition showcasing your Diploma; or or above, including English • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities • Prototyping skills design work • Other qualifications language, mathematics and and inclusion equivalent to 112 UCAS a science (or equivalent); plus • School experience Year 2 points; plus • A minimum of two weeks’ • Approaches to assessment • Advanced visual communication skills • Good portfolio of work work experience in a state • Development of subject knowledge for • Professional studies (industry/employability) may be required. primary school; plus Foundation Stage/KS1 and KS2 • Co.LAB (live collaborative projects) • Pass in the Professional Skills • Design study For full entry requirements Tests in Literacy and Numeracy. and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance is required. “The level of support from the staff is something I will always take “There aren’t many people who can say they have worked on a Hollywood with me. I feel it was second to none and without it my experience of blockbuster! It was a unique experience that only we have on our CVs and For full entry requirements university would not have been as good as it was.” I felt confident that we would stand out because of it.” and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Katy Helen Jordan Brocklehurst
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BSc (Hons) Psychology
Fully accredited by the British Psychological Society, this course is rigorous, rewarding and PATHWAYS: recognised for its professional, academic and practical basis. Our students benefit from excellent School of facilities and access to specialist software such as E-Prime, SPSS, Pinnacle Studio and NVIVO. Psychology with Business C80B Psychology with Marketing C801 Social Sciences Fully accredited by the British Psychological Psychology plays an important role in the You will gain a fascinating and in-depth insight into how individuals behave, think, perceive and Society, this course is a chance to look at marketing industry. By gaining skills in both interact with the world, as well as the impact others can have on them. The course helps you the inter-relationships and integration of disciplines, you will be fully prepared for a CAMPUS answer questions such as why criminals re-offend, why people become depressed, and why psychology and business. You will assess range of graduate destinations. Accredited City Centre certain individuals are prone to psychological or mental disorders. You will explore key areas of how the six core areas of psychology can by the British Psychological Society, psychology, including their historic and scientific development, and relevance to contemporary explain factors that influence the mind, brain, our Psychology courses are full of fresh DURATION issues. behaviour and experience, and the complex information, cutting-edge resources and interactions between these. You must complete industry-experienced teaching. You must 3 years full-time Taught by experienced professionals, it is one of only a few courses of its kind in UK higher the following business modules: Economic complete the following marketing options: 5 years part-time education; no other award offers the same combination of subject areas. Environment; Managing Organisations, People Understanding Consumer Behaviour; and Self; Business Operations and Logistics Marketing Fundamentals and Marketing UCAS CODE Upon graduating, there is the opportunity to apply for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership and Contemporary Business Issues. Communications Planning. C800 of the Society (GBC), enabling you to train or study in chartered psychology divisional areas. Psychology with Criminology MC98 Psychology with Sociology LC38 We have a strategic partnership with high-security prison HMP Grendon, the only prison in Europe Fully accredited by the British Psychological Fully accredited by the British Psychological ENTRY REQUIREMENTS that operates as a therapeutic community, where psychological treatment is the central activity. Society, this course offers a fascinating Society, this course offers a fascinating • Grades BBC (or equivalent) investigation into how individuals behave, investigation into how individuals behave, at A Level (excluding general think, perceive and interact with the world, with think, perceive and interact with the world studies); or explanations of crime, responses to crime and around them. It will invite you to apply • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC Content includes: the relationships of power within which these multiple psychology perspectives to issues in (excluding Early Years, are produced. contemporary society as well as considering Health and Social Care); or Year 1 Year 3 the links with sociology. • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Contemporary issues and psychology • Biological psychology Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Psychopathology and abnormal psychology • Developmental psychology • 28 points from International • Origins in psychology • Health psychology Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Emerging debates in psychology • Access to Higher Education Diploma (see website); or Year 2 • Other qualifications equivalent • Cognitive psychology to 112 UCAS points; plus • Research methods • GCSE grade C or above in • Individual differences English language and • Social psychology mathematics (or equivalent; not Adult Literacy, Adult Numeracy and Key Skills).
For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “The learning environment is absolutely fantastic. The people on the ACCREDITATION course all interact together. I think Birmingham City University really prepares you for the world outside your degree.”
Emily Cooper
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BSc (Hons) Public Health
This course is aimed at equipping you with the knowledge and practical skills needed to work in the fast and ever-changing world of public health – whether you see your future career in local School of authority public health services, the NHS, or the voluntary or private sectors. Allied and Public Health Professions From helping individuals to prevent illness to creating environments that foster wellbeing, this innovative course gives you the opportunity to influence the future health of our society.
CAMPUS Public health work helps populations stay healthy. It involves a range of activities, including City South promoting physical activity, improving the health of disadvantaged groups and developing strategies for healthier housing.
DURATION There is a focus on three domains of public health practice – health protection, health 3 years full-time improvement and health service quality. Our students have also carried out some great work in 5 years part-time innovative health education like developing resources to support individuals to achieve better health in the shape of community-based education programmes for people with diabetes from UCAS CODE South Asian communities. B910 Staff expertise in areas as diverse as health promotion, leadership, psychology, sociology and mental health means you will appreciate some of the many influences on current health and ENTRY REQUIREMENTS wellbeing issues. • Grades BCC (or equivalent) at A level; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Content includes: or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 1 Year 3 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Introduction to public health concepts, • Contemporary issues in public health or philosophies and approaches • Working in public health contexts • 26 points from International • Perspectives on health • Leadership for public health Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Community profiling • Access to Higher Education Diploma (see website); or Year 2 • Other qualifications • Introduction to working in public health equivalent to 104 UCAS points • Understanding epidemiology for public • GCSE grade C or above in health English language and • Health inequalities and public health action mathematics (or equivalent).
For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “Studying public health means I can make an impact and change lives for the better. Public health encompasses all that is important to me, from the environment we live in and the impact of pollution to helping individuals meet their own health targets, like stopping smoking and making healthier lifestyle choices.”
Natasha Dawson
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BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
Highly relevant to current practice, you will emerge as a confident and capable practitioner School of able to take on the challenges of a construction project. Engineering and the Fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Chartered Institute Built Environment of Building, this course offers a detailed understanding of the process of delivery and cost management of building construction projects.
CAMPUS You will learn the key skills to successfully plan and manage the financial and contractual City Centre arrangements of construction projects from inception to completion. Excellent relationships with employers from industry give you the opportunity of gaining work DURATION experience and developing industry contacts, and bring professional relevance to your course. 3 years full-time You will also benefit from visits to construction sites and the chance to apply your skills to a 4 years sandwich variety of construction project tasks. 5 years part-time By taking further suitable work experience and the Assessment of Professional Competence, UCAS CODE you can apply for full membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. K240
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Content includes:
• Grades BBC (or equivalent) Year 1 • Commercial measurement and cost at A Level; or • Professional practice project • Procurement • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • Construction technology • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Quantification Year 3 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Design and construction management • Construction economics or • Cost estimation and economics • Civil measurement and costing • 30 points from International • Cost management Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 2 • Inter-professional project • Access to Higher Education • Contract law • Research project Diploma (see website); or • Commercial technology • Other qualifications equivalent • Production information and tender to 112 UCAS points; plus evaluation • GCSE grade C or above in English language and mathematics (or equivalent).
For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses ACCREDITATION “The energy of the campus was always vibrant and, with the close proximity and close relationship between the various construction disciplines, there was a competitive edge that provided a healthy environment to study in.”
James Funge
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BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) Radiotherapy Real Estate
Accredited by the College of Radiographers, this course provides invaluable experience of With full accreditation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the course allows professional practice with over 50 per cent of your time spent learning the realities of the you to progress to the further study needed to qualify as a Chartered Surveyor. School of profession on clinical placement. School of Allied and Public You will immerse yourself in understanding land and property as you prepare for the hugely varied Engineering and the Health Professions The course is unique in that it covers oncology and the psychosocial issues surrounding cancer role of a surveyor. You gain a comprehensive understanding of the entire development building Built Environment care. You will gain hands-on training in the use of state-of-the-art cancer treatment technology process, alongside a solid awareness of environmental and planning procedures. and understand the issues around patient care. CAMPUS A study of marketing, business management and economics gives a solid contemporary CAMPUS City South Our virtual environment for radiotherapy training and advanced computer planning facilities business base to specialist topics. Final-year modules give you the crucial ability to think City Centre allow you to effectively integrate your academic theory and clinical training. Facilities also include independently, critically analyse and evaluate information and express your thoughts coherently the Oncentra MasterPlan radiotherapy planning system, picture archiving and communication and professionally. DURATION systems suite, and Xograph X-ray imaging suite. DURATION 3 years full-time There will also be many opportunities to network and develop professional contacts through our 3 years full-time 6 years part-time On graduation, you are eligible to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions strong links with industry. There is the chance to undertake research for an industry client through 4 years sandwich Council (HCPC) and professional membership of the Society of Radiographers. the inter-professional project, delivered in conjunction with Birmingham City Council. 5 years part-time UCAS CODE All offers are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance, Disclosure and Barring The course content is shaped by the requirements of the RICS Assessment of Professional UCAS CODE B822 Service report, and registration with Independent Safeguarding Authority. Competence, improving your employability and facilitating rapid career progression. N230 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBB (or equivalent), Content includes: Content includes: including a science subject, • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or Year 1 • Radiotherapy equipment, planning and Year 1 Year 3 at A Level; or • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC • Radiography physics and radiotherapy treatment delivery • Professional practice project • Corporate real estate management • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or in science or radiography; or equipment • Real estate economics • Portfolio decision-making • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • 26 points from International • Academic and professional studies Year 3 • Building construction and inspection • Professional practice and managerial skills Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Care, planning and treatment delivery in • Progressing to practitioner • Principles of valuation • Advanced applied valuation • 30 points from International • Access to Higher Education radiotherapy • Research in radiography • Valuation and law Baccalaureate Diploma; or Diploma (see website); or • Anatomy and oncology • Challenges for radiotherapy Year 2 • Access to Higher Education • Other qualifications equivalent • Optional modules in holistic care, • Planning and development appraisal Diploma (see website); or to 120 UCAS points; plus Year 2 radiotherapy planning and functional • Residential surveying • Other qualifications • Five GCSEs at grade C or • Evidence-based practice imaging • Law for property and planning equivalent to 112 UCAS above including English • Radiobiology • Property investment and finance points; plus language, mathematics and a • Anatomy and oncology • GCSE grade C or above science subject; plus in English language and • A ‘satisfactory’ report of a mathematics (or equivalent). visit to a clinical department. For full entry requirements For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “The University staff are really focused on getting students “Birmingham City University was the best university for what I wanted ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION successfully through the course, and a lot of tutorial support is to study to become a property surveyor. The work was great and I really available. I found the patient interaction especially rewarding.” enjoyed learning the theory, especially the law.”
Tyron Couch Lisa Hastilow
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FdSc Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment)
If you are a problem-solver and like working with people, a career enabling those with sight School of loss and blindness to be independent may be for you. Allied and Public Birmingham City University is the main provider of this level of specialist education and training, Health Professions and the largest educator of rehabilitation workers in the UK. The foundation degree is accepted as the trusted qualification to be employed as a rehabilitation worker.
CAMPUS The course is very practical and hands-on. Lectures and online support will enhance your learning City South but you will be putting skills into practice from week one. Working with the individual, and as part of the professional community, you develop specific skills DURATION to help improve the mobility, independent living and communication skills of people with all levels 2 years full-time of visual impairment.
UCAS CODE People who have experienced visual impairment offer you a crucial insight and invaluable feedback on your progress, and you gain a sense of personal satisfaction from supporting people B931 to live independently once again.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades DD (or equivalent) Content includes: at A Level; or • Level 3 NVQ or Diploma or Year 1 Year 2 equivalent (full award) / Level • Skills for higher education and work-based • Low vision therapy in practice 2 NVQ or Diploma (full award) learning • Professional skills and values for plus a written paper; or • Foundations of low vision, blindness and rehabilitation work practice • Relevant and significant work impairment • Advanced orientation and mobility for experience in the disability • Principles of orientation and mobility complex routes sector plus a written paper; or • Approaches to learning and teaching • Assessment, technology and • At least five GCSEs at Grade C activities of daily living and communications communications or above, plus a written paper; plus • GCSE grade C or above in English language (or equivalent such as Key Skills Level 2, Adult Literacy Level 2 or CSE grade 1).
For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses “I liked the fact that everything we needed for our course was on the one campus, and the local community had lots of venues we could access for mobility training.”
Jayne Pascoe
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BSc (Hons) BA (Hons) Social Work Sociology
Prepare for a career in challenging situations, working in ways that promote equality, diversity As one of the University’s longest-established courses, you will benefit from the excellent and social justice and making a real difference to people’s lives. industry links we have developed, with opportunities to make professional contacts and apply School of your studies to real-world situations. School of Nursing, Midwifery Develop and apply skills, knowledge and values in ways that use critical reflection, develop Social Sciences and Social Work emotional resilience and empower service users. The course covers all aspects of social work, You will gain an in-depth understanding of the societies in which we live and our place within enabling you to prepare for a career in a diverse range of settings. them, including knowledge of social structures and inequalities at both the national and international level, in the workplace and at home, along with how we spend our leisure time, CAMPUS CAMPUS A significant part of the course is spent on placement engaging with the realities of social work. and how our identities are lived and shaped. City Centre City South Placements are in a range of social-work-related settings in local authorities, independent and voluntary sectors. At least one placement will involve significant working and learning by Topics covered include sociological theories, crime and deviance, popular culture and the media, DURATION undertaking statutory interventions. gender, race and sexuality. You will also explore how sociological knowledge can connect with a DURATION range of non-academic audiences and how it can equip you with the skills needed to participate 3 years full-time 3 years full-time The staff team has extensive experience of social work practice and brings insight, depth, in debates about what society is and what it could be in the future. 5 years part-time expertise and realism. Through strong links with the profession on the front line, teaching UCAS CODE reflects the current climate in social work practice. Our teaching staff are highly qualified, specialising in a range of areas. We have strong links with UCAS CODE local voluntary, statutory and commercial organisations, giving you the chance to undertake a L300 L501 All offers are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance, Disclosure and Barring placement and develop your practical skills. Service report, and registration with Independent Safeguarding Authority. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBC (or equivalent) Content includes: • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or Content includes: at A Level (excluding general • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Year 1 Year 3 studies); or or Year 1 • Developing inter-professional working and • City, community and culture • Work-based reflective study • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Skills-based learning resilience • Welfare and wellbeing • Social identities (excluding Early Years); or Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Introduction to law, policy, theoretical • Introduction to research methods • Understanding society • Globalisation, empire and development • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR or models and value-based practice • 70-day placement Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • 26 points from International • Anti-discriminatory practice Year 2 • 28 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Human growth and development Year 3 • Classical and contemporary social theory Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Access to Higher Education • Shadowing opportunity with a social care or • Evidence-informed practice and critical • Sociology of the media • Access to Higher Education Diploma (see website); or social work practitioner analysis • Understanding popular culture Diploma (see website); or • Other qualifications • Preparation in readiness to practise on • Advanced application of law and policy • Other qualifications equivalent equivalent to 112 UCAS placement • 100-day placement to 112 UCAS points; plus points; plus • Developing critical reflection PATHWAY: • GCSE grade C or above in • GCSE grade C or above Year 2 • Preparation for employment English language (or Sociology and Criminology LM39 equivalent; not Adult Literacy). in English language and • Deeper understanding of law, theory and Comprising an equal number of sociology and criminology modules, this pathway gives you mathematics (or equivalent). social work methods a broad understanding of both. You will develop an important understanding of society and For full entry requirements social factors and how this affects crime and criminals. Combining sociology with the study of and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses For full entry requirements criminology gives you a chance to benefit from the cutting-edge thinking of the University’s and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses Centre for Applied Criminology.
“Some of my colleagues envy the teaching we received at “The course improved my research, campaign and advocacy skills. Birmingham City University when they hear what we covered.” It further expanded my taste for activism and desire to change society for the better.” Taiwona Kanjanda Lamin Jassey
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BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering Speech and and Production Language Therapy
Gain the technical competence and market awareness to impress in the modern audio industry, Learn to support people of all ages with communication or swallowing problems and qualify as a benefiting from over 1,200 sq m of advanced equipment including multi-track recording studios, speech and language therapist. School of post-production facilities and several hundred multimedia stations. School of Computing and The programme is designed to prepare you to achieve excellence and professional autonomy Allied and Public Digital Technology This course covers key areas including audio electronics and software development, live and in clinical practice, and is delivered at the West Midlands’ only training site for speech and Health Professions studio sound production, digital signal processing, acoustics, product development and business. language therapists.
CAMPUS This course is IEng accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and fulfils Graduates from this course are eligible to register with the Health and Care Professions Council CAMPUS City Centre the educational requirements for registration as an Incorporated Engineer. (HCPC) to work as speech and language therapists. The course is approved by the HCPC and City South endorsed by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Recent graduates from the school have gone on to work for companies including Naim Audio, The DURATION Music Group, Focusrite, Spotify, SSE Audio Group and Cloud One. You will learn through a variety of formats, including workshops, interactive lectures, simulation DURATION 3 years full-time sessions, and two long clinical placements. Simulation sessions are run in the state-of-the-art 3 years full-time 4 years sandwich Close industry links add currency, consistency and colour to your subject, putting you in a prime facilities on our City South Campus, which include a hospital ward and a home environment. In 6 years part-time position to take advantage of industrial placements, real-life projects and career opportunities. addition, you will benefit from the Virtual Case Creator (VCC), which enables us to simulate clinical UCAS CODE A wide range of potential placements offer experience in recording studios, record companies, scenarios in a virtual environment. UCAS CODE professional audio and theatres. There are also various opportunities to pick up valuable work J930 experience in areas such as live sound. You will have opportunities to interact with industry All offers are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance, Disclosure and Barring B620 professionals through guest lectures. Service report, and registration with Independent Safeguarding Authority. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBB (or equivalent) • Grades BBB at A Level at A Level with at least one Content includes: Content includes: including a science or social from a science, technology, science subject; or mathematics or computing Year 1 Year 3 Year 1 • Professional practice, including clinical • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC subject; or • Music and audio industries • Broadcast sound, mixing and mastering • Foundational academic study, including placement and simulation activities in a relevant subject; or • DDM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or • Audio electronics • Technology project phonetics, linguistics, physiology and • Principles of speech and language therapy • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR • DDM (or equivalent) at OCR • Audio software development • Digital audio effects psychology intervention Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Live sound engineering • Acoustics and psychoacoustics • Introduction to a variety of communication • Research methods • 30 points from International • 32 points from International • Digital audio technology and swallowing difficulties Baccalaureate Diploma; or Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Study skills and introduction to research and Year 3 • Access to Higher Education • Access to Higher Education Year 2 evidence-based practice • Speech and language therapy management Diploma (see website); or Diploma (see website); or • Employability, projects and management • Introduction to professional practice • Research project • Other qualifications equivalent • Other qualifications equivalent • Analogue and embedded audio systems • Professional practice, including second to 120 UCAS points; or to 120 UCAS points; plus • Live and studio engineering Year 2 clinical placement and simulation activities • At least one year of HE study • GCSE grade C or above in English • Acoustic principles • Application of academic study in speech and in a relevant subject; plus language and mathematics language therapy appraisal • Five GCSEs at grade C or (or equivalent). above, including English language and mathematics. For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses For full entry requirements “The lecturers have been very supportive in all the years that I “The mechanisms behind speech fascinate me, it’s so complex and the and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses ACCREDITATION have been studying here, helping with any problems I had with way people acquire it amazes me... helping people to be able to access assignments and answering any questions.” speech after they’ve lost it is an amazing feeling.” ACCREDITATION
Spyros Stasis Clara MacDonald
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BA (Hons) Stage Management
Gain backstage insight and undertake invaluable placements as you prepare for a career in theatre stage management. With practical and theoretical instruction in lighting, sound, Birmingham costume, prop and stage design, you will gain all the skills needed for this dynamic career. School of Acting This course gives you professional knowledge of the industry and prepares you for a variety of employment opportunities from small-scale theatres to large multimedia events. CAMPUS City Centre You will work on multiple shows per year, progressing – as you would in industry – from assistant to deputy to full stage management roles across your three years. DURATION Your final year includes a six-week placement, where you experience the rigours and 3 years full-time responsibilities of a busy stage management job. Recent placements have included the RSC, the Royal Opera House, the Donmar Warehouse, the Royal Court Theatre and the Birmingham UCAS CODE REP and students have worked on projects at the Birmingham Hippodrome, the Edinburgh Fringe W450 Festival, the National Student Drama Festival and the Pendley Shakespeare Festival. The course will help you develop a critical awareness of the creative possibilities that theatre ENTRY REQUIREMENTS provides. Our graduates work on West End theatre tours, cruise ships and many other exciting • Grades CCC (or equivalent) productions. at A Level including Drama or a related subject; or • MMM (or equivalent) at Content includes: BTEC; or • MMM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 1 Year 3 Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Stage management • Developing both personal and group projects or • Technical theatre • Work as stage manager for one of the • 24 points from International • Design School’s productions Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Theory • Working within a professional company • Merit from UAL Extended Diploma; or Year 2 • Other qualifications • Work as a deputy stage manager equivalent to 96 UCAS points; • Choose specialist areas of study plus • Practical applications skills • Interview. • Health and safety • Arts administration For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
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Michael Groves
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BA (Hons) Textile Design
Combining traditional craft with new technology and approaches to design, your creativity and PATHWAYS: professionalism will be nurtured and developed as you prepare for a successful career in the School of creative industries. Textile Design (Constructed Textiles) W222 Textile Design (Printed Textiles and Surface Fashion and Textiles You will gain experience of a wide variety of Design) W232 Supported by a staff team with a diverse range of creative, commercial and research expertise, looms, knit machines and carpet technologies. Working on a range of flexible and rigid you will experience a wide range of employability-focused briefs, incorporating live projects and Working with a range of yarns and fibres and substrates, you gain practical knowledge of CAMPUS industry experiences. You will build an awareness of contemporary design trends and explore the using both hand and digital technologies, you working with dyes, hand and digitally printed City Centre scope of career opportunities. are able to explore geometric and image-based fabrics and a range of experimental surface design outcomes finding your own balance substrates. This route attracts students who DURATION A combination of studio and workshop practice enables you to develop strong design skills between creativity and commerciality. You will love image generation, composition and and critical thinking. You can participate in competitions and trade forums to help further your leave ready to contribute within a range surface treatments. You will leave ready to 3 years full-time personal ambitions and widen your professional and personal outlook through local and optional of industry roles, often joining established contribute within a range of industry roles, international study visits. companies or setting up new enterprises. often joining fast-paced design studios and UCAS CODE agencies or setting up new enterprises. Textile Design (Embroidery) W223 W231 You will shape your learning experience through specialist pathway choices and work placement opportunities, ultimately building a personal career-focused portfolio that celebrates your Working with fabric manipulation, hand stitch, Textile Design (Retail Management) W2N5 strengths. You will leave with the professional and practical skills to pursue your career ambitions domestic and industrial machinery, you Gain an applied, career-focused approach ENTRY REQUIREMENTS with confidence. explore the exciting possibilities of combining relating to the retail and management sectors. traditional and digital approaches in the It builds on the textile design experiences of • Grades BBC (or equivalent) generation of contemporary statements with the first two years of the course in order to at A Level; or relevance to both industry and gallery produce confident graduates who combine • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; Content includes: contexts. You will graduate able to contribute design awareness with an analytical, or within a range of industry roles, often exhibiting evaluative, organisational, retail-focused • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Year 1 Year 3: in galleries, setting up new enterprises or ability. Level 3 Cambridge Technical; • Introduction to textiles (constructed textiles, • An external live project working within the trend industry. or embroidery, printed textiles and surface • Personal design research/dissertation • 26 points from International design) • Personal textile design final project Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Textiles in contemporary and historical • Merit from UAL Extended contexts Year 3 (Retail Management pathway only): Diploma; or • Specialist pathway study exploring colour • Buying, marketing, visual merchandising • Other qualifications and fabric concepts display equivalent to 112 UCAS • Research report points; plus Year 2 • Personal final project • Good portfolio of work. • Specialist pathway study exploring fashion and interior trends For full entry requirements • Design, production and live project and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Professional practice experience of career options • Personal portfolio development • Optional international study visit “The course proved to be the launch pad for my career as a designer. The experimental nature of the course allowed me to sample many techniques and specialisms.”
Nicole Ruddock
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Visual Communication Visual Communication (Film and Animation) (Graphic Communication)
From prehistoric cave paintings that seem to come alive in the flicker of a flame to the You will develop professional knowledge of design skills, typography, design for print, web and computer-generated blockbusters of modern times, our history has been shaped and defined by user experience, motion graphics, digital environments as well as advertising and branding. All School of storytellers. The Film and Animation course in the School of Visual Communication encompasses teaching is supported by visiting lecturers, studio visits, field trips, portfolio surgeries and the School of Visual Communication methods and technology both modern and traditional; we embrace fiction, documentary, specialist lecture series ‘Type Talks’. Visual Communication experimental film, installation, projection mapping and other emerging areas of practice. Our graduates are leading the way in the creative industries, becoming experts and specialists CAMPUS Students graduating from this course have unique individual creative signatures and high in their fields. To facilitate this, we offer workshops in typography, digital applications and CAMPUS City Centre levels of technical expertise. Our tutors have a wide range of experience working on prestigious letterpress Adobe creative suite, photography, copywriting, drawing, screen printing, laser cutting City Centre international feature films, animations, installations and related projects. and 3D modelling. DURATION DURATION You will gain experience on professional shoots as an integral part of the core creative team You will engage in individual and group tutorials, seminars, masterclasses, live briefs, formal 3 years full-time with projects like our recent collaboration with Second Home Studios and Bechtel Engineering. lectures, work-based learning, collaborative team-building, competitions, events and exhibitions, 3 years full-time Our facilities are unparalleled and include one of only two green screen studios in a European and will be supported by professional visiting experts to inspire your career destination. UCAS CODE university, complete with a motion-controlled camera. UCAS CODE The School has outstanding traditional and digital facilities, and is the first in Europe with MILO W610 W211 We are also one of the only courses in the country to feature an international film festival at the motion capture technology. You will work in purpose-built studio spaces equipped to meet the heart of its curriculum with the student-led adjunct to the prestigious Flatpack Festival. We have needs of creative practitioners, and undertake workshops in letterpress printing. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS had numerous successes at the Royal Television Society Awards and our students’ films have ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBC (or equivalent) screened at Annecy International Animated Film Festival and other festivals across the globe. Our end-of-year awards are sponsored and presented by high-profile names, with most award • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or winners offered placements that have led to permanent employment. at A Level; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; As part of your course, you will meet and be supported by high-profile visiting experts in a series • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or of talks, seminars, workshops and exciting live projects. You will learn from staff with years of industry experience, including practising designers, or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR illustrators, photographers, animators and film-makers and specialists in wayfinding, • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical; branding, advertising, motion graphics and user experience (UX). Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or or • 26 points from International Content includes: • 26 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or Baccalaureate Diploma; or Year 3 Content includes: • Merit from UAL Extended Year 1 • Merit from UAL Extended • Project work Diploma; or • Introduction to common visual Diploma; or • Professional futures Year 1 Year 3 • Other qualifications communication principles • Other qualifications • Graduate show and events • Introduction to common visual • Project work equivalent to 112 UCAS • Overview of different disciplines equivalent to 112 UCAS • Theories and philosophies communication principles • Professional futures points; plus • Overview of different disciplines • Graduate show and events points; plus • Good portfolio of work. • Good portfolio of work. Year 2 • Theories and philosophies • Live projects and competitions For full entry requirements Year 2 For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Contemporary practice and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Collaborative practice • Live projects and competitions • Contemporary practice • Collaborative practice ACCREDITATION
“The lecturers have the ability to help mould creative ideas into “I found the best part of the course was the encouragement from the academic projects, and provide research direction along the way, lecturers. Another great part of the course is the links the lecturers which produces creative fuel and inspires self-initiated learning.” have with industry.”
Nathan Spencer Kerry Leslie
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BA (Hons) BA (Hons) Visual Communication Visual Communication (Illustration) (Photography)
You will explore and develop your illustrative and design skills through the combination of Gain key professional photography skills as you develop into a conceptual, creative professional traditional, craft-based practice and the use of digital technology. This creative journey will take photographer. You will develop your awareness of the industry through exploration, projects and School of place as you undertake a wide variety of design-related projects, in such areas as editorial, portfolio production. Our continuing success with industry future-proofs your knowledge. Our School of Visual Communication publishing, reportage, children’s books, fashion and lifestyle. graduates are working around the globe for companies such as The Independent newspaper, Visual Communication Styner Group, Apple Inc, French Connection, R&D Retouch & Digital, and McCann Erickson. At the end of this journey, you will have developed your own visual language and have a clear CAMPUS understanding of the creative industries you wish to work within. The fundamental development of You will engage in workshops, seminars, masterclasses, live briefs, competitions, and will be CAMPUS City Centre drawing and image-making techniques underpins this course and a joy in image-making is key to supported by professional visiting experts to inspire your career destination. City Centre your success. DURATION The School has outstanding traditional and digital facilities, and is the first in Europe with MILO DURATION The School has outstanding traditional and digital facilities. You will engage in a wide range of motion capture technology, offering nine axes of portable, precise, rigid and completely repeatable 3 years full-time workshops, seminars, masterclasses, live briefs, competitions, events and exhibitions, and will camera motion. 3 years full-time be supported by professional visiting experts to inspire your career destination. UCAS CODE Our end-of-year awards are sponsored and presented by high-profile names, with most award UCAS CODE W220 The course has worked on live projects with strong brands such as CBSO, BMAG, Association of winners offered placements that have led to permanent employment. W640 Illustrators, D&AD, Hallmark, Nobrow Publishers, Webb & Webb, YCN and RSA. You will learn from experienced staff with years of industry experience, including practising ENTRY REQUIREMENTS designers, illustrators, photographers, animators and film-makers and specialists in visual ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • Grades BBC (or equivalent) communication history and theory, as well as dedicated technical support staff. • Grades BBC (or equivalent) at A Level; or Content includes: at A Level; or • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; • DMM (or equivalent) at BTEC; or Year 1 Year 3 or • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR • Introduction to common visual • Negotiated study Content includes: • DMM (or equivalent) at OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical; communication principles • Defining individual practice Level 3 Cambridge Technical; or • Defining practice • Major study Year 1 Year 3 or • 26 points from International • Practice in action • Introduction to common visual • Negotiated study • 26 points from International Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Exploring meaning through narrative communication principles • Defining individual practice Baccalaureate Diploma; or • Merit from UAL Extended • Defining practice • Major study • Merit from UAL Extended Diploma; or Year 2 • Practice in action Diploma; or • Other qualifications • Collaborative practice • Exploring meaning through narrative • Other qualifications equivalent to 112 UCAS • Subject in context equivalent to 112 UCAS points; plus • Investigating contemporary practice Year 2 points; plus • Good portfolio of work. • Identifying personal direction • Collaborative practice • Good portfolio of work. • Subject in context For full entry requirements • Investigating contemporary practice For full entry requirements and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses • Identifying personal direction and fees: bcu.ac.uk/courses
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“I don’t know who I’d be if it hadn’t been for the three years shaped “Winning the award from a renowned British photographer was definitely by the inspirational tutors. The keen edge of competition armed me one of my highlights from my time at the University.” for the real-life rigours of the freelance world.” Melissa Hobbs Sarah Coleman
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We are constantly refreshing our course portfolio and Throughout the course, you will be supported towards we have plans to launch a number of new programmes becoming a confident, reflective and accountable in 2017/18. Subject to approval, this will include the practitioner, with the aim of delivering a rich and following courses. Please keep checking our website diverse curriculum. at www.bcu.ac.uk for the latest information. Modules in computer science are complemented by the study MBus Accounting and MBus Accounting of education, pedagogy and professional practice approached from both generic and subject-specific perspectives, which and Finance is delivered through a combination of workshops, lectures, seminar groups and individual study. These integrated Master’s courses will follow the existing undergraduate accounting courses for Levels 4 to 6 which provide around 60 per cent of the required exemptions from BSc (Hons) Design and Technology with the relevant professional body exams (CIMA and ACCA). Secondary Education
The final year of the course will allow you to complete This course will develop your knowledge, skills and (or gain exemption from) the remaining 40 per cent of understanding of design and technology to degree level the professional exams. while also allowing you to become a highly skilled teacher with an in-depth knowledge and understanding of teaching Thus, at completion, you will have satisfied all examination and learning. requirements of the professional accounting bodies of either ACCA or CIMA. You will also have a Master’s-level Throughout the course, you will be supported towards qualification with the added benefit of undergraduate- becoming a confident, reflective and accountable level funding. practitioner, with the aim of delivering a rich and diverse curriculum. BSc (Hons) Computer Science with ICT with You will study in the highly acclaimed School of Education Secondary Education which has a long and successful track record in the development of secondary design and technology teachers, This course will develop your knowledge, skills and and spend at least 24 weeks on professional placement in understanding of computer science to degree level while at least three different schools, equipping you with a wealth also allowing you to become a highly skilled teacher with of practical experience. an in-depth knowledge and understanding of teaching and learning.
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The newly formed Department of Life Sciences BSc (Hons) Nutrition Science The newly formed Department of Sport and Exercise laboratories to develop nutritional intervention strategies has developed a suite of academic programmes at Science has developed a suite of academic programmes at to aid performance, health and wellbeing. undergraduate and postgraduate level that are endorsed/ From helping individuals to change their dietary habits to undergraduate and postgraduate level that are endorsed/ accredited by the appropriate professional bodies, were teaching groups about the impact of nutrition on health and accredited by the appropriate professional bodies, were On graduation you will be eligible to apply for graduate co-designed with employers, and have work placements disease, this innovative course gives you the opportunity to co-designed with employers, and have work placements registration with the Sport and Exercise Nutrition register built into them across each year of study. Live industry influence the future health of our society. built into them across each year of study. Live industry case and can apply for jobs as a sports and exercise nutritionist case studies are part of the core assessment process. studies are part of the core assessment process. as well as many other opportunities in the wider health and You will learn about food and the nutrients it contains, fitness industry. Our staff are passionate about teaching and actively research how the body uses them and how they relate to health and Our staff are passionate about teaching and actively research their chosen discipline. State-of-the-art science laboratories disease. The programme is designed so that you learn their chosen discipline. State-of-the-art sport and exercise BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science have been developed for the delivery of these programmes. from professional experience as well as classroom-based science laboratories have been developed for the delivery of activities, and offers a range of optional modules and these programmes. This programme explores the science in sport and exercise, As a graduate of these courses, you will be ready to support work-based placements, all continuously supported by considering how disciplines like physiology, psychology, and the delivery of personalised health and care by improving our your placement co-ordinator and workplace mentor. As a graduate of these courses, you will be able to respond biomechanics can be utilised to improve performance and understanding of the causes and mechanisms underlying to the challenges facing society, such as obesity, by working enhance wellbeing. You can choose from a range of modules, health, healthy ageing and disease. In addition you will be You will be based in the award-winning Seacole Building in professions that encourage and support the benefits equipping you with a diverse range of perspectives that will able to monitor health to prevent, detect, treat and manage using state-of-the-art teaching facilities including a teaching of greater physical activity. In addition, you will be able to enhance your learning and career development. disease; support older persons to remain active and healthy; kitchen, Centre of Excellence with mock consultation support elite performers to meet the UK’s ambitions for and test new models and tools for health and care delivery. suite, and laboratory. All our staff are registered nutrition sporting success at events such as the Olympics and sport This programme will be endorsed by the professional body professionals and many still work in practice or have done, world championships. for sport and exercise science, the British Association for BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences giving all tutors a unique understanding of the issues which Sport and Exercise Science. affect your academic and practical experience. BSc (Hons) Physical Education and School Sport This programme offers a unique insight into human life Career opportunities include sport and exercise science processes, starting at molecular and cell level, progressing Graduates from this course are eligible to register as an This degree encompasses the contemporary place and role support, roles in the health and fitness industries, to systems physiology, and ending with disease and health Associate Nutritionist via portfolio entry, with the Association of school-based physical education, physical activity, health professional sport, sport coaching, sports development, within the population. for Nutrition, which holds the UK Voluntary Register of and sport. police and armed forces. Nutritionists. The programme will be delivered in a new state-of-the-art You will gain a thorough understanding of physical education BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy building which will house first-rate laboratory and teaching MEng Biomedical Engineering in schools and wider communities and develop your facilities. teaching, learning and leadership skills. After completing the The aim of the this course is to broaden and deepen your Biomedical engineering is a dynamic expanding industry, course, you can gain full teacher status with a postgraduate understanding of sports therapy through the study of sports Biomedical Sciences graduates play a leading role in with the National Health Service, industrial and academic qualification or in schools via School Centred Initial Teacher medicine and sports science. the prevention and treatment of diseases. Our aim is research and development all making advances to meet Training and Graduate Teacher Programme schemes. to develop employable graduates with a range of practical, the increasing demands of healthcare. This programme As a sports therapist, you are an integral part of the analytical and transferable skills applicable to a wide will provide you with a broad understanding of biomedical Plans are being made to build additional qualifications multidisciplinary team necessary to provide the best care, range of employment opportunities. To ensure this, you engineering covering the core aspects of human anatomy supported by the Association for Physical Education into management and rehabilitation for sport and recreational will be provided with an extensive work placement in your and physiology and core mechanical engineering. this course, that will allow you to support the work of PE participants, regardless of age and ability. The course uses second year. staff in primary schools. Discussions are under way with the the principles of sport and exercise science, incorporating All courses subject to validation. Association for Physical Education and Youth Sport Trust to physiological and pathological processes. The course and A unique quality of the programme is that you can choose gain their recognition/endorsement for this programme. modules are underpinned by the latest research. an option module in the final year to suit your interests and possible career path. BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Nutrition Career opportunities include running your own sports therapy clinic, working in professional sport as a sports This course will provide you with the underpinning therapist or working in private practice as a sports therapist scientific knowledge of nutrition and physiology for at a fitness centre or hotel. sports performance, exercise and health. You will undertake physiological and nutritional assessment of All courses subject to validation. sports performers and first-time participants in our new
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To make Levels are becoming standalone qualifications no UCAS or direct to International Office, course profile on the University website at sure you’re prepared, here are a few key facts longer coupled with A Levels, and are weighted Grade Points – from Sept 2017 Current points Birmingham City University, University House, www.bcu.ac.uk/courses. on what the new points system will mean to you. at 40 per cent of an A Level instead of 50 per A 20 60 15 Bartholomew Row, Birmingham, B5 5JU. Direct entry to a later stage cent. The University will continue to recognise T: +44 (0) 121 331 5389 Home applications are managed by the of a course What is the new UCAS tariff? AS grades and points in its offer making. B 16 50 E: [email protected] admissions and UKVI Compliance Division, Under the current tariff, a typical standard C 12 40 Academic Services, Birmingham City University, If you already have an advanced qualification offer from Birmingham City University would How can I get more help? D 10 30 Need help with your UCAS form? City North Campus, Birmingham, B42 2SU. or significant relevant experience, you may be be BBC at A Level, DMM in a BTEC Extended • Your teachers and advisers in school or college E 6 20 Download the UCAS guide at www.ucas.com/ T: +44 (0)121 331 6295 E: [email protected] eligible for admission with credit. This means Diploma or D*D* in a BTEC Diploma, which will give you advice on the best qualifications apply. For international applicants, advice about that you can be admitted to a later stage of equates to 280 tariff points. to take, based on what you enjoy and perform the UCAS application process is available from International and EU applications are managed the course. Applications should still be made well in. BTEC Extended Diploma British Council offices or the UCAS website at by the International Office, Birmingham City via UCAS, UCAS Conservatoires or the online Under the new UCAS tariff, this will equate • You should also check university entry www.ucas.com/international. University, University House, 15 Bartholomew application process. to 112 points. Despite the lower points, you’ll requirements carefully. These are published Grade Points – from Sept 2017 Current points Row, Birmingham, B5 5JU. T: +44 (0)121 331 5389 still have to achieve the same grades as you on our website at www.bcu.ac.uk/courses UCAS, Rosehill, New Barn Lane, D*D*D* 168 420 E: [email protected] would if you were applying today. Some and on the UCAS course entry profiles. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 3LZ. Applicants with disabilities examples are given on the right. • You can also speak to someone at UCAS D*D*D 160 400 T: 0371 468 0468 (UK) For part-time courses delivered by our If you have a disability, long-term health by calling +44 (0)371 468 0468 or emailing D*DD 152 380 T: +44 330 333 0230 (non-UK) collaborative partners, you apply direct to the condition, specific learning difficulty (such What has been affected? [email protected]. DDD 144 360 E: [email protected] www.ucas.com institution concerned: as dyslexia) or mental health condition, your All qualification types and grades will have a • See full details of the new tariff at DDM 128 320 revised points value, with new qualifications www.ucas.com/advisers/tariff-2017. Birmingham Metropolitan College application will be considered on the same DMM 112 280 UCAS Conservatoires also coming on to the tariff. • Work out your tariff points using the Sutton Coldfield Campus, Lichfield Road, basis as non-disabled applicants. The University MMM 96 240 aims to provide an accessible environment and UCAS Tariff Calculator at www.ucas.com/ Birmingham Conservatoire is a member of Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NW. MMP 80 200 a range of support services to enable disabled tariff-calculator. UCAS Conservatoires, the scheme which will T: +44 (0)121 355 5671 students to participate fully in all activities MPP 64 160 give you all the information, advice and guidance of the University. You can find out more at PPP 48 120 you will need to make your application to study Matthew Boulton Campus www.bcu.ac.uk/student-services. at a conservatoire. Jennens Road, Birmingham, B4 7PS. International students T: +44 (0)845 155 0101 BTEC Diploma T: 0371 468 0470 (UK) For undergraduate courses, you should South and City College Birmingham What happens next? If you’re applying for a PhD, you should have a T: +44 330 333 0232 (non-UK) be educated to a standard comparable to Floodgate Street, High Street, Deritend, Master’s degree in an appropriate discipline. If Grade Points – from Sept 2017 Current points E: [email protected] Many courses require attendance at an British GCSE and/or A Level standard. Some you wish to study an MPhil degree, you should Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU. D*D* 112 280 www.ucas.com/conservatoires interview or audition before an offer can be qualifications may enable you to enter at a T: +44 (0)800 111 6311 normally hold a First or Second Class Honours made. Where this isn’t part of the selection later stage, for example directly into the degree or equivalent. D*D 104 260 Further information on the process is process, an offer may be followed by an second or third year. DD 96 240 available on our website at www.bcu.ac.uk/ Data protection invitation to attend an Applicant Visit Day. www.bcu.ac.uk/international/your-country DM 80 200 conservatoire/study-here/how-to-apply. All We will communicate with you via UCAS Track If you’re applying for postgraduate courses, MM 64 160 The information you provide on your application and the University’s Applicant Portal, using the you should normally hold a qualification courses require an audition. MP 48 120 form will be used to help us make a decision email address provided in your application. which is comparable to a British Bachelor’s about whether you can be offered a place and (Honours) degree. PP 32 80
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Undergraduate course index
Course UCAS code FT SW PT Tariff Campus School Page Course UCAS code FT SW PT Tariff Campus School Page Accountancy | BA (Hons) N400 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 46 Business and Marketing (Professional Practice) | BA (Hons) N1N5 • 120 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 73 Accountancy and Business | BA (Hons) NN41 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 47 Business Information Technology | BSc (Hons) G520 •• 112 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 74 Accounting and Finance | BA (Hons) NN43 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 48 Children and Integrated Professional Care | BA (Hons) L590 • 96 City South School of Education 76 Foundation for Actor Training Direct • City Centre Birmingham School of Acting 49 Civil Engineering | BEng (Hons) H201 • 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 77 Application Built Environment Civil Engineering with Foundation Year | BEng (Hons) H20F 80 City Centre School of Engineering and the 77 Acting | BA (Hons) Direct • 64 City Centre Birmingham School of Acting 50 Built Environment Application Civil Engineering | MEng H200 • 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 77 Built Environment Applied Performance (Community and Education) | BA (Hons) W490 • 96 City Centre Birmingham School of Acting 51 Computer Games Technology | BSc (Hons) G450 •• 112 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 78 Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) K236/ ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 52 Direct Built Environment Computer Networks | BSc (Hons) G422 •• 112 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 79 Application Computer Networks and Security | BSc (Hons) GG49 •• 112 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 80 Architecture (RIBA Part 1 Exemption) | BA (Hons) K100/ •• 136 City Centre Birmingham School of Architecture 53 Computer Science | BSc (Hons) G401 •• 112 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 81 Direct and Design Application Conductive Education | BA (Hons) X161 • 96 National Institute School of Education 82 of Conductive Art and Design | BA (Hons) W190 • 112 Margaret Street Birmingham School of Art 54 Education (Moseley) Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Direct •• City Centre Birmingham City Business School 55 Construction | HNC Direct • 80 City Centre School of Engineering and the 84 Application Application Built Environment
Automotive Engineering | BEng (Hons) H330/Direct ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 56 Construction Management | BSc (Hons) LK12/Direct ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the Built 85 Application Built Environment Application Environment
Automotive Engineering with Foundation Year | BEng (Hons) H338 • 80 City Centre School of Engineering and the 56 Criminology | BA (Hons) M900/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Social Sciences 86 Built Environment Application Automotive Engineering | MEng H3H0 ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 56 Built Environment Criminology and Security Studies | BA (Hons) ML94/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Social Sciences 86 Building Services Engineering | HNC Direct • 48 South and City School of Engineering and the 58 Application Application College Birmingham Built Environment Criminology, Policing and Investigation | BA (Hons) ML9K/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Social Sciences 86 Application Building Surveying | BSc (Hons) K230/Direct ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 59 Application Built Environment Design for Theatre, Performance and Events | BA (Hons) W460 • 112 City Centre School of Visual Communication 88 Diagnostic Radiography | BSc (Hons) B821/Direct •• 120 City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 89 Business | BA (Hons) N100 • 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 60 Application Business (Professional Practice) N001 • 120 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 61 Digital Media Technology | BSc (Hons) P310 •• 112 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 90 Business Administration (Top-Up) | BA (Hons) N101 • City Centre Birmingham City Business School 62 Early Childhood Studies | BA (Hons) X320 • 96 City South School of Education 92 Business and Economics | BA (Hons) NL11 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 64 Early Years | FdA X311/Direct • 48 South and City School of Education 93 Application College Birmingham Business and Finance | BA (Hons) NN13 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 65 Business and Human Resource Management | BA (Hons) NN16 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 66 Economics and Finance | BA (Hons) LN13 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 94 Business and Human Resource Management N1N6 • 120 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 67 Education Studies | BA (Hons) TBC • TBC City South School of Education 95 (Professional Practice) | BA (Hons) Electronic Engineering (all pathways) | BEng (Hons) H601 ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and 96 the Built Environment Business and Management | HNC Direct • Birmingham Birmingham City Business School 68 Application Metropolitan College Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year (all pathways) | H677 • 80 City Centre School of Engineering and 96 BEng (Hons) the Built Environment Business and Management | HNC Direct • South and City Birmingham City Business School 68 Application College Birmingham Electronic Engineering (all pathways) | MEng H679 ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and 96 the Built Environment
Business and Management | HND 122N • 64 Birmingham Birmingham City Business School 69 English | BA (Hons) Q301/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of English 98 Metropolitan College Application English and Creative Writing | BA (Hons) QW38/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of English 98 Business and Management | HND 022N • 64 South and City Birmingham City Business School 69 Application College Birmingham
Business and Management | BA (Hons) N201 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 70 English and Drama | BA (Hons) QW34/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of English 98 Application Business and Management (Professional Practice) | BA (Hons) N1N2 • 120 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 71 English and Journalism* | BA (Hons) TBC/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of English 98 Business and Marketing | BA (Hons) NN15 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 72 Application
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Course UCAS code FT SW PT Tariff Campus School Page Course UCAS code FT SW PT Tariff Campus School Page English and Media | BA (Hons) QP33/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of English 98 Law (Graduate Entry) | LLB (Hons) M100/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Law 136 Application Application English for Academic Purposes | Foundation Certificate Direct • TBC School of Education 100 Law with American Legal Studies | LLB (Hons) M130/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Law 136 Application Application English Literature | BA (Hons) Q320/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of English 98 Law with Business | LLB (Hons) M10B/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Law 136 Application Application Law with Business Law | LLB (Hons) M1MG/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Law 136 English Literature and English Language Studies | BA (Hons) Q391/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of English 98 Application Application Law with Criminology | LLB (Hons) M1MF/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Law 136 Enterprise Information Systems | BSc (Hons) N2I2 •• 112 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 101 Application Fashion Business and Promotion | BA (Hons) W5N9 • 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 102 Law with Marketing | LLB (Hons) M10M/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Law 136 Application Fashion Design | BA (Hons) W230 •• 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 104 Law with Psychology | LLB (Hons) M10P/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Law 136 Fashion Design with Design for Performance | BA (Hons) W2W4 •• 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 104 Application Fashion Design with Fashion Accessories | BA (Hons) W233 •• 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 104 Law with Sociology | LLB (Hons) M10S/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Law 136 Fashion Design with Fashion Communication | BA (Hons) W290 •• 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 104 Application Fashion Design with Garment Technology | BA (Hons) W2JK •• 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 104 Leadership and Management Practice (work-based) | Direct • 128 City Centre / Birmingham City Business School 138 BA (Hons) Application work-based Film Production Technology | BSc (Hons) WP63 •• 120 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 106 Legal Studies | HND 039M • City Centre, School of Law 139 Film Technology and Visual Effects | BSc (Hons) W614 •• 120 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 107 Birmingham Fine Art | HND 001W • 48 Birmingham Birmingham School of Art 108 Metropolitan College Metropolitan College Manufacturing Engineering | BEng (Hons) Direct • 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 140 Fine Art | BA (Hons) W101 • 112 Margaret Street Birmingham School of Art 109 Application Built Environment Forensic Computing | BSc (Hons) FG44 •• 112 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 110 Manufacturing Engineering with Foundation Year | H702 • 80 City Centre School of Engineering and the 140 BEng (Hons) Built Environment Gemmological Association | Foundation Certificate Direct • Assay Office School of Jewellery 112 Application Birmingham Manufacturing Engineering | MEng Direct • 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 140 Application Built Environment Gemmological Association | Gemmology Diamond Diploma Direct • Assay Office School of Jewellery 112 Marketing | BA (Hons) N500 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 141 Application Birmingham Marketing (Professional Practice) | BA (Hons) N005 • 120 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 142 Gemmological Association | Gemmology Diploma Direct • Assay Office School of Jewellery 112 Application Birmingham Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations | BA (Hons) NLM2 •• 112 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 143 Gemmology and Jewellery Studies | BSc (Hons) 73J9 • 112 Assay Office School of Jewellery 113 Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations (Professional N5P2 • 120 City Centre Birmingham City Business School 144 Birmingham Practice) | BA (Hons) Health and Social Care | CertHE Direct • City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 114 Mechanical Engineering | BEng (Hons) H300/Direct ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 146 Application Application Built Environment Health and Social Care | FdSc Direct • City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 116 Mechanical Engineering with Foundation Year | BEng (Hons) H308 • 80 City Centre School of Engineering and the 146 Application Built Environment Horology | BA (Hons) W723 • 112 Vittoria Street School of Jewellery 118 Mechanical Engineering | MEng H301 ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 146 Built Environment Information and Communications Technology | BSc (Hons) G420 •• 112 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 120 Media and Communication | HND 003P • 48 Birmingham Birmingham School of Media 147 Interactive Entertainment (Digital Art) | BA (Hons) W642 • 120 City Centre NTI Birmingham 121 Metropolitan College Interactive Entertainment (Digital Marketing) | BSc (Hons) P647 • 120 City Centre NTI Birmingham 122 Media and Communication | BA (Hons) P910 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Media 148 Interactive Entertainment (Games Development) | BSc (Hons) I573 • 120 City Centre NTI Birmingham 123 Media and Communication (Event and Exhibition Industries) PN38 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Media 148 Interior Design | BA (Hons) W250 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Architecture 124 | BA (Hons) and Design Media and Communication (Journalism) | BA (Hons) P9P5 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Media 148 International Business (Top-Up) | BA (Hons) N121 • City Centre Birmingham City Business School 125 Media and Communication (Media Photography) | BA (Hons) P9W6 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Media 148 International Finance (Top-Up) | BA (Hons) N390 • City Centre Birmingham City Business School 126 Media and Communication (Music Industries) | BA (Hons) PJ39 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Media 148 International Marketing (Top-Up) | BA (Hons) N550 • City Centre Birmingham City Business School 127 Media and Communication (New Media) | BA (Hons) G493 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Media 148 Jazz | BMus (Hons) 310F • 32 Birmingham Birmingham Conservatoire 128 Media and Communication (Public Relations) | BA (Hons) P9P2 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Media 148 Conservatoire Media and Communication (Radio) | BA (Hons) P9P3 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Media 148 Jewellery and Silversmithing | Creative Self Development Direct • Vittoria Street School of Jewellery 129 Media and Communication (Television) | BA (Hons) P9WP • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Media 148 Application Medical Ultrasound | BSc (Hons) B800 • 120 City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 150 Jewellery and Silversmithing | HND 72WW • 48 Vittoria Street School of Jewellery 130 Midwifery | BSc (Hons) B720 • 128 City South School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work 151 Jewellery and Silversmithing – Design for Industry (Top-Up) | W790 • Vittoria Street School of Jewellery 131 BA (Hons) Midwifery Shortened Programme | BSc (Hons) Direct • City South School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work 152 Application Jewellery Design and Related Products | BA (Hons) W239 • 112 Vittoria Street School of Jewellery 132 Motorsports Technology | BSc (Hons) H334 •• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 153 Jewellery School Summer and Bespoke Short Courses Direct • Vittoria Street School of Jewellery 133 Built Environment Application Music | BMus (Hons) 300F • 32 Birmingham Birmingham Conservatoire 154 Landscape Architecture | BA (Hons) K310 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Architecture 134 Conservatoire and Design Music Business | BA (Hons) W375 • 80 Custard Factory, Faculty of Arts, Design and Media 155 Law | LLB (Hons) M100/Direct •• 112 City Centre 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Course UCAS code FT SW PT Tariff Campus School Page Disclaimers Music Technology | BSc (Hons) W350 •• 120 Birmingham School of Computing and Digital Technology 156 Conservatoire/ City Centre Important information about this prospectus Nursing – Adult | BSc (Hons) B740 (Jan) • 120 City South School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work 158 and changes to course and facilities information B741 (Sept) Nursing – Child | BSc (Hons) B730 (Jan) • 120 City South School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work 158 Please read this carefully before you use this B731 (Sept) prospectus. Nursing – Learning Disability | BSc (Hons) B761 (Sept) • 120 City South School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work 158 Nursing – Mental Health | BSc (Hons) B760 (Jan) • 120 City South School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work 158 This prospectus was printed in February 2016. B762 (Sept) We have taken every effort to ensure that the Operating Department Practice | DipHE B990 • 88 City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 160 information contained within it is accurate at the Operating Department Practice | BSc (Hons) B772 • 112 City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 161 time of going to press. The prospectus contains information on the undergraduate courses that Paramedic Science | BSc (Hons) 7B23 • 120 City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 162 Birmingham City University intends to run for Popular Music (Top-Up) | BA (Hons) Direct • South and City Faculty of Arts, Design and Media 163 Application College Birmingham students who are planning to start university in the autumn of 2017. Our intention is that Popular Music Performance | BMus (Hons) W315 • Heath Mill Studios/ Faculty of Arts, Design and Media 164 Mushroom Studios the information provided is both helpful and accurate as at the date of publication. However, Popular Music Practice | HND 143W • 48 South and City Faculty of Arts, Design and Media 165 College Birmingham some changes – for example to courses, facilities or fees – may become necessary due Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status | BA (Hons) X120 • 112 City South School of Education 166 to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and Product Design | BA (Hons) W243 • 112 City Centre Birmingham School of Architecture 167 academic reasons. and Design
Psychology | BSc (Hons) C800/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Social Sciences 168 Application For this reason, it is particularly important that you should check the website at Psychology with Business | BSc (Hons) C80B/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Social Sciences 168 Application www.bcu.ac.uk for updates or contact us using the details contained within this Psychology with Criminology | BSc (Hons) MC98/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Social Sciences 168 Application document. The University will endeavour to keep changes to a minimum and to keep applicants Psychology with Marketing | BSc (Hons) C801/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Social Sciences 168 Application and students informed appropriately. Psychology with Sociology | BSc (Hons) LC38/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Social Sciences 168 Application Any offer of a place on a course at the University Public Health | BSc (Hons) B910/Direct •• 104 City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 170 is made on the basis of our terms and conditions Application applicable at the time you accept your offer, Quantity Surveying | BSc (Hons) K240/Direct ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 172 and those terms and conditions are located at Application Built Environment www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/the-legal-bits. Radiotherapy | BSc (Hons) B822/Direct •• 120 City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 174 It is important that you have the opportunity Application to read and understand these terms before Real Estate | BSc (Hons) N230/Direct ••• 112 City Centre School of Engineering and the 175 accepting your offer. If you are unclear about Application Built Environment any of the terms or conditions, you must ask Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment) | FdSc B931 • City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 176 the Admissions Team for clarification before Social Work | BSc (Hons) L501 • 112 City South School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work 178 you confirm your acceptance. By accepting a place at the University, you are agreeing to abide Sociology | BA (Hons) L300/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Social Sciences 179 Application by the rules and regulations of the University as set out in the terms and conditions. Sociology and Criminology | BA (Hons) LM39/Direct •• 112 City Centre School of Social Sciences 179 Application Sound Engineering and Production | BSc (Hons) J930 •• 120 City Centre School of Computing and Digital Technology 180 No liability to parents, sponsors or other third parties Speech and Language Therapy | BSc (Hons) B620/Direct •• 120 City South School of Allied and Public Health Professions 181 Application Birmingham City University’s dealings and Stage Management | BA (Hons) W450 • 96 City Centre Birmingham School of Acting 182 contracts with students and prospective Textile Design | BA (Hons) W231 • 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 184 students do not create a contract or other Textile Design (Constructed Textiles) | BA (Hons) W222 • 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 184 legally binding relationship between the Textile Design (Embroidery) | BA (Hons) W223 • 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 184 University and anyone else, for example Textile Design (Printed Textiles and Surface Design) | W232 • 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 184 parents, guardians or sponsors. BA (Hons) Textile Design (Retail Management) | BA (Hons) W2N5 • 112 City Centre School of Fashion and Textiles 184 Visual Communication (Film and Animation) | BA (Hons) W610 • 112 City Centre School of Visual Communication 186 Visual Communication (Graphic Communication) | BA (Hons) W211 • 112 City Centre School of Visual Communication 187 Visual Communication (Illustration) | BA (Hons) W220 • 112 City Centre School of Visual Communication 188 Visual Communication (Photography) | BA (Hons) W640 • 112 City Centre School of Visual Communication 189
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