LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY Undergraduate Prospectus 2016

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YOUR FUTURE STARTS WITH HOPE Open Days

Our Open Days provide potential students and their families with a great opportunity to ﬁ nd out about life at Liverpool Hope University.

On the day you will be able to get advice on: Meet the team • Your chosen course You can meet the Student • Entry criteria and applying Recruitment team at UCAS fairs and • Funding your studies other events held around the UK. • Accommodation options The team can also arrange individual • Learning support or group visits to the University or • Planning your future career. deliver workshops at schools. There will also be guided tours of For more information, please contact Hope Park and the Creative Campus the Student Recruitment team: including the sports facilities, libraries, accommodation and t: 0151 291 3111 subject-speciﬁ c areas. e: [email protected] Most importantly, there will be the chance to meet with current students who will be able to tell you what it is like to study at Liverpool Hope University. More information is available at www.hope.ac.uk/opendays Open Day dates • Wednesday 24th June 2015 • Saturday 27th June 2015 • Saturday 12th September 2015 • Saturday 3rd October 2015 • Saturday 24th October 2015

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4 Contents Open Days 1 Student Support 27 Campus Maps 2 Careers and The Employability Hub 31 How to Find Us 4 Development and Study Contents 5 Opportunities 33 Welcome to Liverpool 7 International Students 35 Bring This Prospectus to Life 9 Liverpool Hope Alumni Association 38 Why Choose Liverpool Hope? 11 What our Students Say 39 Seeing is Believing 13 Studying at Liverpool Hope 41 Academic Excellence 15 Course Information 43-102 Partnerships 16 Admissions Policy 104 Living in Liverpool 17 Terms and Conditions 107 Hope Park 20 Index 110 The Creative Campus 21 Study Combination Chart 111 Accommodation 23 Contact Us 114 Libraries 25

5 6 Welcome toLiverpool Hope University

As the Vice-Chancellor and Rector of Liverpool Hope, I am proud of our reputation for high quality scholarship that is growing around the world. I am delighted to be part of this University.

At Liverpool Hope, we pride ourselves on We are a community, where we support the academic formation of our students one another, celebrate each other’s and we are constantly working to ensure successes and work together to reach our you receive the best teaching and learning full potential. We are the only ecumenical experience. We believe that a supportive university foundation in Europe. Our learning environment will provide the best excellent academic record and supportive results and that individual care is the key pastoral care are complemented by the to success. beautiful setting of our campuses. We are incredibly lucky to be surrounded by a wealth of both historic and modern architecture and stunning grounds that make Liverpool Hope a very special place to study. I wish you every success as you start your university studies and look forward to welcoming you to Liverpool Hope. Professor Gerald J Pillay FRSA DL PhD DTheol Vice-Chancellor and Rector

7 8 Bring This Prospectus toLife To discover more about a course, scan the QR code on the relevant course page. 1 2

DOWNLOAD APP If you don’t already have a QR Reader, download the app onto your smartphone or tablet device. WATCH THE VIDEO Scan the QR codes to visit the webpage for each course and watch the videos.

You can also view all the course videos and more on Liverpool Hope University’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/liverpoolhopeuni1

9 10 Why Choose Liverpool Hope? We believe Liverpool Hope is a very special place to learn, a place that offers excellent academic standards combined with the pastoral care and support of a collegial community. Here are just a few reasons why you should make Liverpool Hope your university of choice.

Scholarly Traditional yet excellence modern We pride ourselves on scholarly We are proud of our rich heritage but we excellence and strive to be the best in are not stuck in the past. We combine the everything we do. best of our history with the contemporary to create a dynamic institution that moves with Well-rounded the times. education A beautiful setting Education is more than studying and Our University offers incredible campuses we provide our students with the support with beautiful grounds and architecture. to develop skills and interests beyond their studies. Christian values Celebrating the We are proud of our Christian foundation and individual are open to those of all faiths and of none. We are a real collegial community and Research-informed each person within our University is treated as an individual. teaching We bring together research excellence and top-quality teaching in all of our departments.

11 Discover more Scan this QR code with your smartphone or tablet to watch a ﬁ lm about the University and hear why our students chose Liverpool Hope.

12 Seeing is Believing

Building on the success of recent years, we continue to be a University with ambition, ensuring our students get the best teaching and learning experience possible.

1 University of Manchester 2 Lancaster University 3 University of Liverpool 4 Liverpool Hope University 5 University of Salford Ranked 4th for research intensity in the 6 Liverpool John Moores University North-West 7 Manchester Metropolitan University 8 University of Central Lancashire source Times 9 University of Chester Higher Education 10 Edge Hill University 11 University of Bolton 12 University of Cumbria Average UCAS entry points in 316 2012/13 313 311 310 306 301 Liverpool Hope Liverpool Plymouth Portsmouth Ulster Edge Hill Chester

13 Over 1 London Business School £50 million 2 The University of St Andrews invested in buildings from 3 The University of Manchester 2008 to 2014 Imperial College of Science, 4 Technology and Medicine 5 The University of Warwick 67% 6 Courtauld Institute of Art of academic 7 The University of Bristol staff have a doctorate, 8 The University of Sheffield placing Liverpool Hope in the top 20 of 162 9 The University of Oxford universities with the most 10 The Queen's University of Belfast Doctoral-qualiﬁ ed staff 11 University of Durham source HESA Staff in 12 The University of Aberdeen Higher Education 2012/13 13 The University of Liverpool 14 Institute of Education 15 The University of Nottingham BEST 16 The University of Southampton RETENTION 17 University of London (Institutes and activities) RATE 18 Liverpool Hope University against benchmark 19 The University of York of all universities in 20 The University of Birmingham the North-West in 2013

6:1 92.8% of students either in Ratio of applications to places employment or further secured at the University in 2014 study after six months of graduation in 19:1 July 2013 63% Ratio of applications to places for Social Work in 2014 of graduates awarded a First or Upper Second Class Honours in 2013/14

14 Academic Excellence Liverpool Hope places great emphasis on the bringing together of research excellence and top-quality teaching. This is facilitated by a community of academics and scholars who are of the highest calibre, with experts recruited from around the world.

In the national Research Excellence The University has a number of research Framework (REF), more than a third of centres. These include, but are by no research produced at Liverpool Hope means limited to: was rated as world-leading (4*) or • The Andrew F. Walls Centre for the internationally excellent (3*). The Times Study of African and Asian Christianity Higher Education’s analysis of the REF • The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre has also ranked us fourth in the North- for War and Peace Studies West for research intensity. For more • The Social and Ethical Enterprise information about our REF success, visit www.hope.ac.uk/REF Development Centre (SEED) • The National Centre for Christian Education This research excellence informs our • The Centre for Applied Research in teaching to enable our students to develop Security Innovation (CASI) into rounded and employable graduates • The Social-Economic Research Centre who can take their places conﬁ dently as (SERCH) global citizens in the 21st Century. • Centre for Applicable Mathematics and System Sciences.

15 Partnerships

We are committed to contributing to the educational, religious, cultural, social and economic life of Liverpool and the North-West.

As part of this commitment, we have • Tate Liverpool developed strong partnerships with • National Museums Liverpool organisations in our region. They • Liverpool Personal Services Society enhance our degree programmes and • Milapfest, Indian Arts provide you with opportunities for work- Development Trust based learning, placements and talks • Royal Court Liverpool from guest lecturers. • The European Opera Centre • Over 400 partner schools They include: • Liverpool City Region LEP • Royal Liverpool • Liverpool Vision Philharmonic Orchestra • SpringBoard Foundation • Steinway and Sons • Everton FC • Merseyside Police • VMM International • Northern Vision.

16 Living in Liverpool

Liverpool is a city like no other. From world famous architecture and magnificent museums, to music legends revolutionising popular culture, Liverpool has always been a hub of creativity.

Through spectacular festivals, dramatic and contemporary music performances sporting attractions and unique art, the throughout the year. The Liverpool Echo Arena city continues to be a gateway for UK also hosts major entertainment events, with culture, attracting millions of visitors every past events including the MTV Europe Music year. There is something for everyone Awards, BBC Sports Personality of the Year in a city voted the friendliest in England and the MOBO Awards. and fourth friendliest in the world (Rough Guides Poll, 2014). Culture • Home to more than 50,000 students • Liverpool is designated as a UNESCO Liverpool’s many art galleries range World Heritage site from the Walker, which contains one of • Second safest city in the UK – Europe’s outstanding collections of ﬁ ne UK Statistics Authority, 2012 and decorative art, to Tate Liverpool, one • Ranked in the top three places in the of the largest galleries of modern and world to visit in 2014 by Rough Guides. contemporary art outside London. Liverpool Empire Theatre attracts all the Music latest touring theatre productions, while the Playhouse, Everyman, Royal Court Liverpool is Europe’s Capital of Music. and Unity theatres offer a rich and varied It is impossible to imagine Liverpool programme of classic and contemporary without music – or music without Liverpool. productions. The University has its own Birthplace of The Beatles, the world’s most performance venue, The Capstone famous pop group, the city has produced Theatre, providing an international music more UK number one hits than any other and arts programme throughout the city – 56 and counting. year and hosting the annual Liverpool International Jazz Festival. The city also has a thriving nightlife with all tastes catered for, from the latest clubs to The city also boasts an array of 70s theme bars and live music venues. world-class museums, including the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool Hope University has a partnership Merseyside Maritime Museum with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Museum of Liverpool. Orchestra, which provides classical 17 Sport With the Grand National, golf and, of course, football, there are plenty of sporting events to keep even the most avid sports fan entertained. Liverpool is home to two Premier League football teams; what better place to come to watch the match? Shopping Liverpool city centre is full of shops with all the high street names available. The 42-acre Liverpool One development provides a stunning shopping complex in the heart of the city with 40 individually designed buildings and over 150,000 square metres of shopping. Liverpool also has a range of vibrant independent retailers.

18 19 Hope Park Liverpool Hope’s main campus, Hope Park, is an educational village with places to live, work, study, eat and relax. The campus is situated in a pleasant suburb of Liverpool, just four miles from the city centre. Hope Park offers excellent facilities in beautiful surroundings and a warm student welcome.

Massive investment of more than £50 million has been made in new Fresh Hope buildings at Hope Park, so traditional Fresh Hope is the main food outlet on architecture now sits beside campus. It offers a tasty selection of contemporary buildings and facilities. hot and cold food options, including Work on the new £8.5 million Science a carvery and freshly prepared deli Building is underway. It will house a sandwiches. There are other cafés around combination of laboratory space, sports campus, as well as a shop where you can and exercise science facilities, classrooms buy newspapers and magazines, drinks and social spaces, with specialist and snacks. laboratories dedicated to nutrition, genomics, cell biology and psychology, along with earth sciences laboratories. Hope Park Sports The sports centre at Hope Park includes Our Place the Strive Fitness Suite with gym equipment and exercise machines, squash One of the newest additions to Hope Park courts and Astro Turf playing ﬁ elds. There is Our Place – the student social space are also ﬁ tness classes available. on campus. This modern space includes a pizza restaurant and a coffee and bar area, as well as an auditorium where comedy nights, live music and other social events are held. The Students’ Union and the University host events at Our Place throughout the year and it is available for hire to clubs and societies.

20 The Creative Campus

The Creative Campus close to Liverpool city centre is the home of our creative and performing arts subjects. Here you can learn your craft in the inspirational setting of Grade II listed buildings and state-of-the-art performance spaces. The University has invested over £20 million in this campus, which includes two theatres, three dance studios, a music technology laboratory, a recording studio, and studios for painting, sculpture, wood, ceramics, metal and textiles. The Cornerstone The Capstone Building Building The Cornerstone Building is home to The Capstone Building is home to the the University’s Drama, Dance and University’s Music Department and The Performance Studies and Fine and Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope’s Applied Art Departments, as well as The dedicated performance venue, which Cornerstone Gallery, which supplements provides an international music and arts the student experience via a series of programme throughout the year. contemporary art exhibitions, student- Liverpool Hope is one of only six All-Steinway led seminars and exemplars of current Schools in UK higher education. The Theatre professional practice. The Cornerstone is an acoustically excellent space housing a Building includes fantastic facilities for Steinway D Grand Piano, often described as the development of students’ art work the best piano in the world. including studios, kilns, workshops and metalwork studios. Since opening its doors in March 2010, The Capstone Theatre has staged The centrepiece of The Cornerstone is concerts and performances by leading The Great Hall, a stunning example of national and international musicians and open space suitable for a multitude of artists, as well as student performances. events, including student exhibitions and guest lectures. The Cornerstone Building also includes Angel Field the Corner Shop and Lounge, as well as a The Creative Campus’s buildings are all café for students to meet and relax. set within the tranquil Angel Field. The Renaissance-style garden has won six design awards and was described by Country Life Magazine as ‘...one of the best examples of conceptual landscape design in the country’. 21 22 Living on campus in one of our Halls of Residence is a fantastic way for you to become part of the Liverpool Hope ‘family’.

Accommodation

Our student rooms are conveniently located at the University’s two main teaching sites; Hope Park and the Creative Campus. Along with the popular residential campus of Aigburth Park Student Village, there’s an impressive total of 1,200 rooms available. Every first year student is guaranteed a place in Halls if you choose to live on campus. We offer a free shuttle service between each of the accommodation and teaching sites so it’s easy for you to travel around.

You can choose to stay in Halls with Our Resident and Senior Resident shared bathroom facilities or if you would Tutors act as mentors during your time like more privacy, you can stay in one of in Halls. They provide learning support our Halls with en-suite rooms. All rooms and pastoral advice and guidance, and include access to a common room, a organise social events such as dining- laundrette, unlimited internet access, in nights, which are included in your 24 hour security and the support of a accommodation fees and are a great way Resident Tutor. to meet new people. For more information, please visit www.hope.ac.uk/halls 23 24 Libraries The Sheppard-Worlock and Creative Campus Libraries and several Learning Spaces across the campuses are hives of activity for individual and group study.

You will have access to a wide range There are also dedicated silent study of study environments and resources areas and quiet spaces for reading to meet the needs of your chosen with wi-ﬁ access for laptops and other course. The Sheppard-Worlock Library devices. The Sheppard-Worlock Library occupies over 4,000 square metres also has an environmentally controlled and contains a core print collection of vault dedicated to special collections, more than 310,000 items alongside a as well as Chapters café, serving drinks print journal archive and subject-speciﬁ c and snacks. collections. There has also been a Library Services also provides substantial investment in full text online peer academic writing support from resources including e-journals, e-books experienced students to help you and databases, most of which can be improve and develop your writing accessed both on and off campus. A skills and adapt to the different writing team of dedicated Faculty Librarians can tasks and assignments you will have to provide training and support to help you produce. Support is available one-to-one, make the most of these resources. through workshops and a set of online The Sheppard-Worlock Library includes resources developed by the mentors. relaxed spaces for students to study, as well as specially designed PC workstations to maximise working areas with room for your books and papers. There are group work spaces with screens that you can link your laptop to for practising presentations and sharing work.

25 26 Student Support

Services include everything from welfare Student Support beneﬁ ts advice and access to counselling and emotional well-being support, to and Well-being careers guidance. Starting university is the beginning of a We also have a dedicated Dean of new and exciting phase of your life and we Students, Dr Penny Haughan, whose are here to support and guide you from the responsibility it is to oversee the whole moment you arrive until after you graduate. student experience. This ensures that The Gateway Building at Hope Park is the students are given a voice and that you are place to go with any questions you may supported throughout your time with us. have. It is here that the Student Support Our priority is to make your time at and Well-being team is on hand to help. Liverpool Hope an enjoyable and Student Support and Well-being provides successful experience providing you with a one-stop integrated service to assist with help and support when you need it. all aspects of your pastoral care without passing you between different departments.

Academic and learning support At Liverpool Hope, we offer academic support which includes not only assistance from your academic subject tutors, but also guidance from a team of personal academic support tutors based within each Faculty. If you are living in student accommodation, your Resident Tutor will also be able to offer you guidance with your studies. Writing Mentors, who are Masters and PhD students, are available to offer support to help you with essay planning, developing your academic writing style and understanding assignment feedback.

27 28 Finance and scholarships The current tuition fees (2015/16) for Liverpool Hope are £9,000 per year. Information about fees for 2016/17 will be posted on our website: www.hope.ac.uk We believe that entry to the University should be based on talent rather than the ability to pay and our support packages reﬂ ect this belief. We have a long history of awarding our own generous academic scholarships for scholarly achievement, along with awards to students who demonstrate outstanding success in sport, music, dance and drama. For more information about ﬁ nance, visit: www.hope.ac.uk/undergraduate/ feesandfunding or call 0151 291 3435.

29 Support for Chaplaincy students with a The Chaplaincy team at Liverpool Hope represents the Christian ethos disability of a university that is fully Anglican, fully Catholic and fully ecumenical. The We are committed to enabling equality of Chaplains are from different Christian opportunity in education for students and denominations and serve staff and will take reasonable steps to meet both the students in line with the University’s general need for access and the speciﬁ c motto of faith, hope and love. Each requirements of individuals with additional Monday the Chaplaincy team serves a support needs. The University works with £1 lunch and this is an ideal way to get to disabled students to ensure they are not know more about the varied events that disadvantaged as a result of their disability. take place each week. The Learning Support team provides The Chaplaincy Base is a welcoming advice and assistance to both prospective and vibrant space on campus where you and current students with everything from can meet new people and feel at home. applying for disabled student allowances to You can ﬁ nd out more by looking on our ensuring that any reasonable adjustments Facebook page /HopeChaplaincy or by are made to support a positive transition following us on Twitter @HopeChaplaincy into the Liverpool Hope community. Before accepting a place, disabled applicants are encouraged to explore Student voice how the University might be able to We are very proud of our partnership with meet any additional study support or the Students’ Union at Liverpool Hope. accommodation needs they may have. We work together to ensure that every This should be done at the earliest student is given the chance to share opportunity by contacting the Learning their views and that these opinions are Support team. taken into consideration in everything the For more information or assistance, University does. please contact the team on: The Students’ Union’s primary objective t: 0151 291 3427 is to make positive change for students. e: [email protected] This is achieved by representing your views, needs and concerns to the University, the National Union of Students and Government. As we are a relatively small University, you can be sure that you will not be lost in the crowd. You will be treated as an individual and your views and opinions will be heard. Students can become actively engaged in making a difference to the University experience by becoming a representative for their year on the Staff/Student Liaison Committee. You can also be part of the University Student Sounding Board to get your views heard. For more information about the Students’ Union, visit: www.hopesu.com

30 Careers and The Employability Hub

At Liverpool Hope, we want our students to have the best possible chance to embark on stimulating, rewarding and successful careers.

With approximately 70 applications submitted for every graduate role, the Work experience need to give students and graduates To prepare you for your career, there are careers and employability support has many varied work experience opportunities, never been greater – and this is why and the Careers team has numerous Liverpool Hope University has invested in The Employability Hub. The sole purpose links with local, national and international of The Hub is to help make Liverpool employers. Graduates can also apply for Hope students and graduates more internships through the Careers team. attractive to employers, through a focus Hope Works is an initiative that provides on work-related learning, work experience opportunities for students to work on and professional development. campus during their studies. These opportunities are available across the University from positions in catering to project work with academic departments. For more information, contact the The Hub is the Careers team: t: 0151 291 3427 focus for: e: [email protected] • Hope Works – our part-time, paid job opportunities available on campus • Work-related learning and work experience opportunities • Graduate vacancies – including internships and graduate schemes • Professional networking sessions • Careers and Employability-related events and workshops • Employer-led presentations and workshops.

31 Student and Young Enterprise graduate Young Enterprise is currently offered as part of the curriculum for Business enterprise School students and helps students to develop new skills while at university, support such as business planning ﬁ nancial Increasingly, students are choosing management and marketing. to set up their own business after graduation. Hope Business Gateway offers a range of support to encourage Incubation entrepreneurship. The University offers incubation space for graduates who wish to start their own business. Business start-up support Hope Business Gateway offers practical support to those wishing to start their own business, including signposting to relevant agencies and linking to business mentors.

32 Development and Study Opportunities

Volunteering Global Hope The University encourages students to As part of the Service and Leadership seek out opportunities for volunteering. Award (SALA) you will be given the This is a fantastic addition to your CV and opportunity to volunteer in developing will provide you with a range of skills to countries around the world through prepare you for your future career. Global Hope. This charity supports a range of educational communities in You will be encouraged to join the places including India, Sri Lanka, Malawi, Liverpool Hope Service and Leadership South Africa, Brazil and Uganda. Teams Award (SALA). of students and staff travel to these This award is an extra-curricular countries to work on specifi c projects programme designed to recognise the which could see you, for example, value of voluntary work. The hours you working in a school or orphanage dedicate to volunteering will be converted alongside local staff. You are provided into credits towards this award. You will with training on cultural issues, health and also attend training in health and safety, safety abroad, dimensions of poverty and leadership and diversity and equality planning for overseas projects. before producing a journal of your experience. This award is viewed as a gold standard in the University and it will also International greatly enhance your career prospects. Exchange Liverpool Hope encourages all students to study abroad during their degree. We have a signifi cant number of partnerships with other universities around the world, particularly in North America and Europe. You will have the opportunity to study abroad for a semester as an optional part of your degree. Students participating in EU-funded schemes, such as Erasmus, can receive supplementary grants to complete a period of study or a work placement in another European country. Guidance and help for all students travelling abroad is available, with pre-departure briefi ngs and detailed handbooks on offer.

33 Plas Caerdeon The University owns Plas Caerdeon Outdoor Education Centre in Snowdonia. The 80 bed centre offers a wide range of residential courses. As part of your studies you may have the opportunity to visit this beautiful woodland setting on ﬁ eld trips, environment and biological research excursions or art workshops. The Centre also delivers team building courses, often including mountaineering, kayaking and other outdoor activities.

34 International Students Liverpool Hope is a popular University with over 500 international students currently studying with us from over 60 countries worldwide.

Our dedicated International Unit is available to assist students throughout Welcome to the UK the application process and help ensure The International Student Support team that your time at the University is works with colleagues across the University successful and enjoyable. to offer both general information and access We often travel to different parts of the to specialist advice. world to attend recruitment fairs and to Further information on the services provided speak with applicants, parents, schools can be found on the following pages: and colleges. To ﬁ nd out where we will be visiting, please check: Accommodation, page 23 www.hope.ac.uk/international Careers, page 31 Chaplaincy, page 30 Finance and scholarships, page 29 The Hope Student Support, page 27 Experience Liverpool Hope’s main campus, Hope International Park, is set in a landscaped garden tuition fees campus in South Liverpool, around four miles from the city centre. Our Liverpool Hope offers competitive green, peaceful campus is renowned fees for international students. The for its community feel and is perfect undergraduate non-EU international for international students who have not tuition fee for 2015/16 is £10,800 per previously lived in the UK. year for all programmes. However, we also offer a fantastic fee package. Instead The Creative Campus in Liverpool city of paying tuition fees separately, you centre is the home of our creative and can take advantage of our promotion, performing arts subjects. It features the which includes all of your tuition, award-winning Angel Field Renaissance- accommodation and an annual food style garden. allowance of just under £1,000. For the 2015/16 academic year the cost is £13,600. Information about fees and packages for 2016/17 will be posted on our website: www.hope.ac.uk

35 International undergraduate entry requirements All teaching on undergraduate courses at Liverpool Hope is in English and it is therefore important that your competence in the language is sufﬁ cient for you to beneﬁ t from your course and succeed in it. Entry requirements can be found on the relevant course pages, with further information on pages 104-106.

How to apply Study Abroad Applications should be made through Liverpool Hope offers a range of UCAS. If you are unsure about the Study Abroad opportunities for application process or how your incoming international students at qualiﬁ cation translates in the UK great value prices and has formal links education system, then please contact with universities in North America, the International Unit directly for more South Africa, South Korea, Japan information and support and guidance and Hong Kong. If you are interested with the UCAS process. in studying with us for a semester or for the full year, you should email [email protected] for more information. See for yourself We are always happy to hear from you, so if you have any questions, you can email [email protected], give us a call on +44 (0)151 291 3389, or visit: www.hope.ac.uk/international You can also stay in touch with us through social media: Like us at www.facebook.com/ LiverpoolHopeUniversity Follow us on Twitter @LiverpoolHopeUK

36 37 Liverpool Hope Alumni Association

Your link with Liverpool Hope does not end when you graduate. All graduates automatically become members of the Hope Alumni Association, which keeps you connected with the Hope community.

The Alumni Association is a great way to Liverpool Hope’s Alumni Association stay in touch with fellow graduates and also hosts and facilitates a number of staff and, at the same time, enjoy a wide reunion and Alumni events at key times range of beneﬁ ts. throughout the year and can keep you informed about University occasions such Current beneﬁ ts include: as the Distinguished Lectures series, the • Postgraduate scholarship opportunities annual Cornerstone Arts Festival and • Regular news updates through other important events happening at Hope publications and email bulletins Park, the Creative Campus and Network • Ongoing access to the services offered of Hope locations. by the Careers team For more information, visit: • Student rates at Hope’s Strive www.hope.ac.uk/alumni Fitness Suite • Hope email address for life • Alumni membership of the University’s libraries at Hope Park and the Creative Campus.

38 Adam Settle, English Literature student

Liverpool Hope has not only helped me flourish academically, but has given me every opportunity to gain invaluable experience for life after university.

What our SayStudents

I found taking part in the University’s projects, such as Global Hope, integral to my development as a student.

Marcus Morris, Education (Childhood & Youth) student

39 The library offers a huge amount of information to help with courses and I find the staff very welcoming.

Michelle Fullerton, Marketing and Media & Communications student

Nada Nayyar, Human Biology graduate

Studying Human Biology at Liverpool Hope has been one of the wonderful experiences in my life. I found the teaching style very interactive.

40 Studying at Liverpool Hope

The following section details all of the undergraduate degree courses available at Liverpool Hope University. This section is designed to give you a taster of the topics you will study and prospective career paths, as well as the excellent facilities, teaching staff and opportunities available at Liverpool Hope.

The majority of our undergraduate degree programmes last for three years and there Combined is a wide range of courses available. Honours degree They are: Liverpool Hope also offers a range of • BA (Honours) in a single subject Major subjects that can be studied as part • BSc (Honours) in a single subject of a Combined Honours degree. This is • BA (Honours) in two combined subjects when you study two Majors throughout • BSc (Honours) in two combined subjects your degree. • BA (Honours) with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) (four years) For details of the study combinations • BEng in a single subject available, see the chart at the back of • MEng in a single (four years) subject this prospectus. • LLB (Honours) in a single subject. Single Honours degree BA (Honours) with Many of the subjects available at Qualiﬁ ed Teacher Liverpool Hope can be studied as a Single Honours degree. This is when you Status (QTS) study one subject throughout your time This four year full-time Teacher Training at university. These subjects are clearly programme includes the study of a marked in this prospectus as Single specialist subject. The full list of specialist Honours. However, in many cases, these subjects available can be found in the subjects can also be studied as individual chart at the back of this prospectus. Majors, which when studied together, form a Combined Honours degree. For more information about the Teacher Training programme, see pages 87 and 88.

41 UCAS course codes UCAS course codes for Single Honours degrees are listed on the subject page. All UCAS course codes for Combined Honours degrees can be found in the course combinations chart at the back of this prospectus. For more detailed information about the Part-time study courses, visit: www.hope.ac.uk/coursefinder Most of Liverpool Hope’s undergraduate programmes are available for study on a part-time basis, with the exception of the degree in Social Work and the Primary Teaching with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) course. Part-time study normally extends an Honours degree programme to twice its full-time duration i.e. six years. Most part-time students opt to study for a Combined Honours degree programme and take their two Majors in alternate years. For details of how to apply for part-time study, visit: www.hope.ac.uk/undergraduate/howtoapply

42 The Accounting programme has provided me with the competitive edge needed, which will be extremely valuable in the future.

Daniel Hough, Accounting graduate

Accounting

In the rapidly changing business world, the Career opportunities demand for fi nance professionals has never You will be well prepared for a rewarding been greater and the role of the accountant career in accountancy, credit control, fi nancial is no longer confi ned to being numerically services, investment and profi t analysis, competent. Finance professionals must be purchasing and other related fi nancial ready to infl uence management decision- and business professions. Professional making at the highest level. Accounting at accountants often go on to high-fl ying positions Liverpool Hope is linked to the two globally in the private and public sectors, including recognised professional bodies; Association Chief Financial Offi cer, Director or Partner in of Chartered Certifi ed Accountants (ACCA) an accounting fi rm, Forensic Accountant or and The Chartered Institute for Securities and Business Advisor. Also, you will be encouraged Investment (CISI). to become a member of ACCA and CISI. What you will study Why study this subject at Hope? The courses and topics available to study include: • You will have the opportunity to gain • Financial Accounting recognition from ACCA on completion of • Investment Management the programme • UK Regulation and Professional Integrity • You will receive academic support to sit • Management Accounting CISI examinations • Financial Reporting • During your degree you will have the chance • Taxation to get involved with job shadowing and • Corporate Business and Law internship experience • Financial Management • The course has a focus on socially • Performance Management responsible accounting and positively • Auditing and Assurance contributes to society. • Ethical Finance and Socially Responsible Investment • Career and Professional Planning • Dissertation.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BA Single Honours N400, You may also be interested in… Combined Honours options see chart on Business Management, page 48 page 111 Computer Science, page 51 Entry Requirements: See pages Mathematics, page 78 104-106 for standard university requirements, plus GCSE Grade C or above (or equivalent) in Mathematics

43 This course gives you a really wide understanding of historical and contemporary art and design.

Holly Williams, History of Art & Design student

Art & Design History

Art & Design History gives you the opportunity Skills developed studying Art & Design History to study a range of visual and material cultures such as visual analysis, critical awareness and alongside the ideas that shape their practice, interpretation, working with complex theoretical reception, distribution and meaning. You will concepts and independent thinking will open up develop historical awareness, learn how to a wide range of career opportunities. You will ‘read’ images and gain an understanding of Art also have the chance to follow a postgraduate & Design History as a discipline. Your tutors’ programme such as our Masters in Art History specialisms range from the medieval to the and Curating. contemporary periods and their approaches to Why study this subject at Hope? the material range from historicist to thinking • Unlike many universities, we provide the of art writing in relation to practice as a opportunity to study Art & Design History collaborative creative activity in its own right. alongside students studying to become The team also has strengths in the ﬁ elds of designer-makers and artists museum studies and curatorial practices. • The Department of Fine and Applied Art has What you will study formal partnerships with Tate Liverpool and The courses and topics available to study include: National Museums Liverpool • Themes and Issues in Art & Design History • The University’s Cornerstone Gallery is • Art and Design in the City home to both visiting and student exhibitions • Contemporary Visual Practices and events • Aesthetic and the Methods of Art Criticism • You will have the opportunity to participate in • Museum and Gallery Theories and Practices. an annual overseas arts-based ﬁ eld trip. Career opportunities Graduates in Art & Design History work in galleries and museums, the heritage and cultural industries, community work, the media, publishing, marketing, advertising, education and academia and the commercial arts sector.

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UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Creative & Performing Arts, page 53 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Design, page 57 for standard university requirements Fine Art, page 68 History, page 71 44 45 The course was excellent with a balance of academic and practical skills, and superb ﬁ eld trips! This is an exciting era for new technology in science, and my Hope degree gave me a great start.

Christian Bourne, Human and Biological Sciences with Geography graduate Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences is an exciting and A degree in Biological Sciences is excellent rapidly evolving subject area, with many preparation for a wide range of graduate posts applications in fi elds as diverse as genetics including journalism and management and and animal behaviour. It has undergone graduate level entry schemes. phenomenal expansion in recent years and Why study this subject at Hope? has a considerable impact on society, in areas • At Hope, we recognise that Biology is a such as medicine, the environment and food dynamic discipline with profound importance security. Throughout your studies there is an to the future of humankind and to life on earth emphasis on developing practical skills through • We will introduce you to the broad disciplines, laboratory work and on fi eld trips. helping develop theory alongside What you will study practical investigation The courses and topics available to study include: • You will use a range of contemporary • Anatomy and Physiology laboratory and fi eld equipment, and develop • Metabolic Biochemistry scientifi c skills that will be directly relevant to • Genetics your future careers • Evolution and Adaptation • We pride ourselves on small group study, • Animal Behaviour helping to develop each individual into a • Ecology and Conservation confi dent, competent science graduate • Bioinformatics and Biostatistics. • The degree incorporates fi eldwork visits, including residential courses and day trips in Career opportunities the North-West of England and North Wales Recent science graduates have entered (most at no additional cost). employment in the bioscience sector, including pharmaceutical and NHS laboratories. Many of our graduates undertake postgraduate study including routes into teaching. Others have secured employment in the area of conservation, ecology and medical writing.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BA Single Honours C100 You may also be interested in... Entry Requirements: See page 104-106 Biology, page 47 for standard university requirements. Environmental Science, page 65 Qualiﬁ cations must include a science Human Biology, page 72 discipline to an Advanced level, plus Sport & Exercise Science, page 94 GCSE Grade C or above in Mathematics Sport & Physical Education, page 95 and Science (or equivalent) 46 At Liverpool Hope I gained more than just my degree. I gained relevant experience and skills but most importantly the confidence to go on to postgraduate study.

Claire Boardman, Biology graduate

Biology

Biology at Liverpool Hope takes a broad Career opportunities approach to the study of life on Earth. You Recent graduates have entered a variety will study a variety of organisms in different of careers including teaching, working in environments, while at the same time, the biotechnology industry, medical writing, gaining profi ciency in using the techniques for laboratory research, environmental consultancy investigating their structural, physiological and and similar scientifi c and technical jobs. behavioural adaptations. We take a dynamic Others have pursued postgraduate study approach to teaching Biology, concentrating on and research. Many enter a range of other practical biology with opportunities to study in professions where their scientifi c skills are the laboratory and during fi eld trips, as well as highly prized, such as business, management, visits to biological research centres. accountancy, education, the Civil Service and graduate level entry schemes. What you will study The courses and topics available to study include: Why study this subject at Hope? • Animal and Plant Biology • This is a highly practical degree using a range • Evolution and Adaptation of laboratory and fi eld equipment • Pests and Their Control • We have links with regional research • Conservation and Climate Change Biology institutes to provide opportunities for work- • Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics based learning and research projects • Phylogenetics • The degree incorporates fi eldwork visits, • Applied Ecology including residential courses and day trips in • Animal Behaviour the North-West of England and North Wales • Intrinsic Markers in Ecology. (most at no additional cost) • Small class sizes ensure that you will quickly develop the practical competencies and techniques that employers look for in high- achieving science graduates.

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Biological Sciences, page 46 Entry Requirements: See page 104-106 Education, page 60 for standard university requirements. Environmental Science, page 65 Qualiﬁ cations must include a science Geography, page 69 discipline to an Advanced level, plus Human Biology, page 72 GCSE Grade C or above (or equivalent) Nutrition, page 81 in Mathematics and Science Psychology, page 89 47 Hope has a team of highly qualiﬁ ed and inspiring lecturers. Their continuous support and encouraging words have helped me in every stage of my academic and professional career.

Nayana Gopi, Business Management graduate

Business Management

Business organisations are facing business and will ensure you are equipped unprecedented change and complex challenges to set up your own business or to work as both within the UK and globally. This demands a business advisor. You will develop skills that students who enter the business sector such as problem-solving, critical analysis, understand the dynamics of the business teamwork, giving presentations, report writing environment and how organisations operate and reﬂ ective practice, which are demanded by in increasingly uncertain situations. Business top employers. You will also be well prepared Management examines organisations from should you wish to pursue postgraduate study. small to medium-sized enterprises to global Why study this subject at Hope? companies – public, private and not-for-proﬁ t • Visiting professors and leading industry guest – with a focus on business principles and speakers enrich the curriculum and provide processes. You will also analyse global business greater business and industry exposure issues, human development, ethical business • The Young Enterprise Programme provides practices and social and cultural change. you with the opportunity to practise What you will study entrepreneurship and establish your own The courses and topics available to study include: fully-functioning business • Organisational Behaviour and Human • Scenario-Based Learning (SBL) approach Resources Management connects theory, practice, and the world of • Project and Operations Management business management, bringing students • Strategy close to business, industry and policy-making • Marketing • The Business Management team works • Global Business Ethics and Society closely with the University’s Business • Economics (Micro and Macro) and Finance Gateway to source student placement • Management Information Systems opportunities, company visits and other • Entrepreneurship, Business Modelling events which bring students into contact with and Development. professional practitioners. Career opportunities Business Management prepares you for a career in any aspect of management and

Find out more: UCAS Code: BA Single Honours N200, You may also be interested in... Combined Honours options see chart on Accounting, page 43 page 111 Law, page 75 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 LLB Law, page 76 for standard university requirements Marketing, page 77 Tourism Management, page 100 48 The tutors on this course are brilliant! They are passionate about their subject and make time for you whenever you need them.

Amber Spencer, Childhood & Youth graduate

Childhood & Youth

Childhood & Youth is a vibrant, multidisciplinary in community projects, youth work projects academic fi eld which harnesses insights from attached to schools and local government sociology, anthropology, education, health services, as part of youth offending teams, and social policy to inform understandings of in the probation service, as well as in local childhood and youth across diverse social and authorities and through local and international cultural contexts. Throughout the three years charities. The degree provides an excellent of study, you will be challenged to question background for those considering postgraduate dominant and confl icting concepts of children qualifi cations in Social Work and in Youth and and young people in society and how these Community Work (both of which are available are conveyed via government policy, media as MA programmes at Liverpool Hope). portrayals and wider popular culture. Why study this subject at Hope? What you will study • The Department has links with a range of The courses and topics available to study include: statutory and voluntary sector organisations • Concepts of Childhood & Youth and actively involved in youth work. We have Children’s Rights a partnership arrangement with PSS, one • Social Policy and its Impact on Children and of Liverpool’s oldest and largest voluntary Young People sector organisations • The Impact of Gender, Social Class and Race • The Department has a community-based centre on Young People that allows students to undertake practical • The History, Sociology and Psychology of youth and community work experience Childhood & Youth. • The programme includes fi eld trips where we look at different issues affecting children and Career opportunities young people’s lives You will gain the creative, transferable skills • The course focuses on real-world issues to pursue a wide range of careers in youth and the impact of policy on children and work, community work, social welfare and young people. education. These include working to improve the life chances of children and young people

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UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Health & Well-being, page 70 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Social Policy, page 90 for standard university requirements Social Work, page 91 Sociology, page 92 49 This course really challenges your world-view and encourages you to critique other world-views.

Daniel Leung, Christian Theology and Media & Communication student

Christian Theology

Christianity is a complex and fascinating apply for the kind of professions that require phenomenon. Its complexity lies in the rich people to demonstrate the kind of thinking and variety of forms that it has taken in different communication skills that are key to this subject periods and places. Its fascination lies in the – such as journalism, law, education, church way that people have tried to understand and and chaplaincy work and charity work. The to express its key ideas. Studying Christian study of Christian Theology will also provide Theology at Liverpool Hope will help you you with the comprehensive education required understand it not just as a Western historic to prepare you for postgraduate study. religion, but also in the way that it continues to Why study this subject at Hope? shape the thought and actions of people across • In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, the world today. 100 per cent of the Department’s Impact is at What you will study internationally recognised level. 79.7 per cent The courses and topics available to study include: of research outputs are rated as at least • World Christianity internationally recognised with 9 per cent of • The Origins and Development of the the research activity world-leading Christian Church • The Sheppard-Worlock Library’s special • Theology in the Later Middle Ages collections, consisting of the Gradwell and Reformation Radcliffe, Picton and Andrew F. Walls • Christianity in a World of Confl ict Collections, offer the Department • Christianity Since 1900. outstanding research material, which in some areas is unparalleled in the UK. Our library Career opportunities collections in theology and religion amount to As you study Christian Theology you will well over 100,000 volumes develop your skills in analysing ideas and texts. • The content of teaching draws upon staff You will learn how to write about complex research, which means that students are issues, and to debate with confi dence and exposed to the most recent developments in respect about matters that often divide people. the fi eld. All of this will stand you in good stead as you

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UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in... see chart on page 111 Philosophy, Ethics & Religion, page 83 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Theology, page 97 for standard university requirements Theology & Religious Studies, page 98 World Religions, page 101 50 I found the curriculum to be intellectually stimulating and up to date with new technologies being taught across the curriculum.

Nikita Lee, Computer Science graduate

Computer Science

Computer Science is all about new ideas, new Career opportunities opportunities and fresh thinking. There is no A degree in Computer Science will make other discipline that can be applied to so many you highly employable having developed different areas and have such a profound impact practical skills as well as having studied the on all aspects of society. You will acquire practical theoretical aspects of the subject. This degree skills that are highly sought after by industry, such will enable you to consider a range of careers as programming in C, C++, Java, Lua, Python, such as software engineering, as well as C# and ARM assembly languages. The course roles that involve the innovative application is delivered in a Department that is consistently of computer technology to areas such as highly rated in the National Student Survey, and computer security or robotics. Past graduates you will be working in well-equipped, dedicated have found posts working as Technical and laboratories, with access not only to the latest Systems Engineers in organisations such as computers, but also to a wide range of cutting- Airbus, Barclays and Oracle. edge technologies that support specialist areas Why study this subject at Hope? such as human-computer interaction, embedded • Our excellent teaching quality was recognised systems and robotics. by an independent review, which specifi cally What you will study identifi ed approachable staff providing close The courses and topics available to study include: academic support • Foundations of Computer Systems, • The opportunity to study key and emerging Mathematics and Programming areas of Computer Science in dedicated • Computer Networks, Security and laboratories with access to a wide range of Communications the latest equipment • Software Engineering • With 100 per cent of the Research Outputs • Human Computer Interaction of the Department at internationally • Robotics and Physical Computing excellent or internationally recognised level in the Research Excellence Framework, the • Artifi cial Intelligence Department ranked 5th in the North-West for • Parallel Computing Research Intensity. • Research and Innovations in Computer Science.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BSc Single Honours I101, You may also be interested in... Combined Honours options see chart on Electronic & Computer Engineering, page 111 page 61 Entry Requirements: See pages Electronic Engineering, page 62 104-106 for standard university Information Technology, page 73 requirements, plus GCSE Grade C or Mathematics, page 78 above (or equivalent) in Mathematics 51 52 I was attracted to Hope by the wide range of facilities; music rooms, dance studios and drama facilities.

Adam MacCreedy, Creative & Performing Arts student

Creative & Performing Arts

The Creative & Performing Arts course gives relations. Increasingly, graduates are making you the opportunity to study across the their presence felt in the rapidly expanding disciplines of dance, drama and music. The ﬁ eld of healing arts. The Creative & Performing programme is a mixture of critical studies and Arts programme also prepares students for creative practice giving you the chance to further study, for example, for a PGCE or the develop your own performance, underpinned Department’s Masters programmes in Creative by the academic discipline of creative and Practice, Contemporary Popular Theatres or critical thinking. Based at the University’s Performance Studies. Creative Campus, you will work alongside Why study this subject at Hope? academics and practitioners from across the • The Creative Campus has excellent facilities creative and performing arts. for all the creative and performing arts, What you will study including well-equipped studio theatres, The courses and topics available to study include: dance studios and two public theatres • Postmodern Performance including the impressive Capstone Theatre • Drama, Dance, Music Praxis • You will be taught by academics and leading • Live Art practitioners from across the world • Contemporary Performance Practice. • Liverpool provides a host of venues, galleries and museums, all of which are open to Career opportunities our students to use in their study and, on Creative industries are the fastest-growing occasion, to perform or exhibit in. sector of the UK economy and account for some seven per cent of global GDP. Our graduates work across the creative sector, in areas such as community arts, theatre, TV and ﬁ lm, arts management and public

Find out more: UCAS Code: BA Single Honours W430 You may also be interested in… Entry Requirements: See pages Dance, page 56 104-106 for standard university Drama & Theatre Studies/Drama, requirements, plus applicants should page 58 be studying a relevant disciple to an Fine Art, page 68 Advanced level e.g. Dance, Drama, Music, page 80 Performing Arts 53 Our distinct focus empowers writers, so not only can they create and digitally publish, but also use their talent in a variety of careers.

Gary Morrisroe, Course Leader

Creative Writing

This programme in Creative Writing will equip Career opportunities you with the ability to produce engaging, Creative Writing at Liverpool Hope University innovative and saleable writing as well as a wide will set you on the road to several interesting range of transferable skills. Whether you aspire career pathways as a writer. You may publish as to be a novelist, screenwriter, journalist, an author or biographer, write compelling news biographer, radio dramatist, blogger, PR and reviews for newspapers and broadcasters, copywriter or a combination of the above, this develop multimedia applications for businesses, course will offer you the chance to experience produce scripts for screen or radio/podcasts or the joys of crafting the written and spoken word. be the source of alluring copy for advertising and public relations companies. Also, you will develop digital (multimedia) publishing skills which will see you create Why study this subject at Hope? blogs, interactive e-books for tablets and • A course unlike any other because you can smartphones and other cross-platform combine the study of fi ction and non-fi ction (internet) applications using industry-standard alongside a wide range of industry-relevant software. You will study under celebrated skills including digital publishing writers and academics and gather a range of • You will have exposure to leading published employability and workplace skills to prepare writers including Hope’s Writers in Residence you for a fulfi lling career as a writer. • Small teaching groups and a friendly environment for an intensive, rewarding What you will study learning experience. The topics available to study include: • Prose Fiction (novel/short story, crime writing, children’s fi ction) • Radio Scriptwriting, TV Scriptwriting, Screenplay and Adaptation • Journalism, PR and Scripting Live Events • Biography, Life Writing and Essay Writing • Digital Publication.

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111. Please note this Drama & Theatre Studies/Drama, course is subject to validation at the page 58 time of publication English Language, page 63 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 English Literature, page 64 for standard university requirements Film & Visual Culture, page 67 Media & Communication, page 79 54 Studying Criminology at Liverpool Hope was one of the best decisions I have ever made… in addition to the world- class facilities on offer you have access to some of the UK’s most renowned criminologists.

Edward Corner, Criminology and Psychology student Criminology

Crime is a major issue in society and attracts Career opportunities considerable attention politically and in the As a graduate in Criminology, you will have a media. Criminology is the study of crime and fi rm grounding for entry into a range of criminal how it is dealt with. It examines how crime is justice and related careers. While the police, defi ned, why some people commit offences, prison and probation services are the most the impact of those offences and what happens obvious career paths, the knowledge, to those who commit crimes if they are caught. awareness and experience of studying Criminology also studies the impact of the Criminology are valuable in a range of related various aspects of the criminal justice system: services, as are the capacities to think crime prevention, the police and policing, the imaginatively and critically about issues, to courts and the sentences handed down by analyse data and to present the results clearly, magistrates and judges, and the probation and all of which are developed throughout the prisons systems. degree programme. In addition, some graduates will use their degree as a foundation What you will study to pursue more formal legal training. The courses and topics available to study include: • An Introduction to Criminology and Why study this subject at Hope? Criminal Justice • Our Criminology staff are highly experienced • Understanding Criminal Behaviour and academics who are research-active and have its Responses a wide range of publications, including major • Criminological Theory textbooks such as The Penal System and • Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Crime and Criminal Justice • Social Research Methods • There are guest lectures from criminal • Crime, Justice and the Media justice practitioners • Custodial and Non-custodial Penalties • In your fi nal year you will undertake an • Psychology in the Criminal Justice Process independent piece of research under the • Resettlement, Re-entry and Desistance. supervision of a research-active member of staff • Our Criminology degree will enable you to understand one of the most signifi cant issues in contemporary society.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BA Single Honours M990, You may also be interested in... Combined Honours options see chart on Law, page 75 page 111 LLB Law, page 76 Entry Requirements: See pages Psychology, page 89 104-106 for standard university Social Policy, page 90 requirements, plus GCSE Grade C or Sociology, page 92 above (or equivalent) in Mathematics 55 The technique classes at the Creative Campus are inspirational.

Sarah Astle, Dance and Psychology graduate

Dance

Dance at Liverpool Hope investigates social, Career opportunities historical and cultural meanings of dance. You Our graduates work across the creative sector, will also explore the many traditions that make and their highly developed social and practical up local and global 21st Century dance culture. skills make them very employable in a wide The course will give you the opportunity to try range of workplaces. Dance graduates work as a range of dance forms and to develop your freelance dancers and choreographers, choreographic and performance skills. We community dance artists, teachers in primary have established many relationships such as and secondary education, and arts with Merseyside Dance Initiative, Taciturn administrators. Should you decide to pursue Dance Company and Milapfest, a leading Indian further study, your degree will prepare you for a Arts Development Trust, which is resident at range of postgraduate Dance programmes or a The Capstone Theatre on the Creative Postgraduate Certiﬁ cate in Education (PGCE). Campus. This means that our students beneﬁ t Why study this subject at Hope? from classes with working professionals across a range of dance traditions and practices. • The Creative Campus has excellent dance facilities, including a fantastic studio, What you will study a well-equipped studio theatre and the The courses and topics available to study include: impressive Capstone Theatre, which is a • Dance Contexts public performance venue • Choreography Traditions • The programme is structured around • Studio Practice theatre visits and developing your own • Critical Studies practice, enriched by residencies with • Dance in the Community. established professionals • There is a strong commitment to community dance practice, which is a good route into professional employment.

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Creative & Performing Arts, page 53 Entry Requirements: See pages Drama & Theatre Studies/Drama, 104-106 for standard university page 58 requirements, plus experience of dance Music, page 80 technique. All applicants will be required to attend an audition 56 By allowing experimentation within a wide variety of materials, you are able to narrow down and focus your creative practice to create a high standard, practical and individual body of work. Byron Jones, Design graduate Design

We live in a society in which most of what Career opportunities we see, use, or have contact with has been A Design graduate will be able to generate ‘designed’. Underpinned by a commitment to original ideas, concepts and solutions, to set the tradition of the designer/maker, our course self-initiated projects having been taught by balances practice with Art & Design History and experienced professional artists, designers, Professional Practice. An intimate knowledge theoreticians and historians. The programme of materials and processes is explicitly offers graduates a diverse range of career connected to an understanding of their history pathways including designer/makers, and related and contemporary theory alike. You will be employment in buying, marketing, education and taught in well-equipped specialist workshops. art therapy. Some of our recent graduates have gained employment as resident artist/designers The course encourages students to sample a or are working as curators. You may also choose wide variety of materials and techniques in their to follow a postgraduate programme such as ﬁ rst year, providing opportunities to deepen our MA in Creative Practice, Art History and understanding of selected specialisms as the Curating or Museum and Heritage studies. course progresses. Why study this subject at Hope? What you will study • The Department has established links with The courses and topics available to study include: Tate Liverpool, National Museums Liverpool, • Diagnostic Introduction to Materials Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool Biennial, FACT • Opportunity to specialise in one or two and the Open Eye Gallery practical areas • Liverpool Hope designers work closely with • Opportunity to work with new the Crafts Council ‘Hot House’ project, technology manufacture which provides support for emerging makers • Studio Practice in Textiles, Ceramics, and is also part of the AA2A project, giving Fine Metals placement opportunities for visual artists and • Art & Design History designer/makers • Design Development. • Opportunity for new graduates to exhibit their work within the magniﬁ cent surroundings of The Cornerstone Gallery and take part in the ‘New Designers’ Graduate Exhibition at the Business Design Centre, London.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BA Single Honours W200 All applicants will normally be required Entry Requirements: See pages to attend an interview with their 104-106 for standard university portfolio of work requirements, plus preferably Art You may also be interested in… Foundation (or equivalent) in an arts- Art & Design History, page 44 related subject and an A2 Level (or Creative & Performing Arts, page 53 equivalent) in an arts-related subject. Fine Art, page 68 57 Being taught by tutors who are passionate about their subject was so inspiring. The course broadened my mind to a whole new world of theatre and performance.

Demi Blundell, Drama graduate

Drama & Theatre Studies/Drama

At Liverpool Hope, students study both the arts, working as actors or directors in their own creative and the theoretical aspects of drama companies. Other graduates have pursued and performance. This means that the courses academic careers at university level. Teaching include studio work alongside critical and remains a very popular career for Drama historical studies. Learning is underpinned graduates, and there are opportunities for by a thorough understanding of the discipline students to continue their studies, including and its place in contemporary society. This is Liverpool Hope’s MA in Creative Practice, and enhanced by opportunities to use performance our MA in Contemporary Popular Theatres. as a medium to study the ‘pure’ aspects of drama and theatre and their ‘applied’ uses in Why study this subject at Hope? the community and society at large. • The Creative Campus has excellent Drama facilities, including three state-of-the-art What you will study studio theatres The courses and topics available to study include: • 67 per cent of the research of the • Script and Text-based Work Department is at least at internationally • Devising Theatre recognised level by the Research Excellence • Theatre Production Framework. 80 per cent of their Impact is • Postmodern Performance rated as internationally recognised • Community and Applied Theatre • You will have opportunities to participate in • Practitioner Theory. a range of community-based activities, many Career opportunities with potential to generate future employment Liverpool Hope’s Drama students have an • We make full use of the impressive range of exceptionally high rate of employment following theatres available in Liverpool, with regular graduation and many go on to work across trips to productions at the Playhouse, the creative sector. Some, such as playwright Everyman, Capstone and other venues. Willy Russell, have illustrious careers in the theatre and many remain directly within the

UCAS Code: BA Single Honours Drama can demonstrate voluntary, leisure or W400, Combined Honours Drama and extra-curricular drama experience and Theatre Studies options see page 111 an enthusiasm for the subject. Single Find out more: Entry Requirements: See pages Honours applicants will be required to 104-106 for standard university attend an audition requirements, plus preferably a formal You may also be interested in… drama (or related) qualiﬁ cation. Creative & Performing Arts, page 53 Consideration will be given to those Dance, page 56 who do not have a qualiﬁ cation but Music, page 80 58 The tutors show you the importance of thinking about the whole child; they go in depth about key principles and make you think about your own practice.

Lisa Largey, Early Childhood and Education graduate

Early Childhood

A degree in Early Childhood provides the Career opportunities stimulating and thought-provoking academic The creative, transferable skills that you will study of young children and their families, develop as part of the course will enable you drawing on the fi elds of philosophy, sociology, to pursue a wide range of careers. Examples psychology, health and social policy. Early include working as part of a Local Authority Childhood is now recognised and valued multi-agency team, working as a Children’s as being crucial in securing the foundations Learning Offi cer at a museum or working with of lifelong learning. The course examines national and international charity organisations children’s holistic development from birth to such as Save the Children and Barnardo’s. fi ve years, built around the importance of play Many students choose to go onto a PGCE as a tool for enabling positive relationships and route into teaching or study a Masters in Early meaningful learning and development. Childhood and Developmental Psychology at Liverpool Hope, for example. What you will study The courses and topics available to study include: Why study this subject at Hope? • Local and Global Perspectives of Early • You will have the opportunity to study early Years Education years development in a local, national and • Children’s Development and Well-being international setting from 0-5 years • The degree has involvement from • The Importance of ‘Play’ professionals working within a range of early • Early Childhood Policy childhood settings • Early Childhood Pioneers • There is a focus on the importance of play in • Working to Support Children in their this crucial stage of development. Early Years.

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Childhood & Youth, page 49 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Education, page 60 for standard university requirements Primary Teaching with Qualiﬁ ed Teacher Status (QTS), page 88 Special Educational Needs, page 93 59 Education Studies was invaluable in preparing me for the diverse and complex issues I face within the classroom and school today.

Jennifer Reese, Early Childhood and Education graduate

Education

The course offers you the opportunity to study Examples include working in local or national the individual, social and political forces that government supporting education and social shape education, no matter where it is found or welfare, leading and managing projects which how it is delivered. If you are interested in all have a real impact on the life chances of aspects of how and why we learn, both formally children, young people and their families. and informally in the UK or abroad, then you Graduates also work as educational specialists will ﬁ nd our Education course challenging and in museums and in the media, as well as in a thought-provoking in equal measure. After range of non-educational careers. The studying with us you will never see the Combined Honours degree is an ideal education process in the same way again. As foundation for those who decide to go on to a this is a Combined Honours degree, in addition PGCE route into teaching at Liverpool Hope to your core studies in Education you will study University or elsewhere, as well as for those a second subject of your choice. This allows who aim to pursue Masters or Doctoral studies. you to tailor your degree to the future career in Why study this subject at Hope? the ﬁ eld of education that most interests you. • The opportunity to combine your studies What you will study in education with a wide range of The courses and topics available to study include: specialist subjects • The History, Sociology, Psychology and • The degree offers you the ideal preparation Philosophy of Education for a wide range of careers in education • Contemporary Issues in Education • 87 per cent of this department’s research • Learning and Teaching activity was internationally excellent or • Global Education. internationally recognised in the Research Excellence Framework with 15 per cent at Career opportunities world-leading level. 40 per cent of the Impact The creative, transferable skills that students of the research is world-leading. develop as part of the course enable graduates to pursue a wide range of careers.

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Childhood & Youth, page 49 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Early Childhood, page 59 for standard university requirements Primary Teaching with Qualiﬁ ed Teacher Status (QTS), page 88 Special Educational Needs, page 93 60 With electronic and computer systems affecting all parts of our lives, there has never been a more exciting time to get involved with this area of study.

Dr Emanuele Secco, Lecturer in Electronic Engineering

Electronic & Computer Engineering MEng/BEng

Electronic and computer systems are Career opportunities everywhere, from social media and mobile A degree in Electronic & Computer Engineering phone technology to cars and everything in will make you highly employable having between. This exciting new course will prepare developed specifi c skills in electronic systems you for a career in electronic systems design design and software development. and software development, at a time when You will be ideally placed to gain employment in electronic technology has never been more high-demand roles such as a design engineer part of our lives. across a range of sectors including consumer electronics and computer engineering. You will be taught by academics whose research is rated as internationally excellent by the Research Why study this subject at Hope? Excellence Framework in areas including robotics, • The Department is consistently rated very intelligent systems and networks. This exciting highly in the National Student Survey (the new degree programme is available for entry most recent survey indicated that 90 per cent as both BEng (three year course) and MEng of our fi nal year students were satisfi ed with (four year course). their course) • With 100 per cent of the Research Outputs of What you will study the Department at internationally excellent or The courses and topics available to study include: internationally recognised level, the • Computer systems Department ranked 5th in the North-West for • Programming Research Intensity • Electronic Circuit Design • Well-equipped laboratories with access to a • Software Engineering wide range of the latest equipment • Engineering Mathematics • Robotics • An impressive graduate employment record, • Computer Security with recent successful appointments at • Intelligent Systems organisations such as Airbus and Barclays. • Cryptography and Security.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BEng V3T9 MEng S2D5 You may also be interested in… Entry Requirements: See pages Computer Science, page 51 104-106 for standard entry requirements, Electronic Engineering, page 60 plus A2 (or equivalent), in Mathematics, Information Technology, page 73 Physics or Electronics (or equivalent Mathematics, page 78 Science subject) 61 This exciting course is designed to equip graduates with skills that are highly sought after by industry.

Mark Barrett-Baxendale, Senior Lecturer, Assistant Head of Department

Electronic Engineering

Electronics is an exciting and rapidly developing Career opportunities area that is increasingly affecting all aspects of A degree in Electronic Engineering will help our lives. So many everyday things with which make you highly employable having developed we interact such as mobile phones and games specifi c skills in electronic systems design. consoles contain electronics which have to be There is a skills gap in this area, which means designed by engineers. This course will prepare there are not enough qualifi ed graduates to fi ll you for a career in electronic systems design, the roles required. You will be ideally placed to with an emphasis on embedded systems, gain employment in high-demand roles such robotics and computer communications. as a design engineer across a range of sectors including consumer electronics and What you will study computer engineering. The course will include topics such as: • Digital and Analogue Circuits Why study this subject at Hope? • Embedded Systems and Robotics • The Department is consistently rated very • Data Communications highly in the National Student Survey – the • Programming survey indicated that 90 per cent of our fi nal • Signal Processing year students were satisfi ed with their course • Computer Security • Well-equipped laboratories with access to a • Control Systems. wide range of the latest equipment • An impressive graduate employment record, with recent successful appointments at organisations such as Airbus, Barclays and Oracle.

UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111. Please note this Computer Science, page 51 Find out more: course is subject to validation at the Electronic & Computer Engineering, time of publication page 61 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Information Technology, Page 73 for standard university requirements, Mathematics, page 78 plus A2 or AS Level (or equivalent) in Mathematics, Physics or Electronics or an appropriate Access award 62 I thoroughly enjoyed my time studying English Language at Liverpool Hope and would definitely recommend it to any prospective students.

Jacque Linton, English Language graduate

English Language

Language has a profound infl uence on our way Career opportunities of thinking, seeing and interpreting the world With much sought-after analytical and around us. It is a persuasive tool and is used communication skills, our graduates have as an instrument of power by governments gone on to pursue careers in journalism, the and large organisations. The course examines media, editing and publishing. A signifi cant a wide variety of versions of English and their number also enter the teaching profession social, cultural and historical contexts. You via the PGCE route. English graduates from will explore the international role of English as Liverpool Hope have also developed fulfi lling a global phenomenon. With its emphasis on careers in government and the Civil Service, real language in use, the course examines the the legal profession, business and commerce, relationship between language and society marketing and management. through the analysis of contemporary materials such as news texts and television broadcasts. Why study this subject at Hope? • 32.3 per cent of research output quality is rated What you will study as world-leading in the Research Excellence The courses and topics available to study include: Framework and the department is ranked 4th in • Variation in English: Grammatical the North-West for Research Intensity and Phonological • In the 2014 National Student Survey, 100 per • The History and Development of English cent of students said that staff are good at • Language, Ideology and Power explaining things and are enthusiastic about • Studies in Media Language what they are teaching • Child Language Acquisition • The External Examiner’s Report of 2014 • The Psychology of Language states that: ‘Staff are enthusiastic, committed, • Language and Gender and care deeply about the students and the • Language and Culture quality of their education. They are also keen • World Englishes to continue with their research, and to ensure • Teaching English to Speakers of Other that their profi les match their aspirations in Languages (TESOL). their teaching duties.’

UCAS Code: BA Single Honours Q310, You may also be interested in... Combined Honours options see chart on Creative Writing, page 54 Find out more: page 111 Drama & Theatre Studies/Drama, page 58 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 English Literature, page 64 for standard university requirements, plus Film & Visual Culture, page 67 A2 Level (or equivalent) in English Language, Media & Communication, page 79 English Literature or Literature/Language. Applicants offering other humanities subjects may be considered 63 The course opened my eyes to a diversity of literature I would never have attempted to access on my own. The relaxed atmosphere has made the course hugely enjoyable.

Peter McDonald, English Literature student

English Literature

You will examine a wide range of texts from the management, politics and multimedia time of Shakespeare to the present day. Although communications. A large proportion of the primary focus is on British Literature, American graduates also choose to further their studies Literature is also featured. The texts you will study in English or pursue a PGCE to join the have excited the interest of generations of readers, teaching profession. You may also wish to stimulating admiration, criticism, and sometimes study for a postgraduate degree, such as indignation. The programme will enable you to our MA in English Literature or our MA in analyse the way texts are constructed. You will Popular Literatures. gain a meaningful appreciation of the ways in which Why study this subject at Hope? different critical approaches enrich and deepen • 32.3 per cent of research output quality is rated our understanding of literature. as world-leading in the Research Excellence What you will study Framework and the department is ranked The courses and topics available to study include: 4th in the North-West for Research Intensity • Foundations in English Literature – an • In the 2014 National Student Survey, over 90 introduction to the major genres of literature: per cent of English students said that staff are narrative, poetry and drama enthusiastic about what they teach • Explorations in English Literature – a • The External Examiner’s Report of 2014 detailed study of literature of the Medieval states that the English Department ‘offers and Renaissance periods, the 18th and an outstandingly comprehensive curriculum’ 19th Centuries and that ‘the University should be proud that • Advanced Studies in English Literature – an those graduating with a Degree in English in-depth critical appreciation of Modernist from Liverpool Hope (including the Network Literature, Popular Literary Genres and of Hope Colleges) have an assured overview Postmodern and Contemporary Literature. of the subject with the ability to compare texts from different periods and cultures Career opportunities with authority.’ Graduates enter a wide variety of careers including public relations, marketing, journalism,

UCAS Code: BA Single Honours Q320, You may also be interested in… Creative Writing, page 54 Combined Honours options see chart on Find out more: page 111 Drama & Theatre Studies/Drama, Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 page 58 for standard university requirements, English Language, page 63 plus A2 Level (or equivalent) in English Film & Visual Culture, page 67 Language, English Literature or Literature/ Media & Communication, page 79 Language. Applicants offering other humanities subjects may be considered 64 Liverpool’s a fantastic city; there’s so much on your doorstep to do with the environment.

Connor Davis, Environmental Science student

Environmental Science

The Environmental Science degree at Liverpool Career opportunities Hope is designed to develop your practical With the increasing emphasis on sustainability skills for the workplace and to deal with the and social responsibility and the demands of growing global concerns over the environment. legislation and global environmental policy, You will consider the interdisciplinary nature employment in environmental science is growing of the subject, which ranges from the natural rapidly. This, coupled with increasing concerns sciences (such as physical geography and over issues such as climate change and carbon biology) to the social sciences, in addition to reduction, means that there will be a signifi cant considering a wide range of environmental demand for qualifi ed graduates. A degree in challenges facing modern society. Environmental Science equips you with the Environmental Science specialisms, such as skills needed to work in areas such as science and environmental management, sustainable coastal management, geo-conservation and development, renewable energy industries and environmental legislation, are also included in in the development of low carbon economies in the curriculum. both the private and public sectors. What you will study Why study this subject at Hope? The courses and topics available to study include: • The University has strong links with • Landscape Interpretation, Environment conservation and professional organisations and Place such as the Institute of Ecology and • Social and Cultural Geography Environmental Management • Geomorphology, Biogeography and • You will have work-based learning Sustainable Development course opportunities within key • Natural Hazards environmental organisations • Environmental Management • You will have opportunities for fi eld visits both • Research Methods and Data Collection nationally and internationally • International Fieldwork • There is the opportunity to work with staff • GIS for Environmental Science. involved in the Sand Dune and Shingle Network, which is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence for all things related to coastal sand dunes and shingle.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BSc Single Honours F750 You may also be interested in… Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Biological Sciences, page 46 for standard university requirements Biology, page 47 Geography, page 69 Human Biology, page 72 Tourism, page 99 65 66 Hope’s tight-knit campus had everything I needed to complete my studies and the small subject groups meant we all developed a good relationship with our tutors and lecturers.

Elliot Hardman, Film Studies graduate

Film & Visual Culture

Film & Visual Culture at Liverpool Hope is Career opportunities underpinned by critical and creative practice. While studying you will have many Critical practice enables you to study the opportunities to work with local creative history, theory and contemporary subject industries. The theoretical study of fi lm leads of fi lm, whilst having the opportunity to to careers including teaching, fi lm journalism, apply this understanding to creative practice cinema management, and fi lm and television in the fi elds of screenwriting, fi lmmaking studio researcher, especially if followed by MA (drama and documentary), photography and Film, Visual Culture and Society. Practitioners animation. Thus you will graduate with a degree will achieve careers as screenwriters, underpinned by academic rigour, but with the producers and directors, and often establish transferable skills needed if you intend to work their own companies. in the creative industries. Why study this subject at Hope? What you will study • Film & Visual Culture gives you the unique All students will study fi lm history and theory opportunity to illuminate your academic throughout their degree, but from the second understanding with creative practice, year you will have the choice to specialise and to underpin your practical skills with entirely in theory, or to continue with both theoretical rigour theory and practice. Areas of study include: • You will be taught by academics and • The History of Film from the Silents to the practitioners who are leading international Present Day specialists in their fi elds and will be • Film Theories, such as Genre, Stardom supported by exceptional library and and Auteur equipment resources • Cinema and Society • You will study in the country’s leading fi lm • World Cinema city outside London and will have exciting • Filmmaking opportunities to work in the creative • Photography industries, building your CV and showreel • Animation before graduation. • Screenwriting.

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UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Creative & Performing Arts, page 53 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Creative Writing, page 54 for standard university requirements Media & Communication, page 79 67 I came to Liverpool Hope because it has really good art facilities. It’s got great studio space and well-equipped metal, wood and ceramic workshops.

Emily Simpson, Fine Art student

Fine Art

The Fine Art degree at Liverpool Hope experience of working in the professional combines studio and professional practice arena, creating contacts with the cultural with art and design history to equip you industries and potential future employers. Many with essential skills in a range of media and of our recent graduates have begun careers enable you to become a knowledgeable in gallery administration, curating, television, practitioner. The Fine Art degree explores theatre, exhibition work, artist residencies, individual creativity and potential through visual community and public arts, lecturing, teaching investigations combined with theoretical, social and art therapy. Graduates also go on to run and contextual awareness. their own successful businesses or progress to postgraduate courses such as our MA What you will study in Creative Practice, MA in Art History and The courses and topics available to study include: Curating or a PGCE. • Studio Projects in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Installation, Sculpture and Digital Why study this subject at Hope? Media, including Sound and Video • Liverpool has more galleries and museums • Introduction to a range of materials and than any other UK city outside London processes through a guided induction • We have excellent links with Liverpool programme delivered by highly skilled technicians Biennial, Tate Liverpool, FACT, National • Art and Design History Museums Liverpool and Bluecoat Gallery, • Studio Practice and Research methods amongst others • Professional Practice that includes an interim • An exciting programme of talks by visiting exhibition in year two, culminating in year lecturers is offered and you will encounter three with a Final Degree Show and an artists from around the world through exhibition in the public realm. the Department’s International Artist-in- Residence programme Career opportunities • There are excellent facilities at the Creative The degree promotes autonomy, creativity, Campus, including dedicated studio spaces and lateral and critical thinking, as well as Workshops, as well as our Cornerstone Gallery, developing practical, professional and showcasing student and visiting exhibitions. intellectual transferable skills for the world of work. Integrated live projects provide valuable

Find out more: UCAS Code: BA Single Honours W101 will normally be required to attend an Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 interview, with their portfolio of work for standard university requirements, You may also be interested in… plus preferably Art Foundation (or Art & Design History, page 44 equivalent) in an arts-related subject Creative & Performing Arts, page 53 and an A2 Level (or equivalent) in an Design, page 57 arts-related subject. All applicants Film & Visual Culture, page 67 68 My degree in Geography was so interesting and fulfilling because the lecturers who taught the subject were so passionate.

Mark Whitfield, Environmental Management and Geography graduate

Geography

Geography is concerned with the world around You will gain skills in independent and group us. It looks at questions such as: how does the work, data interpretation, decision-making, physical environment work? How do human developing arguments and report writing. activities shape and modify landscapes? These complement more specifi c skills such How do people impact upon the natural as fi eld surveying, statistics, questionnaire environment? How can we work towards a design and GIS, as well as a high level sustainable and healthy future? There is no of environmental awareness. Our recent better city to study Geography than Liverpool. graduates have gone on to a wide range of It is one of the most dynamic and fastest careers including environmental consultancy, changing cities in the country. Not only is it a planning, housing management, urban classic case study of urban regeneration, but it regeneration, planning, tourism management, is also close to three national parks. working for statutory agencies and training to teach Geography. What you will study The courses and topics available to study include: Why study this subject at Hope? • Landscape Interpretation, Environment • In the 2013 National Student Survey, and Place 95 per cent of Geography students said that • Social and Cultural Geography staff are good at explaining things and are • Geomorphology, Biogeography and enthusiastic about what they teach Sustainable Development • Fieldwork is a core part of the course. All • Natural Hazards students will take part in residential fi eldwork • Environmental Management at Plas Caerdeon, Wales in their fi rst year and • Research Methods and Data Collection Single Honours Geography students will visit • International Fieldwork Malta in their third year. In addition, we make • GIS. extensive use of Liverpool and the wider region for non-residential fi eld trips Career opportunities • 75 per cent of the research outputs of the A degree in Geography is valued by employers Department are at least at internationally because of its broad coverage and the recognised level by the Research excellent all-round education it provides. Excellence Framework.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BSc Single Honours F800, You may also be interested in… Combined Honours options see chart on Biological Sciences, page 46 page 111 Biology, page 47 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Environmental Science, page 65 for standard university requirements Human Biology, page 72 Tourism, page 99 69 I would highly recommend this degree to anyone who feels strongly about health within society.

Sean Hayes, Health & Well-being student

Health & Well-being

Health & Well-being is a vibrant, Career opportunities multidisciplinary course which draws upon As well as key knowledge you will gain the a range of disciplines including sociology, practical, transferable skills to pursue a wide social policy and psychology. The programme range of careers in Health & Well-being. The explores a range of understandings of Health holistic nature of the degree will enable you to & Well-being across diverse social and cultural gain employment in a number of areas such as: contexts at the individual, community and policy health promotion, housing, community-based levels, both nationally and globally. The course projects, services for the older population and will focus on the key challenges to Health & for young people within the voluntary, private Well-being in the 21st Century. and public sectors. What you will study Why study this subject at Hope? The courses and topics available to study include: • The Department has links with a range of • Social Determinants of Health & Well-being statutory and voluntary sector organisations • Health Inequalities actively involved in the ﬁ eld of Health & • Policy Approaches to Health & Well-being Well-being, including a partnership • Chronic Illness and Disability arrangement with PSS, one of Liverpool’s • Mental Health & Well-being largest voluntary sector organisations • Health Promotion. • The Department has a community-based centre where students can undertake practical Health & Well-being work experience • Opportunities to engage with employers through student placements and applied research projects.

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UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Childhood & Youth, page 49 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Nutrition, page 81 for standard university requirements Social Policy, page 90 70 The enthusiasm of the History lecturers is inspiring; the facilities at Hope are excellent and library resources are easily accessible.

Robert Ford, History graduate

History

History involves the interactions of individuals, Career opportunities our shared experiences, centuries of confl icts and History graduates work for the BBC; the discoveries of the past that infl uence our present National Trust and the National Monuments and shape our future. History is contested and can Commission; the Civil Service; the police; be used as a political weapon or a tool for peace. national and local newspapers; banking and As a historian at Hope, you will study, research accountancy fi rms; museums and galleries; and debate historical developments and and many retail and commercial businesses. become immersed in everything from early A number of our students go on to postgraduate modern witch hunts to global hunger today. courses, including our MA programmes in History, and PhD research working with staff on What you will study cutting-edge research projects. The courses and topics available to study include: • 20th Century Europe Why study this subject at Hope? • English History from 1530 to 1650 • The Department is highly ranked in the • Dealing with Demons: Witchcraft in England National Student Survey and North America, 1550-1700 • All staff have PhDs and are research-active • Imperialism and Nationalism in Europe, expert historians 1648-1945 • You will go on exciting local and international • British-Irish relations, 1600s-2000s fi eld trips • A Century of Women: 1880-1980 • You will have access to a wealth of local • Continuity and Change: Lenin and Stalin, and national historical sources and benefi t 1917-53 from our partnership with National • Charles I and Civil War Museums Liverpool. • Fascism, Nazism and the Holocaust • 86 per cent of the Department’s research • Early Colonial America activity is internationally excellent or • Food and Confl ict internationally recognised by the Research • Executing History: Crime and Punishment. Excellence Framework.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BA Single Honours V100, Literature, Classical Civilisation or Combined Honours option see chart on Ancient History. Applicants offering other page 111 subjects will be considered Entry Requirements: See pages You may also be interested in… 104-106 for standard university International Relations, page 74 requirements, plus applicants require Politics, page 84 an A/A2 Level (or equivalent) in History, Politics & International Relations, Government and Politics, English page 85 71 The course was challenging, enjoyable and helped in increasing my knowledge and practical skills immensely.

Nada Nayyar, Human Biology graduate

Human Biology

In Human Biology, you will study the structure Why study this subject at Hope? and function of the human body from the • You will be taught by academics with a molecular and cellular to the whole organism range of research specialisms, including level. Learning will concentrate on practical bone and cancer research, metabolism, Human Biology with opportunities to study in protein-DNA interactions, epidemiology and the laboratory, during fi eld trips and visits and medical genetics will feature small-group teaching. • We currently have two professors and fi ve medical doctors on our team with strong What you will study links to local hospitals, the Liverpool The courses and topics available to study include: School of Tropical Medicine and World • Cell and Molecular Biology Museum Liverpool • Epidemiologal Principles and Practice • The interdisciplinary Biology team • Genetics and Genetic Disorders recently received a University Teaching • Physiological Process Excellence Award • Bioinformatics. • We are currently building multi-million pound, Career opportunities state-of-the-art science laboratories due for Our Human Biology graduates gain completion in January 2016. competencies in laboratory skills, which are highly valued by employers. You will also develop broader skills such as scientifi c report writing and data analysis. Recent graduates have entered a variety of careers including in the biotechnology and biomedical industries, pharmaceutical research, and similar scientifi c and technical jobs.

UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in... see chart on page 111 Biological Sciences, page 46 Find out more: Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Biology, page 47 for standard university requirements. Education, page 60 Qualiﬁ cations must include a science Nutrition, page 81 discipline to an Advanced level, plus GCSE Psychology, page 89 Grade C or above in Mathematics and Science (or equivalent)

72 My three years studying Information Technology have been an amazing experience. One of the best assets of the department is its staff – they have been incredibly supportive.

Emily Smith, Information Technology student

Information Technology

Information Technology is a rapidly changing users of the technology. According to e-Skills and exciting subject. Organisations increasingly UK, skills required by the industry include rely on information technology to carry out SQL, Java and JavaScript, all of which you will key business functions – for example we have study on this programme, making you highly seen an explosion in the use of mobile devices employable. Many of our graduates also go to shop online – and these organisations on to further study. There are opportunities need professionals who are able to manage to study taught Masters, as well as Doctoral- information systems and design software based qualifi cations at Liverpool Hope, working applications that are effective and usable. with staff on cutting-edge research projects. This course prepares you to meet the needs Why study this subject at Hope? of a wide range of organisations, emphasising • The Department is consistently rated very the development of a range of technologies, highly in the National Student Survey – the especially web and mobile technologies, which survey indicated that 90 per cent of our fi nal are so much a part of our everyday lives. year students were satisfi ed with their course • With 100 per cent of the Research Outputs What you will study of the Department at internationally excellent The course includes topics such as: or internationally recognised level by the • Computer Systems, Algorithm Design Research Excellence Framework, the and Programming Department ranked 5th in the North-West for • Database Technologies Research Intensity • Web Development • We have an excellent graduate employment • Mobile Technologies. record, with recent successful appointments Career opportunities at organisations such as Airbus, Barclays and Information Technology graduates enter Oracle, as well as links with key organisations roles that involve specifying, implementing such as Microsoft. or managing the information technology infrastructure of an organisation, or supporting

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in... see chart on page 111 Computer Science, page 51 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Electronic & Computer Engineering, for standard university requirements, page 61 plus GCSE Grade C or above Electronic Engineering, page 62 (or equivalent) in Mathematics 73 I was taught by staff who are really enthusiastic and get to know you. This made learning much more fun. This really helped me to fully understand the subject and decide what I wanted to do after my degree.

Jessica Hill, Politics & International Relations student International Relations

In studying International Relations (IR) you will and contemporary events with international examine relations between states, economies, signifi cance. These attributes are sought by ideas and societies. Students will become employers wanting well-informed academics acquainted with the major theories and debates and future practitioners in the global arena. in International Relations. All International There are also opportunities to do postgraduate Relations staff have PhDs, are well published Masters programmes in International Relations and have expertise in British, Irish, European, and Peace Studies as well as PhDs working Russian and US politics, international relations with staff on cutting-edge research. theory, international peace and security, NGOs Why study this subject at Hope? and democracy in Latin America, the EU, social • 58 per cent of the research of the democracy and peace and confl ict. Department is internationally recognised What you will study or internationally excellent by the Research The course includes topics such as: Excellence Framework with 70 per cent • Contemporary theories of of the impact of their research graded as International Relations internationally recognised • Historical patterns of world events • The opportunity to go on exciting local and • The globalisation of the world economy and international fi eld trips its implications • Students are able to attend workshops, • The development and infl uence of major round-table meetings, guest lectures and international organisations events run by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu • War and peace in the world today and how to Centre for War and Peace Studies in which promote peace and reconciliation. academics and students interact and debate world affairs. Career opportunities You will develop the skills vital to a range of important roles in think tanks, charities, international organisations and NGOs and have the capacity to think critically about past

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in... see chart on page 111 Law, page 75 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 LLB Law, page 76 for standard university requirements Politics, page 84 Politics & International Relations, page 85 74 The staff at Liverpool Hope were inspiring and encouraging and pointed me towards a career in Law. I recently qualified as a Solicitor and now have my dream job.

Michelle Ford, Psychology with Law graduate

Law

Law shapes our society and inﬂ uences every an asset in the legal, public policy and business aspect of our lives. To study Law is not only to sectors. Whilst studying Law, you will be study a challenging subject, but also to study the offered a range of placement opportunities and rules, principles and policies that underpin our internships with local law ﬁ rms, charities and society. Studying Law as one half of a Combined small businesses. Honours degree at Liverpool Hope will provide Why study this subject at Hope? a strong theoretical and philosophical grounding in the subject and the ability to engage in its • Our Law academics have strong professional experiential study and professional application, backgrounds – most have worked extensively particularly in relation to the ethical realm, civic in relevant legal practice roles such as demands and client care. court legal services, Solicitor, Barrister, and for the Crown Prosecution Service and What you will study the Judiciary. We also have a number of The courses and topics available to study include: experienced and research-active academics • Foundations in Legal Studies (the English available to support your studies and inquiry Legal System, Public Law, Legal Research • The External Examiner’s Report stated: ‘The and Methods, Human Rights, Legal Writing small nature of the cohort leads to a strong and Law Presentations) relationship between the lecturers and the • Law of Obligations (Contract Law and Tort Law) students. It is clear that the lecturers are very • Law of the European Union committed to helping their students achieve • Criminal Law the best possible outcomes.’ • An extended research project related to a law area. Please note that the Combined Honours Law programme is not a Qualifying Law Degree Career opportunities (QLD). However, Graduates may apply to the A liberal and humane legal education combined relevant professional bodies for partial exemption with a complementary subject such as from a law conversion course – the Graduate Business Management, Politics or International Diploma in Law (GDL) – if they wish to train as Relations will provide you with a valuable and solicitors or barristers. This is dependent on highly transferable skill-set considered to be course choice and cannot be guaranteed.

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UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Criminology, page 55 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 International Relations, page 74 for standard university requirements LLB Law, page 76 Politics, page 84 75 I loved my time on the Law course at Liverpool Hope. I particularly liked the small classes and the one-to-one support I received throughout my degree.

Kathryn McCormack, Law and Theology & Religious Studies graduate

LLB Law

Studying for a Single Honours degree Career opportunities (a Qualifying Law Degree) at Liverpool Hope As a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD), the LLB challenges students to consider fundamental meets the academic stage requirement for questions about how society is organised students wishing to qualify as solicitors or and regulated. Starting with a study of Plato’s barristers. LLB graduates can progress to the Republic and some ancient ideas on what Legal Practice Course (for intending solicitors) and a ‘Just’ Society consists of, you will learn Bar Professional Training Course (for intending and apply not only what current law is, but barristers). Furthermore, Law graduates are in also examine its development, what it ought demand in many other careers in the private, to be and how it interacts with principles public and third sectors, including commerce, of justice, ethics and current culture. The public policy, criminal justice and central and local legal professions and legal service provision government. Liverpool Hope graduates have gone generally are changing rapidly and this degree on to run successful businesses and to work at the will equip you to work in tomorrow’s legal heart of the European Union. environment or in a range of other sectors and career destinations. Why study this subject at Hope? • The degree provides a solid grounding in legal What you will study principles, while examining law in its wider In addition to the topics detailed on page 75, social context the courses and topics available also include: • There is an emphasis on the relationship • Criminal Justice Process between law, justice, society and ethics • Land Law • Equity and Trusts • Essential legal skills are woven throughout • The Philosophy of Law the course: learn to ‘think like a lawyer’ • Company and Commercial Law • Prepares you with the ﬂ exibility needed • The Law of Succession and Elder Law for success in the rapidly changing • The work of the Court of Protection legal workplace • Media Law and Medical Law • We have strong links with local courts and the • Family Law legal profession • Evidence and Procedural Law. • Opportunities to study abroad • A Qualifying Law Degree.

Find out more: UCAS Code: M100 You may also be interested in… Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Criminology, page 55 for standard university requirements International Relations, page 74 Law, page 75 Philosophy & Ethics, page 82 Politics, page 84 Social Policy, page 90 76 Marketing is an exciting course applicable to real business practices. The lecturers provide excellent support and ensure that each student is treated as an individual.

Sally Kah, Marketing graduate Marketing

Marketing is one of the most challenging, to succeed. Our graduates have successfully fast-moving and exciting disciplines in business secured marketing positions in leading public, globally. Studying a comprehensive view of the private and third sector organisations across marketing world prepares you for a career in many areas including the food and drinks organisations of any type and size. You will be industry, health, energy, manufacturing, provided with the key skills and knowledge that fi nancial services, technology, tourism and will enable you to understand the marketing retail. The Marketing team works closely with context, marketing research and the discipline’s the University’s Business Gateway to source central role to business success, while student placement opportunities, company allowing you to refl ect on the moral and ethical visits and other events which bring students implications of marketing behaviour. into contact with professional practitioners. What you will study Why study this subject at Hope? The courses and topics available to study include: • You will be taught by experts in marketing • Market Segmentation and Positioning and marketing research who have extensive • Developing Marketing Plans experience of working for and with a wide • Marketing Research range of businesses and organisations from • Marketing Communications the not-for-profi t, public, social enterprise and • Marketing via Social and Digital Media commercial sectors • International Marketing • Visiting professors and professionals • Marketing Ethics and Ethical Branding (leading industry guest speakers) enrich the • Buyer Behaviour and Customer Perceptions curriculum and provide greater business and • Developing and Managing Brands. industry exposure • In your fi nal year, you will complete a Career opportunities marketing research project either for a real Marketing graduates are highly employable and business or related to a product or service. valued in a variety of organisations. Employers recognise their diverse skills and knowledge of key areas that are critical for any business

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UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Business Management, page 48 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Media & Communication, page 79 for standard university requirements 77 The course covered a range of interesting topics and challenging assignments, plus, the staff were enthusiastic and always willing to help.

Niall Hand, Mathematics and Education graduate

Mathematics

Mathematics is a fascinating and exciting You will also have expertise in formulating and subject which underpins modern business, solving problems. You will be focused on the use commerce, engineering, science and of mathematics in solving real-world problems technology: it is as old as civilisation itself, that arise in industrial, commercial, physical, and yet it is still the only way to quantify, biological and educational contexts and, as a explain and organise the world around us. At highly numerate graduate, you will be in great Liverpool Hope, you will develop your passion demand from employers. and enthusiasm for mathematics and its Why study this subject at Hope? applications, and you will acquire a range of • The course takes an applied approach to mathematical skills and techniques enabling mathematical modelling and problem-solving you to handle problems involving complex data. • You will study in a Department which has What you will study state-of-the-art computer laboratories and The courses and topics available to study include: equipment including a High Performance • Mathematical Thinking Computing (HPC) machine, a 3D Printer, and • Mathematical Modelling specialist Mathematical software • Calculus, Probability Theory, Linear Algebra, • You will learn from enthusiastic researchers Differential Equations, and Mathematical Logic and teachers who are at the forefront of • Optimisation Methods, Statistics and mathematical enquiry with major grants to Operations Research explore topics such as ‘STEM Mathematics for • Scientiﬁ c Computing, Computational the Knowledge Economy’ and a Leverhulme Modelling and Simulation Trust grant to explore the area of Mathematical • Applying Mathematical Understanding to Biology and Membrane Computing Real-World Problems in Engineering, Biology, • The Department hosts the Centre for Education, Business and Finance. Applicable Mathematics and Systems Science (CAMSS) for research and Career opportunities knowledge transfer activities, as well as As a Liverpool Hope Mathematics graduate, you to promote the fundamental importance of will be highly competent in abstraction, analysis Mathematics to society and industry. of structure and logical thinking.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BA Single Honours 2G73. You may also be interested in… Combined Honours options see chart on Accounting, page 43 page 111 Computer Science, page 51 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Electronic & Computer Engineering, for standard university requirements, page 61 plus A2 (or equivalent) in Mathematics, Electronic Engineering, page 62 or an appropriate Access award Information Technology, page 73 78 I love this course because it allows me to be creative.

Brianna Harvey, Media & Communication graduate

Media & Communication

Media & Communication at Liverpool Hope Career opportunities provides the knowledge and understanding, as Your employability after graduation is an well as the skills and opportunities, needed to important priority for us. This is one of the succeed in a range of media-focused careers. reasons why the Department of Media & The programme is geared towards students Communication has built strategic partnerships who wish to enter one of the ever-developing with industry and community partners including spheres of creative media industries, including BBC Radio Merseyside, and has placed news and fi lm production, or who seek to excel employability skills on the core curriculum. within academic, educational or research fi elds. Our recent graduates include a sports The programme is taught by academics whose correspondent and editor at ITN. Others work expertise includes journalism, media industry as radio broadcasters, advertising executives innovation, media theory and practice, visual and independent fi lmmakers. In addition, communication theory and practice, fi lm graduates are carving out reputations in history, radio production, creative writing academia where they are carrying out cutting- and marketing. edge international research on media. What will you study? Why study this subject at Hope? The courses and topics available to study include: • Your tutors are recognised for the excellence • Filmmaking, Cinematic Theory and History of their research and professional practice • Photography and Animation • You will enjoy masterclasses and other rich • Print and Radio Journalism learning experiences with leading radio and • Global Media Industries newspaper journalists and creative • Media Power and Ethics practitioners; these have included the • Public Relations and Marketing screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce and • Employability Skills. Roger Phillips of the BBC • There is a range of extra-curricular activities available, such as presenting or producing your own programme on the University’s fully licensed THIS Radio station.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BA Single Honours P300, You may also be interested in… Combined Honours options see chart on Creative Writing, page 54 page 111 English Language, page 63 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Film & Visual Culture, page 67 for standard university requirements Marketing, page 77 Politics & International Relations, page 85 79 While studying music at Liverpool Hope, you are given an amazing array of opportunities to work with visiting professional musicians.

Hannah Payne, Music graduate

Music

Liverpool boasts a vibrant and varied musical number of our students are choosing to continue life, from the legacy of The Beatles to the their studies at Masters level and many also Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The enter the teaching profession. However, Music Department, located at the University’s our Music degree also develops a range of beautiful Creative Campus in the city centre, transferable skills, so that in recent years, with its own performance theatre, uses this several of our graduates have moved into the location to provide you with a solid foundation commercial and management sectors. to advance your music career. All music students are introduced to a broad range of Why study this subject at Hope? different musical traditions and genres, drawn • The Music Department is an All-Steinway from both classical and popular repertoires, and School; one of only six higher education get the opportunity to develop their creative institutions in the UK skills in composition and performance. • We have major partnerships with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Indian Arts What you will study Development Trust Milapfest, the European The courses and topics available to study include: Opera Centre, and Liverpool’s two cathedrals • Classical Music Studies • All students are given opportunities to have • Popular Music Studies their compositions played by members of the • Performance (Solo and Group/Ensemble) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and • Composition musicians from our partner organisations host • Electroacoustic Composition workshops and lectures • Songwriting • Music at Hope has consistently scored highly • Orchestration and Arrangement • Topics in Musicology. in the National Student Survey • Ranked 2nd in the North-West, 99 per cent Career opportunities of the research activity of this discipline is You will graduate with a broad musical world-leading or of international quality in the education, having had the opportunity to Research Excellence Framework. specialise in particular areas. An increasing

UCAS Code: BA Single Honours W300, considered. The ability to read music is Combined Honours options see chart on required and applicants should be of at Find out more: page 111 least ABRSM Grade V Theory standard. Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Applicants for the Single Honours Music for standard university requirements, degree will usually be required to attend plus normally A2 Level (or equivalent) in an audition and interview a Music-related subject (not including You may also be interested in... Music Technology). Applicants with Creative & Performing Arts, page 53 practical music qualiﬁ cations will be Drama & Theatre Studies/Drama, page 58 80 Attending Liverpool Hope University was most deﬁ nitely the best choice for me… I am now very happy to employ my skills at Northern Ireland’s largest food company.

Jayne Whyte, Nutrition and Psychology graduate

Nutrition

This course is ideal for those who would like to Career opportunities become a professional nutritionist or progress Nutritionists work in a wide range of careers; to further studies in the areas of human examples include working for the government, nutrition, dietetics, public health or food science. in the food and catering industry, in the NHS, Nutritionists are employed in a range of roles for charities involved in health, in the fi eld of within primary care organisations and public weight management, self-employed positions health directorates, in clinical nutrition settings, the (e.g. in a nutrition consultation capacity food industry, academia, research and lecturing, giving nutritional guidance to individuals and teaching, sports and exercise, development and companies), public health roles, internationally international public health nutrition, as well as the in developing countries, sports, research and private sector. With this in mind, the Nutrition academia and in many other areas. course at Liverpool Hope has been designed to develop the essential knowledge, understanding Why study this subject at Hope? and skills that a nutritionist requires. • Our staff are actively engaged in research, and are consultants advising on a range What you will study of public health and food science projects The courses and topics available to study include: across the country • Nutrient Composition of Foods • Tutors on this course have experience in • Food Safety and Hygiene a wide range of positions at local, national • Theoretical and Practical Aspects of and international levels together with the Dietary Modifi cations experience of teaching and researching • Assessment of Nutritional Status in other UK universities. Three tutors • Nutrition Defi ciencies and Toxicities on this course are experienced fully • Sports Nutrition registered nutritionists • Obesity and Weight Management. • Our Nutrition students and graduates Single Honours students will also study a have been a key part of local and regional biomedical core covering areas such as human community health initiatives. physiology, metabolism and genetic differences and health.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BSc Single Honours B400, You may also be interested in… Combined Honours options see chart on Biological Sciences, page 46 page 111 Biology, page 47 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Health & Well-being, page 70 for standard university requirements, Human Biology, page 72 including A Level Grade C or above in a relevant science subject as well as GCSE Mathematics 81 The philosophy courses are all challenging to study and call into question opinions and previous conceptions of life and truth.

Helen Holmes, Philosophy & Ethics and Theology & Religious Studies graduate

Philosophy & Ethics

This subject explores the big questions of life You will be competent in textual analysis and morality: on what basis do we judge things and report writing and have high-level oral good or evil? Do we need to believe in God for communication skills. This prepares you for a life to have meaning – or have the arguments for range of careers including law, media, public the existence of God broken down? What does it administration, social and community work. mean to be human? Do we have free will, or is our Many graduates enter the teaching profession life completely determined? Philosophy & Ethics and you will also be well positioned to pursue challenges you to examine your assumptions, postgraduate studies in Philosophy and related opinions and worldview. Through close attention humanities subjects. A degree in Philosophy & to the primary texts of philosophers such as Ethics is excellent preparation for teaching the Plato, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant and subject at A Level if you choose to go on to Nietzsche, you will learn to analyse and evaluate study a PGCE. arguments, and to compose and communicate Why study this subject at Hope? your own ideas in a reasoned way. • There is a distinctive focus on Ethics and the What you will study Philosophy of Religion, which are increasingly The courses and topics available to study include: important debates in contemporary society • Ethical Theories • Our philosophy academics are dedicated • Free Will and Determinism, Epistemology researchers at the leading edge of their fi eld, and Existentialism producing high-quality scholarly books and articles • Philosophy of Religion • Liverpool Hope is the base for the • Political Philosophy Association for Continental Philosophy of • Applied Ethics Religion, an internationally respected network • The Limits of Personhood: Human, which promotes seminars, conferences and Animal, Machine publications in the fi eld • God After the Death of God. • The University hosts the Liverpool Hope Ethics series of publications, in which there are now Career opportunities some ten volumes in print exploring ethics in As a Philosophy graduate, you will have relation to areas such as fi lm and literature. developed excellent skills in critical thinking, which are highly prized by employers.

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Christian Theology, page 50 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Criminology, page 55 for standard university requirements Law, page 75 Philosophy, Ethics & Religion, page 83 Politics, page 84 82 I really enjoyed the opportunity to expand my knowledge of different cultures and religions, as well as the different philosophical approaches used in different cultures.

Paul Whittle, Philosophy, Ethics & Religion graduate

Philosophy, Ethics & Religion

Philosophical and religious traditions shape our Career opportunities understanding of the world, ourselves and our This degree will make you appealing to relations with others in important ways. The many employers because of the important degree in Philosophy, Ethics & Religion offers transferable skills you will gain. Specifi cally, the you the opportunity to identify and explore the ability to analyse, think critically and approach connections, similarities and differences in the problems in a logical and creative way. A range fi elds of philosophy, ethics and world religions, of career development paths will be open to as these seek to address fundamental questions you in areas such as education, business, about life and the human condition. It will enable social work, law, community work, media, you to approach key issues raised by philosophy journalism, the Civil Service and chaplaincy. and ethics, such as the basis of a meaningful Why study this subject at Hope? life, the value of democracy, the existence and nature of God, and the concept of personhood. • There is a focus on Ethics and the Philosophy You will also study Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, of Religion, which are increasingly important Sikhism, Hinduism and Christianity. debates in contemporary society • In addition to gaining familiarity with the What you will study standard Anglo-American approach to The courses and topics available to study include: philosophical problems, you will also • Ethics, Epistemology, Free Will and be introduced to important, alternative Determinism, Existentialism perspectives offered by feminist, • Philosophy of Religion postmodern, posthumanist, Muslim and • Political Philosophy Buddhist scholars • Philosophical and Religious Aesthetics • Our Philosophy academics are dedicated • World Religions researchers at the leading edge of their fi eld, • The Limits of Personhood: Human, producing high-quality scholarly books Animal, Machine and articles • God After the Death of God: Self, Other and • The University hosts the Liverpool Hope the Divine Ethics series of publications, in which there are • The Soul and the Absolute. now some ten volumes in print exploring ethics in relation to areas such as fi lm and literature.

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UCAS Code: BA Single Honours V620 You may also be interested in... Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Christian Theology, page 50 for standard university requirements Philosophy & Ethics, page 82 Theology, page 97 World Religions, page 101 83 Studying Politics enabled me to grasp a fundamental understanding of how local and national policies and practices have an impact on an international stage.

Adam Waddingham, History and Politics graduate

Politics

Politics is at the heart of how society is Career opportunities organised and shapes the lives of each and Having studied Politics as a combined subject, every citizen. You will explore Britain’s role in you will be in a position to shape your own shaping global politics since the Empire, its place areas of study and expertise. You will possess in Europe and its relationship with America and the academic knowledge and analytical skills the emerging super-powers. All Politics staff you need to compete in the contemporary have PhDs and are well published. Teaching jobs market and will be equipped with a critical and research specialisms include: British, Irish, understanding of the key elements in politics. European, Russian and US politics, international Careers include the media, local and national relations theory, international peace and government opportunities, international security; the media, NGOs and democracy in organisations and policy work. Latin America, the EU, social democracy and peace and conﬂ ict resolution. Why study this subject at Hope? • 58 per cent of the research of the What you will study Department is internationally recognised The topics available to study include: or internationally excellent by the Research • Political Institutions Excellence Framework with 70 per cent • British Politics of the impact of their research graded as • Concept of Democracy internationally recognised • International Relations • You will go on exciting local and international • Political Developments since the Empire and ﬁ eld trips the Second World War • Students are able to attend workshops, • American Politics round-table meetings, guest lectures and • European Union events run by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu • Britain’s Role in the World. Centre for War and Peace Studies in which academics and students interact and debate world affairs.

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in... see chart on page 111 Criminology, page 55 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 History, page 71 for standard university requirements International Relations, page 74 Law, page 75 Politics & International Relations, page 85 84 Studying Politics & International Relations at Hope is very interesting and enjoyable. It’s why I look forward to coming into University each week.

Shawn Smyth, Politics & International Relations student

Politics & International Relations

From wars, trade, climate change and Ebola Career opportunities to globalisation, peace and confl ict, British The skills you gain will be useful for roles in foreign relations and the role of the European government, industry and the non-governmental Union and the United Nations, our lives and organisation (NGO) sector in Britain, the EU our societies have never been so dependent and further afi eld. Many students also progress on what is happening in the UK and around the on to postgraduate Masters programmes in world. You will have a chance to debate and International Relations and Peace Studies as become knowledgeable about these issues. well as Research degrees. All academic staff have PhDs and are well Why study this subject at Hope? published. Teaching and research specialisms include British, Irish, European, Russian and US • You will be taught by experienced and politics, international relations theory, NGOs enthusiastic teachers well rated in the and democracy in Latin America, the EU, social National Student Satisfaction Survey democracy and peace and confl ict. • Students are guided by research-active political scientists and International What you will study Relations specialists The courses and topics discussed include: • There are opportunities to go on exciting • British Politics and the UK’s Role in the World local and international fi eld trips • Concept of Democracy • You are able to witness international relations • International Relations research in action, as academics and • Globalisation of the World Economy students interact in the Archbishop Desmond • Peace and Reconciliation. Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies.

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UCAS Code: BA Single Honours L201 You may also be interested in… Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 International Relations, page 74 for standard university requirements Law, page 75 LLB Law, page 76 Politics, page 84 85 86 This is an exciting and innovative course. It provides great ideas and resources which you can take to the classroom as a trainee teacher.

Gemma Turner, Primary Teaching with Modern Foreign Languages student Primary Teaching with Modern Foreign Languages

With advances in communication, exposure to • The role of language in society different languages is all around us. Taking an • How languages are learnt and how they can applied linguistic approach, we look at current be taught to primary pupils. themes relating to the importance and relevance Career opportunities of language to everyday life and practical Graduates progress into primary teaching application in the primary school setting. A key and can offer to teach a modern foreign feature of this course is the opportunity for a language in this setting. Graduates also short stay abroad with classroom experience. have a good understanding of policy and You will also have the opportunity to research practice in languages and are also able to primary languages provision in your placement lead in languages. All graduates are able school. Following successful completion of the communicators and have many transferable programme, our graduates are recommended skills relating to language and intercultural for Qualifi ed Teacher Status. understanding, which are of great value to What you will study employers both in the fi eld of education and The courses and topics available to study include: beyond. Experience of a short stay abroad also • How you learned your mother tongue and the enhances employment possibilities. many theories of language learning Why study this subject at Hope? • You will have the opportunity to update or • You will have the opportunity to go on a short acquire skills in French, Spanish and stay with primary experience in Liverpool German during your study, building on your Hope’s partnership schools abroad existing knowledge • The focus throughout is on developing • Improving your own fl uency – classroom language skills for the primary setting, in a examples are explored in French, Spanish highly interactive way and German • The course will leave you well placed to take on a leadership role to develop primary languages in a school setting.

UCAS Code: Specialist Subject Code X1R9 You may also be interested in... Entry Requirements: As per Primary Childhood & Youth, page 49 Find out more: Teaching with Qualifi ed Teacher Status Early Childhood, page 59 (QTS) Entry Requirements see page Education, page 60 88, plus a minimum of a good GCSE Primary Teaching with Qualifi ed Teacher (or equivalent) or higher (AS/A Level) Status (QTS), page 88 in a modern foreign language and/or Special Educational Needs, page 93 experience of a language through other means 87 The course is very sociable with everyone working together, which made me feel confi dent when completing tasks.

Grace Hodgson, Primary Teaching (QTS) with English Language graduate Primary Teaching with Qualiﬁ ed Teacher Status (QTS)

This four year degree equips you with the depth for Qualifi ed Teacher Status. Students become of knowledge, skills and understanding required teachers in a variety of school settings, both to become an outstanding teacher. You will be those within our local partnerships and beyond, given opportunities to gain real experience in working with a range of age groups within the our partner schools. The course allows you to primary phase. A number of newly qualifi ed combine your teacher training with the study of teachers continue on to postgraduate study at a specifi c subject, from Mathematics to Modern Liverpool Hope to develop their career. Foreign Languages, giving you specialist Why study this subject at Hope? knowledge that will enhance your career. • Liverpool Hope’s Faculty of Education has What you will study excellent partnerships with more than The courses and topics available to study include: 140 local primary schools • All National Curriculum Subject Areas • There are opportunities to travel to North • Professional Studies America and Europe as part of our Student • Curriculum and Pedagogy Teacher Exchange Programme • The History, Sociology, Psychology and • The faculty is based in the custom-designed Philosophy of Education EDEN Building, which offers the latest in • Contemporary Issues in Education teaching technologies • Local and Global Community • An integral part of the course is the Engagement Opportunities. placements in primary schools where you will get fi rst-hand experience of teaching. Career opportunities Following successful completion of the programme, our graduates are recommended

UCAS Code: Specialist Subject options Disclosure and Barring Service. It is also a see page 111 government requirement that successful Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 applicants pass the Professional Skills for standard university requirements, Tests in Numeracy and Literacy before plus GCSE Grade C or above (or the start of the course Find out more: equivalent) in English, Mathematics You may also be interested in... and Science (Dual Award). Applicants Childhood & Youth, page 49 must have undertaken recent school Early Childhood, page 59 experience in a primary school. Offers Education, page 60 will be subject to a successful interview, Primary Teaching with Modern Foreign as well as a Health Check Statement Languages, page 87 and an Enhanced Disclosure from the Special Educational Needs, page 93 88 I’ve really enjoyed the Psychology of Peace and Conﬂ ict course. It has given me an understanding of how to try to prevent conﬂ ict and to an extent, predict it.

Jordan Smith, Psychology graduate

Psychology

Psychology is the exciting scientiﬁ c study a professional career in Psychology, which of the mind and behaviour. Psychologists can include clinical, educational, forensic, investigate how people perceive the world, counselling, health and occupational psychology structure their thinking, solve problems, as well as health and social care, marketing and interact with other people and much more. education. Since the course is accredited by Psychology has a major impact on society in the British Psychological Society (as a Single many aspects of public life, including health, Honours course and as a Combined Honours education, occupation, economy and justice. course), your degree will confer eligibility for Studying Psychology also develops a number Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of transferable skills that are highly valued by (GBC) of the Society; so you can apply for employers in many industries. training as a professional psychologist. What you will study Why study this subject at Hope? The courses and topics available to study include: • Our Psychology courses are accredited by • Cognitive and Biological Psychology the British Psychological Society • Developmental Psychology • The Psychology Department performs • Social Psychology excellent research in Cognitive Psychology, • Personality and Individual Differences Biological Psychology, Health Psychology • Cognitive Neuroscience and Political Psychology • Clinical and Health Psychology • The Department has excellent new research • Psychopathology facilities including a colour vision lab, an EEG • Psychology of Peace and Conﬂ ict lab, an eye-movement lab, a neuro-imaging • Forensic Psychology lab (fNIRS), an observation lab and a lab • Psychology and Education for behavioural experiments in cognition • Research Methods in Psychology. and perception • 86 per cent of the Psychology Department’s Career opportunities research activity is internationally excellent A degree in Psychology from Liverpool Hope or internationally recognised in the Research prepares you to take the next step towards Excellence Framework.

Find out more: UCAS Code: BSc Single Honours C800, (or equivalent) Combined Honours options see chart on You may also be interested in... page 111 Criminology, page 55 Entry Requirements: See pages Human Biology, page 72 104-106 for standard university Sociology, page 92 requirements, plus applicants must have Sport Psychology, page 96 GCSE Mathematics Grade C or above 89 The course gives you a lot of stepping stones to go into whatever career you want to.

Adam Appleyard, Social Policy student

Social Policy

Social Policy draws on politics, sociology, Policy degree provides. Many students choose economics and history to offer an in-depth to progress on to professional practice at study of the ways in which societies meet the Masters level in areas such as social work or health, educational and welfare needs of their youth and community work (both of which are citizens. Social Policy students also study available within the Department). poverty, inequality and the needs of some of Why study this subject at Hope? the most vulnerable people in society – making • Working partnerships across the city a degree in Social Policy ideal training for those including the Liverpool Personal Services who wish to go on to work in the health, Society (PSS), an innovative and dynamic welfare and social work fi elds. charity that has found pioneering new ways to What you will study support people within their community The courses and topics available to study include: • The Department is ranked 12th in the UK • British Social Policy and Welfare for their research outputs at 3*/4* by the • Social Division of Welfare Research Excellence Framework, • Research Methods and Applied with 73.7 per cent of research outputs rated Social Research as internationally excellent or world-leading • Comparative Welfare • The Department is at the forefront of • Social Policy Theory. research into dementia care and is investigating the links between dementia Career opportunities and obesity A degree in Social Policy allows you to move • The course involves fi eld trips (for example into research and practice within the social, to Wales or Scotland) to look at different political and health fi elds. Private, voluntary and ways in which health, welfare and services local government sectors employ people with are provided in different parts of Britain. research and evaluation skills that a Social

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Childhood & Youth, page 49 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Criminology, page 55 for standard university requirements Health & Well-being, page 70 Social Work, page 91 Sociology, page 92 90 Liverpool Hope provides a well-rounded look into social work... Every student is valued as an ‘expert in their experience’, with a chance to voice their opinions.

Robert Wardale, Social Work graduate

Social Work

Liverpool Hope’s highly successful Social health. You will also be suitably qualiﬁ ed for Work programme is nationally recognised a range of jobs working with social care and and validated, and leads to registration as a social service user groups, such as people professional social worker. As part of your with learning disabilities, people with drug accreditation, in addition to attending lectures and alcohol addictions, people with dementia, and seminars, you will also undertake young offenders and a range of community- 170 days of placement practice working in based projects. the community. Why study this subject at Hope? What you will study • You will have the exciting opportunity to The courses and topics available to study include: undertake student placements overseas. • Social Policy Our partners include institutions in the • Sociology and Psychology United States, Cyprus and India • Social Work Theory and Methods • The Department has a close working • Legal Aspects of Social Work relationship with Liverpool Personal Services • Professional Practice Society (PSS) • Inter-Professional Working • The Department is involved with the • Research and Theoretical Debate. Social Work Action Network and participation in their annual conference is included in Career opportunities your degree Graduates are able to apply to the Health and • The department is ranked 12th in the UK Care Professions Council (HCPC) to register for their research outputs at 3*/4* by the as professional social workers and have Research Excellence Framework, with access to all jobs that require a professional 73.7 per cent of research outputs rated as qualiﬁ cation, working, for example, in child internationally excellent or world-leading. protection, adult social care and mental

UCAS Code: BA Single Honours L500 Statement and an Enhanced Disclosure Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 from the Disclosure and Barring Service for standard university requirements, You may also be interested in… Find out more: plus GCSE Grade C or above (or Childhood & Youth, page 49 equivalent) in English and Mathematics. Criminology, page 55 Offers will be subject to a successful Social Policy, page 90 interview. Applicants should be aware Sociology, page 92 that this professional qualiﬁ cation is Special Educational Needs, page 93 greatly over-subscribed. Offers will be Health & Well-being, page 70 subject to a satisfactory Health Check 91 Focusing on the latest cutting-edge developments in research alongside real-world study skills prepares our students for the world of work and postgraduate study.

Dr Michael Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Sociology

Sociology is the study of how society is and analyse data in a variety of forms organised, how this infl uences the attitudes and to express themselves clearly. Many and behaviour of individuals and the impact employers fi nd these skills essential and they this has on social relationships both within and recognise the value in employees having had a between societies. Accordingly, Sociology sociological education. Sociology graduates, is now commonly regarded as an essential therefore, have been able to enter a wide discipline for understanding contemporary range of employment opportunities including society. Sociology at Hope will help you to management, marketing and advertising, social think critically and constructively about the work, law, teaching, counselling, the police and key questions relating to modern society. The the armed forces. course will help you to examine ‘common- Why study this subject at Hope? sense’ assumptions about the world by • Sociology tutors have long-established exploring the issues that confront society reputations as writers of major texts in nationally and globally and studying the the fi eld (e.g. Sociology: Making Sense of theories and methods that help to explain and Society. 5th edition, Pearson) understand these issues. • In your fi nal year, you will undertake an What you will study independent piece of research under the The courses and topics available to study include: supervision of a research-active tutor • An Introduction to the Key Concepts, Ideas • You will have the chance to study a cutting- and Issues in Sociology edge programme that focuses on some of the • Sociological Theory key issues facing 21st Century society • Social Research and Evaluation • Academic expertise includes: sociological • Contemporary Issues in the 21st Century theory, political sociology, social movements, • Social Inequality and Diversity. and the relationship between policy and research. Career opportunities Sociology equips students with the ability to refl ect critically on issues, to research

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in... see chart on page 111 Childhood & Youth, page 49 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Criminology, page 55 for standard university requirements, Health & Well-being, page 70 plus GCSE Grade C or above (or Psychology, page 89 equivalent) in Mathematics Social Policy, page 90 92 The passion and commitment of the SEN and Disability studies team is admirable and testimony to the personal and academic achievements I have made during my undergraduate studies.

Louise Stratford, Special Educational Needs graduate Special Educational Needs

The course in Special Educational Needs Career opportunities provides an outstanding curriculum that includes Many students choose to progress to a insights from sociology, history, psychology and PGCE course at Liverpool Hope to train as philosophy to inform understandings of special a teacher or in social work or continue their educational needs, disability and inclusion studies at Masters level at the University. within educational settings. The course offers The course can also inform work in social a rigorous and critical approach to the study work or as a Special Educational Needs of special education and is underpinned Co-ordinator (SENCO), an Inclusion Support by a clear commitment to promoting social Co-ordinator, Behaviour Support Worker or justice. The course will enable you to develop Learning Mentor. In addition, this course offers your capacity to understand and develop opportunities for employment in areas such as research and practice in this area of education. disability inclusion and as a Disability Support Throughout the three years of study, you will Worker. Study in Special Educational Needs critically examine the historical, socio-political is also highly relevant to those who wish to and contemporary understandings that have develop as a leader in community or charitable led to the current system of Special Educational organisations. Needs and Inclusion both in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Why study this subject at Hope? • You will have the opportunity to examine What you will study inclusive approaches to learning The courses and topics available to study include: • Opportunities to contribute to the • Contemporary Issues in Special Needs University’s Centre for Culture and Disability Education, Disability and Inclusion Studies (CCDS) in developing and extending • Participation and Inclusion in Schools an awareness of disability through all aspects • Inclusive Approaches to Learning of the curriculum and Teaching • Opportunity to engage with the effects of • The History, Sociology, Psychology and Special Needs Education on policy and Philosophy of Special Education practice in the UK • Disability and Cultural Representation • Inclusive Research and Practice. • Future opportunities to act as an advocate for learners and their families.

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in... see chart on page 111 Childhood & Youth, page 49 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Early Childhood, page 59 for standard university requirements Education, page 60 Primary Teaching with Qualiﬁ ed Teacher Status, page 88 93 The lectures and tutors were excellent. In my experience nothing was ever too much trouble to ask and constructive feedback was given regularly. I’m very glad I decided to study at Liverpool Hope.

Sophie Hampson, Sports Studies graduate Sport & Exercise Science

Sport & Exercise Science is underpinned by initiatives to improve the health and well-being the core disciplines of physiology, psychology of local populations. Our degree also provides and biomechanics and encompasses an excellent foundation for postgraduate everything from elite sports performance to study or, because of their excellent teamwork, health and clinical populations. At Liverpool numeracy and information handling skills, our Hope University we take an applied and graduates also often enter careers in Business interdisciplinary approach to the study of Sport and Management. & Exercise Science and you will benefi t from a Why study this subject at Hope curriculum that emphasises practical work in • Due for completion in January 2016, you can the laboratory and in the fi eld, using cutting- look forward to a multi-million pound, state-of- edge equipment. the-art facility for Sport & Exercise Science, What you will study incorporating a running track, dedicated The courses and topics available to study include: research space, new teaching laboratories • Human Movement and Skill Acquisition and adjacent classrooms • Human Musculo-skeletal Function, the • You will learn to conduct complete Biomechanics of Human Movement, Motor physiological, psychological and biomechanical Control, and the Regulation of Human profi les using breath-by-breath expired gas Physiology During Exercise analysis, blood and body composition analysis, • Optimising Sports Performance eye-tracking, electromyography and human • Specialist Techniques in Exercise and movement analysis Psychological Skills Training, Performance • This discipline is rated second in the Analysis, Sports Nutrition. North-West and 21st in the UK for their research intensity by the Research Career opportunities Excellence Framework. Our graduates go on to work as sports scientists within elite and professional sport, work with clinical populations within the NHS or remain within the community working on local

Find out more: UCAS Code: BSc Single Honours C604 You may also be interested in… Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Biological Sciences, page 46 for standard university requirements, plus Human Biology, page 72 A/A2 Level Grade C or above in Sport, PE Nutrition, page 81 or Biology (or equivalent), as well as GCSE Sport & Physical Education, page 95 Mathematics at Grade C or above Sport Psychology, page 96 94 You learn to stand on your own two feet at Liverpool Hope. You learn discipline and confidence and become a more rounded person. My three years at Hope stood me in good stead for the future.

Jenny Meadows, Sport Studies and English Graduate and Great Britain athlete Sport & Physical Education

Sport & Physical Education at Liverpool You will also be equipped with the skills Hope University provides a high level of for a career as a personal trainer or health practical and academic skills suited to a specialist, as well as working with elite teams range of sports-related careers, including and undertaking further training to become an teaching and coaching. You will focus on the exercise psychologist. Graduates have also main disciplines of sport physiology, sport chosen to study at Masters and Doctoral level, psychology, sport management and sport including postgraduate teaching qualifi cations coaching. You will have access to specialist and have become sports teachers or subject sports science laboratories, including a well- leaders in schools. equipped exercise physiology laboratory. You Why study this subject at Hope? will gain a good understanding of the human • This discipline is rated second in the body and will test physiology and fi tness North-West and 21st in the UK for their using a range of modern ergometers, cycle research intensity by the Research ergometers, rowers and treadmills. Excellence Framework What you will study • The teaching team has research links with The courses and topics available to study include: several elite-level teams from the worlds of • Sport Psychology football, rugby, cycling, rowing and swimming • Coaching Science • You will have access to well-equipped • Sport Management science and sport laboratories • Human Physiology • You will have the opportunity to take part in • Sport History. fi eld trips to our Outdoor Educational Centre in Wales Career opportunities • The degree has been designed with the input Our Sport & Physical Education graduates of employers to give graduates the best have entered careers in sport marketing, employability prospects. management, media and sport development.

Find out more: UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in... see chart on page 111 Human Biology, page 72 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Sport & Exercise Science, page 94 for standard university requirements, Sport Psychology, page 96 plus A/A2 Level in Sport, PE, Biology (or equivalent) and GCSE Grade C or above (or equivalent) in Mathematics 95 Studying Sport Psychology has been an amazing experience. I feel I’m well prepared to progress within the ﬁ eld at a professional level.

Amy Stewart, Sport Psychology graduate

Sport Psychology

Sport Psychology is the scientifi c study of mind Society, your degree will confer eligibility for and behaviour in the particular context of sport Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership and physical activity, whether this is at an elite, (GBC) of the Society, allowing you to apply youth or recreational level. Sport Psychologists for training as a professional psychologist in investigate the learning and performance of any area of psychology. The degree provides motor skills, the facilitation and optimisation an excellent foundation for employment in of sport performance and the impact of lifestyle consultancy, occupational psychology, personality and motivation on performance. health psychology, counselling, sport coaching You will consider social variables affecting and teaching, although some roles require behaviour and performance in sports, and further training. the infl uence of sport on the development of Why study this subject at Hope? personality, social relationships and behaviour. • Our Sport Psychology course is accredited by What you will study the British Psychological Society. Successful The courses and topics available to study include: completion of the course will give you access • Cognitive, Biological, Developmental and to postgraduate training courses for becoming Social Psychology a professional psychologist in any area of • Personality and Individual Differences Psychology, not just Sport Psychology • Physiological Basis of Performance • The programme prepares students for further • Psychology of Sport and Exercise study, development and training to fulfi l the • Contemporary and Applied Sport Psychology requirements for the BASES accreditation to • Social Issues in Sport Psychology become a recognised sport scientist • Teaching and Coaching. • You will benefi t from excellent research facilities in the Psychology Department and Career opportunities well-established overseas links in Psychology A Sport Psychology degree equips you • Sport Psychology students regularly with the necessary tools and knowledge to participate in the Erasmus exchange visits at pursue a career in the fi eld. Since the course institutions in other European countries. is accredited by the British Psychological

Find out more: UCAS Code: BSc Single Honours C891 You may also be interested in… Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Psychology, page 89 for standard university requirements, Sociology, page 92 A/A2 Level in a Science-based subject Sport & Exercise Science, page 94 (Psychology, Physical Education, Biology Sport & Physical Education, page 95 etc.) plus GCSE Grade C or above (or equivalent) in Mathematics 96 Theology brings together everything from history and culture to language and interpretation. While the study of Theology sounds very specific, we are in fact learning about humanity’s past, present and future.

Daryn Hayes, Theology student Theology

How have men and women across the to debate with conﬁ dence and respect about centuries understood who is Jesus Christ? matters that often divide people. All of this How have they interpreted the Bible? Can will stand you in good stead as you apply for ideas about Christianity have credibility and professions that require people to demonstrate meaning in today’s world? These are the kind the kind of thinking and communication skills of questions that lie at the heart of this degree. that are key to this subject, such as journalism, You will investigate 2,000 years of theological law, education, church and chaplaincy work and thought and will also study the text of the Bible charity work. The study of Theology will also in at least one of its original languages. By provide you with the comprehensive education the time you graduate, you will be competent required to prepare you for postgraduate study. in reading the New Testament in Greek, and Why study this subject at Hope? will have the option of building a foundational • All teaching is undertaken by Doctoral knowledge of biblical Hebrew to enrich your qualiﬁ ed staff who are published and study of the Old Testament. active researchers What you will study • 100 per cent of this Unit’s impact is at The courses and topics available to study include: internationally recognised level in the Research • Biblical Studies Excellence Framework. 79.7 per cent of this • Christian Doctrine and Systematic Theology Unit’s research outputs were rated as at least • Christian Spirituality internationally recognised with 9 per cent of the • Church History research activity world-leading • Christian Mission in a Global Context. • Our library provision in Theology and Religion includes a collection of over 100,000 volumes Career opportunities • You will have the opportunity to learn biblical As you study Theology you will develop your Greek and core skills in biblical Hebrew skills in analysing ideas and texts. You will without any prior language study. learn how to write about complex issues, and

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UCAS Code: BA Single Honours V611 You may also be interested in... Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Christian Theology, page 50 for standard university requirements Philosophy, Ethics & Religion, page 83 Theology & Religious Studies, page 98 World Religions, page 101 97 My course made me more aware of real-world issues and different cultures, as well as improving my skills in writing and speaking.

Alanna Cawston, Theology & Religious Studies with Philosophy & Ethics graduate

Theology & Religious Studies

This degree gives you the opportunity to study Career opportunities Christian theology whilst at the same time Studying this degree will give you a detailed exploring the other major religious traditions of understanding of all the religions that you need the world. You will investigate the rich history to be familiar with in order to teach Religion at and diversity that human religious experience school right through to A Level (with further has taken, and you will look in detail at the teacher training, such as a PGCE). It also gives ways in which the lives of billions of people you essential insights into what people believe across the world are shaped and affected by and how that affects the way they understand questions of religious faith. the world and society. This is particularly useful for any community-based work in today’s What you will study multi-faith Britain, such as journalism, charity The courses and topics available to study include: work, church work and healthcare. • World Christianity • The Origins and Development of the Why study this subject at Hope? Christian Church • All teaching is undertaken by Doctoral • Theology in the Later Middle Ages qualiﬁ ed staff who are published and and Reformation active researchers • Christianity Since 1900 • We have an international teaching staff who • Approaches to the Study of Religion will help you to ﬁ nd new ways of looking at • Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism the world and its people and Sikhism • Our library provision in Theology and • Contemporary Religious Ethics. Religion includes a collection of over 100,000 volumes.

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UCAS Code: BA Single Honours 8D12 You may also be interested in… Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Christian Theology, page 50 for standard university requirements Philosophy, Ethics & Religion, page 83 Theology, page 97 World Religions, page 101 98 I have thoroughly enjoyed studying Tourism at Liverpool Hope University and in particular the fieldwork trips, which I have found to be extremely beneficial and relevant to the course.

Laura Healey, Geography and Tourism graduate Tourism

Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries, Career opportunities accounting for eight per cent of global The expansion of the tourism industry means there employment, and has a signifi cant infl uence on will continue to be a need for trained graduates in the global economy. You will study tourism this fi eld. Graduates in Tourism are well suited to a from a range of perspectives to help you to wide variety of careers within the industry understand why it is so important, what the including tourism marketing, arts, heritage and impacts of tourism are, how tourism is attractions management, tour operations and developed, the new and emerging forms of tourism product development. You will also have tourism, how the tourism industry works, and the skills for a career in public sector tourism, how it can be effectively managed. By studying urban regeneration and the management of Tourism at Liverpool Hope, you will be resorts, destinations, transportation or hotels. equipped with the skills for a future career in Why study this subject at Hope? this dynamic and exciting industry. • Fieldwork is a core element of the curriculum. What you will study This includes regular visits to attractions in The courses and topics you will study include: Liverpool and the wider North-West region • Impacts of Tourism: Social, Economic and and residential fi eldwork in areas such as Environmental Impacts Snowdonia National Park and Malta • Worldwide Destinations and International • You will be taught by academics with Tourism Management fi rst-hand experience of working in a range of • New Forms of Tourism: Dark Tourism, tourism and business environments, both Heritage Tourism, Adventure Tourism, nationally and internationally Ecotourism and Sports Tourism • The Tourism and Tourism Management • Event Management provision at Liverpool Hope has very high • The Management of Hotels, Tour Operations, levels of student satisfaction according to the and Transportation National Student Survey • From its title of European Capital of Culture in • Sustainable Tourism Development and Policy 2008 to the continued regeneration and • E-Tourism and Tourism Marketing investment in the waterfront, Liverpool is a • Tourism Crisis Management. major tourist destination, making it the ideal place for you to study.

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UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Environmental Science, page 65 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Geography, page 69 for standard university requirements Tourism Management, page 100 99 My time studying at Hope was challenging, but the best three years of my life! I have made lifelong friends, gained the best experience through my hotel work placement and managing an event, and I have boosted my conﬁ dence dramatically.

Martyn Grimes, Tourism graduate Tourism Management

The Tourism Management degree at Liverpool Career opportunities Hope provides you with a thorough The expansion of the tourism industry means understanding of how the tourism industry that there will continue to be a need for trained works. Tourism is now one of the world’s largest graduates in this area. A degree in Tourism industries and there is no better city in which to Management can open up opportunities for a study tourism than Liverpool. The tourism wide range of careers. Previous graduates industry in Liverpool continues to expand, and have gone on to jobs such as hotel now contributes over £3 billion each year to the management, event management, tourism local economy. With continued investment in product development, tour operating, marketing Liverpool’s accommodation sector, conferencing and consultancy. and events venues, new tourist attractions, and Why study this subject at Hope? transportation hubs, there continues to be an increasing need for highly trained graduates in • The course offers students a range of skills Tourism Management. This degree will equip and practical experience in tourism you for employment in this dynamic and management, event management, business exciting industry. and marketing management • You will be taught by academics with What you will study ﬁ rst-hand experience of working in a range of The courses and topics available to study include: tourism and business environments, both • Tourism Destination and Attraction Management nationally and internationally • Tourism Marketing, Marketing Research • Liverpool Hope has partnerships with tourist and Branding destinations including Tate Liverpool, National • New forms of Tourism and the Dynamic Museums Liverpool and The Beatles Story. Nature of the Tourism Industry • Event Management • The Strategic Management of International and Global Tourism Organisations.

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UCAS Code: BA Single Honours N832 You may also be interested in… Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Business Management, page 48 for standard university requirements Marketing, page 77 Tourism, page 99 100 Studying World Religions is challenging yet immensely rewarding. I particularly enjoy the focus on lived religions.

Gee Park, World Religions student

World Religions

How can we understand religion? What part Career opportunities does it still play in shaping the world that we The study of World Religions equips you to enter live in? What part do sacred texts such as a range of careers. It prepares you to go on to the Bible or Quran play in forming people’s become a Religious Education teacher after understanding of themselves and the world? completing the additional Postgraduate Certiﬁ cate These are among the questions that are in Education (PGCE), which is offered by Liverpool examined by the World Religions course. As Hope University. Your exploration of the religious, you study the texts and practices of different social and political implications of the way in religious groups and visit their places of which the different world religions interact with worship you will discover what is important each other will give you the knowledge to take for religious cultures from across the world. forward a career in areas such as politics, media, At the same time you will gain invaluable international relations and social work. You will insight into what it means to live in today’s also develop many skills that are transferable to multi-faith Britain. careers that are not directly related to the study of religions, such as the ability to communicate What you will study ideas and develop an effective argument, to The courses and topics available to study include: undertake independent self-directed learning • Key thinkers and methods in the study and to work collaboratively in a team. of religions • Contemporary Religious Ethics Why study this subject at Hope? • How to explore lived religion in the • You will be taught by internationally renowned contemporary world researchers who are world-leading experts in • Buddhist Traditions their ﬁ elds of expertise • Hindu Traditions • Liverpool is a diverse, multi-faith city and so • Jewish Traditions is the perfect place for the study of religions • Muslim Traditions • 100 per cent of this Unit’s impact is at • Sikh Traditions. internationally recognised level in the Research Excellence Framework. 79.7 per cent of this Unit’s research outputs were rated as at least internationally recognised with 9 per cent of the research activity world-leading.

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UCAS Code: Combined Honours options You may also be interested in… see chart on page 111 Christian Theology, page 50 Entry Requirements: See pages 104-106 Philosophy, Ethics & Religion, page 83 for standard university requirements Theology, page 97 Theology & Religious Studies, page 98 101 102 103 Admissions Policy

It is Liverpool Hope University’s policy to admit those students who demonstrate they have the academic ability and personal motivation to succeed in their chosen programme of study. We actively encourage applications from students who are looking to be intellectually stretched, stimulated and challenged in their studies. We welcome those who will add energy, and bring breadth of experience and vitality to the University community. The University Recruitment and Admissions Policy is available on our website: www.hope.ac.uk/ undergraduate/howtoapply/recruitmentandadmissionspolicy

Expected offer Making your levels application At the time of going to print, the standard For all full-time higher education courses offer level is between BCC-BBB or at universities and colleges in the UK, equivalent or 260-300 UCAS points and students must apply online at ABB or equivalent for MEng. Additionally, www.ucas.com applicants will be required to meet any There are three types of applicant: further subject-specifi c entry requirements (see subject information for further details). 1. Students studying at a school or college registered with UCAS For a full list of acceptable qualifi cations 2. Independent applicants in the UK who and offer levels, please refer to our are not at school or college subject entry profi les, which are available 3. International applicants outside the UK from the UCAS website: www.ucas.com (EU and worldwide). If you have any questions about your For all applicants, there are full qualifi cations, please do not hesitate to instructions at www.ucas.com to make it contact the Student Recruitment team: as easy as possible for you to complete t: 0151 2 91 3111 your online application. e: [email protected]

104 105 Important information The UCAS number and abbreviated name for Liverpool Hope University are L46 and LHOPE. These must be entered in the appropriate boxes of the UCAS form, along with course codes for your chosen programme(s), which can be found on the UCAS website and in this prospectus on the course pages. Applications should be submitted to UCAS by Friday 15th January 2016. Depending on the circumstances, the University will accept further applications after this date.

International undergraduate entry requirements All teaching on undergraduate courses at Liverpool Hope is in English and it is therefore important that your competence in the language is suffi cient for you to benefi t from your course and succeed in it. If you require assistance with this or with qualifi cations (i.e. understanding how qualifi cations are comparable to the UCAS points tariff), or you need further information, please contact the International Unit: t: +44 (0)151 291 3389 f: +44 (0)151 291 3116 e: [email protected] www.hope.ac.uk/international

106 Terms andConditions

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108 109 Index

Academic Excellence 15 International Relations 74 Accommodation 23-24 Law 75 Accounting 43 LLB Law 76 Admissions Policy 104-106 Libraries 25-26 Alumni 37-38 Living in Liverpool 17-18 Art & Design History 44 Marketing 77 Biological Sciences 46 Mathematics 78 Biology 47 Media & Communication 79 Bring This Prospectus to Life 9-10 Music 80 Business Management 48 Nutrition 81 Campus Map 2-3 Open Days 1 Careers 31-32 Partnerships 16 Childhood & Youth 49 Philosophy & Ethics 82 Christian Theology 50 Philosophy, Ethics & Religion 83 Computer Science 51 Politics 84 Contact Us 114 Politics & International Relations 85 Contents 5 Primary Teaching with Modern Creative & Performing Arts 53 Foreign Languages 87 Creative Campus, The 21-22 Primary Teaching with Qualified Creative Writing 54 Teacher Status (QTS) 88 Criminology 55 Psychology 89 Dance 56 Seeing is Believing 13-14 Design 57 Social Policy 90 Development and Study Opportunities 33-34 Social Work 91 Drama & Theatre Studies/Drama 58 Sociology 92 Early Childhood 59 Special Educational Needs 93 Education 60 Sport & Exercise Science 94 Electronic & Computer Engineering 61 Sport & Physical Education 95 Electronic Engineering 62 Sport Psychology 96 English Language 63 Student Support 27-30 English Literature 64 Study Combination Chart 111-113 Environmental Science 65 Studying at Liverpool Hope 41-42 Film & Visual Culture 67 Terms and Conditions 107-108 Fine Art 68 Theology 97 Geography 69 Theology & Religious Studies 98 Health & Well-being 70 Tourism 99 History 71 Tourism Management 100 Hope Park 19-20 Welcome to Liverpool Hope 7-8 How to Find Us 4 What Our Students Say 39-40 Human Biology 72 Why Choose Liverpool Hope? 11-12 Information Technology 73 World Religions 101 International Students 35-36

110 Study Combination Chart

Liverpool Hope offers a range of Major subjects. Two Major subjects can be studied together to form a Combined Honours degree. Key The following tables provide all of the BA Hons Combined Honours degree courses BSc Hons available at Liverpool Hope University and QTS the relevant UCAS codes. Single Honours degree course codes can be found on the relevant subject page. Combinations can be taken in: Primary Teaching with • BA (Honours) in two Major subjects Qualified Teacher Status • BSc (Honours) in two Major subjects (QTS) options • BA (Honours) with Qualifi ed Teacher Status (QTS) with specialist subject. UCAS Specialist Subject For an up-to-date list of available Code combinations, acceptable qualifi cations and offer levels, please refer to our subject entry Biology XC1C profi les, which are available from the UCAS Christian Theology XV61 website: www.ucas.com Early Childhood X1XH

English Language X1QJ

English Literature X1QH

Geography X1L7

History X1VD

Information Technology X1GM

Mathematics X1GD

Modern Foreign Languages X1R9

Music X1WJ

Special Educational Needs X190

Sport and Physical Education X1CP

World Religions XV1P

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