Undergraduate Prospectus 2022 2
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Undergraduate Prospectus 2022 2 For more information, please visit lancaster.ac.uk Contents Community Our courses 04 Welcome 52 Accounting and Finance 102 Media and Cultural Studies 06 Nine colleges one home 54 Architecture 103 Medicine and Surgery 08 Award-winning 55 Biochemistry 105 Natural Sciences accommodation 56 Biology 106 Philosophy 10 Everything on campus 58 Biomedical Science/ 107 Physics 13 A supportive community Biomedicine 110 Politics and International 15 A place for Naomi 60 Business Analytics Relations 16 Students’ Union 61 Chemistry 112 Psychology 62 Computing and 113 Social Work Work and play Communications 114 Sociology 64 Criminology 115 Sports and Exercise Science 19 City, hub and heartland 65 Design 116 Zoology 3 20 A place for you 66 Drama, Theatre and 24 The place for the researcher Performance Useful info 26 Teaching and learning 67 Ecology and Conservation 28 Made for learning 68 Economics 118 Degree index 30 Space to study 70 Engineering 126 Where we are 74 English Language and 127 Getting to Lancaster Global Linguistics 128 Our campus 77 English Literature/Creative 130 Important information 33 A global community Writing 131 Connect with us 36 A world for Catherine 79 Environmental and Earth Sciences Employability 81 Film Studies 82 Fine Art 38 Hello Future 83 Geography 42 Say hello to your future 85 History 86 Languages Essential info 90 Law 45 Foundation courses 92 Management 46 Funding your studies 98 Marketing 47 Bursaries and scholarships 100 Mathematics and Statistics 48 How to apply Welcome I am delighted that you are considering Lancaster University as the next step for your future. In exploring your options, it is important that you choose wisely in both your degree, but also the environment in which you decide to study. Lancaster is a global university with an international reputation for combining world-leading research with a personal educational experience. Our reputation is reflected in a top 10 position in three UK league tables and a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework. Lancaster’s academics are experts in their disciplines and their research has impact well beyond academia – improving lives and communities, whilst impacting business and global challenges. By studying with us, we invite you to be part of this global academic community. 4 Our green and spacious campus is on the doorstep of some of the most beautiful landscapes in England, yet also well connected to the rest of the UK. We continually invest in our facilities, which combined with academic researchers and teachers, create a centre of knowledge where our students thrive. Our collection of colleges offer a close-knit support network and the chance to make friendships and networks for life. As a Lancaster University alumnus, you would be joining a global family of more than 150,000. Lancaster offers more than gold-standard teaching and a great student experience, we will prepare you for a rewarding career. Lancaster University is ranked third in the UK for graduate-level employment in the Complete University Guide 2021. Our careers support is available to our graduates for life – you will always remain part of Lancaster’s community. Whatever your interests and ambitions, I am confident that Lancaster is the place for you and I look forward to welcoming you to our campus. Professor Andy Schofield Vice-Chancellor For more information, please visit lancaster.ac.uk 5 Nine colleges one home Our colleges When you arrive, university can Your university experience is 6 seem a little like a buzzing town as much about the people as it where everyone else knows where is where you’ll stay or socialise. are central to they’re going. It can take a while to Your college becomes your team, get your bearings, but your college your university family. It might the Lancaster is there from day one. take a little time to get to know the others on your course or to It’s your base on campus, a place University figure out which clubs to join. But you can put down roots. It’s home. your college is a ready-made set experience. We have nine colleges and each of friends. You live together, study has their own personality, but together and compete together picking yours usually comes down - in everything from sports to to the type of place you want to debates to business. And because live in and the facilities you need. these are the people you get Townhouses, studios, en suite to know first, they’re often the rooms – whatever fits you. friendships that last the longest. But it’s more than just a place to During your time at Lancaster, stay, you’ll have the chance to your college offers the first port study and socialise there as well. of call for any support. There So, when you’ve finished your work are staff on duty round the for the day, you can meet your clock, ready to help – whether friends in the social space, settle it’s a friendly word of advice, or down to a film or even see a band something more serious. All of play. If you can find the time in your this makes a huge difference. schedule, your college’s events For ‘collegiate’, you can read and activities can fill it. Languages, ‘supportive’, ‘friendly’, ‘fun’ and quizzes and even cooking classes. ‘open’. You start with your college And, when you get to second year on day one, and you graduate and decide to stay in town, you with your college when you finish. can always come back to join in Once you have your degree, you’ll – your college is yours wherever leave Lancaster University behind. you’re staying. However, you’ll always belong to your college. For more information, please visit lancaster.ac.uk It meant a lot to me that I got to of the college reps. They decide on a college because, were standing outside on a not only was it going to be the roundabout holding signs place I live in, but it was also an saying, ‘Welcome to Lancaster!’ Siti Zahra introduction to my social life or ‘Honk for Lonnie!’ They Lonsdale College in the University. I managed to cheered for every honking car narrow down my two choices to that passed by (including mine) County and Lonsdale because and I immediately felt a sense of their ideal locations to my of belonging. Making friends classes, communities, and their in the first week became much close proximity to beautiful easier too as my Fresher reps landscape. I wasn’t scared introduced me to people outside anymore about moving so far my course and societies, away from home because I set up sports activities, and knew that I have my college to planned social events for my welcome me with open arms. house. I don’t know what better way there was to kick off my In fact, I remember moving undergraduate years. in day most vividly because When I first started researching to my expectations. I loved the George Nagle Lancaster’s colleges, I found opportunity to get involved in out that some are known for bar sports and football, and the 7 Lonsdale College different things - I knew Fylde real sense of community and was more sport based and comradery. It helped me feel Lonsdale seemed to be big on at home at university despite socials and nightlife. I came to living so far away from my actual Lancaster through clearing, but home. The college competitions Lonsdale would have been my really helped me as well, I grew first choice anyway if I had had more confident and improved one. Lonsdale just looked the in lots of ways, which was why I most fun and engaging for my loved taking part in them. tastes, and it absolutely lived up I didn’t know too much about to walk to some of my lectures Lancaster’s collegiate system which was definitely a bonus. before starting university, During freshers’ week, my but I liked the sound of it as it flatmates proudly donned our Catherine Brabin allows you to experience the County t-shirts, and we still County College best of both worlds – campus sing some of the well-known life alongside the comradery County chants to this day (you’ll of belonging to your own little have to become a member to community. I chose County find out what they are!). I think largely because its campus the system really helps you to accommodation is near to both bond with people in your first the LICA building and English few weeks, as the friendly rivalry literature department, the between the colleges creates a places where I’m most often loyal community among you and needed for my course. In my your college mates. first year I lived at County South, and it only took me five minutes At Lancaster, we offer a wide range of undergraduate accommodation to suit different tastes and budgets. Our accommodation has been rated the UK’s Best University Halls in the 2019 National Student Housing Awards, an accolade we have won eight times since 2010. Most new undergraduate students choose to live on campus in their first year and find our collegiate setup the perfect way to make 8 friends and settle in. There are eight undergraduate colleges to choose from, breaking down the university population into smaller communities, and all accommodation is located within these colleges. Two thirds of our accommodation is en suite, but we also offer standard accommodation, where you’ll share toilet and shower facilities with other students, campus townhouses and self- contained studio flats.