Sustained Study

Would you benefit from having a language, or perhaps some knowledge of business or science, alongside your main degree subject? Sustained Study is designed to provide you with continual exposure, throughout the first two years of your degree programme, to an area of study that is separate from your core discipline. Sustained Study involves a total of four courses, one each half-session for your first two years. To ensure that Sustained Study adds breadth to your chosen degree programme, you may not be eligible to take Sustained Study in a subject area which is close to your core discipline.

You may choose from the following:

Arabic

All courses focus on language learning and are aimed at beginners. No previous knowledge of Arabic is required.

Business

Sustained Study in Business comprises the following four courses: ‘Business Fundamentals’; ‘Business Enterprise and Entrepreneurship’; ‘Business and Sustainability’; and ‘Business Ethics’.

The Classic Tradition

Sustained Study of the Classical Tradition comprises the following four courses: ‘Building-blocks of European Culture’; ‘Key Works for European Civilisation’; ‘Greece’; and ‘Greece and Rome’.

Computing

Sustained Study in Computing comprises the following four courses: ‘Web Technology’; ‘Data Management’; and ‘Human-Computer Interaction’, plus either ‘Foundations of Computing Science 1’, or ‘Web Application Development’.

Conservation and Environment

Sustained Study in Conservation and Environment comprises the following four courses: ‘Organismal Biology’; ‘Ecology and Environmental Science’; ‘Community Ecology’; and ‘Conservation Biology’. This Sustained Study will give you an appreciation of how plants and animals are adapted to extreme environments and how they survive by interacting with one another in the environment in which they are found. You will learn how populations and communities of plants and animals are structured and how they can be manipulated to maintain species biodiversity in a changing world

Fit for Life

Sustained Study of Fit for Life comprises the following four courses:  ‘Introduction to the Science of Sport, Exercise and Health’; ‘Fitness, Performance and Survival’; ‘The Science of Sports Performance’; and ‘Exercise & Health’.

French

All courses focus on language learning. There are different routes including beginner’s level and students will be allocated to the appropriate level of course on the basis of a diagnostic test taken at the beginning of the academic year.

Gaelic

All courses focus on language learning. There are different routes including beginner’s level and native speakers. Students will be allocated to the appropriate level of course on the basis of a diagnostic test taken at the beginning of the academic year.

German

All courses focus on language learning. There are different routes including beginner’s level and students will be allocated to the appropriate level of course on the basis of a diagnostic test taken at the beginning of the academic year.

Biblical Language

Students can choose to study either four courses of New Testament Greek or four courses of Hebrew. All courses focus on language learning and are aimed at beginners. No previous knowledge of New Testament Greek or Hebrew is required.

Latin

Sustained Study in Latin includes study of language and literature. No previous knowledge of Latin is required.

Mandarin Chinese

All courses focus on language learning and are aimed at beginners. No previous knowledge of Mandarin Chinese is required.

Spanish

All courses focus on language learning. There are different routes including beginner’s level and students will be allocated to the appropriate level of course on the basis of a diagnostic test taken at the beginning of the academic year.

A Scandinavian Language

All courses focus on language learning and are aimed at beginners. No previous knowledge of  a Scandinavian Language is required.