Minors
Each week you choose one 'Major' and one 'Minor' (subjects may vary). We cannot guarantee your choice, but we will try!
The course will explore British History and Culture by looking at different themes such as: British political structures, humour, sport, manners, emotions and British society today.
For those interested in discussing world politics and international issues, this is the course for you. Learn how to debate and discuss complex issues with fellow students from around the world.
You will examine the basic functions of the camera (such as shutter speeds and aperture size) as well as looking at composition, landscape, still life and portraiture. You will then spend time editing your own photographs using Photoshop.
An introduction to both macro and micro economics, exploring fundamental theories and having fun with models in order to apply the theory. For those interested in a career in business or anyone who wants to understand more of what is happening in the financial world today.
If you need additional help with your English you'll work on comprehension, grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary to give you added confidence.
Explore and create fashion. You will spend time looking at the influences on current fashion and the top designers and create your own outfits.
You will be looking at the major influences affecting modern art and visiting an art gallery e.g. Tate Modern. You may even research and put together your own art collection.
Students will gain an understanding of relevant media language and learn interview skills, study the structure of print articles and look at the impact and effect of images. You will also learn to phrase questions in open, rhetorical or directed ways and to write subjectively and objectively.
The literary greats such as Shakespeare, Marlow and Byron will be contrasted with more contemporary geniuses such as Dahl, Poe and Dylan Thomas. You will investigate Rhyming schemes, Poetic form, Lines, Stanzas, Sonnets and Odes and write pieces of poetry to reflect your own interpretation of a style/form.
NB *these subjects are the most challenging linguistically.
