Choosing Your Degree Course and University

by Brian Heap (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $4.62

  This is the only guide dedicated to helping university applicants choose between the 200+ institutions, 1,200 degree subjects and 55,000 courses available. Authored by Brian Heap, the UK's acknowledged guru on university entry the book profiles over 50 of the most popular degree subject areas and lists over 550 universities and higher education colleges. Easy to use, it offers unique at-a-glance comparisons of institutions offering similar courses and now in its 11th successful edition, this guide is fully revised to ensure the most accurate, up-to-date information is included. It also comes in a bestselling twin pack - accompanied by its bestselling sister volume Degree Course Offers they are perfect for students trying to choose a course and university.

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.27

  As well as providing detailed guidance on the things that need to be considered, Choosing Your Degree Course & University will help applicants start the process of narrowing down their options to a shortlist of courses and institutions. The book contains helpful overviews of each university, as well as detailed information on over 80 of the main university subjects, indicating how the individual courses at each institution approach the study of the subject. Choosing Your Degree Course & University is organised into a sequence of chapters that can be worked through or dipped into accordingly: Choosing a degree subject: e.g. by favourite subject or career aspiration; Choosing a course: understanding the different types e.g. sandwich degree; Choosing the best course: how to judge the quality of your chosen course and what questions to ask at interview or open day; Choosing the best university or college: what are the key issues you need to consider?; Choosing your career: what areas of work and types of opportunities might you encounter when you graduate? Used as a companion volume to Degree Course Offers, this book will help applicants make that first important step towards securing a place at the university of their choice.