Choosing Your Degree Course & University: Choose the best subject, course and UK university for you

by Brian Heap (Author)

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  2010

  $4.47

  Are you having trouble deciding what to study at university?

  With over 1,200 degree subjects and more than 55,000 courses to choose from it's impossible to know where to start. But don't worry, expert help is at hand from Brian Heap, the guru of higher education and author of sister title Heap 2011: Degree Course Offers. Heap helps you decide what and where you want to study at university, so when the time comes to fill in your UCAS application you are fully prepared.

  Detailing all the major university degree courses in the UK, Choosing Your Degree Course and University helps you narrow down your options and build a shortlist of your ideal subjects, courses and universities. You'll also find expert guidance on all the key questions you need to consider when making your choices, such as what type of degree should I choose - vocational, sandwich course, something I'm interested in? What degree matches my career aspirations? How can I determine the teaching quality of a course?

  Inside Choosing Your Degree Course and University, read the handy profiles on each degree subject and bite-size overviews of every UK university; find out about the courses and locations you're interested in before you choose where to apply to study. With an uncertain job market more students than ever are applying to university rather than finding work - in 2009 150,000 people were left without a place at university due to the increase in applications. And for those lucky enought to win a place, every year thousands of students want to change courses or universities in their first term because they made the wrong choice about what or where to study.

  Make sure this isn't you.

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  Paperback
  2004

  $3.47

  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.