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Cotets CONTENTS Travellig to our Uiversity Our campuses C OLCHESTER L OUGHTON S OUTHEND C Luto M1 M11 Harwich COLCHESTER A12 Stasted EDINBURGH M25 M4 M25 St Pacras Iteratioal (Eurostar) Chelmsford L Liverpool Street A12 A13 City M3 Heathrow A130 A12 A127 A127 S SOUTHEND-ON-SEA A13 Southed LONDON M25 M20 L CARDIFF C S LONDON Gatwick Dover M23 Folkestoe Colchester to: Southed to: Distace from Colchester: Cetral Cetral Birmigham: Lodo: 60 miles (97km) Approximately 50-60 miutes by trai, 100 miutes by car Heathrow Airport: 95 miles (153km) Approximately 90-100 miutes by trai, 90 miutes by car Gatwick Airport: 85 miles (137km) Approximately 90-100 miutes by trai, 90 miutes by car Stasted Airport: 33 miles (53km) Approximately 75 miutes by bus, 50 miutes by car Southed Airport: 41 miles (66km) Approximately 75 miutes by trai, 60 miutes by car 4 Lodo: 40 miles (64km) Approximately 50-60 miutes by trai, 80 miutes by car Heathrow Airport: 76 miles (122km) Approximately 120 miutes by trai, 80 miutes by car Gatwick Airport: 62 miles (100km) Approximately 120 miutes by trai, 70 miutes by car Stasted Airport: 40 miles (64km) Approximately 90 miutes by bus, 60 miutes by car Southed Airport: 3 miles (5km) Approximately 15 miutes by bus, 10 miutes by car 155 miles (248 km) Cambridge: 47 miles (75km) Ediburgh: 407 miles (656km) Machester: 213 miles (340km) Norwich: 58 miles (95km) Southed: 45 miles (72km) For detailed directios to our Colchester or Southed campuses, visit our website. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/visitig Why study at Essex? Welcome to Colchester Colchester photo tour Welcome to Southed Southed photo tour Accommodatio How to apply Fees ad scholarships Studet support Studets Uio Careers ad employability Alumi map Iteratioal Academy Udergraduate pathways Postgraduate pathways Eglish laguage programmes u 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 Subjects Accoutig, bakig ad fiace Actig (East 15) Biological scieces Busiess ad maagemet Computatioal fiace Computer sciece ad electroic egieerig Ecoomics Health ad huma scieces History Law ad huma rights www.essex.ac.uk/it17/weareessex 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 Liberal arts ad area studies Liguistics Literature, film, ad theatre studies Marketig Mathematics Moder laguages Philosophy ad art history Politics Psychoaalytic studies Psychology Sociology ad crimiology 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 5
WHY STUDY AT ESSEX? Why study at Essex? We are Essex No uiversity experiece is the same ad Essex is ot the same as ay other uiversity. Our studets do t just liste but lear to ask the difficult questios ad the fid the aswers - learig how to lead, ot just follow. A Essex degree is about choice, relevace ad developig you as a perso. With us, you re ot just a studet, you re a member. Essex itroduces you to people from every corer of the plaet to create etworks that last for life. We are a geuiely global commuity that lives, works ad plays together. You ll have the opportuity to study a iteratioally relevat curriculum, are ecouraged to live ad study abroad, become part of our diverse commuity, ad are taught or supervised by academics whose research has global impact. We give you the best chace to compete i a global ecoomy. At Essex you ca expect to develop professioal skills alogside critical ad aalytical thikig skills, idepedece ad itercultural commuicatio. We also help you develop a research midset through research-led teachig from some of the world s top academics. These are real skills that employers wat ad which you ca trasfer across idustries. Fid out if studyig at Essex is right for you. Studets love it here: We are raked 2d i the UK for studet satisfactio amog maistream UK uiversities (NSS 2015). A successful future: Over 90% of our iteratioal graduates are i graduate-level jobs or further study withi just six moths of graduatio (DLHE Survey 2014). Iteratioal commuity: With studets from over 130 atioalities, Essex is the world i oe place. We re amog the top 25 most iteratioal uiversities i the world (THES 2016). ocatio: Close to Lodo, low livig costs, Eglish history, L beautiful coutryside ad beaches, safe ad coected to Europe. Essex offers all this ad more. lexibility ad choice: Build the degree that suits you with F a wide variety of elective courses, joit hoours degrees, study abroad optios ad placemet years i idustry. 6 Global careers: Our iteratioally relevat curriculum, iteratioal staff, professioal accreditatios, ad laguage ad study abroad optios mea our graduates are prepared for careers i global orgaisatios. glish ad foudatio courses: Our Iteratioal Academy E helps iteratioal studets get the best preparatio for their degree ad we get excellet results. Our udergraduate pathways cosistetly have progressio rates betwee 75% ad 80%. Lifestyle: Excitig campus ightlife, a active ad supportive Studets Uio ad more tha 40 competitive sports clubs. Lodo is earby ad the low-cost airports at Stasted ad Southed mea Europe is easy to reach. Accommodatio: Our o-campus accommodatio is guarateed for iteratioal studets, ad offers variety, safety ad high quality with affordable costs. GUIDE YEAR RANKING LOCATION Research Excellece Framework (REF) 2014 19 UK The Times ad The Suday Times Good Uiversity Guide 2016 35 UK Complete Uiversity Guide 2016 39 UK Natioal Studet Survey 2015 2 UK QS World Uiversity Rakig Social Scieces 2016 Top 100 World Times Higher Educatio 200 Most Iteratioal 2016 21 World Over 90% of our iteratioal graduates are i graduate-level jobs or further study withi just six moths of graduatio (DLHE Survey 2014) u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/whyessex 7
Life i Colchester Shoppig, food ad ightlife Diverse ad cosmopolita with a populatio of aroud 180,000 people, Colchester is a great studet tow, offerig a rich mix of bars, restaurats, theatres ad music veues. Further afield, the surroudig coutryside of Essex ad Suffolk is oe of the hidde gems of Eglad. Ejoy walkig, cyclig or rowig through this beautiful ladscape or perhaps just stop for a picic. Colchester s Culver Square ad Lio Walk are home to a fatastic rage of familiar shops ad high-street fashio. What makes our tow really distictive however are all of the specialist ad uique shops o offer. Stroll dow Sir Isaac s Walk or Eld Lae, two of the quirkiest streets i the tow cetre, ad you ll fid a mixture of retro clothig boutiques, old-school sweet shops, furiture shops, jewellers, ad idepedet health food stores. You ca also fid everythig from America cady to Korea oodles ad Russia delicacies i ad aroud the tow cetre. There s a huge rage of restaurats with studet-friedly prices offerig local ad iteratioal cuisies. Colchester also has a great selectio of bars, pubs, ightclubs ad live music veues to cater for all tastes. O campus you ll fid a rage of restaurats ad food outlets, icludig a wide rage of halal, vega ad vegetaria optios. Sport We offer opportuities for all abilities ad levels to participate i sport right o campus. Our Evolve gym has 130 fitess statios, ad we also have a variety of both idoor ad outdoor pitches ad courts, a idoor sports hall, squash courts ad a climbig wall. The Essex Sports Federatio has over 40 teams, offerig you the chace to joi a active commuity ad compete i both local ad atioal fixtures. Colchester itself offers everythig from bowlig ad roller discos to swimmig pools ad eve a laser tag cetre. Arts A dyamic academic eviromet set just outside the oldest recorded tow i Britai, our Colchester Campus offers extesive facilities ad support services to esure you achieve the most from your studies. 8 Colchester Campus has its very ow art gallery, Art Exchage, ad our Lakeside Theatre hosts iteratioal artists as well as studet productios for a excitig mix of theatre, dace ad music. Colchester is home to the Firstsite visual arts cetre ad the smaller Miories gallery. For live music ad comedy there s Colchester Arts Cetre, ad the Mercury Theatre ext door offers studet prices for everythig from Shakespeare to moder musicals. WELCOME TO COLCHESTER Welcome to Colchester Travel Colchester has great travel coectios for both the UK ad abroad. We re a hour away from Lodo Stasted Airport which offers low-cost flights to may Europea destiatios, ad Lodo s other airports are also easily accessible by public trasport. Travellig i the UK is easy with Lodo ad its coectios oly a hour away by trai. Thigs to see ad do The Colchester Castle museum is a great itroductio to the tow s Roma history Colchester Zoo is home to over 270 species of aimals ad offers a great day out close to the tow cetre Mersea Islad uder a hour from campus offers some of the tastiest seafood aroud, icludig the famous Mersea oysters Our brad-ew Silberrad Studet Cetre is a hub for all your services ad support eeds Colchester combies Roma history ad moder etertaimet Great trasport liks to Lodo, rest of the UK ad beyod Wide variety of sports, arts ad etertaimet both o campus ad i the local area u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/colchester 9
WE ARE COLCHESTER xxxxx We are Colchester Retail therapy Go shoppig i Colchester ad browse iteratioal brads ad distict local retailers Colchester Castle Take a walk, have a picic, or just take photos i Colchester s award-wiig Castle Park Room with a view Take a walk by our beautiful Wivehoe House Hotel situated i the parklad of our campus Gorgeous coutryside Row alog the river i the famously picturesque village of Dedham Pub scee Go Blades! Catch a show Excitig art Watch a play at the Uiversity s Lakeside Theatre, or the Mercury Theatre i Colchester View exhibitios at Firstsite, Colchester s strikig cotemporary arts veue Have a drik i oe of the may traditioal Eglish pubs like The Rose ad Crow at Wivehoe Participate i oe of our 40 sports clubs or just cheer o your team Studet Service Hub Gree space Relax by the lakes o campus Ejoy studet services ad brad ew facilities i the Silberrad Studet Cetre Furry fried Tow attractios Visit Colchester s historic Tow Hall 10 See more with our virtual tours. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/colchester360 Meet Campus Cat he s become a bit of a mascot ad will always give you a friedly smile 11
Life i Southed Sports, arts ad leisure The tow is a lively cetre for shoppers ad watersports ethusiasts alike. Oce a British holiday destiatio, Southed has evolved ito a thrivig cultural cetre of music, theatre, comedy ad cuisie whilst retaiig all the charms you would expect from a traditioal Eglish seaside tow. Our beautiful seafrot ecompasses seve miles of award-wiig beaches, a lively hub for a variety of watersports ad the logest pier i the world. Southed is located less tha a hour away from the attractios of Cetral Lodo, ad is ideally placed for short-haul trips to Europe. If you like to be active, joi our Evolve gym or take advatage of the sports o offer through our My Essex Sport programme. If you prefer spectatig to participatig, there is a thrivig live music ad arts scee, with two theatres, umerous art galleries, ad festivals throughout the year. If food is your thig, you are spoilt for choice with over 300 places to die i the tow, from idepedet Portuguese ad Thai restaurats to popular frachise outlets. WELCOME TO SOUTHEND Welcome to Southed Our campus Our Southed Campus, opeed i 2007, offers cotemporary learig ad teachig spaces. Our latest additio to campus - the Forum buildig - offers a spacious ultramoder learig eviromet, with a i-house library, gallery ad café. The Gateway Buildig houses a GP ad detal practice ad multi-faith chaplaicy, while Clifftow Theatre ad Studios, a coverted church, provides a ispirig settig for our East 15 studets housig specialist rehearsal studios ad a 200-seat theatre. Studets Uio (SU) WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY Southed is really good for shoppig. There s lots of variety, with the shops o the High Street, shoppig cetres, ad markets, sellig everythig from hadmade chocolates ad bread, to fresh fish ad meat. If you re a fa of widsurfig, powerboatig, jet skiig or caoeig, try the Marie Activities Cetre. Our SU has plas to become the world s most studet-cetred orgaisatio, shapig their services aroud you. The SU orgaises ad facilitates a array of activities ad sports i Southed, from yoga lessos to ights out i tow. The SU has two bespoke spaces o our Southed Campus, icludig a ew social veue that is ru by studets. This is your home-from-home for studyig, havig a cup of coffee or a sack, playig video games or just socialisig with frieds betwee classes. Located i the heart of Southed-oSea, our ewest campus offers specialist resources ad state-of-the-art facilities i a vibrat ad excitig seaside tow. Ejoy a rich cultural ad educatioal experiece, where everythig is moder ad spacious, ad leisure is oly ever a few miutes away. 12 Locatio The Forum buildig provides extesive library facilities ad iovative learig spaces Ejoy the Eglish seaside, icludig the world s logest pier Southed-o-Sea s locatio meas there s plety to see ad do. Sail or cycle alog the coast ad stroll to the ed of the pier. Well-kow attractios aboud, from Adveture Islad ad amusemet arcades to the famous Rossi ice-cream parlour. The tow holds the Purple Flag: the gold stadard for a fu ad safe ight out. Southed is also a great gateway: Lodo is just 50 miutes away by trai, while Lodo Southed Airport is oly three miles from campus, offerig budget flights to a rage of Europea destiatios. Try out water sports icludig widsurfig or jet skiig Just 50 miutes from Lodo, Southed provides easy access to the capital ad beyod u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/southed 13
WE ARE SOUTHEND We are Southed Cetral locatio Our facilities i Southed are located miutes from each other Home comforts Game o Let your room reflect your style Ejoy award-wiig ightlife, icludig the historic Kursaal amusemet arcade Campus accommodatio Picture perfect Make our strikig Uiversity Square accommodatio a home-from-home Visit attractive Leigh-o-Sea with its period homes ad stylish restaurats Thrillig attractios Wrap up warm for a walk o the beach i the witer Get your head i a spi at Adveture Islad amusemet park New facilities Study i our impressive Forum buildig Spledid shoppig Do some shoppig i the High Street stores 14 Life's a beach Get active Local flavour Break a sweat at the Evolve gym Ejoy a delicious Rossi s ice cream See more with our virtual tours. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/southed360 15
The Towers (Colchester) Walkig distace to cetral campus three miutes Studets i each flat 13 to 16 Shared bathrooms Cost per week: 76.93-88.20 ACCOMMODATION Accommodatio South Courts (Colchester) Walkig distace to cetral campus three miutes Studets i each flat four to six Esuite bathrooms Udergraduate oly Cost per week: 135.38 The Houses (Colchester) Walkig distace to cetral campus five miutes Studets i each flat four to six Esuite bathrooms Udergraduate oly Cost per week: 122.64 The Meadows (Colchester) Wherever you are i the world, it s importat you have somewhere to call home. Our award-wiig accommodatio is guarateed to all iteratioal studets, so you ca relax ad start ejoyig your Essex experiece. Stadard bedroom E suite bedroom The illustratios above show the typical layout of our bedrooms. 16 WHAT WE OFFER Walkig distace to cetral campus te miutes Studets i each flat up to te Esuite bathrooms Cost per week: 131.39-140.98 Guarateed accommodatio for the duratio of your studies (providig your accommodatio applicatio is received by the published deadlies) Uiversity Quays (Colchester) Walkig distace to cetral campus 15 miutes i each flat eight Esuite bathrooms Cost per week: 123.69-137.83 Studets imited umber of sigle-geder L flats available imited couples ad family L accommodatio available o campus Uiversity Square (Southed) Walkig distace to The Gateway Buildig three miutes Studets i each flat eight to te Esuite bathrooms Cost per week: 135.24-166.81 ur Residece Life support O esures you meet ew frieds ad get alog with your flatmates Applicats for East 15 Loughto courses should cotact East 15 for further iformatio about accommodatio It s likely that our retal charges for 2017-18 will icrease from these curret prices. We ll publish the ew prices o our website as soo as they are available. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/accommodatio 17
For pathway ad Eglish laguage programmes You ca apply for our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme ad Iteratioal Year Oe directly by dowloadig our applicatio form. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/iaapply You ca use UCAS to apply for our Iteratioal Year Oe or for oe of our four-year degrees (Year Zero). u www.ucas.com You ca apply for oe of our Eglish laguage programmes directly by dowloadig our applicatio form. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/iaapply For udergraduate degrees Applicatios for Bachelors degrees should be made through UCAS. Our UCAS code is E70. u www.ucas.com For Masters degrees We welcome olie applicatios for our Masters degrees. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/pgapply Our olie applicatio form takes about 20 miutes to complete ad you ca save ad retur to it if you eed to. Your supportig documets must iclude: trascripts of your uiversity-level studies to date evidece of your Eglish laguage level (IELTS score) copies of certificates for ay degrees or other awards that you have completed oe verifiable referece from a academic referee ay other items which your departmet requires (CV/persoal statemet/work sample) u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/pgt Oce you re ready to apply, these pages give you all the iformatio you ll eed. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Etry requiremets vary by course ad level of study. Please visit www.essex.ac.uk/it17/apply to fid out the geeral requiremets for your coutry. Course specific etry requiremets ca be foud through www.essex. ac.uk/it17/courses. Please see subject pages for Eglish laguage requiremets for your course. Immigratio requiremets ad miimum Eglish laguage requiremets ca be foud o our website: www.essex.ac.uk/it17/immigratio. 18 How you ll lear For research degrees We welcome olie applicatios for our research degrees. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/pgapply HOW TO APPLY How to apply You will eed to submit a research proposal of aroud 800-1,000 words, which icludes: a workig title ad key words a summary of the aims ad objectives of your research a outlie of the ways you will meet these aims ad objectives, referrig to research methods ad specific resources you will use evidece of your awareess of relevat literature ad theoretical approaches a overview of the expected outcomes ad the origial cotributio your research will make to existig bodies of kowledge You must also provide the followig: two verifiable refereces from academic referees trascripts of your uiversity-level studies to date copies of certificates for ay degrees or other awards you have completed evidece of your Eglish laguage level (IELTS score) ay other items which your departmet requires (CV/ persoal statemet/work sample) u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/pgr Persoal statemets Due to Home Office requiremets, please esure your persoal statemet makes it clear why you wish to study i the UK ad why you ve chose the subject you are applyig for. You should also tell us about your full academic history icludig ay periods of time spet studyig i the UK. If you have spet ay time out of educatio, please let us kow what you were doig durig this time i your persoal statemet. IMMIGRATION AND APPLYING FOR A VISA Each subject at Essex combies differet methods of teachig to esure you gai i-depth kowledge i additio to developig the trasferable skills that are sought by employers. Expect a mixture of lectures, classes, semiars, labs ad field trips, depedig o your course. To help you i your studies, MP3 recordigs are provided of most lectures, ad course materials are available olie. If you re applyig from outside the Europea Ecoomic Area ad require a visa to study i the UK, you ll eed to apply uder Tier 4 of the UK Govermet s Poits Based Immigratio System (PBIS). We are required to esure compliace with the UK Home Office regulatios as a Tier 4 Sposor. I some circumstaces, we may be uable to make a offer or to issue a CAS if a applicat is uable to meet all Tier 4 requiremets, icludig whe there have bee chages to these requiremets made by the UK Home Office. Refer to our webpage for iformatio about immigratio ad applyig for a visa. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/immigratio You also have the opportuity to atted symposia, cofereces, ad become a member of relevat studet societies ad professioal bodies. Oe-to-oe metorig ad other forms of peer support also play a importat role i how you lear ad how we teach at Essex. If you re joiig us as a research studet you ll work closely with your supervisor ad other research studets, ad will have the opportuity to preset your work through jourals ad cofereces both locally ad iteratioally. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/courses 19
Studet visa requiremets Our scholarships As part of the visa applicatio process, you ll be asked to produce evidece of your ability to pay tuitio fees ad to cover livig expeses durig the course. Refer to our webpage for iformatio about the curret UK Home Office Visas ad Immigratio (UKVI) requiremets. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/immigratio We offer a geerous rage of uiversity ad departmetal scholarships of varyig amouts. To see what support is available this year or check details of idividual scholarships, visit our Scholarship Fider. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/scholarships FEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS Fees ad scholarships Uiversity of Essex scholarships Whe you come to study with us, we uderstad that you are makig a sigificat ivestmet of time ad moey, so we wat to make sure it pays off. Whether it s through our world-class facilities or our award-wiig accommodatio, your time at Essex is guarateed to leave you with memories that o oe ca put a price o. AWARD AMOUNT ELIGIBILITY WEBSITE Vice-Chacellor s Iteratioal Scholarships 2,000-5,000 Studets from specified coutries ad departmets www.essex.ac.uk/it17/vc Essex IB scholarship 2,000 High achievig studets takig the IB www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ib Academic Excellece Iteratioal Masters Scholarships 2,000 to 4,000 Specified coutries ad required grades www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ academic Uiversity of Essex Doctoral Scholarships Varies by departmet ad scheme Please visit the website for full criteria www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ doctoral Essex MBA scholarships 5,000 Self-fudig studets with relevat backgroud www.essex.ac.uk/it17/mba Loyalty discouts Up to 33% of tuitio fees Graduates from Essex Bachelors, Masters ad Graduate Diploma courses ad former study abroad studets www.essex.ac.uk/it17/loyalty Exteral scholarships for iteratioal studets Our fees (per aum) UNDERGRADUATE FEES AWARD CRITERIA IN BRIEF WEBSITE Iteratioal Foudatio Programme ad four-year degrees 11,750 13,350 Applicats from specified coutries with a outstadig academic backgroud www.cheveig.org Iteratioal Year Oe Cheveig Scholarships Bachelors degrees 13,350 Bachelors degrees laboratory based (biological scieces ad psychology) 15,450 Commowealth Scholarships Postgraduate Research applicats from specified coutries cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/scholarshipsdevelopig-cw Livig ad accommodatio costs (per year, approximately) 7,600-11,300 Fulbright Awards Ope to US studets www.fulbright.org.uk/fulbright-awards/ exchages-to-the-uk/postgraduates/ uiversity-of-essex POSTGRADUATE FEES Pre-Masters Graduate Diploma 10,045 Marshall Scholarships Ope to US studets www.marshallscholarship.org Bad A: Masters i mathematics, computer sciece ad electroic egieerig 14,950 15,450 Ope to Chiese atioals who hold a offer for PhD study www.essex.ac.uk/it17/chia Bad B: Masters i history, laguage ad liguistics, psychoaalytic studies, health ad huma scieces, law, literature, film, ad theatre studies, philosophy ad art history Chia Scholarship Coucil Award Satader Scholarships www.essex.ac.uk/it17/satader Bad C: Masters i biological scieces, ecoomics, Essex Busiess School, politics, sociology, psychology 15,950 Ope to studets from specified Satader coutries Bad D: The Essex MBA 18,500 Civil Society Leadership Awards Taught Masters applicats i specific fields from specified coutries www.opesocietyfoudatios.org/grats/ civil-society-leadership-award-20150713 East 15 13,150-14,450 13,350 Said Foudatio Scholarships Postgraduate applicats from specified coutries www.saidfoudatio.org Research degrees Research degrees - biological scieces ad psychology 15,450 Livig ad accommodatio costs (per year, approximately) 9,200-13,400 20 u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/fiace 21
Studet support Welfare ad support As a iteratioal commuity we uderstad the eeds ad cocers of iteratioal studets, ad do our best to provide you with excellet support facilities. This led to us beig amed wier of the Times Higher Educatio (THE) Award for Outstadig Support for Studets i 2013. Our support ad welfare services iclude healthcare, immigratio advice, religious worship facilities ad assistace with improvig your academic skills, as well as places you ca go if you just eed to talk to someoe. Residece Life The Residece Life team offers support withi your o-campus accommodatio by providig out-of-hours support, makig sure you get alog with your flatmates, ad orgaisig fu evets helpig you meet other studets i your accommodatio buildig. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/reslife Religious life Our Multi Faith Chaplaicy operates worship ad cotemplatio areas at both Colchester ad Southed campuses. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/faith STUDENT SUPPORT Make the most of your life at Essex with our award-wiig studet support services. Beefit from academic skills support, metorig ad geeral guidace. Fid space for worship, meditatio, prayer ad quiet reflectio or just have a friedly chat. All udergraduate ad taught postgraduate studets are allocated a persoal tutor Receive advice, iformatio ad support o a rage of health ad wellbeig issues Specialist disability advisers to provide you with advice ad guidace o a rage of disability support services The Talet Developmet Cetre ca help you idetify your talets ad stregthe those areas you eed to develop. Support ad guidace Studet support office Our studet support office ca help with your geeral wellbeig ad provide fudig advice. The studet support team also has facilities ad advice available for studets with disabilities ad those battlig with exam axiety. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/support Immigratio UK immigratio advice is regulated, so ca oly be provided by authorised officers. Please visit www.essex.ac.uk/it17/immigratio for further iformatio ad a equiry form to be referred to the relevat officer. Health ad wellbeig Health services There is a health cetre o our Colchester Campus which offers appoitmets with male ad female doctors, as well as specialist services ad cousellig. Our Southed Campus has detal ad GP traiig practices, supported by the local Primary Care Trust, o site. It is importat to register with the health cetre as soo as you ca so that you receive treatmet whe you eed it. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/health Nightlie Nightlie is a award-wiig, studet-voluteer-ru advice ad support service, which is available overight throughout term-time. The voluteers are able to provide a listeig ear ad impartial advice, or a cup of tea ad a friedly talk if you re just feelig homesick. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ightlie u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/support Support with your studies You may fid studyig at a UK uiversity very differet to your home coutry, ad it may be the first time you ll be studyig i Eglish. We aim to esure that you ca get the most out of your educatio by providig a rage of academic ad Eglish laguage support classes. Talet Developmet Cetre Our Talet Developmet Cetre ca help with your academic Eglish laguage skills. They ca also help with study techiques ad exam preparatio. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/talet Metorig Our academic departmets also provide their ow support services, with most departmets ruig studet metorig schemes, ad our lecturers ad professors offerig office hours for oe-to-oe guidace with your studies. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/metor Studets with families It is importat that you re aware of the additioal costs ad implicatios of brigig your family with you to the UK. Please visit www.essex.ac.uk/it17/families for further iformatio for studets with depedats. 22 23
What do we do? We re makig four promises to you ad we wo t rest util we ve made them happe. 1. We promise to help you get a amazig degree ad job The two most importat thigs to you are the two most importat thigs to us. We re here to ispire ad motivate you, to cheer you o as you walk ito exams ad to help you beat the competitio i iterviews ad lad your dream job. 2. We promise to give you a amazig membership We will give you a Studets Uio experiece that s good eough to make all your frieds who are t at Essex jealous. We ve give studets the tools to set up over 100 societies. 10 reasos why the SU is oe of the best thigs about Essex Sports clubs over 40 teams ad all free to joi VTeam Voluteerig opportuities for everyoe! SU Advice from legal advice to fillig i forms, we provide advice o aythig ad everythig The Store a mii supermarket o campus The Salo from haircuts ad colours to maicures ad pedicures, the Salo offers it all! Frago s a Portuguese restaurat ad bar servig your chicke eeds Ad if you re ito sport we ru more tha 40 sports teams. SU Heirloom every studet at Essex gets their ow customisable hadmade charm to pass dow 3. We promise to shape everythig aroud you You choose what driks we serve i our bar ad what products we stock i our shops, just write it o the wall ad we ll do our absolute best to get it i stock for you ASAP. Cie10 your very ow ciema o campus, showig blockbusters o huge scree with surroud soud ll you eed to do is text, Tweet or Facebook us, ad we ll A get o it. 4. We promise to beefit all studets At Essex the Studets Uio is here for everyoe, o matter your age, geder, atioality, faith, sexuality, year of study, or shoe size. OUR STUDENTS UNION Our Studets Uio SU Lets our very ow lettig agecy right o campus SU Market held every Thursday o campus, sellig food, fruit ad veg, vitage clothig ad more This is just the start We could go o ad o, but hopefully we ve give you a good idea of how we help you have a great time at Essex. I our family there s o pretetious cordoed-off VIP area, we re ope to everyoe. Hello there! I am Saffy, your VP Iteratioal. Welcome to the Essex family! Hello woderful perso. We re the Studets Uio. We re made of 14,000 members. A family that has people from every backgroud, belief ad iterest imagiable. Whe you come to Essex, you re ot just a member of a SU, you re part of a ucovetioal family. A family that s always got your back. Because we believe that together we ca do amazig thigs, to be whoever or do whatever. 24 Eterig Uiversity marks aother phase of your life ad I uderstad the whole rollercoaster of excitemet ad axiety, high hopes ad aspiratios. But worry ot as here at Essex you are i good hads. We, the Studets Uio, always work our hardest i esurig that you get oe of the best experieces whilst at Uiversity. Therefore, you are o the right path for gettig ot just a amazig degree, but havig oe of the greatest times of your life! I look forward to a amazig time together! Saffy Allaya, Malaysia Vice Presidet Iteratioal, Essex Studets Uio u www.essexstudet.com 25
Careers ad employability Alumi activities Our global alumi etwork meas you will be coected to a existig etwork of professioals i your home coutry ad abroad, which ca be the key to ulockig your future success. Our alumi stay i touch years ad eve decades after leavig Essex. The alumi office holds etworkig evets for our past studets aroud the world. Recet evets iclude alumi receptios i Mexico, Hog Kog, Malaysia ad Sigapore. You ca fid out more about our past studets ad fid cotact details of alumi from your coutry through our website. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/alumi Notable alumi Our 74,000 alumi work i a variety of careers all over the world. These are just a few of the oes who ve goe o to have a public profile for their work. I the ext pages you ca fid a map showig more of our iteratioal alumi ad what they have goe o to do sice graduatig. Dr Shiri Sharmi Chaudhury MP (PhD Law, 2000) Dr Chaudhury made history i 2013 as the first female speaker of Bagladesh s parliamet. She has practised law for over 15 years, ad wo Asia Society s Humaitaria Service Award i 2010 for her work to elimiate violece agaist wome ad improvig wome s employmet i Bagladesh. CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY A Essex degree is ot just about academics, we also focus o developig you towards your future career. Our focus o your employability has helped over 90% of our iteratioal graduates to start their careers or further study withi six moths of graduatig.* (*DLHE survey 2014) These are just some of the ways we are helpig you get o the career ladder: Essex Employability Award recogitio for ay extra-curricular voluteerig ad work experiece Voluteerig through the SU vteam with hudreds of opportuities available Frotruers our award-wiig studet itership programme offers over 200 paid placemets i graduate-level projects across the uiversity Study abroad opportuities most courses offer study abroad ad may destiatios do t iclude additioal tuitio fee costs u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/abroad Learig laguages at Essex we make laguage-learig easy. All our studets ca lear a laguage to develop ew laguage skills ad get a edge whe applyig for jobs. At Essex, there are four ways to lear u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/laguages Placemet years sped a year or oe term gaiig work experiece (where available). Your placemet ca take place i the UK or abroad ad ca kick-start your future career u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/placemets Part-time work iteratioal studets o a Tier 4 visa ca ormally work up to 20 hours per week durig term-time Dedicated iteratioal careers advisers ad support available durig your studies ad after you graduate, helpig you look for graduate-level work both i the UK ad abroad GRADUATE DESTINATIONS These are just some of the employers our graduates have goe o to work with. Acceture Alle & Overy Amesty Barclays Bloomberg BP BT Group Cacer Research UK Credit Suisse Deloitte Fujitsu GlaxoSmithKlie Goldma Sachs Itel KPMG Microsoft Miistry of Foreig Affairs, Qatar Morga Staley Oxfam Procter & Gamble Rothschild GmbH Paasoic PricewaterhouseCoopers Shell The Royal Shakespeare Compay Uited Natios Dr Oscar Arias Sachez (PhD Govermet, 1975) Oscar Arias has twice bee Presidet of Costa Rica, from 1986 to 1990 ad agai from 2006 to 2010. He received the Nobel Peace Prize i 1987 for his efforts to ed the civil wars of several Cetral America coutries. He was awarded a hoorary degree by the Uiversity i 1988. David Yates (BA Govermet, 1987) David Yates is a BAFTA-award-wiig televisio ad film director. He directed the fial four istalmets i the Harry Potter film series, The Order of the Phoeix, The Half Blood Price ad The Deathly Hallows parts I ad II. He was awarded a hoorary degree by the Uiversity i 2012. Sir Christopher Pissarides (BA, MA Ecoomics, 1971) Christopher Pissarides was bor i Cyprus i 1948, ad graduated from Essex with a First Class Hoours degree i Ecoomics i 1970 ad gaied a Distictio for his Masters the followig year. He is ow Regius Professor of Ecoomics at LSE. I 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Prize i ecoomics, joitly with Peter A. Diamod ad Dale Mortese, for his cotributios to the theory of search frictios ad macroecoomics. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/careers 26 27
Our global alumi A global etwork Our alumi etwork is spread across the world ad icludes top ames i politics, busiess, arts ad sciece. Fid some of our global alumi o this map. OUR ALUMNI MAP CANADA UNITED STATES Dr Ali A. Houshmad Presidet of Rowa Uiversity, New Jersey COSTA RICA Oscar Arias Sachez Former Presidet of Costa Rica ad Nobel Peace Prize wier MEXICO Rodolfo Neri Vela Astroaut Alex Neve Secretary Geeral of Amesty Iteratioal Caada NIGERIA Be Okri Booker Prize wiig author TAJIKISTAN Fatimakho Ahmedova Nobel Peace Prize omiee for her work i democracy ad huma rights IRAQ CHINA Suchao Gao Maager at KPMG Shaghai HONG KONG Yiu-chug Leug member of the Legislative Coucil of the Hog Kog Special Admiistrative Regio. Hoshyar Zebari Deputy Prime Miister CHILE Carlos Hueeus Associate Professor of the Istituto de Estudios Iteracioales, Uiversidad de Chile ZAMBIA Terece Chibula Director of Terece Ray Solicitors, Lodo MALAYSIA Yusli Mohamed Yusoff CEO of Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia Exchage) BRUNEI Pegira Dato Paduka Haji Osma bi Pegira Haji Patra Permaet Secretary, Miistry of Foreig Affairs ad Trade 28 29
Iteratioal Academy udergraduate pathway courses The Iteratioal Academy your route to a Essex degree Our Iteratioal Academy rus programmes that offer you the chace to eter a Essex degree eve if you do ot curretly meet our etry requiremets. We offer pathways that lead ito our degrees at both udergraduate ad postgraduate level. We also offer a rage of Eglish laguage programmes that help you improve your Eglish ad which ca provide a pathway to your degree by helpig you meet your Eglish laguage coditio i your offer. We have bee ruig uiversity pathways for iteratioal studets for over 25 years ad our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme is oe of the most established i the UK. Every year over 600 iteratioal studets start their jourey at Essex with our Iteratioal Academy ad we have a log history of supportig them to achieve their goals. Here are some of the reasos why studets choose us: successful completio guaratees etry to a rage of degrees at Essex approximately 75% progressio from our udergraduate pathways over 95% progressio from our pre-sessioal programmes a rage of pre-sessioal optios to suit differet eeds icludig subject-specific pathways tailored pathways that follow your chose subject you are taught etirely at the Uiversity of Essex by our staff you ca apply directly ad/or via UCAS Jauary start dates are available for our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme ad four-year degrees we orgaise trips ad evets to help you settle ito life i the UK Udergraduate pathways Our pathway programmes are ideal if you wish to study at uiversity but do ot have the stadard qualificatios required to eter the first year of our udergraduate degrees. Iteratioal Academy programmes are specially desiged to take ito cosideratio your high school achievemets, Eglish laguage capabilities ad desired area of study. Iteratioal Foudatio Programme Our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme eables you to reach the required academic level for udergraduate study. You will study this course for oe year ad successful completio guaratees etry to Year 1 of a relevat udergraduate degree meaig you should graduate i four years. The course icludes three or four subject-based modules, as well as a Eglish laguage ad study skills module. As well as improvig your Eglish ad academic skills, you gai the ecessary experiece of livig ad learig i a uiversity eviromet. As with all our pathways, you study specialist modules that provide the best possible preparatio for your degree, rather tha a geeric foudatio programme. Admissio requiremets Graduatig from high school with a good academic record. Requiremets vary by coutry. Eglish laguage UKVI IELTS 5.0 with at least 4.0 i each compoet. Pass marks 40% i all modules. Start date October or Jauary. Four-year degrees (Year Zero) Our courses have bee desiged pricipally to assist studets who have ot yet reached the required academic level for udergraduate study ad to improve academic skills ad subject-specific kowledge. The first year is similar i cotet to our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme ad whe take as part of the four-year degree this year is kow as Year Zero. Successful completio of Year Zero automatically leads o to Year 1 of the degree, followed by Years 2 ad 3. While the Iteratioal Foudatio Programme offers flexibility ad the optio to apply to us directly, the four-year degrees (Year Zero) give you the security of a four-year visa ad established progressio through a degree with us. Admissio requiremets Graduatig from high school with a good academic record. (A-levels DDD, or equivalet i UCAS tariff poits, to iclude two full A-levels. GCSE Mathematics ad/or GCSE Sciece at grade C or above (or equivalet) are required for some courses.) Requiremets vary by coutry. Eglish laguage IELTS 5.5 i each compoet. GCSE Grade C, IB Stadard level 4 ad some other Eglish laguage high school qualificatios ca be accepted. Pass marks 40% i all modules. Start date October or Jauary. Iteratioal Year Oe If you are a iteratioal studet, have completed a 12-year high school system or foudatio course with a good academic record ad if you are ot able to directly eter the first year of a busiess-related course, our Iteratioal Year Oe is for you. It is equivalet to the first year of study of a Essex Busiess School udergraduate degree ad will provide you with all the ecessary subject kowledge ad laguage skills to progress cofidetly ito the secod year of a relevat course, eablig you to complete your degree i three years. We also focus o developig your Eglish proficiecy, academic literacy ad employability skills. Admissio requiremets Graduatig from high school with a very good academic record (A-levels CDD, or equivalet i UCAS tariff poits; IB 25 poits). Requiremets vary by coutry. You also eed GCSE Mathematics at grade C or above (or equivalet). Eglish laguage UKVI IELTS 5.5 with at least 5.0 i writig ad 4.0 i speakig, listeig ad readig. Pass marks 40% i all modules. Start date October. SUBJECTS Our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme ad four-year degrees (Year Zero) offer pathways ito the followig subject areas: Accoutig Actuarial scieces Art history Bakig ad fiace Busiess maagemet Computer sciece Crimiology Drama Ecoomics Electroic Egieerig Eglish laguage Etrepreeurship ad busiess Our Iteratioal Year Oe i Busiess offers a pathway to the followig degrees: BSc Accoutig BSc Accoutig ad Fiace BSc Accoutig ad Maagemet BSc Bakig ad Fiace Film studies History Law Liberal arts Literature Mathematics Moder laguages Philosophy Politics ad iteratioal relatios Sociology Telecommuicatio egieerig BSc Busiess Maagemet BSc Fiace BSc Fiacial Maagemet BSc Maagemet ad Marketig INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY UNDERGRADUATE PATHWAYS u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ia 30 31
Iteratioal Academy postgraduate pathways (pre-masters) Our Iteratioal Academy rus programmes that offer you the chace to eter a Essex degree eve if you do ot curretly meet our etry requiremets, or eed further preparatio to eter our Masters programmes. WHY CHOOSE A PRE-MASTERS? Choice: we offer specialist pathways ito 11 academic departmets ad 53 Masters degrees Quality: we iclude subjectspecific modules ad optios taught i differet departmets Staff: all modules are taught by Uiversity staff, icludig iteratioal leaders i their fields Eglish: embedded academic Eglish modules support your learig throughout the year Guarateed progressio: successful completio guaratees etry to a relevat Masters course GRADUATE DIPLOMA (PRE-MASTERS) Accoutig with Eglish for Academic Purposes Applied Liguistics with Eglish for Academic Purposes Art History ad Theory with Eglish for Academic Purposes Computer Sciece with Eglish for Academic Purposes Ecoomics with Eglish for Academic Purposes Electroic Egieerig with Eglish for Academic Purposes Etrepreeurship ad Iovatio with Eglish for Academic Purposes Europea Uio Law with Eglish for Academic Purposes Fiace with Eglish for Academic Purposes History with Eglish for Academic Purposes Iteratioal Commercial ad Busiess Law with Eglish for Academic Purposes Iteratioal Trade Law with Eglish for Academic Purposes Maagemet with Eglish for Academic Purposes Philosophy with Eglish for Academic Purposes Politics with Eglish for Academic Purposes Psychoaalytic Studies with Eglish for Academic Purposes Psychological Studies with Eglish for Academic Purposes u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ia Your pathway to a Masters degree Our pre-masters courses provide a high quality pathway ito a Masters degree at Essex. Pre-Masters courses start i October ad ru for ie moths util the followig Jue. If you are a diploma holder or a graduate but do ot yet meet the admissio requiremets for a Masters at Essex, a pre-masters might be the best optio for you. A pre-masters ca also help you if you eed to improve your subject kowledge or Eglish laguage before startig your Masters as each of our courses cotais a Eglish for Academic Purposes module to help develop your Eglish skills. Admissio requiremets A first degree or higher diploma from a recogised istitutio. Requiremets vary by course. Eglish laguage IELTS 5.5 overall with 5.5 i each compoet, or equivalet. Pass mark 40% i all modules. To progress to a Essex degree our progressio mark is 60%. Some departmets require 60% overall or 60% i a specific or each module. Start date October. The Graduate Diploma i Politics with EAP course is excellet. If you feel that you do ot have a strog backgroud kowledge i the subject you wish to study at Masters-level, or thik that your Eglish skills are ot eough to achieve the best outcomes i your future studies, this course eables you to overcome these axieties ad solve such problems. Your Eglish modules give you a isight ito how you ca maage your coursework, while you reiforce your academic backgroud by studyig relevat subjectspecific modules i your future departmet. Shimpei Kato, Japa Graduate Diploma i Politics with EAP 32 33 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY PRE-MASTERS
Iteratioal Academy Eglish laguage programmes IELTS PRE-SESSIONAL ENTRY LEVELS COURSE REQUIREMENT CURRENT OVERALL CURRENT WRITING CURRENT OTHER PRE-SESSIONAL COURSE LENGTH PRICES FOR 2017 START DATES IELTS 6.0 overall 5.5 5.0 5.0 5 week PEL 1,750 17 August 2017 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY ENGLISH LANGUAGE 10 week PALSS 3,250 13 July 2017 IELTS 6.0 overall 5.0 5.0 5.0 10 week PEL/subject specific 3,500 13 July 2017 15 week PALSS 4,875 25 May 2017 IELTS 6.5 overall 6.0 5.0 5.0 5 week PEL 1,750 17 August 2017 10 week PALSS 3,250 13 July 2017 IELTS 6.5 overall 5.5 5.0 5.0 10 week PEL 3,500 13 July 2017 15 week PALSS 4,875 25 May 2017 IELTS 6.5 overall 5.0 5.0 5.0 25 week PALSS 8,125 6 March 2017 IELTS 6.5 (writig 6.0) IELTS 6.5 (writig 6.0) 6.0 5.5 5.0 5 week PEL 1,750 17 August 2017 10 week PALSS 3,250 13 July 2017 5.5 5.0 5.0 10 week PEL 3,500 7 July 2017 15 week PALSS 4,875 19 May 2017 Pre-sessioal Eglish pathways Our pre-sessioal Eglish laguage pathways offer you the chace to improve your Eglish ad meet ay Eglish laguage coditios o your offer letter without havig to retake IELTS. At Essex, we have several types of pre-sessioal programmes for you. Pre-sessioal Academic, Laguage ad Study Skills Our Pre-sessioal Academic, Laguage, ad Study Skills (PALSS) programme provides you with itegrated preparatio i academic Eglish ad study skills. PALSS rus for 25, 15 ad 10 weeks. Pre-sessioal Eglish Laguage Our Pre-sessioal Eglish Laguage (PEL) programme focuses o ehacig your Eglish laguage skills. You will be taught further grammar ad vocabulary developmet, as well as additioal readig, writig, listeig ad speakig skills. PEL rus for 10 ad 5 weeks. These programmes are also offered i Bagkok through Assumptio Uiversity. Subject-specific pre-sessioal Eglish laguage programme We offer two subject-specific pre-sessioal programmes for studets eterig the School of Law ad Essex Busiess School. Our programmes offer a uique opportuity to develop your Eglish skills with subject-specific materials related to your chose course of study, icludig textbook extracts, joural articles, model reports ad literature reviews. Our subject-specific pre-sessioal programme rus for 10 weeks. Which pre-sessioal pathway do I eed? Havig so may pre-sessioal optios is great, but how do you pick the best oe for you? Our table o the ext page is a good idicatio of which optios are available based o your curret IELTS ad our Eglish laguage requiremets. Use our pre-sessioal fider tool to help decide which optios are best for you. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ps Additioally, if you are a iteratioal studet ad you eed a visa to study oe of our pre-sessioal programmes, you must have a Secure Eglish Laguage Test (SELT) to meet the UK Home Office Visas ad Immigratio requiremets, please visit our website for further details. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/immigratio If you have a ucoditioal offer to study at Essex ad would like additioal preparatio i Eglish for academic purposes ad study skills before startig your course with us, our four-week Essex Academic Skills Programme (EASP) is for you. EASP is a excellet way to settle i to life i the UK ad become more cofidet. I this case you ca get oe sigle visa to cover both EASP ad your degree. The EASP start date is 29 August 2017. IELTS 6.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 25 week PALSS 8,125 29 February 2017 (writig 6.0) IELTS 7.0 overall 6.5 5.5 5.0 5 week PEL 1,750 17 August 2017 10 week PALSS 3,250 13 July 2017 IELTS 7.0 overall 6.0 5.5 5.0 10 week PEL 3,500 13 July 2017 15 week PALSS 4,875 25 May 2017 IELTS 7.0 overall 5.5 5.5 5.0 25 week PALSS 8,125 6 March 2017 Please ote: If you have a offer for MSc Iteratioal Maagemet, MSc Maagemet, MSc Marketig Maagemet, MSc Marketig ad Brad Maagemet or MSc Huma Resources Maagemet, you will be required to take PALSS. All other Essex Busiess School courses accept PEL or subject-specific. The Departmet of Sociology oly accept PALSS. Essex Eglish Laguage Programme Our Iteratioal Academy also offers our Essex Eglish Laguage Programme (EELP). Our EELP teaches geeral Eglish from elemetary level to advaced level ad academic Eglish from upper itermediate level to advaced level. EELP is desiged for you if you wat to go o to study a udergraduate or postgraduate course or wat to come for a short period of Eglish laguage study. EELP cosists of four modules which will provide you with Eglish laguage preparatio i lie with the Commo Europea Framework of Referece for Laguages (CEFR). u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ia To joi EELP you do ot eed to have previously take a Eglish laguage test, o arrival you will be tested ad placed i the class which best suits your level. The programme rus throughout the year i five-week terms. You ca choose to study for ay period from 5 to 40 weeks (i five-week blocks), with etry poits i October, Jauary, April, July ad August. Studets who study cosecutively for te weeks or more are eligible for a free IELTS test at the ed of their studies. The curret fee for a five-week block is 1,475. 34 35
Accoutig, bakig ad fiace Essex Busiess School, the largest departmet of the Uiversity of Essex, is raked i the top 20 of UK Busiess Schools by the Chartered Associatio of Busiess Schools. More tha two-thirds of our research is rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet (REF 2014) I Colchester, you lear i the UK s first zero-carbo busiess school buildig, where our virtual tradig floor gives you access to idustry-stadard Bloomberg data I 2014, 96% of our overseas udergraduate leavers were i work or further study withi six moths of graduatig Up to six ACCA exemptios available with selected udergraduate ad postgraduate courses UNDERGRADUATE BSc Accoutig * BSc Accoutig ad Fiace * BSc Accoutig ad Maagemet * BSc Accoutig with Ecoomics * BSc Bakig ad Fiace * BSc Bakig ad Fiace with a Moder Laguage BSc Bakig, Fiace ad Moder Laguages BSc Fiace * BSc Fiace ad Moder Laguages BSc Fiace with a Moder Laguage BSc Fiace with Madari BSc Fiacial Maagemet * POSTGRADUATE - BAND C MSc Accoutig MSc Accoutig ad Fiace MSc Accoutig ad Fiacial Maagemet MRes Accoutig MSc Iteratioal Accoutig ad Bakig MSc Bakig ad Fiace MSc Fiace MSc Fiace ad Data Aalytics MSc Fiace ad Ivestmet MSc Fiace ad Maagemet MSc Fiacial Egieerig ad Risk Maagemet MSc Fiace ad Global Tradig MSc Iteratioal Fiace MSD, MPhil, PhD Accoutig MSD, MPhil, PhD Fiace This course has a optioal year abroad variat * This course has a optioal placemet year variat u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ebs Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Accoutacy Auditig Ivestmet bakig Stockbrokig Fiacial ad busiess aalysis Fiacial maagemet Udergraduate Corporate Fiace Iteratioal Bakig Maagemet Accoutig Optios ad Futures Risk Maagemet Postgraduate Bak Strategy ad Risk Derivative Securities Fiacial Decisio Makig Fiacial Modellig Behavioural Fiace Studyig at Essex is really a brilliat experiece. It gives me opportuity to develop my ow ideas ad iterests, as well as egagig with global thikig. O campus, I ca feel the mixture of excitemet, ejoyig the academic atmosphere ad commuicatig with my frieds from all aroud the world. I ca lear advaced kowledge from my teachers ad I thik it is like a ew jourey to me. Eve though I miss my coutry, I do ot feel loely. There are facilities ad support that we ca rely o. I ve made use of the Sports Cetre, the library, the IT services, ad Employability & Careers. They ve helped me ot oly ejoy my time at Essex but also to pla for the future. Yuaju Tia, Chia MSc Fiace ad Ivestmet 36 37 ESSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL ACCOUNTING, BANKING AND FINANCE
Actig East 15 UNDERGRADUATE BA Actig BA Actig (Iteratioal) BA Actig ad Cotemporary Theatre BA Stage ad Productio Maagemet Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Graduate destiatios ACTING EAST 15 BA Actig ad Stage Combat BA Actig ad Commuity Theatre BA Physical Theatre BA World Performace Cert HE Theatre Arts POSTGRADUATE MA Actig MA Actig (Iteratioal) Our actig graduates pursue careers i theatre, film, TV ad radio throughout the world. Our former theatre directig studets ow direct professioally, fuctio as artistic directors ad teach directig across the world. Udergraduate Actor ad Text Developmet of Actig Methodology Shakespeare ad Elizabetha Verse Drama Voice, Movemet, Music ad Sigig Circus i a Suitcase MFA Actig (Iteratioal) MA Theatre Directig MFA Theatre Directig Postgraduate Cotemporary UK Texts Shakespeare Staislavskia Actig Methodology The Techiques of Adaptatio Theatre of The East (field study optio) Persoal discovery. Ituitio. Techical skill. True to our foudig priciples, we place equal importace o developig these aspects of your craft. The cotributio of East 15 actors to British theatre, televisio ad film over the past decades has bee immese. Several geeratios of brilliat actors ad actresses have come out of this highly origial coservatoire. Mike Leigh OBE Film Director East 15 is oe of the UK s leadig actig schools ad is fully accredited by Drama UK ad a full member of the Uiversity/ Residet Theatre Associatio (URTA) of America Ejoy purpose-built facilities at Loughto or Southed We are oe of the most iteratioal drama schools, with studets from over 40 coutries Expad your horizos through study trips to Bali or Moscow u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/east15 Studyig at East 15 o the postgraduate Iteratioal Actig program gave me the opportuity to perform Shakespeare o the stage of the Globe Theatre, to devise, create, ad perform my ow work, to work with actors from all over the world, act i a fully produced productio at a theatre i cetral Lodo, ad work with tutors who challege you ad ecourage the jourey of the idividual. There simply just are ot ay other programs that embrace the beauty of iteratioal ad cross-cultural collaboratio; East 15 is ahead of the curve. What East 15 has is rare. Geoff Kaick, USA MA Actig (Iteratioal) 38 39
Biological scieces As oe of the Uiversity s largest departmets, we re reowed for our high levels of studet satisfactio o both udergraduate ad postgraduate courses. Like our studets, our staff are passioate about sciece ad have travelled from all over the world to be at Essex. First class equipmet ad ivestmet i facilities, icludig a ew STEM buildig due for completio i 2017 Rage of placemet optios at udergraduate level Iter-discipliary research opportuities UNDERGRADUATE BSc Biological Scieces * BSc Biochemistry * BSc Biomedical Sciece * BSc Geetics * BSc Marie Biology * BSc Sports ad Exercise Sciece * BSc Sports Performace ad Coachig * MMarBiol Marie Biology (Itegrated Masters) POSTGRADUATE - BAND C MSc Biotechology MSc Cacer Biology MSc Molecular Medicie MSc Tropical Marie Biology MSD, MPhil, PhD Biochemistry MSD, MPhil, PhD Biological Scieces MSD, MPhil, PhD Cell ad Molecular Biology MSD, MPhil, PhD Chemical Biology MSD, MPhil, PhD Evirometal Goverace MSD, MPhil, PhD Evirometal Scieces MSD, MPhil, PhD Immuology MSD, MPhil, PhD Marie Biology MSD, MPhil, PhD Microbiology MSD, MPhil, PhD Molecular Medicie MSD, MPhil, PhD Sports ad Exercise Sciece MSD, MPhil, PhD Sports ad Exercise Medicie MSD, MPhil, PhD Sports ad Exercise Psychology This course has a optioal year abroad variat * This course has a optioal placemet year variat u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/biosci Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Recet graduate careers Laboratory research Educatio Scietific publishig Medicie courses Detistry courses Cliical sciece Scietific sales Udergraduate Cacer Biology Coral Reef Biology Ratioal Drug Desig Mechaisms of Neurological Disease Sport ad Performace Psychology Postgraduate Molecular Medicie ad Biotechology Tropical Marie Systems Geomics Huma Molecular Geetics Plat Biotechology I have always had a kee iterest i sciece, thus choosig a degree withi that subject was rather easy for me. I oly applied to the Uiversity of Essex ad luckily I was accepted. The Uiversity appealed to me due to its good reputatio ad its campus life. My course offered me a rage of iterestig subjects ad topics. The lectures were stimulatig ad I gaied a fasciatio with the subject. I am truly grateful for everythig that I experieced at the Uiversity. Soa Vardaya, Norway BSc Biomedical Sciece 40 41 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Busiess ad maagemet Essex Busiess School, the largest departmet of the Uiversity of Essex, is raked i the top 20 of UK Busiess Schools by the Chartered Associatio of Busiess Schools. More tha two-thirds of our research is rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet (REF 2014) You ll be able to use the facilities i the brad ew 23m buildig at our Colchester campus, or the award wiig Forum buildig at Southed Study abroad opportuities ad work placemets available at udergraduate level We emphasise ethics ad sustaiable busiess practice UNDERGRADUATE BSc Busiess Maagemet (C) * BA Busiess Maagemet ad Moder Laguages (C) BA Busiess Maagemet with a Moder Laguage (C) BSc Maagemet ad Marketig (C) * BSc Maagemet with Madari (C) BBA Busiess Admiistratio (S) * BSc Iteratioal Busiess ad Etrepreeurship (S) * POSTGRADUATE - BAND C The Essex MBA - Bad D (C) MSc Busiess Aalytics (S) MBA Museum Maagemet - Bad D (C) MSc Iteratioal Busiess ad Etrepreeurship (S) MSc Etrepreeurship ad Iovatio (S) MSc Global Project Maagemet (S) MSc Huma Resource Maagemet (C) MSc Maagemet (C) MSc Iteratioal Maagemet (C) MRes Maagemet ad Orgaisatio (C) MSD, MPhil, PhD Busiess Admiistratio (S) MSD, MPhil, PhD Maagemet Studies (C) PhD Busiess Aalytics (S) PhD Etrepreeurship (S) (C) Colchester campus (S) Southed campus This course has a optioal year abroad variat * This course has a optioal placemet year variat Three years relevat work experiece required u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ebs Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall MBA IELTS 6.5 overall (with all scores 6.0) For ay postgraduate maagemet courses i Colchester, we also require a writig score of 6.0. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Udergraduate Busiess Strategy Digital Marketig ad Social Media Iteratioal Huma Resource Maagemet Maagig Iovatio Postgraduate Iteratioal Busiess Eviromet Maagemet Psychology Maagig Across Cultures Maagig for Ethics ad Sustaiability Fiacial Decisio Makig Recet graduate careers Procuremet Huma resources Project maagemet Strategic plaig Operatios maagemet Etrepreeurship Several reasos made me choose The Uiversity of Essex as my home for the ext three years. I love Lodo, ad ow I m oly 50 miutes away, which is perfect. Essex is oe of the best uiversities for research i the coutry, ad it provides great opportuities both ow ad for the future. I m doig the Bachelor course Busiess Admiistratio at the Southed Campus, which is really ice. Eve if it s a steep learig curve comig to uiversity, we got all the support we could ask for. We also got a brad ew buildig with top moder equipmet that gives us the best possible coditios to lear ad develop. Herma Aslaksrud, Norway BBA Busiess Admiistratio 42 43 ESSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Computatioal fiace POSTGRADUATE - BAND A MSc Algorithmic Tradig MSc Computatioal Fiace MSc Fiacial Computig PhD Computatioal Fiace Eglish laguage requiremets Postgraduate IELTS 6.0 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE Recet graduate careers Bakig Isurace Ivestmet fuds Hedge fuds Stock exchages Fiacial IT providers I would recommed this course for ayoe iterested i fiacial markets. It provides studets with both theoretical ad practical skills that are importat for the fiacial idustry. Mohammed Okour, Jorda MSc Computatioal Fiace, 2013 Postgraduate High Frequecy Fiace ad Empirical Market Microstructure Mathematical Research Techiques usig MATLAB Fiacial Egieerig ad Risk Maagemet Big Data for Computatioal Fiace Quatitative Methods i Fiace ad Tradig We are a iovative, laboratorybased teachig ad research cetre, with a iteratioal reputatio for cuttig-edge work combiig ecoomic ad fiacial modellig with computatioal implemetatio. Cross-discipliary syllabus icorporatig the latest research Practical hads-o istructio across all courses Excellet liks with govermet ad idustry, particularly via our City Associates Board A umber of our studets have had iterships with prestigious City istitutios such as HSBC, Old Mutual, ad the Bak of Eglad u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ccfea 44 45
Computer sciece ad electroic egieerig Our courses are guided by a Idustrial Advisory Board of experts which icludes represetatives from compaies such as Itel. Regardless of the study path you choose, you ll develop the skills ad priciples for a rewardig career. We achieved 91% studet satisfactio i the most recet assessmet (NSS 2015) We offer specialist laboratories ad facilities Raked joit 8th i the UK for Computer Sciece i the 2014 Academic Rakig of World Uiversities Gai professioal IET ad BCS accreditatio the basis for chartered egieer status UNDERGRADUATE BSc Computer Sciece * BEg Computer Networks * BSc Computer Games * BEg Computer Systems Egieerig * BEg Computers with Electroics * BSc Iformatio ad Commuicatio Techology * BSc Data Sciece ad Aalytics * BEg Electroic Egieerig * BEg Telecommuicatio Egieerig * MEg Electroic Egieerig MEg Telecommuicatio Egieerig * MSci Computer Sciece (Itegrated Masters) * BEg Robotic Egieerig * POSTGRADUATE - BAND A MSc Advaced Commuicatio Systems MSc Advaced Computer Sciece MSc Advaced Web Egieerig MSc Artificial Itelligece MSc Big Data ad Text Aalysis MSc Cloud Computig MSc Computer Egieerig MSc Computer Games MSc Embedded Systems MSc Itelliget Systems ad Robotics MSc Electroic Egieerig MSc Computer Networks ad Security MSD, MPhil, PhD Applied Physics MSD, MPhil, PhD Computig ad Electroic Systems MSD, MPhil, PhD Computer Sciece This course has a optioal year abroad variat * This course has a optioal placemet year variat u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/csee Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.0 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Games desig Telecommuicatios Motorsport ad aerospace egieerig Software developmet Electroic egieerig Udergraduate Artificial Itelligece Applicatio Programmig Computer Game Desig ad Programmig Computer Security Mobile Robotics Postgraduate Digital Sigal Processig Mobile ad Social Applicatio Programmig Machie Learig ad Data Miig Game Artificial Itelligece My course deals with all the ew aspects of mergig techology. The departmet has some great facilities, icludig robotics labs ad embedded systems labs. The Uiversity has so may experts ad experieced professors who have helped me i solvig ay problems that arise with my research. It also has a amazig campus where all departmets are workig together. Overall I am very happy ad proud to be a part of the uiversity. Au Muhammad Hussai, Pakista MSc Electroic Egieerig 46 47 COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING xxxxx
Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate UNDERGRADUATE Postgraduate BA, BSc Ecoomics * BA Ecoomic Aalysis for Public Policy * BA, BSc Maagemet Ecoomics * BA, BSc Iteratioal Ecoomics * BA, BSc Fiacial Ecoomics * BA Fiacial Ecoomics ad Accoutig BSc Ecoomics with Mathematics BA History ad Ecoomics BA Ecoomics with Frech/Germa/ Italia/Spaish/Portuguese POSTGRADUATE - BAND C MA Ecoomics MSc Moey ad Bakig MSc Behavioural Ecoomics MSc Accoutig ad Fiacial Ecoomics MSc Applied Ecoomics ad Data Aalysis MSc Computatioal Ecoomics, Fiacial Markets ad Policy MSc Ecoomics MSc Ecoomics ad Ecoometrics MSc Fiacial ad Busiess Ecoomics MSc Fiacial Ecoomics We are oe of Europe s leadig ecoomics departmets. Our creative ad committed academics udertake world-leadig research, pioeerig ew solutios to global issues. 48 MSc Fiacial Ecoometrics he departmet is raked 5th i T the UK for research excellece (REF 2014) e achieved 96% studet W satisfactio placig us 5th i the UK (NSS 2015) Top 20 departmet i the UK (TGUG 2016) xcellet research facilities, E icludig access to the UK Data Archive based at the Uiversity MSc Fiacial Ecoomics ad Ecoometrics MSc Iteratioal Ecoomics MSc Maagemet Ecoomics Graduate Diploma i Ecoomics Graduate Diploma i Statistics ad Ecoometrics MRes Ecoomics MPhil, PhD Ecoomics This course has a optioal year abroad variat * This course has a optioal placemet year variat u - IELTS 6.0 overall - IELTS 6.5 overall ECONOMICS Ecoomics If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Satader Deloitte Citigroup Erst ad Youg Staley Natioal govermet Morga Udergraduate Ecoomic Developmet i Global Perspective Ecoomics Iteratioal Trade Corporate Fiace Moetary Iovatios ad Cetral Baks Labour Postgraduate Time Series Ecoometrics Theory ad Applicatios Evirometal Ecoomics Behavioural Ecoomics Pael Data Methods Game I was lookig for a research-led learig experiece ad that s what attracted me to Essex. The Ecoomics departmet s degree structure has bee desiged to maximise flexibility i module choices, allowig me to choose from a wide rage of modules ad shapig my degree to suit my particular areas of iterest. Moreover, the icredible feelig of commuity at Essex makes it impossible for ayoe ot to get ivolved! My participatio i societies ad voluteerig really helped me to ehace my employability skills ad erich my time at Essex. My Essex experiece ideed proved ivaluable i securig my graduate role! Cheah Wai Kit, Malaysia BSc Ecoomics, 2013 Maagemet Associate at Uited Overseas Bak (UOB), Malaysia www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ecoomics 49
Health ad huma scieces UNDERGRADUATE BA Social Work BSc Sports Therapy * Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall Please check the departmet s website for specific requiremets for Pre-Registratio courses, BA Social Work, ad Doctorate Cliical Psychology. HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES xxxxx BSc Physiotherapy (subject to approval) BSc Occupatioal Therapy (subject to approval) If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. POSTGRADUATE - BAND B MA, MPhil, PhD Health ad Orgaisatioal Research MSc Health Research MSc Occupatioal Therapy (Pre-Registratio) MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registratio) MSc Speech ad Laguage Therapy (Pre-Registratio) MSD, MPhil, PhD Health Studies MSD, MPhil, PhD Nursig Studies MSD, MPhil, PhD Occupatioal Therapy MSD, MPhil, PhD Physiotherapy MPhil, PhD Applied Psychology Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Udergraduate Emotioal, Relatioal ad Metal Health Issues Practice Itervetios Health, Well-Beig ad IterProfessioal Practice Exercise Physiology Sports Therapy Placemet Postgraduate Health Promotio Theory ad Method i Health Research Trasformatio Through Occupatio Occupatioal Performace i Practice Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy MSD, MPhil Social Policy We are at the forefrot of preparig people to solve real-life issues i health ad society, offerig courses that both commissioers ad employers believe i. People are at the heart of all we do. Great facilities icludig simulatio labs where you ca practise developig your cliical skills safely We specialise i applied, multi-discipliary research that addresses local, atioal ad iteratioal issues relatig to health ad social care policy ad practice, ad other related fields. We have strog parterships with local health authorities MSD, MPhil, PhD Speech ad Laguage Therapy MPhil, PhD Applied Psychology Doctorate Cliical Psychology This course has a optioal year abroad variat * This course has a optioal placemet year variat RESEARCH FOCUS Our staff are multi-professioal, have both cliical ad academic credibility, ad work across traditioal boudaries. Our staff iclude urses, doctors, physiotherapists, speech ad laguage therapists, sociologists of health, psychologists, sports therapists, methodologists ad specialists i health service maagemet. I additio we draw o the expertise of visitig Fellows ad lecturers. Our research activities are strogly focused o curret, real-time health ad social care issues. Our specialisms iclude the applicatio of psychology ad sociology to real-world issues, the uderstadig of health risks, social exclusio, metal health, learig difficulties, substace misuse, gerotology, chroic illess, service evaluatio, iformatics ad evidece-based practice. Our School also hosts a growig umber of PhD studets. Gai real experiece through work placemets ad research u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/hhs 50 51
Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate UNDERGRADUATE Postgraduate BA History BA America History IELTS 6.0 overall IELTS 7.0 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets BA Global History BA History ad Crimiology Recet graduate careers BA History with Film Studies Govermet BA History ad Literature BA History with Huma Rights Museums BA History with Moder Laguages BA Moder History Galleries Archaeology Archivig Educatio BA Moder History ad Iteratioal Relatios BA Moder History ad Politics Chia: BA History ad Sociology POSTGRADUATE - BAND B MA History Postgraduate Certificate i History MAD, MPhil, PhD History HISTORY History This course has a optioal year abroad variat Udergraduate The Log 20th Cetury Slavery: The Africa America Experiece Lati America History The Uited States ad the Vietam War From Stali to Puti Slavery i the Atlatic World I Postgraduate Die Hard: Martyrdom i Britai 1300-2014 Race ad Class i the Uited States, South Africa ad Britai Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs A Global History of Food, c.1400 - c.1750 History is about people ad created by people. We re iterested i history from the grass roots how everyday people make ad are affected by history as well as from the top dow. 52 RESEARCH FOCUS Our Departmet is iteratioally recogised for the quality of its research across a broad rage of areas from 1450 to the preset. More tha two-thirds of our research was rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet i the REF 2014. e achieved 93% studet W satisfactio i the most recet survey (NSS 2015) lexible degrees with a wide F rage of history modules from 1450 to the preset day Members of our Departmet have a huge variety of research iterests, ragig from social ad cultural history to politics ad iteratioal relatios. Themes of particular iterest i research iclude violece ad protest, race, class formatio, atioalism, cultural history, geder, ad wars ad revolutios. tudy abroad as part of your S course ai experiece through volutary G work at local museums, archives ad heritage sites I lie with our commitmet to comparative history ad global perspectives, our teachig ad research team is iteratioal. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/history 53
Law ad huma rights Our teachig i law is based o our extesive research expertise ad practical experiece, particularly i public law, commercial law ad huma rights, both i the UK ad abroad. Our Huma Rights Cetre is the UK s leadig cetre for the iterdiscipliary study of huma rights theory ad practice. Gai practical experiece with our Essex Law Cliic ad Huma Rights Cliic Peer metors guide you through your first year Leadig research expertise across commercial law, public law, ad huma rights law We were awarded the Quee s Aiversary Prize i 2010 i recogitio of our work i advacig global huma rights UNDERGRADUATE u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/law u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/hrc 54 55 LLB Law LLB Law (Seior Status) LLB Law with Busiess LLB Law with Huma Rights LLB Law with Politics LLB Law with Philosophy LLB Eglish ad Frech Law (Maîtrise) icludig two years studyig i Frace POSTGRADUATE - BAND B MA Theory ad Practice of Huma Rights MA Huma Rights ad Cultural Diversity LLM Ecoomic, Social ad Cultural Rights LLM Iteratioal Huma Rights Law LLM Iteratioal Huma Rights ad Humaitaria Law LLM Europea Uio Commercial Law LLM Iteratioal Commercial ad Busiess Law LLM Iteratioal Trade Law MPhil, PhD Huma Rights MPhil, PhD Law This course has a optioal year abroad variat Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 for Masters courses ad 7.0 for research degrees, icludig 6.0-6.5 i writig for selected courses. Check www.essex.ac.uk/it17/courses for specific requiremets. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Solicitor or barrister Uited Natios EU Commissio Local authority lawyers Civil service Udergraduate Compay Law Crimial Law Family Law Foudatios of Huma Rights Medicie ad the Law Postgraduate Huma Rights for Wome Cybercrime Iteratioal Crimial Law Freedom of Expressio, Privacy ad the Media Trasitioal Justice Whe I thought of udertakig postgraduate studies i huma rights, almost every programme I came across was located i the faculty of law. What I was lookig for was a programme that would be multi-discipliary i its approach. I was clearly aware of the limitatios i a arrow ad sigle-disciplie approach to huma rights. I did ot kow such a programme existed aywhere i the world, util I came across the huma rights programme at the Uiversity of Essex. Mutuma Ruteere, Keya MA Theory ad Practice of Huma Rights UN Huma Rights Coucil, Special Rapporteur Graduate profiles for our Law programmes are available o our website. u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/law LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
UNDERGRADUATE BA America Studies (Uited States) BA America Studies (Uited States) with Film BA Crimiology ad America Studies BA Europea Studies BA Europea Studies ad Moder Laguages BA Europea Studies with Frech/ Germa/Italia/Spaish BA Europea Studies with Politics BA Lati America Studies BA Lati America Studies with Busiess Maagemet BA Lati America Studies with Huma Rights BA Liberal Arts BA Global Studies Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. LIBERAL ARTS AND AREA STUDIES Liberal arts ad area studies Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Recet graduate careers Civil service Iteratioal embassies/agecies Tourism Media ad jouralism Govermet Politics Udergraduate Athropology of Lati America Security Studies America Laguages Europe: Myth ad Idea World Ciema Iteratioal We brig together academics from across the Uiversity. Our courses are iterdiscipliary, allowig you to study a variety of subjects by choosig from modules i literature, history, philosophy, the history of art, sociology, ad politics. 56 This course has a optioal year abroad variat Where optioal year abroad is ot show, the course icludes a compulsory term or year abroad. Become a expert i America, Europea or Lati America studies What is so good about liberal arts is that you oly have oe compulsory module each year ad the rest is up to you. This gives you the opportuity to build up your degree to how it would suit your particular future career, or if you are ot quite sure yet what you wat to do, you ca prepare yourself for aythig ad everythig. It is the perfect course to study o matter what you thik about the future. You ca choose from hudreds of differet modules from a rage of differet fields. Study abroad for a term or a year A wide variety of laguage optios available lexible degree structures allow F you to build a course accordig to your iterests Study with leadig academic experts from across our departmets Kristi Aakvik, Norway BA Liberal Arts u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/cish 57
Liguistics We are oe of the largest ad most prestigious laguage ad liguistics departmets i the world. You ll become part of a academic commuity that udertakes world-leadig research. Our lecturers are iteratioally reowed. Work i our state-of-the-art iterpretig lab ad UN-style coferece booths Top 10 i the UK for research quality (REF 2014) More tha three-quarters of our research was rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet Choose from a wide rage of modules i liguistics or traslatio ad iterpretig UNDERGRADUATE BA Eglish Laguage ad History * BA Eglish Laguage ad Liguistics BA Eglish Laguage ad Literature * BA Eglish Laguage, ad Laguage Developmet * BA Liguistics * BA Eglish Laguage ad Sociology * BA Eglish Laguage ad Teachig Eglish as a Foreig Laguage * POSTGRADUATE - BAND B MA Applied Liguistics MRes Aalysig Laguage Use PG Diploma, MA Chiese-Eglish Traslatio ad Iterpretig MA Busiess Traslatio ad Iterpretig (Chiese-Eglish) MA Eglish Laguage ad Liguistics MRes Experimetal Liguistics MA Liguistic Studies MA, MRes Liguistics MA Psycholiguistics MA Socioliguistics MA TEFL/TESOL MA Traslatio ad Literature MA Traslatio, Iterpretig ad Subtitlig MA Traslatio ad Professioal Practice MPhil, PhD Aalysig Laguage Use MPhil, PhD Applied Liguistics MPhil, PhD Eglish Laguage Teachig MPhil, PhD Experimetal Liguistics MPhil, PhD Liguistics MPhil, PhD Psycholiguistics/ Socioliguistics This course has a optioal year abroad variat * This course has a optioal placemet year variat u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/liguistics Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate 6.5 overall for Masters apart from MA Traslatio & Literature (7.0) ad MA Chiese-Eglish Traslatio ad Iterpretig (7.5). 7.0 for research degrees. 6.0-6.5 i writig required for all courses. Please see www.essex.ac.uk/it17/courses for specific requiremets. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Recet graduate careers Educatio Learig support Media Publishig Udergraduate Child Laguage Acquisitio ad Laguage Disorders Meaig ad Words Secod Laguage Learig Laguage Rights Postgraduate Laguage ad Geder Multiligualism ad Laguage Impairmet Simultaeous Iterpretig Writte Traslatio What made Essex my first ad oly choice was the fact that they offered this uique Masters program - a MA i Traslatio, Iterpretig ad Subtitlig. The course offers a great deal of variety ad practicality. I was able to acquire skills ad kowledge through preparig speeches ad iterpretig at studet-led cofereces, egage classmates i traslatio challeges, atted semiars ad etwork with idustry professioals. State-of-the-art facilities such as iterpretig booths ad specifically tailored computer labs oly added to the authetic feel of a traslator/iterpreter settig. Nicholas Cumberbatch, Barbados - MA Traslatio, Iterpretig ad Subtitlig 58 59 LINGUISTICS xxxxx
Literature, film, ad theatre studies Our courses are taught by leadig academics, as well as experieced writers, film makers ad jouralists, ad allow you to follow specialised pathways or to combie your iterests across our subject areas. 100% studet satisfactio for film studies (NSS 2015) 6th for drama i the UK (Guardia Uiversity Guide 2015) Top 20 i the UK for Eglish ad creative writig (Guardia Uiversity Guide 2015) Use of our state-of-the-art Lakeside Theatre Dedicated film screeig ad editig facilities UNDERGRADUATE BA Creative Writig BA Drama BA Drama ad Literature BA Eglish ad Uited States Literature BA Eglish Literature BA Film ad Creative Writig BA Film Studies BA Film Studies ad Literature BA Multimedia Jouralism BA Literature ad/with Moder Laguages BA Literature ad Creative Writig BA Literature ad Sociology POSTGRADUATE - BAND B MA America Literatures MA Literature MA Film ad Literature MA Film Studies MA Creative Writig MA Playwritig MA Wild Writig: Literature, Ladscape ad the Eviromet MAD, MPhil, PhD Creative Writig MAD, MPhil, PhD Film Studies PhD Film Studies (Creative Practice) MAD, MPhil, PhD Literature MAD, MPhil, PhD Theatre Studies This course has a optioal year abroad variat u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/lifts Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 7.0 overall with 6.5 i writig Separate requiremets apply for BA Multimedia Jouralism, please visit our website for further details. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Recet graduate careers Jouralism Stage maagemet TV productio Magazie editig Screewritig Publishig Udergraduate Uderstadig ad Writig Sciece Fictio Myth ad the Creative Process Film ad Propagada Film Aimatio Creative Performace Postgraduate Adaptatio Writig Magic Africa America Literature The Wild East After graduatig from Essex I bega writig ovels ad my debut, The Beauty That Flows Past, wo a literary prize i Norway, which was a massive achievemet for me ad a great hoour. Studyig BA Creative Writig defiitely helped develop my writig. It was a importat steppig stoe towards becomig a published writer. I had the privilege of beig taught by taleted ad ispirig professors, ad I am grateful for all their ecouragemet ad guidace durig my three years at Essex. Ida Løkås, Norway BA Creative Writig, 2009 60 61 LITERATURE, FILM, AND THEATRE STUDIES
Marketig UNDERGRADUATE BSc Maagemet ad Marketig * (C) BSc Marketig * (S) POSTGRADUATE - BAND C MSc Marketig ad Brad Maagemet (C) MSc Marketig Maagemet (C) MSc Iteratioal Marketig ad Etrepreeurship (S) Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall For ay postgraduate marketig courses i Colchester, we also require a writig score of 6.0. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. ESSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL - MARKETING (C) Colchester campus (S) Southed campus This course has a optioal year abroad variat * This course has a optioal placemet year variat Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Advertisig ad marketig Etrepreeurship Maagemet Iteratioal project maagemet Recruitmet Busiess creatio Udergraduate Cosumer Behaviour Brad Maagemet Corporate Marketig E-commerce Maagig iovatio Essex Busiess School, the largest departmet of the Uiversity of Essex, is raked i the top 20 of UK Busiess Schools by the Chartered Associatio of Busiess Schools. More tha two-thirds of our research is rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet (REF 2014) You ll be able to use the facilities i the brad ew 23m buildig o Colchester campus, or the award wiig Forum buildig Southed More tha half of our studets are from overseas, so you re joied i class by studets from all over the world. Study abroad opportuities ad work placemets available at udergraduate level u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/ebs Postgraduate Critical Marketig Strategic Brad Commuicatio Corporate Marketig Strategy Ethical Marketig Global Project ad Product Developmet As a Iteratioal studet, I was very much attracted by the high level of cultural diversity of Essex as it allows me to meet people from aroud the world, which eables me to wide my perspectives. Also, what caught my attetio is that Essex has a good reputatio for its Busiess School ad has a high rakig i research, which is what made me decide to study Maagemet ad Marketig at Essex. The uiversity also provides us with may career opportuities such as work experieces ad employability workshops that ehace our employability. Hiu Kei Cha, Hog Kog BSc Maagemet ad Marketig 62 63
Mathematics UNDERGRADUATE Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.0 overall MATHEMATICS Our staff are award-wiig teachers as well as world-class academics, ad our staff ad studets kow each other persoally we are a true academic family. Small ad friedly departmet Placemet year ad study abroad optios available at udergraduate level BA Actuarial Sciece offers exemptios from all 8 IFA examiatios Postgraduate courses specialisig i data sciece ad statistics BSc Actuarial Sciece * BSc Ecoomics ad Mathematics * BSc Fiace ad Mathematics * BSc Mathematics * BSc Mathematics ad Statistics * BSc Mathematics with Computig * BSc Mathematics with Physics * POSTGRADUATE - BAND A MSc Actuarial Sciece MSc Data Sciece MSc Discrete Mathematics ad its Applicatios MSc Fiacial Decisio Makig with Applicatios MSc Mathematics ad Fiace MSc Statistics MSc Statistics ad Operatioal Research MSc Statistics ad Ecoometrics Graduate Diploma i Mathematics MSD, MPhil, PhD Applied Mathematics MSD, MPhil, PhD Bioiformatics MSD, MPhil, PhD Biostatistics MSD, MPhil, PhD Mathematical Biology MSD, MPhil, PhD Mathematics MSD, MPhil, PhD Operatioal Research MSD, MPhil, PhD Pure Mathematics MSD, MPhil, PhD Statistics This course has a optioal year abroad variat * This course has a optioal placemet year variat u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/maths If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Recet graduate careers Accoutat Actuary Ecoomist Fiacial Aalyst Risk Assessor Statisticia Udergraduate Optimisatio Complex Variables Graph Theory Mathematical Biology Applied Statistics Postgraduate Noliear Programmig Mathematics of Portfolios Graph Theory Data, Probability ad Statistics Cryptography ad Codes My year at Essex was both challegig ad excitig. To achieve good results I had to study a lot but it was so amazig to obtai ew kowledge, broade my experiece, ad fid ew frieds. The friedly atmosphere, supportive ad very professioal staff were the mai advatages of the Departmet of Mathematical Scieces. The structure of my course was excellet, combiig very useful fiacial modules (fiacial modellig, risk maagemet, etc) ad mathematical subjects (portfolio mathematics, research methods etc), which complemeted each other ad gave full uderstadig of the mathematical tools applied i the fiacial sphere. Maryam Belgibayeva, Kazakhsta MSc Mathematics ad Fiace, 2011 64 65
Moder laguages Our udergraduate courses i moder laguages have a triple focus o developig laguage proficiecy, cultural awareess ad professioal skills. We are the oly UK uiversity that offers you the chace to study up to four laguages. Study a rage of laguages icludig Madari Chiese Top 10 i the UK for research quality (REF 2014) All laguages taught by ative or bi-ligual teachers Put your laguage skills to use durig study abroad Opportuity to study traslatio, iterpretig ad subtitlig UNDERGRADUATE BA Laguage Studies * BA Frech Studies ad Moder Laguages BA Germa Studies ad Moder Laguages BA Iteratioal Relatios ad Moder Laguages BA Italia Studies ad Moder Laguages BA Literature ad/with Moder Laguages BA Moder Laguages BA Moder Laguages ad Eglish Laguage BA Moder Laguages ad Liguistics BA Moder Laguages ad Teachig Eglish as a Foreig Laguage BA Moder Laguages with Lati America Studies BA Philosophy ad/with Moder Laguages BA Politics ad Moder Laguages BA Portuguese Studies ad Moder Laguages BA Spaish Studies with Moder Laguages BA Spaish Studies with Lati America Studies BA Spaish, Portuguese ad Brazilia Studies All courses are four years apart from *BA Laguage Studies ad BA Iteratioal Relatios ad Moder Laguages (where a optioal year abroad is available) u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/modlag Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Educatio Learig support Media Publishig Jouralism Marketig Udergraduate Frech Ciema ad Culture Three Coutries, Oe Laguage Austria, Switzerlad ad Germay Brazil i Focus Busiess, Culture ad Society Spaish ad Lati America Art, Film ad Music La Dolce Italia a Jourey Across Edurig Italia Traditios WHY STUDY ABROAD? Study abroad is extremely worthwhile ad ejoyable both socially ad educatioally. As well as experiecig life i aother coutry, your study abroad experiece ca help you i your future career, showig that you are aturally outgoig ad adveturous, ope to ew ideas ad methods of workig. More ad more studets are ejoyig spedig a period of study i aother coutry as part of their studies. After your year abroad, you will be able to preset future employers with evidece of your capacity for iter-cultural uderstadig, self-reliace ad idepedece. 66 67 MODERN LANGUAGES
Philosophy ad art history We offer degrees i both philosophy ad art history at udergraduate ad postgraduate levels, icludig opportuities to explore iterdiscipliary themes across the two areas, ad to study them i combiatio with other subjects. Philosophy at Essex is iteratioally recogised for its uique combiatio of Aglo-America ad Europea cotietal philosophy Art history is raked 6th amog UK art history departmets (REF 2014) We are i the top 10 for philosophy research departmets i the UK (REF 2014) We are home to ESCALA, the most importat collectio of Lati America art i Europe UNDERGRADUATE BA Art History BA Art History ad History BA Art History ad/with Moder Laguages BA Film Studies ad Art History BA Curatorial Studies BA Literature ad Art History BA Philosophy ad Art History BA Philosophy BA Philosophy, Religio ad Ethics BA Philosophy ad History BA Philosophy ad Law BA Philosophy ad Literature BA Philosophy ad Politics BA Philosophy ad Sociology BA Philosophy with Huma Rights POSTGRADUATE - BAND B MA Art History ad Theory MA Curatig Cotemporary Art MA Gallery Studies ad Critical Curatig MA Gallery Studies with Dissertatio Graduate Diploma i Art History ad Theory Graduate Diploma i Philosophy MA Philosophy ad Art History MA Philosophy (Cotietal Philosophy pathway) MA Philosophy (Critical Social Theory pathway) MA Philosophy (Philosophy ad Psychoaalysis pathway) MAD, MPhil, PhD Art History ad Theory MAD, PhD Philosophy This course has a optioal year abroad variat u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/artphil Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.0 for Graduate Diplomas, IELTS 6.5 with 6.0 i writig for art history masters courses, IELTS 7.0 for art history research degrees ad all philosophy courses If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Research ad aalysis work Galleries Museums Publishig Udergraduate Art ad Ideas Philosophy ad Religio Art i Lati America Freud ad the Philosophy of the Ucoscious Art, Sex ad Death Postgraduate Philosophy ad Psychoaalysis Cotemporary Critical Theory Autoomy, Metal Disorder ad Huma Rights Critique ad Curatig Art, Architecture ad Curatig OUR RESEARCH Art history 19th ad 20th cetury Europea sculpture 1960s couterculture Activist art Art ad sciece Cotemporary architecture History of photography History of tattooig Reaissace art ad architecture Theories of the sublime Urbaism ad the built eviromet Philosophy Critical theory Pheomeology Medical humaities Classical Germa philosophy 68 69 PHILOSOPHY AND ART HISTORY
Politics Some of the biggest ames i the field work at Essex, givig you urivalled access to the best mids i politics. As well as coductig groud-breakig research, your lecturers advise political parties, govermets ad iteratioal NGOs. UK s leadig political sciece research departmet Top i the UK for research excellece (REF 2014) Awarded Q-Step Affiliate status to develop quatitative skills 91% studet satisfactio (NSS 2015) Awarded the prestigious Regius Professorship i 2013 UNDERGRADUATE BA Politics * BA Iteratioal Relatios * BA Philosophy, Politics ad Ecoomics * BA Ecoomics ad Politics * BA Electios, Public Opiio ad Parties * BA Political Ecoomics * BA Political Theory ad Public Policy * BA Politics with Huma Rights * POSTGRADUATE - BAND C u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/govermet Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Govermet Civil service Media ad jouralism Volutary sector Political research Police ad armed forces Udergraduate Authoritariaism ad Corruptio Iteratioal Security Studies Huma Rights ad Global Justice Mass Media ad Democracy Coflict Aalysis Postgraduate Coflict Resolutio Political Ecoomy Iteratioal Negotiatio Ideology ad Political Discourse Iteratioal Evirometal Politics 70 71 MA Politics MA, MSc Coflict Resolutio MA, MSc Global ad Comparative Politics MA Ideology ad Discourse Aalysis MA, MSc, MRes Iteratioal Relatios MA, MSc Multilevel Goverace i Europe MA, MSc, MRes Political Ecoomy MA, MSc, Political Sciece MA Political Theory MA, MSc Public Opiio ad Political Behaviour Graduate Diploma Politics PhD, PhP Govermet This course has a optioal year abroad variat * This course has a optioal placemet year variat There were two mai reasos for decidig to come to Essex. The first was the reputatio of the Departmet of Govermet, the best departmet i the study of politics i the Uited Kigdom ad oe that is also widely recogised overseas. The secod reaso was because I had heard the Uiversity was oe of the most iteratioally diverse, ad I was lookig forward to sharig my academic experieces with people from differet cotexts ad backgrouds. This has bee, udoubtedly, a very fulfillig experiece ad I would recommed for ayoe who is iterested i politics to study here. Joshua Hurtado, Mexico MA Iteratioal Relatios POLITICS
UNDERGRADUATE FdA Therapeutic Commuicatio ad Therapeutic Orgaisatios BA Psychoaalytic Studies * BA Therapeutic Care POSTGRADUATE - BAND B MA Psychoaalytic Studies Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall IELTS 6.5 for taught courses, IELTS 7.0 for research degrees Postgraduate If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets MA Jugia ad Post-Jugia Studies Recet graduate careers MA Refugee Care Educatio PG Diploma, MA Maagemet ad Orgaisatioal Dyamics Graduate Diploma i Psychodyamic Cousellig PhD Psychoaalytic Studies PhD Refugee Care Optioal study abroad year available Optioal placemet year available BA top up year available PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDIES Psychoaalytic studies Youth work ad social care Learig support Metal health Nursig Health Udergraduate Child, Adolescet ad Adult Developmet i Idividuals, Groups ad Orgaisatios Violece ad Projective Processes i Idividuals ad Society Cotemporary Therapeutic Practice Trauma Postgraduate Dreams ad Myths i Cotexts Psychoaalysis of Groups ad Orgaisatios Cotext of the Refugee Experiece Psychosocial Perspectives of Huma Rights We re uique: the oly place where uder oe roof you ca fid a multifaceted cliical ad academic approach to both psychoaalytic ad Jugia studies. 72 Freud 95% studet satisfactio rate (NSS 2015) 80% of our udergraduates have foud graduate-level study or employmet My ultimate career goal is to work with refugee childre ad provide therapeutic services. Whe I was researchig graduate courses I came across the MA Refugee Care offered at the Uiversity of Essex. This course was differet from ay other refugee studies programmes that I have see. It focused o the essetial issues relatig to refugees ad the refugee experiece, as well as emphasisig therapeutic practices. Raked top 10 i the UK for research quality (REF 2014) From the first day o campus I maaged to meet a lot of graduate studets from various majors. I am very much ejoyig the social experiece at the Uiversity. The Cetre icorporates the Cetre for Trauma, Asylum ad Refugees Nicky Phelps, Uited States MA Refugee Care u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/cps 73
Psychology UNDERGRADUATE Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 7.0 overall PSYCHOLOGY BA, BSc Psychology BSc Psychology with Cogitive Neurosciece POSTGRADUATE - BAND C If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets MSc Advaced Psychology MSc Psychology (coversio course) MSc Research Methods i Psychology MSc Cogitive Neurosciece MSc Cogitive Neuropsychology MSc Laguage ad the Brai Recet graduate careers Cliical, foresic, educatioal ad occupatioal psychology Social work Metal health care Maagemet Huma resources Media ad marketig MSD, MPhil, PhD Psychology This course has a optioal year abroad variat Udergraduate Brai ad Behaviour Cogitive Psychology Developmetal Psychology Social Psychology Placemet year Postgraduate Cogitive Neuropsychology of Laguage Advaced Readig Developmet ad Dyslexia Advaced Developmetal Psychology Advaced Social Psychology Perceptio ad Cogitio Our research is recogised iteratioally ad has a impact across may areas. Our research groups focus o cogitive psychology, sesory ad cogitive eurosciece, ad social psychology. Udergraduate studets take part i this research durig their studies. Exceptioal research labs ad facilities, icludig our Cetre for Brai Sciece We re raked 13th i the UK for our research, ad 90% of our research is rated as world-leadig or iteratioally excellet (REF 2014) Courses accredited by the British Psychological Society We are home to a ESRC-accredited Doctoral Traiig Cetre u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/psychology The mai reaso I decided to study at Essex was the Uiversity s strog research ratig; psychology is a sciece, so a good research rakig was importat to me. The Departmet of Psychology is great. First of all, the academic staff are excellet ad, wheever you have questios or eed somethig clarified, lecturers are always there to help. The teachig itself is also very good, with aspects about the modules clearly outlied. O the techical side, my departmet is well equipped ad all psychology studets have access to great lab facilities, with moder computers ad a rage of software. Le A Trog Dih, Norway BSc Psychology 74 75
Sociology ad crimiology We embed our iovative ad sometimes cotroversial research ito our courses, likig theory with evidece. Our world-leadig academics will teach you to have your figer o the pulse of moder society. 96% studet satisfactio (NSS 2015), raked i the top 10% for UK uiversities Raked i the top 30 i the world by QS World Uiversity Rakigs (2016) Raked top 10 i the UK for research quality (REF 2014) Awarded Q-Step Affiliate status to develop quatitative skills UNDERGRADUATE BA Crimiology * BA Crimiology with Social Psychology * BA Commuicatios ad Digital Culture * BA Sociology * BA Sociology ad Crimiology * BA Sociology ad Politics * BA Sociology with Huma Rights * BA Sociology with Psychosocial Studies * BA Sociology with Social Athropology * BA Sociology with Social Psychology POSTGRADUATE - BAND C MA Advertisig, Marketig ad the Media MSc Crimiology ad Socio-Legal Research MA Crimiology MA Sociological Research MA Sociology MSc Survey Methods for Social Research MSc Orgaised Crime, Terrorism ad Security MA Sociology ad Maagemet MPhil, PhD Crimiology MAD Sociology MPhil, PhD Sociology PhD Survey Methods * This course has a optioal placemet year variat This course has a optioal year abroad variat u www.essex.ac.uk/it17/sociology Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall (with all scores 6.0) If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 34-35 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Paralegal ad law Probatio Youth ad commuity work Public relatios ad marketig Housig, care, health ad welfare services Police ad commuity safety Udergraduate Globalisatio ad Crime Race, Class ad Geder Digital Media ad Society Social Athropology Policig, Puishmet ad Society Postgraduate Advertisig: Commerce ad Creativity Digital Ecoomy Critical Perspectives o Terrorism ad Couter-Terrorism Sociology of Huma Rights Pael Data Methods The Departmet provides a woderful, friedly eviromet for postgraduate study ad research. I love the variety of activities such as attedig isightful cofereces. I am particularly iterested i culture, crime ad media studies, research o citizeship ad idetity, ad qualitative methods. I fid people s perceptio of crime ad how it has evolved throughout history a very iterestig area of study. I really ejoy becomig more kowledgeable withi my field ad deliverig uique ad origial work. Deiz Ua MA Crimiology ad Sociology, 2010, PhD Sociology 76 77 SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY