Yay! A fellow CombHon! I’m planning on studying history, biology, and computer science my first year and would like to do that within the CombHon programme because my main interest is history but after looking in more detail at the modules for the science courses I wish to take (and are tied to the courses in the first year) I might have switch to NatSci (at least for year one) while continuing to make history a large component of my degree.
What about you?
And yeah, I think you’re right about not registering for modules until we get there. In fact, here’s some information from the department…
“The enrolment process includes the registration process, but, for students in the CH Arts and CH Social Sciences programmes, it is best to think of enrolment and registration as separate aspects of the overall process of entering the University. You can (and should)
enrol as soon as possible, before you come to Durham, but you should not attempt to
register until you are reasonably sure that you are choosing the right modules. In some programmes, there is little or no choice in the first year, and therefore students can make the few if any decisions which they are being required to make before they come to Durham. In the CH Arts and CH Social Sciences programmes, however, there is much more choice than in any other programmes, and you should not attempt to
finalise your choice of modules, and so complete registration, until you understand the relation between your programme, your subjects, and the modules which you might study in those subjects. You should certainly start to
research your choice of modules, using the Faculty Handbook Online at
https://www.dur.ac.uk/faculty.handbook/, long before you arrive. Unless there is a good reason for us to tell you otherwise, however, you should not
submit your choices until you have attended Combined Honours Induction, and any appropriate departmental induction presentations, on the Monday and Tuesday of Induction Week. For further information and guidance, please see the
Combined Honours Freshers Site in DUO.”
Best wishes!