UCAS help

I want to do Spanish with International Relations, some unis don’t offer that, how can I say on UCAS that I want to do both. Some uni do both courses but not together, or am I just thick.

Reply 1

DataVenia

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Original post by Aloder27

I want to do Spanish with International Relations, some unis don’t offer that, how can I say on UCAS that I want to do both. Some uni do both courses but not together, or am I just thick.

You're not applying for both courses. You're applying for a single course called "Spanish with International Relations". Universities which offer this course will assign it a unique code which defines this course. For example, University of Birmingham refer to their BA (Hons) International Relations with Spanish course as L2R4. This is a single code which refers to that single course at that university. University of Westminster offers a similar course, BA (Hons) Spanish and International Relations, which they have assigned it the code LR24.

For those universities which "do both courses but not together" you cannot apply for a combined Spanish with International Relations course because one does not exist. You can apply for their Spanish course or their International Relations course.

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Reply 2

McGinger

Good advice above.

Just remember that any joint subject course means you will do less IR than someone doing the single subject degree - this can be frustrating if timetable clashes mean you cannot take specific units. You may find that just doing IR-with-study-abroad is actually a better option - you get a year of Spanish overseas, and dont miss out on the IR experience. Most Unis offer language classes to students - you dont have to have it as 'part of your degree' to keep that skill current - example University Language Programme | Nottingham Trent University