Flexible Combined Honours Degree

Hi! I'm in year 12 and somewhat torn between my love of English and the Sciences so I've been looking at Flexible combined Honours Degrees at Exeter. I'm wondering firstly how well this sort of degree actually works practically what with timetabling etc, and also if there is anywhere else offering anything similar where I could combine a BA and a BSc. Thanks!

Hi Camer0nR,
Great to hear about your interest in studying FCH at the University of Exeter. If you haven't already, I'd recommend taking a look at the course webpage here, and the specific modules page here. This will help give you some insight into what modules are available, although this will be subject to timetabling constraints. Often modules can change which term they are taught in based on the availability or schedule of the academics who might lead on the module, and so it is difficult this far out to say exactly what would be available to study at any particular point in the degree. In addition, the university will regularly add and change modules to match the research interests and specialisms of different staff members who might join the university. It's worth also mentioning that some second or third year modules can often have pre-requisites, where you need to have studied a related module in first or second year in order to take the next module, this is often because it may rely on knowledge or concepts taught in the previous class. If this is the case it should be clearly communicated in advance of when you have to make your module choices.
The main thing to emphasis with FCH is that, as the name suggests, it is a very flexible degree programme. Do you know of any subjects you are definitely interested in studying at university, and I can try and provide more specific advice about what modules may be available to study?
You may also be interested in our other combined honours degrees, although not as flexible as FCH, they will allow you to combine studying two subjects together. Typically combined honours degrees combine two more commonly associated subjects together, such as history and politics, computer science and maths or English and modern languages. You can find a full list of such course combinations on our website here.
Other courses that may offer lots of breadth and interdisciplinary study include BA Liberal Arts (mostly offering combinations of humanities and social science subjects), BA Environmental Humanities (a combination of geography, environmental science, humanities, politics and law), and BSC Environmental Science (mostly a combination of geography, biology and politics). For each of our courses, I would recommend looking closely at the 'Course Content' tab on the website, as this will give you a breakdown of what modules are available to study, and which are compulsory or optional, in each year. The code at the start of the module name, such as GEO3448 or BIO3434 will also give you a good indication of which department the module is taught through, so can be a good way to assess how interdisciplinary any particular course may be. It's also worth highlighting the University of Exeter's commitment to Enhanced Modularity that allows students to take up to 30 credits of modules outside of their main degree discipline (so the options listed on the Course Content page). This is subject to certain restrictions, for example you have to still ensure you take all compulsory modules, and there may also be timetabling constraints, but it is designed to allow students to pursue their own interests and maximise the flexibility across our degree programmes.
I hope that's helpful, but please let me know if you have any further questions. To gain greater insight into what studying certain topics or modules might be like at the University of Exeter, you can also use our chat to a student service here. This will allow you to filter by subject to find current students studying that discipline to direct questions to.
Kingsley
University of Exeter Student Ambassador

Hi, I too am concerned about possible time table clashes which might make it difficult to continue with the degree as desired. The subjects that would be done as part of the degree would be Maths and Spanish. Would you possibly be able to give me any feedback please if these subjects tend to clash with their time tables? Thanks.

Hi! I'm in year 12 and somewhat torn between my love of English and the Sciences so I've been looking at Flexible combined Honours Degrees at Exeter. I'm wondering firstly how well this sort of degree actually works practically what with timetabling etc, and also if there is anywhere else offering anything similar where I could combine a BA and a BSc. Thanks!