Which degree suits my A-level combo? 🎓

I’m studying Economics, Drama, Literature, and History at A-level. What uni courses could suit me, and what have others gone on to study with these subjects? Any experience or advice would be amazing! 😊

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Reply 1

jackky1

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by thatasamboma

What are you passionate about? It all relies on you, your future and what you want to do in the future!!

Reply 2

thatasamboma

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by jackky1

What are you passionate about? It all relies on you, your future and what you want to do in the future!!

I’d love to do something in economics but I’m not sure if I need to take Maths in order to do that.

Reply 3

Dreamcrab0

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by thatasamboma

I’d love to do something in economics but I’m not sure if I need to take Maths in order to do that.

I think you’d most likely needs maths but… I’m not too familiar with the English qualification system as I live further up north in Scotland, but I’m pretty sure most would require maths, but don’t quote this as I’m not sure :>
I do still think that something within the financial realm would probably be interesting :]

Reply 4

undisciplined-au

Places where you can do a degree in Economics without A Level Maths:

University of Aberdeen
Aberystwyth University
Aston University
Bangor University
Birbeck, University of London
Birmingham City University
University of Birmingham (you'd need a 7 in GCSE Maths)
Bournemouth University
University of Bradford
University of Brighton
University of Bristol (BA but not BSc)
UWE Bristol
Brunel, University of London
University of Buckingham
Cardiff Metropolitan University
City St George's, University of London
Coventry University
De Montfort University
University of Derby
University of Dundee
UEA
University of East London
University of Essex
Goldsmiths University of London
University of Greenwich
Heriot Watt University (Year 1 entry only)
University of Hertfordshire
University of Huddersfield
University of Hull
Keele University
University of Kent
Kingston University
Lancaster University (BA but not BSc)
University of Leeds (7 in GCSE Maths)
University of Leicester
University of Lincoln
Liverpool Hope University
University of Liverpool (BA but not BSc)
London Metropolitan University
London South Bank University
Loughborough University
Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Manchester (BA but not BSc)
Middlesex University
Newcastle University (7 in GCSE Maths)
Northeastern University London
Northumbria University Newcastle
Nottingham Trent University
University of Nottingham (7 in GCSE Maths)
Oxford Brookes University
University of Plymouth
University of Portsmouth
Queen's University Belfast (7 in GCSE Maths)
University of Reading (7 in GCSE Maths for BSc)
University of Roehampton
Royal Holloway University of London (7 in GCSE Maths)
University of St Andrews
University of Sheffield (BA but not BSc)
University of Stirling (Year 1 or Year 2 entry)
University of Strathclyde
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
Swansea University
University of Westminster
York St John University
University of York (7 in GCSE Maths)

Reply 5

artful_lounger

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by thatasamboma

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by thatasamboma

I’d love to do something in economics but I’m not sure if I need to take Maths in order to do that.

Most economics degrees require A-level Maths; some do accept those without it (although usually require a high grade in GCSE). Bear in mind degree level economics is much more mathematical than A-level Economics and you'd be using A-level Maths type maths (and beyond) throughout the course. So if you aren't so keen on maths then you may not find an economics degree a good fit. In general though most social sciences and humanities courses would be an option! Some language based courses also don't require an A-level in a language (mainly non-European or premodern languages) which may be something to consider.

Probably something to consider is if you're more interested in textual approaches (in which case history, art history, English/comparative literature, classical civilisation or similar may be appealing!) or less/non-textual approaches (in which case you might find e.g. archaeology, anthropology, sociology, politics, or similar of interest) to the areas you're broadly studying. Of course you may also find options which let you cut across both approaches through e.g. joint honours courses (e.g. history and politics) or courses with more interdisciplinary elements (e.g. classical archaeology). You may also be more interested in a course with some more obvious career route (e.g. law, accounting, teaching/education), although I'd highlight often you can go into a lot of careers with any degree (including from those examples legal careers or careers in accounting or financial services more broadly!). :smile:

If you wished to also there are options to completely "change direction" if you wanted to do e.g. a science course or similar, as most scientific subjects are available at degree level with a foundation year at one uni or another, for those who did non-science subjects at A-level but got good grades. I'm assuming you didn't pick science/maths subjects because you don't enjoy them or struggle with them though and if that is the case I would not suggest going down that route, but if you weren't sure what subjects you wanted to take and were good at and enjoyed those areas but just chose others, that is still potentially an option.