OPEN AFTERNOON

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WELCOME

• OPEN AFTERNOON
• JOINT HONOURS ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
• Penny Robinson

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CENTRE FOR JOINT HONOURS(Arts Social
Sciences)

• Welcome to the Open Afternoon!
• Are we all where we ought to be?
• If you are not not sure, do ask
• Please make sure your mobile phone is turned off

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TIMETABLE

• 1.00 1.15 Registration
• 1.15 2.00 Introduction to Joint Honours
• 2.00 3.30 Subject talks campus
  tours
• 2.00 3.30 Parents Programme
  (Conference Auditorium 1)
• 3.30 Refreshments in University
  Refectory

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JOINT HONOURS PROGRAMMES (ARTS AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES)

• Each year you enrol for 120 credits
• Plus (year 1)5/10-credit supernumerary IT
  module
• You must achieve 100 credits each year (including
  compulsory modules)

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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE(I)

• English History
• Year 1 120 credits 40 (English) 40
  (History) 40 (elective credits)Electives
  3rd subject? More credits in English /or
  History?
• Plus 5/10 supernumerary credits in IT
• (10 if Economics or Management)

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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE(II)

• Years 2 3 240 creditsUsually divided
  between 2 main subjects.A few credits in a 3rd
  (elective) subject?
• Slight main subject imbalance possible120/120?
  140/100?, 100/100/40? 120/80/40?

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FLEXIBILITY

• JH Politics Sociology
• Year 1 40 Politics, 40 Sociology 40
  elective credits (Philosophy)
• Years 2 3
• JH Politics Sociology
• JH Philosophy Politics
• JH Philosophy Sociology
• SH Politics
• SH Sociology
• SH Philosophy
• Subject to agreement of the Schools concerned

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ELECTIVE SUBJECT

• May be taken outside your named subjects
• Continue with a favourite school subject? Try a
  new one?
• Upgrade vocational skills (IT? Languages?)?
• Does not have to be from the same Faculty
  (Mathematics?)
• Staff available for consultation before you
  choose
• School subjects have prerequisites
• Non-school subjects normally do not
• Appears on your final Transcript
• May theoretically be taken at all levels of the
  programme
• Vast range but particular elective cannot be
  guaranteed in advance
• Choose on arrival (but think beforehand)
• As seen, year 1 electives can give tremendous
  flexibility

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SOME POPULAR ELECTIVES

• Geography
• Astronomy for Non-Scientists Gender Studies
• Asia Pacific Studies
• Russian Civilization
• Medieval Studies
• Career Planning
• IT
• Greek Civilization
• Mathematics
• Communications Studies
• Psychology
• Creative Writing
• and many more

• Philosophy
• History of Art
• Arabic
• Management
• Economics
• Computing
• Sociology
• Social Policy
• Classical Literature
• History
• English
• European Studies
• Development Studies
• Politics
• French

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ADVANTAGES OF JH

• Flexibility/ transfer possibilities
• Wide range of subject-specific transferable
  skills
• Opportunity to study a new area for 1 year or 3
• Chance to study abroad / take a year in industry
• Breadth of programme
• but individual modules studied in depth
• Attractive to potential employers
• Choice of two areas for higher degree?
• Or boundary between them?

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SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE

• Joint Honours Personal Tutor (overview of
  performance/advice support/references)
• Student Counselling Service
• Accommodation Service (Wardens/Sub-Wardens)
• Leeds Student Medical Practice
• Adviser to International Students
• Disability Services
• LUU Advice Centre
• Chaplaincy
• Careers Centre
• Skills Centre

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UCAS CONFIRMATION AND CLEARING

• JH popular? we normally insist on admissions
  requirement
• We normally do not accept points equivalents
• But, if there are mitigating circumstances
  (illness, etc.), let us know before you know your
  results
• Ask your school/college to write to us
• All correspondence to be addressed to Centre for
  JH(not to the teaching Schools)
• Accommodation enquiries should be addressed to
  the Accommodation Office, not to the Centre for
  Joint Honours

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AND FINALLY

• GOOD LUCK IN YOUR EXAMINATIONS!
• We hope to welcome you to Leeds again soon
• Please contact us if you have any queries
• (contact details on your handout)
• Before that
• we are available over tea to answer your queries