The University of Buckingham is a non-profit private university in Buckingham, England and the oldest of the country's five private universities.
The institution offers a wide range of undergraduate courses that can lead to many career opportunities, as there are 64 courses are on offer for you to choose from.
Here is a list of a few of the undergraduate courses you can apply for:
Accounting and Finance:
BSc Accounting and Finance 2-year degree programmes are designed to meet the demands of the 21st Century, but still teach the underlying skills, making it an exciting time to be studying accounting and finance at Buckingham.
The flagship BSc Accounting and Finance degree programme (previously known as BSc Accounting and Financial Management) provides an academically rigorous study of the principal accounting and finance disciplines.
The combination of a fast-track two-year programme and the number of exemptions attained makes Buckingham Business School a good option for Accounting and Finance students.
Biomedical Sciences
This course is a 2-year programme taught at the institution's Crewe campus, awarding graduates of this course a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences degree.
Biomedical science focuses on how cells, organs and metabolic systems function in the human body. Through this understanding of health and disease processes, new treatments and therapies can be created or developed, contributing to necessary advances toward solving significant health problems in today’s society.
Digital News and Media (Flexible)
Discover the various elements of digital media and journalism at the University of Buckingham, where practical, hands-on learning prepares you for the ever-changing industry.
Using the combination of both study and real experience, The BA Digital News and Media degree takes place over two years and covers all manners of contemporary broadcast media, including:
- TV and Radio
- Digital and Print Editorials
- Online Media
- Communication Design
- Social Media
- Advertising
- PR and Marketing
The programme takes a learning-through-doing approach, allowing you to become directly equipped with important digital and journalistic skills during practice. This is enhanced through the completion of coursework, fewer exams, and exciting tasks throughout the course.
Economics
The University of Buckingham's BSc in Economics (3-year degree) is a great option if you see yourself working as an advisor in a national or international agency, as a teacher or a journalist, or if you simply wish to keep your options open before going on to a career in business or the professions.
In the BSc in Economics (3-year degree) programme, students have an enhanced opportunity for studying problems of economic policy.
The problem of achieving macroeconomic and exchange rate stability has been of great importance to many countries in recent years for example, while microeconomic issues such as the allocation of resources to health or to raising environmental quality continue to feature prominently in public discussion.
An economics degree gives you the perfect opportunity to study these issues, and also permits you to take modules in politics, law and the humanities to further broaden your perspective.
English Literature (Single)
You will encounter the works of great authors, such as Shakespeare, but you will also study themes like Film, Gender, and Empire.
The degree combines traditional and contemporary aspects of the subject. Buckingham’s unique tutorial system makes for highly personalized teaching.
You will have opportunities to write a book review, reportage, poems and short stories, even part of a screenplay. You will learn a number of skills, not least how to write fluently and persuasively. As a result, graduates go on into a range of careers in media, teaching, publishing, academia, business, and marketing.
History of Art
Students of History of Art and other approved subjects, who have accumulated 240 credits at another recognised Higher Education institution, can transfer their credits to The University of Buckingham and graduate with a BA in History of Art.
Full-time students join the BA in September and complete their studies in July, studying two modules in their first term, and in their final two terms study a further four modules whilst also writing their dissertation.
Part-time students spread their course over two years, taking one module per term during the first four terms, followed by one taught module in each of the final two terms and a dissertation, completing their studies in July of their second year at Buckingham.
Teaching is arranged over three terms (Autumn, Winter, Spring), and classes for each taught module are scheduled on one day.
Therefore, a full-time student will have classes on two days each week and a part-time student will have classes on one day each week.
For a full look at what the University of Buckingham has to offer, visit the institution's website.
