First-year-abroad programme

This programme at the University of Birmingham offers a First-year-abroad semester programme option to Freshmen/ undergraduate bachelor student registered at any partner university. It is a fantastic opportunity to spend one semester of study in England at a global top 100 university.

First-year-abroad programmes currently exist in limited disciplines only. We are constantly adding new programmes. Please contact us if you are looking for a first-year programme in any other discipline.

Acounting

 

Decision Making and Control [LC, 20 cr, 31804]
Managing Financial Resources [LC, 20 cr, 31687]
Taxation: Principle and Planning [LI, 20 cr, 31818]

 

Management

Economics

Psychology

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts programme is delivered by the College of Arts and Law. It enables you to choose 2 or 3 modules listed in the various subject areas offered, subject to timetabling constraints, totalling up to 60 credits and the module below:

 

Semester I (Sep-Dec)

Creative and Critical Thinking II: The Stories We Tell [LC, 20 cr, 40452]

 

Semester II (Jan-Jun)

Creative and Critical Thinking II: The Stories We Tell [LC, 20 cr, 40453]

History and Culture

 Semester I (Sep-Dec)

 The Greek World [LC, 20 cr, 33625]
 Making of the Modern World [LC, 20 cr, 33723]
 Making of the Contemporary World [LC, 20 cr, 29546]

 

Semester II (Jan-Jun)

The Roman World [LC, 20 cr, 33653]
History and Heritage [LC, 20 cr, 41514]
Discovering the Middle Ages  [LC, 20 cr, 25898]

 

Culture and Creativity

Semester I (Sep-Dec)

Historical Concepts in the History of Art [LC, 20cr, 25340]
Music and its Cultures I [LC, 20cr, 37490]
American and World Cinema [LC, 20cr, 39966]

 

Semester II (Jan-Jun)

Debates and Methods in the History of Art [LC, 20 cr, 25149]
Music and its Cultures II [LC, 20cr, 37491]
Drama and Theatre Arts: Performance Lab [LI, 20 cr, 37843]

Philosophy and Ideas

Semester I (Sep-Dec)

 Philosophical Traditions  [LC, 20 cr, 32793]
 Science and Nature [LI, 20 cr, 30886]
 Elements of Metaphysics [LI, 20 cr, 30074]

 

 Semester II (Jan-Jun)

Moral and Political Philosophy [LC, 20 cr, 32792]
Reasons to Believe [LC, 20 cr, 32794]
Climate and Environmental Ethics [LI, 20 cr, 38929]

Modern Languages (Advanced French)

Semester I (Sep-Dec)
French Core I – Advanced: French Culture and Identities [LC, 20 cr, 29742]
La France Moderne A [LC, 10 cr, 35101]
Occupation, Liberation, Innovation: France and its people in film and writing A [LC, 10 cr, 35105]
Translation in Practice I [LC, 10 cr, 31437]
Talking about Translation I [LC, 10 cr, 39792]

 

**Students can switch out a module in any package for a language module (through ML or LfA). Language skills will need to be assessed before a space can be guaranteed.

 

Modern Languages (Advanced Spanish)

Semester I (Sep-Dec)

Spanish Core I – Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts [LC, 20 cr, 29750]
Unity, Diversity and the Re-shaping of the New World: Latin America since 1800 [LC, 10 cr, 34907]
Figuring and Re-configuring Spanish Visual Culture A [LC, 10 cr, 35095]
Translation in Practice I [LC, 10 cr, 31437]
 Talking about Translation I [LC, 10 cr, 39792]

 

**Students can switch out a module in any package for a language module (through ML or LfA). Language skills will need to be assessed before a space can be guaranteed.

Music

Semester I (Sep-Dec)

Music and its Cultures I [LC, 20cr, 37490]
Music and Ideas I or Tonal Harmony and Counterpoint 1 [LC, 10cr, 37492] or [LC, 10cr, 31581]
Paper Composition [LC, 10cr, 37495]
Studio Composition [LC, 10cr, 37497]
*Solo Performance I [LI, 10cr, 36293]

 

Semester II (Jan-Jun)

Music and its Cultures II [LC, 20cr, 37491]
Music and Ideas II [LC, 10cr, 37493]
Paper Composition [LC, 10cr, 37496]
Studio Composition [LC, 10cr, 37498]
*Solo Performance (Exchange student) [LC, 10cr, 37294]

 

Music module requirements:

Student must have prior experience of studying Music.

The Director of UG Studies needs to assess student transcripts before students can be registered.

For LI *Solo Performance, students should submit a 5-10 minute video of their performance (instrumental or vocal, classical or jazz) to the module lead via email. This will serve as an audition, and the student will then be informed of the outcome. Information about the video submission will be provided by the module lead.

Language and Communication

 Semester I (Sep-Dec)

Fundamentals of language: Sounds and Words [LC, 20, 31569]
History of the English Language [LI, 20 cr, 22445]
Language Education and Literacy [LI, 20 cr, 39771]

 

Semester II (Jan-Jun)

Data Skills for the Digital World   [LI, 20 cr, 39274]
Psycholinguistics   [LI, 20 cr, 27523]
Sociolinguistics   [LI, 20 cr, 26680]

Literature

Semester I (Sep-Dec)

Shakespeare: Elizabethan [LI, 20, 39982]
The Canterbury Tales [LI, 20 cr, 29579]
Eighteenth Century and Romantic Literature [LI, 20, 39915]

 

Semester II (Jan-Jun)

The Social Life of Literature  [LI, 20 cr, 38960]
Colonial/Postcolonial [LI, 20 cr, 39968]
Victorian Literature  [LI, 20 cr, 27776]

Theology and Religion

Semester I (Sep-Dec)

The Bible and Global Challenges [LC, 20 cr, 31964]
Political Theologies: Wealth, Race, Gender [LC, 20 cr, 35155]
How do we know what (we think) we know about the Holocaust? [LC, 20 cr, 37635]

 

Semester II (Jan-Jun)

Introduction to the Psychology of Religion [LC, 20 cr, 38204]
Christian Ethics  [LI, 20 cr, 30876]
Gender, Sexualities and Religion [LI, 20 cr, 40040]

Some of my best memories were the dorm life with my amazing flatmates and the farewell party for international students at the end of the semester. Studying translation at UoB was refreshing, with a perfect mix of theory and practice that strengthened my skills compared to the more practice-heavy approach at my home university. Keep an eye out for the fantastic events that make student experiences even better.

Khadija El Gharbi
Translation and Interpretation, France

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