Programme structure and content
Key facts
- Bournemouth
- Brighton
- London
- Oxford
- Academic: Completed 11-12 years of schooling
- English: IELTS 5.0 or equivalent
- 1 Academic Year (3 terms)
- Average 21 hours per week (plus homework and private study)
Learning outcomes
- Gain UK national university entrance qualification
- Raise English to university level
- Develop study skills required at degree level
- Develop specialist subject expertise
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Subject modules
Core subjects
These give you the vital platform you need to acquire subject specific knowledge and will be taught across the whole academic year.
- Communications and Study Skills
- Data Handling and Information Technology
Term 1
- Basic Algebra and Quadratic Functions
- Equations and Inequalities
- Coordinate Geometry
- Curve Sketching
- Binomial Theorem
- More Algebra and Functions
- Graphs of Trigonometric Functions
- Sequences and Series
- Trigonometric Identities and Equations
- Vectors
Term 2
- Differentiation 1
- Integration 1
- Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
- Algebraic Functions and Partial Fractions
- Sequences and Series
- Radian Measure
Term 3
- Trigonometry
- Further Trigonometric Identities
- Differentiation 2
- Integration 2
Mechanics in Term 3
- Modelling
- Constant acceleration
- Forces and Motion
- Variable acceleration
- Moments
- Forces and friction
- Application of forces
Additional modules (elective)
Depending on your intended degree, choose three from:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Further Maths
