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colchester campus New home for Essex Busiess School The Houses The brad ew 23 millio buildig is the ew hub for Essex Busiess School i Colchester. North Towers Albert Sloma Library Day Nursery Health Cetre The Toy Rich Teachig Cetre Square 4 t Kowledge Gateway t Uiversity Quays (10 miutes walk) t The Meadows (5 miutes walk) t Colchester tow cetre (10 miutes by car) Bus stops Square 2 Square 3 Studets Uio Lecture Theatre Buildig Square 1 A iterdiscipliary desig Our Colchester Campus is built aroud five compact ad bustlig iter-liked squares, desiged by visioary architect Keeth Capo i the 1960s. This ecourages our academics from differet departmets to work together, urturig the iterdiscipliary ature of our teachig ad research. South Courts 2 colchester campus

Silberrad Studet Cetre ad library extesio Our 26 millio state-of-the-art cetre provides a oe stop shop to ehace your studet experiece. The cetre also cotais a itegrated learig cetre for group workig, ew IT facilities, a cuttig-edge media cetre, additioal library Lakes resources ad a 24-hour readig room. Campus farm Wivehoe House hotel ad Edge Hotel School Sports pitches Square 5 Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall Teis courts Sythetic pitch South Towers Sports Cetre Bus stops Wivehoe village (10 miute walk) u colchester campus 3

Travellig to our Uiversity Luto M1 M25 Heathrow M25 Lodo Loughto Campus City Liverpool Street ad St Pacras Iteratioal (Eurostar) A12 A13 M11 Stasted M25 Chelmsford A12 A127 A13 Ebbsfleet Iteratioal (Eurostar) A130 A127 A12 Southed Southed Campus Colchester Harwich Colchester Campus Southed-o-Sea How far away is Colchester from other cities? Birmigham: 155 miles (248 km) Cambridge: 47 miles (75km) Ediburgh: 407 miles (656km) Machester: 213 miles (340km) Norwich: 58 miles (95km) Southed: 45 miles (72km) For detailed directios to our Colchester or Southed campuses, please visit: www.essex.ac.uk/it16/visitig M20 M23 Dover Gatwick Folkestoe Colchester to: Cetral Lodo: 60 miles (97km) Approximately 50-60 miutes by trai, 100 miutes by car Heathrow Airport: 95 miles (153km) Approximately 90-100 miutes by trai, 90 miutes by car Gatwick Airport: 85 miles (137km) Approximately 90-100 miutes by trai, 90 miutes by car Stasted Airport: 33 miles (53km) Approximately 75 miutes by bus, 50 miutes by car Southed Airport: 41 miles (66km) Approximately 75 miutes by trai, 60 miutes by car Southed to: Cetral Lodo: 40 miles (64km) Approximately 50-60 miutes by trai, 80 miutes by car Heathrow Airport: 76 miles (122km) Approximately 120 miutes by trai, 80 miutes by car Gatwick Airport: 62 miles (100km) Approximately 120 miutes by trai, 70 miutes by car Stasted Airport: 40 miles (64km) Approximately 90 miutes by bus, 60 miutes by car Southed Airport: 3 miles (5km) Approximately 15 miutes by bus, 10 miutes by car 4 Travellig to our uiversity

CONTENTS 6 Why study at Essex? 8 Welcome to Colchester 10 Colchester photo tour 12 Welcome to Southed 14 Southed photo tour 16 Accommodatio 18 How to apply 20 Fees ad scholarships 22 Studet life 24 Employability ad careers 26 Alumi map 28 Iteratioal Academy Udergraduate foudatio courses 30 Iteratioal Academy Pre-masters graduate diplomas 32 Iteratioal Academy Eglish laguage courses 34 Actig (East 15) 36 Biological scieces 38 Computatioal fiace 40 Computer sciece ad electroic egieerig 42 Ecoomics 44 Essex Busiess School Accoutig, fiace ad bakig 46 Essex Busiess School Busiess ad maagemet 48 Essex Busiess School Marketig ad etrepreeurship 50 Health ad huma scieces 52 History 54 Law ad huma rights 56 Liberal arts ad area studies 58 Liguistics 60 Literature, film ad theatre studies 62 Mathematics 64 Moder laguages 66 Philosophy ad art history 68 Politics 70 Psychoaalytic studies 72 Psychology 74 Sociology ad crimiology www.essex.ac.uk/it16/weareessex Cotets 5

Why study at Essex? Bright ideas are made here Fid out if studyig at Essex is right for you. Studets love it here: We are raked 6th i the UK for studet satisfactio amog maistream UK uiversities (NSS 2014) A successful future: Over 90% of our iteratioal graduates are i graduate-level jobs or further study withi just six moths of graduatio (DLHE Survey 2013) Iteratioal commuity: With studets from over 130 atioalities, Essex is the world i oe place. We re amog the top 50 most iteratioal uiversities i the world (THES 2015) Locatio: Close to Lodo, low livig costs, Eglish history, beautiful coutryside ad beaches, safe ad coected to Europe. Essex offers all this ad more Flexibility ad choice: Build the degree that suits you with a wide variety of elective courses, joit hoours degrees, study abroad optios ad placemet years i idustry 6 Why study at Essex? Global careers: Our iteratioally relevat curriculum, iteratioal staff, professioal accreditatios ad laguage ad study abroad optios mea our graduates are prepared for careers i global orgaisatios Eglish ad foudatio courses: Our Iteratioal Academy helps iteratioal studets get the best preparatio for their degree ad we get excellet results. Our udergraduate pathways costatly have progressio rates betwee 75% ad 80% Lifestyle: excitig campus ightlife, a active ad supportive Studets Uio ad more tha 40 competitive sports clubs. Lodo is earby ad the low-cost airports at Stasted ad Southed mea Europe is easy to reach Accommodatio: Our o-campus accommodatio is guarateed for iteratioal studets, ad offers variety, safety ad high quality with affordable costs

We are Essex No uiversity experiece is the same ad Essex is ot the same as ay other uiversity. Our studets do t just liste but lear to ask the difficult questios ad the fid the aswers learig how to lead, ot just follow. A Essex degree is about choice, relevace ad developig you as a perso. With us, you re ot just a studet, you re a member. Essex itroduces you to people from every corer of the plaet to create etworks that last for life. We are a geuiely global commuity that lives, works ad plays together. You study a iteratioally relevat curriculum, are ecouraged to live ad study abroad, become part of our diverse commuity, ad are taught or supervised by academics whose research has global impact. We give you the best chace to compete i a global ecoomy. At Essex you ca expect to develop professioal skills alogside critical ad aalytical thikig skills, idepedece ad itercultural commuicatio. We also help you develop a research midset through research-led teachig from some of the world s top academics. These are real skills that employers wat ad which you ca trasfer across idustries. Guide Year Rakig Locatio Research Assessmet Exercise (RAE) 2014 19 UK The Times ad The Suday Times Good Uiversity Guide 2015 32 UK Complete Uiversity Guide 2014 34 UK QS World Uiversity Rakig Social Scieces 2015 Top 100 World Times Higher Educatio 100 Most Iteratioal 2015 31 World Daiel Castieyra Lopez, Mexico MSc Fiacial Egieerig ad Risk Maagemet There are a lot of reasos why I wated to study my Master s degree at Essex: beig oe of the best uiversities i the UK, its excellet research programs, the experiece of livig i a differet coutry, practicig my Eglish, the excellet reputatio o studets experiece, etc.; it would be impossible to iclude them i oe paragraph. My experiece at Essex has bee very satisfyig so far. My departmet, the Studets Uio, ad pretty much everyoe ivolved i the school are always there to help you, ad to make sure that you have a great time at the uiversity, both socially ad academically. Professors i the departmet have prove to have excellet backgroud ad teachig skills, ad they are always willig to help you with ay questios regardig the modules, assigmets, ad eve career advice. As for the social life i Essex, the uiversity has edless optios to have a good time. Beig member of a studet society is a great opportuity to meet ew people, especially if you are a iteratioal studet like myself; for istace, I joied the Travel Society, ad most recetly the Film Society. Both have give me great momets with their socials, fudraisig, ad trips. Studyig my Masters at Essex has give me the chace to expad my career opportuities ad to get to kow extraordiary people. Over 90% of our iteratioal graduates are i graduate-level jobs or further study withi just 6 moths of graduatio www.essex.ac.uk/it16/iteratioal Why study at Essex? 7

welcome to colchester Our first campus i Colchester was established i the 1960s A dyamic academic eviromet set just outside the oldest recorded tow i Britai, our Colchester Campus offers extesive facilities ad support services to esure you achieve the most from your studies. Our brad-ew Silberrad Studet Cetre is a hub for all your services ad support eeds Colchester combies Roma history ad moder etertaimet Great trasport liks to Lodo, rest of the UK ad beyod Wide variety of sports, arts ad etertaimet both o campus ad i the local area 8 Colchester

Life i Colchester Shoppig, food ad ightlife Diverse ad cosmopolita with a populatio of aroud 180,000 people, Colchester is a great studet tow, offerig a rich mix of bars, restaurats, theatres ad music veues. Further afield, the surroudig coutryside of Essex ad Suffolk is oe of the hidde gems of Eglad. Ejoy walkig, cyclig or rowig through this beautiful ladscape or perhaps just stop for a picic. Colchester s Culver Square ad Lio Walk are home to a fatastic rage of familiar shops ad high street fashio. What makes our tow really distictive however are all of the specialist ad uique shops o offer. Stroll dow Sir Isaac s Walk or Eld Lae, two of the quirkiest streets i the tow cetre, ad you ll fid a mixture of retro clothig boutiques, old-school sweet shops, furiture shops, jewellers, ad idepedet health food stores. You ca also fid everythig from America cady to Korea oodles ad Russia delicacies i ad aroud the tow cetre. There s a huge rage of restaurats with studet-friedly prices offerig local ad iteratioal cuisies. Colchester also has a great selectio of bars, pubs, ightclubs ad live music veues to cater for all tastes. O campus you ll fid a rage of restaurats ad food outlets, icludig a wide rage of halal, vega ad vegetaria optios. Sport We offer opportuities for all abilities ad levels to participate i sport right o campus. Our Evolve gym has 130 fitess statios, ad we also have a variety of both idoor ad outdoor pitches ad courts, a idoor sports hall, squash courts ad a climbig wall. The Essex Sports Federatio has over 45 teams, offerig you the chace to joi a active commuity ad compete i both local ad atioal fixtures. Membership of our sports clubs is free somethig very few uiversities offer. Colchester itself offers everythig from bowlig ad roller discos to swimmig pools ad eve a laser tag cetre. Arts Colchester campus has its very ow art gallery, Art Exchage, ad our Lakeside Theatre hosts iteratioal artists as well as studet productios for a excitig mix of theatre, dace ad music. Colchester is home to the Firstsite visual arts cetre ad the smaller Miories gallery. For live music ad comedy there s Colchester Arts Cetre, ad the Mercury Theatre ext door offers studet prices for everythig from Shakespeare to moder musicals. Travel Colchester has great travel coectios for both the UK ad abroad. We re a hour away from Lodo Stasted Airport which offers low-cost flights to may Europea destiatios, ad Lodo s other airports are also easily accessible by public trasport. The Harwich port is also close by for ferries to cotietal Europe. Travellig i the UK is also easy with Lodo ad its coectios oly a hour by trai. We re close to Cambridge ad oly 30 miutes away from the Eglish seaside at Clacto-o-Sea ad Walto-o-the-Naze. Thigs to see ad do The Colchester Castle museum is a great itroductio to the tow s Roma history Colchester Zoo is home to over 270 species of aimals ad offers a great day out close to the tow cetre Mersea Islad just a hour from campus offers some of the tastiest seafood aroud, icludig the famous Mersea oysters Ejoy the excellet ightlife i Colchester tow www.essex.ac.uk/it16/colchester Colchester 9

WE ARE COLCHESTER 1 2 3 5 6 4 7 1 Take a walk, have a picic, or just take photos i Colchester s award-wiig Castle Park 2 Row alog the river i the famously picturesque village of Dedham 3 Ejoy the wildlife o campus, icludig ducks, swas, rabbits ad squirrels 4 Relax by the lakes o campus 5 View exhibitios at Firstsite, Colchester s strikig cotemporary arts veue 6 Visit Colchester s historic Tow Hall 7 Watch a play at the Uiversity s Lakeside Theatre, or the Mercury Theatre i Colchester 10 We are Colchester

See more with our virtual tours: u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/colchester360 9 8 10 11 12 14 13 8 Ejoy iteratioal cuisie i our campus restaurats 9 Take a shoppig trip to Colchester ad browse iteratioal brads ad distict local retailers 10 Have a drik i oe of the may traditioal Eglish pubs like the Rose ad Crow at Wivehoe 11 Take part i sport for free through My Essex Sport 12 Take a walk by our beautiful Wivehoe House Hotel situated i the parklad of our campus 13 Study i our moder Toy Rich Teachig Cetre 14 Meet Campus Cat he s become a bit of a mascot ad will always give you a friedly smile We are Colchester 11

welcome to southed Ejoy the seaside lifestyle at Southed Located i the heart of Southed-o-Sea, our ewest campus offers specialist resources ad state-of-the-art facilities i a vibrat ad excitig seaside tow. Ejoy a rich cultural ad educatioal experiece, where everythig is moder ad spacious, ad leisure is oly ever a few miutes away. The ew Forum buildig provides extesive library facilities ad iovative learig spaces Ejoy the Eglish seaside, icludig the world s logest pier Try out water sports icludig widsurfig or jet skiig Just 50 miutes from Lodo, Southed provides easy access to the capital ad beyod 12 Southed

Life i Southed The tow is a lively cetre for shoppers ad watersports ethusiasts alike. Oce a British holiday destiatio, Southed has evolved ito a thrivig cultural cetre of music, theatre, comedy ad cuisie whilst retaiig all the charms you would expect from a traditioal Eglish seaside tow. Our beautiful seafrot ecompasses seve miles of award-wiig beaches, a lively hub for a variety of watersports ad the logest pier i the world. Southed is located less tha a hour away from the attractios of Cetral Lodo, ad is ideally placed for short-haul trips to Europe. Our campus Our Southed Campus, opeed i 2007, offers cotemporary learig ad teachig spaces. Our latest additio to campus - the ewly opeed Forum buildig - offers a spacious ultramoder learig eviromet, with a i-house library, gallery ad café. The Gateway Buildig houses a GP ad detal practice ad multifaith chaplaicy, while Clifftow Theatre ad Studios, a coverted church, provides a ispirig settig for our East 15 studets housig specialist rehearsal studios ad a 200-seat theatre. Studets Uio (SU) Our SU is o the way to becomig the world s most studet-cetred orgaisatio, shapig their services aroud you. The SU orgaises ad facilitates a array of activities ad sports i Southed, from yoga lessos to ights out i tow. The SU has two custom-built spaces o our Southed Campus, icludig a brad-ew social veue that is fully ru ad owed by studets. This is your home-from-home for studyig, havig a cup of coffee or a sack, playig video games or just socialisig with frieds betwee classes. Locatio Southed-o-Sea s locatio meas there s plety to see ad do. Sail or cycle alog the coast ad stroll to the ed of the pier. Well-kow attractios aboud, from Adveture Islad ad amusemet arcades to the famous Rossi ice-cream parlour. The tow holds the Purple Flag: the gold stadard for a fu ad safe ight out. Southed is also a great gateway: Lodo is just 50 miutes away by trai, while Southed Airport is oly three miles from campus, offerig budget flights to a rage of Europea destiatios. What our studets say: outhed is really good for shoppig. SThere s lots of variety, with the shops o the High Street, shoppig cetres, ad markets, sellig everythig from hadmade chocolates ad bread, to fresh fish ad meat. he beach is beautiful, but it s ormally a Tbit too chilly to go swimmig. However, if you re a fa of widsurfig, powerboatig, jet skiig or caoeig, try the Marie Activities Cetre. Sports, arts ad leisure If you like to be active, joi our Evolve gym or take advatage of the free sports o offer through our My Essex Sport programme. If you prefer spectatig to participatig, there is a thrivig live music ad arts scee, with two theatres, umerous art galleries, ad festivals throughout the year. If food is your thig, you are spoilt for choice with over 300 places to die i the tow, from idepedet Portuguese ad Thai restaurats to popular frachise outlets. the best-loved tourist attractio Ii thik Southed is the pier. It s a amazig sesatio to be i the middle of the sea, surrouded by water. www.essex.ac.uk/it16/southed Southed 13

WE ARE SOUTHEND 1 2 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 3 6 Our facilities i Southed are located miutes from each other Make our strikig Uiversity Square accommodatio a home-from-home Let your room reflect your style Study i our impressive Forum buildig Get your head i a spi at Adveture Islad amusemet park Do some shoppig i the High Street stores 14 We are Southed

See more with our virtual tours: u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/southed360 7 8 9 10 11 7 Ejoy award-wiig ightlife, icludig the historic Kursaal amusemet arcade 8 Visit attractive Leigh-o-Sea with its period homes ad stylish restaurats 9 Wrap up warm for a walk o the beach i the witer 10 Break a sweat at the Evolve gym 11 Ejoy a delicious Rossi s ice cream We are Southed 15

Accommodatio Make yourself at home Wherever you are i the world, it s importat you have somewhere to call home. Our award-wiig accommodatio is guarateed to all iteratioal studets, so you ca relax ad start ejoyig your Essex experiece. What we offer Stadard bedroom E suite bedroom Guarateed accommodatio for the duratio of your studies, providig your accommodatio applicatio is received by the published deadlies Sigle-geder accommodatio available Iteret, heatig, hot water ad electricity are all icluded i the ret Limited couples ad family accommodatio available o campus Our Residece Life support esures you meet ew frieds ad get alog with your flatmates Applicats for East 15 Loughto courses should cotact East 15 for further iformatio about accommodatio 16 Accommodatio The illustratios above show the typical layout of our bedrooms.

The Towers (Colchester) W alkig distace to cetral campus three miutes S tudets i each flat 13 to 16 S hared bathrooms C ost per week: 75.11 86.10 South Courts (Colchester) Walkig distace to cetral campus three miutes Studets i each flat four to six E-suite bathrooms Adapted rooms available Cost per week: 132.23 The Houses (Colchester) Walkig distace to cetral campus five miutes i each flat four to six E-suite bathrooms Adapted rooms available Cost per week: 119.77 Studets The Meadows (Colchester) Walkig distace to cetral campus te miutes i each flat up to te E-suite bathrooms Cost per week: 128.31-137.69 Studets Uiversity Quays (Colchester) Walkig distace to cetral campus 15 miutes i each flat eight E-suite bathrooms Cost per week: 120.82-134.61 Studets Uiversity Square (Southed) Walkig distace to The Gateway Buildig three miutes Studets i each flat eight to te E-suite bathrooms Cost per week: 121.94-162.89 www.essex.ac.uk/it16/accommodatio Accommodatio 17

How to apply Joi our academic commuity Oce you re ready to apply, these pages give you all the iformatio you ll eed. Etry requiremets Etry requiremets vary by course ad level of study. Please visit www.essex.ac.uk/it16/apply to fid out the geeral requiremets for your coutry. Course specific etry requiremets ca be foud through www.essex.ac.uk/it16/courses. Please see subject pages for Eglish laguage requiremets for your course. How you ll lear Each subject at Essex combies differet methods of teachig to esure you gai i-depth kowledge i additio to developig the trasferable skills that are sought by employers. Expect a mixture of lectures, classes, semiars, labs ad field trips, depedig o your course. To help you i your studies, MP3 recordigs are provided of most lectures, ad course materials are available olie. You also have the opportuity to atted symposia, cofereces, ad become a member of relevat studet societies ad professioal bodies. Oe-to-oe metorig ad other forms of peer support also play a importat role i how you lear ad how we teach at Essex. If you re joiig us as a research studet you ll work closely with your supervisor ad other research studets, ad will have the opportuity to preset your work through jourals ad cofereces both locally ad iteratioally. 18 How to apply

For pathway ad Eglish laguage programmes For research degrees We welcome olie applicatios for our research degrees. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/pgapply You ca apply for our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme ad Iteratioal Diploma directly by dowloadig our applicatio form. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/iaapply You will eed to submit a research proposal of aroud 800-1,000 words which icludes: You ca use UCAS to apply for our Iteratioal Diploma or for oe of our four-year degrees (Year Zero). u www.ucas.com For udergraduate degrees a summary of the aims ad objectives of your research outlie of the ways you will meet these aims ad objectives, referrig to research methods ad specific resources you will use evidece of your awareess of relevat literature ad theoretical approaches a Applicatios for Bachelors degrees should be made through UCAS. Our UCAS code is ESSEX E70. u www.ucas.com overview of the expected outcomes ad the origial cotributio your research will make to existig bodies of kowledge You must also provide the followig: two For Masters degrees verifiable refereces from academic referees trascripts We welcome olie applicatios for our Masters degrees. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/pgapply of your uiversity-level studies to date copies of certificates for ay degrees or other awards you have completed Our olie applicatio form takes about 20 miutes to complete ad you ca save ad retur to it if you eed to. You must also sed supportig documets. Whe you complete your applicatio you will be advised how to sed these. Your supportig documets must iclude: evidece workig title ad key words a You ca apply for oe of our Eglish laguage programmes directly by dowloadig the applicatio form, visit u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/iaapply trascripts a evidece of your Eglish laguage level (IELTS score) ay other items which your departmet requires (CV/persoal statemet/work sample) u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/pgr of your uiversity-level studies to date of your Eglish laguage level (IELTS score) copies of certificates for ay degrees or other awards that you have completed oe verifiable referece from a academic referee ay other items which your departmet requires (CV/persoal statemet/work sample) u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/pgt www.essex.ac.uk/it16/courses How to apply 19

Fees ad scholarships Ivest i your future Whe you come to study with us, we uderstad that you are makig a sigificat ivestmet of time ad moey, so we wat to make sure it pays off. Whether it s through our world-class facilities or our award-wiig accommodatio, your time at Essex is guarateed to leave you with memories that o oe ca put a price o. Our fees Udergraduate fees (per aum) Iteratioal Foudatio Year ad four-year degrees 11,350 Iteratioal Diploma i Busiess 12,950 Bachelors degrees 12,950 Bachelors degrees laboratory based (biological scieces ad psychology) 14,950 Livig ad accommodatio costs (per year, approximately) 7,600-9,200 Postgraduate fees Pre-Masters Graduate Diploma 9,750 Masters i mathematics, computer sciece ad electroic egieerig 14,500 Masters i history, laguage ad liguistics, psychoaalytic studies, health ad huma scieces, law, literature, film, ad theatre studies, philosophy ad art history 14,950 Masters i biological scieces, ecoomics, Essex Busiess School, politics, sociology, psychology 15,500 The Essex MBA 17,500 East 15 12,700-14,000 Research degrees 12,950 Research degrees - biological scieces ad psychology 14,950 Livig ad accommodatio costs (per year, approximately) 8,800-11,500 20 Fees ad scholarships

Studet visa requiremets As part of the visa applicatio process, you ll be asked to produce evidece of your ability to pay tuitio fees ad to cover livig expeses durig the course. Refer to our webpage for iformatio about the curret UK Home Office Visas ad Immigratio (UKVI) requiremets. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/immigratio Our scholarships We offer a geerous rage of uiversity ad departmetal scholarships of varyig amouts. To see what support is available this year or check details of idividual scholarships, visit our Scholarship Fider. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/scholarships Uiversity of Essex scholarships Award Amout Eligibility Website Vice-Chacellor s 1,500-5,000 Studets from specified www.essex.ac.uk/it16/vcisf Iteratioal Scholarships coutries ad departmets Academic Excellece Iteratioal Masters Scholarships Uiversity of Essex Doctoral Scholarships 2,000 to 4,000 Specified coutries ad required grades please see website Varies by departmet ad scheme Please visit the website for full criteria www.essex.ac.uk/it16/aeims www.essex.ac.uk/it16/doctoral Essex MBA scholarships 5,000 Self-fudig studets with relevat backgroud Loyalty discouts Up to 33% of tuitio fee Graduates from Essex Bachelors ad Masters courses ad former study abroad studets www.essex.ac.uk/it16/mba www.essex.ac.uk/it16/loyalty Exteral scholarships for iteratioal studets Award Criteria i brief Website UK Research Coucil PhD cadidates with a strog www.essex.ac.uk/it16/dtc Fudig (ESRC) quatitative/ecoomics focus i their proposed research Cheveig Scholarships Applicats from specified coutries with a outstadig academic backgroud www.cheveig.org Commowealth Shared Scholarships Taught Masters applicats from specified coutries cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/scholarships-developig-cw Fulbright Awards Ope to US studets www.essex.ac.uk/it16/fulbright Marshall Scholarships Ope to US studets www.marshallscholarship.org Chia Scholarship Coucil Programme Satader Scholarships Ope to Chiese atioals who hold a offer for PhD study Ope to studets from specified Satader coutries www.essex.ac.uk/it16/chiasc www.essex.ac.uk/it16/satader www.essex.ac.uk/it16/fiace Fees ad scholarships 21

Studet Life Life at Essex is the perfect balace of work ad play Make the most of your life at Essex with our active Studets Uio ad award wiig studet support services The Studets Uio Your experiece at uiversity is made up of much more tha just your studies. We believe i developig our studets i all areas of life, ad therefore offer a huge rage of activities ad services for you to take part i to ehace your experiece at Essex. Our Studets Uio (SU) has pledged to become the world s most studet-focused orgaisatio Huge rage of etertaimet, evets ad a impressive 165+ sports clubs ad societies Studet media icludig a ewspaper ad campus radio ad TV statios SU Lets helps you fid accommodatio off campus: www.essexstudet.com/studetlets/ Shoppig, food veues ad eve a hair salo right o Colchester campus Get ivolved by represetig your fellow studets as a SU officer, chose by popular electio each year Fid out more at www.essexstudet.com 22 Studet life

Welfare ad support As a iteratioal commuity we uderstad the eeds ad cocers of iteratioal studets, ad do our best to provide you with excellet support facilities. This has led to us beig amed wier of the Times Higher Educatio (THE) Award for Outstadig Support for Studets i 2013. Our support ad welfare services iclude healthcare, immigratio advice, religious worship facilities ad assistace with improvig your academic skills, as well as places you ca go if you just eed to talk to someoe. Support ad guidace Studet support office Our studet support office ca help with your geeral wellbeig ad provide fudig advice. The studet support team also has facilities ad advice available for studets with disabilities ad those battlig with exam axiety. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/support Studets Uio Advice Cetre Operated by permaet staff ad traied studet advisers, the Studets Uio Advice Cetre ca help with matters such as housig ad immigratio queries, as well as moey ad legal matters. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/suadv Immigratio UK immigratio advice is regulated, so ca oly be provided by authorised officers. Please visit www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ immigratio for further iformatio ad a equiry form to be referred to the relevat officer. Health ad wellbeig Health services There is a health cetre o our Colchester Campus which offers appoitmets with male ad female doctors, as well as specialist services ad cousellig. Our Southed Campus has detal ad GP traiig practices, supported by the local Primary Care Trust, o site. It is importat to register with the health cetre as soo as you ca so that you receive treatmet whe you eed it. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/health Nightlie Nightlie is a award wiig, studet voluteer ru advice ad support service, which is available overight throughout term time. The voluteers are able to provide a listeig ear ad impartial advice, or a cup of tea ad a friedly talk if you re just feelig homesick. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ightlie Residece Life The Residece Life team offers support withi your o-campus accommodatio by offerig out-of-hours support, makig sure you get alog with your flatmates, ad orgaisig fu evets helpig you meet other studets i your accommodatio buildig. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/rs Religious life Our Multi Faith Chaplaicy operates worship ad cotemplatio areas at both Colchester ad Southed campuses. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/faith Support with your studies You may fid studyig at a UK uiversity very differet to your home coutry, ad it may be the first time you ll be studyig i Eglish. We aim to esure that you ca get the most out of your educatio by providig a rage of academic ad Eglish laguage support classes. Talet Developmet Cetre Our Talet Developmet Cetre ca help with your academic Eglish laguage skills. They ca also help with study techiques ad exam preparatio. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/talet Metorig Our academic departmets also provide their ow support services, with most departmets ruig studet metorig schemes, ad our lecturers ad professors offerig office hours for oe-to-oe guidace with your studies. u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/metor Studets with families It is importat that you re aware of the additioal costs ad implicatios of brigig your family with you to the UK. Please visit www.essex.ac.uk/it16/families for further iformatio for studets with depedats. www.essex.ac.uk/support Studet life 23

Careers ad employability Get ready for a bright future A Essex degree is ot just about academics, we also focus o developig you towards your future career. Our focus o your employability has helped over 90% of our iteratioal graduates to start their careers or further study withi six moths of graduatig.* (*DLHE survey 2013) These are just some of the ways we are helpig you get o the career ladder: Essex Employability Award recogitio for ay extra-curricular voluteerig ad work experiece Voluteerig through the SU vteam with hudreds of opportuities available Frotruers our award-wiig studet itership programme offers over 200 paid placemets i graduate-level projects across the uiversity Study abroad opportuities most courses offer study abroad ad may destiatios do t iclude additioal tuitio fee costs. Popular destiatios iclude Uited States, Australia, Spai ad Frace u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/abroad Laguages for All lear a ew laguage for free! The followig laguages are available through this scheme Arabic, Frech, Germa, Madari Chiese, Russia ad Spaish u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/lfa Placemet years sped a year or oe term gaiig work experiece as part of your studies. Your placemet ca take place i the UK or abroad ad ca kick-start your future career u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/placemets Summer ad vacatio iterships, work opportuities for your free time iteratioal studets o a Tier 4 visa ca ormally work up to 20 hours per week durig term time Dedicated iteratioal careers advisers ad support available durig your studies ad after you graduate, helpig you look for graduate-level work both i the UK ad abroad 24 Careers ad employability

My frotruer role came with real resposibility ad the opportuity to achieve very tagible outcomes. Its structure also maximised the skill-buildig ad developmet opportuities, givig it a edge over most other iterships I could have take. Alumi activities Michael Prempeh Notable alumi Our global alumi etwork meas you will be coected to a existig etwork of professioals i your home coutry ad abroad, which ca be the key to ulockig your future success. Our alumi stay i touch years ad eve decades after leavig Essex. The alumi office holds etworkig evets for our past studets aroud the world. Recet evets iclude alumi receptios i Mexico, Hog Kog, Malaysia ad Sigapore. You ca fid out more about our past studets ad fid cotact details of alumi from your coutry through our website: u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/alumi Our 74,000 alumi work i a variety of careers all over the world. These are just a few of the oes who ve goe o to have a public profile for their work. I the ext pages you ca fid a map showig more of our iteratioal alumi ad what they have goe o to do sice graduatig. Rt. Ho. Joh Bercow (BA Govermet, 1985) Joh Bercow MP is the curret Speaker of the House of Commos ad has bee Coservative MP for Buckigham sice 1997. Before becomig Speaker, he served i the Shadow Cabiet ad is a member of the Iteratioal Developmet Select Committee. Dr Oscar Arias Sachez (PhD Govermet, 1975) Oscar Arias has twice bee Presidet of Costa Rica, from 1986 to 1990 ad agai from 2006 to 2010. He received the Nobel Peace Prize i 1987 for his efforts to ed the civil wars of several Cetral America coutries. He was awarded a hoorary degree by the Uiversity i 1988. David Yates (BA Govermet, 1987) KPMG David Yates is a BAFTA-award-wiig televisio ad film director. He directed the fial four istalmets i the Harry Potter film series, The Order of the Phoeix, The Half Blood Price ad The Deathly Hallows parts I ad II. He was awarded a hoorary degree by the Uiversity i 2012. Microsoft Sir Christopher Pissarides (BA, MA Ecoomics) Graduate destiatios Acceture Alle & Overy Amesty Miistry of Foreig Affairs, Qatar Christopher Pissarides was bor i Cyprus i 1948, ad graduated from Essex with a First Class Hoours degree i Ecoomics i 1970 ad gaied a Distictio for his Masters the followig year. He is ow Regius Professor of Ecoomics at LSE. I 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Prize i ecoomics, joitly with Peter A. Diamod ad Dale Mortese, for his cotributios to the theory of search frictios ad macroecoomics. Barclays Bloomberg Morga Staley B P Oxfam BT Group Procter & Gamble Cacer Research UK Rothschild GmbH Credit Suisse Paasoic Deloitte PricewaterhouseCoopers Fujitsu Shell GlaxoSmithKlie The Goldma Sachs Itel Royal Shakespeare Compay Uited Natios www.essex.ac.uk/it16/careers Careers ad employability 25

our alumi map Mexico Rodolfo Neri Vela Astroaut Caada Alex Neve Secretary Geeral of Amesty Iteratioal Caada Uited States Dr. Ali A. Houshmad Presidet of Rowa Uiversity, New Jersey Costa Rica Oscar Arias Sachez Former Presidet of Costa Rica ad Nobel Peace Prize wier Nigeria Be Okri Booker Prize wiig author Chile Carlos Hueeus Associate Professor of the Istituto de Estudios Iteracioales, Uiversidad de Chile 26 alumi map

A global etwork Our alumi etwork is spread across the world ad icludes top ames i politics, busiess, arts ad sciece. Fid some of our global alumi o this map. Tajikista Chia Iraq Hoshyar Zebari Deputy Prime Miister Fatimakho Ahmedova Nobel Peace Prize omiee for her work i democracy ad huma rights Suchao Gao Maager at KPMG Shaghai Hog Kog Yiu-chug Leug member of the Legislative Coucil of the Hog Kog Special Admiistrative Regio. Zambia Terece Chibula Director of Terece Ray Solicitors, Lodo Malaysia Yusli Mohamed Yusoff CEO of Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia Exchage) Bruei Pegira Dato Paduka Haji Osma bi Pegira Haji Patra Permaet Secretary, Miistry of Foreig Affairs ad Trade www.essex.ac.uk/it16/alumi alumi map 27

INTERNATioal academy udergraduate FoudaTION courses Iteratioal Academy courses take place o our Colchester Campus The Iteratioal Academy your route to a Essex degree Our Iteratioal Academy rus programmes that offer you the chace to eter a Essex degree eve if you do ot curretly meet our etry requiremets. We offer pathways that lead ito our degrees at both udergraduate ad postgraduate level. We also offer a rage of Eglish laguage programmes that help you improve your Eglish ad which ca provide a pathway to your degree by helpig you meet your Eglish laguage coditio i your offer. We have bee ruig uiversity pathways for iteratioal studets for over 25 years ad our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme is oe of the most established i the UK. Every year over 600 iteratioal studets start their jourey at Essex with our Iteratioal Academy ad we have a log history of supportig them to achieve their goals. Here are some of the reasos why studets choose us: Successful completio guaratees etry to your chose degree at Essex Approximately 75% progressio for our udergraduate pathways Over 95% progressio from our pre-sessioal programmes A rage of pre-sessioal optios to suit differet eeds icludig subject-specific pathways Tailored pathways that follow your chose subject ad ot a geeric set of courses, this provides better preparatio for your degree You are taught etirely at the Uiversity of Essex by our staff You ca apply directly ad/or via UCAS Jauary start dates are available for our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme ad four-year degrees We orgaise trips ad evets to help you settle ito life i the UK Udergraduate pathways Our pathway programmes are ideal if you wish to study at uiversity but do ot have the stadard qualificatios required to eter the first year of our udergraduate degrees. Iteratioal Academy programmes are specially desiged to take ito cosideratio your high school achievemets, Eglish laguage capabilities ad desired area of study. 28 Iteratioal Academy Udergraduate Foudatio Courses

Iteratioal Foudatio Programme Our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme eables you to reach the required academic level for udergraduate study. You will study this course for oe year ad successful completio guaratees etry to Year 1 of a relevat udergraduate degree meaig you should graduate i four years. The course icludes four subject-based modules, as well as a Eglish laguage ad study skills module. As well as improvig your Eglish ad academic skills, you gai the ecessary experiece of livig ad learig i a uiversity eviromet. As with all our pathways, you study specialist modules that provide the best possible preparatio for your degree, rather tha a geeric foudatio programme. Admissio requiremets Graduatig from high school with a good academic record. Requiremets vary by coutry. Eglish laguage IELTS 5.0 with at least 4.0 i each compoet Pass marks 40% i all modules Start date October or Jauary Iteratioal Diploma If you are a iteratioal studet, have completed a 12-year high school system or foudatio course with a good academic record ad if you are ot able to directly eter the first year of a busiess-related course, our Iteratioal Diploma is for you. Our Iteratioal Diploma is equivalet to the first year of study of a udergraduate degree ad will provide you with all the ecessary subject kowledge ad laguage skills to cofidetly progress to the secod year of a relevat course, completig your degree i three years. We also focus o developig your Eglish proficiecy, academic literacy ad employability skills. Admissio requiremets Graduatig from high school with a very good academic record (A-levels - 200 UCAS tariff poits; IB - 26 poits). Requiremets vary by coutry. Eglish laguage IELTS 5.5 with at least 5.0 i writig ad 4.0 i speakig, listeig ad readig Pass marks 40% i all modules Start date October Four-year degrees (Year Zero) Our courses have bee desiged pricipally to assist studets who have ot yet reached the required academic level for udergraduate study ad to improve academic skills ad subjectspecific kowledge. The first year is similar i cotet to our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme ad whe take as part of the four-year degree this year is kow as Year Zero. Successful completio of Year Zero automatically leads o to Year 1 of the degree, followed by Years 2 ad 3. While the Iteratioal Foudatio Programme offers flexibility ad the optio to apply to us directly, the four-year degrees (Year Zero) give you the security of a four-year visa ad established progressio through a degree with us. Admissio requiremets Graduatig from high school with a good academic record. Requiremets vary by coutry. Eglish laguage IELTS 5.5 i each compoet. GCSE Eglish, IB Eglish ad some other Eglish laguage high school qualificatios ca be accepted Pass marks 40% i all modules Start date October or Jauary Subjects Our Iteratioal Foudatio Programme ad four-year degrees (Year Zero) offer pathways ito the followig subject areas: Accoutig Art history Bakig ad fiace Busiess maagemet Computer sciece Crimiology Drama Ecoomics Electroics Etrepreeurship ad busiess Film studies History Huma rights Law Liberal arts Literature Mathematics Philosophy Politics ad iteratioal Relatios Sociology Telecommuicatio egieerig Our Iteratioal Diploma i Busiess (Accoutig, Fiace ad Maagemet) offers a pathway to the followig degrees: Available pathways BSc Accoutig BSc Accoutig ad Fiace BSc Accoutig ad Maagemet BSc Bakig ad Fiace BSc Busiess Maagemet BSc Fiace BSc Fiacial Maagemet BSc Maagemet ad Marketig www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ia Iteratioal Academy Udergraduate Foudatio Courses 29

Iteratioal Academy Postgraduate pathways (pre-masters) Our Graduate Diplomas combie subject skills ad academic preparatio Why choose a pre-masters? Choice: we offer specialist pathways ito twelve academic departmets ad 55 masters degrees Quality: we iclude subject-specific modules ad optios taught i differet departmets, givig you best preparatio for your degree Staff: all modules are taught by Uiversity staff, icludig iteratioal leaders i their fields Eglish: embedded academic Eglish modules support your learig throughout the year Guarateed progressio: successful completio guaratees etry to your chose Masters course Studet profile Shimpei Kato, Japa Graduate Diploma i Politics with EAP The Graduate Diploma i Politics with EAP course is excellet. If you feel that you do ot have a strog backgroud kowledge i the subject you wish to study at Masters-level, or thik that your Eglish skills are ot eough to achieve the best outcomes i your future studies, this course eables you to overcome these axieties ad solve such problems. Your Eglish modules give you a isight ito how you ca maage your coursework, while you reiforce your academic backgroud by studyig relevat subject-specific modules i your future departmet. 30 Iteratioal Academy Postgraduate pathways (pre-masters)

Graduate Diplomas (pre-masters) Graduate Diploma (Pre-Masters) courses available: Our pre-masters courses provide a high quality pathway ito a Masters degree at Essex. Pre-Masters courses start i October ad ru for ie moths util the followig Jue. Accoutig with Eglish for Academic Purposes If you are a diploma holder or a graduate but do ot yet meet the admissio requiremets for a Masters at Essex, a pre-masters might be the best optio for you. A pre-masters ca also help you if you eed to improve your subject kowledge or Eglish laguage before startig your Masters as each of our courses cotais a Eglish for Academic Purposes module to help develop your Eglish skills. Computer Sciece with Eglish for Academic Purposes Admissio requiremets A first degree or higher diploma from a recogised istitutio. Requiremets vary by course. Fiace with Eglish for Academic Purposes Eglish laguage IELTS 5.5 overall with 5.5 i each compoet, or equivalet. Pass mark 40% i all modules To progress to a Essex degree our progressio mark is 60%. Some departmets require 60% overall or 60% i specific or each module. Start date October Applied Liguistics with Eglish for Academic Purposes Art History ad Theory with Eglish for Academic Purposes Ecoomics with Eglish for Academic Purposes Electroic Egieerig with Eglish for Academic Purposes Etrepreeurship ad Iovatio with Eglish for Academic Purposes Europea Uio Law with Eglish for Academic Purposes History with Eglish for Academic Purposes Iteratioal Commercial Law with Eglish for Academic Purposes Iteratioal Trade Law with Eglish for Academic Purposes Maagemet with Eglish for Academic Purposes Philosophy with Eglish for Academic Purposes Politics with Eglish for Academic Purposes Psychoaalytic Studies with Eglish for Academic Purposes Psychological Studies with Eglish for Academic Purposes www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ia Iteratioal Academy Postgraduate pathways (pre-masters) 31

Iteratioal Academy Eglish laguage programmes Get ready for degree study with our Eglish laguage programmes. Pre-sessioal Eglish pathways Our pre-sessioal Eglish laguage pathways offer you the chace to improve your Eglish ad meet ay Eglish laguage coditios o your offer letter without havig to retake IELTS. At Essex, we have several types of pre-sessioal programmes for you. Pre-sessioal Academic, Laguage ad Study Skills Our Pre-sessioal Academic, Laguage, ad Study Skills (PALSS) programme provides you with itegrated preparatio i academic Eglish ad study skills. PALSS rus for 25, 15 ad 10 weeks. Pre-sessioal Eglish Laguage Our Pre-sessioal Eglish Laguage (PEL) programme focuses o ehacig your Eglish laguage skills. You will be taught further grammar ad vocabulary developmet, as well as additioal readig, writig, listeig ad speakig skills. PEL rus for 10 ad 5 weeks. Subject-specific pre-sessioal Eglish laguage programme We offer two subject-specific pre-sessioal programmes for studets eterig the School of Law ad Essex Busiess School. Our programmes offer a uique opportuity to develop your Eglish skills with subject specific materials related to your chose course of study, icludig textbook extracts, joural articles, model reports ad literature reviews. Our subject-specific pre-sessioal programme rus for 10 weeks. Which pre-sessioal pathway do I eed? Havig so may pre-sessioal optios is great, but how do you pick the best oe for you? Our table below is a good idicatio of which optios are available based o your curret IELTS ad our Eglish laguage requiremets. To view the full rage of optios available to you please visit our website. Where you have the optio to choose betwee two or more pre-sessioal pathways, the choice is yours. Additioally, if you are a iteratioal studet ad you eed a visa to study oe of our pre-sessioal programmes, you must have a Secure Eglish Laguage Test (SELT) to meet the UK Home Office Visas ad Immigratio requiremets, please visit our website for further details at www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ immigratio. If you have a ucoditioal offer to study at Essex ad would like additioal preparatio i Eglish academic purposes ad study skills before startig your course with us, our four-week Essex Academic Skills Programme (EASP) is for you. EASP is a excellet way to settle i to life i the UK ad become more cofidet. I this case you ca get oe sigle visa to cover both EASP ad your degree. The EASP start date is 22 August 2016. 32 Iteratioal Academy Eglish Laguage Programmes

IELTS pre-sessioal etry levels Course requiremet Curret Overall Curret Writig Curret Other Pre-sessioal course legth Prices for 2015 Start Dates IELTS 6.0 overall 5.5 5.0 5.0 5 week PEL 1,625 11 August 2016 10 week PALSS 3,000 7 July 2016 IELTS 6.0 overall 5.0 5.0 5.0 10 week PEL/subject specific 3,250 7 July 2016 15 week PALSS 4,500 19 May 2016 IELTS 6.5 overall 6.0 5.0 5.0 5 week PEL 1,625 11 August 2016 10 week PALSS 3,000 7 July 2016 IELTS 6.5 overall 5.5 5.0 5.0 10 week PEL 3,250 7 July 2016 15 week PALSS 4,500 19 May 2016 IELTS 6.5 overall 5.0 5.0 5.0 25 week PALSS 7,500 29 February 2016 IELTS 6.5 (writig 6.0) IELTS 6.5 (writig 6.0) IELTS 6.5 (writig 6.0) 6.0 5.5 5.0 5 week PEL 1,625 11 August 2016 10 week PALSS 3,000 7 July 2016 5.5 5.0 5.0 10 week PEL 3,250 7 July 2016 15 week PALSS 4,500 19 May 2016 5.0 5.0 5.0 25 week PALSS 7,500 29 February 2016 IELTS 7.0 overall 6.5 5.5 5.0 5 week PEL 1,625 11 August 2016 10 week PALSS 3,000 7 July 2016 IELTS 7.0 overall 6.0 5.5 5.0 10 week PEL 3,250 7 July 2016 15 week PALSS 4,500 19 May 2016 IELTS 7.0 overall 5.5 5.5 5.0 25 week PALSS 7,500 29 February 2016 Please ote: If you have a offer for MSc Iteratioal Maagemet, MSc Maagemet, MSc Marketig ad Brad Maagemet or MSc Huma Resources Maagemet, you will be required to take PALSS. All other Essex Busiess School courses accept PEL or subject-specific. The Departmets of Sociology ad Laguage ad Liguistics oly accept PALSS. Essex Eglish Laguage Programme Our Iteratioal Academy also offers our Essex Eglish Laguage Programme (EELP). Our EELP teaches geeral Eglish from elemetary level to advaced level ad academic Eglish from upper itermediate level to advaced level. EELP is desiged for you if you are watig to go o to study a udergraduate or postgraduate course or wat to come for a short period of Eglish laguage study (5 or 10 weeks) as part of your uiversity course to improve your Eglish. EELP cosists of four modules which will provide you with Eglish laguage preparatio i lie with the Commo Europea Framework of Referece for Laguages (CEFR). To joi EELP you do ot eed to have previously take a Eglish laguage test, o arrival you will be tested ad placed i the class which best suits your level. The programme rus throughout the year i five-week terms. You ca choose to study for ay period from 5 to 40 weeks (i five-week blocks), with etry poits i October, November, Jauary, February, April, May, July ad August. The curret fee for a five-week block is 1,475. www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ia Iteratioal Academy Eglish Laguage Programmes 33

Actig East 15 Develop the cofidece to become the best i performace, productio or maagemet Persoal discovery. Ituitio. Techical Skill. True to our foudig priciples, we place equal importace o developig these aspects of your craft. The cotributio of East 15 actors to British theatre, televisio ad film over the past decades has bee immese. Several geeratios of brilliat actors ad actresses have come out of this highly origial coservatoire. Mike Leigh OBE, Film Director Reasos to study at East 15 East 15 is oe of the UK s leadig actig schools ad is fully accredited by Drama UK ad a full member of the Uiversity/ Residet Theatre Associatio (URTA) of America Ejoy purpose-built facilities at Loughto or Southed We are oe of the most iteratioal drama schools, with studets from over 40 coutries We achieved 94% studet satisfactio i the latest assessmet Expad your horizos through study trips to Bali or Moscow 34 Actig East 15

Courses Udergraduate Postgraduate BA Actig MA Actig BA Actig (Iteratioal) MA Actig (Iteratioal) BA Actig ad Cotemporary Theatre MFA Actig (Iteratioal) BA Stage ad Productio Maagemet MA Theatre Directig BA Actig ad Stage Combat MFA Theatre Directig BA Actig ad Commuity Theatre BA Physical Theatre BA World Performace Cert HE Theatre Arts Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate - IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Graduate destiatios Our actig graduates pursue careers i theatre, film, TV ad radio throughout the world. Our former theatre directig studets ow direct professioally, fuctio as artistic directors ad teach directig across the world. Studet profile Geoff Kaick, USA MA Actig (Iteratioal) What attracted me to the East 15 Iteratioal Actig program was ot just the opportuity to trai i a Lodo-based program (although that is a huge plus), but the fact that the East 15 Iteratioal program brigs together actors from all over the world to study, collaborate, ad create together. It is o secret that the world is gettig much smaller o a social scale. There simply just are ot ay other programs that embrace the beauty of iteratioal ad cross-cultural collaboratio; East 15 is ahead of the curve. What East 15 has is rare. Studyig at East 15 o the postgraduate Iteratioal Actig program gave me the opportuity to perform Shakespeare o the stage of the Globe Theatre, to devise, create, ad perform my ow work, to work with actors from all over the world, act i a fully produced productio at a theatre i cetral Lodo, ad work with tutors who challege you ad ecourage the jourey of the idividual. I came out of East 15 a stroger, wholly developed, actor. Less tha a few moths out of school, I was hired to be part of a origial productio at Portlad s Artists Repertory Theatre, am auditioig for Seattle Shakespeare Compay, ad have bee amed Seattle s Performig Artist of the Year. East 15 s MA/MFA Iteratioal Actig program offers the traditio ad prestige of the British-traied actor with the cotemporary ad forward-movig drive to match today s world. Popular modules Udergraduate Actor ad Text Improvised Livig History Developmet of Actig Methodology Extesio of Actig Methodology Shakespeare ad Elizabetha Verse Drama Scree ad Radio Voice, Movemet, Music ad Sigig Circus i a Suitcase Postgraduate Actig Techique Character ad Scee Work Cotemporary UK Texts Shakespeare Staislavskia Actig Methodology The Artistic Director The Techiques of Adaptatio Theatre of The East (field study optio) www.essex.ac.uk/it16/east15 Actig East 15 35

Biological Scieces Joi a uderwater lecture o coral reefs i Idoesia As oe of the Uiversity s largest departmets, we re reowed for our high levels of studet satisfactio o both udergraduate ad postgraduate courses. Like our studets, our staff are passioate about sciece ad have travelled from all over the world to be at Essex. Reasos to study biological scieces with us Variety of iterestig study areas - cacer biology ad proteomics - protei structure, fuctio ad drug targetig - marie biology, specifically coral reef diversity ad threats - plat productivity: geetic maipulatio ad global chage - sports ad exercise sciece Two-thirds of our research is rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet (REF 2014) Placemet ad study abroad opportuities available at udergraduate level Soa Vardaya, Norway BSc Biomedical Sciece I have always had a kee iterest i sciece, thus choosig a degree withi that subject was rather easy for me. I oly applied to the Uiversity of Essex ad luckily I was accepted. The uiversity appealed to me due to its good reputatio ad its campus life. My course offered me a rage of iterestig subjects ad topics, however, I foud immuology especially iterestig. The lectures were stimulatig ad I gaied a fasciatio with the subject, which is why I chose to write my dissertatio withi it. I have had so may memorable momets at the Uiversity throughout the three years, thus makig it impossible for me to write dow just oe. Every lecture, every ight out i Sub Zero, every picic i the park, ad every coffee from The Bakery will forever have a special place i my heart. This uiversity did ot oly provide me with a good educatio, but frieds that will be my best frieds for the rest of my life. I am truly grateful for everythig that I experieced at the Uiversity. 36 Biological Scieces

Courses Udergraduate BSc Biological Scieces + * BSc Biochemistry + * BSc Biomedical Sciece + BSc Geetics + * BSc Marie Biology + BSc Sports ad Exercise Sciece MSc Marie Biology (Itegrated Masters) + This course has a optioal year abroad variat *This course has a optioal placemet year variat Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Postgraduate MSc Biotechology MSc Evirometal ad Resource Maagemet MSc Molecular Medicie MSc Tropical Marie Biology MSD, MPhil, PhD Biochemistry MSD, MPhil, PhD Biological Scieces MSD, MPhil, PhD Cell ad Molecular Biology MSD, MPhil, PhD Chemical Biology MSD, MPhil, PhD Evirometal Goverace MSD, MPhil, PhD Evirometal Scieces MSD, MPhil, PhD Immuology MSD, MPhil, PhD Marie Biology MSD, MPhil, PhD Microbiology MSD, MPhil, PhD Molecular Medicie MSD, MPhil, PhD Sports ad Exercise Sciece MSD, MPhil, PhD Sports ad Exercise Medicie MSD, MPhil, PhD Sports ad Exercise Psychology Recet graduate careers Laboratory research Educatio Scietific publishig Medicie courses Detistry courses Cliical sciece Scietific sales Popular modules Udergraduate Cacer Biology Coral Reef Biology Ratioal Drug Desig Mechaisms of Neurological Disease Sports Ijuries ad Exercise Rehabilitatio Sport ad Performace Psychology Postgraduate Molecular Medicie ad Biotechology Pollutio: Impacts ad Maagemet Tropical Marie Systems Geomics Work-Based Learig i Cardiac Rehabilitatio Coservatio Maagemet ad Practice Huma Molecular Geetics www.essex.ac.uk/it16/biosci Biological Scieces 37

Computatioal Fiace Lear the mathematical priciples, systems ad computig that uderpi moder fiace We are a iovative, laboratory-based teachig ad research cetre, with a iteratioal reputatio for cuttig-edge work combiig ecoomic ad fiacial modellig with computatioal implemetatio. Reasos to study computatioal fiace with us Cross-discipliary syllabus icorporatig the latest research Practical hads-o istructio across all courses Excellet liks with govermet ad idustry, particularly via our City Associates Board A umber of our studets have had iterships with prestigious City istitutios such as HSBC, Old Mutual ad the Bak of Eglad 38 Computatioal Fiace

Courses Udergraduate BSc Computatioal Fiace Postgraduate MSc Algorithmic Tradig MSc Computatioal Fiace MSc Fiacial Computig PhD Computatioal Fiace Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.0 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Bakig Isurace Ivestmet fuds Hedge fuds Ratig agecies Fiacial regulatios agecies Stock exchages Brokerage firms Fiacial IT providers Mohammed Okour, Jorda MSc Computatioal Fiace, 2013 After completig my CCFEA pre-sessioal course, the cetre arraged a visit to HSBC headquarters i Lodo. The purpose of the visit was to give us a overview of HSBC s fiacial services ad career opportuities. As a studet comig from computer programmig backgroud, I was ot familiar with most of the subjects that were discussed that day. I asked Professor Edward Tsag after the meetig if I would be able to uderstad them after fiishig the MSc course, ad he replied cofidetly ad calmly you should be. Oce the course started I realised that he was right; everythig became much easier to comprehed. This was a result of the wide rage of topics that were covered through the courses, ad due to highly professioal lecturers. I would recommed this course for ayoe iterested i fiacial markets. It provides studets with both theoretical ad practical skills that are importat for the fiacial idustry. Popular modules Udergraduate Computatioal Methods for Fiace Data Structures ad Algorithms Itroductio to Programmig Object-Orieted Programmig Portfolio Aalysis Mathematics for Computig Postgraduate Cloud Techologies ad Systems High Frequecy Fiace ad Empirical Market Microstructure High Performace Computig Mathematical Research Techiques usig MATLAB Fiacial Egieerig ad Risk Maagemet www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ccfea Computatioal Fiace 39

Computer Sciece ad Electroic Egieerig Study the potetial applicatios of robots ad itelliget machies i the real world Our courses are guided by a Idustrial Advisory Board of experts which icludes represetatives from compaies such as Itel. Regardless of the study path you choose, you ll develop the skills ad priciples for a rewardig career. Reasos to study computer sciece ad electroic egieerig at Essex Raked fourth i the coutry for computer sciece with 97% studet satisfactio (NSS 2014) Electroic egieerig achieved 93% studet satisfactio (NSS 2014) Raked joit 8th i the UK for Computer Sciece i the 2014 Academic Rakig of World Uiversities Gai professioal IET ad BCS accreditatio the basis for chartered egieer status Specialist facilities available for research i a variety of fields icludig robotics, brai-computer iterfaces, optoeletroics, embedded systems, etworkig, semicoductor techology ad prited circuit board maufacture Placemet years ad study abroad opportuities available at udergraduate level 40 Computer Sciece ad Electroic Egieerig

Courses Udergraduate BSc Computer Sciece + * BEg Computer Networks + * BSc Computer Games + * BEg Computer Systems Egieerig + * BEg Computers with Electroics BSc Iformatio ad Commuicatio Techology + * BSc Data Sciece ad Aalytics MSci Computer Sciece (Itegrated Masters) BEg Electroic Egieerig + * BEg Telecommuicatio Egieerig + * MEg Electroic Egieerig (Itegrated Masters) + This course has a optioal year abroad variat *This course has a optioal placemet year variat Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.0 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Postgraduate MSc Advaced Computer Sciece MSc Advaced Web Egieerig MSc Artificial Itelligece MSc Big Data ad Text Aalysis MSc Cloud Computig MSc Computer Egieerig MSc Computer Games MSc Embedded Systems MSc Itelliget Systems ad Robotics MSc Electroic Egieerig MSc Computer Networks ad Security MSc Telecommuicatio ad Iformatio Systems MSD, MPhil, PhD Applied Physics MSD, MPhil, PhD Computig ad Electroic Systems MSD, MPhil, PhD Computer Sciece MSD, MPhil, PhD Electroic Systems Egieerig Recet graduate careers Games desig Telecommuicatios Motorsport ad aerospace egieerig Systems, server ad etwork maagemet ad developmet Software developmet Electroic egieerig Futurist Maufacturig Au Muhammad Hussai, Pakista MSc Electroic Egieerig My course deals with all the ew aspects of emergig techology. The departmet has some great facilities, icludig robotics labs ad embedded systems labs. The uiversity has so may experts ad experieced professors who have helped me i solvig ay problems that arise with my research. It also has a amazig campus where all departmets are workig together. The eviromet of the uiversity is really active all the time with evets happeig every day ad every week ecouragig studets to take part. Overall I am very happy ad proud to be a part of the uiversity. Popular modules Udergraduate Artificial Itelligece Computer Game Desig ad Programmig Computer Security Web Applicatio Programmig Audio Electroic Systems ad Desig Digital Sigal Processig Telecommuicatio Networks ad Systems Electroic ad Optoelectroic Devices Digital Systems Architecture Postgraduate Artificial Neural Networks Cloud Techologies ad Systems E-Commerce Programmig Programmig Embedded Systems Digital Sigal Processig Programmig i Java Mobile Commuicatios Mobile ad Social Applicatio Programmig Machie Learig ad Data Miig www.essex.ac.uk/it16/csee Computer Sciece ad Electroic Egieerig 41

Ecoomics Be obsessive about your subject study at oe of the top uiversities i the UK for social sciece We are oe of Europe s leadig ecoomics departmets. Our creative ad committed academics udertake world-leadig research, pioeerig ew solutios to global issues. Reasos to study ecoomics with us The departmet is raked 5th i the UK for research excellece (REF 2014) We achieved 93% studet satisfactio placig us 12th i the UK (NSS 2014) Placemet years ad study abroad opportuities available at udergraduate level Excellet research facilities, icludig access to the UK Data Archive based at the Uiversity 42 Ecoomics Cheah Wai Kit, Malaysia BSc Ecoomics, 2013 Maagemet Associate at Uited Overseas Bak (UOB), Malaysia I was lookig for a research-led learig experiece ad that s what attracted me to Essex. The Ecoomics departmet s degree structure has bee desiged to maximise flexibility i module choices, allowig me to choose from a wide rage of modules ad shapig my degree to suit my particular areas of iterest. Moreover, the icredible feelig of commuity at Essex makes it impossible for ayoe ot to get ivolved! My participatio i societies ad voluteerig really helped me to ehace my employability skills ad erich my experiece at Essex. My Essex experiece ideed proved ivaluable i securig my graduate role!

Courses Udergraduate Postgraduate BA, BSc Ecoomics +* MRes Ecoomics BA Ecoomic Aalysis for Public Policy +* MSc Moey ad Bakig BA, BSc Maagemet Ecoomics MSc Behavioural Ecoomics + MSc Accoutig ad Fiacial Ecoomics BA, BSc Iteratioal Ecoomics + BA, BSc Fiacial Ecoomics MSc Applied Ecoomics ad Data Aalysis + BA Fiacial Ecoomics ad Accoutig MSc Computatioal Ecoomics, Fiacial Markets ad Policy + BSc Ecoomics with Mathematics + MSc Ecoomics BA History ad Ecoomics + MSc Ecoomics ad Ecoometrics BA Ecoomics with Frech + BA Ecoomics with Germa MSc Fiacial ad Busiess Ecoomics MSc Fiacial Ecoomics + MSc Fiacial Ecoometrics BA Ecoomics with Italia + BA Ecoomics with Spaish MSc Fiacial Ecoomics ad Ecoometrics + BA Ecoomics with Portuguese MSc Iteratioal Ecoomics + MSc Maagemet Ecoomics This course has a optioal year abroad variat *This course has a optioal placemet year variat + Graduate Diploma i Ecoomics MPhil, PhD Ecoomics Eglish laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Udergraduate Satader Postgraduate Deloitte - IELTS 6.0 overall - IELTS 6.5 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Barclays Capital Citigroup Erst ad Youg Morga Staley Natioal govermet Popular modules Udergraduate Postgraduate Ecoomic Advaced Developmet i Global Perspective Labour Ecoomics Iteratioal Trade Corporate Fiace Moetary Iovatios ad Cetral Baks Iteratioal Trade Istitutios ad Policy Methods of Ecoomic Aalysis Theory of Moopoly ad Regulatio Microecoomics ad Macroecoomics Ecoometrics, Macroecoomics ad Microecoomics Time Series Ecoometrics Game Theory ad Applicatios Evirometal Ecoomics Behavioural Ecoomics Pael Data Methods Ecoomics of Trasitio Ecoomic Developmet Theory Evirometal Ecoomics www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ecoomics Ecoomics 43

Essex Busiess School Accoutig, Bakig ad Fiace Gai hads-o experiece of tradig i our specialist labs Essex Busiess School, the largest departmet of the Uiversity of Essex, has bee raked as a top 20 school for research power out of over 100 UK busiess schools i the atioal Research Excellece Framework (REF) of 2014. Reasos to study at Essex Busiess School More tha two-thirds of our research is rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet (REF 2014) You ll be able to use the facilities i the brad ew 23m buildig at our Colchester campus Two-thirds of the staff ad over half of the studets are from outside of the UK, providig for a iteratioal ad stimulatig eviromet Study abroad opportuities ad work placemets available at udergraduate level We emphasise ethics ad sustaiable busiess practice Recet graduate destiatios for our graduates iclude AXA Isurace, Bak of Eglad, Bak of New York, Citigroup, Deloitte, HSBC, JP Morga, PWC ad Shaghai Futures Exchage Up to six ACCA exemptios available with selected udergraduate ad postgraduate courses 44 Essex Busiess School Accoutig, Bakig ad Fiace

Courses Udergraduate BSc Accoutig + BSc Accoutig ad Fiace + BSc Accoutig ad Maagemet + BSc Accoutig with Ecoomics + BSc Bakig ad Fiace + BSc Bakig ad Fiace with Moder Laguage BSc Bakig, Fiace ad Moder Laguages BSc Fiace + BSc Fiace ad Moder Laguages BSc Fiace with Moder Laguage BSc Fiace with Madari BSc Fiacial Maagemet + * + This course has a optioal year abroad variat Postgraduate MSc Accoutig MSc Accoutig ad Fiace MSc Accoutig ad Fiacial Maagemet MSc Accoutig ad Maagemet MSc Iteratioal Accoutig MRes Accoutig, Fiace ad Maagemet MSc Bakig ad Fiace MSc Fiace MSc Fiace ad Data Aalytics MSc Fiace ad Ivestmet MSc Fiace ad Maagemet MSc Fiacial Egieerig ad Risk Maagemet MSc Global Fiace ad Tradig MSc Iteratioal Fiace MSD, MPhil, PhD Accoutig MSD, MPhil, PhD Fiace Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Accoutacy Auditig Ivestmet bakig Stockbrokig Fiacial ad Busiess Aalysis Fiacial Maagemet Tax Maagemet Credit Risk Maagemet Popular modules Udergraduate Corporate Fiace Corporate Goverace Iteratioal Bakig Maagemet Accoutig Optios ad Futures Portfolio Aalysis Quatitative Methods ad Fiace Risk Maagemet Postgraduate Bak Strategy ad Risk Corporate Fiace Derivative Securities Fiacial Decisio Makig Fiacial Modellig Maagemet Accoutig E-commerce Behavioural Fiace Yuaju Tia, Chia MSc Fiace ad Ivestmet Studyig at Essex is really a brilliat experiece. It gives me opportuity to develop my ow ideas ad iterests, as well as egagig with global thikig. O campus, I ca feel the mixture of excitemet, ejoyig the academic atmosphere ad commuicatig with my frieds from all aroud the world. I ca lear advaced kowledge from my teachers ad I thik it is like a ew jourey to me. Eve though I miss my coutry, I do ot feel loely. If I eed some help, I ca always fid help from the staff of our uiversity. There are facilities ad support that we ca rely o. I ve made use of the Sports Cetre, the library, the IT services, ad Employability & Careers. They ve helped me ot oly ejoy my time at Essex but also to pla for the future. www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ebs Essex Busiess School - Accoutig, Bakig ad Fiace 45

Essex Busiess School Busiess ad Maagemet Go beyod the basics of busiess at Essex Busiess School Reasos to study at Essex Busiess School More tha two-thirds of our research is rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet (REF 2014) You ll be able to use the facilities i the brad ew 23m buildig at our Colchester campus, or the award wiig Forum buildig at Southed Two thirds of the staff ad over half of the studets are from outside of the UK, providig for a iteratioal ad stimulatig eviromet Study abroad opportuities ad work placemets available at udergraduate level We emphasise ethics ad sustaiable busiess practice Recet graduate destiatios for our graduates iclude AXA Isurace, Bak of Eglad, Bak of New York, Citigroup, Deloitte, HSBC, JP Morga, PWC ad Shaghai Futures Exchage 46 Essex Busiess School Busiess ad Maagemet

Courses Udergraduate Postgraduate BSc Busiess Maagemet + The Essex MBA BSc Maagemet ad Marketig + * MSc Busiess Aalytics BSc Busiess Maagemet ad Moder Laguages MSc Global Project Maagemet BSc Busiess Maagemet with Moder Laguage MSc Huma Resource Maagemet BSc Maagemet with Madari MSc Maagemet MSc Iteratioal Maagemet MA Maagemet ad Orgaisatioal Dyamics MRes Accoutig, Fiace ad Maagemet MSD, MPhil, PhD Busiess Admiistratio MSD, MPhil, PhD Maagemet + This course has a optioal year abroad variat *This course has a optioal placemet year variat Three years relevat work experiece required Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall MBA IELTS 6.5 overall (with all scores 6.0+) For ay postgraduate Maagemet courses, we also require a writig score of 6.0. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Procuremet Huma Resources Cosultacy Project Maagemet Relatioship Maagemet Strategic Plaig Advertisig ad Marketig Operatios Maagemet Hiu Kei Cha, Hog Kog BSc Maagemet ad Marketig As a Iteratioal studet, I was very much attracted by the high level of cultural diversity of Essex as it allows me to meet people from aroud the world, which eables me to wide my perspectives. Also, what caught my attetio is that Essex has a good reputatio for its Busiess School ad has a high rakig i research, which is what made me to decide study Maagemet ad Marketig at Essex. The staff ad studets are very friedly so I foud settlig ito studet life at Essex fairly easy. Also, although the actual size of the campus is ot as big as some other UK uiversities, it has everythig that we eed, from havig a large selectio of restaurats to a post office ad a beauty salo. Moreover, it has a wide variety of studet societies ad clubs which gives us a lot of opportuities to meet ew people. The uiversity also provides us with may career opportuities such as work experieces ad employability workshops; I am curretly workig at the Iteratioal Office as a Marketig Frotruer. Havig some work experiece helps us to prepare for the real world ad ehace our employability. So far my time at Essex has bee very fulfillig, ad I would recommed it to people who are cosiderig studyig here. Popular modules Udergraduate Brad Maagemet Busiess Ethics Marketig Commuicatios Orgaisatioal Behaviour Busiess Strategy Digital Marketig ad Social Media Postgraduate Iteratioal Busiess Eviromet Maagemet Psychology Maagig Across Cultures Maagig for Ethics ad Sustaiability People ad Orgaisatios Fiacial Decisio Makig Cases i Corporate Goverace www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ebs Essex Busiess School - Busiess ad Maagemet 47

Essex Busiess School Marketig ad Etrepreeurship Ejoy excellet facilities at both our campuses Reasos to study at Essex Busiess School More tha two-thirds of our research is rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet (REF 2014) You ll be able to use the facilities i the brad ew 23m buildig o Colchester campus, or the award wiig Forum buildig Southed Two thirds of the staff ad over half of the studets are from outside of the UK, providig for a iteratioal ad stimulatig eviromet Study abroad opportuities ad work placemets available at udergraduate level We emphasise ethics ad sustaiable busiess practice Recet graduate destiatios for our graduates iclude AXA Isurace, Bak of Eglad, Bak of New York, Citigroup, Deloitte, HSBC, JP Morga, PWC ad Shaghai Futures Exchage 48 Essex Busiess School Marketig ad Etrepreeurship

Courses Udergraduate BSc Marketig + BSc Iteratioal Busiess ad Etrepreeurship + BBA Busiess Admiistratio + + This course has a optioal year abroad variat *This course has a optioal placemet year variat Postgraduate MSc Etrepreeurship ad Iovatio MSc Iteratioal Busiess ad Etrepreeurship MSc Iteratioal Marketig ad Etrepreeurship MSc Marketig ad Brad Maagemet MSD, MPhil, PhD Etrepreeurship Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall For ay postgraduate Maagemet courses, we also require a writig score of 6.0. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Advertisig ad marketig Etrepreeurship Maagemet Iteratioal project maagemet Recruitmet Busiess creatio Supply chai maagemet Fiace ad bakig Herma Aslaksrud, Norway BBA Busiess Admiistratio Several reasos made me choose The Uiversity of Essex as my home for the ext three years. I love Lodo, ad ow I m oly 50 miutes away, which is perfect. Essex is oe of the best uiversities for research i the coutry, ad it provides great opportuities both ow ad for the future. I m doig the Bachelor course Busiess Admiistratio at the Southed Campus, which is really ice. Eve if it s a steep learig curve comig to uiversity, we got all the support we could ask for. We also got a brad ew buildig with top moder equipmet that gives us the best possible coditios to lear ad develop. The accommodatio here gives us great social opportuities, ad the fact that it s literally i the cetre of the tow ad 100 m from the uiversity is great advatage. The large umber of iteratioal studets is a good thig, ad I ve leared so much about other cultures ad people already. It was t hard at all to get ew frieds. Beig at Uiversity is about more tha just course-work ad deadlies, it s also about havig a good time. Because of all the differet types of people here, that is t a problem. There are also all kids of societies, which are ope ad free for everyoe, this makes everyday life more excitig ad fu. Popular modules Udergraduate Iteratioal Huma Resource Maagemet Maagig Iovatio The Networked Ecoomy Successful Futures Cosumer Behaviour Leadership i Orgaisatios Postgraduate Critical Marketig Iovatio Maagemet Iteratioal Marketig ad Strategy Iteratioal Busiess ad Strategy Strategic Brad Commuicatios Global Etrepreeurship, Etrepreeurial Maagemet ad Social Developmet www.essex.ac.uk/it16/ebs Essex Busiess School Marketig ad Etrepreeurship 49

Health ad Huma Scieces Develop the skills ad experiece to trasform lives We are at the forefrot of preparig people to solve real-life issues i health ad society, offerig courses that both commissioers ad employers believe i. People are at the heart of all we do. Reasos to study health ad huma scieces at Essex Specialist laboratories Iovative teachig Strog parterships with local health authorities Real experiece through work placemets ad research 50 Health ad Huma Scieces

Courses Udergraduate BA Social Work BSc Sports Therapy Postgraduate MA, MPhil, PhD Health ad Orgaisatioal Research MSc Health Research MSc Occupatioal Therapy (Pre-Registratio) MSD, MPhil, PhD Health Studies MSD, MPhil, PhD Nursig Studies MSD, MPhil, PhD Occupatioal Therapy MSD, MPhil, PhD Physiotherapy MSD, MPhil Public Health MSD, MPhil Social Policy MSD, MPhil, PhD Speech ad Laguage Therapy Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall Please check the departmet s website for specific requiremets for Pre-Registratio courses ad BA Social Work. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Research focus: Our staff are multi-professioal, have both cliical ad academic credibility, ad work across traditioal boudaries. Our staff iclude urses, doctors, physiotherapists, speech ad laguage therapists, sociologists of health, psychologists, sports therapists, methodologists ad specialists i health service maagemet. I additio we draw o the expertise of visitig Fellows ad lecturers Our research activities are strogly focused o curret, real-time health ad social care issues. Our specialisms iclude the applicatio of psychology ad sociology to real-world issues, the uderstadig of health risks, social exclusio, metal health, learig difficulties, substace misuse, gerotology, chroic illess, service evaluatio, iformatics ad evidece-based practice. Our School also hosts a growig umber of PhD studets. Popular modules Udergraduate Emotioal, Relatioal ad Metal Health Issues Practice Itervetios Legislatio, Regulatio ad Social Policy for Practice Health, Well-Beig ad IterProfessioal Practice Exercise Physiology Postgraduate Health Promotio Theory ad Method i Health Research Trasformatio Through Occupatio Occupatioal Performace i Practice Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy www.essex.ac.uk/it16/hhs Health ad Huma Scieces 51

History Studyig the past helps us uderstad the preset History is about people ad created Reasos to study history with us by people. We re iterested i history 93% studet satisfactio from the grass roots how everyday Flexible degrees with a wide rage of history modules from 1450 to the preset day people make ad are affected by history as well as from the top dow. Study abroad as part of your course Gai experiece through volutary work at local museums, archives ad heritage sites Expertise i the followig geographical areas: Britai (icludig local ad regioal history), Europe, the Uited States, Russia, Brazil, Souther Africa, Chia, ad Britai s Asia empire 52 History

Courses Udergraduate BA History + BA America History + BA Global History BA History ad Crimiology + BA History ad/with Film Studies + BA History ad Literature + BA History with Huma Rights + BA History with Moder Laguages BA Moder History + BA Moder History ad Iteratioal Relatios + BA Moder History ad Politics + BA Social ad Cultural History + BA History ad Sociology + Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 7.0 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Postgraduate MA History Postgraduate Certificate i History MAD, MPhil, PhD History + This course has a optioal year abroad variat *This course has a optioal placemet year variat Recet graduate careers Govermet Civil Service Jouralism Law Museums Galleries Archaeology Archivig Educatio Popular modules Udergraduate Geder i Early Moder Eglad Chia: The Log 20th Cetury I Slavery: The Africa America Experiece Lati America History The Uited States ad the Vietam War From Stali to Puti Popular Rebellios i Early Moder Wester Europe Postgraduate Die Hard: Martyrdom i Britai 1300-2014 Race ad Class i the Uited States, South Africa ad Britai Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs A Global History of Food, c.1400 - c.1750 Research focus: Our Departmet is iteratioally recogised for the quality of its research across a broad rage of areas from 1450 to the preset. More tha two-thirds of our research was rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet i the REF 2014. Members of our Departmet have a huge variety of research iterests, ragig from social ad cultural history to politics ad iteratioal relatios. Themes of particular iterest i research iclude violece ad protest, race, class formatio, atioalism, cultural history, geder, ad wars ad revolutios. I lie with our commitmet to comparative history ad global perspectives, our teachig ad research team is iteratioal. Our corridors are cosmopolita. Several members of staff are from overseas, ad they brig with them cotacts ad cocers that complemet those of their colleagues from Britai. A high proportio of our postgraduate studet body i particular is iteratioal, ad as a iteratioal studet you ll fid that a umber of your teachers were themselves oce overseas studets, ad that they are aware of both the difficulties ad excitemet of study away from your home coutry. www.essex.ac.uk/it16/history History 53

Law ad Huma Rights Every year our studets mark Iteratioal Huma Rights Day by chalkig our steps with the Uiversal Declaratio Our teachig i law is based o our extesive research expertise ad practical experiece, particularly i public law, commercial law ad huma rights, both i the UK ad abroad. Our Huma Rights Cetre is the UK s leadig cetre for the iterdiscipliary study of huma rights theory ad practice. Reasos to study law ad huma rights at Essex Gai practical experiece with our Essex Law Cliic ad Huma Rights Cliic Work placemet, itership ad study abroad opportuities durig your course Peer metors guide you through your first year Leadig research expertise across commercial law, public law, ad huma rights law We were awarded the Quee s Aiversary Prize i 2010 i recogitio of our work i advacig global huma rights Excellece i huma rights theory ad practice is cetral to our research ad educatio Vibrat ad committed research commuity offerig uparalleled rage of huma rights expertise across disciplies 54 Law ad Huma Rights

Courses Udergraduate LLB Law + LLB Law (Seior Status) LLB Law ad Huma Rights LLB Eglish ad Frech Law (Maitrise) icludig Year Abroad LLB Law ad Politics LLB Law ad Philosophy + This course has a optioal year abroad variat Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5-7.0 overall, icludig 6.0-6.5 i writig for selected courses. Check www.essex.ac.uk/it16/courses for specific requiremets. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Solicitor or barrister Uited Natios EU Commissio Local authority lawyers Civil service Govermet legal service Govermet Educatio Popular modules Udergraduate Compay Law Crimial Law Europea Huma Rights Law Family Law Foudatios of Huma Rights Race Equality Law Social Dimesios of Huma Rights Postgraduate Huma Rights for Wome Cybercrime Iteratioal Law of Armed Coflict for Humaitaria Situatios Freedom of Expressio, Privacy ad the Media Religio ad Huma Rights Postgraduate MA Theory ad Practice of Huma Rights MA Huma Rights ad Cultural Diversity LLM Ecoomic, Social ad Cultural Rights LLM Europea Uio Commercial Law LLM Iteratioal Commercial ad Busiess Law LLM Iteratioal Huma Rights Law LLM Iteratioal Huma Rights ad Humaitaria Law LLM Iteratioal Trade Law MPhil, PhD Huma Rights MPhil, PhD Law Mutuma Ruteere, Keya MA Theory ad Practice of Huma Rights UN Huma Rights Coucil, Special Rapporteur Whe I thought of udertakig postgraduate studies i huma rights, almost every programme I came across was located i the faculty of law. What I was lookig for was a programme that would be multi-discipliary i its approach. I had bee workig o huma rights ad was clearly aware of the limitatios i a arrow ad sigle-disciplie approach to huma rights. I did ot kow such a programme existed aywhere i the world, util I came across the huma rights programme at the Uiversity of Essex. The Essex huma right programme tured out to be a most memorable itellectual experiece. It taught me to frame ad to ask the right questios. It opeed me up to the great potetial as well as the limits of the huma rights idea ad project. Beyod the classroom, the programme has succeeded i creatig a commuity of people - lecturers as well as studets - who passioately care ad thik about huma rights. Essex prepared me for future academic work. I acquired a PhD specializig o huma rights ad cotiued with both academic ad practical huma rights work. I 2011, I was appoited by the UN Huma Rights Coucil as the Special Rapporteur o cotemporary forms of racism, racial discrimiatio, xeophobia ad related itolerace. Graduate profiles for our Law programmes are available at u www.essex.ac.uk/it16/law. www.essex.ac.uk/it16/law www.essex.ac.uk/it16/hrc Law ad Huma Rights 55

Liberal Arts ad Area Studies Build your degree our iterdiscipliary courses let you pick your path We brig together academics from across the Uiversity. Our courses are iterdiscipliary, allowig you to study a variety of subjects by choosig from modules i literature, history, philosophy, the history of art, sociology ad politics. Reasos to study liberal arts ad area studies at Essex Become a expert i America, Europea or Lati America studies Study abroad for a term or a year A wide variety of laguage optios Flexible degree structures allow you to build a course accordig to your iterests Study with leadig academic experts from across our departmets 56 Liberal Arts ad Area Studies at Essex

Courses Kristi Aakvik, Norway BA Liberal Arts Udergraduate BA America (Uited States) Studies + BA America (Uited States) Studies with Film + BA Crimiology ad America Studies + BA Europea Studies BA Europea Studies ad Moder Laguages BA Europea Studies with Frech/Germa/Italia/Spaish BA Europea Studies with Politics BA Lati America Studies BA Lati America Studies with Busiess Maagemet BA Lati America Studies with Huma Rights BA Liberal Arts + This course has a optioal year abroad variat + Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate: IELTS 6.0 If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Recet graduate careers Civil service Iteratioal embassies/agecies I am a iteratioal studet from Norway, so the decisio to study abroad was a big oe. I chose the Cetre for Iterdiscipliary Studies i the Humaities at Essex because of its good reputatio, for beig oe of the best humaities departmets i the coutry ad providig degree courses like o other. I could ot be happier to have made the decisio to come here, as it is a great Uiversity, with so may excitig opportuities, experieces ad outstadig educatioal facilities. What is so good about liberal arts is that you oly have oe compulsory module each year ad the rest is up to you. This gives you the opportuity to build up your degree to how it would suit your particular future career, or if you are ot quite sure yet what you wat to do, you ca prepare yourself for aythig ad everythig. It is the perfect course to study o matter what you thik about the future. You ca choose from hudreds of differet modules from the fields of sociology, film, literature, art theory ad history, liguistics, history, laguages, politics, psychology, health studies, psychoaalytic studies, mathematical scieces, amog others. Throughout my time here so far, I have studied politics, history, sociology, film, literature ad Spaish laguage. This has give me such a broad degree which I am very happy with, as it provides me with a lot of prospects for my career ad further studies. I would recommed the Liberal Arts program to those who are iterested i a future with plety of possibilities. Comig to this Uiversity is oe of the best decisios you will ever make. Tourism Media ad jouralism orgaisatios such as Uited Natios ad NATO Govermet Politics Iteratioal Popular modules Udergraduate Sociology Athropology Europe: of Lati America Lati America Politics Art i Lati America The Elightemet Post-War Uited States Fictio Clash of the Superpowers: The History of the Cold War Iteratioal Security Studies America Laguages of the New Europe Myth ad Idea Italia Reaissace Art Death, God ad the Meaig of Life World Ciema www.essex.ac.uk/it16/cish Liberal Arts ad Area Studies at Essex 57

Liguistics Study the use, formatio ad traslatio of global laguages We are oe of the largest ad most prestigious laguage ad liguistics departmets i the world. You ll become part of a academic commuity that udertakes world-leadig research. Our lecturers are iteratioally reowed. Reasos to study Eglish laguage ad liguistics at Essex Top 10 i the UK for research quality (REF 2014) More tha three-quarters of our research was rated world leadig or iteratioally excellet Nearly 90 postgraduate modules i liguistics or traslatio ad iterpretig Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.0-7.5 overall with 6.0-6.5+ i writig. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Recet graduate careers Educatio Learig support Media Publishig Jouralism Maagemet Marketig Advertisig Please see www.essex.ac.uk/it16/courses for specific requiremets. 58 Liguistics

Courses Udergraduate Postgraduate BA Eglish Laguage + MA Applied Liguistics BA Eglish Laguage ad History MRes Aalysig Laguage Use + BA Eglish Laguage ad Liguistics PG Diploma, MA Chiese-Eglish Traslatio ad Iterpretig + BA Eglish Laguage ad Literature + MA Eglish Laguage ad Liguistics BA Eglish Laguage, Laguage Acquisitio ad Laguage Disorders + MRes Experimetal Liguistics BA Liguistics + MA Liguistic Studies BA Liguistics ad Sociology + MA/MRes Liguistics BA Eglish Laguage ad Teachig Eglish as a Foreig Laguage MA Psycholiguistics MA Socioliguistics This course has a optioal year abroad variat + MA Eglish Laguage Teachig/TEFL/TESOL MA Traslatio ad Literature MA Traslatio, Iterpretig ad Subtitlig MPhil, PhD Aalysig Laguage Use MPhil, PhD Applied Liguistics MPhil, PhD Eglish Laguage Teachig MPhil, PhD Experimetal Liguistics MPhil, PhD Liguistics MPhil, PhD Psycholiguistics/Socioliguistics Tomoki Niikawa, Japa MA Liguistics Studyig at Essex has provided great opportuities ot oly to exted my iterest i my field ad acquire kowledge beyod my expectatios, but also to ejoy my uiversity life with great persoal ad social beefits. Popular modules Udergraduate Postgraduate Child Laguage Laguage Acquisitio ad Laguage Disorders Coversatio ad Social Itegratio Eglish Phoetics ad Phoology Structure of Eglish Meaig ad Words Secod Laguage Learig Laguage Rights Psycholiguistics ad Geder Sematics Multiligualism ad Laguage Impairmet Simultaeous Iterpretig Writte Traslatio Teachig, Listeig ad Speakig Sytactic Theory The Departmet of Laguage ad Liguistics is the ideal place to cocetrate o my subject, i which valuable experiece i research is facilitated. Although the study of phoology is still quite a ufamiliar area i Japa, I ca egage i friedly exchages of ideas o phoological topics with supervisors ad colleagues. Aother advatage is that ay teacher or staff member ca support ot oly my coursework, but also my daily life, with which oe might struggle whe livig overseas for the first time. O a persoal level, my academic writig evolved ito proper formats through academic support from the Uiversity Skills Cetre, which readily helps with the developmet of ay academic skills which you may eed, i a comfortable atmosphere. Through departmetal ad support modules, I became cofidet i academic aspects of studyig phoology ad the skills I have acquired will help me to pursue a academic career i the future. www.essex.ac.uk/it16/liguistics Liguistics 59

Literature, Film ad Theatre studies Our departmet brigs text to life Our courses are taught by leadig academics, as well as experieced writers, film makers ad jouralists, ad allow you to follow specialised pathways or to combie your iterests across our subject areas. Reasos to study literature, film ad theatre studies with us 97% studet satisfactio for drama, 1st i the UK (NSS 2014) 6th for drama i the UK (Guardia Uiversity Guide 2015) Top 20 i the UK for Eglish ad creative writig (Guardia Uiversity Guide 2015) Use of our state-of-the-art Lakeside Theatre Dedicated film screeig ad editig facilities Our courses iclude the idustry drive BA Multimedia Jouralism ad BA/MA Creative Writig Showcase your skills through our o-campus radio, TV chael or ewspaper while gaiig practical experiece Ida Løkås, Norway BA Creative Writig, 2009 After graduatig from Essex I bega writig ovels ad my debut, The Beauty That Flows Past, wo a literary prize i Norway, which was a massive achievemet for me ad a great hoour. Studyig BA Creative Writig defiitely helped develop my writig. It was a importat steppig stoe towards becomig a published writer. I had the privilege of beig taught by taleted ad ispirig professors, ad I am grateful for all their ecouragemet ad guidace durig my three years at Essex. 60 Literature, Film ad Theatre Studies

Courses Udergraduate BA Creative Writig + BA Drama + BA Drama ad Literature + BA Eglish ad Uited States Literature + BA Eglish Literature + BA Film ad Creative Writig + BA Film Studies + BA Film Studies ad Literature + BA Multimedia Jouralism BA Literature ad Sociology + BA Drama ad Moder Laguages BA Literature ad/with Moder Laguages Postgraduate MA Literature MA Film ad Literature MA Film Studies MA Creative Writig MA Playwritig MA Wild Writig: Literature ad the Eviromet MAD, MPhil, PhD Creative Writig MAD, MPhil, PhD Film Studies MAD, MPhil, PhD Literature MAD, MPhil, PhD Theatre Studies + This course has a optioal year abroad variat Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 7.0 overall with 6.5 i writig Separate requiremets apply for BA Multimedia Jouralism, please visit our website for further details. If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Recet graduate careers Jouralism Stage maagemet TV productio Magazie editig Screewritig Writig Publishig Popular modules Udergraduate Creative No-Fictio Uderstadig ad Writig Sciece Fictio Myth ad the Creative Process Film ad Propagada Readig ad Writig Poetry Filmmakig Film aimatio Creative Performace Comedy Postgraduate Adaptatio Writig Magic Africa America Literature Georgia ad Romatic Literature ad Drama Film ad Video Productio Workshop The Wild East Writig the Novel Documetary ad Avat-garde Film ad Video www.essex.ac.uk/it16/lifts Literature, Film ad Theatre Studies 61

Mathematics We study mathematics from may agles Our staff are award-wiig teachers as well as world-class academics, ad our staff ad studets kow each other persoally we are a true academic family. Why study Mathematics with us Small ad friedly departmet with 90% studet satisfactio (NSS 2014) Placemet year ad study abroad optios available at udergraduate level BA Actuarial Sciece offers exemptios from at least 6 IFA examiatios Postgraduate courses specialisig i data sciece ad statistics Maryam Belgibayeva, Kazakhsta MSc Mathematics ad Fiace, 2011 My year at Essex was both challegig ad excitig. To achieve good results I had to study a lot but it was so amazig to obtai ew kowledge, broade my experiece, ad fid ew frieds. The friedly atmosphere, supportive ad very professioal staff were the mai advatages of the Departmet of Mathematical Scieces. The structure of my course was excellet, combiig very useful fiacial courses (fiacial modellig, risk maagemet, etc.) ad mathematical subjects (portfolio mathematics, research methods etc.), which complemeted each other ad gave full uderstadig of the mathematical tools applied i the fiacial sphere. To sum up, Essex, ad the Departmet of Maths i particular, met all of my expectatios ad I strogly recommed it to all prospective studets. 62 Mathematics

Courses Udergraduate BSc Actuarial Sciece + * BSc Ecoomics ad Mathematics + BSc Fiace ad Mathematics + BSc Data Sciece ad Aalytics BSc Mathematics + * BSc Mathematics ad Statistics + * BSc Mathematics with Computig + * BSc Mathematics with Physics + + This course has a optioal year abroad variat *This course has a optioal placemet year variat Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.0 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets. Postgraduate MSc Data Sciece MSc Discrete Mathematics ad its Applicatios MSc Fiacial Decisio Makig with Applicatios MSc Mathematics ad Fiace MSc Statistics MSc Statistics ad Operatioal Research MSc Statistics ad Ecoometrics Graduate Diploma i Mathematics MSD, MPhil, PhD Applied Mathematics MSD, MPhil, PhD Bioiformatics MSD, MPhil, PhD Biostatistics MSD, MPhil, PhD Mathematical Biology MSD, MPhil, PhD Mathematics MSD, MPhil, PhD Operatioal Research MSD, MPhil, PhD Pure Mathematics MSD, MPhil, PhD Statistics Recet graduate careers Accoutat Actuary Ecoomist Fiacial Aalyst Risk Assessor Statisticia Egieer Games Desiger Popular modules Udergraduate Optimisatio Complex Variables Graph Theory Mathematical Biology Vector Calculus Applied Statistics Postgraduate Modellig Experimetal Data Noliear Programmig Mathematics of Portfolios Graph Theory Data, Probability ad Statistics Cryptography ad Codes Stochastic Processes www.essex.ac.uk/it16/maths Mathematics 63

Moder Laguages Develop your traslatio skills i our EU- ad UN-stadard iterpretig booths Our udergraduate courses i moder laguages have a triple focus o developig laguage proficiecy, cultural awareess ad professioal skills. We are the oly UK uiversity that offers you the chace to study up to four laguages. Reasos to study moder laguages at Essex 96% studet satisfactio (NSS 2014) Top 10 i the UK for research quality (REF 2014) All laguages taught by ative or bi-ligual teachers Put your laguage skills to use durig study abroad Why study abroad? Study abroad is extremely worthwhile ad ejoyable both socially ad educatioally. As well as experiecig life i aother coutry, your study abroad experiece ca help you i your future career, showig that you are aturally outgoig ad adveturous, ope to ew ideas ad methods of workig. More ad more studets are ejoyig spedig a period of study i aother coutry as part of their studies. After your year abroad, you will be able to preset future employers with evidece of your capacity for iter-cultural uderstadig, self-reliace ad idepedece. 64 Moder Laguages

Courses Udergraduate BA Frech Studies ad Moder Laguages BA Germa Studies ad Moder Laguages BA Iteratioal Relatios ad Moder Laguages BA Italia Studies ad Moder Laguages BA Literature ad/with Moder Laguages BA Moder Laguages BA Moder Laguages with Film Productio ad Editig Skills BA Moder Laguages ad Eglish Laguage BA Moder Laguages ad Liguistics BA Moder Laguages ad Teachig Eglish as a Foreig Laguage BA Moder Laguages with Lati America Studies BA Philosophy ad/with Moder Laguages BA Politics ad Moder Laguages BA Portuguese Studies ad Moder Laguages BA Spaish Studies with Moder Laguages BA Spaish Studies with Lati America Studies BA Spaish, Portuguese ad Brazilia Studies Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Educatio Learig support Media Publishig Jouralism Maagemet Marketig Popular modules Udergraduate Frech Ciema ad Culture Three Coutries, Oe Laguage Austria, Switzerlad ad Germay Brazil i Focus Busiess, Culture ad Society Spaish ad Lati America Art, Film ad Music La Dolce Italia a Jourey Across Edurig Italia Traditios Moder Laguages Film Productio ad Editig Skills www.essex.ac.uk/it16/modlag Moder Laguages 65

Philosophy ad Art History Our research icludes the study of tattooig ad body art across times We offer degrees i both philosophy ad art history at udergraduate ad postgraduate levels, icludig opportuities to explore iterdiscipliary themes across the two areas, ad to study them i combiatio with other subjects. Reasos to study philosophy ad art history with us Philosophy at Essex is iteratioally recogised for its uique combiatio of Aglo-America ad Europea cotietal philosophy Art history is raked 6th amog UK art history departmets (REF 2014) We are i the top 10 for philosophy research departmets i the UK (REF 2014) We are home to ESCALA, the most importat collectio of Lati America art i Europe Our studets love it here we received a 97% studet satisfactio score for art history ad 96% for philosophy i recet Natioal Studet Survey assessmets 66 Philosophy ad Art History

Courses Udergraduate BA Art History + BA Art History ad History + BA Art History ad/with Moder Laguages BA Film Studies ad Art History + BA Literature ad Art History + BA Philosophy ad Art History + BA Philosophy + BA Philosophy, Religio ad Ethics + BA Philosophy ad History + BA Philosophy ad Law + BA Philosophy ad Literature + BA Philosophy ad Politics + BA Philosophy ad Sociology + BA Philosophy with Huma Rights + Postgraduate MA Art History ad Theory MA Curatig Cotemporary Art MA Gallery Studies ad Critical Curatig MA Gallery Studies with Dissertatio Graduate Diploma i Art History ad Theory MA Philosophy (Cotietal Philosophy pathway) MA Philosophy (Critical Social Theory pathway) MA Philosophy (Philosophy ad Psychoaalysis pathway) MAD, MPhil, PhD Art History ad Theory MAD, PhD Philosophy + This course has a optioal year abroad variat Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.0-7.0 overall, with 6.0 i writig for art history courses If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Our research Recet graduate careers Research ad aalysis work Marketig Govermet Media Galleries Museums Publishig Fashio Popular modules Art history 19th ad 20th cetury Europea sculpture 1960s couterculture Activist art Art ad sciece Cotemporary architecture History of photography History of tattooig Reaissace art ad architecture Theories of the sublime Urbaism ad the built eviromet Wome/saits i Reaissace art Philosophy Critical theory Pheomeology Medical humaities Classical Germa philosophy Udergraduate Film, New Media ad Software ad The Iteret Art ad Ideas Philosophy ad Religio Art i Lati America Freud ad the Philosophy of the Ucoscious Becomig Moder: Europea Art from Futurism to Surrealism Philosophy of Mid Art, Sex ad Death Postgraduate Collectig Art from Lati America Idigeous ad Post-Idigeist Art Maagig Galleries ad Exhibitio Projects Philosophy ad Psychoaalysis Cotemporary Critical Theory The Frakfurt School Autoomy, Metal Disorder ad Huma Rights Critique ad Curatig www.essex.ac.uk/it16/artphil Philosophy ad Art History 67

Politics History of disobediece i 1974 oe of our studets famously parked their Fiat 500 i the Uiversity foutai Some of the biggest ames i the field work at Essex, givig you urivalled access to the best mids i politics. As well as coductig groud-breakig research, your lecturers advise political parties, govermets ad iteratioal NGOs. Reasos to study politics with us UK s leadig political sciece research departmet Top i the UK for research excellece (REF 2014) Awarded Q-Step Affiliate status for our quatitative skills traiig 90% studet satisfactio (NSS 2014) Awarded the prestigious Regius Professorship i 2013 Placemet ad study abroad optios available at udergraduate level 68 Politics

Courses Udergraduate BA Politics + * BA Iteratioal Relatios + * BA Philosophy, Politics ad Ecoomics + * BA Ecoomics ad Politics + * BA Electios, Public Opiio ad Parties + * BA Political Ecoomics + * BA Political Theory ad Public Policy + * BA Politics ad Law + BA Politics with Huma Rights + + This course has a optioal year abroad variat *This course has a optioal placemet year variat Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Govermet Civil service Media ad jouralism Volutary sector Popular modules Udergraduate Authoritariaism ad Corruptio Iteratioal Security Studies Huma Rights ad Global Justice Mass Media ad Democracy Political Ecoomy of Global Itegratio Priciples of Social Justice Future Global Treds: Forecastig Scearios Political research Police ad armed forces Busiess ad commerce Postgraduate Coflict Resolutio Political Ecoomy Public Opiio ad Political Behaviour Comparative Europea Politics Iteratioal Negotiatio Ideology ad Political Discourse Political Explaatio Iteratioal Evirometal Politics Cotemporary Theories of Justice Postgraduate MA Politics MA, MSc Coflict Resolutio MA, MSc Global ad Comparative Politics MA Ideology ad Discourse Aalysis MA, MSc, MRes Iteratioal Relatios MA, MSc Multilevel Goverace i Europe MA, MSc, MRes Political Ecoomy MA, MSc, MRes Political Sciece MA Political Theory MA, MSc Public Opiio ad Political Behaviour MA, MSc Public Opiio ad Pollig PhD, PhP Govermet Joshua Hurtado, Mexico MA Iteratioal Relatios There were two mai reasos for decidig to come to Essex. The first was the reputatio of the Departmet of Govermet, the best departmet i the study of politics i the Uited Kigdom ad oe that is also widely recogized overseas. The secod reaso was because I had heard the Uiversity was oe of the most iteratioally diverse, ad I was lookig forward to share my academic experieces with people from differet cotexts ad backgrouds. Beig here, I ca say that oe of the best experieces is meetig all the other studets erolled i my courses ad gettig to work with them o projects or discussios about the topics we were seeig. I also got to kow, through them, differet styles of reasoig ad approaches to solve differet kids of problems. Ad the lecturers are, udoubtedly, some of the best i their field. Most impressively, I left may of the semiars discussig what we had just see with some of my fellow studets ad was eager to lear more ext sessio. My kowledge has bee greatly icreased by what I have leared here. I have take courses i statistical aalysis with reliable ope-source software, somethig which is valuable i may fields. I have also deepeed my theoretical thikig ad critical aalysis, which is valuable ot oly for career prospects but also for life i geeral. Fially, about the campus itself, I fid it to have a great atmosphere, especially the Lakeside, which is a beautiful place to watch susets from. The library also has may valuable books ad jourals i may iterestig research areas. This has bee, udoubtedly, a very fulfillig experiece ad I would recommed for ayoe who is iterested i politics to study here. www.essex.ac.uk/it16/govermet Politics 69

Psychoaalytic Studies Explore the ucoscious dimesios of huma behaviour We re uique: the oly place where uder oe roof you ca fid a multifaceted cliical ad academic approach to both psychoaalytic ad Jugia studies. Reasos to study psychoaalytic studies with us 94% studet satisfactio rate (NSS 2014) 80% of our udergraduates have foud graduate-level study or employmet Raked i the top 10 i the UK for research quality (REF 2014) Strog liks with the local Natioal Health Service, educatio ad care services ad professioal istitutios The departmet icorporates the Cetre for Trauma, Asylum ad Refugees Nicky Phelps, Uited States MA Refugee Care My ultimate career goal is to work with refugee childre ad provide therapeutic services. Whe I was researchig graduate courses I came across the MA Refugee Care offered at the Uiversity of Essex. This course was differet from ay other refugee studies programmes that I have see. It focused o the essetial issues relatig to refugees ad the refugee experiece, as well as emphasisig therapeutic practices. From the first day o campus I maaged to meet a lot of graduate studets from various majors. I am very much ejoyig the social experiece at the Uiversity. There are places to meet frieds o campus ad you ca easily go ito tow. 70 Psychoaalytic Studies

Courses Udergraduate Postgraduate FdA Therapeutic Commuicatio ad Therapeutic Orgaisatios (Adult)* MA Psychoaalytic Studies FdA Therapeutic Commuicatio ad Therapeutic Orgaisatios (Child ad Adolescet)* MA Jugia ad Post-Jugia Studies BA Psychoaalytic Studies MA Refugee Care BA Therapeutic Care PG Diploma, MA Maagemet ad Orgaisatioal Dyamics Graduate Diploma i Psychodyamic Approaches *BA top up year available Eglish laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Udergraduate Educatio Postgraduate Youth IELTS 6.0 overall IELTS 6.5-7.0 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets work ad social care Social care Learig support Metal health Nursig Health Popular modules Udergraduate Postgraduate Child, Dreams Adolescet ad Adult Developmet Trauma i Idividuals, Groups ad Orgaisatios Violece ad projective processes i idividuals ad society Cotemporary Therapeutic Practice ad Myths i Cotext Psychoaalysis of Groups ad Orgaisatios Cotext of the Refugee Experiece Psychosocial Perspectives of Huma Rights Freud www.essex.ac.uk/it16/cps Psychoaalytic Studies 71

Psychology Access professioal equipmet i our purpose-built psychology facility Our research is recogised iteratioally ad has a impact across may areas. Our research groups focus o cogitive psychology, sesory ad cogitive eurosciece, ad social psychology. Udergraduate studets take part i this research durig their studies. Reasos to study psychology with us Exceptioal research labs ad facilities, icludig our Cetre for Brai Sciece We re raked 13th i the UK for our research, ad 90% of our research is rated as world-leadig or iteratioally excellet (REF 2014) Courses accredited by the British Psychological Society We are home to a ESRC-accredited Doctoral Traiig Cetre 72 Psychology

Courses Udergraduate BA, BSc Psychology + BSc Psychology with Cogitive Neurosciece + + This course has a optioal year abroad variat Postgraduate MSc Advaced Psychology MSc Psychology (coversio course) MSc Research Methods i Psychology MSc Cogitive Neurosciece MSc Cogitive Neuropsychology MSc Laguage ad the Brai MSD, MPhil, PhD Psychology Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 7.0 overall If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Cliical, foresic, educatioal ad occupatioal psychology Social work Metal health care Maagemet Huma resources Fiace Media ad marketig Le A Trog Dih, Norway BSc Psychology The mai reaso I decided to study at Essex was the Uiversity s strog research ratig; psychology is a sciece, so a good research rakig was importat to me. Furthermore, the Uiversity seemed moder ad up-to-date (eg equipmet ad techical support) ad, as a overseas studet, it was very coveiet to come to Essex, sice Stasted is close ad Lodo about 45 miutes away. Popular modules Udergraduate Brai ad Behaviour Cogitive Psychology Developmetal Psychology Social Psychology Evolutioary Psychology Aimal Behaviour Persoality ad Idividual Differeces Emotio Postgraduate Cogitive Neuropsychology of Laguage Advaced Readig Developmet ad Dyslexia Advaced Cogitive Psychology Advaced Developmetal Psychology Advaced Social Psychology Perceptio ad Cogitio For me, it was also easy to settle i academically. Beig from Norway, where Eglish is a great part of our primary educatio, meat the laguage was ot a barrier for me, however I kow the Uiversity offers support for the studets who may have problems. The Departmet of Psychology is great. First of all, the academic staff are excellet ad, wheever you have questios or eed somethig clarified, lecturers are always there to help. The teachig itself is also very good, with aspects about the modules clearly outlied. O the techical side, my Departmet is well equipped ad all psychology studets have access to great lab facilities, with moder computers ad a rage of software. I have also foud the admiistrative staff i the Departmet to be lovely. Sometimes I feel that they take over from my mom, as they are always there to help ad ever without a smile. After three years, I geuiely feel that both the academic ad admiistrative staff wat us to do well. This level of support is just fatastic. www.essex.ac.uk/it16/psychology Psychology 73

Sociology ad Crimiology Get ready to ask ad aswer difficult questios We embed our iovative ad sometimes cotroversial research ito our courses, likig theory with evidece. Our world-leadig academics will teach you to have your figer o the pulse of moder society. Reasos to study sociology ad crimiology with us 91% studet satisfactio (NSS 2014), raked i the top three for UK uiversities Raked i the top 50 i the world by QS World Uiversity Rakigs (2015) Rated top 10 i the UK for research quality (REF 2014) Dedicated studet resource cetre offerig academic ad persoal support Awarded Q-Step Affiliate status for our traiig i quatitative social sciece Access to key atioal research data ad resources through the ESRC Doctoral Traiig Cetre ad the UK Data Archive housed o campus 74 Sociology ad Crimiology

Courses Udergraduate BA Crimiology * BA Crimiology with Social Psychology * BA Media, Culture ad Society * BA Sociology * BA Sociology ad Crimiology * BA Sociology ad Politics * BA Sociology with Huma Rights * BA Sociology with Psychosocial Studies * BA Sociology with Social Athropology * BA Sociology ad Liberal Arts * *This course has a optioal placemet year variat Postgraduate MA Advertisig, Marketig ad the Media MSc Crimiology ad Socio-Legal Research MA Sociological Research MA Sociology MSc Survey Methods for Social Research MSc Orgaised Crime, Terrorism ad Security MA Sociology ad Maagemet Graduate Certificate i Sociology MPhil, PhD Crimiology MPhil, PhD Crimiology ad Socio-Legal Research MAD, MPhil, PhD Sociology MPhil, PhD Sociological Research PhD Survey Methods Eglish laguage requiremets Udergraduate IELTS 6.0 overall Postgraduate IELTS 6.5 overall (with all scores 6.0+) If you do t meet these requiremets we offer a rage of pre-sessioal Eglish courses, please see pages 32-33 for details. Please ote that studets who eed a Tier 4 visa to study i the UK must meet the UKVI s miimum laguage requiremets Recet graduate careers Paralegal ad law Probatio Youth ad commuity work Public relatios ad marketig Housig, care, health ad welfare services Police ad commuity safety Risk assessmet Market research Busiess ad fiace Popular modules Udergraduate Globalisatio ad Crime Mass Media ad Moder Life Sociology of Sexualities Psychiatry ad Metal Illess Race, Class ad Geder Digital Media ad Society Social Athropology Policig, Puishmet ad Society Deiz Ua MA Crimiology ad Sociology, 2010, PhD Sociology Postgraduate Advertisig: Commerce ad Creativity Digital Ecoomy Critical Perspectives o Terrorism ad Couter-Terrorism Media Theory Sociology of Huma Rights Pael Data Methods Geder, Sexuality ad Femiist Theory The Departmet provides a woderful, friedly eviromet for postgraduate study ad research. I love the variety of activities such as attedig isightful cofereces. I am particularly iterested i culture, crime ad media studies, research o citizeship ad idetity, ad qualitative methods. I fid people s perceptio of crime ad how it has evolved throughout history a very iterestig area of study. I really ejoy becomig more kowledgeable withi my field ad deliverig uique ad origial work. www.essex.ac.uk/it16/sociology Sociology ad Crimiology 75

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