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Part-Time Timetable

Studying Part-Time

Most of our part-time students study alongside the full-time students but take a fewer number of modules each year thereby reducing their learning time to fit in with other things (like a job or family care). Typically, part-time students study at half the rate, so an HND course may take four years instead of two.


However, we are as flexible as you need us to be and if your personal circumstances change and you want to study more or less, or even suspend your studies for a while, that is possible. Our modular timetable means that each subject (the module) within your course is taught either in a morning or afternoon block. It also means that you gain credit for each successfully passed module as you go, helping you to chart your progress.

For example, most first year courses consist of 15 modules, spread over 3 terms (5 modules per term). Each module consists of half a day per week of teaching time, and runs for 10 weeks. In addition to time spent in the lecture, you will need to spend approximately the same amount of time for each module studying and preparing for assessments. Taking 5 modules per term (full-time), therefore, would fill your week quite comfortably!

Here is an example timetable from the first term of the HNC Countryside Management and Environmental Studies. Those studying part-time would select 2 or 3 of these modules to take in term 1 and would take the remaining 2 or 3 in term 1 the following year.

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

09:00-12:30

 

 

 

Environmental Awareness

Land Use Systems

Practical Use of Software Application Packages

Cells and the Fundamentals of Life

1:30-5:00

 

 

 

Chemistry and Physics for the Life Sciences

      

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