AQW 42344/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 16/02/2015
Answered On Date: 02/03/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning which (i) full-time; and (ii) part-time undergraduate courses have been withdrawn from the Ulster University prospectus since the 2012/2013 academic year, broken down by campus.

Answer:

Ulster University regularly reviews its course provision with the latest review having been carried out in December 2014 and noted by the university committee in February 2015. The university makes decisions by looking at a number of factors including the number of applications, employability statistics and national student satisfaction scores.

Ulster University has provided the following information regarding courses which have been withdrawn from its prospectus since the 2012/13 academic year. The University has stated that course closures do not necessarily equate to subject closures, as different courses in the same subject area will still be available to prospective students.

Full Time

Programme Title	Campus	Committee Notation
BSc Hons Banking and Finance	CE	Feb 2013
BSc Hons Clinical Physiology Respiratory	JN
BSc Hons Clinical Physiology Cardiology	JN
BSc Hons Creative Enterprise	JN	April 2013
BSc Hons Communication	JN
BSc Hons Communication with Advertising	JN
BSc Hons Communication with Counselling	JN
BSc Hons Communication with Public Relations	JN
BSc Hons Language and Linguistics with Advertising	JN
BSc Hons Language and Linguistics with Communication	JN
BSc Hons Language and Linguistics with Counselling	JN
BSc Hons Language and Linguistics with Public Relations	JN
BSc Hons Public Relations	JN
BA Hons Irish Studies	CE	June 2013
BA Hons Irish Language and Literature	CE
UG Hons Subject: Irish (Major, Main, Minor)	CE
UG Hons Subject: Irish (Main)	ME
BSc Hons International Hotel and Tourism Management	BT
BSc Hons Environmental Health (non DIS/DPP)	JN	Sep 2013
BSc Hons Economics with Politics	JN
BSc Hons Economics with Accountancy Studies	JN
BSc Hons Economics with Marketing	JN
BSc Hons Specialist Nursing Practice	CE	Feb 2014
BSc Hons Transportation with Specialisms	JN	April 2014
BSc (Hons) Transport and Supply Chain Management	JN
LLB Law with Drama	ME	June 2014

BA Hons Dance with Music	ME	Oct 2014
BA Hons Drama with Computing	ME
BA Hons English with Geography	CE
BA Hons Film Studies and French	CE
BA Hons Film Studies and German	CE
BA Hons Film Studies and Spanish	CE
BA Hons Film Studies with French	CE
BA Hons Film Studies with German	CE
BA Hons Film Studies with Spanish	CE
BA Hons French with English	CE
BA Hons French with Geography	CE
BA Hons French with Photo Imaging	CE
BA Hons German with Business	CE
BA Hons German with Geography	CE
BA Hons German with Marketing	CE
BA Hons German with Photo Imaging	CE
BA Hons History with Photo Imaging	CE
BA Hons Media Studies with French	CE
BA Hons Media Studies with Geography	CE
BA Hons Media Studies with German	CE
BA Hons Media Studies with Spanish	CE
BA Hons Spanish with English	CE
BA Hons Spanish with Geography	CE
BA Hons Spanish with Photo Imaging	CE
BA Hons English with Photo Imaging	CE
BA Hons Film Studies with International Development	CE
BA Hons German with English	CE
BA Hons Media Studies with International Development	CE
BSc Hons Business	CE

BSc Hons Advertising with Accounting	ME	Nov 2014
BSc Hons Advertising with Irish	ME
BSc Hons Sports Technology	JN
BA Hons English and Film Studies	CE	Feb 2015
BA Hons Film Studies and Geography	CE
BA Hons Film Studies and History	CE
BA Hons Film Studies and Journalism	CE
BA Hons Film and Media Studies	CE
BA Hons Media Studies with Film Studies	CE
BA Hons History with Film Studies	CE
BA Hons English with Film Studies	CE
BA Hons French with Film Studies	CE
BA Hons German with Film Studies	CE
BA Hons Spanish with Film Studies	CE
BA Hons Journalism with Film Studies	CE
BA Hons Film Studies with Photo Imaging	CE
BA Hons Film Studies with English	CE
BA Hons Film Studies with History	CE
BA Hons Film Studies with Media Studies	CE
BA Hons Film Studies with English as a Second Language	CE
BA Hons Journalism with Photo Imaging	CE
BA Hons Media Studies with Photo Imaging	CE
BA Hons Media Arts with Photo Imaging	CE
BA Hons Irish History and Society	CE
BA Hons Irish History with Education	CE
BA Hons Irish History with English	CE
BA Hons Irish History with Geography	CE
BA Hons Journalism with Irish History	CE
BA Hons Irish History and Politics	ME
BA Hons Music with Dance	ME
BA Hons Dance with Drama	ME
BA Hons Dance	ME
BA Hons Drama with Dance	ME
BSc Hons Transportation	JN
BSc Hons Housing Management	JN
BSc Hons Building Engineering and Materials	JN
MSci Transport Planning	JN
BSc Hons Computing with Geography	CE
BSc Hons Computing with Psychology	CE
BSc Hons Computing with Accounting	CE
BSc Hons Computational Finance	JN
BSc Hons Computer Gaming, Modelling and Animation	ME
BSc Hons Geography with Photo Imaging	CE
BSc Hons Environmental Science with Photo Imaging	CE
BSc Hons Business Studies with Irish History	ME

Part Time

Programme Title	Campus	Committee Notation
BSc Computing and Information Systems	JN	Nov 2012
BSc Hons Communication	JN	April 2013
BSc Hons Communication with Advertising	JN
BSc Hons Communication with Counselling	JN
BSc Hons Communication with Linguistics	JN
BSc Hons Communication with Public Relations	JN
BSc Hons Language and Linguistics with Advertising	JN
BSc Hons Language and Linguistics with Communication	JN
BSc Hons Language and Linguistics with Counselling	JN
BSc Hons Language and Linguistics with Public Relations	JN
BSc Hons Public Relations	JN
BA Hons Irish Studies	CE	June 2013
UG Hons Subject: Irish (Major, Main, Minor)	CE
UG Hons Subject: Irish (Main)	ME
BSc Hons International Hotel and Tourism Management	BT
BSc Hons Applied Bioscience (Healthcare Sciences)	DL	Sep 2013
UG Hons Subject: Procurement (Minor)	JN
BA Hons English Literature	BT	Nov 2013
BSc Hons Politics with Social Policy	JN
BSc Hons Politics with Sociology	JN
BSc Hons Politics with Procurement	JN
BSc Hons Specialist Nursing Practice	CE	Feb 2014
LLB Law with Drama	ME	June 2014
BSc Hons Accounting	JN	Oct 2014
BA Hons German with Business	CE
BA Hons Media Studies with Film Studies	CE	Feb 2015
BA Hons English and Film Studies	CE
BA Hons Spanish with Film Studies	CE
BA Hons Media Studies with Photo Imaging	CE
BA Hons Irish History and Politics	ME
BA Hons Irish History with Psychology	ME
BA Hons American Studies with Irish History	ME
BA Hons Irish History and Society	ME
BA Hons Irish History and Society	CE
BA Hons Dance	ME

JN = Jordanstown campus

CE = Coleraine campus

ME = Magee campus

BT = Belfast campus

DL = Donegal – Letterkenny Institute