Facilitating Subjects When choosing what subjects to study for your A-‐Levels, or any other advanced qualification, it is important to make sure you consider how your choices could affect your future. Whilst it is always tempting to give priority to subjects that you know you’ll enjoy, it is also important to consider what impact these subject choices have when applying for courses at university. In many cases, the subjects you choose to study for your A-‐Levels could determine what degree courses are open to you in the future, so it is best to give these choices as much thought as possible. This is where ‘Facilitating Subjects’ can help to ensure you have a wider range of courses available to when you apply to university, even if you’re unsure of what degree you want to do at the time. What Are Facilitating Subjects? Some degrees require specific subjects at A-‐Level in order to be accepted onto that course. Others are a little more flexible and will accept students who have studied ‘Facilitating Subjects’ – a specific group of subjects that enable you to choose from a wide range of options. Facilitating Subjects may not be directly related to the chosen degree, but they are recognised as important subjects that display enough of the student’s abilities. For example, if you wished to study Law at university -‐ a subject that does not require specific subjects before hand -‐ you could apply for the Law course with three completed facilitating subjects. Subjects that can be considered to be facilitating subjects are: • English Literature • Languages (Classical and Modern) • Mathematics and Further Mathematics • Sciences – Physics, Chemistry and Biology • History • Geography Applying to a Russell Group University? The Russell Group represents 24 of the UK’s leading universities. If you are applying to one of these universities, it is important to know what is required for your chosen course. Most Russell Group universities do not require three facilitating subjects, but it very much depends on what course you are considering. Some courses, such as Engineering, require one or more facilitating subjects, whilst others, such as Medicine and some other sciences, require specific subjects.
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