Before selecting your I-Explore module choices, please check which restrictions apply to the modules you are interested in and your specific degree programme.  

BPES modules

  • The maximum number of BPES modules that you can pick is 4. 
  • Do not choose a BPES module if you are planning to switch to a 'with management' degree. Due to the overlap with core content, you will not be eligible to enrol onto a 'with management' degree if you take a BPES module.
  • Many of the BPES modules have exams. Before you choose a BPES module please ensure you will be available during BPES examination week. Students completing a work placement as part of their degree or are undertaking an internship in the summer term should not choose a spring term BPES module if they are likely to be abroad when the exam takes place. Examinations cannot be rescheduled to accommodate specific students’ availability.
  • Students on programmes with a BPES elective should not choose the same module for I-Explore as they have chosen as their elective/ optional module. 

Language modules

  • Languages modules can only be selected as a first or second choice preference.
  • Languages modules in I-Explore start at Level 2. To be eligible, you need to have achieved a GCSE, completed a Level 1 Horizons module or equivalent. Eligibility criteria for the I-Explore language modules are noted on the Horizons webpages.
  • Language modules are not intended for native or near-native speakers.
  • Students may only pick from the language modules offered to their year group.
  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class. 

Restrictions by Department

 

Department Restrictions on the modules you can take as part of I-Explore
Aeronautics
  • For exam timetabling reasons, the BPES offer for Aeronautics students is restricted to the following modules: Accounting Online, Corporate Finance Online, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Online, Finance and Financial Management, Leading Teams and Organisations & Business Problem Solving (Consulting Skills).

  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class. 
Bioengineering
  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class. 
Business School (EFDS)
  • Students are restricted from choosing the following modules: Accounting Online, Business Economics, Managerial Economics Online, Corporate Finance Online, Finance & Financial Management. This is due to the overlap with the core content of your degree. 
Chemical Engineering
  • I-Explore is not part of the following degree programme:  
    - Chemical with Nuclear Engineering (H890) 

  • Students who are abroad in Year 3 (H802) will pick an I-Explore type module at their host institution.
Chemistry
  • I-Explore is not part of the following degree programme:  
    - Chemical Sciences and Management (F1N2) 

  • If you are completing a 'with management' degree, you will not be able to take a BPES module as your I-Explore module. This is due to the overlap with the core content of your degree. If you are planning to switch onto the 'with management' degree, please do not take an I-Explore BPES module (as you will no longer be eligible to enrol onto the with management degree).

  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class. 
Civil Engineering
  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class. 
Computing
  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class. 
Design Engineering
  • None
Electrical Engineering 
  • If you are completing a 'with management' degree, you will not be able to take a BPES module as your I-Explore module. This is due to the overlap with the core content of your degree. If you are planning to switch onto the 'with management' degree, please do not take an I-Explore BPES module (as you will no longer be eligible to enrol onto the with management degree).

  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class. 
Earth Sciences
  • Students who are abroad in Year 3 (F502, F601, F664) will pick an I-Explore type module at their host institution.
Life Sciences
  • I-Explore is not part of the following degree programmes: 
    - Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Biotechnology with a Language for Science (C1R1, C1R2, C1R4, C7R1, C7R2, C7R4, J7R1, J7R2, J7R4)

  • If you are completing a 'with management' degree, you will not be able to take a BPES module as your I-Explore module. This is due to the overlap with the core content of your degree. If you are planning to switch onto the 'with management' degree, please do not take an I-Explore BPES module (as you will no longer be eligible to enrol onto the with management degree).
  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class. 
Materials
  • Materials students are restricted from choosing the "Managerial Economics Online" and "Business Economics" BPES modules. This is because you'll take "Managerial Economics Online" as a core module in your degree.
Mathematics
  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules at Level 3 or above. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class. 
Medicine (MBBS)
  • For timetabling reasons, MBBS students are restricted from choosing online BPES modules. The only BPES module available for MBBS students to choose is ‘Business Economics (Mondays)’.  
  • If you are planning to complete an intercalated BSc in Management in MBBS Phase 2 (year 4), you should not take the BPES module ‘Business Economics’ as your I-Explore module. This is due to the overlap with the core content of your degree. If you take a BPES module as part of I-Explore, you will not be eligible to enrol onto the Management BSc. You may still take the Imperial Horizons module ‘Business & Economic Ideas’. 
Medical Biosciences (BMB)
  • If you are completing a 'with management' degree, you will not be able to take a BPES module as your I-Explore module. This is due to the overlap with the core content of your degree. If you are planning to switch onto the 'with management' degree, please do not take an I-Explore BPES module (as you will no longer be eligible to enrol onto the with management degree).
Mechanical Engineering
  • If you are intending to take a BPES elective in addition to your I-Explore module, you should note that choosing a BPES elective with in-person teaching may result in a timetable clash with your I-Explore module. Please be aware that clashes may occur if you choose modules that run in the same term or a two-term Horizons module.
  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class. 
Physics
  • If you are on a degree programme with a year abroad and need to increase your proficiency in a foreign language, please answer 'yes' to the year abroad question in the enrolment system. You will find that your I-Explore module choice is then restricted to one of the relevant language modules. You will also then be added to the relevant year abroad specific class.