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2008 Postgraduate programme specifications by alphabetical order

These Programme Specifications are in pdf format and relate to programmes commencing in the academic year 2008-9
[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[W],[X],[Y],[Z]

A

PG Cert Academic Practice
MSc Accounting
LLM Advanced Legal Studies
MSc Advanced Professional Practice (Revised on 27/8/09)
Modular Masters: Advanced Social Work Studies
Post-experience Certificate Advanced Teaching of English
MSc (Research) Agricultural and Food Economics
MSc Agricultural Development Economics
MSc Agricultural Economics
MSc Agriculture and Development New for 2008. (Revised name)
MA Ancient Art
MSc Applied Development Studies
MSc Applied Informatics
MA Applied Linguistics
MA (Res) Applied Linguistics New for 2008.
Postgraduate Diploma Applied Management
Postgraduate Certificate Applied Management (Health and Social Care) (Same spec as PGDip Applied Management)
Postgraduate Diploma Applied Management (Health and Social Care) (Same spec as PGDip Applied Management)
MSc/Dip Applied Meteorology
MA Archaeology
MA (Res) Archaeology
MSc Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate

B

MSc Banking and Finance in Emerging Economies
MSc Biometry
MA Book Design
MSc Business Analysis (12 month programme)
MSc Business Analysis (9 month programme)
MSc Business Analysis (part-time)
MA Business and Management in Emerging Markets
MSc Business and Management Research New for 2008.

C

MSc Capital Markets, Regulation and Compliance
MA Careers Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education
Post-experience Certificate Careers Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education (Same spec as the MA)
Post-experience Diploma Careers Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education (Same spec as the MA)
Postgraduate Certificate Careers Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education
MA Careers Guidance
MSc Chemical Research
PG Diploma Chemical Research
MA (Res) Children’s Literature
MA City of Rome
MA Classical Tradition
MA Classics
MSc/Dip Clinical Aspects of Cognition
MSc Communication for Innovation and Development
MSc (Research) Computational Science New for 2008.
MSc (External) Conservation of the Historic Environment (For students entering in June 2009)
MBA Construction and Real Estate (revised 16-12-08)
MSc Construction Cost Management
MSc Construction Management
MSc Corporate Finance New for 2008.
MSc Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management
MA Counselling
MSc Cybernetics

D

MSc Development Finance
MSc Development Planning
MSc Development Planning and Research
MSc Development Policy, Practice and Process
MSc/Dip Developmental Psychopathology
MSc Digital Signal Processing and Communications New for 2008.
MA Diplomacy (with or without Research Training)
DBA Doctor of Business Administration New for 2008.
EngD Doctor of Engineering (Professional Doctorate)
DStat Doctor of Statistics (Professional Doctorate)

E

MA (Res) Early Modern Culture: History, Literature and Theatre
MA (Res) Early Modern History New for 2008.
MA (Res) Early Modern Literature and Drama New for 2008.
MSc Economic Development in Emerging Markets
MA (Research) Education New for 2008.
MSc Education and Training for Development
PG Certificate Education Health and Social Care
Post-experience Certificate Education Health and Social Care
MA (Res) English New for 2008.
English and Language in Education
MA English Language Teaching
MA English Language Teaching (by Distance Learning)
MSc Enterprise Information Management New for 2008.
MSc Environment and Development
MA (Res) Ethics and Political Theory
MA EU Politics (with or without Research Training)
MA European Studies
LLM European Union Law
PG Certificate Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments (Same prog spec as PG Diploma)
PG Diploma Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments
PG Certificate Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments (IAPT Pathway) New for 2008.
PG Diploma Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments (IAPT Pathway) New for 2008.

F

MSc (External) Facilities Management (For students entering in June 2009)
MA (Res) Film Studies
MSc Finance and Real Estate
MSc Financial Engineering New for 2008.
MSc Financial Risk Management
Master of Fine Art
MSc Food Economics and Marketing
MSc Food Science
MSc Food Technology – Quality Assurance
MA (Res) Franco-British History New for 2008.
Post-experience Certificate French for the Secondary Classroom
Post-experience Diploma French for the Secondary Classroom
MA (Res) French Studies
Post-experience Certificate Further Professional Studies
Post-experience Diploma Further Professional Studies

G

MSc Geoarchaeology
MA (Res) German Studies
MA Guidance and Counselling

H

MA Health and Social Care
MA (Res) Health Studies New for 2008.
MA History of Art and Architecture
MSc/Dip Horticulture
MSc (Res) Human Geography

I

Inclusive Education
MSc Inclusive Environments: Design and Management
MSc Informatics (with Beijing Institute of Technology)
MSc Informatics Research
MA Information Design
MSc Intelligent Buildings: Design, Construction and Management
MSc International Accounting and Financial Management (12 month programme)
MSc International Accounting and Financial Management (9 month programme)
MSc International Accounting and Strategy for Consulting (12 month programme)
MSc International Accounting and Strategy for Consulting (9 month programme)
MSc International Accounting and Strategy for Consulting (part-time)
MSc International Banking and Financial Services
MSc International Business (12 month programme)
MSc International Business (9 month programme)
MSc International Business (part-time)
MSc International Business and Economic Development
MSc International Business and Economic Integration
MSc International Business and Finance
MSc International Economic Development
LLM International Law and World Order
MA International Law and World Order (with or without Research Training)
MSc International Management
MSc International Management and Accounting (12 month programme)
MSc International Management and Accounting (9 month programme)
MSc International Management and Accounting (part-time)
MSc International Management and Business History
MSc International Management and Strategy for Consulting (12 month programme)
MSc International Management and Strategy for Consulting (9 month programme)
MSc International Management and Strategy for Consulting (part-time)
MSc International Real Estate
MA International Relations (with or without Research Training)
MA International Relations and Strategic Studies (On location in Oman and Bahrain) Part-time.
MSc International Securities, Investment and Banking
MA International Security Studies (with or without Research Training)
MSc Investment Banking and Islamic Finance (with INSEIF) New for 2008.
MSc Investment Management
MA (Res) Italian Studies

L

MA (Res) Law New for 2008.
MA (Res) Law and Society New for 2008.
MA (Research) Legal History New for 2008.

M

Postgraduate Certificate Management of Student Work Experience
Postgraduate Diploma Management of Student Work Experience
Managing School Improvement
MSc Marketing and International Management
MBA Master of Business Administration (by Distance Learning) New for 2008.
MBA Master of Business Administration (Consortium) New for 2008.
MBA Master of Business Administration (Corporate) New for 2008.
MBA Master of Business Administration (Executive) New for 2008.
MBA Master of Business Administration (Full-time) New for 2008.
MBA Master of Business Administration (Generic) New for 2008.
MSc/Dip Mathematical and Numerical Modelling of the Atmosphere and Oceans
MSc/Dip Mathematics of Scientific and Industrial Computation
MA Medieval Archaeology
MA (Res) Medieval Studies
MA (Res) Modern and Contemporary English Literature New for 2008.
MA (Res) Modern History New for 2008. (Revised on 21/8/10)
MA (Res) Modern Italian History New for 2008.
Music Education
Post-experience Diploma Music Education
MA Music Teaching in Professional Practice

N

MSc Network and e-Business Centred Computing (Erasmus Mundus)
MSc Network Centred Computing
PhD New Route PhD in Chemistry
MA (Res) Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture: Relocating Modernity New for 2008.
MSc Nutrition and Food Science

O

MA Organisation, Planning and Management in Education

P

MA Philosophy
MSc/Dip Plant Diversity
PG Dip Practice Education (Social Work)
MSc Primary Care Nursing New for 2008.
PGCE Primary Education
MBA Project Management New for 2008.
MSc Project Management
MSc (External) Property Investment (For students entering in December 2008)
MSc/Dip Psychology of Early Development
MSc Public Health Nursing (revised 19-01-09)

R

MSc Real Estate (revised 16-12-08)
MSc (External) Real Estate
MSc Real Estate Appraisal
MSc Real Estate Economics
MSc Real Estate Finance and Investment
MSc Real Estate Investment and Finance
MSc Renewable Energy: Policy and Environment
MSc Renewable Energy: Technology and Sustainability (revised 11-05-09)
PG Diploma Renewable Energy: Technology and Sustainability
MSc/Dip Research Methods in Psychology
MSc Rural Land and Business Management

S

PGCE Secondary Education (Revised on 26/10/09)
MA Social Development and Sustainable Livelihoods
MA (Res) Social Work and Social Care New for 2008.
PG Dip Social Work with Children and Young People, their Families and Carers
MSc Soils and Environmental Pollution
MSc Speech and Language Therapy
Post-Experience Diploma Statistics
MSc Strategic Marketing Leadership New for 2008.
MA Strategic Studies
CPD Supplementary Prescribing Programme for Pharmacists
MSc (External) Surveying (Revised on 26/11/09)
MRes Systems Engineering New for 2008.

T

MA Teaching and Learning
MA (Res) Television
MA The Body and Representation
MA (Res) Theatre
MPhil (Exam) Tropical Agricultural Development
MA Typeface Design
MA (Res) Typography & Graphic Communication

U

MSc Urban Planning and Development
MSc Urban Sustainability

W

MSc Wildlife Management and Conservation

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