Programme handbook

Programme structure

As an online distance learning programme, this is a part-time, flexible programme designed to allow students to be able to work full-time and study at the same time. For most students the usual route of study is:

• Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits) = one year of study
• Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits) = two years of study
• MSc CT (180 credits) = three years of study

The programme consists of compulsory core courses for Year 1, followed by 60 credits of elective courses in Year 2, and a dissertation in Year 3. We will ask you to make a decision on your choice of Year 2 electives by the end of Year 1.

We aim to make the programme compatible with students who are working and have other commitments, so the programme is structured so that you only take one course at a time. This means that the teaching is spread over three terms from September to June. Our courses are taught over eleven weeks, with a reading week half-way through the course.

For a breakdown of courses, please refer to the Degree Programme Table 2018-19.

For further information about the academic calendar please refer to Calendar of Academic Year.