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City University London

Graduate Diploma in Business, Law and Social Sciences in London

Preparation for Masters degrees in Law, Social Sciences and the Arts

The Graduate Diploma in law, business and social science combines academic study, intensive English language teaching and study skills to prepare you for entry into a university Masters degree.

Why apply for the graduate diploma programme?

  • full university status
  • a quality-assured university programme
  • world-class facilities in a new Study Centre
  • a conditional offer of a place on a designated postgraduate course at City University London
  • intensive English tuition
  • professional support and guidance with your university application
  • a highly supportive study environment with small classes for maximum student teacher interaction
  • Course Description
  • Entry requirements
  • Dates and prices
  • Progression
  • How to apply

Depending on your intended degree, you need to choose one option:

  1. Economics
  2. Law
  3. Social Science and the Arts
  4. Informatics
  5. Journalism

 

1. Economics

What will I study?

You will study the following modules:

English Language and
Communication Skills		 You will improve you grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, as well as develop your academic abilities in written work, presentations and partaking in discussion.
Research Skills This module will provide you with a basic understanding of the nature of enquiry, developing your ability to access and analyse data. A large part of the module involves analysing and interpreting existing data from various fields of research. You will also be introduced to the theoretical and practical differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Independent Project The compulsory research project brings together the skills and understanding from other modules. The research can be based on primary or secondary research and allows you to practice core skills necessary for postgraduate level study.
Introduction to Economics,
Mathematics and Statistics		 The module will cover the wider economic environment and the application of economic thinking to current issues and problems, statistical concepts and methods of data analysis and the use of statistics in quantitative research.
Emperical Enquiry and
Critical Thought		 This module explores the relationship of theoretical models to empirical studies, the ways in which primary supporting data is collected and analysed, and the philosophical grounds of rationalism and empiricism.

 

 

2. Law

What will I study?

You will study the following modules:

English Language and
Communication Skills		 You will improve you grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, as well as develop your academic abilities in written work, presentations and partaking in discussion.
Research Skills This module will provide you with a basic understanding of the nature of enquiry, developing your ability to access and analyse data. A large part of the module involves analysing and interpreting existing data from various fields of research. You will also be introduced to the theoretical and practical differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Independent Project The compulsory research project brings together the skills and understanding from other modules. The research can be based on primary or secondary research and allows you to practice core skills necessary for postgraduate level study.
Introduction to English Law This module aims to introduce you to the main themes of Master's degree level study of law in UK universities and to enable you to progress to an LLM programme at City University London.
Law Research Project The aim of this module is for you to undertake, under the guidance of an academic supervisor, an in-depth piece of research and to produce a piece of academic writing on an area of law linked to your future studies.

 

 

 

3. Social Sciences and the Arts

What will I study?

You will study the following modules:

English Language and
Communication Skills		 You will improve you grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, as well as develop your academic abilities in written work, presentations and partaking in discussion.
Research Skills This module will provide you with a basic understanding of the nature of enquiry, developing your ability to access and analyse data. A large part of the module involves analysing and interpreting existing data from various fields of research. You will also be introduced to the theoretical and practical differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Independent Project The compulsory research project brings together the skills and understanding from other modules. The research can be based on primary or secondary research and allows you to practice core skills necessary for postgraduate level study.
Introduction to Social Sciences This module examines how individuals, organisations and communities are defined and formed by their cultural context, and relates to appropriate theoretical literature and relevant case studies. The module will cover concepts of culture from anthropological, sociological and cultural studies perspectives and key inequalities in globalisation, technology and culture.
Emperical Enquiry and
Critical Thought		 This module explores the relationship of theoretical models to empirical studies, the ways in which primary supporting data is collected and analysed, and the philosophical grounds of rationalism and empiricism.

 

 

 

 

4. Informatics

What will I study?

You will study the following modules:

English Language and
Communication Skills		 You will improve you grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, as well as develop your academic abilities in written work, presentations and partaking in discussion.
Research Skills This module will provide you with a basic understanding of the nature of enquiry, developing your ability to access and analyse data. A large part of the module involves analysing and interpreting existing data from various fields of research. You will also be introduced to the theoretical and practical differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Independent Project The compulsory research project brings together the skills and understanding from other modules. The research can be based on primary or secondary research and allows you to practice core skills necessary for postgraduate level study.
Introduction to Science
and Engineering		 This module is designed to provide a grounding in science and engineering, with a particular focus on physics to enable you to meet the requirements to progress to Master's programmes in both the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences and the School of Informatics.
Emperical Enquiry and
Critical Thought		 This module explores the relationship of theoretical models to empirical studies, the ways in which primary supporting data is collected and analysed, and the philosophical grounds of rationalism and empiricism.

 

 

 

 

5. Journalism

English Language and
Communication Skills		 You will improve you grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, as well as develop your academic abilities in written work, presentations and partaking in discussion.
Research Skills This module will provide you with a basic understanding of the nature of enquiry, developing your ability to access and analyse data. A large part of the module involves analysing and interpreting existing data from various fields of research. You will also be introduced to the theoretical and practical differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Independent Project The compulsory research project brings together the skills and understanding from other modules. The research can be based on primary or secondary research and allows you to practice core skills necessary for postgraduate level study.
Introduction to Journalism This module provides an introduction to the news industry in the UK as well as globally, including non main-stream organisations.
Emperical Enquiry and
Critical Thought		 This module explores the relationship of theoretical models to empirical studies, the ways in which primary supporting data is collected and analysed, and the philosophical grounds of rationalism and empiricism.

 

How will I be assessed?

 

Entry to all postgraduate degrees at City University London is highly competitive and students hoping to study at postgraduate level must maintain high standards throughout their Graduate Diploma programme. Whilst grades in the Graduate Diploma programme do not count towards your postgraduate degree, your performance will be used to determine whether you meet the criteria for entry to your chosen postgraduate degree programme at the University.

Assessment is both formal and informal, designed to help students build on their successes and meet requirements for entry to postgraduate study.

Assessment of English language and communication skills will be based on:

  • written assignments
  • oral presentations
  • interviews
  • written examinations.

Assessment of academic modules will be based on:

  • written assignments / essays and reports
  • group project work
  • oral presentations
  • written examinations.

 

Assured progression

When you complete the Graduate Diploma you will be guaranteed entry to at least one of the master's courses at City University London.

This is dependant on:

  • Achieving the required grades in subject modules for your intended degree
  • Achieving the required grades in English for Academic Purposes for your intended degree.

You can download the requirements for the degrees below.

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