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Off Damba Road, Murray Town,
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Academic Programme for all Centers
2018 - 2019
©London
Academic Registry January 2016
Introduction
PGTI offers the following programmes: HND, BA, MBA, PhD. The MBA
programme is a comprehensive, industry-relevant degree programme
designed to take your career progression to the next level. Structured to reflect
the needs of modern international business, it develops a blend of academic
excellence and professional skills, giving you a highly marketable skill set and
the means to excel in strategic level positions. Below are the courses, modules
and instructions relating to each programme. Students must pay particular
attention to elective courses. There are strict deadlines for electives. All Masters
Programmes have a total credit value of 180.
NB: Students who opt to study Management through existing professional route
i.e. Chartered Management Institute (CMI) route will be allowed to follow a top-
up pathway (if they so wish) back into academic route as follows:
CMI Level 5 (Diploma) - Moving to Degree Level
CMI - Level 7 (Diploma) – Moving to MBA
Students who opt for this system will be awarded on completion an academic
certificate and a professional certificate.
DETAILED COURSE PROGRAMME
HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND)
OBJECTIVES:
The HND courses are designed with a focus on those interested applicants who
wish to progress their study for Bachelor’s Degree but are lacking some basic
entry requirements.
Upon successful completion of all the requirements for HND course, you will be
qualified to apply to any University in UK or to continue with PGTI for the
Degree course.
BASIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
The applicant to HND must have passed her/his basic education level with five
GCE. The HND courses offered by PGTI are as follows:
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HND 200 - Business Management with Human Resources:
HND201 - Organisational theory and
behavior HND202 - Business Statistics 1
HND203 - Principles of Accounting 1
HND204 -Human Resources Management
HND205 - Intermediate Accounting 11
HND206 - English Grammar
HND207 - Principles of Marketing
HND208 - English Essay Writing 11
HND209 - Business Statistics 11
HND210 - Motivating people in work place
HND211 - Organisational Theory and behavior
change HND212 - Report writing mechanics
HND213 - Understanding of Groups Mechanics in organization
HND220 - Business Management with Accounting
HND221 - Organisational Theory 1
HND222 - Business Statistics 1
HND223 - Principles of Accounting 1
HND224 - English Grammar
HND225 - Human Resource Management
HND226 - Business Statistics 11
HND227 - English Grammar with Essay
writing HND228 - Principles of Auditing 1
HND229 - Intermediate Accounting 11
HND230 - Micro-Economics 1
HND231 - Organizational behavior and
change HND232 - Macro-Economics 11
HND233 - Report writing Mechanics
HND240 - Business Management with Marketing
HND241 - Organizational Theory 1
HND242 - English Grammar
HND243 - Sales Management
HND244 - Principles of Marketing 1
HND245 - English Grammar with Essay
writing HND246 - Principles of Accounting 1
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HND247 - Management of Sales Representatives
HND248 - Marketing Management
HND249 - Management of After Sales Services
HND249 - Sales Report writing Mechanics
HND250 - Retailing Service Management
HND251 - Merchandising Management
NOTE: English Language is compulsory course in centers where English is
not the first language throughout the academic period.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: HND holders stand a good chance to work in
various organizations in areas of their specialisation if they do not further
their studies to degree level.
Bachelor of Arts – BA (Hons) Business
BA 400-(HONS) MARKETING MANAGEMENT COURSE
Course Objectives:
This course is designed with a focus to producing practical Marketers who will
ably plan for the movement of products from one place to another place.
To produce Marketers that will ably understand the market differences and
recommend the most suitable products that will satisfy their needs. Such
Marketers will have the right knowledge for identifying and assist the
organization to come out with those products and services which do satisfy the
customer needs at profit.
To produce Marketers who will provide satisfactorily the after service to the
customers.
This course will provide the needed managerial skills and techniques to
Marketers who will be engaged with the planning and implementing tasks and
cause profits to their organizations at customer satisfaction.
BASIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
The Applicants to this course must have passed very well five GCSE with
Grades ranging from A-C inclusive of English and Maths.
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COURSE DURATION:
The satisfactory completion of the entire course content will take a minimum
of three years.
COURSE CONTENT PER YEAR
First Year: 1.
401 - Organizational Theory and Practice.
402 - Principles of Accounting
403 - Statistics
404 - Business Finance
405 - Policy Formulation and Decision Making
406 - Entrepreneurship Skills Development
407 - Retail operations management
SECOND YEAR:
408- Marketing Management.
409- Integrated Marketing Communications
410- Psychology of Consumer Behaviour.
411- Marketing Research
412- Promotional Strategy and Advertising.
413- Sales and Sales Force Management.
414- Management of Human Resources.
415- Business Ethics.
THIRD YEAR:
416 - Digital and e Marketing
416- Retail Buying and Merchandising
417- Case Study of not less than 3000 words.
418- Logistics and Supply chain management.
419- Contemporary issues in international political
economy 420- Information System Management
421- Students project of not less than 5000
words 422- Strategic Product Brand
Management 423- Intercultural Marketing.
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BSc. 300 - MINE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT
Course Objectives:
The BSc. course is designed to equip the students with the knowledge of
principles of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
The course will enable students to recognize generic mine occupational health
and safety hazards.
The course provides an understanding of the impacts they may have on
human health and injury if they are not managed to certain standards.
To sight out the generic hazards which include a range of chemical hazards,
fatigue, noise, respiratory dust, diesel emissions, radiation, light and
musculoskeletal conditions.
The course provides students with the skills to manage these hazards under
normal operating conditions.
COURSE OUTCOME:
After the successful completion of this course you should be able to:-
a) To identify the key components of OHS Management Systems.
b) To identify the generic occupational health and safety hazards within the
mining industry and mechanisms for their control.
c) The graduate from this course will be in the position to demonstrate
his/her newly acquired ability to develop systems for managing these
hazards in accordance with the relevant legislation.
d) The graduate will easily demonstrate the ability to critique existing OHS
Management Systems at a Mine site.
BSc. 300- COURSE CONTENT: --------------------------------------
YEAR 1:
301- Introduction to Principles of OHS Management.
302- OHS Management Guidelines and Standards.
303- OHS Management Systems and Legislative Framework.
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304- Introduction to Occupational Injuries.
305- Monitoring and Control of Occupational Injuries.
306- Introduction to Principles of OHS Management.
YEAR 2:
307- OHS Management Systems and Legislative Framework 11.
308- Introduction to Measuring OHS Performance.
309- Introduction to Emergency Preparedness.
310- Health and Safety Legislation.
311- Vehicle Safety Handling.
312- Environmental Issues.
YEAR 3:
313- Electricity in Workplace.
314- Machinery Safety handling.
315- Hazards and Definitions.
316- Soil Slope Stability
317- Rock Slope Stability
318- Rock Fall Hazards handling.
319- Inspections and Records Keeping.
COURSE COMPLETION:
The students are expected to turn in all the course assignments and reports
writing prior to final examinations.
The grading and scoring of the examinations will follow the general
assessment policy as stated in this curriculum.
MBA - MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
The Overall Course Objectives:-
The MBA study program is designed with the objectives of accessing and
enabling individuals who would be desirously yarning for a UK University
Qualification, but are inhibited by the unavoidable circumstances surrounding
their choices such as Family issues, financial issues pertaining to travel and
University costs for the students in UK and visa complications. Yet, the UK
University Qualifications are widely popular and desired by all the world wide
employers. Therefore, the presence of online University programs for
postgraduate students is in deed an effective solution to the highlighted
problems above.
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This program is additionally meant to empower the holder to critically carry out
analysis of issues and economic opportunities for the most appropriate
managerial decisions.
To be able to negotiate with other parties professionally and gainfully in the
market place for the betterment of all parties
To have a much wider scope of vision into domestic and global political,
economic, and social issues that are affecting the global markets.
To develop top managers and directors of profit and non-profit oriented
organisations who are analytically able to formulate managerial and financial
policies that will enable their organisations to ably face the world business and
economic challenges, causes and maintain growth and profitability for their
stockholders.
By means of internet, to bring closer the UK MBA qualifications to all those
people in countries which are economically affected, and yet, such qualifications
are widely needed for any global business employer.
To enable young managers analytically develop and manage with ease
innovative marketing plans which will give their organisations competitive
advantage in world markets
To enable young managers motivate and manage people within their
organizations from strategic perspective and cause high output in their
respective roles.
Basic entry requirements ----------------------------------
A student of this program must have attained a good related Bachelor’s Degree
from a well recognised University, and of which grade point average is not
below 2.0 (GPA).
Preferably an applicant on this program must have got a working experience of
at least two or more years in recognised organisation from private or public
sector, or has been self-employed , but eyeing closely for any opportunity to
further his/her postgraduate studies to match future environmental changes in
the economy.
He/She must have a good understanding of English language and a sound
numerical knowledge.
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MBA 600 - CORE (GENERAL) COURSES
This programme is designed to give a very strong and broad analytical
foundation to any aspiring top manager of profit oriented organisation with an
aim of maximising efficiency and effectiveness in world markets.
A student is allowed to take two unit courses or a maximum of three only
from each semester offers:-
601 - Strategic Management
602 - Financial Management
603 - Marketing Management
604 - Production and logistics management
605 - Management Accounting
606 - International Human Resource Management.
607 - Dissertation of not less than 15000 - 20000 words
608 - Business Ethics and Integrity
609 - Applied Economics and Statistics
ELECTIVES: A student must study and pass three elective courses in addition
to core courses above.
60E/I - Macro economics
60E/II - Entrepreneurship Skills Development
60E/III - Project Management
60E/IV - Research Methods
60E/V - Management Information Systems
60E/VI - Business Law for Companies
60E/VII- Applied Economics and Statistics
60E/VIII - Case Study of not less than 3000 words (Compulsory)
FIELDS OF SPECIALISED MBA PROGRAMMES
MBA640 – INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
A Student on this program must have got a sound working experience in
marketing engagements and his / her Bachelor’s degrees do indicate strength in
Marketing and other related courses.
CORE COURSES (COMPULSORY)
641 -International Marketing
642 -International Product Development
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643 -Marketing Research
644 - Finance for Marketing Decisions.
645 - Marketing in different Cultures.
646 - International Brand Management
647 - Cultural Communication in International Business.
648 - Media Strategy and Planning.
649 - International Product Promotion and Advertising.
650 - Dissertation of not less than 15000 – 20000 words.
ELECTIVES: A student on this program must study and pass three
elective courses in addition to core courses above.
64E/I - Global Marketing Strategy
64E/II - Independent Case Study writing for not less than 3000
words (compulsory).
64E/III - Psychology of Consumer Behaviour
64E/IV - Sales and Sales Force Management
64E/V - Entrepreneurship Skills Development
64E/VI - Applied Economics and Statistics
MBA650 – ACCOUNTING
A student on this program must have got a sound practical experience in fields
of Accounting and his/her Bachelor’s Degree must indicate strength in
accounting field.
CORE COURSES:
651 - Intermediate Accounting
652 - Management Accounting
653 - Auditing
654 - Costing
656 - Business Law for Companies.
657 - Investment Analysis
658 - Accounting Issues and Skills.
659 - Dissertation – 15000 - 20000 words.
ELECTIVES: A student on this programme must have got a sound practical
experience in fields of Accounting, and his/her Bachelors Degree must indicate
strength in Accounting discipline:-
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CORE COURSES:
65E/I - Bank lending and credit risk.
65E/II- Research methods
65E/III - Macro Economics
65E/IV - Entrepreneurship Skills Development
65E/V - Capital Markets and Derivatives
65E/VI - Case study for not less than 3000 words
(Compulsory). 65E/VII - Applied Economics and Statistics
65E/VIII-Accounting for non profit organisations
MBA660 – FINANCE
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A Student on this program must have got a sound practical experience in
finance from recognised organisations or institutions, or public sector
departments, and his/her Bachelor’s Degree must indicate strength in this field
with not less than 2.0 GPA.
CORE COURSES (COMPULSORY) ------------------------------------------
661 - Financial Management
662 - Corporate Finance and Risk Management
663 - Capital Markets and Derivatives
664 - Macro Economics
665 - Banking and Practice
666 - Business Law for Companies
667 - Management of Financial Institutions
668 - International Banking
669 - Dissertation – 15000 - 20000 words
670 - Applied Economics and Statistics.
ELECTIVES: A student on this program must study and pass three
elective courses in addition to core courses above.
66E/I - Bank lending and Risk Management
66E/II - International Finance Reporting
66E/III - International Financial Markets and Institutions
66E/IV - Corporate Finance and Regulations
66E/V - Research Methods
66E/VI - Case Study writing for 3000 words (Compulsory).
66E/VII- International Taxation Systems
66E/VIII- Money and Banking
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MBA 670 – HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
A post graduate student of MBA Human Resource Management must have got a
sound experience in dealing with all matters involving personnel in a reputable
organization or an institution, his/her Bachelor’s Degree must indicate strength
in this field.
CORE COURSES (COMPULSORY) -------------------------------------------
671 - General Human Resource Management
672 - Methods of sourcing human resource
673 - Business Ethics and Integrity.
674 - Strategic Integrative Management System.
675 - Managing, developing and leading people
676 - Managing Employee Relations.
677 - Managing Organizational behavior and Change.
678 - Dissertation – 15000 - 20000
679 - Management of HR in different cultures.
ELECTIVES: A student must study and pass three elective courses in addition to
core courses above:
67E/I - Motivating employees at work
67E/II - Recruitment and induction of employees
67E/III - Objectives of in house training
67E/IV - Process of job description and specification
67E/V - Methods of rewarding employee labour
67E/VI - Case Study writing of not less than 3000 words (Compulsory)
MBA 700 - Islamic Banking & Finance
A student of this program must have attained a good related Bachelor’s Degree
from a well recognised University, and of which grade point average is not
below 2.0 (GPA).
Course Content
MB700 - Introduction to Business Management
The course covers: Evolution and functions of Management; Systems approach to
management process; Management in pluralistic society, technological and ecological
environment; Management - ethics, social responsibilities, planning, benefits &
weaknesses; Models & mechanism of decision making; Strategic planning; Organizing
chain of command; Conflicts - organization, centralization, decentralization,
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formalization & departmentalization; Managing staff & culture; Change in management;
HR management; Staff training; Motivation, components of personality, content & process
theories, moral and productivity; Leadership, behavioural theories and effectiveness;
Communication among people and teams, and organizational communication; Business
controlling, feedback system, real-time control, profit & loss control, control through
return on investment, management audits, bureaucratic and clan control and requirements
for effective controls; Digital economy, e-commerce, and m-commerce; Productivity
problems & improvements, quality measurement, operations management, supply chain
management and value chain management
MB701 - International Banking Operations and Laws
This course covers: Retail banking, its functions and associated laws; Overview of
deposit, current, savings, fixed, foreign currency accounts, safe and certificates; Legal
protection to banking transactions & payment modes; Laws relating to negotiable
instruments, promissory note, bill of exchange and cheques; Clearing-House;
Introduction to central bank, monetary policy and regulations for corporate/commercial
banking; Consumer and retail loans, loans against shares and debentures,
dematerialization of shares and leasing function; Mutual funds; E-banking -
introduction, forms, benefits/concerns, global perspective, and risk management;
Financial markets: concept, mechanism, arbitrage, insider trading, LIBOR and short
selling; Accounting for banks: assets, liabilities, income, expenditure and capital
requirements; Deposit services, interest rates on deposits and functional cost analysis
accounts; Banking act: special resolution regime, bank insolvency, bank administration,
inter-bank payment systems, banknotes, etc; Overview and modus operandi of anti-
money laundering
MB702 - Management Accounting
This course covers: Management and financial accounting; Costing of
assignment, products and service; Accounting for decision making;
Management accounting in service and non-profit organizations; Cost-
benefit and behavior, product life cycles, staff authorities, controller &
treasurer functions; Managerial judgment in costing; Unit costs, plant wide
rates, departmental rates, non unit-related overhead costs, activity-based
customer/supplier costing; Job-order production and costing; Accounting for
materials, direct labour, overhead, finished goods, goods sold and non-
manufacturing; Process costing; Methods of treating inventory and
production; Cost allocation methods; Components, preparation and
performance of Financial Budgeting; Variances in budgets & its causes,
investigation of variances and overhead variance; Standard costing and
variance analysis; Responsibility accounting systems, process value analysis,
Kaizen standards, and Manufacturing Cycle Efficiency (MCE); Cost-volume-
profit analysis, profit targets and sales revenue, changes in the CVP variables,
and activity-based costing; Capital investment decisions, discounting models,
uniform and uneven cash flows, after-tax cash flows.
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MB703 - Human Resource Management
This course covers: HR Management, organizational & HRM policies, and ethics
of HRM; Strategic HRM and role of HRM in strategic management; HR planning,
HRIMS, and Human Capital Management (HCM); Equal employment
opportunity; HR laws, practice and challenges; Job analysis and design, total
quality management and contemporary issues in job design; Recruitment;
Employee selection, sources of information, orientation and placement; Training
and development; Uses, elements, challenges and implications of performance
appraisal; Compensation types, job analysis, job evaluation, wage & salary
surveys, employee insurance, employee security, time-off, work scheduling,
security, safety & health and other employee services; Industrial conflict,
commitment, negotiation, and conflict management styles; Significance and
types of employee communication, barriers to effective communication,
organizational communication and communication networks; International
Human Resource - Overview, activities and its management; Ethical issues in
HR management, sources of business ethics, and ethical decision making
MB704 - Marketing Management
This course covers: Marketing tasks, concepts, tools and re-chaining of
business and marketing; Develop marketing strategies, organizational plans,
divisional-planning and product planning; Measuring market demand,
marketing information system, marketing research, decision support,
forecasting and demand measurement systems; Model consumer behaviour,
factors influencing buying behaviour, and stages of buying decision process;
Identifying market segments, selecting target markets and building strong
brands; Strategies for market leaders, and balancing customer & competitor
orientations; Managing products for business markets, planning industrial
product strategy and managing products in high-technology markets;
managing innovation & industrial product development; Pricing strategy for
business markets, pricing processes, pricing across the product life cycle and
competitive bidding; Managing and coordinating integrated marketing
communications; Managing the total marketing effort: trends, implementation,
evaluation and control; Controlling business marketing strategies, balanced
scorecard, allocating resources, marketing control and implementation
MB705 - Organisational Behaviour
This course covers: Introduction, disciplines, challenges and global implications
of organizational behavior; Overview of individual behavior, ethical behavior,
values, attitudes, personality and perception; Emotional labour, employee’s
moods, affective events theory, OB applications and global issues; Application
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of motivation, employee involvement in organizations and using rewards;
Defining and classifying groups, stages of group development, group
properties, decision-making techniques and implications; Introduction,
development, implementation and types of work teams building; Leadership:
nature, trait/behavioural/situational approach, substitutes and obstacles;
Culturally diverse groups, creativity, communication and conflict resolution;
Types of decisions, decision-making process, sources of error and techniques
in group decision making; Views, causes and reaction to job-related stress;
and employee job satisfaction; Global organization: development, management,
strategy, structure and human resources; Managing organizational change,
organizational growth & decline, critical determinants of organizational success
and organizational failure; Organizational Development (OD)
MB706 – Research methodology (compulsory)
GM 222 - MA Gender and Management
The course has five modules: four compulsory, one elective.
Course Content
Compulsory modules
GM223 - Researching Gender provides you with the opportunity to focus on
researching gender with a particular emphasis on feminist research practices. In
exploring a range of disciplinary perspectives, you will focus on epistemological,
methodological and ethical considerations. In particular, the course looks at these
considerations with relation to research design and methods.
The module also encourages you to think beyond disciplinary boundaries and
develop an understanding of the possibilities of interdisciplinary research. You
will critically analyse research practice from a gender and feminist perspective,
review and appraise research findings, and synthesise information and
knowledge from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary sources and
perspectives.
GM224 - Theorising Gender engages with contemporary theoretical
approaches within gender studies. Exploring the social and individual processes
involved in the enactment of gender relations, the module investigates
alternative, complementary and conflicting explanations for the source and
operation of gender.
Investigating the historical, social and individual significance of gender, you will
examine various areas of social life where gender shapes interactions and forms
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meaning: in particular, you will consider family roles, reproductive technologies,
citizenship, sexuality, culture and personal biography.
GM225 - Critical Management Theories examines the principal concepts and
underlying assumptions of various theories of management. It uses gender
theories, post-modernism and post-structuralism to explore how concepts
and assumptions of management have affected the development of the
management function within public sector services.
It also draws upon the latest developments in management theorising to
critically assess the rationale for the introduction of management into
public sector services and the impact of such changes.
Elective modules
GM 61 - Managing and Evaluating Organisational Change
GM 62 - Managerial and Leadership Ethics
GM 63 - Assessing Managerial and Leadership Performance
GM64 - Diversity Management
GM65 - Human Resource Management
GM66 - Gender and Technology
GM67 - Gender, Communications and Popular Culture
RST 811 - INVESTMENT BANKING
Topics Covered
Students will learn how to evaluate investment proposals, financial strategies and
instruments, and the rationale and execution of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Specific topics cover how to make capital structure, dividend policy and debt structuring
decisions, how to evaluate capital budgeting proposals for the internal acquisition of
assets and how to buy other people''s assets or sell off assets no long needed by the firm
(M&A). In the process you will learn the key legal constraints on corporate activity and
deepen your understanding of financial statements.
Career Paths for Investment Banking Major
The topics covered in the major are critical functions needed for managers in non-
financial corporations and lead to careers in corporate treasury and the Controllers''
department, where the topics are treated as ""corporate finance."" An understanding of
these topics is also needed by investment bankers, when advising their clients on
financing and M&A activities. In this case the topics are generically called ""Investment
Banking."" Increasingly, consulting firms that emphasize value based management and
shareholder value creation need a thorough grounding in these topics.
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Core Courses
RST 812 - Corporate Financing
RST 813 - Financial Management
RST 814 - Mergers and Acquisitions
RST 815 - Corporate Strategy
RST 816 – Current Issues in Financial Reporting and Disclosure
RST 817 - Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
RST 818 - International Financial Management
RST 819 - Options and Futures Markets
RST 820 – Research Methodology (compulsory)
Electives
RST211 - Investment Banking
Financing and asset acquisition decisions form a critical area of finance for corporations
as well as their financial advisors, including investment banks. The Corporate Finance
and Investment banking track is designed to build on the introductory business finance
course to develop in-depth knowledge of current best practices in corporate finance
and investment banking. It is designed to familiarise students with all aspects of the
corporate financing decision, as well as the internal (capital budgeting) and external
acquisition of assets (M&A) and the function of capital markets. Development of these
skills is important for finance positions within corporations, for lending officers within
major banks, and advisory positions in investment banking. In addition students will
learn
Corporate financing
Financial Management
Mergers & Acquisition Corporate Strategy
Financial Institutions & Capital Markets
Futures Markets
RST222 - Financial Engineering & Risk Management
In this major you will learn about derivatives markets and how instruments such as
futures and options can be used for risk management. You will learn about risk
management from (a) the perspective of a corporate treasurer who is interested in
hedging his or her exposure to interest rates, exchange rates, commodity prices etc, (b)
the perspective of a fund manager who wants to change the nature of his or her exposure
to financial markets, and (c) the perspective of a financial institution that trades
derivatives and is faced with an increasingly complex regulatory environment. You will
also learn how to price a wide range of derivatives instruments. While the major will not
convert you into a ""rocket scientist"" it will provide you with the tools to successfully
manage rocket scientists and understand their ideas and conjectures.
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Options and Futures Markets
This course covers a number of different types of derivative contracts including
forwards, futures, swaps and options. It explains arbitrage arguments, trading strategies,
Black-Scholes valuation, volatility smiles, the use of binomial trees, and ""the Greeks"".
Computer-based solution techniques and live data feeds are used on the course.
Advanced Derivatives
The course covers stochastic processes, the mathematics underlying the Black-Scholes
differential equation, interest rate derivatives, and exotic options. It is appropriate for
students who want to acquire the analytical skills necessary to work in the derivatives of
capital markets area. Students should have a good quantitative background and some
knowledge of calculus.
Financial Risk Management
This course deals with the ways in which financial institutions and corporations can quantify
and manage risks in a portfolio that includes derivatives. The course covers risk management
and hedging strategies in more depth. The topics covered will include the regulatory
environment, delta-gamma-vega hedging strategies, value at risk, forecasting volatilities
and correlations, credit risk, operational risk, and credit derivatives.
RST 223 - Funds Management
The funds management major is designed to prepare MBA students for careers in the
funds management industry. The major players in this industry are pension funds,
insurance companies, and mutual funds. In each case the investment decisions are
shaped by the objectives of the firm or industry. Our objective is to teach students to
both understand the mechanics of how investing is done and to understand the relation
between the investment strategy and the underlying needs of the industry.
Core Courses
Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
The course provides an overview of the structure of financial markets, followed by an in-
depth analysis of key investment topics. These topics include asset allocation and
portfolio management, the capital asset pricing model, the term structure of interest
rates, capital market efficiency, behavioural finance, and a range of other subjects. The
course includes a simulated investment exercise involving securities traded on actual
financial markets, which provides an opportunity for students to apply their classroom
knowledge in a practical setting.
Risk Modelling and Trading Strategies
This course will apply finance theory in order to implement strategies for trading,
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investment, and managing risks, including model risk. The first part of the course
emphasizes developing Excel applications linked to actual financial data to quantify
risks and their impact on returns.
Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
This course focuses on the management of financial institutions and their interactions in
capital markets. It starts with the regulatory framework that the institutions face and
examines the impact of regulation / deregulation and globalization. Attention is focused
on the risk management techniques and the risk based capital allocation schemes that
have developed for financial institutions. Sectors covered are: banking, insurance,
mutual funds, and pension plans.
Analysis and Management of Fixed Income Securities
This course focuses on the details of the fixed income and debt markets. The course
covers all of the basics of bonds and money market instruments including their
structures, the institutional arrangements involved in issuing and trading them, and
their valuation. This leads naturally into an analysis of the term structure of interest rates
and credit risk considerations. Standard fixed income portfolio risk management
techniques are introduced. The course also provides an introduction to the procedures
by which various forms of debt are securitized creating new structures with new
characteristics.
Applied Portfolio Management
This course is designed to provide MBA students who are interested in a career in funds
management with both the theoretical background and practical experience in the major
activities involved in such a career. Students will meet a number of active practitioners
who will be involved in both guest lectures and assessing student presentations.
Value Investing
The focus of this course is on the fundamental value-based approach to investing
pioneered by Benjamin Graham and developed by Graham and David Dodd. The
overall objective of the Graham/Dodd approach is to find undervalued companies based
on their estimated intrinsic values. The critical element in the Graham approach is the
search for the “margin of safety” (i.e. the purchase of £1.00 of intrinsic value for 0.50p).
The emphasis of this course is on both intellectual stimulation and practical rigorous
applications, through the security analysis project. The course has a heavy participation
component and emphasises the development of both quantitative analytic skills and
presentation skills.
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MBA 680 - HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
A Student on this program must have attained a good relevant Bachelor’s Degree
from well recognised University and of which grades indicate strength in related
disciplines of study.
She/He must have attained Grade Point Average of not less than 2.0 at the
Bachelor’s Degree Level.
She/He must have a proven working experience of not less than two years in
Hospitality Industry.
She/He must have an understanding of English and French languages to follow
well the course instructions.
CORE COURSES:
681 - Nature and complexity of the hospitality and tourism industry.
682 - Accounting for Hotels.
683 - International Tourism Sites and Management.
684 - Marketing in Hospitality and Tourism Industry.
685 - Management of Hotel and Tourism Agencies.
686 - Corporate Law.
687 - Advanced Management of Housekeeping
688 - Management of HR and Sourcing techniques.
689 - Dissertation of 15000-20000 words.
ELECTIVES: A student must additionally study and pass four elective courses:
68E/I - International Information Management
System 68E/II - Booking and records keeping
68E/III - Understanding of World Geographical Features and Tourism
Sites 68E/IV - Corporate Law
68E/V - Management of hotel in different
cultures 68E/VI - Case Study Analysis of 3000
words 68E/VII - Product cost analysis for hotels
68E/VIII - Promotion and Advertising for hotels
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MSc. 900 - MINE OCCUPATIONAL & SAFETY MANAGEMENT
OBJECTIVES
The course is intended to produce experts and higher caliber in
mine occupational and safety hazards management professionals.
COURSE CONTENT:
YEAR 1:
901 - Mine Site’s Compliance with Legislation
902 - Occupational Health Issues
903 - Mine Emergency and Response.
904 - Gap Analysis Capabilities.
905 - Emergency Preparedness
906 - Occupational Illnesses.
907 - Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems 11.
YEAR 2:
908 - Geotechnical Appraisals and Significant Changes
909 - Site Visit handling.
910 - Geotechnical Assessments 11.
911 - Quarry Design Principles.
912 - Principles and Rules of Excavations.
913 - Risk Assessments and Safety Systems at work.
914 - Dissertation of 15000-20000 words
COMPLETION OF THE COURSE:
The student is expected to turn in all course assignments and the dissertation
prior to the date of final examinations.
Course performance assessment will follow the general rules and policy
prescribed in this curriculum.
MSc. 64A - MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
Course Objectives:
The MSc. Course is designed with a focus to how its graduates will familiarise
themselves with the concepts and techniques of Marketing Communications, and
its role and impact made in the overall business undertakings.
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This will enable the graduates to implement the Marketing Strategic Decisions
and the tactical tools when working as Marketing Communications Managers of
any organization.
As a Specialist of Marketing Communications Field, you will be made well equipped
with such tools and techniques which altogether will enhance your already acquired
technical know-how in Marketing Management when playing a wide range of
roles in the Business Corporations including public enterprises.
The graduates with MSc. Degree in Marketing Communications will play an
effective role as public relations manager or officer and many other roles.
BASIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
The applicants to this course must have got a good Bachelor’s Degree in
Marketing Management with above 2.0 GPA from a recognised University.
She/He must have worked in marketing related capacities for at least two years
in reputable organisation.
CORE COURSES:
64A - Integrated Marketing Communications
64B - Research Methods
64C - Psychology of International Consumer behaviour
64D- Development of Creative Communications
64E - Development of Brand and Management Communications
64F - Media Choice and Strategic Planning
64G - Emerging issues in Marketing Communications
64H - Marketing Communications in different Cultures
64J - Dissertation of 10,000 - 15,000 words
ELECTIVES:
64i - Social Media use and digital marketing
64iii - Cultural communications in international
business 64iv - Positive public Relations
64v - Strategic Charity Marketing
64vi - Business Impact in International Marketing
Communications 64vii - Case Study of 3000 words
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MPA600 - MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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Professional Global Training has introduced for the first time a Master of Public
Administration Degree programme to cater for the professional and technical
needs of all those top and middle ranged Administrators in Governments and
Health Sector, most especially in developing economies of the world.
An MPA is internationally recognised qualification for Government departments
and non profit oriented organisations. The same is being supported by most
recognised Universities in UK, which are internationally acceptable by most
world employers in Governments and non profit oriented sectors in developing
countries.
The MPA programme has three inbuilt pathways from which one may
choose the most desired MPA programme of study:
i) MPA/SWM- One may choose an MPA from Social Work Service
Management.
ii) MPA/HSM- One may choose an MPA from Health Service Management.
iii) MPA-or one may choose just a General MPA In public service
Administration.
However, the student of any of the above pathways must first complete
successfully the core required modules prior to his/her selection of the field of
the desired kind of specialisation.
The course content is designed to reflect the changes in styles of Management
Theory and Practice of public services.
General Basic Entry Requirements:
The applicant to MPA post graduate study Programme must have attained not
less than 2.0 GPA at Bachelor’s Degree Programme in public administration or
equivalent.
She/He must have worked for at least two years in Government Departments or
non-profit oriented organisations.
She/He must have a good understanding of English Language to follow well the
MPA academic programmes.
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MPA 690 – CORE COURSES: -----------------------------------
691 - Public Management and Governance
692 - Public Policy and the Managerial Environment
693 - Research Methods for Administrators in public sector
694 - Contemporary Issues for Public Sector Administration
695 - Policy Formulation and Decision Making
696 - Ethics and Integrity in Public Service Sector
697 - Corporate Law in public sector
698 - Human Resource Management in public sector services
699 - Dissertation of 15000-2000 words
670 - Strategic Management in public sector services
ELECTIVES: A student on this programme must additionally study and pass
well any two from the following courses:-
69E/I - The practice of management consulting in public and non-profit
oriented organisations.
69E/II - Understanding of International Economic and political relations in
public sector.
69E/III - Economic planning in public sector
69E/IV - Understanding of the effect of team work in public sector
69E/V - Case study writing of not less than 3000 words (compulsory)
69E/VI - The goodness and effect of democratic leadership in developing
economies.
MPA 700 – FIELDS OF SPECIALISATION
A student after satisfactorily completed the MPA general core courses may
choose any of the following fields for his or her specialization:-
HSM701 - Health and Social Policy Formulation
HSM702 - Leadership Complexity in Health Service oriented organisations
and public health departments.
HSM703 - Health Issues and General Care Services
HSM704 - Dissertation of 15000-20000 words
SWM721 - Dissertation of 15000-20000 words
SWM722 - Management of social care organizations
SWM723 - Health and Social Policy Formulation
SWM724 - Management for Social Services in different Cultures
SWM725 - General Administration of Social Care Homes
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MSc. 500 - ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT
Course Objectives:
This programme is designed for all those people who would be engaged in roles
of enforcing the welfare of the society. Hence, deal with matters pertaining to
proper way of handling the industrial and other waste materials, which would
promote the danger towards environmental management. Additionally, the
course is focused on how to manage the nature; such as, trees, water, swamps,
nuclear waste and oil waste, and also to allocation of industries in areas of the
country. Such industries would cause environmental abuse, and hence, damage
the lives of the people living close.
BASIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
The applicants to this course must have got a good Bachelor’s Degree with above
2.0 Grade Point Average (GPA) from the well recognised University.
COURSE CONTENT:
501 - Environmental Management of Risk 1
502 - Environmental Management of Risk 11
503 - Research Methods
504 - Law of Environment and Management
505 - Environmental Auditing
506 - Environmental Modeling and Monitoring
507 - Environmental Epidemiology
508 - Law pertaining to distribution of Industries
509 - Management of major industrial accidents
510 - Dissertation of 15000-20000 words
511 - Case study of not less than 3000 words
ELECTIVE COURSES:
512E - Health and Safety Laws
513E - Building Environmental Space
514E - Measurement and behavior of sound
515E - Noise Control
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MSc. 540 - FOOD SAFETY AND CONTROL
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course is designed to suit the professional needs of all those who have
already got the academic background in Hospitality and Food Industry, and
have been working in Hotels or Food processing industries.
The course will provide with a thorough understanding of the scientific
principles on which both the safety handling of Food and Food control
procedures are based.
By means of this course the student will be provided with the understanding of
the Food Industry’s responsibilities to the interests and welfare of the consumer.
This course will provide to the student a wide range of career opportunities from
positions of product development, Food Safety and Quality Control and
Management, Catering and Retailing, technical auditing, and Food Law
Enforcement Officer.
BASIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Applicants to this course must have got a good Bachelor’s Degree with GPA of
above 2.0 in Food Science and Technology or Hospitality and Catering.
She/He must have worked for at least two years in Hotels or Food processing
Industries and other similar organizations.
COURSE CONTENT
541 - Food Legislation
542 - Food Microbiology and hygiene
543 - Advanced Food composition and analysis
544 - Research Methods
545 - Food Quality Management
546 - Food product Development Management
547 - Practical Food Safety and Control
548 - Operations of Food Control
549 - Project based dissertation of 15000 – 20000 words.
550 - Case study of not less than 3000 words
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COURSE DURATION:
The course will last for one and half years if all the related study and research
work are satisfactorily done within that period of time.
A student will be deferred to another additional semester at his/her expense if
fails to complete the prescribed study requirements or has failed any module
above.
A student will be deemed graduate from the programme if has passed all the
above prescribed modules and all the works are turned in within the stated
period of time.
DB850 - DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DBA)
The DBA or PhD study program are meant to empower academically talented
individuals in countries which are economically squeezed out from accessing UK
University Qualifications which are so popular world wide for executive job
opportunities.
To enable those individuals from such countries to critically analyse the business,
political and economic environment, come up with an effective strategy and
implement the well informed managerial decisions of short and long run nature.
To be in a more strong and comfortable seat when integrating decision processes,
frameworks and models from the respective business and management
disciplines into their decision making.
To be able to recognise and analyse Ethical and Social problems that occur in the
business and social environment, and recommend solutions that integrate ethical
and social organisational responsibility into successful operating policies.
The DBA programme is designed with the purpose of developing a deeper
analytical understanding of the business opportunities and issues facing a
Business Manager in to-day’s supersonic changing world political and
economic environment.
Therefore, the program entails theory, practice and research on various
global Business happenings and case study analysis.
To ably stand out as a model when continuously developing staff employees in
their core functional areas of teaching, leadership, assessing, supervising and
counseling the subordinates professionally. This will lead to the achievement of
the needed productivity and development of the general society.
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The Course Units in part one will embrace matters relating to the nature,
philosophies, strategies and methods of practical, empirical, quantitative and/or
qualitative research.
The second part of DBA will require the completion and submission of a self-
directed professional practice, based research which is well expressed within
the program thesis. The objective here is to make a student develop an original
contribution to professional knowledge and/or professional business practice.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
1. Applicant to DBA program must have attained a Bachelor’s Degree with a
Grade Point Average of not less than 2.0 2. Also, S/he must have attained a Master’s Degree and of which Grade Point
Average is not below 3.0(GPA) and
3. S/he must have a working experience of not less than two years from related
private, public sector or a teaching experience at University Level or working
in Management related areas of any of the above named sectors. 4. Expression of interest of not less than 500 words in chosen field of study must
accompany the application.
PART ONE.
DBA OR PhD 800-COMPULSORY COURSES:
801 - Contemporary Management and Strategy
802 - Business Research Strategy, Methods and Theory
803 - Qualitative Research approaches, techniques and methods in Business
804 - DBA/PhD-Research Thesis of 80000 words
805 - DBA Case Study writing for not less than 3000 words (Compulsory).
PART TWO:
A student may choose any of the following fields or any other related discipline
of study for his or her Doctoral Thesis of 80,000 to 100,000 words.
800 a -
800 b -
800 c -
800 s -
800 e -
800 f -
Management Accounting
Human Resource Management
Marketing Strategy
International Marketing
Management of Financial Institutions
International Management Systems
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800 g - Health and Social Policy Formulation
800 h - Health Issues and general care services
800 I - Development and Democratic Leadership in developing economies
800 J - The main pillars for economic growth and set backs in developing
countries
Soc111 - BA Social Sciences (Sociology)
Entry Requirement
Our standard entry requirements are three A levels, or two A levels and two AS
levels. Our typical A level offer is BBB. As a rule, we also require GCSE Maths at
Grade C, or evidence of its equivalent.
In general, prospective applicants for our degree courses will be in the process of
studying Social Science, Arts and Humanities subjects for A level. We do not
require A level Sociology for any of our degrees, and we design our first year
modules for students both with and without previous knowledge of Sociology or
Social Policy.
Please note that we accept General Studies as an A level, and we welcome
applications that include vocational A level subjects: for example, AVCE (single
or double awards). Any combination of A levels or AVCE is acceptable.
Language requirements
For students where English is not their first language, we require evidence of
English language ability in reading, writing and speaking.
If you do not hold a qualification equivalent to UK GCSE standard, then you
should hold the equivalent of IELTS 6.0.
Course Content
Year One
BA Sociology Year One introduces you to key concepts and debates within
sociology, and gives you a broad sociological foundation for your studies at Year
Two and Three.
Compulsory modules
SOC111 - Sociological Analysis of Contemporary Society examines the key features of
contemporary British society and culture from a sociological perspective. In this module,
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we consider what aspects of our lives and the social world might be changing, and why
such change may occur.
SOC112 - Sociological Thinking initiates you into the sociological way of seeing the
world. This module provides the conceptual tools that will enable you to perceive the
social patterns beneath a society’s political rhetoric and media noise.
SOC113 - Central Debates in Welfare introduces you to two prominent themes within
welfare theory: dependency and citizenship. In this module, we explore how issues such
as social exclusion, race, demographic change, globalisation and the so-called
''underclass'' challenge perceptions and policy directions about who deserves what and
why.
SOC114 - Identity, Difference and Inequalities investigates how we acquire our social
identities, differentiate ourselves from other people and comprehend inequalities. In this
module, we consider how far the world of ideas can shape peoples'' sense of themselves,
and how differences in gender, race, sexuality, disability and age can shape the way we
perceive each other.
SOC115 - Study Skills for Social Science gives you the opportunity to gain practical
skills in essay writing, researching, exam revision, referencing and avoiding plagiarism.
The module also introduces you to giving effective presentations, group and teamwork.
Elective modules
You also have a number of ''credits'' that you can use to take another one or two modules
of your choice.
Year Two
Compulsory modules
SOC116 - Central Problems in Sociology focuses on the important thinkers within the
history of the discipline, and explores how they have elucidated their main ideas and
influenced each other. The module covers the themes of social integration, power, social
change, the individual and society, as well as examining the social basis of culture,
beliefs and consciousness.
SOC117 - Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods will provide you with a
thorough understanding of how to design and conduct your own sociological research,
and interpret results in an accurate manner. The module explores qualitative and
quantitative approaches to social research, and covers issues from questionnaire
construction to descriptive statistics.
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Optional modules
You then select two modules from the list below, and a further optional or elective
module to complete the course. Electives can be taken from within the School or
elsewhere in the University.
SOC11- Crime, Law and Regulation
SOC12 - Race and Hollywood Cinema
SOC13 - Drugs: Society, Politics and Policy
SOC14 - Disability Studies: An Introduction
SOC15 - Sociology of Gender
SOC16 - Sociology of Health and Illness
SOC 17 - Racism and Ethnicity Studies: A Global Approach
SOC18 - Gender, Race and Culture
SOC 19 - Tourism and Culture
SOC 20 - Emotions, Power and Contemporary Society
SOC 21 - Individual, Mind and Society
SOC 22 - Sociology of the Environment
SOC 23 - Urban Disorders, Social Divisions and Social Control
Year Three
Compulsory modules
The only compulsory module in year Three is your Sociology Dissertation. You agree a
topic for study with an academic member of staff, who then acts as your supervisor. We
encourage you to choose an area of personal, or professional, interest for your
dissertation subject. The dissertation will be between 10,000 and 12,000 words.
Optional modules
You then choose three of the following modules.
SOC01 - Sexualities and Society
SOC02 - Governing Cultures, Identities and Emotions
SOC03 - Disability Rights and the International Policy Context
SOC04 - Education, Culture and Society
SOC05 - Organised Crime, Violence and the State
SOC06 - Urban Regulation, Power and Difference
SOC07 - Discipline and Punishment
SOC08 - Sociology of Consumerism
SOC09 - Protest and Social Movements
SOC10 - Globalisation and the Sex Trade
SOC11 - Understanding Interpersonal Violence
SOC12 - Ethnicity and Popular Culture
SOC13 - Gender, Equality & Society
SOC14 - Children & Society
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MCM420 – MSc. MEDIA & CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Year 1
MCM 421A - Identity, Transnationalism and the Media
This course examines the relation between identity and the media in the context
of transnationalism. The module starts with an exploration of the meanings of
identity at present times, especially in relation to its complexity, multiplicity and
hybridity. It then looks at the way identity is shaped in various spaces where
everyday unfolds – esp. in local, urban, national, and global contexts. The
discussion develops further with an exploration of the diasporic experience and
other transnational experiences and forms of human mobility that challenge the
limits of identity, community and belonging. All elements of the discussion
address the links between the construction of identity and community in relation
to processes of mediation. More particularly, the course examines how media
and communications connect and disconnect people with consequences for
political and cultural communities, for media production, and politics of
representation in the cultural and political spheres.
MCM421 - Globalisation: Economy, Politics and Power
The course will introduce students to key approaches to globalisation in sociology and
related disciplines with a focus on critical debates over the politics and economics of
globalisation.
Debating and explaining globalisation; capitalism and globalisation; politics, the state
and globalisation; power and inequality in the global economy; global spaces; ''anti-
globalisation''
MCM 422 - Global Media Industries (compulsory)
This course aims to present a critical view of key aspects of theory, research and practice
of media industries in the global context. The central theme of the course is the changing
dynamics between media industries, political economic institutions, cultural norms and
technological innovations at the global level. Topics of interest include: the global
configuration and operation of film, television and digital media industries; the global
management of creativity and the implications of such control; the possibility of
constructing alternatives or resistance to the hegemonic power of media conglomerates.
We will not only pay attention to different types of media, but will also take up general
themes related to institutional aspects of media, such as convergence, globalisation, post-
Fordism and the commercialisation of public institutions.
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Course objectives:
This course aims to help you:
• Understand the institutional approach to the study of media
• Examine the transformation of media industries in the context of globalization • Critically analyse the relationship between institutional arrangements of media
industries and the content being produced and disseminated
• Critically evaluate global regulatory attempts to establish a new communication order
and the dynamics of alternative media Topics are structured as follows:
• Introduction
• Media production and distribution in a globalised era
• Transformation of global media industries
• Global Configuration of Mediated Communication
- Global film industry
- Global television
- Digital media structure and practices
- Globalisation and news production
- Advertising and branding
- Media policy and regulation in the global context
MCM423 - Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Citizenship
The focus of the course is normative. Students will be asked to reach conclusions about
what modifications, if any, are called for in the standard liberal account of citizenship by
multiculturalist and nationalist criticism. In the course of doing so, they will have to
become aware of the different varieties of multiculturalism and nationalism.
Following an introductory session, the remaining eleven seminars are divided into three
sets.
Set One takes up the attack on the ''false universality'' of liberalism and examines a range
of recommendations all of which are described by their authors as somehow
''multicultural'', including special representation, the waiver of certain legal
requirements, and group autonomy.
Set Two is devoted to nationalism, the first two to its impact within a state, the
remaining two to its implications for inter-state relations.
Set Three will be used to pull together the first and second sets of topics respectively by
looking at group rights and immigration/naturalization policies.
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MCM 424 - Foundations and Theories of Conflict Management
This course is designed to introduce students to the foundation and theories of conflict
management. This course includes an interdisciplinary introduction to conflict, sources
of conflict, and conflict theory.
MCM425 - Negotiation Theory
This course provides students an understanding of the fundamentals of negotiation
theory through a format that includes lecture, role-play, focused exercises and case
study. Covered concepts include game theory, distributive and integrative bargaining,
principled negotiation, psychological barriers to settlement, and negotiation ethics
MCM 426 - ADR Continuum
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the American
Legal System and recent innovations, including various forms of Alternative Dispute
Resolution. Students will become familiar with various dispute resolution processes
such as negotiation, mediation, arbitration, mini-trials, early neutral evaluation and
ombudspersons, and understand the costs and benefits of each process
MCM 427 - Basic Mediation
In this course, students will examine the dynamics of interpersonal and inter-group
conflict with an emphasis on the role of identity in conflict as well as the role of
community dispute resolution in ADR. Students will apply mediation skills to problems
of intervention in interpersonal and inter-group conflicts
MCM 428 - Advanced Conflict Management Skills Clinic
This course is designed to provide students with advanced conflict management skills,
including an introduction to diversity awareness, ombudsing, co-mediation,
facilitation, multi-party mediation, and train the trainer
MCM 429 - Critical Knowledge and Skills of Conflict Management: Public Policy
Disputes; cross-Cultural and International Conflict Resolution
Students will learn to manage public disputes that occur under the glare of public
scrutiny and require greater ability to facilitate large-group processes and deal with
media outlets. Students will also acquire substantive knowledge of and develop
practical skills central to the resolution of intercultural and international conflict by
examining the process of international conflict resolution through diplomatic
negotiation and mediation
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MCM 430 - Conflict Management Research Methods
This course is designed to introduce students to basic research methods used in the
study of conflict. There is a particular emphasis upon methods to assess conflict and
evaluation interventions designed to address conflict in a given environment
MCM 431 - Conflict Management Systems Design
This course will prepare students to design, evaluate, and constantly improve conflict
management systems. Knowledge of research methods, data collection and analysis, and
organizational behavior will be indispensable to these efforts. Students will practice
critical thinking and analytical writing skills through program design
MCM 432 - Study of a Specific Conflict Management Environment
In this course the student chooses a specific environment for application of the
knowledge and skills acquired through the academic and clinical components of the
program. As a part of this course, every student participates in a professional conference
or study abroad program. The conference/study abroad experience provides networking
opportunities and gives students a first-person look at conflict management in the
field. Combined, these elements provide the context for the student''s fieldwork in the
final semester of the MSCM program
Year 2
MCM 3710: The Practice of Conflict Management
Students will be encouraged to attend a conference, training, or cross-cultural
workshops. The selection of the appropriate experience should be based on the
student''s interest, programme necessities.
MCM 3720: Field Study and Internship Reports
This course includes a field study in a specific conflict environment chosen by the
student with the guidance of the faculty. Students will analyze conflict in the chosen
environment, and, where appropriate, make policy recommendations or design and plan
implementation of the intervention processes to address the conflict. The student will
prepare an extensive written report of this analysis, accompanied by an annotated
bibliography
MCM 3705: Advanced Applied Skills
This 40-hour advanced skills training course will enhance student''s theoretical,
research, and practice skills including topics such as Program Evaluation, Grant Writing,
Facilitation, and Domestic Mediation. This intensive course focuses on strengthening the
student''s skill in their area of interest
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Optional Courses
MCM 100 - Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism
The course offers a theoretically informed account of the challenges faced by post-
totalitarian transition countries emerging out of totalitarian regimes in the era of
globalisation, and examines them empirically primarily in reference to the Balkans but
with examples from the Middle East as well as post-Soviet countries. The regions
chosen are those which have experienced particular difficulties in effecting a peaceful
process of transition to democracy, market economy and integration in a multilateral
system. The course will start with an introduction to theories of globalisation and the
reasons why the legacy of totalitarianism is different from the legacy of classic
authoritarian states. The course is structured around three issue areas: political
ideologies and state breakdown; transition economy and organised crime; post-
totalitarian society. It looks at nationalism linked to global Diasporas and
fundamentalist networks, new wars in the context of international intervention, and
international protectorates. Transition economy includes both an introduction to
transition strategies (privatisation, liberalisation and macro-economic stabilisation) as
well as the perverse effects of illegal economic networks and organised crime stemming
both from the totalitarian past and the impact of globalisation. The last block of
questions investigates post-totalitarian societies from the perspective of transition
justice, (un)civil societies and new minorities. While analysing these issues accompanied
with relevant regional illustrations particular attention is made to grasp unique aspects
of post-totalitarianism triggered by the simultaneity of transition and globalisation.
MCM 110 - Media, Technology and Everyday Life
The course aims to explore how information and communication technologies are
experienced in everyday life. This includes examining how ICTs are socially shaped,
through looking at current theoretical frameworks as well as historical and
contemporary examples. The course covers such matters as the domestication of ICTs,
their place in social networks and their implications of and for time and space. Finally, a
range of potential social consequences are considered, from the specific implications for
parent-child relationships to broader questions about the extent to which these
technologies are changing social life.
MCM 120 - Cities, Politics and Citizenship
Perspectives on contemporary urban politics. The course will equip students interested
in urban change and development to understand and critically assess the variety of ways
in which urban politics and policies are imagined and discussed in universities as well as
in the world of policy. It will also develop their understandings of key debates and
themes in contemporary urban political life.
Topics covered will include: imagining urban politics; theories of urban politics,
‘globalisation’ and urban political life; urban governance; civil society and urban social
movements; urban dimensions of citizenship and migration; urban politics and policy
outside the ‘West.’
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MCM 123 - Media and Communication Governance (Compulsory)
Communication governance includes all attempts by public bodies to fund, license or
otherwise regulate or govern communication services or the providers of those services,
usually for an alleged public benefit. The process of governance includes public policy
debate and discussion and the processes of self-regulation and legal regulation. The
term ‘governance’ refers to the norms, rules and resources together with their theoretical
underpinnings that inform the production and consumption of media and
communication services. The course covers the key concepts required to gain an
understanding of the processes through which public authorities, corporations and the
public are involved in setting rules, building institutions and providing public resources
for the provision of media and communication services. This course begins from the
assumption that media and communication can only be fully understood if their
governance and its implications for citizens and consumers as well as producers, is
understood. Illustrations are drawn from UK, European and international
developments, thereby presenting a multi-levelled analytical approach to governance
issues in the field. The first half of the course maps key elements of communication
governance including key concepts and institutions. The second half of the course
examines contemporary issues and debates in communication governance.
MCM 124 - Interpersonal Mediated Communication (Compulsory)
Communication media have been blamed for a breakdown of social relationships and
have simultaneously been hailed as powerful social tools that can connect people from
all walks of life. This course addresses the ways in which interpersonal relationships and
communication are influenced by mediation. The first half of the course addresses the
history of media in interpersonal communication as well as general interpersonal
communication and relationship theories. The second half looks in more detail at how
the interaction between media and interpersonal communication has been studied in
relation to the cross-cutting themes of trust, intended outcomes and context.
The aim of this course is to provide students with a critical understanding of
communication within small groups and dyadic relationships. The course examines the
influence of media on three key areas of interpersonal interaction which are identified as
personal, social and professional communication. The examination of these key areas is
framed by theories of persuasion, media richness, exclusion and
supplementation/substitution. The central concepts of the course (ie. trust, intended
outcomes and social context) reflected upon in these theories, are discussed from the
perspective of different disciplinary and methodological paradigms. Examples of
research and policy will give students the tools to understand what the practical
implications are of the ways in which these different paradigms suggest that
interpersonal communication processes vary depending on the type of platform this
communication takes place on as well as the type of relationship that is under
investigation.
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As a result of the course the students will be able to evaluate the weaknesses and
strengths of the theories that aim to explain apparently contradictory observations about
the practice of interpersonal mediated communication.
MCM 153 - Contemporary Issues in Media and Communications Regulation
Course content
This course examines live issues in broadcasting, press and telecommunications policy
with a focus on current debates. The aim will be to develop a practical approach to
current debates at the same time referring to the longer term normative and theoretical
background to intervention in this sector. After the first session, discussion will focus on
a current issue each week, and the reading contains items relating to that issue. There
may be some changes to the order of the sessions depending on availability of high
profile guest speakers, and supplementary readings may be advised during seminars or
by email. Students will be encouraged to debate current policy issues including those the
regulators and the government are currently consulting on, and develop a critical
understanding of policy intervention, the policy process and strategy.
MCM 145 - Representations, Institutions and Communities
The objective of the course is to allow students to explore in depth the relationship
between social representations and social contexts, with especial attention to the
construction of everyday forms of knowledge, institutional functioning and community
life.
The course will cover the social context of representational activity: (i) The genesis and
development of representations, (ii) The public nature of representations, (iii) Time and
place in the construction of representations: Memory and identity; Representing
institutions and communities: (i) Institutions: The symbolic and the material in the life of
communities, (ii) The instituting and the instituted in the life of communities, (iii)
Institutions and communities as potential space; Representing/constructing Others: (i)
The other institutionalised: strategies of classification, segregation and exclusion, (ii) The
other in the community: strategies of habituation, denial and differentiation, (ii) The
other in dialogue: solidarity and strategies of communicative action; The limitations and
possibilities of social psychological intervention: (i) Research as a dialogical act:
Interpretation, knowledge and empowerment.
MCM 161 - Globalisation and Democracy (Compulsory)
The course covers the following topics: 1) the debate about the relationship between
various aspects of globalization and democracy; 2) the effect of the system of sovereign
states on domestic democracy; 3) the impact of international trade and financial flows; 4)
the impact of transnational companies; 5) global migration and its effects on state
sovereignty and citizenship; 6) international institutions and democracy within
countries; 7) the implications of global civil society - NGOs and transnational
advocacy networks; 8) are multilateral organizations “democratic”?; 9) can global
politics be democratized?
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MCM 117 - New Media, Information and Knowledge Systems
The course begins from the premise that both new and old media and information and
communication technologies are developed and used within a complex innovation
system with local and global dimensions. The course is designed to enable students to
understand the interrelationships between innovations in information and
communication technologies and the implications for transformations in society.
Students are encouraged to formulate critical appraisals of how the social and technical
innovation systems associated with new media are creating new opportunities for
individual and collective interaction. Normally, topics will encompass perspectives on
innovation systems, e-services for citizens and businesses, Internet governance,
intellectual property rights, policy and regulation, the Internet and the economy, and
new media and social equity.
MCM 61 - The Audience in Media and Communications
This course examines a variety of social, cultural and psychological issues as they relate
to the audiences for television and new media. It analyses people''s everyday
engagement with media, beginning with the history of audiences and audience research,
then examining audiences for a variety of genres (such as news, soaps, talk shows and
reality television), before addressing transformations in audiences and audience research
with the advent of new media (especially hybrid, globalised, cross-media genres and
user-generated content). The course frames its critical investigation of empirical
audience studies in relation to theories of active audiences, reader-response theory,
interpretative communities, encoding-decoding and fandom, among others. Students
will be encouraged to read widely, to forge links with other aspects of media,
communications and cultural studies, and to debate the nature and future of audiences
in a changing media landscape.
GENERAL COURSE ASSESSMENT
PGTI overall course assessments will be exams and coursework based, or as the
awarding University may decide it to be.
The marking and assessment of any student’s work will be focused on students’
grip and understanding of the course objectives and ability to interpret theory
into practice of any module being taught and examined.
However, all the core courses, electives and coursework will be examined at
every end of the semester, and the following grades and scores will be
periodically awarded:-
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G R A D E S SCORES DESCRIPTION
A+ 80+ DISTINCTION
A- 75 - 79 EXCELLENT
PERFORMANCE
B+ 70 - 74 BEST PERFORMANCE
B- 60 - 69 BETTER PERFORMANCE
B 50 - 59 GOOD PERFORMANCE
C 40 - 49 PASS
D 30 - 39 FAIL
Academic Registry
London, 10th January 2017
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