CONTENTS Dates of Terms Preface from the Vice-Chancellor 1 General Information on Studying at Buckingham 11 Degree Programme Structures 16 Programmes of Study Foundation and Academic Skills Department 17-23 CERTIFICATE IN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION PATHWAY CERTIFICATE IN FOUNDATION PATHWAY EFL FOUNDATION PROGRAMMES The School of Business 24 Special Regulations for Degree Programmes in Accounting and Finance 25 and Management Accounting and Finance 26-36 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 3 YEARS ACCOUNTING WITH COMMUNICATION STUDIES (EFL) / (ESL) ACCOUNTING WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH MSc/PG DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE (January and September Entry) MSc IN FINANCE AND INVESTMENT (January and September Entry) PG DIPLOMA IN FINANCE AND INVESTMENT (January and September Entry) MSc IN FINANCIAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT PG DIPLOMA IN FINANCIAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT Management BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (January and September and 3 years programme Entries) BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT WITH APPLIED COMPUTING BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT WITH COMMUNICATION STUDIES (EFL) BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT WITH COMMUNICATION STUDIES BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE-AUTOMOTIVE 3 37-66
PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE MARKETING WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH MARKETING WITH MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING WITH PSYCHOLOGY MBA/MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (January Entry Full time and Part time) MBA MEDICAL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP (January and September Entries, Part Time) POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP (January and September Entries, Part Time) MSc/POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA MANAGEMENT IN A SERVICE ECONOMY (January Entry, Full-time) MSc MANAGEMENT IN A SERVICE ECONOMY (January Entry, Part-time) MSc/POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA MANAGEMENT IN A GLOBAL SERVICE ECONOMY MSc MANAGEMENT IN A GLOBAL SERVICE ECONOMY (September Entries, Part Time) MSc CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN PUBLIC SERVICES (September Entry, Part-time) POSTGRADUATE DIOLOMA/CERTIFICATE IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN PUBLIC SERVICES (January Entry, Part-time) MSC IN LEAN ENTERPRISE (January Entry, Part time) POSTGRADUATE DIOLOMA IN LEAN ENTERPRISE (January Entry, Part time) The School of Humanities 67-85 Art History ART HISTORY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT ART HISTORY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT (September Entry with 1 st Term in Florence, Italy 8 Terms) ART HISTORY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT ART HISTORY WITH ENGLISH LITERATURE ART HISTORY WITH ENGLISH LITERATURE (September Entry - 8 Terms) ART HISTORY WITH ENGLISH LITERATURE ART HISTORY WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH ART HISTORY WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH (September Entry with 1 st Term in Florence, Italy 8 Terms) ART HISTORY WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH (September Entry 9 Terms) ART HISTORY WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH 4
ART HISTORY WITH HISTORY ART HISTORY WITH HISTORY (September Entry 9 Terms) ART HISTORY WITH HISTORY ART HISTORY WITH JOURNALISM ART HISTORY WITH JOURNALISM (September Entry 8 Terms) ART HISTORY WITH JOURNALISM MA IN DECORATIVE ARTS AND HISTORIC INTERIORS Economics 86-116 BUSINESS ECONOMICS ECONOMICS ECONOMICS (September Entry, 3-Year Programme) ECONOMICS, BUSINESS AND LAW ECONOMICS WITH APPLIED COMPUTING ECONOMICS WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES (EFL) ECONOMICS WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES ECONOMICS WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH ECONOMICS WITH HISTORY ECONOMICS WITH JOURNALISM ECONOMICS WITH POLITICS Education 117-119 POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION MEd IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP Including Special Regulations for the MEd in Educational Leadership CERTIFICATE IN MIDDLE LEADERSHIP 5
English Literature 120-146 ENGLISH LITERATURE ENGLISH LITERATURE (January,July Entries, 3-Year Programme) ENGLISH LITERATURE WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES (EFL) ENGLISH LITERATURE WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES ENGLISH LITERATURE WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH ENGLISH LITERATURE WITH HISTORY (January, July and September, Entries) ENGLISH LITERATURE WITH JOURNALISM (January, July and September, 3-Year Programme Entries) ENGLISH LITERATURE WITH PSYCHOLOGY ENGLISH LITERATURE WITH ART HISTORY English Studies 147-171 ENGLISH STUDIES (EFL) ENGLISH STUDIES (EFL) [BA] 3 YEAR Programme ENGLISH STUDIES ENGLISH STUDIES WITH JOURNALISM ENGLISH STUDIES WITH MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS ENGLISH STUDIES FOR TEACHING (EFL) ENGLISH STUDIES FOR TEACHING ENGLISH STUDIES FOR TEACHING (EFL) [BA] 3 Year Programme ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION STUDIES (EFL) [BA] ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION STUDIES (EFL) [BA] 3 Year Programme Journalism and Media 172-200 JOURNALISM JOURNALISM WITH COMMUNICATION STUDIES 6
JOURNALISM WITH ENGLISH LITERATURE JOURNALISM WITH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JOURNALISM WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDIES JOURNALISM WITH POLITICS JOURNALISM WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH COMMUNICATION (EFL) AND MEDIA STUDIES COMMUNICATION, MEDIA AND JOURNALISM (January, July and September, 3 Years programme Entries) History 201-222 HISTORY AND ECONOMICS HISTORY AND POLITICS HISTORY WITH ECONOMICS HISTORY WITH ENGLISH LITERATURE HISTORY WITH JOURNALISM HISTORY WITH POLITICS MA IN BIOGRAPHY (January and September Entries Full-time and Part-time) Including Special Regulations for the MA in Biography International Studies and International Relations 223-264 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (September entry, 3-year programme) INTERNATIONAL STUDIES WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH INTERNATIONAL STUDIES WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES (EFL) INTERNATIONAL STUDIES WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES INTERNATIONAL STUDIES WITH JOURNALISM INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH APPLIED COMPUTING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH JOURNALISM INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH FRENCH 7
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH SPANISH MA IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS (January, April, July and September Entries) Including Special Regulations for the MA in Global Affairs MA IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AND DIPLOMACY MA IN SECURITY & INTELLIGENCE STUDIES MA IN SECURITY, INTELLIGENCE AND DIPLOMACY MA IN LAW ENFORCEMENT SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE Politics Undergraduate : POLITICS AND ECONOMICS POLITICS AND HISTORY POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND LAW POLITICS WITH APPLIED COMPUTING POLITICS WITH ECONOMICS POLITICS WITH JOURNALISM POLITICS WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES POLITICS WITH FRENCH POLITICS WITH SPANISH 265-291 Modern Foreign Languages 292-293 The School of Law 294-328 Special Regulations and Examination Requirements for the Conferment of the Degree of LLB LAW LAW THREE YEARS (January and September entries) LAW THREE YEARS (Extended) (January entry) LAW WITH BUSINESS FINANCE 8
LAW WITH ECONOMICS LAW WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES (EFL) LAW WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES LAW WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH LAW WITH MANAGEMENT STUDIES LAW WITH POLITICS LAW (Part-time) Special Regulations and Examination Requirements for the Degree in Law (Part-time) Regulations for the LLM in International and Commercial Law Regulations for the Postgraduate Diploma in International and Commercial Law The School of Science and Medicine 329 Applied Computing 330-350 ACCESS TO COMPUTING COMPUTING BSc COMPUTING (THREE YEARS) COMPUTING WITH ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE COMPUTING WITH BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT COMPUTING WITH COMMUNICATION STUDIES COMPUTING WITH ECONOMICS COMPUTING AND SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEURSHIP Graduate: GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTING (July Entry) GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMPUTING (January (12 months) and April (9 months) Entry) MSc INNOVATIVE COMPUTING MSc APPLIED COMPUTING Medicine 351 Psychology 352-366 PSYCHOLOGY 9
PSYCHOLOGY WITH APPLIED COMPUTING PSYCHOLOGY WITH BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT PSYCHOLOGY WITH ENGLISH LITERATURE PSYCHOLOGY WITH FRENCH OR SPANISH PSYCHOLOGY WITH MARKETING PSYCHOLOGY WITH MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS Free Choice Modules 367-370 Academic Rules and Regulations General Regulations for First Degrees 371 General Regulations for Higher Degrees 381 Examination Rules 384 Academic Misconduct Policy and Procedures Mitigating Circumstances:Policy & Procedures 386 390 Appeals 392 A Code of Practice of Study by Research 394 Prizes 397 Regulations for Academic Dress 402 Collaborative Provision 404 General Information Student Services 405 General Regulations for Students of the University 407 Library Rules 416 Use of University Computers and Data Networks 417 Email Policy 419 Environmental Policy Dignity at work & study policy and procedures Equality &Diversity Policy 425 428 435 Student Charter 438 Student Complaints procedure 441 University Staff Academic and Research Staff 442 Administrative Staff 450 The University of Buckingham Foundation 453 Patrons 454 Honorary Graduates 456 Diary of Meetings for 2012 460 General Policy and Procedure on Fire 464 10