Course Outline
The Diploma is a one-year course.
The course will commence on 20TH OCTOBER 2010.
The students shall attend on campus lectures and workshops for 2 weeks at the beginning of the course including an overview and introduction to the course (course structure, curriculum content, teaching methods and assignments); and another one week at the end of the course to complete projects, and examinations and award of the Diploma. Between these two residential sessions, they return to their home base where they are required to complete review online lectures at an average rate of one module per month, and complete study exercises, essays or other homework assignments related for each of the modules that will be posted on the web. In addition, students will complete 1 extended essay (4000-5000 words each) and a research project (15000 words).
Each student will be assigned to a supervisor who will help in selection of the essay / project area and provide an on-going supervision. In addition, one or two supervisors will also be allocated a specific module to supervise and be responsible for marking the homework assignments for that module as well as providing guidance and answering the questions of students on issues arising from it.