Academic Term 1: September to January Optional modules totalling 60 credits, such as:
IELTS Preparation
The module aims to prepare students for Academic IELTS tests and applications for academic programmes in the English-speaking world with confidence. It will also assist them in satisfying the language criteria necessary for obtaining a UK visa.
Life and Academic Study in Britain
The module aims to prepare students for academic work in an English-speaking university. It draws content from various aspects of British culture, history and tradition. Students will study all four language skills, in particular writing and presenting in academic context so as to successfully complete their programme and be ready for post-graduate study in Britain or a university where English is a language of instruction.
Communication Skills for Business
The module aims to enable students to consolidate and improve their skills in written and oral communication in relation to various business topics closely related to those studied at Business Schools and employed in business-related environments. The skills engendered by the module will also enhance students' preparation for effective participation in a professional placement or other work-like situations including communication with non-academic audiences. Finally, students will be able to use transferable academic skills in other general academic contexts and their future research.
British Society through Film and Television
The module aims to develop students' knowledge and understanding of British society through the application of critical analysis techniques to British cinema and television. Throughout the module, there will be a focus on improving oral and written expression.
Advanced Grammar and Vocabulary
The aims of the module are to enable students to enhance their understanding of English grammar and expand their vocabulary through independent and group work in order to achieve level CEFR Grade C1/Cambridge English Advanced (CEA) grade.
Alternative optional modules
Students who perform well in the core modules may be able to substitute up to 30 credits of the optional modules for undergraduate modules offered by the College of Business and Social Sciences. An indicative list of these undergraduate modules is below:
- Introduction to the European Union
- Social Issues
- Identities and Inequalities I
- Global Society
- Welfare States & Welfare Change
- Introduction to Organisational Behaviour
- Introduction to Marketing Management
- Literary Genres in English
- English Language Across Time and Space
- Introduction to Linguistics