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Academic Programme for all Centers

2018 - 2019

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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


HND223 - Principles of Accounting 1


HND225 - Human Resource Management


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


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.


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.


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


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.


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


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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