2010 Part-time Programmes at Kent

University of Kent

www.kent.ac.uk/part-time

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The University will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver courses and other services in accordance with the descriptions set out in this prospectus. However the University does not provide education on a commercial basis. It is also largely dependent on charitable and public funds which the University has to manage in a way which is efficient and cost effective in the context of the provision of a wide range of courses and services to a large number of students.

The University therefore reserves the right to make variations to the contents and method of delivery of courses and other services, to discontinue courses and other services and to merge or combine courses, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University. If the University discontinues any course it will use its best endeavours to provide a suitable alternative course.

All students will be required as a condition of enrolment to agree to abide by and to submit to the procedures of the University’s Regulations as amended from time to time. A copy of the current Regulations is available on our website.

Data protection and consent to process For the University to operate efficiently, it needs to process information about you for administrative, academic and health and safety reasons. Any offer this institution makes to you is subject to your consent to process such information and therefore a requirement before we can register you as a student.

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Contents

Part-time study at Kent

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Choosing your part-time course

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Entry requirements

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Locations

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Study support

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Tuition fees

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What to do next

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Programmes

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Applied Professional Practice

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Classical & Archaeological Studies

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Combined Studies

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Comparative Literature

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Law

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Counselling

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Primary Dental Care

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Criminal Justice Studies

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Social Sciences

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English and Creative Writing

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French

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Substance Misuse Management

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History

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History & Philosophy of Art

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Additional degree programmes

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How to apply online

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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 68

“I think it’s really positive that the University runs part-time courses – not only is it convenient, it’s great for the local community too.”

Linda Livingstone BA (Hons) History

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Part-time study at Kent Every year the University of Kent attracts thousands of part-time students, usually local people who work or live in the region. We have students of all ages, and backgrounds, each with their own reasons for wanting to study on a part-time programme.

We offer a variety of courses ranging from day schools to postgraduate programmes; some can be studied in order to gain academic credits and others purely for leisure.

Please note: This publication provides programme information from only a selection of our credit-bearing undergraduate certificates, diplomas and degrees that are specially designed for part-time study and taught at our main centres in Canterbury, Medway and Tonbridge. For details on other degrees that may be studied on a part-time basis please see p87.

For information about the complete range of part-time study options please refer to the Guide to Part-Time Study at Kent which is available from www.kent.ac.uk/ part-time or by phone.

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The Guide to Part-Time Study at Kent can tell you: • About the University of Kent • The different levels of study and progression and explain what is right for you • What you can study both for leisure and to gain qualifications • Location information for all Kent’s campuses and study centres • What practical help is available to support you with your studies • How to fund your studies • How to find out more and how to meet our experienced and qualified advisers.

Did you know?

There is sometimes the option to join full-time e students in the daytim work timetable which may ng well if you have a you family.

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Choosing your part-time course Kent offers a range of undergraduate degree courses which you can study in stages – at certificate, diploma and degree level.

The first two levels can be taken either as stand-alone programmes or as stepping stones to a degree. Here we explain how the three programmes are linked and how to progress through the levels.

Gaining credits The programmes in this brochure are built up from smaller individual courses called modules. These modules are worth academic credits – usually 15 or 30, but sometimes more.

Part-time students normally take 60 credits a year, although some subjects offer more flexible timetables. Each programme level is made up of 120 credits.

Stage 1: certificate level Stage 1 is equivalent to the first year of a full-time degree. If you are studying part-time, this stage usually takes two years and involves studying certificate level modules totalling 120 credits. On successful completion, you are awarded a certificate.

Certificate in Combined Studies (CCS) You can build credits gained from CCS modules in various ways.

You can complete the Certificate in Combined Studies with 120

credits from as many different subject areas as you wish. If you would like to end your studies after gaining 60 credits with two subject-related modules, you may apply for the Certificate in Continuing Education. It may be possible for you to transfer CCS module credits into a specific subject certificate programme.

Early guidance is essential. Find out more about the Certificate in Combined Studies on p24.

certain number of teaching hours. Methods of assessment vary, but generally use a combination of exams and coursework, while some include project work. A number of modules, especially those at certificate level, use continuous assessment with no examination.

You are given further details about assessment at the start of your programme.

Moving on to the next stage Stage 2: diploma level Stage 2 is equivalent to the second year of a full-time degree. If you are studying parttime, this stage usually takes two years to complete and involves studying for a further 120 credits, taking intermediate level modules. On successful completion, you have a total of 240 credits and are awarded a diploma.

If you would like to know more about the options open to you after your certificate or diploma, you can talk to the staff in your academic department, or to the staff in the Information and Guidance Unit (see p5).

Other academic credits Further information about ways to progress your studies is available in the Guide to Part-time Study at Kent.

Stage 3: degree level Stage 3 is equivalent to the third year of a full-time degree. If you are studying part-time, this stage usually takes two years to complete and involves studying for a further 120 credits, taking higher level modules. After successfully completing this stage, you have a total of 360 credits and are awarded your degree.

Gaining your award In order to gain any of the three levels of award, you must successfully pass all the assessments and attend a

If you have been studying elsewhere, you may apply to transfer your credits to a relevant programme at Kent. This credit needs to be recent (within the last six years), relevant and at the right level. The transfer is agreed during the admissions process with your programme director.

Likewise, other universities may accept credits gained on the courses listed in this brochure – you should enquire directly with the relevant university’s information office.

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Entry requirements Kent accepts a very wide range of qualifications.

Most part-time students are not school leavers, so we try to take into account your work and life experiences and your personal interests, as well as any academic qualifications you may already have.

Although individual programmes sometimes have specific requirements, here are some general guidelines for what is required for entry on to a certificate programme.

For instance, some programmes may ask you to provide evidence of your potential, for example by producing a short piece of written work, to be sure that this is the appropriate starting point for you. You may also be invited for an informal interview.

These entry requirements are set to help you to choose an appropriate level of study, and to indicate the level of work involved and whether prior knowledge is needed to support the successful completion of your studies.

Entry at certificate level

If the certificate programme you wish to study requires more specific entry qualifications, these can be gained in a number of ways:

A certificate programme (see p3) is the first stage of a degree programme at Kent. Some certificate programmes accept applications from adults who have no formal qualifications, provided they can demonstrate an interest in and an aptitude for their chosen subject. If you are returning to study or concerned about the level of work required, the Centre for Flexible Learning offers you the opportunity to incorporate study skills into your learning.

• Taking an approved Access to Higher Education Diploma or a Youth Entry to Higher Education programme is a standard one-year entry route to study at degree-level. You should check with the University that the syllabus of the access course is appropriate for the degree programme you intend to take.

You may be required to obtain particular grades in the credits allocated to particular subjects

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and/or be required to obtain a specified number of credits in particular subjects. (See www.accesstohe.ac.uk or www.kent.ac.uk/part-time/ access for further information) • The University of Kent also offers you the chance to gain entry on to a certificate course via one or two Combined Studies modules. There are no entry requirements for the Certificate in Combined Studies programme, and it allows you to gain credits which you may be able to use towards your degree. Please note: you will need to demonstrate a good level of English and some additional study and IT skills are necessary. See p25 for more information on the requirements of the programme and the assistance we may be able to offer. • Alternatively, two relevant A level passes or their equivalent can be used to gain entry to most certificate programmes, although some programmes may require one or more specified subjects at particular grades. You may also be able to transfer credits gained elsewhere. Work-related experience and learning may also be accepted and for some courses it is a requirement.

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To check the specific entry requirements for a particular programme, please refer to the facts given within its entry in this prospectus. If you are in any doubt about your own entry qualifications, you can call the Information and Guidance Unit for advice on the number below.

What IT/computer skills do I need?

Computer skills are important for all students. If you are returning to study after some time you may not feel confident in using computers to assist with your work and to fulfil the requirements of the University.

As a part-time student you will be expected to demonstrate the following skills: • Word processing documents • Manage an email account (send/receive/attach files) • Log on to and successfully navigate the internet • Enter basic information into a website, such as log in and password details where required.

Further advice can be found at: www.kent.ac.uk/student/skills/ it-skills If you have registered for a parttime programme, but are concerned that you do not have any or all of the skills listed above, we are able to help with a variety of training courses to suit your needs and prepare you for studying at University level.

General conditions of entry for part-time degree-level study There are also some general requirements that apply to all part-time students. We recommend that you are aged 17 or over. You should also, with some exceptions, live or work within easy travelling distance of the University.

Those living outside the European Union should note that studying with the University on a part-time basis may not meet the requirements to allow you the right to an educational visa or to UK residency.

Making your application We recommend that you make your application online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/parttime For those without web access, there is also a paper application form available upon request.

Information and Guidance Unit T: 0800 975 3777 E: information@kent.ac.uk Office opening hours: Canterbury campus, 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday

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Locations

Canterbury campus The Canterbury campus, Kent’s original site, was founded in 1965. It is built on 300 acres of parkland overlooking Canterbury and is still growing and evolving.

Modern buildings are surrounded by open green spaces, courtyards, gardens, ponds and woodland. Campus life centres round the Templeman Library, the Students’ Centre, purpose-built science laboratories and teaching buildings. There are also plenty of places to eat on campus, including a traditional dining hall, bistros, cafés and sandwich bars which serve all types of food at good prices.

The campus is a 20-minute walk from the city centre and is easily reached by car or by public transport. For those travelling by car, there are car parks on campus and students may apply for a parking permit. (See www.kent.ac.uk/estates/transport/ parking for further information.) If you are travelling by public transport, the city centre (with its two main railway stations) has a UNIBUS service up to campus.

Medway campus Medway offers a multi-millionpound campus, with state-of-theart buildings and facilities including the Drill Hall Library.

You can expect high-quality teaching and an exceptional level of personal support. The University has invested millions of pounds in new, purpose-built 6

facilities. These include lecture theatres, teaching and seminar rooms equipped with the latest technology. There is a wide range of cafés and bars for anything from a coffee to a full meal.

The Medway campus can be easily reached by car. Free parking is available close to the main campus, at the Historic Dockyard. There are also car parks on campus; however parking restrictions do apply, please see www.kent.ac.uk/ estates/transport/parking for the latest information. If you are travelling by public transport, bus services run from the centre of Chatham and from local towns such as Rochester, Strood, Gillingham and Gravesend.

Tonbridge Centre Most of our part-time courses in West Kent are taught at the Tonbridge Centre, which is a small, friendly campus dedicated to part-time study. Facilities at the Tonbridge Centre are open to all Kent students and our seminar rooms are equipped to the same high standard as on our Canterbury and Medway campuses. Of course you have full access to all the resources available at our other campuses.

The Tonbridge Centre is ideally situated in the heart of Tonbridge, just off the High Street (in Avebury Avenue), a fiveminute walk from the railway station and close to numerous car parks.

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Study support

The Student Learning Advisory Service (SLAS) is a free and friendly resource for students from all subjects and accredited levels of study, which provides information and guidance on studying in a number of ways.

Academic guidance We offer a limited number of confidential appointments during term-time for individuals (or for small groups of students, on request). Both the workshops described below and advice appointments provide friendly, impartial advice in a relaxed environment.

Workshops and other events We run a series of workshops and other events on study techniques, including sessions on Saturdays, especially for parttime students. They include revision and exam strategies, dissertation planning, and getting started with university study.

Information The Service has books, software, videos, audio tapes and leaflets on a wide range of themes related to study. Leaflets are free and you can borrow other resources. You can also get a lot of information from our website, which includes free printable downloads and links to other useful sites.

Maths and statistics SLAS provides maths support materials. The Statistics Desk, based in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, offers advice if you are doing a project involving statistics. We can also help with maths queries by phone or email.

Referrals This ‘human signpost’ service helps if you are experiencing any kind of difficulty with your studies. If we don’t know who can help we will find out; we work closely with other support services within and outside the University.

If you are interested in sports or the arts, you may also want to take advantage of the University’s leisure facilities. On the Canterbury campus, these include a fully-equipped sports centre, the Gulbenkian Theatre and Gulbenkian Cinema. At Medway, students have access to the on-site sports facilities and various student societies. A stateof-the-art sports centre, Medway Park, is also available to students at discounted rates. * the level of access varies for students taking accredited or non-accredited courses.

Further information ValueMaP VALUE MaP is a free programme of study skills development for mature and part-time students. It is run as a series of workshops on effective study and takes place on Saturdays and at varying times of the week to allow for flexible attendance.

Facilities Being a part-time student allows you to gain access* to the full range of University study resources, for instance the library collections which contain over a million books, periodicals, journals and other essential resources. Information Services also provides hundreds of PCs for student use on the Canterbury and Medway campuses and at the Tonbridge Centre.

See our website: www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/learning

“I can’t praise SLAS enough: they do seminars and workshops, at times that are good for you, even at weekends. They have drop-in sessions that cover things like referencing, the structure of your essays and giving presentations. They can really help your confidence.”

Robert Solaini Criminology and Sociology 7

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Tuition fees

Your university tuition fees are due at the start of each academic year and vary according to your programme of study.

For a general explanation of how your credits build up into a certificate, diploma or degree, see p3.

Most of our part-time programmes are based on 60 credits per year (50% of a fulltime programme). However this rate of study can vary, so please check your specific programme entry for details. Also, please note that the tuition fees listed right and on the course pages are for the academic year 2010/11 and may be subject to an inflationary increase in subsequent years of study. For information regarding Equivalent or Lower Level Qualification (ELQ) fees, please see p10.

Part-time students (those taking less than 120 credits per year) may be entitled to some help towards tuition fees in the form of a grant from Student Finance England, or a fees waiver from the University itself. Some students may also be able to apply for help with other studying costs, such as books and travel.

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To gain a certificate, you need 120 credits. You can then study 120 credits at diploma level and a further 120 credits at degree level.

Certificate-level study Flexible learning (entry level): Combined Studies

30 credits 15 credits

£240 £120

60 credits 60 credits

£710 £710

60 15 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60

£710 £275 £710 £710 £710 £360 £710 £710 £710 £710 £710

Study in a single subject Applied Professional Practice Archaeological Studies Engllish and Comparative Literature Counselling Studies Creative Writing Criminal Justice Studies English and American Literature French modules A and B French modules C and D History History & Philosophy of Art Law and Society Local History Management of SubstanceMisusing Offenders overseas students Person-Centred Support* Primary Dental Care Social Sciences Substance Misuse Management overseas students

credits credits credits credits credits credits credits credits credits credits credits

30 credits 30 credits 120 credits per year 60 credits 30 credits 30 credits

£415 £740 £3,290 £1,645 £710 £415 £740

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Diploma-level study Applied Professional Practice Archaeological Studies Comparative Literature Counselling Criminal Justice Studies English Literature English Literature with Creative Writing French History History & Philosophy of Art Law Local History Positive Behaviour Support* Primary Dental Care Social Sciences Substance Misuse Management overseas students

60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits 120 credits per year 60 credits per year** per year**

£710 £710 £710 £1,645 £710 £710 £710 £710 £710 £710 £710 £710 £3,290 £1,645 £710 £2,260 £4,065

60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60

£710 £710 £710 £710 £710 £710 £710 £710 £710

“The lecturers are very supportive and easy to contact via email. They are passionate about their subjects and that influences the students as well.”

Jenny Sharman Comparative Literature

Degree-level study Applied Professional Practice Archaeological Studies Comparative Literature Criminal Justice Studies English Literature English Literature and Creative Writing French History History & Philosophy of Art Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities* Law Primary Dental Care Social Sciences Substance Misuse Management overseas students

* Please call for details of financial assistance available ** approximately 60 credits

credits credits credits credits credits credits credits credits credits

120 credits 60 credits per year 60 credits per year** per year**

£3,290 £710 £1,645 £710 £2,260 £4,065

Did you know?

You may not need any formal academic qualifications to study at cer tificate level.

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Tuition fees (cont)

Equivalent or Lower Level Qualifications (ELQ) The Government no longer provides funding for students who wish to study a higher education qualification that is equivalent to, or at a lower level than one they have already achieved. The University will therefore charge a different (higher) rate of tuition fees to students who already have such qualifications.

The University continues to welcome applicants who wish to return to university for a further university level qualification, either to enhance their skills or improve their employment prospects, as we believe that re-skilling is important both to individuals, as part of their personal and professional development, and to the economic growth of the country.

However, in response to the Government’s decision to change the funding model for higher education, the University is required to charge a higher-rate fee to all students, whether parttime or full-time, who hold an equivalent or higher level qualification and, therefore, are not eligible for Government funding. The ELQ fee will be the same as that currently charged to students from the Channel Islands (pro-rata for part-time students).

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Applicants are required to disclose details of all qualifications they hold at the point of application in order that a proper assessment of fee status can be made. The University will take action to reclaim fees retrospectively from registered students who are undercharged, if such undercharging was the result of the applicant failing to provide complete or accurate qualifications data on which their fee status was based, or as a result of a failure of the applicant to disclose their ELQ status when asked to do so.

For more information please visit www.kent.ac.uk/studying/ funding/elq.html

“The course has opened up a completely new world, a world in which I had a passing interest, but no real knowledge.

I feel that I am now starting to look at art in a new and more informed way.�

Drummond Watson History & Philosophy of Art

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What to do next

How to apply Either use the online application form at www.kent.ac.uk/part-time or phone us for a paper application form.

Interested and want to know more?

• We hold open days at Canterbury, Medway and Tonbridge several times a year.

These give you the opportunity to talk to both members of our guidance team and to our academic staff.

www.kent.ac.uk/opendays • You can make a private appointment with our guidance team at any time in the year.

T: 01227 827272 T: 0800 975 3777 E: information@kent.ac.uk • Have a look at all the additional information on our website

www.kent.ac.uk/part-time • Phone to speak to one of our information team

T: 01227 827272 T: 0800 975 3777 Further information If you would like information about other options for accredited study or courses and events for leisure, the following are available:

• Open Studies Short Courses brochure • Certificate in Combined Studies Programme prospectus • Access to Higher Education information pack • Centre for Professional Practice brochure • Undergraduate Prospectus • Graduate Prospectus • Tonbridge Centre leaflet.

You can order a prospectus online at www.kent.ac.uk/ prospectusrequest

• Regional Day Schools programme • Open Lectures and College Events booklet 11

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Programmes

Rochelle White English Literature and Creative Writing Why did you choose to study English Literature and Creative Writing at Kent?

I have always been interested in creative writing and looked at quite a few creative writing courses, but chose this one because I felt the link with the University of Kent gave it credibility. I live near Tonbridge and the fact that the University has a Centre here makes the University very accessible to me. I also liked the fact that I was able to start at certificate level – this gave me the opportunity to build up my confidence as I went along.

studying, but reading it meant that when I listened to President Obama’s inauguration speech I had a much deeper understanding of all that he was saying.

What about the tutors?

All of the tutors are knowledgeable, very good at what they do, and excellent communicators. They make you think and give you the tools to read something and be critical of it in a constructive way. They encourage you to take part in discussions and if they notice that you are a bit reticent about joining in, they find ways to make you feel comfortable and more confident so that you can take part.

How is your course going?

Really well. Initially, my main interest was in creative writing. As the course has gone on though, I have begun to enjoy the literature side of it more and more. For example, I am taking a module on modern American literature and through this I am learning a great deal about America and the American psyche. One of the books we have studied is a slave narrative, a firsthand account of the experience of being a slave and of obtaining freedom. It is not something I would have thought of reading before I began

Would you recommend the course?

Absolutely, it has been a positive experience for me. I would suggest that people start at certificate level as this allows you to study without too much pressure, and then you can choose to move on if you want to. The facilities at the Tonbridge Centre are excellent, the librarians are both knowledgeable and helpful, and there are also very good University online services that have helped me with my research.

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Applied Professional Practice www.kent.ac.uk/cpp

Applied Professional Practice at Canterbury or Medway The BA programme in Applied Professional Practice allows you to use your workplace as the focus of your learning.

You combine several of the University’s academic subjects – such as psychology, business, social sciences or philosophy – with modules relating to work-based learning.

You develop skills through testing out ideas in practice, and also focus on your professional and personal development. The workbased learning modules allow you to develop knowledge that is valued by employers, including skills in leadership, management, communication, research and reflection.

You also identify your exisitng knowledge, skills and experience, which helps you to discover whether you can claim academic credit for your existing skills or prior qualifications.

New developments We are always looking at ways to develop our programme and are currently working on changes that would allow students to complete a part-time degree in four, rather than six years. Further details should be available in summer 2010; please visit our website at www.kent.ac.uk/cpp/ professional-studies 14

Applied Professional Practice This programme will be of interest to individuals who wish to develop their professional and personal skills in an environment that encourages the sharing of good practice and knowledge.

They may also be aware of changing demands within their profession or field of practice.

The programme is work-related and your study is carried out in conjunction with your working practice. You are encouraged to value your professional knowledge and skills, and to explore issues, concepts and arguments using your own personal, professional and academic experience.

Accreditation of Prior Experiential and Certificated Learning (APECL) The programme recognises prior experiential or accredited learning you have gained through work or other academic study (Accreditation of Prior Experiential and Certificated Learning – APECL). You can make an APECL claim at any stage within the programme but for accredited learning this must be within eight years of the date you gained the qualification.

Certificate level (Stage 1) Certificate level (Stage 1) is usually equivalent to two years of part-time study. You take modules totalling 120 credits. All students

take the following core modules: • Recognition of Prior Learning (15 credits) • Introduction to Applied Professional Practice (15 credits) • Programme Planning (15 credits) • Critical Appraisal of Literature and Publications (15 credits).

You also take modules worth up to 60 credits from your chosen subject areas which relate to your area of work. Up to 15 credits can be taken as a wild module where you choose from a variety of subject modules offered by the University. Wild modules do not have to be work-related.

Recognition of Prior Learning Most people learn throughout their lives through work (paid or unpaid), community, voluntary and leisure activities. This is usually referred to as experiential learning and is often equal in level and quality to any learning gained through formal education.

Recognising experiential learning is useful in helping you to identify your academic strengths and interests, consider your education options and make realistic career decisions. Within the programme, you might also be able to claim credit for your own experiential learning. This module shows you how to identify experiential learning and how to draw richly on your work experience throughout your studies.

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Introduction to Applied Professional Practice

Critical Appraisal of Literature and Publications

This module provides you with sought-after academic skills, including communication and problem solving. It introduces you to theories, concepts and techniques of one academic discipline as it relates to your workplace setting.

This module helps you to develop the skills of autonomous learning, enabling you to critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, concepts and data in order to help you make informed judgements. It also enables you to access resources and frame appropriate questions to achieve solutions or identify a range of solutions to a problem. You are encouraged to communicate with clarity in academic settings and in professional/work settings showing regard to interpersonal skills relevant to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.

You also demonstrate your ability to research, manage and present material, data and scientific literature through wordprocessing, computer-based presentation and use of the internet.

Programme Planning In this module you negotiate your own programme of study using modules from the University catalogue. With support, you undertake a personal review of your workplace knowledge and skills, and identify opportunities within your workplace where you can develop your programme of study. With tutor support, you are encouraged to use your personal review to identify a specific workrelated project which you will complete in Stage 3. You also identify other graduate skills which you will need to complete your negotiated study (such as report writing, presentation skills, research skills etc). When choosing your subject modules you are required to produce a rationale stating how your choices will enhance your professional practice and support your work-related project.

Diploma level (Stage 2) Diploma level (Stage 2) is usually equivalent to two years of parttime study. You take modules totalling 120 credits.

All students take the following modules: • Enquiring into Practice (15 credits) • Reflective Practice at Work (1) (15 credits) • Professional Relationships: People and Work (15 credits).

You also take modules worth up to 75 credits from your chosen subject areas. Up to 30 credits can be used for wild modules not related to your area of work.

Enquiring into Practice This module introduces you to the research methods you need to undertake a sustained piece of independent study. You use theoretical concepts to help you plan your own study, as well as test out your new skills and theories through your own experience and work. In particular you develop project management skills; methods and approaches to enquiry; and skills in identifying research questions and researching the literature.

Reflective Practice at Work (1) Working life is often complex and subject to change. In this module, we explore the nature of professional practice, looking at how reflection can help us to analyse situations and cope with complex problems. The module introduces you to theories and practices of reflective learning that can be tested out in different ways in your workplace.

Professional Relationships at Work This module explores professional relationships from different perspectives. It helps you to understand the theories that underpin communication with others, and presents models for

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Applied Professional Practice at Canterbury or Medway (cont) evaluating the relationships you have with your colleagues and others. It is especially useful for practitioners who need to form close collaborative relationships as part of their job.

Degree level (Stage 3) Degree level (Stage 3) is usually equivalent to two years of parttime study. You take modules totalling 120 credits.

All students take the following modules: • Perspectives on Practice: Accountability at Work (15 credits) • Reflective Practice at Work (2) (15 credits) • Independent Study (15 or 30 credits).

You also take either 60 or 75 credits from your chosen subject modules.

Perspectives on Practice: Accountability at Work This module explores the demands of your role and the extent to which your decisions are influenced by your personal values and beliefs. We examine accountability at work, and your role within the context of your organisation, profession or local society. We explore theories of self-management, including evaluation of your working practice. (15 credits)

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Reflective Practice at Work (2) This module builds upon Reflective Practice at Work (1).

We explore theories of selfdevelopment and how these are used in large commercial organisations. We also explore the notion of a learning organisation, and the challenges in establishing a culture of continuous development.

You reflect upon what you are learning and how this can be used to introduce new ideas and thinking into the organisation in which you work. (15 credits)

Independent Study You undertake a sustained piece of independent study which shows how you are putting your newly acquired knowledge into practice. Goals and action planning help you to identify a suitable subject; you then write a learning contract on methods you intend to use and an evaluation strategy. (15 or 30 credits depending on length of individual investigation)

Teaching and assessment You are required to attend taught sessions, and individual tutorials.

Teaching methods used during the course include: work-based tasks; personal development plans; learning contracts, reflective activities, journal keeping and presentations; individual tutorials; seminars and group activities; lectures and presentations.

Facts Applied Professional Practice Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury or Medway.

Times: Various.

Length: Two years usually takes you up to certificate level; a further two years takes you up to diploma level; a final two years gives you a degree.

However, your study time may depend on the extent to which you are able to get credit for any prior qualifications/learning which you have completed.

Entry requirements: You must be in an area of work that allows you to meet the module requirements. We welcome applications from students without traditional qualifications, who can demonstrate the ability to study at this level. Individuals may also need to meet specific entry requirements for their chosen academic subjects – please contact us for details.

Progression: MA in Professional Practice. Please refer to the Graduate Prospectus for details.

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Classical & Archaeological Studies at Canterbury and Tonbridge Archaeological Studies is a fascinating discipline which allows us to understand past peoples and cultures. You explore the historical past as well as more distant times, many millennia before the appearance of written evidence.

Your studies introduce you to the archaeology of Britain and ancient cultures around Europe and the Mediterranean. Our programmes focus mainly on developing your understanding of archaeology as an academic discipline. However, if you are interested in gaining practical skills in field archaeology, you can apply to take part in the University’s training excavations, or we can advise you on how to gain experience elsewhere.

You can progress from certificate level to diploma and on to a full honours degree programme.

You have the opportunity at diploma and degree level to study a favourite topic in depth via an extended written assignment and a project.

Combined Studies

Facts

The Combined Studies part-time programme allows you to study one or two modules a year from a range of subjects, including Archaeological Studies, and is ideal as an introduction to studying the subject at Higher Education level. The individual modules are open to those studying for accreditation – usually, 30 or 60 subject credits are taken in one year. There are no specific entry requirements though students should have sufficiently good verbal and written English. Tutor support and help with study skills is available.

Combined Studies module Fee: £240 per 30-credit module.

Location: A range of locations across Kent.

Times: Usually two hours per week.

Length: Two terms.

Entry requirements: Open to all students.

Progression: You may be able to transfer credits over to the Certificate in Archaeological Studies, or you can work towards a Certificate in Combined Studies. See the Guide to Part-time Study at Kent for further information.

Programme content Further information on the Certificate in Combined Studies (CCS) programme is available on p24. Modules carry either 15 or 30 certificate level credits. A full list of modules on offer from September 2010 is available to view and book online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/ccs.

Alternatively you can order a copy of the CCS prospectus by phone or online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/form.

Up to two relevant CCS modules (60 credits or 50% of a named award) may be transferred on to the Certificate in Archaelogical Studies. If you wish to study a range of subjects, you can work towards the Certificate in Combined Studies, see p24 for further information.

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Classical & Archaeological Studies at Canterbury and Tonbridge Certificate in Archaeological Studies The programme introduces archaeology as an academic discipline and looks at the approaches archaeologists use, depending on the sources available. You learn about the archaeology of varying historic and prehistoric societies, including ancient civilisations, and study the development of archaeology as a discipline.

You gain an understanding of archaeological evidence and how it furthers our knowledge of past societies (sometimes in combination with other sources of evidence).

There are no formal entry requirements, but you do need to demonstrate that you have the ability to study at this level. If you have already studied on another programme (such as Combined Studies, see p17), you may be able to use your credits towards the certificate, replacing one or two of the modules. Students who successfully complete this programme may continue their studies on the diploma programme (see p19).

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Programme content The programme consists of four modules.

Archaeology: Its History, Themes and Personalities In this module you study the way that archaeology became a field of study in its own right, from the history of early antiquarians to the development of museums and the relationships between archaeology, heritage, and the media. You explore changing approaches to both excavation and interpretation and gain an understanding of the wider cultural context of archaeological studies. (Location Tonbridge 2010/11, Canterbury 2011/12, code CL348, 30 credits)

Roman Kent Taking Kent as a case study, the archaeology of Britain is explored as it emerges into proto-history during the last century BC. Sources include the accounts of classical authors and the evidence of British coinage. You then examine the conquest of Britain and the development of Roman Kent as part of the province of Britannia in the Roman empire, looking at both historical and archaeological evidence. We discuss the interaction between native British culture and that of the Romans and other peoples of the empire.

(Location Tonbridge 2010/11, Canterbury 2011/12, code tba, 30 credits)

Introduction to Aegean Archaeology A great many aspects of the Greek world in archaic and classical times can be traced back to the Great European Bronze Age civilisations of the second millennium BC. This is the world of the Mycenaean palaces, of Minoan Crete, and the Greek heroic age of The Iliad and The Odyssey. In this module, you examine the Minoan and Mycenaean world by studying its religion, its art and architecture, and its politics and script. (Location Canterbury 2010/11, code CL338, 30 credits)

Egyptology: Chronology and Sources You examine the chronological framework constructed for ancient Egypt during the dynastic period. You cover the principal categories of data, whether archaeological, artistic or textual, and learn how the various sources of data combine to improve our understanding of social organisation and religion in dynastic Egypt. The principles applied when using different types of evidence can be employed in the study of any ancient civilisation. (Location Canterbury 2010/11, code CL322, 30 credits)

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Teaching and assessment Weekly meetings, which include presentations and seminar discussions, may be supplemented by small group tutorials. Please note that these do not always take place on the same day as the weekly meetings.

Each module is continuously assessed by written assignments.

You need to attend a minimum of 60% of the classes.

Facts Certificate in Archaeological Studies Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Visits to sites and museums are not included in this fee.

Location: Canterbury or Tonbridge.

Times: Canterbury – Wed 7pm-9pm.

Tonbridge – Thu 7pm-9pm.

Length: Usually two years.

Entry requirements: No formal requirements: open to all those who can show an ability to study at this level.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the certificate can go on to diploma level.

Diploma in Archaeological Studies This programme broadens your knowledge and critical appreciation of archaeology in a European and Mediterranean context. It enhances your understanding of how archaeologists explore various aspects of the prehistoric and ancient past, drawing on combinations of data from archaeology and related disciplines.

This programme is suitable for those who have a Certificate in Archaeological Studies or an equivalent level of attainment and knowledge. Graduates of this diploma may go on to study for a BA (Hons) degree in Archaeological Studies, see p21.

Programme content You take 120 credits to gain the diploma. In the year beginning 2010, you choose two of the modules listed below.

Origins of the Medieval City

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This module surveys the origins of the medieval city from AD 300 to 650, the urban crisis which followed, and the direction which urban life took thereafter. The main focus is the Mediterranean, where urban life was strongest throughout the period. The module explores both thematic and regional syntheses, linking changes in the physical

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Classical & Archaeological Studies at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) appearance of cities to wider political, military and social events, and exploring the rich evidence base available for this period, including archaeology, architecture, inscriptions, and written sources. (Location Canterbury, code CL639, 30 credits)

Barbarians in the West How did the western Roman Empire undergo its transformation into the early medieval world? This module presents a broad historical and archaeological framework for the Roman and post-Roman West 300-600 AD, exploring social and cultural change, the nature of barbarian societies, and the impact of the barbarian migrations, through a critical evaluation of evidence from history, art, architecture and archaeology. (Location Canterbury, code CL591, 30 credits)

Heads, Heroes and Horses: In Search of the Ancient Celts Peoples described as the Celts sacked Rome in the early fourth century BC; and from the later second century BC they were in conflict with the expanding Roman empire, ultimately becoming the majority of its subjects in the west. The intent of this module is to search for the Celts of antiquity... but participants should not embark on the study with the certain expectation that they will be 20

found! The module critically evaluates the evidence for the pre/proto-historic Celts derived from the Classical writers, the concept of a widespread European Celtic culture in antiquity, and the contrasting interpretations which can be generated by the archaeological evidence. (Location Tonbridge, code CL568, 30 credits).

Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean This module focuses on the interaction between Egypt and her neighbours in the East Mediterranean, particularly Greece, Crete, Turkey, Syria and Palestine between around 1500 BC and 300 BC, with particular focus on the New Kingdom period in Egypt. Themes include diplomatic contact, the nature of Egyptian control and influence, trade and exchange, and the spread of ideas. (Location Tonbridge, code CL596, 30 credits) In the second year, your studies include writing an extended essay (see below) on an archaeological theme.

Extended Assignment You choose your topic in consultation with an academic supervisor and then work independently under the guidance of your supervisor.

The result is an in-depth study that draws mainly on a range of secondary source material.

(Location Canterbury and Tonbridge, code CL592, 30 credits)

Teaching and assessment Regular weekly meetings include presentations and seminar discussions and may be supplemented by small group tutorials (please note that these do not always take place at the same time as the weekly meetings). Assessment is by written assignments.

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Facts Diploma in Archaeological Studies Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Visits to sites and museums are not included in this fee.

Location: Canterbury or Tonbridge.

Times: Canterbury – Wed 7pm-9pm.

Tonbridge – Tue 7pm-9pm.

Length: Usually two years.

Entry requirements: Certificate in Archaeological Studies or its equivalent.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the diploma can go on to degree level.

BA (Hons) degree in Archaeological Studies The BA (Hons) degree programme extends your knowledge of the ancient past of Europe and the Mediterranean and deepens your understanding of archaeology as an academic discipline. This programme is suitable for those who have a Diploma in Archaeological Studies or an equivalent level of attainment in a relevant programme.

Further enquiries

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Programme content Students with a diploma take a further 120 credits to obtain their degree. All students complete an Archaeological Project at some stage during their degree studies (see below).

Archaeological Project This project focuses on the study of primary data. It may involve antiquarian literature; archive documentation involving cartographic sources; Sites and Monuments Records; museum collections; observations of monuments in the field or other forms of approved fieldwork or participation in excavation. You choose your topic in consultation with an academic supervisor who

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Classical & Archaeological Studies at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) guides you in your studies, helping you to develop skills of autonomous study and research.

(Code CL598/CL599, 30 credits) The range of modules that may be on offer at both Canterbury and Tonbridge are listed below.

You also have the option to choose a module from another diploma or degree programme.

• Origins of the Medieval City (Code CL639, 30 credits) • Roman Art and Architecture (Code CL609, 30 credits) • Greek Art and Architecture (Code CL608, 30 credits) (Code CL620, 30 credits) • Heads, Heroes and Horses: In Search of the Ancient Celts (Code CL568, 30 credits) • Late Antique Archaeology: Mediterranean Life from Constantine to Muhammed (Code CL638, 30 credits) • The Archaeology of Belief, Cult and Ritual (Code CL614, 30 credits) • Foundations of Britain (Code CL610, 30 credits) • Archaeology of the Romans in the West (Code CL612, 30 credits)

• Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean (Code CL596, 30 credits) • Barbarians in the West (Code CL591, 30 credits) Many of the modules listed are also available during the daytime at the Canterbury campus. You are welcome to take these and other daytime modules if you wish to increase your choice of topics or accelerate your progress.

Please ask for guidance.

Teaching and assessment Regular weekly meetings include presentations and seminar discussions, which may be supplemented by small group tutorials (these do not always take place at the same time as the weekly meetings).

Assessment is by written assignments.

Facts BA (Hons) degree in Archaeological Studies Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Visits to sites and museums are not included in this fee.

Location: Canterbury or Tonbridge.

Times: Canterbury – Wed 7pm-9pm.

Tonbridge – Tue 7pm-9pm.

Length: Usually two years.

Entry requirements: Diploma in Archaeological Studies or its equivalent.

Progression: All postgraduate programmes are available on a part-time basis. Please refer to the Graduate Prospectus for details.

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Facts BA (Hons) degree in Classical & Archaeological Studies

BA (Hons) degree in Classical & Archaeological Studies This degree programme is available to students on a parttime basis, provided they are able to attend daytime lectures during the week and can meet the general entry requirements.

It is possible for students with the Certificate or Diploma in Archaeological Studies to apply to transfer to the BA (Hons) degree in Classical & Archaeological Studies on a full-time or a part-time basis.

For more details, please see the Undergraduate Prospectus.

“When I look back now at the essays I wrote at the beginning of my course I’m amazed at how far I have come. I have a real sense of achievement – I wanted to study for a degree and I have accomplished that, which is wonderful.”

Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Visits to sites and museums are not included in this fee.

Location: Canterbury.

Times: Varies according to modules chosen.

Length: Usually two years (with a diploma), four years (with a certificate), otherwise six years.

Entry requirements: An appropriate level of formal education, or other proof of academic ability. Please refer to the Undergraduate Prospectus for details.

Progression: All postgraduate programmes are available on a part-time basis. Please refer to the Graduate Prospectus for details.

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Combined Studies at locations across Kent Taking a Certificate in Combined Studies (CCS) module is an excellent way to try out a new subject and gain higher education credits at certificate level.

The CCS programme consists of individual modules in a variety of subjects, which are announced each summer for the start of that academic year. Each module involves weekly class meetings and home study for either 10 or 20 weeks across one or two terms. We advise new students to start with one module, but you can study one or two modules per year as a part-time student.

Assessment is by coursework, so you will develop academic and study skills but do not sit formal examinations.

Why choose CCS? Starting your study in higher education (HE) with this programme can increase your confidence to study further at university, or it can provide the level of qualification you need to be accepted onto another HE course. Successful completion of a module earns you university credits at certificate level, which can build up towards a qualification equivalent to stage 1, or the first year, of a full-time degree. There are no specific entry qualifications for this programme, but you need an appropriate level of English.

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Accumulating credits You can build CCS credits through a combination of 30 or 15 credit modules in a variety of subjects, and can use these credits to work towards the following awards:

a certificate programme in a specific subject. You will find more information within the subject pages of this prospectus; however you should contact us for advice and guidance on your options as early as possible.

Certificate in Combined Studies

Certificate in Continuing Education

By studying modules in as many different subject areas as you wish you can build 120 credits and will be awarded the Certificate in Combined Studies.

Students who wish to end their studies after gaining 60 credits, with two subject-related modules, may apply for the Certificate in Continuing Education.

Certificate in a single subject

Progression

CCS credits from appropriate modules can be transferred into

If you wish to follow a specific study pathway, you may be able to transfer your CCS credits to a single subject certificate which

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can lead to a diploma or degree programme. You can then continue your studies in that subject as a student of the relevant department. Progression onto other programmes depends on a number of factors, including experience, other relevant qualifications, the CCS modules completed, and the requirements of that programme. If you are considering this option you should contact us for advice as early as possible.

Entry level and study skills You do not need to have gained any specific qualifications to apply for this programme; however you will need to demonstrate a good level of English, and some additional study and IT skills are necessary in order to complete the required assessment (see p5). If you are returning to study or concerned about the level of work required, we can help you to incorporate these skills into your learning.

Find out more on p7.

Facts Combined Studies Programme Fee: Varies according to length of module and credit-rating: ÂŁ240 for 30-credit modules or ÂŁ120 for 15-credit modules.

Location: A range of locations across Kent.

Times: Usually two hours per week per module.

Length: Usually two terms per 30-credit module.

Entry requirements: No specific entry qualifications are required; however you should consider the amount and level of work involved.

Progression: Those with specific modules (in English Literature, History, History & Philosophy of Art and Philosophy) may be able to move on to higher awards at diploma and degree levels in the appropriate subject.

Progression on to a higher level programme (such as a diploma or a degree) depends on a number of factors, including experience, other relevant qualifications, the CCS modules completed, and the requirements of the specific programme. For further information about possible progression, please contact the CCS office at the Centre for Flexible Learning.

Further information: Centre for Flexible Learning, C1, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NP T: 01227 827647 E: ccs@kent.ac.uk W: www.kent.ac.uk/cfl

Choose your modules Combined Studies covers a wide range of subjects from Archaeology to Theology & Religious Studies. A full list of modules on offer from September is available to view and book online at www.kent.ac.uk/ studying/ccs. Alternatively you can order a copy of the CCS prospectus by phone or online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/form.

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Comparative Literature at Canterbury and Tonbridge Do you like to read literature and want to take your interests further? Want to explore not only English texts but also writings from Europe and beyond? Our programmes give you the opportunity to study literature from a wide range of cultures, everything from Greek drama to present-day theatre, from the tales of Ovid to the novels of Tolstoy and Woolf.

We aim to give you a broad understanding of different literary genres and their historical context, as well as the chance, later in your studies, to specialise in themes or authors of your own choosing.

Our approach is both international and interdisciplinary.

It illuminates many aspects of culture and we draw on material from history, philosophy and film.

The certificate is the first step on the pathway that can lead to a diploma and then a degree.

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Combined Studies

Facts

The Combined Studies part-time programme allows you to study one or two modules a year from a range of subjects, including Comparative Literature, and is ideal as an introduction to studying the subject at Higher Education level. The individual modules are open to those studying for accreditation – usually, 30 or 60 subject credits are taken in one year. There are no specific entry requirements though students should have sufficiently good verbal and written English. Tutor support and help with study skills is available.

Combined Studies module Fee: ÂŁ240 per 30-credit module.

Location: A range of locations across Kent.

Times: Usually two hours per week.

Length: Two terms.

Entry requirements: Open to all.

Progression: You may be able to transfer credits to the Certificate in English and Comparative Literature (see right), or work towards a Certificate in Combined Studies. See the Guide to Part-time Study at Kent for further information.

Programme content Further information on the Certificate in Combined Studies (CCS) programme is available on p24. Modules carry either 15 or 30 certificate-level credits. A full list of modules on offer from September 2010 is available to view and book online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/ccs.

Alternatively you can order a copy of the CCS prospectus by phone or online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/form.

Up to two CCS literature modules (60 credits or 50% of a named award) may be transferred on to the Certificate in Comparative Literature. If you wish to study a range of subjects, you can work towards the Certificate in Combined Studies, see p24 for further information.

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Joint Honours Certificate in English and Comparative Literature (Tonbridge) This programme introduces some of the key ideas in English and American Literature and Comparative Literature and is the first step on a pathway that can lead to a BA (Hons) degree in either subject area. It is suitable for students with A level English or an Access Certificate, or for those who have successfully completed a Combined Studies module in a related subject.

Programme content This programme combines modules from the Certificate in English and American Literature with the Certificate in Comparative Literature. Over a two-year period students will study the following year-long, 60-credit modules.

Romanticism and Critical Theory This module examines some of the most significant writing of the Romantic period (1780-1830) – a period in which the role and forms of literature were being redefined – alongside recent debates in critical theory. You study a wide range of literary texts from the poetry of Blake and Wordsworth to the novels of Jane Austen and Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), with reference to contemporary debates and against the backdrop of the

period's turbulent history (the French Revolution, the growth of cities, industrialisation). In parallel, you explore key critical questions about literature: why read it? What is an author? What is the role of poetry in society?

How is literature shaped by culture? What is 'Art'? Lectures introduce central topics in Romanticism and critical theory, while seminars emphasise lively discussion. (Code EN307, 60 credits).

Aspects of Myth and Folktale in Literature (Running 2011/12) In this module you study the roles that myth and folklore have played in the making of literature.

You begin by examining seminal classical writers such as Apuleius, Euripides, Homer and Ovid. You then explore the development of the folklore tradition in texts by, among others, Basile, the Brothers Grimm, Perrault and Straparola.

Lastly, you investigate how myth and folklore have been used by modern and contemporary writers, including George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, Angela Carter and Max Frisch.

(Code CP304, 60 credits).

Facts Joint Honours Certificate in English and Comparative Literature Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Tonbridge.

Time: Wed 10.30 am-12.30 pm.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: A level English or an Access Certificate or equivalent.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the certificate can go on to the diploma in either English and American Literature or Comparative Literature.

Teaching and assessment Teaching is via seminar discussion. Assessment is by coursework and seminar contribution.

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Comparative Literature at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) Diploma in Comparative Literature BA (Hons) degree in Comparative Literature This programme suits students who have a Certificate in either Comparative Literature or English and American Literature. It allows you to study literary texts from ancient Greece to the present day, investigating how literary forms have evolved in different cultures and to study major texts from around the world.

To gain a diploma, you complete two years of part-time study.

Then, if you wish, you may continue studying for a further two years to gain your degree.

Programme content Diploma students take four modules in total, usually studying two modules (60 credits) per year. If you wish to continue towards a degree, you take a further four modules including a dissertation on a subject of your own choosing.

For 2010/11, the following two modules are available.

Some writers travel for pleasure, some from necessity; some are soldiers, others are journalists; some are poets, others are migrants. They share an interest in changing landscapes, new cultures and stimulating individuals. All must come to terms with the specific challenges that travel presents to them. (Code CP594, 30 credits).

The Novella (Spring 2011) The novella is arguably one of the most distinctive and most ambitious forms of modern fiction. Too long for a short story yet not long enough to be a novel, it has developed into a discrete literary genre with ambitions all of its own. In this module you trace the novella's history and tests the genre against the theory of novella writing. You study a challenging array of novellas from Boccaccio and Voltaire to Saul Bellow, DH Lawrence and Thomas Mann.

(Code CP526, 30 credits).

Facts Diploma in Comparative Literature BA (Hons) degree in Comparative Literature Fee: ÂŁ710 per annum (60 credits).

Degree level: ÂŁ710 per annum.

Location: Tonbridge.

Times: Wed 1pm-3pm.

Length: Two years for diploma; two more years to gain a degree.

Entry requirements: Open to those who have studied successfully at certificate level.

Teaching and assessment Teaching is via seminar discussion. Assessment is by coursework and seminar contribution.

Travel Literature (Autumn 2010) This module looks at a range of travel writings, from Homer's 10-year odyssey across the Mediterranean to the nature of travel in a postcolonial world.

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Counselling at Canterbury Counselling as a profession is on the threshold of considerable change. In 2007 the Government stated its intention to regulate counselling through the Health Professions Council (HPC).

Completion of this process (possibly in 2011-12) will mean that, to be working within the law, all counsellors will have to be on the HPC register.

This will enable clients to be confident that their counsellor of choice is proficient and has been trained to an accepted standard.

We welcome this particular development, and are committed to ensuring that the longestablished, quality programmes of study we offer fit well with the changing shape of counselling – both now and in the future.

Our programmes are designed for people who want to use counselling skills in the workplace or in a voluntary agency. Our commitment to widening participation means that we welcome people with non-traditional entry qualifications. We also aim to make studying more productive and accessible. Our courses take

heed of key documents (such as the NHS Plan) and offer maximum flexibility to those who have work commitments. Start dates are in October, January and April, and you can choose from a range of times and days.

Our most recent external review by the Quality Assurance Agency awarded maximum points to teaching, learning and student support.

Certificate in Counselling Studies This programme provides a basis in psychodynamic counselling studies. If you want to train as an independent counsellor, the Certificate in Counselling Studies is the first stage of study, leading on to the Diploma in Counselling.

For those who are new to counselling studies, another option is to take one of the standalone modules described below.

If you successfully complete two of these introductory modules, you can register on the certificate programme (subject to an interview).

Course content All students take the following five modules.

(The first two may also be taken by non-certificate students as stand-alone modules.)

The Practice of Counselling This module introduces you to the practice and selected theory of

psychodynamic counselling with an emphasis on learning counselling skills. This may also be taken as an independent module.

(Code KI132, 15 credits)

Understanding People in Counselling Central to this module is the study of human development and psychological disturbance from the viewpoint of psychodynamic theory. This may also be taken as an independent module.

(Code KI131, 15 credits)

Developing Practice and Insight This module focuses on the process of establishing and developing the helping relationship. It begins with ethics, boundary setting, trust and confidentiality, and goes on to examine the inner and external world, dreams and depression, and endings and referrals.

(Code KI133, 15 credits)

Personal Awareness Group The module facilitates exploration and discussion of personal responses to course material within an awareness group. It gives you an understanding of how individuals relate in a group, and helps you to identify and explore how your own biases and assumptions affect the way you relate to others. You also learn empathy and active listening as an individual in a group setting.

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Counselling at Canterbury (cont) Reviewing and Reflecting on Counselling Practice This module generates frameworks for you to monitor your own counselling skills.

The focus is on integrating and evaluating the theory and professional elements of the programme into your professional awareness and self-development.

(Code KI134, 15 credits) Students also choose three of the following modules.

Working with Couples – an Introduction This module analyses the dynamics involving the couple; children or other members of the family; and the worker. It also looks at the pressures and effects of the relationship between the adult couple within the family unit. You study theories of marital interaction and relate them to your own cases.

(Code KI136, 15 credits)

Counselling Skills in the Pastoral Context Each counselling setting gives rise to issues and areas of concern which are peculiar to that setting. This is true for people using counselling skills alongside a pastoral role in a church, or outside, where an understanding of the spiritual

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dimension is helpful. You must have taken The Practice of Counselling before you take this module.

(Code KI137, 15 credits)

Counselling Change, Loss and Bereavement This module teaches you to respond appropriately to the bereaved and grieving. It studies the process of mourning, of facing death and the emotional challenges of bereavement and other forms of loss for different age groups. Please bear in mind that this module is not suitable for those who have suffered a close bereavement or a serious loss in the previous two years.

(Code KI138, 15 credits)

Family Therapy: Part I – an Introduction Teaching on this module includes systemic organisation of family relationships and reality; the family life cycle; alliances, boundaries and communication within family structure; basic therapeutic techniques; setting up family therapy in your agency and getting to know your own family, including preliminary work on personal family trees.

(Code KI139, 15 credits)

Sexual Abuse Counselling – Victims, Perpetrators and Survivors This module is for professional workers who are encountering problems of sexual abuse in their clients and who are seeking further theoretical knowledge, ideas and multi-professional collaboration.

(Code KI143, 15 credits)

Transactional Analysis Transactional Analysis is used extensively in clinical work with families, couples and individuals, and increasingly in education and organisational training. Please note: this module provides an official ‘101’ introduction to transactional analysis.

(Code KI141, 15 credits)

Understanding Trauma This module provides an opportunity for you to learn about the possible psychological consequences for sufferers of trauma. It also introduces methods of helping sufferers to manage traumatic experiences with the aim of working towards trauma resolution.

(Code KI248, 15 credits)

Counselling Children and Adolescents This module helps you to explore current issues and look at using counselling skills with young people.

(Code KI249, 15 credits)

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Group Leading Skills This module is for students who want to learn about group behaviour and leadership. It introduces you to group work as a helping forum for people sharing a common concern; group processes; and methods of facilitating groups.

(Code KI250, 15 credits)

Understanding Addictions – Substance Use and Misuse This module explores the impact of substance use on the counselling process, ranging from the relatively subtle influences of nicotine and caffeine through to the situations that may require specialist modes of counselling.

(Code KI251, 15 credits)

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Diploma in Counselling

Certificate in Counselling Studies

The Counselling profession is currently undergoing considerable change.

Consultation on external regulation is ongoing – a further step towards regulation by the Health Professions Council.

Everyone who wants to practice within the law will have to be regulated by the HPC in the very near future. We welcome these developments and are confident our programmes of study provide future practitioners with the quality training they need to meet these changes.

Fee: £275 per 15-credit module.

Location: Canterbury.

Times: Various according to modules chosen.

Length: Two to four years.

Entry requirements: Open entry to the programme. On successful completion of two stand-alone modules, students are given an interview for progression on to the full certificate programme.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the certificate can go on to the diploma, subject to selection interview.

Teaching and assessment We use a wide range of teaching approaches including input from tutors, discussion, and large and small group exercises.

Assessment is by eight essays relating to the modules and a final essay. To gain credit, you need to attend a minimum of 80% of the classes/sessions.

This programme offers in-depth training and education for those who want to qualify as independent counselling practitioners to work with adults.

The programme integrates two traditions historically seen as competing perspectives. The humanistic concern for a clinical relationship characterised by warmth, empathy and integrity links with the psychoanalytic aim to bring to the surface unconscious aspects. Integrating these two themes opens up new possibilities for working within the clinical relationship.

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Counselling at Canterbury (cont) Programme content Please note that early in the programme you have to choose a speciality for a clinical counselling placement which links in with the Supervised Counselling Practice module.

Also, in addition to the taught programme, you must seek personal counselling by the start of term two. We provide guidance in this.

All students take the following modules.

Human Development, Identity and the Family This module maps the dilemmas of human experience – the self as mind, body, emotion, spirit, acting as a social, political, economic and existential being.

We explore development themes and theories drawn up by Freud, Jung, Adler, Erikson, Bowlby and Klein, and look at Minuchin’s views on the impact of family on the individual. With the help of biographical details, you briefly examine and discuss the original texts to get a philosophical and historical overview of these themes.

(Code KI514, 15 credits)

Counselling Skills Development This module runs throughout the two years and provides opportunities for you to revise and practise basic and advanced counselling skills. The focus is on counselling adults on a one-to-

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one basis. Components include applying theory to practice as well as the significance of the relationship between the counsellor and client, and issues of transference and countertransference. The module also covers specific problem presentations such as bereavement, multicultural counselling, disability and sexual abuse.

(Code KI519, 30 credits)

Supervised Counselling Practice This module begins at the end of the first year and continues throughout the following year.

It focuses on developing and extending your clinical work and

integrating this with the theory and skills taught in other modules.

(Code KI520, 15 credits)

Professional Practice in the Context of Counselling This module focuses on counselling as a professional activity and addresses areas of major interest, from the counsellor as a professional to the professional working in related fields. It concludes by looking at current issues of interest in the broader context.

(Code KI515, 15 credits)

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Person-Centred and Other Humanistic Approaches to Counselling This module covers theoretical and philosophical issues underlying person-centred and other major humanistic approaches to counselling – including transactional analysis, gestalt and existential approaches. It also explores integration between these approaches and the psychodynamic model of counselling.

(Code KI516, 15 credits)

An Integrative Approach to Counselling This module helps you to assess your own process of integrating the two models of counselling and, in light of this theoretical understanding, to explore the issues and dilemmas you face in the counselling relationship.

(Code KI517, 15 credits)

Teaching and assessment We use a wide range of teaching approaches including seminars, input from tutors, audio-visual taping, large and small group exercises, role play, and case presentations. The place of self-development is central to developing as a counsellor, and personal reflection is encouraged both in taught sessions in the ‘Personal and Professional Awareness Group’ and through the maintenance of a journal.

Assessment is via four 4,000 word essays, case studies, a portfolio, a counselling placement and clinical assessment.

Facts Diploma in Counselling Fee: £1,645 per annum (60 credits).

This fee does not include personal counselling which is also a requirement of the programme.

Location: Canterbury.

Times: Mon 9am-5pm.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: Entry to the Diploma is on completion of a Higher Education Certificate in Counselling or 100-plus hours of therapeutically-supervised counselling and by interview.

Personal and Professional Development Group This group runs throughout the two years and helps you reflect on your own participation both as a person and as a trainee counsellor, and the feelings and personal process arising out of the material generated in the modules. It gives you the opportunity for increased personal integration, selfawareness and for becoming a more effective counsellor.

Please note, however, that this is not a therapy group.

(Code KI518, 15 credits)

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Criminal Justice Studies at Medway The demand for criminal justice practitioners is growing both nationally and internationally, leading to a wide range of career options, within crime prevention, probation, the prison service, the courts, the police, community safety, social services, and drug and alcohol services.

Criminal Justice draws on a range of human and social sciences and is a fast-developing field, reflecting the rapid social changes it tries to examine. The degree covers the key elements of contemporary crime policy: policing; the courts; punishment and prevention. Other areas covered include: drugs and the criminal justice system; crime and justice in Europe; and gender, crime and justice.

This degree gives you the chance to study in an internationally renowned department. In the last Research Assessment Exercise, the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at Kent gained the highest ratings possible. Please see our website (www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr) for more details.

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BA (Hons) degree in Criminal Justice Studies The degree gives you the chance to study practices within the criminal justice system, and how crime policies are developed and implemented. Students gain an in-depth knowledge of the complexities of the criminal justice system; how it responds to social problems; and the economic, political or theoretic basis for its responses.

You gain practical skills and knowledge that can be valuable in a variety of careers within the criminal justice services or in public services. You also gain key skills that are relevant to a wide range of other professions.

Programme content The programme allows you to understand and develop views on crime control policy, the scope of human rights, the links between criminal and social justice, the expanding knowledge bases of the crime prevention, security, policing, and justicerelated professions. You become involved in key debates within the subject, for example on methodology and technical expertise, or how to manage the sensitive ethical issues arising from research.

A part-time student usually takes modules worth 60 credits a year.

This means you would reach certificate level in two years, diploma level in a further two

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years and degree level in the final two years.

During the course of your degree, you also gain many key skills in writing, IT, presentation, research and analysis, which are of great importance within your future career whatever field you choose to go into.

The modules you study are as follows. In the first two years (at certificate level), all students take the following modules:

• Drugs, Crime and the Criminal Justice System (15 credits) • Social Justice Practice (30 credits).

In the final two years (at BA degree level), students take the following core modules: • Crime, Punishment and Penal Policy • Dissertation.

The list of optional modules is currently under review, but includes the following:

• Reading Law and Law for Forensic Science • Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice • Introduction to Sociology • Social Problems and Social Policy.

• • • • • •

In the next two years (at diploma level), students take the following core modules:

Teaching and assessment

• Criminal Law • Issues in Criminal Justice • Research Methods in Sociology.

Key Welfare Issues Politics of Criminal Justice Crime and Justice in Europe Restorative Justice Women, Crime and Justice Prisons, Probation and Offender Rehabilitation • Reporting Crime.

Most modules involve weekly lectures and small group seminars. Modules are usually assessed by a combination of coursework and written examinations.

Facts BA (Hons) degree in Criminal Justice Studies Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Medway.

Times: Various evening and daytime modules.

Please note: although some modules may be available in the evenings, you will need to attend daytime modules.

Length: Two years takes you up to certificate level; a further two years takes you up to diploma level; a final two years gives you a degree.

Entry requirements: A levels or a relevant Access course, or the equivalent. Mature students with non-standard qualifications or work experience are also welcome to apply.

Progression: All postgraduate programmes are available on a part-time basis. Please refer to the Graduate Prospectus for details.

You then choose 45 credits from optional modules including: • Forensic Psychology (15 credits) • History of Police and Policing (15 credits) • Principles and Practice of Social Policy (30 credits) • Social Ethics (30 credits) • Youth, Crime and Criminal Justice (15 credits)

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English and Creative Writing at Canterbury and Tonbridge Kent’s School of English has an excellent reputation as a vibrant department with many different enthusiasms.

We have a diverse range of specialisms – everything from medieval and early literature to 19th- and 20th-century, American and postcolonial literature, and contemporary poetry.

Staff members have published work in all of these academic areas and there are also novelists, poets and biographers within the School, including a shortlisted Booker Prize candidate.

Most staff have worked extensively with adult learners and as a part-time student you are given a great deal of flexibility in your studies. Our programmes are offered at various levels, from certificate to diploma to degree. You can choose from evening programmes or ones that run in the daytime.

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There are also opportunities to work towards a joint honours award with other humanities subjects. Please email S.L.Anthony@kent.ac.uk for further details.

Our courses are not just about literary analysis. For those interested in producing their own writing, there are plenty of opportunities to do so at Kent.

The School of English produces its own literary magazine and creative writing anthology. There is also a TS Eliot poetry prize (awarded annually) and Saturday writing workshops.

Our creative writing courses are taught by experienced tutors working in a variety of forms.

Patricia Debney’s publications include the prose poetry collection How to Be a Dragonfly, and a novel, Losing You. She was appointed Canterbury Laureate for 2007/2008. Scarlett Thomas’ novels include Going Out, Bright Young Things, PopCo and The End of Mr. Y (longlisted for the Orange Prize). Lucy Ellman’s works include Sweet Desserts (which won the Guardian Fiction Prize) and Man or Mango?. Todd McEwen’s most recent novel is Who Sleeps with Katz. He has also worked as editor at Granta magazine.

Combined Studies The Combined Studies part-time programme allows you to study one or two modules a year from a range of subjects, including English Literature, and is ideal as an introduction to studying the subject at Higher Education level.

The individual modules are open to those studying for accreditation – usually, 30 or 60 subject credits are taken in one year. There are no specific entry requirements though students should have sufficiently good verbal and written English. Tutor support and help with study skills is always available.

Programme content Further information on the Certificate in Combined Studies (CCS) programme is available on p24. Modules carry either 15 or 30 certificate-level credits. A full list of modules on offer from September 2010 are available to view and book online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/ccs.

Alternatively you can order a copy of the CCS prospectus by phone or online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/form.

CCS modules in English Literature or Creative Writing (and some in Comparative Literature) may be transferred on to a certificate programme in the School of English. If you wish to study a range of subjects, you can work towards the Certificate in Combined Studies, see p24 for further information.

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Facts Combined Studies module Fee: £240 per 30-credit module.

Location: A range of locations across Kent.

Times: Usually two hours per week.

Length: Two terms.

Entry requirements: Open to all students.

Progression: You may be able to transfer credits over to one of the certificates in the School of English, or work towards a Certificate in Combined Studies. See the Guide to Part-time Study at Kent for further information.

Certificate in English and American Literature (Canterbury) Studying literature broadens and deepens our understanding of written experience and enables us to evaluate ideas about critical thinking. It helps us to appreciate the historical conditions, literary movements and individual authors who have written in English over several centuries.

It also gives us a greater sensitivity to language and its varied meanings across time, and to what commentators have said about literature.

The programme introduces students to a range of examples, and modules develop analytical and interpretative skills. If you successfully complete this certificate, you can move on to one of the diploma programmes in the School of English.

This programme is for anyone who has an interest in English literature – to gain entrance to the programme, you are asked to submit a brief analysis of a poem, novel, short story or play (up to 500 words) and a short explanation of why you wish to study literature (100 words).

Programme content Further enquiries

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Over two years, you study the following modules:

Romanticism and Critical Theory This module examines some of the most significant writing of the Romantic period (1780-1830) – a period in which the role and forms of literature were being redefined – alongside recent debates in critical theory. You study a wide range of literary texts from the poetry of Blake and Wordsworth to the novels of Jane Austen and Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), with reference to contemporary debates and against the backdrop of the period's turbulent history (the French Revolution, the growth of cities, industrialisation). In parallel, you explore key critical questions about literature: why read it? What is an author? What is the role of poetry in society?

How is literature shaped by culture? What is 'Art'? Lectures introduce central topics in Romanticism and critical theory, while seminars emphasise lively discussion.

(Code EN307, 60 credits).

Genre and Criticism What constitutes ‘great’ literature?

Who says so, and why? This module aims to help you develop answers to those questions. It introduces you to the main literary genres across different periods – the novel, poetry and plays – together with a sense of how critics have thought about them. In addition to familiarising you with some of the work of

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English and Creative Writing at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) significant and influential creative writers, the module introduces you to the main aspects of criticism that are at the heart of literary discussion.

(Code EN309, 30 credits)

Early Drama Canterbury was a cradle for early English drama. There are records of pageants and of visits of Elizabethan players, that were perhaps witnessed by Christopher Marlowe, born and educated here. Texts studied include Marlowe’s Dr Faustus, together with Arden of Faversham (an Elizabethan domestic tragedy of unknown authorship, set in various places in North Kent and dominated by the figure of Mistress Alice Arden, executed in 1551 in Canterbury). Without straying too far from authors with local associations, the module provides examples of early drama from the mystery play to the 16th century. Each text is used to explore related areas and topics such as problems of staging, social functions of drama, religious significance and comic possibilities.

(Code EN311, 30 credits)

Facts Certificate in English and American Literature Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury.

Times: Canterbury – Tue 6.30pm-8.30pm.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: Please submit an analysis of a poem, novel, short story or play (up to 500 words) and a short explanation of why you wish to study literature (100 words).

This should be included with your application form. Please note: you are advised to apply as early as possible. Places are filled on a first-come, firstserved basis.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the certificate can go on to diploma level.

Teaching and assessment Teaching is via a mixture of lectures and seminars, and assessment is by class contribution, a project, essays, and an end-of-year exam.

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Joint Honours Certificate in English and Comparative Literature (Tonbridge) This programme combines modules from the Certificate in English and American Literature with the Certificate in Comparative Literature. Over a two-year period students will study the following year-long, 60-credit modules:

Romanticism and Critical Theory (see p37) Aspects of Myth and Folktale in Literature (see p27) See p27 for details.

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Programme content Over two years, you take the following modules.

Voice and Vision This module offers you the chance to get to grips with some of the most fundamental questions that face all writers, from the beginner to the most experienced: it aims to give you a solid base on which to take important decisions in your own writing. Through a combination of practical exercises, reading and discussion, you study such questions as genre, length, fictionality, persona, dramatic emphasis, craft, inspiration, self-editing and self-trust.

(Code EN319, 30 credits)

Certificate in Creative Writing This programme is for anyone with a real interest in imaginative writing and a commitment to exploring his or her own potential as a writer. To gain entrance to the programme, you are asked to submit some recent writing (up to two pages of A4) in any style, genre or form, with a short explanation of why you wish to study creative writing (100 words).

Over the two years you take four modules, two of which are broad ‘survey’ courses, and two of which focus more specifically on

the areas of prose fiction and poetry. We encourage you to read widely, to question what you do and to challenge yourself as a writer and extend your range of achievements and possibilities.

If you wish to progress to the Diploma in Literature or the Diploma in Literature and Creative Writing, you are required to replace one certificate-level creative writing module with a literature module.

Since modules for these programmes are very popular, you are strongly advised to apply for them as early as possible.

Places are filled on a first-come first-served basis.

Poetry The main emphasis in this module is on the rich resources available to the poet. Using both poetry and poetic prose as stimuli for discussion and writing exercises, you study the concept of poetry as play, its sound effects, visual impact, vocabulary, structure and relationship with metaphor. You also experiment with one or more traditional forms, with a view to devising your own personal forms.

(Code CE166, 30 credits)

Writing and Audience This module focuses on the relationship between writing and its real or potential audience.

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English and Creative Writing at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) and writing exercises, it moves from the freedom of ‘audienceless’ writing towards an exploration of forms more obviously aimed at a particular public. The genres studied and practised include fairytale and writing for children, science fiction and humorous writing.

(Code CE165, 30 credits)

Prose Fiction This module includes study of narrative, character and dialogue, time and structure, description of people and places, and the different forms of prose fiction, such as the short story, novella and novel. There is a mixture of discussion and practical writing assignments so that you can experiment with the range of skills and techniques used by writers of prose fiction.

(Code CE167, 30 credits)

Teaching and assessment Teaching is seminar-based with usually one Saturday workshop per module. Assessment is by regular written assignments that form the basis of a portfolio of work submitted at the end of each 12-week module. You need to record your insights and reactions informally in a writer’s notebook, which provides the material for a commentary essay on the creative work you submit.

Class participation is also taken into account.

Facts

Certificate in Creative Writing Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury or Tonbridge.

Times: Canterbury – Tue 2pm4pm. Each module includes a Saturday workshop.

Tonbridge – Mon 6.30pm8.30pm.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: Please submit some recent writing (up to two pages of A4), in any style, genre or form, with an explanation of why you wish to study creative writing (100 words). This should be included with your application form.

Please note: you are advised to apply as early as possible.

Places are filled on a firstcome, first-served basis.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the certificate can go on to diploma level.

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Diploma in English Literature In this programme, you have the chance to select modules which offer a solid grounding in broad periods and genres, and explore a variety of critical approaches.

The programme is open to those students who have studied English Literature or Creative Writing at certificate level. If you successfully complete this diploma, you can move on to one of the degree programmes in the School of English.

Programme content Over a two-year period you take four of the following six modules.

Medieval and Tudor Literature English literature exploded into existence in the late 1300s.

Chaucer was its most influential representative, but his contemporaries were no less impressive, including the author of Gawain and the Green Knight.

It was also a time when alternative voices were heard in The Book of Margery Kempe or Langland’s Piers Plowman. Texts provide us with an introduction to key genres (such as Romance and Lyric) and modes of expression (such as allegory and satire) that became landmarks of the literary landscape. The 1500s saw a new kind of beginning.

Writers such as Wyatt, Sidney and Spenser recognised their debt to the Middle Ages, and also stood on the threshold of the Renaissance, introducing new

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forms of expression, such as the sonnet, into an English context.

(EN555, 30 credits)

Early Modern Literature 1590-1660 was a period of extraordinary change and variety in English literature. Writers experimented with literary forms, material became more widely available in print, and literature began to address new issues and readerships. The period was one of social and political turmoil, so it is not surprising that disorder – political, social, sexual, spiritual – was a frequent preoccupation of contemporary writers. Authors include Shakespeare (love poetry), Donne and Milton.

(Code EN556, 30 credits)

Early American Literature: 1630-1880 Early American Literature covers the period 1630-1880 but we will not always attempt to take in the full span. The module may begin with a selection of writings by prominent Puritan thinkers such as Thomas Morton and William Bradford, and establishes the social and religious background to the early settlement of America. Moving from Puritanism to ‘Encounters’, you are introduced to texts that engage with the new world, savagism, and the self, by writers as diverse as Mary Rowlandson and Benjamin Franklin. The third part of the module focuses on writings about the development of the

American nation by writers such as Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine. This basis enables students to develop their understanding of the religious, political, and intellectual development of America and American literature, and provides ample background for a thorough analysis of transcendentalism.

The central section of the module asks some key questions about the development of American writing and the impact of America’s intellectual history on its major writers prior to the Civil War, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson.

(Code EN628, 30 credits)

Modern American Literature Working chronologically and studying such central figures as Wallace Stevens, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison and Adrienne Rich, the module considers how 20th-century American writers both acknowledged and departed from the demands and expectations of literary convention. Through Willa Cather’s ‘dialogue’ with the conventions of narrative, Faulkner’s regionalist modernism, up to the experimental modes of EL Doctorow, you engage with a range of novelists and formal variations within the novel. You are introduced to the range of questions and possibilities raised by 20th-century American poetry by studying poets including

Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Frank O’Hara and Adrienne Rich. Ralph Ellison’s major mid-century novel, Invisible Man, provides a point of entry into the thought and energy of the Harlem Renaissance.

Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony introduces you to the possibilities of Native American Writing.

Overall, the module guides students through the questions of form, community, nationhood and identity that have defined American writing of the 20th century. (Code EN630, 30 credits)

Elizabethan Drama The term Elizabethan drama refers to the drama written and performed during the reign of Elizabeth I, who ruled England from 1558 to 1603, a period rightly recognised for producing some of the most imaginative, searching, and challenging plays written in English. In this module we will discuss the work of Shakespeare and many of his contemporaries (including Thomas Kyd and Christopher Marlowe), consider the place of the stage in early modern society, and explore the cultural contexts that enabled the theatre to flourish. Literary and dramatic form will be central preoccupations, alongside such topics as performance, character, politics, agency, gender, and social and historical contexts.

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English and Creative Writing at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) Jacobean Drama Jacobean drama (the term refers to the drama written and performed during the reign of James I, who ruled England from 1603 to 1625) showed a striking development from the previous reign. Shakespeare wrote some of his best and most famous tragic plays. Writers such as Ben Jonson, John Webster and Thomas Middleton introduced a darker, more satirical and more violent mood to the drama of the day. In this module you look at a selection of vibrant and engaging Jacobean plays, and discuss them in their textual, theatrical, historical, social and cultural contexts, focusing on issues such as revenge, gender, sexuality, witchcraft, colonialism and representations of religion.

(Code EN651, 30 credits)

Facts Diploma in English Literature Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury or Tonbridge.

Times: Canterbury – Wed 6.30pm-8.30pm or daytime classes at various times (timetable available in September).

Tonbridge – Mon 6.30pm8.30pm.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: Open to those who have studied at certificate level.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the diploma can go on to degree level.

This programme is open to those who have studied English Literature or Creative Writing at certificate level. It offers you the chance to develop the skills you have learned, and to broaden and deepen your understanding of the experience of reading and writing. The literature and creative writing elements are complementary – you use the skills you develop in one to enrich your experience of the other.

If you successfully complete this programme, you can move on to one of the degree programmes in the School of English.

Programme content The programme is designed to offer a mix of literature and writing modules. During the course of the programme, all students study the following two writing modules.

Teaching and assessment Teaching is through seminars and lectures. Assessment is by seminar performance, assignments and a short-timed examination. Requirements for different modules may vary slightly and we confirm them at the start of the course.

Reading and Writing the Self

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This module introduces you to a range of ways in which real life can be incorporated into creative writing. You read a variety of autobiographical texts and are encouraged to ask questions about the relationship between fiction and truth, and the relationship between the writer

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and the contemporary world. As well as considering contemporary approaches to memoir, you are also encouraged to consider other forms of writing the self, including Gonzo journalism and psychogeography.

(Code EN613, 30 credits)

Teaching and assessment Teaching is through a combination of seminars, lectures and workshops which include studying texts, discussion, student presentations, group and pair work, and sharing of your own work in class.

Individual Writing Project This module focuses on the conception and development of students’ own creative writing projects. You are exposed to a wide variety of contemporary writing, including poetry, short fiction, the novella, the graphic novel and the novel. Your reading and discussion of this material, combined with regular writing exercises, will inform your planning of your own writing project. At the end of the module you make an oral presentation based on your project.

(Code EN614, 30 credits) You also take literature modules worth 60 credits from the selection on p40-42.

Literature modules combine essays, seminar performance and examination. Creative writing modules are assessed through projects in the form of a portfolio of work submitted at the end of the module, and by written commentaries on the processes involved.

The ‘Individual Writing Project’ also has a presentation day where students formally present their work to others, and this is included in the assessment.

Requirements for different modules may vary in details and we confirm them at the beginning of the course.

Facts Diploma in English Literature with Creative Writing Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury or Tonbridge.

Times: Canterbury daytime, times vary (timetable available in September).

Canterbury evening – Wed 6.30pm-8.30pm.

Tonbridge – Mon 6.30pm8.30pm.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: Open to those who have studied at certificate level.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the diploma can go on to degree level.

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English and Creative Writing at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) BA (Hons) degree in English Literature BA (Hons) degree in English Literature and Creative Writing These degree programmes are open to students who have already studied English Literature or English Literature with Creative Writing at diploma level.

At degree stage, your study of literature and/or creative writing moves into more specialised areas of study and research, with modules exploring specific authors, genres, or topics. There is also the chance to complete a supervised dissertation on a topic of your choice, the ‘Long Essay’.

Programme content Over two years, you take four modules from the following selection. Students enrolled on the BA (Hons) in English Literature and Creative Writing must choose at least one writing module over the two years.

Bodies of Evidence: Reading the Body in 18th-Century Literature This module explores the 18thcentury fascination with bodies, and the truths (or lies) that bodies were supposed to reveal.

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in which the body is read and constructed in 18th-century poetry and prose, and how these readings and constructions reflect concerns about class, race, gender and sexuality.

(Code EN633, 30 credits)

Chaucer This module examines Chaucer’s work in relation to its historical and cultural contexts. Texts are related to aspects of medieval culture and to critical debate, covering such topics as the construction of gender, ideas of the self and of history. There is opportunity for in-depth study of Chaucer's work, and of its relationship to other medieval writing and to the visual arts of the period.

(Code EN578, 30 credits)

Charles Dickens and Victorian England The module takes a chronological, developmental path through Dickens’ career, highlighting particular topics such as satire, propaganda, childhood, London and comedy.

It includes a day’s excursion to Dickens’ London.

(Code EN580, 30 credits)

Eighteenth-Century Literature, 1660-1750 This module explores the changing face of the literary landscape during the first half of ‘the long 18th century’. Texts studied include Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko, which brought home to British readers the slave economy upon which their nation was critically dependent: Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels; Defoe’s novelised criminal biography Moll Flanders, Samuel Richardson’s groundbreaking Pamela, and John Cleland’s infamously pornographic Fanny Hill.

(Code EN635, 30 credits)

Eighteenth-Century Literature, 1750-1830 Here, you explore the richness and diversity of the literature and culture of the later 18th century.

The module begins with Samuel Johnson’s influential History of Rasselas, an oriental tale and moral fable, which attempted to map out new directions for the novel. We reflect on how different modes of writing serve to uphold, challenge, or satirise culturally constructed notions of gender, race and class, and delve deeply into the questions surrounding nation and empire, otherness and hybridity in our reading of various accounts of Cook’s Voyages to the Pacific and Olaudah Equiano’s abolitionist autobiography, An Interesting Narrative.

(Code EN636, 30 credits)

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authoritative power of dreams and visions; and the relationship between women and the visual.

(Code EN646, 30 credits)

Language and Place in Colonial and Postcolonial Poetry

Fantasy and Desire in Early Modern Literature How does literature explore and embody fantasy? This module considers the representation of love, lovers and sexuality in Elizabethan and Jacobean poetry and drama. Texts studied include: Shakespeare’s sonnets; Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece; and the third book of Spenser’s The Faerie Queene.

(Code EN575, 30 credits)

Image, Vision and Dream: Medieval Texts and Visual Culture This module explores the complex relationships between written texts and the visual in the Middle Ages. The ‘visual’ includes both artefacts, such as paintings and sculpture, and the products of visual imagination, such as dreams and visions, and you read texts from a variety of genres, including dream poem, hagiography and didactic treatise. Topics for discussion include: concerns about the use of images in religious worship; theories of dreaming and imagination; idolatry and the vivacity of images; the

In this module you study postcolonial writing from the last 50 years or so. You focus on fiction, though you will also look at some discursive and polemical writing, including a critical survey of the theoretical arguments that inform literary representations from the postcolonial world. The module focuses on following through some of the major concerns – nation, culture, gender, tradition and modernity – that arose in response to the effects of European imperialism and which continue to inform postcolonial literature today.

(Code EN586, 30 credits)

Literature and Food This module investigates literary representations and uses of food from the late 18th century to the present day. We contextualise novels including Emma, Villette, Love in a Cold Climate and The Edible Woman in relation to contemporary food writing, looking at ways in which fictional food speaks of class and gender.

There is also an opportunity to explore children’s fiction, especially the works of Beatrix Potter. This module also traces accounts of national identity in

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English and Creative Writing at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) food writing, looking at wartime cook books and Mass Observation literature and following this theme into the writing of Alice B Toklas, Elizabeth David and Jane Grigson. The module concludes by looking at the more or less self-conscious responses to this heritage of Nigella Lawson, Jamie Oliver and Two Fat Ladies.

(Code EN634, 30 credits)

Modernism Covering themes such as war and democracy; class and politics; sex, morality and city life, you look at key modernist texts, including the poetry of Ezra Pound, TS Eliot and Wallace Stevens. Other authors studied may include DH Lawrence, Ford Madox Ford, Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein, Wyndham Lewis, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bowen, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett.

(Code EN641, 30 credits)

The Literature of Terror, 1850-1914 An exhilarating time in the history of the novel, in this module you look at the exploration of terror in popular Victorian writing. The terror derives its potency from anxieties that were unique to the period – fear of the primitive and the fall of empire (The Moonstone); fear of disease and contagion (Our Mutual Friend,

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Dracula); the degeneration of the human race (The Water Babies); the decline of sexual productivity (The Picture of Dorian Gray); fear of revolution (A Tale of Two Cities); the emergence of terrorism (Under Western Eyes); and, finally, fear of the future (The Time Machine).

(Code EN647, 30 credits)

“All of the tutors are knowledgeable, very good at what they do, and excellent communicators.

They make you think and give you the tools to read something and be critical of it in a constructive way.”

Long Essay

Rochelle White English Literature and Creative Writing

This module involves writing a long essay on a topic of your choice, under individual supervision.

(Code EN593/EN594, 30 credits)

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Nineteenth-Century Literature By reviewing some works of fiction such as Middlemarch, Goblin Market and Hard Times, you look at themes such as desire, power, consciousness, history and religion within 19th-century literature.

(Code EN640, 30 credits)

Postcolonial Writing This module extends your awareness of contemporary issues in postcolonial writing, and the debates around them.

The module includes a selection of important postcolonial texts and studies their narrative practice and their reading of contemporary culture. You focus on issues such as the construction of historical narratives of nation; identity and gender in the aftermath of globalisation and ‘diaspora’; and on the problems associated with creating a discourse about these texts. (Code EN583, 30 credits)

Reading and Writing Poetry You are introduced to formal modes of poetry, key themes and critical and theoretical accounts of what poetry is and does via a mixture of critical seminars and informal writing workshops.

The module may also include two Saturday day schools as well as seminars.

(Code EN549, 30 credits)

Reading and Writing Short Fiction The line of short story development which traces from Chekhov through Katherine Mansfield to Raymond Carver is frequently seen as one of the most searching and inspiring. In this module you look at this acknowledged vein of influence from the point of view of the practising contemporary writer.

Teaching intersperses seminar discussions and writing clinics with workshops.

(Code EN600, 30 credits)

Reading and Writing the Innovative Contemporary Novel In this module you study four contemporary novels innovative in style, cultural intent and form.

You are encouraged to experiment with innovative writing styles and there are regular tutorials and feedback sessions.

At the end of the term you will have written a scenario for, and the opening chapters of, a novel.

(Code EN632, 30 credits)

Romanticism and the Novel: Walpole to Scott The module begins by looking at Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto from 1764, as the first ‘Gothic’ novel, and considers the significance of the ‘Gothic’ in a mid-18th century context. The central part of the module studies a range of fiction written in the 1790s. It examines the debates about the nature of

‘Romantic’ and the role of the novel in accounting for the individual, society and history.

(Code EN546, 30 credits)

Romanticism and the Novel: Scott to Wilkie Collins The module begins by looking at three novels, two by Scott and one by Austen, published between 1815 and 1820, examining how these texts respond to and incorporate ‘Romantic’ ideas. It studies a range of other fiction written in the late 1810s and early 1820s, all of which take part in the conventions of ‘Gothic’ fiction.

(Code EN547, 30 credits)

Twentieth-Century American Short Story This focuses on the work of writers such as Anderson, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and Carver, and considers other recent and contemporary writers, and issues of form and theme.

(Code EN573, 30 credits)

The Unknown: Reading and Writing Logically, the unknown should be unrepresentable. This module looks at the twists of language which allow literary and other texts to achieve what is apparently impossible. To do so, you examine figurative language in 19th-century fiction and poetry, as well as psychoanalytic writing and creatively theoretical texts.

You also write your own texts,

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English and Creative Writing at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) jumping borders between creative and critical writing.

(Code EN604, 30 credits)

Nineteenth-Century American Short Story The short story has been called America’s ‘national art form’, and the genre has produced some of the country’s most incisive and original writing. This module focuses on the work of a range of major writers, including Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Twain, Crane and James – and discusses their explorations of social, political, metaphysical and other questions. It explores the formal nature of the genre and asks why it appealed to American writers.

(Code EN572, 30 credits)

The Body Human beings have always been ambivalent about their bodies.

In this module, you examine the crucial role the human body has in literature, from issues surrounding nakedness and clothing, illness and health, beauty and ugliness, sex and sexuality, to the many ways in which we manifest our hatred of the body: racism, self-harm, plastic surgery, displeasing

architecture and furniture design, diets, gyms, violence, war and genocide. You also look at the surreal and supernatural body in literature (ghosts, Martians and monsters), and the way we treat the bodies of animals. The aim of the module, through group discussions and creative writing exercises, is to focus the mind on the paradox of the body.

(Code EN648, 30 credits)

Teaching and assessment Most modules are taught by weekly seminars, except the ‘Long Essay’ for which you receive individual supervision.

You are assessed on a combination of seminar performances and essays.

Requirements for different modules may vary slightly and we confirm them at the start of the course.

Facts BA (Hons) degree in English Literature BA (Hons) degree in English Literature and Creative Writing Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury or Tonbridge.

Times: Canterbury – Wed 6.30pm-8.30pm or daytime classes, various times (timetable available in September).

Tonbridge – Mon 6.30pm8.30pm.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: Open to those who have studied English literature at diploma level.

Progression: See Graduate Prospectus for details.

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French at Canterbury The French programmes are designed for those who have a taste for French culture and who want to develop their fluency in the language by studying French language, linguistics and literature.

The three French programmes are linked, allowing students to progress through the levels of study from certificate to diploma to degree. After the diploma, a further two years of part-time study leads to a degree. If you are not certain of your level, you can ask to be tested to see which is the best programme for you to begin studying on.

The running of all French courses is subject to adequate recruitment levels.

Combined Studies The Combined Studies part-time programme allows you to study one or two modules a year from a range of subjects, including French, and is ideal as an introduction to studying the subject at Higher Education level.

The individual modules are open to those studying for accreditation – usually, 30 or 60 subject credits are taken in one year. There are no specific entry requirements though students should have sufficiently good verbal and written English. Tutor support and help with study skills is always available.

Programme content Further information on the Certificate in Combined Studies (CCS) programme is available on p24. Modules carry either 15 or 30 certificate level credits. A full list of modules on offer from September 2010 is available to view and book online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/ccs.

Alternatively you can order a copy of the CCS prospectus by phone or online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/form.

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French at Canterbury (cont) Up to two CCS French modules (60 credits or 50% of a named award) may be transferred on to the Certificate in French programme (see right): • 30 credits from CM342/CM343 French Language & Culture 1 and 2 • 30 credits from CM344 French Language & Culture 3 • 60 credits from two French Higher CCS modules (CM460, CM461, CM462, CM463) If you wish to study a range of subjects, you can work towards a Certificate in Combined Studies; see the Guide to Part-time Study at Kent for further information.

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Certificate in French

Combined Studies module

This programme develops language skills and looks at French literature and culture.

It is suitable for students who know that their level of knowledge is a good O level or GCSE. Those with A level French or equivalent normally enter the second year of the certificate (modules C and D).

Fee: £240 per 30-credit module.

Location: A range of locations across Kent.

Times: Usually two hours per week.

Length: Two terms.

Entry requirements: Open to all students.

Progression: You may be able to transfer credits over to the Certificate in French or you can work towards a Certificate in Combined Studies. See the Guide to Part-time Study at Kent for further information.

Programme content Students take the following four modules.

Module A: French Language and Culture I and 2 This module allows you to practise and improve French language skills at post-GCSE level. It also serves as an introduction to French culture and institutions.

(Code CM342, 15 credits, autumn term; Code CM343, 15 credits, spring term)

Did you know? er You can also study oth h suc European languages, as Italian and Spanish, within the Combined Studies programme.

Module B: French Language and Culture 3 You improve your French language skills at post-GCSE level and deepen your knowledge of French culture and institutions.

(Code CM344, 30 credits)

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Module C: French Post-A Level Language

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Diploma in French

This module aims at improving language skills.

(Code FR306, 30 credits)

Certificate in French

This programme develops language skills and deepens your literary and cultural knowledge. It is suitable for those who have a Certificate in French, or its equivalent.

Module D: Introduction to the Study of French Literature This module introduces you to French literature/culture with the chance to study complete texts, including drama and fiction.

(Code FR307, 30 credits)

Teaching and assessment The teaching is by seminar and language class. We also provide support materials (hand-outs and tapes) for the literature module.

Seminars require the active participation of all members of the group, with occasional individual or paired presentations.

The language classes include the return of regular written work.

Assessment is by a combination of coursework and class test.

Fee: Modules A and B: £360 for both modules.

Modules C and D: £710 for both modules.

Location: Canterbury.

Times: Year 1: Wed evening (module A), then Wed afternoon (module B).

Year 2: Tue 6pm-9pm (modules C and D).

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: Good O level or GCSE in French. Direct entry to Year 2 is available to those with a good A level in French. Those without standard qualifications who wish to enter either Year 1 or Year 2 may be invited to take an entrance test.

Applications should normally be made before 15 June (if you wish to make a later application, please call for details).

Progression: Students who successfully complete the certificate can go on to diploma level.

Programme content During the programme, you choose 60 credits of literature/ culture, which may include those in the list below (subject to confirmation). If you wish, you may also choose a module from another subject area.

• Paris: Myth and Reality (Code FR593/FR594, 15 credits) • Occupation and Resistance (Code FR598, 15 credits) • Short Narrative Fiction (Code FR546, 15 credits) • Literary Trailblazers – Four 20th-Century Women Writers (Code FR600, 15 credits) You also take the French Language module and the Extended Essay module.

French Language

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This language module is split into four sections: translation from French, translation into French, free composition in French, résumé from French – two sections are taught during the first year of your diploma, the remaining two sections are taught in the second year.

(Code FR610/FR614, 30 credits)

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Extended Essay The extended essay consists of an intensive study of a particular theme or writer (students choose from topics encountered in the previous literature/culture modules). The essay is 4,0007,000 words and students write it under supervision.

(Code FR569, 30 credits)

Assessment in the first year is mostly by coursework, but also by class test. In subsequent years, modules are assessed by a combination of coursework and written examination.

Literature/culture modules are assessed by a combination of coursework, class test and oral.

The extended essay is assessed entirely on its content.

Fee: ÂŁ710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury.

Times: Tue 6pm-9pm.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: The normal entry requirement is the Certificate in French.

However, candidates having an appropriate level of French may be invited to take an entrance test. Applications should normally be made before 15 June (if you wish to make a later application, please call for details).

Progression: Students who successfully complete the diploma can go on to degree level.

Teaching and assessment All teaching involves discussion in literature/culture seminars and language classes. Some seminars are supported by lecture notes or audio recordings of lectures from the full-time programme. Time is also set aside to meet you and return marked essays.

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BA (Hons) degree in French

All students also take the following modules.

This programme takes you up to degree level, improving your fluency in the language and deepening your understanding of French literature and culture.

It is suitable for those who have a diploma in French and who wish to work towards a full BA (Hons) degree.

French Language

Facts BA (Hons) degree in French

This module is split over two years. Your first year involves advanced translation work, both from and into French. The second year involves advanced work in oral French with a native speaker.

(Code FR602/603, 30 credits)

French Dissertation Programme content The programme involves a further two years of part-time study. You choose 60 credits of literature/ culture, which may include those in the list below. If you wish, you may choose a module from another subject area such as another language or comparative literature.

• Contemporary French Cinema (Code FR561, 15 credits) • Introduction to French Autobiography (Code FR551, 15 credits) • Mothers and Daughters in 20th-Century Literature (Code FR601, 15 credits) • The Reader and the Text (Code FR613, 15 credits) • Surrealism (Code FR634, 15 credits) • Molière and Classical French Comedy (Code FR541, 15 credits)

The essay consists of an intensive study of a single author or theme, chosen from those already studied in your literature/ culture modules. The dissertation is similar to the extended essay completed at diploma level, but more developed and substantial.

(Code FR567, 30 credits)

Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury.

Times: Tue 6pm-9pm.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: Usually a Diploma in French. Other qualifications, such as a French DEUG de Lettres, may be accepted in some cases, subject to an entrance test.

Progression: All postgraduate programmes are available on a part-time basis. Please refer to the Graduate Prospectus for details.

Teaching and assessment All teaching involves discussion in literature/culture and language classes. For some modules there are lecture notes or audio recordings of lectures from the full-time programme. We also set aside time to meet you and to return your marked essays.

Modules are assessed by a combination of coursework and examination, except for the dissertation which is assessed entirely on its content.

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History at Canterbury and Tonbridge The School of History gives part-time students the chance to pursue a wide range of historical studies, from Kentish to international history, and examining periods from the early medieval to the 20th century.

The School has an international reputation for research (ranked joint-second nationally in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise) and has consistently scored highly in the National Student Survey (measuring student satisfaction). Students are offered the opportunity to work with a variety of primary sources, and are encouraged to make use of both University and local facilities during their studies. By studying history at Kent, you have every chance to develop your abilities as a historian, discovering and analysing a range of sources to gain a deeper insight and understanding of the past.

Our programmes cover a range of levels: many of our students start at certificate level, with little prior experience of studying history, and progress on to a diploma and then to a degree.

If you are able to attend lectures and seminars during the daytime at Canterbury, you can select from a wide range of modules – from the history of science to the nature and conduct of war.

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Combined Studies

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The Combined Studies part-time programme allows you to study one or two modules a year from a range of subjects, including history, and is ideal as an introduction to studying the subject at Higher Education level.

The individual modules are open to those studying for accreditation – usually, 30 or 60 subject credits are taken in one year. There are no specific entry requirements, though students should have sufficiently good verbal and written English. Tutor support and help with study skills is always available.

Combined Studies module Fee: £240 per 30-credit module.

Location: A range of locations across Kent.

Times: Usually two hours per week.

Length: Two terms.

Entry requirements: Open to all.

Progression: You may be able to transfer credits over to a certificate in the School of History, or you can work towards a Certificate in Combined Studies. See the Guide to Part-time Study at Kent for further information.

Programme content Further information on the Certificate in Combined Studies (CCS) programme is available on p24. Modules carry either 15 or 30 certificate-level credits. A full list of modules on offer from September 2010 will be available to view and book online from May at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/ccs.

Alternatively you can order a copy of the CCS prospectus by phone or online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/form.

Up to two relevant modules (60 credits or 50% of an award) may be transferred on to a certificate programme in the School of History. If you wish to study a range of subjects, you can work towards the Certificate in Combined Studies; see p24 for further information.

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Certificate in Local History The programme introduces students, who may have no previous relevant experience, to the study of local and regional history with particular reference to the history of south-east England.

It also allows students to evaluate the relationship of local history to the wider region. You acquire the techniques and practical skills required for the effective study of local and regional history. If you successfully complete this programme you can progress to the Diploma in Local History or a Diploma in History.

Programme content In your first year, you take two core modules which provide the basic skills for the study of local history.

Using Historical Sources: Kentish Local History Research You are introduced to the potentials and problems of working with historical sources, and given a firm grounding in research methodology. Drawing on local sources, you undertake a small research project (typically examining either 17th-century probate documents, 18th-century family correspondence or 19thcentury census data). (Location Tonbridge 2010/11, code HI405, 30 credits)

Poverty and its Problems in England, 1834-1914 This module explores 19thcentury responses to poverty beginning with the Poor Law

Amendment Act of 1834 and concluding with the Liberal government’s social legislation in the years immediately before the Great War. It examines the impact of classical economics on the question of poverty, the nature of the ‘poverty cycle’, the workhouse system of less eligibility, and investigations into the nature of poverty. This module provides an excellent framework for the study of further modern British social and political history. (Location Tonbridge 2010/11, code HI317, 30 credits) You also choose two modules which may include those in the list below. Alternatively you may be able to choose certain modules within the daytime history programme at Canterbury.

Facts Certificate in Local History Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Tonbridge.

Times: Currently Tue 1pm-3pm (autumn term), Tue 1pm-3pm (spring term) plus a field study (subject to change).

Length: Usually two years.

Entry requirements: No formal entry requirements. Open to those with an interest in history and an ability to study at this level.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the programme can go on to diploma level.

• The Maritime History of SouthEast England, 1600-1900 (Code HI383, 30 credits) • Paleography, Documents and Sources (Code HI371, 30 credits)

Teaching and assessment Teaching is usually via weekly seminars, supported by short informal lectures. Students are encouraged to develop their historical skills by working with a wide range of primary and secondary sources and completing project work and field studies. Assessment is by essays, document and sourcerelated exercises, field study reports and projects.

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History at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) Certificate in History History looks at past societies – it examines their attitudes and their circumstances in order to recreate something of a former age. History also helps to explain the present by looking at its relationship to the past. This programme is aimed at all those who have a fascination for the past and who wish to learn something of the historian’s methods. You use materials such as documents, diaries, films, newspapers and memoirs. This allows you to gain a sense of working with the primary materials of history, rather than merely looking at secondary works. Each module assumes no prior knowledge of the subject.

Programme content All students take the core module Making History (see below). You then choose from a range of modules available on the full-time programme at our Canterbury campus (some of these will also be available during the evening, subject to recruitment).

questions? Why do we pursue some questions but not others?

How do we locate, interpret and cite evidence? Who is history written about, and for whom is it written? How do we negotiate the tension between investigating the past, critiquing the present, and imagining the future? You also develop skills in research, writing and debating that are essential for the historian and most professions. (Location Canterbury, code HI360, 30 credits) In addition to the core module, you choose optional modules worth 30 credits in 2010/11 and modules worth 60 credits in 2011/12. Optional modules offered during the evening at the Canterbury campus include the following (subject to student recruitment):

Facts Certificate in History Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury.

Times: Various days. Details are available in the School of History handbook.

Length: Usually two years.

Entry requirements: No formal entry requirements. Open to those with an interest in history and an ability to study at this level.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the certificate programme can go on to a diploma.

• Britain and the Second World War: The Home Front (Code HI353, 15 credits) Further options may be available, please visit our website www.kent.ac.uk/history

Making History This module introduces you to the theory and practice of history through a series of case studies, each focused on a particular historiographic problem. You are encouraged to think critically about the kinds of questions historians ask, and the methods they use to pursue answers. How do historians frame historical 56

Teaching and assessment Teaching is usually via weekly seminars, supported by short informal lectures. Students develop their historical skills by working with a wide range of primary and secondary sources and completing essays and project work. Assessment is by coursework or by a combination of coursework and examination.

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Diploma in Local History For much of its history, Kent’s geographical position gave it a special importance in relation to London and the continent.

This programme examines the growth of the community of Kent within the context of regional and national history. You extend your understanding of the sources and methodologies of local history and are encouraged to make use of primary documents and sources.

You may join the programme at the beginning of any module.

It is suitable for those who have a certificate from the School of History, or a Certificate in Combined Studies that includes two appropriate history modules.

Programme content Students choose four modules, usually taking two each year.

You may choose from modules available at our Tonbridge campus. You may also include wild modules in your study, selected from programmes offered at the Canterbury campus.

The following modules are offered in 2010/11 (subject to recruitment and tutor availability).

Late Iron Age, Roman and Early Anglo-Saxon England You study the history of Kent between the 1st and 8th centuries AD. The module draws on a variety of historical and archaeological sources in order to give you an understanding of the questions and controversies surrounding the period. This broad-ranging module seeks to explore the shifting landscape of town, agriculture, industry, economy, trade, religion and culture under Roman occupation and Anglo-Saxon rule.

(Location Tonbridge, code HI663, 30 credits)

Economic and Social Change in Kent from the 16th to the 20th Century In this module you examine the changing agricultural and industrial base of the Kentish economy from the 16th to the 20th century within the context of regional and national politics.

You critically assess evidence and documentary sources in order to understand how national and regional changes impact upon the infrastructure of local society, while gaining a broader understanding of the process of urbanisation. Topics covered range from the enclosure and mechanisation of Kentish farms, to the anti-Poor Law protests

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History at Canterbury and Tonbridge (cont) and the Swing Riots, to industrialisation and deindustrialisation in the Weald.

(Location Tonbridge, code HI740, 30 credits) Modules in 2011/12 may include the following (subject to recruitment and tutor availability): • Images of Kent 1: The Creative Landscape (Code HI784, 30 Credits) • Reformation to Restoration: Kent in the 16th and 17th Centuries (Code HI596, 30 credits).

• Peasant Society (Code HI674, 30 credits) • The Landscape of Kent to 1500 (Code HI694 30 credits)

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Diploma in History

Diploma in Local History

The study of history gives you an understanding of cultures different from your own. It develops your critical appreciation of historical evidence and the means of analysing it – encouraging intellectual curiosity and initiative.

Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Tonbridge.

Times: Tue 10am-12 noon.

Length: Usually two years.

Entry requirements: Certificate in Local History, or Certificate in History, or the necessary certificate-level credits.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the diploma programme can go on to degree level.

The programme is a rolling one and students may join at the beginning of any module. It is suitable for those who have a certificate from the School of History, or a Certificate in Combined Studies which includes two appropriate history modules.

Programme content Teaching and assessment

You choose four modules (usually two each year) from a range of modules in the daytime history programme at Canterbury.

Teaching is via informal lectures, seminars, documentary studies and fieldwork. Assessment is normally by two essays and one other assignment.

The following modules are available in the evening at the Canterbury campus in 2010/11, subject to recruitment and tutor availability.

Politics, War and the State in Early Modern Europe

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Examining England and Europe, the main theme is the disintegration of supranationalism (eg the papacy and the monarchia of Charles V) and

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the formation of dynastic states which were to be characteristic of European history until the 19th century. Such systems retained many of the characteristics of the late middle ages, but also saw the beginnings of political systems which had to take account of ideas of representation and contract between rulers and ruled. The concept of absolutism is examined in this context. The military revolution in warfare is also studied through a number of examples of major conflicts.

(Location Canterbury, code HI750, 30 credits)

Revolution or Reform? Britain 1815-1914 Before the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815 and the outbreak of World War I 99 years later, Britain was transformed. Its population almost trebled, its industrial base expanded in an unprecedented way and it became an increasingly urbanised society. At the same time, despite political and administrative reforms, many of its traditional institutions and ideas survived and in some cases prospered. This module analyses the processes of social change and of continuity during the 19th century, the development of party politics and popular protest, the continuing importance of religious, national and regional loyalties, and the impact of the growth of empire.

Finally, you assess the relative

contributions of reform movements, and threats (and avoidance) of revolution and conservatism to the evolving nature of British society in 1914.

(Location Canterbury, code HI709, 30 credits) Modules in 2011/12 may include the following (subject to recruitment and tutor availability): • The History of Medicine, Ethics and Social Change, 1350-1850 (Code HI679, 30 credits) • Divided Land, Divided History: Ireland c1885-2005 (Code HI5002, 30 credits) • War, Revolution and Dictatorship in Europe, 18701945 (Code HI781, 30 credits)

Facts Diploma in History Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury.

Times: Mon 7pm-9pm. More details are available in the School of History handbook.

Length: Usually two years.

Entry requirements: Certificate in Local History, or Certificate in History, or the necessary certificate-level credits.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the diploma programme can go on to degree level.

Teaching and assessment Teaching is through lectures, seminars, documentary studies and project work. Assessment is via coursework, or a combination of examination and coursework.

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The other three modules may be chosen from the following list (subject to availability):

Students who successfully complete any of the history diploma programmes may go on to study for a full BA (Hons) degree in History.

• Modules listed in the Diploma in Local History • Modules listed in the Diploma in History • Modules chosen from the full-time BA (Hons) degree programme (Canterbury daytime) • A History Special Subject with credits equivalent to two modules (this allows you to work with a specialist historian on an in-depth year-long study of a particular topic) • You can also choose one module from another part-time degree programme.

Programme content Students who already have their diploma take a further four modules (usually over two years) to gain their degree. All students take the module below, with the exception of those who opt for one of the Special Subject modules.

History Dissertation The purpose of the dissertation is to give you the chance to explore a topic of your choice in depth at a more critical level than is possible within the constraints of a normal essay. The dissertation is based on the extended reading of secondary sources, and full use of primary sources whenever possible. You are expected to work independently, but have regular meetings with your supervisor (these are usually held at the Canterbury campus).

Facts BA (Hons) degree in History Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Canterbury.

Times: Various according to modules chosen.

Length: Usually two years.

Entry requirements: Diploma in Local History or Diploma in History.

Progression: All postgraduate programmes are available on a part-time basis. Please refer to the Graduate Prospectus for details.

Teaching and assessment Usually via weekly seminars and tutorials. Assessment is via coursework, or a combination of examination and coursework.

Further enquiries

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History & Philosophy of Art at Tonbridge Studying the history and philosophy of art introduces you to exciting issues and challenging ideas. Although art history has been traditionally concerned with the study of paintings, sculpture and architecture, we also explore other practices, perspectives and definitions of art with examples taken from the 14th to the 21st centuries. At Kent, we explore art history as an academic discipline which also engages with wider cultural and social values.

The part-time programmes give you the chance to progress in your studies – you can start at certificate level on the Combined Studies programme and continue right up to degree level. Each progressive stage deepens your understanding and develops your critical skills in interpreting works of art. Many of our students go on to postgraduate studies or use their studies as a way to change

career direction, entering occupations such as gallery and museum administration, auctioneering and teaching.

All of the modules listed are available to students on other programmes of part-time study, subject to appropriate prior levels of attainment and availability of places.

Combined Studies The Combined Studies part-time programme allows you to study one or two modules a year from a range of subjects, including History & Philosophy of Art, and is ideal as an introduction to studying the subject at Higher Education level. The individual modules are open to those studying for accreditation – usually, 30 or 60 subject credits are taken in one year. There are no specific entry requirements, though students should have sufficiently good verbal and written English. Tutor support and help with study skills is always available.

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History & Philosophy of Art at Tonbridge (cont) Programme content Further information on the Certificate in Combined Studies (CCS) programme is available on p24. Modules carry either 15 or 30 certificate-level credits. A full list of modules on offer from September 2010 is available to view and book online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/ccs.

Alternatively you can order a copy of the CCS prospectus by phone or online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/form.

Up to two relevant modules (60 credits or 50% of an award) may be transferred onto the Certificate in History & Philosophy of Art programme.

If you wish to study a range of subjects, you can work towards the Certificate in Combined Studies; see p24 for further information. The primer, Teach Yourself Art History (Hodder & Stoughton, Pooke and Whitham, 2003, 2008 rev edition) has been written as a starter text for students studying the subject at this level.

Facts Combined Studies module Fee: ÂŁ240 per 30-credit module.

Location: A range of locations across Kent.

Times: Usually two hours per week.

Length: Two terms.

Entry requirements: Open to all.

Progression: You may be able to transfer credits to a certificate in the School of History, or you can work towards a Certificate in Combined Studies. See the Guide to Part-time Study at Kent for further information.

This programme is open to anyone with an interest in this subject who can show an aptitude for academic study. If you would like to find out more about the subject before you enrol on a programme, Teach Yourself Art History (Hodder & Stoughton) is a good introduction.

Programme content Students take four modules over two years, usually taking two per year.

*denotes modules running in 2010/2011.

Introduction to the History of Art as an Academic Discipline*

Further enquiries

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Although art history is now a fundamental form of cultural enquiry, it is also a relatively recent academic subject, at least in its present form. This module explores its origin in antiquarian study, before looking at aspects of historiography ranging from the ideas of Vasari and Bellori to Felibien, Reynolds, Marx and Greenberg. Slide-based lectures and seminars discuss the sources and methodological approaches available to art historians, as well as the claims made by different critical approaches to art. What do we mean by art? Is there such a thing as good art? (Code HA306, 30 credits)

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Postmodernism: Art and Architecture c.1945-c.2000*

The Cultural Politics of Modernism

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Postmodernism is among the most contested and debated concepts in art history, raising questions such as, have we come to the end of art? We start by tracing the development of postwar American and British art, looking at Abstract Expressionism and the work of Francis Bacon and whether such images represent a discernible 20thcentury zeitgeist. We also cover more recent work by Gilbert and George, Tracey Emin, and Jake and Dinos Chapman. Can we link such images to the ideas of influential postmodern thinkers such as Baudrillard, Kristeva and Lyotard, and what are the implications for reaching an understanding of what art and art history mean? (Location: Tonbridge, code HA305, 30 credits)

The stylistic and narrative innovations of Manet and Courbet challenged the hegemony of the Salon, irrevocably re-writing the canon of Western European painting.

Starting with the Impressionist period, this module explores the characteristics and context of modernism within the visual arts of the time, as well as the claims made for modernism as a distinct evaluative theory of art and aesthetics. Successive avantgardes studied include Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, social realism and the School of Paris.

(Code HA307,30 credits)

Certificate in the History & Philosophy of Art

Painting and Sculpture in Renaissance Florence c.1401-c.1508 This module introduces examples of Florentine quattrocento painting and sculpture, looking at the role of patronage and the various ways that art was used.

Specific case studies include the interplay between art and power as demonstrated by the Strozzi, and the Medicis’ use of art and spectacle in 15th-century Florence. Artists studied include Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Benozzo Gozzoli and Michelangelo.

(Code HA308, 30 credits)

Fee: ÂŁ710 Location: Tonbridge Times: Fri 10am-12 noon.

Modules may also be chosen from the Canterbury daytime programme (times vary).

Length: Two terms Entry requirements: Open to all.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the certificate programme can move on to diploma level.

Teaching and assessment Each module uses slide-based lectures and informal seminar discussions, and includes a study visit to give you first-hand experience of images within a gallery context. We also offer a Saturday essay-writing workshop to those students returning to study or doing academic work for the first time.

Each module is continuously assessed through written assignments or other coursework, except for the module on postmodernism which is assessed by a gallery study/evaluation.

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History & Philosophy of Art at Tonbridge (cont) Diploma in the History & Philosophy of Art This programme is suitable for students who have attained a Certificate in History & Philosophy of Art, or a Certificate in Combined Studies incuding two relevant modules. There are a limited number of places available on the Diploma programme in 2010/11. Subject to appropriate levels of prior qualification, places will be offered on a first-come, firstserved basis. There are also a range of related certificate-level options available at Tonbridge.

Please see the CCS Prospectus and contact the CCS office (see p25 for more details).

Programme content You take four modules, usually over two years, to gain your diploma. The modules listed below run at Tonbridge. It may also be possible for you to take modules from the daytime undergraduate programme at Canterbury. These include: 19th-century French Painting; Photography; Renaissance Art and Architecture; and Contemporary Art and Aesthetics.

Please call 01227 764000 ext 7567 for further details.

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A selection of the modules on offer at the Tonbridge Centre are shown below.

*denotes modules running in 2010/11.

The Modern Movement c.1900-c.1950 It was once said that the United States was a nation that had gone from adolescence to old age without passing through maturity, but this is hardly true for its 20th-century art and architecture. Mirroring the country’s political and economic rise, its art and architecture during the first half of the 20th century displayed all the growing maturity of an emergent nation,

while from 1950 it evolved to determine the Western world’s culture. In this module you look at various aspects of America’s vibrant 20th-century art and architecture, including realist and abstract painting, the family home, the city skyscraper, modernism and postmodernism.

(Code HA513, 30 credits)

From Austerity to Prosperity: British Art, Architecture and Design, 1939-1979* You are introduced to the dynamic post-war developments in British art, architecture and design from the period around the Festival of Britain to the late 1970s. What was distinctive

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about the British art of the period and why did it develop in the way it did?

(Code HA550, 30 credits)

Russian Art and Design c.1870-c.1932 For a brief time around 19121921, Russia arguably eclipsed Paris as a centre for modernist innovation in art and design. The Bolshevik Revolution found its parallel in the work of artists like Malevich, Lissitsky, Ghoncharova and Tatlin, who for a time believed they embodied the spirit of political and social revolution.

This module introduces you to the development of Russian art and design from the social agenda of the Wanderers through Symbolism and Abstraction to Stalinist proscription and the Soviet Socialist Realism of the 1930s. (Code HA533, 30 credits)

British Art and Modernism, c.1880-c.1939 Between 1912 and 1916, London became one of the crucibles for the development of modernist avant-garde painting and sculpture. Italian Futurism and Cubist innovation found expression in the militant aesthetic of Vorticism and the polemical work of Wyndham Lewis and TE Hulme, which challenged the postImpressionism of the Bloomsbury group. This module considers the

painting of the period, against emerging debates on the nature of the avant-garde and the relevance of modernist theory.

Artists considered include Walter Sickert, Wilson Steer, Paul Nash, Stanley Spencer, Jacob Epstein, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.

(Code HA531, 30 credits)

Aesthetic Theories Starting with Enlightenment thinkers such as Kant and Hegel, and with reference to examples of art, we discuss the various definitions and purposes ascribed to the realm of the aesthetic.

Should art and culture play their part in creating revolution as suggested by Marx? Or nullify the pain of being, as proposed

by Schopenhauer? Other thinkers considered include Nietzsche, Adorno, Greenberg and Kristeva.

(Code HA532, 30 credits)

Art and Architecture in the United States* This module looks at the theory and practice of modernist architecture and design from the Arts and Crafts movement to the ‘emigration’ of modernism to the United States in the late 1940s.

From Art Nouveau, to the Bauhaus and Frank Lloyd Wright.

What is the nature of modernist architectural and design theory and practice? Should form always follow function, or does this result in stasis and the denial of artistic licence?

(Code HA585, 30 credits)

The High Renaissance in Florence and Rome What do we mean by the term ‘Renaissance’ in the visual arts and how did it find expression in Florence and Rome in the late 15th and early 16th centuries?

Lectures and seminars introduce and survey the extraordinary contribution of artists ranging from Michelangelo and Correggio to Parmigianino and Caravaggio.

Is there such a thing as a distinctive ‘high Renaissance style’ and how might we characterise it?

(Code HA515, 30 credits)

Venetian Art and Architecture, c.1400-1590 Venice established itself as a key player in the political and cultural histories of the Italian city-states in the 15th and 16th centuries. In this module you explore the interplay of painting and patronage within wider Venetian institutions such as the scuole and the various contributions of painters such as Giorgione, Veronese, Titian and Tintoretto.

To what extent can we talk of a distinctive Venetian aesthetic of the time?

(Code HA530, 30 credits)

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History & Philosophy of Art at Tonbridge (cont) European Painting and Sculpture, c.1789-c.1850 This module guides you through the innovations of style and content within painting, which accompanied the Enlightenment and the early industrial period.

Artists studied include David, Friedrich, Delacroix, Goya, and the work of the watercolourists of the late 18th and 19th centuries. You also study the realists and symbolists working at the end of the 19th century.

Lectures evaluate the contributions of such avant-garde figures and the role of art within wider social, political and economic change.

(Code HA514, 30 credits)

explore developments in icons, church decoration, monastic and court art in Byzantium; its spiritual significance and interaction with the West (during the Crusades and the Renaissance), and the re-birth of the icon in 15th-century Crete.

(Code HA553, 30 credits)

Teaching and assessment Teaching is via slide-based lectures and informal seminar discussions, and each module includes a gallery study visit.

You are assessed by written assignments (two per module).

From Spectacle to Spirituality: Byzantine Art, c.300-c.1500

Facts Diploma in the History & Philosophy of Art Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Fees do not include gallery trips.

Location: Tonbridge.

Times: Wed 1pm-3pm.

Modules may also be chosen from the Canterbury daytime programme (times vary).

Length: Usually two years.

Entry requirements: Certificate in the History & Philosophy of Art or certificate-level studies in another subject.

Progression: Students who successfully complete this programme can go on to degree level.

Constantine founded Constantinople and accepted Christianity in the 4th century, establishing the Byzantine Empire, which ran for more than a thousand years. Byzantine art, arising out of the pagan Roman Empire, was characterised in the early years by spectacular mosaics, such as those in Ravenna. In this module you

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“I would have no hesitation in recommending the course to others. I am planning to continue from diploma to degree stage myself.”

Further enquiries

Drummond Watson History & Philosophy of Art

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BA (Hons) degree in History & Philosophy of Art Students who have already successfully completed a Diploma in History & Philosophy of Art can continue on to the degree programme.

Programme content Over two years, you take two modules a year. These may be from within the daytime Canterbury programme, or be one of those listed for the Diploma in History & Philosophy of Art (see p64). You also complete a dissertation in your final year.

Teaching and assessment Teaching is via slide-based lectures and informal seminar discussions, and each module includes a gallery study visit.

You are assessed by written assignments (two per module).

For further information please contact Dr Grant Pooke, G.F.Pooke@kent.ac.uk

Facts BA (Hons) degree in History & Philosophy of Art Fee: ÂŁ710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Tonbridge.

Times: Wed 1pm-3pm.

Length: Usually two years.

Entry requirements: Diploma in History & Philosophy of Art. Progression: All postgraduate programmes are available on a part-time basis. Please refer to the Graduate Prospectus for details.

Dissertation module For this module you work on your dissertation, choosing your subject with the help of an academic supervisor. The dissertation develops skills of critical synthesis and scholarship.

(Code HA540, 30 credits) The Dissertation module will be offered at Tonbridge in 2011/12.

Further enquiries

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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at Canterbury This is a professional development programme involving work-based learning and workshops.

It is designed for students providing community-based services to people with learning disabilities or working in schools.

Typical students include home leaders, peripatetic team leaders, instructors, family members, community support staff, and special educational needs teachers.

The programme meets the requirements of the recent Commission for Social Care guidance that managers of services for people with challenging behaviour should hold a specialist qualification.

The final year of the BSc (the stand-alone Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Applied Behaviour Analysis) is approved by the Behaviour Analyst Certification Board. The Graduate Certificate provides course content only, while the Graduate Diploma provides course content and some of the required supervision hours necessary for successful students to apply for and sit the Board’s Assistant Behaviour Analyst exam.

The BSc (Hons) in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities can now be combined with paid employment with the Avenues Trust. Subject to interview, successful applicants will be offered a place on the BSc and a position within the Avenues Trust.

You will also obtain vocational qualifications and train throughout your employment.

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Certificate in PersonCentred Support This programme prepares students to work with a vulnerable and, at times, complex client group. It is an evidencebased programme with the emphasis on practice, and is suitable for practitioners working with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The course encourages you to develop person-centred values and develops your skills so that you are able to support and encourage communication, choice, participation and independence among your clients. It also helps you to prepare for a local leadership role in families, schools, workplaces, homes and communities.

Programme content Over one year, you take the following modules.

Academic Development This module provides an introduction to the academic skills students need to develop and ensure success for the rest of the course. It includes library and computing induction as well as topics such as critical thinking, essay writing, referencing and group work. Issues relating to values and consent to treatment are also examined in this module.

(Code SO328, 15 credits)

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Person-Centred Values and Support

Work-Based Learning in Person-Centred Support

Facts

You explore the ethical and legal issues, and the role of values, in the development of intellectual disability services. You look at the development of approaches to individual planning and needs assessment, particularly the role of person-centred planning.

You also work with an individual to support the development of a person-centred plan.

(Code TZ310, 15 credits)

In this module, you consolidate the knowledge and skills developed through previous modules, and apply that learning in your workplace or a comparable environment.

(Code TZ312, 60 credits)

Certificate in PersonCentred Support

Promoting Choice, Well-Being and Communication You study the physical, sensory and health problems commonly experienced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the roles of health action planning and health facilitation. The module also explores a range of communication issues and you gain an understanding of the interventions that target communication skills.

(Code TZ311, 15 credits)

Supporting Participation and Independence This module looks at the rationale for supporting participation in community contexts by children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. You use systems and structures at different levels within organisations to facilitate and maintain successful participation and teach new skills through the use of precision teaching.

(Code TZ309, 15 credits)

Teaching and assessment Teaching methods include minilectures, individual and group exercises, some with the use of video feedback. Exercises vary in length, in some cases being guided practice simulations spread over several hours. There are exercises involving local services and people with intellectual disabilities.

Work-based learning includes the production of assessed work, systematic reflection on practice, participation in supervision/ mentoring arrangements and training/leadership of others.

Assessment is mainly based on reports and videos of practical work undertaken with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

This allows the integration of assessment with the development of practice.

Fee: ÂŁ3,290 per annum (120 credits).

Location: Canterbury.

Times: A number of 2-4 day workshops.

Length: One year.

Entry requirements: NVQ2 or five GCSEs. Students must have access to work with children or adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Open to those who have practitioner experience or prior practitioner experiential learning.

Progression: Students who successfully complete this programme may continue to the diploma level providing they can meet the other entry requirements.

Further enquiries

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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at Canterbury (cont) Diploma in Positive Behaviour Support This programme encourages a critical understanding of the factors underlying challenging behaviour. It develops your skills in conducting functionally-based assessments of challenging behaviour and in developing interventions. You also develop the skills needed to take on a local leadership role in implementing and evaluating behaviour support plans.

Students who have a Certificate in Person-Centred Support and a Diploma in Positive Behaviour Support are awarded an FdSc (foundation degree) in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Programme content Over one year, you take the following modules.

Introduction to Positive Behaviour Support This module looks at the causes of challenging behaviour and the key elements of Positive Behaviour Support. You study models of assessment and intervention, and learn how to support behaviour change.

(Code TZ517, 15 credits)

Assessing and Understanding Challenging Behaviour This module introduces you to functional assessment. You study personal, social, family, medical

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and treatment history and analyse the social, cognitive, biological, emotional and psychiatric factors contributing to challenging behaviour.

(Code TZ520, 15 credits)

Designing Behaviour Support Plans This deals with the designing of behaviour support plans – you identify and design behaviour support strategies, which develop new and adaptive skills including the development of functional communication skills.

(Code TZ519, 15 credits)

Implementing and Evaluating Behaviour Support Plans You explore the barriers to implementation and learn how to evaluate behaviour support plans. The module looks at methods of data collection with particular reference to direct observation, and you also learn the best way of presenting and interpreting the data.

(Code TZ518, 15 credits)

Work-Based Learning in Positive Behaviour Support Students consolidate the knowledge and skills developed through previous modules, and apply that learning in their workplace or comparable environment.

(Code TZ525, 60 credits)

Teaching and assessment Teaching methods include minilectures, individual and group exercises, some with the use of video feedback. Exercises vary in length, in some cases being guided practice simulations spread over several hours.

We also use analysis of published papers and reviews of the literature relevant to practice, to explore the evidence base.

Work-based learning includes the production of assessed work, systematic reflection on practice, participation in supervision/ mentoring arrangements and training/leadership of others.

Assessment is mainly based on reports and videos of practical work undertaken with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

This allows the integration of assessment with the development of practice.

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Facts Diploma in Positive Behaviour Support

FdSc in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Fee: £3,290 per annum (120 credits).

Location: Canterbury.

Times: A number of 1-4 day workshops.

Length: One year.

Entry requirements: Open to those who have studied at certificate level or have practitioner experience or prior practitioner experiential learning.

Progression: Students who successfully complete this programme may progress on to the degree programme.

Fee: £3,290 per annum (240 credits).

Location: Canterbury.

Times: A number of 1-4 day workshops.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: NVQ2 or five GCSEs if starting at year 1.

Students must have access to work with children or adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

BSc (Hons) degree in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities This programme is suitable for those who have completed the Diploma in Positive Behaviour Support. However, students who already have a degree may take the first four modules as a freestanding Graduate Certificate in Applied Behaviour Analysis, or all five modules for a Graduate Diploma in Applied Behaviour Analysis.

The BSc prepares practitioners to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities using a behavioural approach integrated with an ‘ordinary life’ philosophy. It enables students to work in constructive, non-aversive and ethically sound ways with people who are often marginalised and vulnerable.

Students acquire expertise in theoretical and applied principles of Behaviour Analysis and develop the skills necessary to facilitate learning, self help, adaptive functioning, community participation, and so on for children/adults with intellectual/ developmental disabilities, including autism.

Further enquiries

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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at Canterbury (cont) Programme content During the course of the programme, you take the following modules.

Values, Ethics and Professional Practice This module examines ethical and legal issues confronted in professional practice. You look at issues such as choice, informed consent and capacity to consent.

You examine what is meant by choice in situations where service users do not have control over resources and their surroundings, and you consider the ethical principles underpinning the right to effective treatments and to supportive environments for persons with varying levels of intellectual/developmental disability, including autism.

(Code TZ522, 15 credits)

Concepts of Applied Behaviour Analysis In this module, you become familiar with the principles of the experimental analysis of behaviour and applied behaviour analysis, and develop the ability to describe the principles of operant and respondent behaviour. You critically evaluate the strengths and limitations of applied behaviour analysis as an approach to understanding human behaviour and, specifically, the behaviour of children/adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

(Code TZ521, 15 credits)

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Observation and Analysis of Behaviour This module looks at different methods of data collection and the reliability and validity of observational data. You learn practical approaches to checking and calculating reliability and how to undertake descriptive assessment and experimental analysis including internal and external validity.

(Code TZ523, 15 credits)

Developing and Implementing Interventions You explore approaches to changing and developing new behaviour and the barriers to implementation.

(Code TZ524, 15 credits)

Work-Based Learning in Applied Behaviour Analysis You consolidate the knowledge and skills developed through previous modules, and apply that learning in your workplace or a comparable environment.

(Code TZ526, 60 credits)

Teaching and assessment Teaching methods include minilectures, individual and group exercises, some with the use of video feedback. Exercises vary in length, in some cases being guided practice simulations spread over several hours.

There are exercises involving local services and people with intellectual disabilities.

We also use analysis of published papers and reviews of the literature relevant to practice to explore the evidence base.

Work-based learning includes the production of assessed work, systematic reflection on practice, participation in supervision/ mentoring arrangements and training/leadership of others.

Assessment is mainly based on reports and videos of practical work undertaken with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

This allows the integration of assessment with the development of practice. .

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Facts BSc (Hons) in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Applied Behaviour Analysis

Fee: ÂŁ3,290 per annum (360 credits).

Location: Canterbury.

Times: A number of 1-4 day workshops.

Length: Three years.

Entry requirements: NVQ2 or five GCSEs if starting at year 1.

Students must have access to work with children or adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Progression: Please see our Graduate Prospectus for details.

Please note: those students who have an honours degree can take the final year of the degree programme as a stand-alone Graduate Certificate or Diploma. Please see our Graduate Prospectus or website for more details.

Most students will already be in employment or have access to work with children or adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The Tizard Centre is committed to widening participation, and has a long and successful tradition of admitting mature students. We consider applications from students with non-standard qualifications individually.

The year of admission and pathway will depend upon students’ prior educational attainment and practitioner experience. Accreditation of Prior Learning and Prior Experiential Learning may be possible on all programmes.

Students may transfer between programmes and between levels, subject to meeting admission and progression requirements.

Students who already hold the Tizard Centre Diploma in Applied Psychology of Learning Disability (Challenging Behaviour) qualification can enter directly into Stage 3.

Further enquiries

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Law at Medway The Certificate in Law has been offered since 1985 and has attracted students from a wide range of backgrounds throughout Kent, including people who work full- or part-time, and people returning to study after raising a family. The common element for all students on the programme is a wish to develop an interest in the law.

Kent Law School is widely recognised as one of the leading law schools in the UK and is unique in the range of resources and opportunities it offers, including first-class electronic resources via our website (www.kent.ac.uk/law) which are ideally suited to meet the needs of our part-time students. All modules have sections within our online learning environment, and many lectures are available as audio versions (using MP3 software) which you can access and listen to in your own time.

You can sample a lecture by visiting our website.

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Most students on the Certificate programme attend evening classes (usually two evenings per week during term time).

Students study in a supportive environment with space to fully explore the legal issues covered within the course.

A Certificate in Law and Society is equivalent to Stage 1 of the degree programme. Students who successfully complete the certificate to a certain level may go on to Stage 2 of the LLB degree in Law. It is possible to study during the daytime, although we recommend you contact us first if you are considering this option.

Combined Studies The Combined Studies part-time programme allows you to study one or two modules a year from a range of subjects, including Law, and is ideal as an introduction to studying the subject at Higher Education level. The individual modules are open to those studying for accreditation – usually, 30 or 60 subject credits are taken in one year. There are no specific entry requirements, though students should have sufficiently good verbal and written English. Tutor support and help with study skills is always available.

Programme content Further information on the Certificate in Combined Studies (CCS) programme is available on p24. Modules carry either 15 or 30 certificate-level credits. A full list of modules on offer from September 2010 is available to view and book online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/ccs.

Alternatively you can order a copy of the CCS prospectus by phone or online at www.kent.ac.uk/studying/form.

Credits from the CCS module CM388 Introduction to Law may be transferred on to the Certificate in Law and Society. If you wish to study a range of subjects, you can work towards the Certificate in Combined Studies, see p24 for further information.

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Facts Combined Studies module Fee: £240 per 30-credit module.

Location: A range of locations across Kent.

Times: Two hours per week.

Length: Two terms.

Entry requirements: Open to all students.

Progression: You may be able to use your credits to transfer on to a Certificate in Law and Society, or you can work towards a Certificate in Combined Studies. See the Guide to Part-time Study at Kent for further information.

Certificate in Law and Society This programme can be taken as a stand-alone programme, or as the first step towards a law degree. It is suitable for students from a wide range of professions and backgrounds.

Traditionally, it includes the law of contract and tort (but not property). As well as introducing some of the content, a key focus is on the institution of the common law through which most of the law of obligations has emerged.

Foundations of Property Programme content During the course of the programme, students take the following modules.

Introduction to Obligations

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This module introduces the law of obligations, which comprises the private law of duties and rights to which individuals and organisations are subject.

‘Property’ is something we tend to presume we know about, and rarely examine as an idea or practice closely. Most often we use it to connote an object or ‘thing’, and presume that it has something to do with ‘ownership’ of that object. This module begins to unpack and examine ideas and practices of property more closely: How are property Continued overleaf 75

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A Critical Introduction to Law This module investigates and promotes a critical approach to topics within law and to law itself.

Taking a small number of topics and debates within law, the module investigates each from a critical perspective, focusing on themes of knowledge, identity, justice and power. The aim is to enable you to acquire and develop the general skills required for critical thinking and analysis, and more particularly to consider critically our own conception of law and of the institutional structures and concepts within it.

Criminal Law In this module you examine the general principles of criminal law offences against the person and property and general defences, focusing on comparative, historical and philosophical analyses, casting particular light on the nature and aims of the criminal law.

Teaching and assessment You must complete coursework essays during your studies.

Modules are assessed by a combination of examination and coursework.

Facts Certificate in Law and Society Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Medway.

Times: Medway – various times, evening and daytime.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: Mature students without normal entry qualifications are encouraged to apply. Most applicants are interviewed.

Progression: Students with the Certificate in Law and Society can go on to the degree programme.

Public Law I This module has four main parts: i) An introduction to the English legal system and its constitutional significance ii) Constitutionalism: What is a state? What is the relationship between the citizen and the state?

What is the role of the law? iii) Forms of government; democracy, federalism and supra-national bodies iv) Constraining the power of the state; human rights, judicial review and administrative mechanisms.

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Facts LLB (Hons) degree in Law

LLB (Hons) degree in Law For those who want to continue with their studies, we offer a parttime flexible degree programme that builds on work already done in the Certificate in Law and Society. Or, if you already have an honours degree, you may be eligible to enter the degree programme at the same stage without taking the certificate.

Completing the LLB degree gives exemption from the first set of qualifying examinations for becoming a solicitor or barrister, provided that you pass certain core modules within the degree (with an overall pass of at least 2.2 level).

Fee: £710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Medway.

Times: Various times – evening and daytime.

Length: Six years, or four years with the Certificate in Law or an undergraduate degree.

Entry requirements: Applications are welcome from students with non-traditional qualifications who can demonstrate similar potential to students who have the usual A level points. Students who have the Certificate in Law and Society, or who already have a degree, are able to take the LLB degree as a four-year programme.

Progression: Training as a solicitor or barrister (see details in programme listing, left).

Details of the programme are given in Kent’s Undergraduate Prospectus.

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Primary Dental Care at Medway Future dental provision requires the best and most appropriate use of targeted professional skills, as well as effective regulation, all delivered through the concept of fully integrated and devolved team working.

As part of the Centre of Professional Practice, the Division of Dentistry is dedicated to the provision of lifelong learning for the entire dental team to encourage a good mix of skills and to enhance clinical and non-clinical competencies.

The new BSc degree in Primary Dental Care embraces and promotes the principles supporting whole team dentistry, including leadership and interprofessional and collaborative working, to enhance the quality of patient care. This programme equips the qualified, registered Dental Care Professional (DCP) with the necessary skills for a sustainable and enduring career within the dental profession, and facilitates credibility through professional and academic development.

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BSc (Hons) Primary Dental Care Certificate level (Stage 1) Stage 1 represents the certificate level of the programme and is equivalent to the first year of a full-time degree. This stage may take up to two years to complete.

This stage of the programme is delivered through a set of four compulsory 30-credit modules: • Critical Appraisal of Dental Health-Related Publications • Development of General Dental Council (GDC) Core Skills and Clinical Governance through Audit (including the Faculty of General Dental Practice’s Key Skills for DCPs) • Introduction to Primary Dental Care in a Social Context • Lifelong Learning and the Academic DCP. In addition, Stage 1 includes integrated generic study skills which introduce you to standards of study within an academic environment.

The normal pattern of programme delivery consists of a compulsory tutored week (Monday to Saturday), plus five residential weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) to cover the 30-credit modules plus tutorials required.

If you start to study for the BSc but stop your studies at this stage, you will be awarded a Certificate in Primary Dental Care on completion of the modules.

Diploma level (Stage 2) Stage 2 represents the intermediate level of the programme and is equivalent to the second year of a full-time degree. This stage may take up to two years to complete.

During this stage, you take four compulsory modules: • Communication within Primary Dental Care • DCP Mentorship • Introduction to Research in Primary Dental Care • Oral Health Education in a Social Context.

You also take one of the following: • • • •

Diet and Nutrition Law and Ethics Oral Health Education Practice Appraisal and Change Management • Radiography.

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Stage 2 consists of a compulsory residential week, plus residential weekends for each of the modules. In addition, there is a requirement to attend a final tutorial weekend.

If you start to study for the BSc but stop your studies at this stage, you will be awarded a Diploma in Primary Dental Care on completion of the modules.

Degree level (Stage 3) Stage 3 represents the degree level of the programme and is equivalent to the final year of a full-time degree. This stage may take up to two years to complete.

During this stage, you take four compulsory modules: • The DCP Function within an International Context • Dissertation Project • Reflective Practice and Personal Development Portfolio • Teamwork and Leadership within Primary Dental Care.

Teaching and assessment Taught classroom time is roughly 10% of the total study time, the remainder of which is self-study and work-based learning. Each module is assessed through assignments and evidencebased portfolios.

The work-based learning element involves study based on your position within the Primary Dental Care workplace. You assess the nature of your role within the workplace using personal journals and professional peer group discussions. You are required to demonstrate the application of skills and knowledge to enhance your professional contribution and ability to raise standards of professional practice within your Primary Dental Care setting.

Scholarships Applications for scholarships are invited dents. from all par t-time stu go to For more information www.kent.ac.uk/ duate scholarships/undergra /dentistry

Facts BSc (Hons) Primary Dental Care Fee: £1,645 per annum.

Location: Medway.

Times: Each stage requires a compulsory tutored residential week (Mon-Sat), plus residential weekends (Fri-Sun) for each of the required and optional modules.

Length: Two years for certificate level, a further two years for the diploma and a final two years for the degree.

Entry requirements: GCSE English Grade C or above (or equivalent). All applicants must be qualified Registered Dental Care Professionals (dental nurse, dental therapist, dental technician, orthodontic therapist, clinical dental technician or dental hygienist with at least an NQF Level 4 qualification or equivalent).

You must be registered with the General Dental Council, and in a working environment that enables the study and completion of the minimum number of modules.

You should be computer-literate and able to use the the internet, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

You should have an email address and access to a computer and broadband.

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Social Sciences at Medway Studying Social Sciences at Kent gives you an understanding of how society works. The degree programme offers the opportunity to combine different subjects – sociology, social policy, history and psychology – which provide you with an interdisciplinary and multi-perspective approach to investigating society and people.

BSc (Hons) degree in Social Sciences Contemporary issues and concepts such as poverty, health and welfare, inequality, ethics and identity are never simple to understand, but this degree programme teaches you the theories and practical techniques you need to analyse society. You will have the opportunity to select topics and modules, taught by dedicated research-active staff, which match your interests and needs in a flexible and coherent manner.

Programme content

“I visited Medway and liked the look of the campus – I was really impressed with the library. The psychology and sociology modules really complement each other and moving between the two quite different disciplines is a challenge but also enjoyable.”

Chloe Dower BSc (Hons) degree in Social Sciences

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A part-time student usually takes modules worth 60 credits a year.

This means you would reach certificate level in two years, diploma level (Stage 2) in a further two years, and degree level (Stage 3) after the final two years.

In the first two years (Stage 1), all students take the following module.

Methods of Social Research This module provides a general foundation to the key themes, concepts and methods of social sciences. (30 credits) In addition, you choose three modules from the following range of options.

Introduction to Sociology This module enables you to understand the role sociology has played in explaining modern society. It introduces debates about the nature of economy, polity and culture, tackling traditional issues such as class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality and age. It also explores key sociological topics such as the family, community, work, education, mass media, and religion. (30 credits)

Social Problems and Social Policy You are introduced to the study of social policy by looking at social problems and issues, such as poverty and social exclusion, truancy, homelessness, the ageing population, domestic violence, the changing family structure, the work/life balance, and the impact of migrants and asylum seekers. (30 credits)

Introduction to Contemporary Britain This module gives you an understanding of the key political, economic and social changes in Britain in the 20th century. The period chosen facilitates discussion of some of the main political and economic ideas and events which have influenced contemporary society, and the approaches which historians have adopted towards them. (30 credits)

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Facts BSc (Hons) in Social Sciences Fee: ÂŁ710 per annum (60 credits).

Location: Medway.

Times: Day and evening.

Length: Students normally reach certificate level in two years, diploma level (Stage 2) in a further two years, and degree level (Stage 3) after the final two years.

Entry requirements: A levels or a relevant Access course, or the equivalent. Mature students with non-standard qualifications or work experience are welcome to apply.

Introduction to Psychology This is a general introduction to the study of psychology, including its historical development, major modern fields of research and application, perspectives and key issues. (30 credits) At Stages 2 and 3, each module is worth either 15 or 30 credits. At Stage 2, you must take two of three available modules in Research Methods in Sociology, History or Psychology (which together total 30 credits). At Stage 3, there is a compulsory Dissertation module. (30 credits).

At both stages, you are then free to choose additional modules

according to your interests.

Modules are offered on Social Policy, Welfare Issues, Health Policy, Social Ethics, Gender and Work, Social History through Film, Visual Sociology, and a wide range of areas within Psychology.

You are also free to choose from Criminal Justice Studies modules.

Teaching and assessment Our teaching methods include lectures, seminars, group projects and individual tutorials.

Assessment is by a mixture of coursework (essays and presentations) and examination.

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Substance Misuse Management at Canterbury These programmes aim to provide you with the knowledge – both academic and skillsbased – that you need to provide therapeutic care in an alcohol/drug treatment setting.

There are three stages of programme: Certificate level (Stage 1); Diploma level (Stage 2); and Degree level (Stage 3).

The programmes take a broad view, looking at various treatment approaches, both from the perspective of the agency and in terms of the skills you need to work with clients. You also look at factors that include: social context and behaviour; individual psychology; family background; care planning; therapeutic interventions; treatment outcomes; service delivery; inequalities in social and health care; and social inclusion.

These programmes incorporate the Drug and Alcohol National Occupational Standards (DANOS) and the NHS/National Treatment Agency’s ‘Models of Care’ framework.

Certificate in Substance Misuse Management Certificate in the Management of Substance-Misusing Offenders Certificate level (Stage 1) We offer two certificate programmes, which both provide a broad introduction to the skills needed for working with problem substance-users.

The Certificate in Substance Misuse Management is aimed at all those who are working – or planning to work – with substance-using clients in the community. It is also suitable

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for a wide range of professionals, including those working within social work or health-related sectors, who have significant contact with problem substanceusers.

The Certificate in the Management of SubstanceMisusing Offenders is aimed at all those working with substance users within the criminal justice system, including probation officers, criminal justice workers and prison officers.

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Programme content All students study four modules in total, including two compulsory modules, listed below: • Managing Problem Substance Use: An Introduction (Code KI107, 30 credits) • Counselling Skills for Problem Substance-Users (Code KI108, 30 credits).

Students taking the Certificate in Substance Misuse Management study the following two modules: • Understanding Problem Substance Use: Theory and Practice (Code KI109, 30 credits) • Reducing Substance Use: National and Local Strategies (Code KI110, 30 credits).

Students taking the Certificate in the Management of SubstanceMisusing Offenders study the following two modules: • Key Issues for SubstanceMisusing Offenders (Code KI121, 30 credits) • Drugs and the Criminal Justice System: An Introduction (Code KI124, 30 credits).

Facts Certificate in Substance Misuse Management Certificate in the Management of SubstanceMisusing Offenders Fee: £415 per 30-credit module (overseas student £740 per module as part of a four-module programme).

Location: Canterbury.

We can also deliver this programme across the UK. Please call for details.

Times: Five teaching days plus one tutorial/review day per module.

Length: 18 months.

Entry requirements: To study this programme you need: • relevant current experience or employment, working with problem substance-users in a therapeutic or rehabilitation setting

• support from your employing agency and access to clients with substance-use problems.

If you are not currently working in this area, you will need access to a work placement in a substance-use project with appropriate mentoring • reference indicating your academic and personal suitability for the programme.

You will also be asked to attend an interview.

Progression: Students who successfully complete this programme can go on to diploma level.

Teaching and assessment Teaching is based on workshops, lectures and discussion groups.

Assessment is based on log books, reflective diaries and your review of them, plus essays and seminar presentations.

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Substance Misuse Management at Canterbury (cont) • Service Management: Delivery of Services (Code KI522, 15 credits).

Your final module is chosen from the following two options: • Complex Needs: An Integrated Approach to Dual Diagnosis (Code KI523, 15 credits) • Drugs and the Criminal Justice System (Code KI531, 15 credits).

Teaching and assessment

Diploma in Substance Misuse Management

Programme content

Diploma level (Stage 2)

• Perspectives on Alcohol and Drug Use and Misuse (Code KI500, 30 credits) • Effective Interventions for Substance Misusers (Code KI501, 30 credits) • Policy, Processes and Practice in Substance Misuse Services (Code KI507, 15 credits) • Work-Based Learning (Code KI508, 15 credits).

This programme provides a framework for understanding the nature of addiction processes from biological, psychological and social perspectives, and focuses on the settings and approaches within which addiction treatment is provided.

It is suitable for practitioners working in Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 services for people with drug/alcohol problems.

You study a range of modules over two years: these include core modules and chosen modules.

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All students take the following four modules:

You then have the option to choose one of the following two modules: • Engaging, Assessing and Motivating Clients (Code KI509, 15 credits)

Teaching is based on workshops, lectures and discussion groups.

Assessment is based on essays, seminar presentations and structured work-based learning.

You are encouraged to link the material in the module to your own professional environment by developing skills and techniques and by evaluating practices within your own workplace.

“The course has enabled me to get a qualification in my chosen field. It has given me a better understanding of the different aspects of substance misuse and tools to use in everyday interaction with my clients. I have notably bettered my counselling skills and knowledge of the funding process.”

Stacey Bartlett Substance Misuse Management

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Facts Diploma in Substance Misuse Management Fee: £2,260 per annum. The programme is 120 credits in total and students usually study 60 credits per year. £4,065 per annum for overseas students.

Location: Canterbury.

Times: One week per module; KI500 module: two weeks.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: To study this programme you need: • certificate-level learning relevant to the field (or, in some cases, evidence of an equivalent level of learning through prior experience and/or non-certificated educational/training events) • relevant experience or employment in health/social care

• support from your employing agency and access to clients with problems of addiction. If you are not currently working within the field, you must be able to demonstrate the availability of a placement in a work setting with appropriate mentoring • references indicating your academic and personal suitability for the programme.

You will also be asked to attend an interview.

Progression: Students who successfully complete this programme can go on to study at degree level.

BSc (Hons) degree in Substance Misuse Management Degree level (Stage 3) This degree programme provides a comprehensive study of the psychological, social and biological aspects of addictive behaviours, plus training in research methods and the development of a research project. The degree is aimed at a wide range of professionals working in health care, counselling, criminal justice and social support agencies.

The programme looks at the wider relationship between drugs and alcohol use and social processes and policy formation in the UK and internationally. You gain a better understanding of addiction and addiction management in different settings, including social care, drug and alcohol treatment, the criminal justice system and service management.

Further enquiries

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Substance Misuse Management at Canterbury (cont) Facts BSc (Hons) degree in Substance Misuse Management

Programme content All students take the following four modules: • Psychological and Biological Aspects of Dependency (Code KI511, 30 credits) • Drugs and Culture (Code KI525, 15 credits) • Homelessness and Pathways to Social Inclusion (Code KI524, 15 credits) • Research Methods (Code KI536, 15 credits) • Research Project (Code KI533, 30 credits).

You also choose one of the following two modules:

• Drugs and the Criminal Justice System (Code KI531, 15 credits) • Complex Needs: An Integrated Approach to Dual Diagnosis (Code KI523, 15 credits).

Teaching and assessment Teaching is based on workshops and discussion groups, and assessment is based on essays and seminar presentations.

Fee: £2,260 per annum. The programme is 120 credits in total and students usually study 60 credits per year. £4,065 per annum for overseas students.

Location: Canterbury.

Times: One week per module.

Length: Two years.

Entry requirements: To study this programme you need: • diploma-level learning in a relevant subject • references indicating your academic and personal suitability for the programme.

You will also be asked to attend an interview.

Progression: Students who successfully complete the degree can apply for a postgraduate research opportunity at Kent. Please contact the department for details, or refer to the Graduate Prospectus.

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Additional degree programmes The degree programmes listed here can be studied on a part-time basis. You study alongside full-time students in classes held during the day and usually complete your degree in six years.

For details of the entry requirements for these programmes, please see the Undergraduate Prospectus.

Art and Film (Canterbury) Biological Anthropology (Canterbury) Biochemistry (Canterbury) Biomedical Science (Canterbury) *Business Administration (Canterbury) Business Administration (European Management) (Canterbury) Business Administration with Computing (Canterbury)

**Criminology (Canterbury) Design: Experience Design (Medway)

Medical Anthropology (Canterbury) *Philosophy (Canterbury)

English, American and Postcolonial Literature (Canterbury)

*Politics and International Relations (Canterbury)

*English and American Literature (Canterbury)

*Religious Studies (Canterbury)

English and American LIterature and Creative Writing (Canterbury) Environmental Social Science (Canterbury) Fine Art (Medway) *French (Canterbury)

*Psychology (Canterbury) *Social Anthropology (Canterbury) *Social Policy (Canterbury) *Sociology (Canterbury) Sport and Exercise Management (Medway) Sports Science (Medway)

Health and Social Care (Canterbury)

Sports Therapy (Medway)

*Hispanic Studies (Canterbury)

Visual and Performed Arts (Canterbury)

**Italian (Canterbury) Journalism (Medway) Mathematics and Statistics Business Mathematics Financial Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics including a Foundation Year (Canterbury)

War Studies (Canterbury)

For details of the part-time programmes run by our associate and partner colleges, please see the Undergraduate Prospectus.

Business Studies with a Year in Industry (Medway) *These subjects are also available as part of joint honours programmes, some of which you may be able to study part-time. **These subjects are only available as joint honours programmes.

Further enquiries

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How to apply online To apply, simply go to our website: www.kent.ac.uk/part-time and fill in the online application form.

Please note there is no fixed closing date but you should apply for your programme as early as possible.

If you don’t have web access, you can fill in a paper application form which is available upon request.

If you need more advice on making an application or choosing your programme, please contact the Information, Recruitment and Admissions Office.

Information days for par t-time students Tonbridge Saturday 12 June Saturday 11 September Canterbury Saturday 26 June Saturday 9 October Medway Saturday 10 July Saturday 16 October

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The University will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver courses and other services in accordance with the descriptions set out in this prospectus. However the University does not provide education on a commercial basis. It is also largely dependent on charitable and public funds which the University has to manage in a way which is efficient and cost effective in the context of the provision of a wide range of courses and services to a large number of students.

The University therefore reserves the right to make variations to the contents and method of delivery of courses and other services, to discontinue courses and other services and to merge or combine courses, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University. If the University discontinues any course it will use its best endeavours to provide a suitable alternative course.

All students will be required as a condition of enrolment to agree to abide by and to submit to the procedures of the University’s Regulations as amended from time to time. A copy of the current Regulations is available on our website.

Data protection and consent to process For the University to operate efficiently, it needs to process information about you for administrative, academic and health and safety reasons. Any offer this institution makes to you is subject to your consent to process such information and therefore a requirement before we can register you as a student.

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