The University of London External Programme awards Diplomas for Graduates in a number
of subjets. UCI is offering courses for the following Diplomas for Gradutates: Accounting,
Banking, Information Systems, Management, Social Sciences and Economics.
The Diplomas for Graduates are principally intended for graduates of any discipline
who, for professional or personal reasons, wish to secure a stand-alone qualification
in a discipline of Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences. It is
also for those who may wish to use the qualification as a basis for progession into
postgraduate study in a related area.
• The examinations for the Diplomas for Graduates, and the standard to which they
are marked are the same
as those for degrees.
• The Diplomas for Graduates are awarded with the grading of Distinctions, Merits
or pass.
• Each Diploma consists of four full units which must all be passed for the compeletion
of the award.
For further details please consult prospectus of University of London External Programme.
www.londonexternal.ac.uk
COURSE LIST
Accounting
One compulsory unit
25 Principles of accounting
Two units chosen from
59 Financial management or
92 Corporate finance
91 Financial reporting
93 Auditing
97 Management accounting
And one full unit (either foundation or further) as listed on page 22
Banking
One compulsory unit
24 Principles of banking and finance
Two units chosen from
23 Investment management
29 Financial intermediation
91 Financial reporting
59 Financial management OR 92 Corporate finance
93 Auditing
And one full unit (either foundation or further) as listed on page 22
Economics
Three units
20 Elements of econometrics
65 Macroeconomics
66 Microeconomics
And one full unit (either foundation or further) as listed on page 22
Information Systems
Three compulsory units
62 Information systems development and management
159 Research project in information systems
138 Information and communication technologies : principles and perspectives
And one unit chosen from
60 Introduction to information systems
110 Information and communication technology and policy (half unit)
111 Information systems evaluations (half unit)
112 Sociology of information systems (half unit)
113 The ethics and politics of information systems (half unit)
129 Introduction to programming and 041a Statistics 1
139 Software engineering : theory and application
Management
One compulsory unit
107 Introduction to business and management
Two units chosen from
32 Management science methods
59 Financial management OR 92 Corporate finance
79 Elements of social and applied psychology
127 Organization theory : an interdisciplinary approach
136 Information systems and organisations
141 Principles of marketing
And one full unit (either foundation or further) as listed on page 22
Social Sciences
One compulsory unit
Any four full units, but not more than two full foundation units, and not more than two law units
Notes
Please refer to the latest EMFSS regulations of the University of London for further information on other courses available as the optional units.