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What follows is intended to help you acquire a general understanding of the programme. Birkbeck reserves the right to vary without notice the contents of courses or parts of courses and to modify facilities and arrangements for students. Applicants and students should confirm the up-to-date position when they need to know it.
What would my pattern of attendance be as a ‘part-time’ student during ....
..... MY FIRST ACADEMIC YEAR; September till December?
You will be asked to do some preparation before classes formally start towards the end of September - the Unit One Induction (two weeks). Unit Two then runs through until early November and is followed by Unit Three, which runs until the end of term in mid-December.
..... MY FIRST ACADEMIC YEAR; Spring Term?
You take Unit Five only this term, which is likely, dependent on the Option you select, to have one taught session per week in the evening of Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, with an assessment deadline at the start of the Summer Term.
..... MY FIRST ACADEMIC YEAR; Summer Term?
You do not attend.
..... MY SECOND ACADEMIC YEAR; September till December?
You do not attend.
..... MY SECOND ACADEMIC YEAR; Spring Term?
You attend for Units One and Four, which will be taught only in afternoon sessions this term on a combination of Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
..... MY SECOND ACADEMIC YEAR; Summer Term and beyond?
Unit Six will be taught in late April and May. As Unit Seven is almost entirely dealt with on an individual basis between each student and the Programme Leader, you will be free from around early June to undertake the work you have chosen to do for Unit Seven. This allows the possibility of a twelve-week secondment for these students who choose that pathway for Unit Seven.
The Final Assessment (for Units One and Seven combined) will take place at some point in the second half of September.
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