A very warm welcome to all students enrolling on the Pre-Master's Diploma course, starting in September for in-take 1 and January for in-take 2.

Jacopo Castaldi
Course Director

Key dates

Course start date: 16 September 2024

Academic Calendar: 12-week Trimesters (long break)

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2024-25 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.

Welcome

During the six months duration of the course spread over two academic semesters you will be part of a community of students, quite possibly from different parts of the world, all committed to developing and sharing their theoretical knowledge and research skills across a broad range of disciplines from the Arts, Humanities and Education, Business, Social Sciences and Law.

Getting started

As the Pre-Master’s Diploma is open to international students across a broad range of disciplines, no specific pre-arrival activities are set other than that students prepare themselves by engaging with academic texts written in English language in their chosen discipline area. This will not only help in terms of developing English language skills but hopefully allow students to get better acquainted with the contemporary topics in their chosen areas.

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 16 September 2024 - we look forward to meeting you then

Pre-course reading

For all discipline areas:

Balnaves, M. & Caputi P. (2001) Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods: An Investigative Approach. London: Sage.

Bell, J. (2018) Doing your Research Project. 7th edn. Maidenhead: Open University Press

Caplan, N. (2012) Grammar Choices for Graduate & Professional Writers. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press

Swales, J. & Feak, C.B. (2014) Academic Writing for Graduate Students. 3rd edn. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press

For Business, Arts and Humanities and the Law:

Bell, E. (2019) Business Research Methods. 5th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bryman, A. (2016) Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

For Arts, Humanities and Education:

Cohen, L. (2011) Research Methods in Education. Abingdon: Routledge.

Holliday, A. (2002) Doing and Writing Qualitative Research. London: Sage

It is useful to note that the University Bookshop offers 10% discount on most titles in print and have some price-beating book bundles. They also price match Amazon on core texts recommended in the module handbooks you will receive when you start in September.

International student success programme

International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.

Contact details

FAHE.CourseAdmin@canterbury.ac.uk