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Contents Learning at City University London Term dates 2014/15 Location Fees Enrolment Contacting the programme team After enrolment Further information

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Business and Law Marketing Enterprise and Small Business Management Banking and Finance Essential Business Skills Law

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Computing

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C# and .NET Programming

Design and Visualisation Java, Scala and iPhone Microsoft Office, Excel and VBA Programming in C, C++ and Financial Engineering Systems Web Creative Industries The Business of Art and Music Event Management Filmmaking

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Languages Why study a language at City University London?

Assessing your level Language courses

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Translation Studies

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Writing Fiction Writing Non-Fiction Writing

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Terms and Conditions

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Short courses at a glance

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Short courses by day of the week

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Travel directions

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On the cover: Ed Woodcock, Strategy Director at Aesop, found success after completing a short course at City University London. Find out how on page 85.

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Learning at City University London

Learning at City University London Ideally positioned between the City of London and Tech City, Europe’s fastest growing technology cluster, City University London provides firstrate open-access evening and weekend short courses.

We offer a wide variety of short courses and training and development programmes, delivered by expert practitioners and informed by our own ongoing research. Our courses cater for individual learners and employers seeking staff development opportunities. For employers, we offer both open-access courses and advanced tailor-made programmes designed to meet specific organisational needs. Please contact us on shortcourses@city.ac.uk if you would like to discuss this further.

We offer: • A long-standing commitment to academic excellence and a focus on business and the professions • A fantastic central London location, close to mainline and underground train stations • An excellent range of courses that are flexible, targeted and competitively priced • Classes held in the evenings and at the weekends to fit in with busy schedules • The opportunity to learn alongside a diverse and highly motivated peer group.

You can choose from over 120 courses in subjects across business, computing, creative industries, languages (including translation studies), law and writing.

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Many subjects are taught at more than one level, from introductory to advanced, allowing you to continue your progress over a period of several terms.

Most courses consist of ten classes lasting 2 hours once a week. Some courses include weekend visits or take place entirely at weekends. There is no half term for short courses. In the summer term (Term 3), where course dates fall on a Bank Holiday, alternative arrangements are made.

For more information about the courses including reading lists, learning outcomes and tutor biographies, visit www.cityshortcourses.com.

This prospectus is intended to give you a sample of the short courses we offer. City University London also provides a selection of continuing professional development programmes for lawyers, translators and healthcare practitioners. For corporate clients we offer our bespoke Cass Executive Education programme, tailored to your organisation’s needs and objectives. Visit www.city.ac.uk.

Term 2 (spring term): 19th January 2015 to 3rd April 2015 Term 3 (summer term): 27th April 2015 to 3rd July 2015 Location Classes are held at the main University campus at Northampton Square unless otherwise specified. Please see page 102 for maps and travel information.

Fees The fees for each course are specified in the course details. Fees are payable in full in advance.

Enrolment Enrolment is via the website www.cityshortcourses.com.

We take all course bookings on a first-come, first-served basis and once a course is full it will be closed and applicants advised of the next available course. The most popular courses get filled extremely quickly, so to avoid disappointment book as early as you can and ideally no later than 10 working days before the start of the course.

After enrolment We will send you an email confirming your place on the course, a receipt for payment and a link to the student handbook when we receive your enrolment form and payment. In busy periods just before the start of term this may take up to 10 working days.

• Please bring a printout of your confirmation email to the first class • If you haven’t received your confirmation email due to late enrolment or for any other reason, please telephone us before the first class to confirm that a place has been reserved for you

Learning at City University London

Term dates 2014/15 Term 1 (autumn term): 6th October 2014 to 12th December 2014

• All room numbers will be listed at the St John Street and Northampton Square entrances on the first evening of the term. Please go to your classroom, where your tutor will issue you with a Student Card. You should keep this with you at all times when on University premises.

Further information Please visit www.cityshortcourses.com for updates and more information. New courses introduced during the year will be posted on the website. To find out more about the University, our Schools or Departments, facilities available to students and any events open to the public, visit the University website www.city.ac.uk.

Contacting the programme team Each subject area is managed by an experienced co-ordinator who has detailed knowledge of all the courses and their requirements.

To contact a co-ordinator, please email shortcourses@city.ac.uk. Please include the title of the course in your enquiry.

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Business and Law 6

Business and Law City University London Business and Law short courses attract both individual learners and business managers who wish to develop core skills and competencies of their staff. Our courses cover a wide spectrum of disciplines from communication and presentation skills to risk management and international finance. Some of our 10-week programmes in strategy, planning, marketing and financial management will be of particular interest to business start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The courses are tailored to meet the needs of this particular sector to help small business owner-managers access essential knowledge to accelerate the growth of their enterprises.

Digital Marketing: An Introduction

Strategic Digital Marketing

Course code: CS1794

Course code: CS2768

Course fee: £395

Course fee: £395

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 or Tuesday 7th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 or Tuesday 20th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015 or Tuesday 28th April 2015

Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This entry-level course gives an overview of digital marketing including planning a website, website promotion, email and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) campaigns, e-commerce and integrating digital marketing with traditional marketing. The course provides a practical framework to develop customised digital marketing programmes and is designed for marketers, managers and individuals who want to take advantage of new marketing techniques. The use of modern technologies to integrate marketing will be discussed, with the opportunity in the final week to work in groups to present a fictional digital marketing concept.

Business and Law

Marketing

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This advanced course offers a practical approach to digital marketing. It covers a range of subjects including marketing issues in website development, use of analytics, social media, blogs, newsletters and other message feeds and affiliate marketing. The course will conclude with a group presentation of a consolidated digital marketing campaign in the final week.

“ I am very happy with the course and how much I learnt and developed each week. The course is excellent, beyond my expectations.”

Solange Prata

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Business and Law

Marketing: An Introduction

Marketing: Advanced

Course code: CS1796

Course code: CS2769

Course fee: £395

Course fee: £395

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

Whether it is a product or a service, an idea or yourself, good marketing will set you apart from the competition. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to marketing and its main principles. By blending lectures, discussion and group work the course explores how individuals and organisations can gain competitive advantage by applying the tools and techniques of marketing and adopting a customer-focused approach.

Aimed at those familiar with marketing concepts, this course looks closely at PR, finance for marketing, product management and competitive marketing strategies. It also covers the basic principles of market research methods and practices, marketing communications processes and planning and financial models associated with marketing.

Students prepare a market research brief and communications plan, profitably manage a product in a classroom exercise and construct a number of financial models.

“ The course is interesting, the price is good and it fits very well into a work schedule, as classes are one day a week. Very good tutor; helpful and passionate about the subject.”

“ It covers a wide range of subjectmatter and is good value for money.”

Alba Colomer Serra

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Marketing: Advanced Student

Business and Law

Market Research with SPSS Course code: CS1764 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks The aim of this course is to enable students to develop market research skills through an iterative process of guided learning, including discussions, case studies, exercises and skills development activities. The course is learnercentred and students’ personal contributions are a critical factor in achieving successful learning outcomes.

“ A very good brief introduction to market research practice. It will help you decide if you want to continue further study or pursue a career in this field.”

Obi Santos-Oputa

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Business and Law

Enterprise and Small Business Management Practical Financial Management for the Small Business Course code: CS1798 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 24th February 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

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Starting up in Business Course code: CS1799 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 or Thursday 9th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 or Thursday 22nd January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 or Thursday 30th April 2015

Course duration: 10 weeks In spring term 10 classes over 5 weeks on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

This course covers the basics of financial management for the small business and look at the essential elements of finance, including preparing a cash flow forecast, bookkeeping, understanding accounting procedures, preparing VAT returns, company legal structures and taxation. The course examines how these techniques should be integrated into all aspects of running a small business.

This is a practical course aimed at those embarking on a new business venture or those who would simply like to know what is involved in starting a new enterprise.

The course highlights the key issues to be considered, from marketing and sales to finance and legal requirements. Topics include the psychology behind starting up your own business, processes involved, business formats, market research and the importance of cash flow.

Course duration: 10 weeks

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Business and Law

Business and Law

Strategic Planning for Small Business Course code: CS1771 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course focuses on skills and techniques necessary to overcome the most common reasons for small business failure: inadequate resources, bad financial planning and an unclear vision of long-term goals. Students learn how to implement effective strategies to make their business succeed and grow through better planning, including marketing strategies on a limited budget, online and offline approaches to marketing promotion, making the most of customer data and business development through relationship marketing.

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Bank Financial Management (Incorporating Banking, Finance and Development) Course code: CS1948 Course fee: £395

Finance for the Non-Financial Manager Course code: CS1762 Course fee: £395

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 or Thursday 9th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 or Thursday 22nd January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015 or Thursday 30th April 2015

Course duration: 10 weeks

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

This course focuses on the significance of banks in an economy, their purpose and their management. It considers banks in relation to other financial institutions and financial markets, domestically and internationally.

The course includes discussion on banks’ off balance sheet activities, asset securitisation and the use of derivatives for risk management.

It also considers the financial development of economies from a barter system to the current international system and analyses the cause of the global financial crisis.

Course duration: 10 weeks

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

“ Good, structured course which allows you to understand the basic financial terms.”

Maryana Khairova

Business and Law

Banking and Finance

This course is aimed at managers from disciplines other than finance who wish to understand financial management principles and concepts and how they are put to use in businesses of all sizes. The course explains the basics of finance and provides a good understanding of basic financial statements.

It then examines the applications of sales, pricing, costing, interest and borrowings, taxation, investment, performance measurements, risk mitigation and hedge fund operations. Emphasis is placed on getting students to use the skills learnt in class in their work.

“ The course gives you a good general understanding of financial language and basic business principles. It’s a great springboard for other courses and allows you to see if you have an interest in these principles. The tutor gave a huge amount of examples to add context and aid understanding.”

Gemma Hopkins

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Business and Law

International Finance Course code: CS1996 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to the management of the financing activities of a modern international company. The course examines the interaction of a multinational company with international financial markets, how it raises finance from sources in addition to banks, the financial risks it faces and how it manages them. The course also studies the application of time value of money to value investments and instruments and considers the causes and characteristics of the global financial crisis.

“ In my opinion, this course is worthwhile. I understand more about risks, derivatives and how companies hedge their risks.”

International Finance Student

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Introduction to the City and Financial Services Course code: CS1788 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks London is one of the three main global financial centres, providing fantastic career opportunities. This course introduces the main institutions and roles operating in the City – banks, financial exchanges, insurance companies, investment managers, regulators and the products and jargon they employ.

Students also learn about the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in this challenging environment.

“ Good grounding in a complex subject for a very reasonable price.

Competent tutor who was friendly and interesting.”

Introduction to the City and Financial Services Student

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Business and Law

Business and Law

Risk Management in Banking and Finance Course code: CS1957 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course discusses the fundamental aspects of global financial liberalisation and repression and debates the central issues and ideas in globalisation. Crisis economics, comprising financial, economic and currency crisis are considered in the context of managing risk.

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Building Communication Skills

Coaching for Business

Course code: CS1787

Course code: CS1789

Course fee: £395

Course fee: £395

Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015

Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks In summer term 8 classes from 18:30 – 21:00

Getting your ideas across successfully requires an understanding of communication styles and behavioural flexibility. This course will extend communication skills through noticing and responding to the non-verbal, unconscious communication of others, and learning a range of tools and techniques to enhance communication abilities in all situations.

“ Great to build awareness of self and others and understand and practice techniques to improve communication. Sandra [the tutor] is very engaging and makes learning fun and inclusive.”

Business and Law

Essential Business Skills

By building up coaching skills that can be used in both personal development and managing others, students can achieve higher motivation, improve results, promote growth and save time. This course covers the foundations for becoming an effective coach, including building relationships and structuring a coaching session, and explores key skills used in coaching.

“ The course is very interesting.

The tutor is fantastic... I am going to enrol to another short course at City University London.”

Coaching for Business Student

Laura Veisa

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Business and Law

Advanced Coaching Skills Course code: CS2767 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks In summer term 8 classes from 18:30 – 21:00 This course offers an opportunity to develop and refine students’ coaching styles and techniques. It covers advanced coaching interventions, ethics, the establishment of coaching programmes and means of identifying and working with individual differences.

Consideration is also given to individual learning styles and “learning cycle”, and the ways in which psychometric and diagnostic tools facilitate learning within the coaching process. The course provides an opportunity to practice students’ newly-acquired skills and techniques with constructive feedback from peers and the tutor.

Human Resource Management: An Introduction Course code: CS1797 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 or Thursday 9th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 or Thursday 22nd January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015 or Thursday 30th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This is an entry-level, practical course for those interested in a career in Human Resource Management and those whose work brings them into contact with human resource matters.

Topics include the role of human resources in organisations, recruitment and interviewing techniques, human and industrial relations, training and development, remuneration and administration.

Note: if you are interested in this course, please contact us on shortcourses@city.ac.uk to confirm your level before booking your place.

“ Useful background knowledge for any commercial manager. Logical and fulfilling.”

Robin Edwards

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Course code: CS1779 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 and Wednesday 21st January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course aims to maximise the leadership and management potential of the individual in their professional environment. Through a series of workshops, it explores key leadership and management theories in the context of the practical skills required to succeed in today’s performance-driven job market.

Positive Psychology

Business and Law

Leadership and Management: An Introduction

Course code: CS1941 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 30th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks Understanding psychology can improve your well-being and success both at work and in your personal life. Positive psychology is the growing branch of psychology that focuses on strengths, positive states and happiness. This course has a particular emphasis on applying positive psychology in everyday life.

“ It was a very unique opportunity.

I learnt a lot from this course.”

Roger William

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Business and Law

Presentation Skills

Project Management: An Introduction

Course code: CS1781

Course code: CS1768

Course fee: £395

Course fee: £395

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 or Tuesday 7th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 or Tuesday 20th January 2015 or Thursday 22nd January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015 or Tuesday 28th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 8 weeks Being able to stand up and speak confidently to an audience is an essential life skill.

Whether the goal is to make winning presentations at work or an entertaining speech at a wedding, we all want to be memorable for the right reasons. This interactive and practical course helps students prepare their message and get ready for the challenge, with constructive feedback from the tutor and the rest of the group throughout the course.

“ Really fulfilling, interesting and worthwhile. I think most people will get a lot from this course.”

Rachel Engel

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course provides a general introduction to project management, ranging from the project planning process, setting up project aims and objectives, budgeting and structure. It uses a variety of useful project planning tools including risk analysis and management. It also examines the role of project manager and project team.

“ Great course to further your career – can use Project Management in many sectors. The course is long enough to learn the basics and is not a burden with work.”

Sarah Nathan

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Business and Law Taro Takeuchi Starting up in Business Prior to taking the Starting up in Business course at City University London, Taro had an office job, but always knew he wanted his own business. “In ten weeks I learnt a lot. The course is really condensed and focused and Kulan Mills, my tutor, gave me the base from which to start thinking seriously about what I wanted to achieve as a business owner.”

The guidance Taro received led his business idea to change dramatically. “At first I wanted to open an old-fashioned sweet shop, but after considering profit margins and sales volume, it would be hard to make any kind of profit. So I started thinking, what am I passionate about, and realised that I love dogs and know a great deal about them. I decided to open a dogs’ accessories shop.”

Bow Wow London is now open for business, located in the heart of fashionable Covent Garden. “I am still in touch with Kulan and speak to his students as a guest lecturer.

I tell the students that being a business owner requires bravery, passion, conviction and a lot of investment, in both time and money. But it really pays off when you get it right. For the first time in my life, I feel pride and satisfaction every minute I’m in my shop. It is truly a 24/7 job, but I love it.”

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Law Human Rights Law

Immigration Law: An Introduction

Course code: CS1987

Course code: CS1991

Course fee: £395

Course fee: £395

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

At the moment and for the future, the Human Rights arena is of central importance in the study of the Law. This course covers the part of Public International Law concerned with the protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, with a particular emphasis on the European Human Rights Convention.

The main topics covered are the treatment of aliens, the right to life, ill treatment, liberty and security, fair hearing, privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of association and economic and social rights.

This course introduces the key principles relating to immigration law in the United Kingdom. It explores a multitude of topics, including nationality, marriage and family applications, asylum application appeals and the law on deportation and removal.

British nationality and British citizenship and European legislation are also discussed.

Introduction to English Law and Legal Method

Course code: CS1985

Course code: CS1953

Course fee: £395

Course fee: £395

Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015

Start dates: Monday 6th September 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic elements of international law by examining the interrelationship between various international bodies and organisations.

The course concentrates on the worldwide system of relationships known as Public International Law. The concept of state identity, the processes by which international agreements may be secured, diplomatic relations, membership of the international community, treaty law and law of the sea are covered.

Law plays a significant role in the structure and organisation of human affairs and is in large part responsible for the maintenance of order in society. This course provides detailed description of how legal rules are made and applied, along with an overview of the workings of the twin pillars of state the courts and the constitution. Individual topics include parliamentary legislation, the doctrine of precedent, equitable principles, legal terminology and law reporting. The significance of European Union membership and the impact of Human Rights Law are considered.

“ Lots of useful information together with practising different cases.”

Justyna Smarszcz

Business and Law

International Law: Systems and Organisations

“ It is an interesting course that gives you a basic idea of the English legal system and a good overview of what English law is about.”

Francisco Cortina

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Computing

Computing

City University London offers a wide range of hands-on, commercially relevant and up-to-date courses in Computer Science and Design. All courses are tutor-led with scope for guided practice in class and informative feedback. Students can study one course or follow a flexible programme of study, based on their chosen career path and perceived skills gaps. Theory is covered where it supports the practical emphasis, thereby combining the best practice of university learning and training in the corporate sector. The 10-week evening format allows students to learn new concepts and techniques step-bystep, to reinforce their knowledge at home and to progress quickly in their chosen discipline, while working full-time.

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Computing

C# and .NET Programming .NET Object-Oriented Programming using C# Course code: CS2540 Course fee: £440 Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 or Tuesday 28th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks For students with a basic understanding of object-oriented programming, this course covers the fundamentals of object-oriented programming using C# that will allow students to design and implement programmes on Microsoft's .NET platform. By the end of the course, students will know how to create GUI programs using Windows Forms and how to build and debug C# programs using the .NET class libraries and Visual Studio .NET.

.NET Object Oriented Programming using C# (Saturdays) Course code: CS2540 Course fee: £440 Start dates: Saturday 11th October 2014 Class time: 10:00 – 16:00 Course duration: 5 weeks For students with a basic understanding of object-oriented programming, this course covers the fundamentals of object-oriented programming using C# that will allow learners to design and implement programmes on Microsoft’s .NET platform. By the end of the course, students will know how to create GUI programs using Windows Forms as well as how to build and debug C# programs using the .NET class libraries and Visual Studio .NET.

“ I liked the way the concepts were explained and the interactivity with students. Very pleased with the course, run by a great tutor with a great sense of humour.” .NET Obeject-Oriented Programming using C# Student

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Computing

.NET Advanced Applications Development with C#

ASP.NET: Web Applications with MVC and Entity Frameworks using C#

Course code: CS3703

Course code: CS2536

Course fee: £460

Course fee: £440

Start dates: Friday 10th October 2014 Friday 23rd January 2015 Friday 1st May 2015

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This course is for students who have completed .NET Object-Oriented Programming using C# or have equivalent knowledge. Students learn how to design and implement complex Windows applications using the latest .NET techniques, as well as WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and WCF (Windows Communication Foundation).

For those with some knowledge of C# language (approximately 20 hours tuition), this course covers the fundamentals of web development using ASP.NET and C#, with the aim to develop a database-driven website, and learn how to design and implement web applications for the Microsoft .NET platform using Microsoft Visual Studio.

“ This course broadens your idea of possibilities in C#” Pawel Burzynski

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Computing Game Development using Unity 3D: An Introduction to Unity 3D Course code: CS2605 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Friday 23rd January 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This is a practical course in which students learn the fundamentals of the Unity 3D tool using C# scripting for games applications.

With the knowledge gained, students will be able to design and implement interactive applications for standalone and web platforms. By the end of the course students will know how to create a prototype game in Unity using C#.

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Computing

Design and Visualisation Introduction to AutoCAD: 2D Drawing Production

Intermediate AutoCAD: 2D Drawing Production

Course code: CS1588

Course code: CS1511

Course fee: £440

Course fee: £440

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This course is intended for those students who want to produce professional 2D drawings using AutoCAD 2012. This practical, handson course covers user interface, setting up and file management, drawing lines, circles and other objects, editing rawing aids, layers, text and dimensioning and drawing exercises and plotting.

Building on from “Introduction to AutoCAD” or for students who have had experience of using AutoCAD, this intermediate course is designed for AutoCAD users who seek enhanced knowledge of the software leading to a more professional quality of their drawings. Topics covered during the course include blocks, attributes, templates and page set-up, text and dimension styles, data extraction, x-reference drawings, script files and isometric drawing. The topics are taught predominantly in 2D, although 3D is introduced during the course. The course uses AutoCAD 2012.

“ The course is very good for people who know absolutely nothing about AutoCAD and giving them the skills to develop their own 2D drawings.”

Introduction to AutoCAD: 2D Drawing Production Student

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Computing Advanced AutoCAD: 3D Drawing Production Course code: CS1587 Course fee: £440 Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This hands-on course is intended for those students who want to produce photo-real 3D models using AutoCAD 2012. The course covers key command revision, 3D viewing, viewports and coordinate systems, wire frame modelling and meshing, solid modelling, studio effects, materials and lighting and Boolean operators.

Using Adobe InDesign Course code: CS1508 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course covers the key functionality of Adobe InDesign CS6, the industry-standard design and publishing software, and the techniques associated with laying out text and graphics for professional publications.

Students gain an appreciation of the fundamentals of typography, page layout and other page design principles; they are shown how to apply these principles using InDesign thereby gaining hands-on experience in the art of successful page layouts.

“ This course is very well organised.

It helped me to substantially learn and open my horizons to new challenges and opportunities.”

Ludjero Garcia

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Computing

Digital Illustration with Adobe Illustrator

Digital Imaging with Adobe Photoshop

Course code: CS1545

Course code: CS1592

Course fee: £395

Course fee: £395

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015

Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

Working with Illustrator CS6, this hands-on course provides a thorough introduction to this highly versatile industry-standard design package. Students create their own unique illustrations, clipart and logos using the key functions of Adobe Illustrator while learning the fundamental principles of design.

This short course provides hands-on training in the basics of Adobe Photoshop. Using Photoshop CS6 in practical sessions, students develop skills for creating, manipulating and mixing images for such purposes as web pages, desktop publishing or digital artworks.

Realistic examples are used throughout.

“ Pete, the tutor, is extremely helpful and his passion for the subject is contagious. I would strongly recommend this course, particularly if Pete is teaching it.”

Cheri Peck

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Computing

Java, Scala and iPhone Object-Oriented Programming with Java Part 1

Object-Oriented Programming with Java Part 2

Course code: CS1509

Course code: CS2577

Course fee: £440

Course fee: £440

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 or Friday 10th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 or Tuesday 20th January 2015 Friday 1st May 2015

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This course builds on “Object-Oriented Programming with Java Part 1”, introducing a wider range of classes from the Java language, put together in complex applications, such as multithreading and GUI applications, applying previously learnt programming constructs using design patterns that will be taught in the course. Parts of the API covered are threads, GUI development and event handling using Swing, networking and I/O, alongside testing and design patterns.

This course covers object-oriented programming skills using Java, the “learn once apply anywhere” language. It is the first part of a two term course aimed to cover the most important aspects of the Java languages.

The course covers the most important classes and packages, error handling and interaction using graphical user interfaces (an overview of Swing). Students also learn how to create JAR files for distributing their applications and to embed Java applications in web pages (using Java Web Start and applets). As well as core elements of the Java language, students learn the fundamental concepts of object-oriented software engineering and development such as classes, inheritance and polymorphism.

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

“ Informative and friendly. All round a good learning experience. The tutor was great and I’ll be attending Part 2 of this course.”

Object-Oriented Programming with Java Part 1 Student

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Computing

Building MVC Web Apps in Java EE with Spring and Hibernate Course code: CS2581 Course fee: £440

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iOS Programming Course code: CS2600 Course fee: £440

Start dates: Monday 27th April 2015

Start dates: Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This course is suitable for students with a working knowledge of Java and a familiarity with creating web-pages using HTML. Students will learn to understand the fundamental architecture of n-tiered web applications and develop a complete app in Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE) using the popular Spring and Hibernate frameworks, enabling students to implement scalable, dynamic and distributed web apps suitable for real-world commercial scenarios.

iOS Programming is for those who can already program in a language such as Java, C++ or C# and can understand and implement Object Oriented programs. This short course covers the fundamentals of iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad) Programming, including Objective C, Swift and UIKit Framework. It also covers the use of Xcode and Interface Builder in creating iOS apps.

Computing Introduction to Scala and Functional Programming Course code: CS2609 Course fee: £440 Start dates: Tuesday 20th January 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks The Introduction to Scala and Functional Programming short course is a gentle transition from Java and the imperative programming paradigm to Scala and the functional programming paradigm. It shows how the inherited part of Java can be used in Scala parlance and introduces the main native Scala libraries in various contexts. The short course covers development of functional data structures, use of Lists, Collections, evaluation strategies and functional design patterns.

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Microsoft Office, Excel and VBA Applied MS Excel for Business

Financial Modelling in Excel

Course code: CS1596

Course code: CS2564

Course fee: £440

Course fee: £510

Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 or Friday 10th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 or Friday 23rd January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015 or Friday 1st May 2015

Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015 or Monday 27th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This introduction to financial modelling gives students the practical skills needed to construct robust financial models of business and organisations that can be used for budgeting and business planning, debt and equity fundraising, corporate valuation or corporate benchmarking purposes.

Assuming a basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel, this hands-on step-by-step spread-sheet course guides students through commonly used business applications such as forecasting techniques, advanced database functions and logical test and pivot tables. In the final week students explore recording, running and basic editing of VBA macros.

“ Useful for individuals looking to maximise their skills within a company.”

Applied MS Excel for Business Student

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

“ Great course, as it gives a general view of financial modelling, but also teaches a lot of useful Excel functions for general use. Really changed the pace and quality of my work.”

Financial Modelling in Excel Student

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Computing Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 1

Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 1 (Saturdays)

Course code: CS1595

Course code: CS1595

Course fee: £510

Course fee: £510

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 or Tuesday 7th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 or Tuesday 20th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015 or Tuesday 28th April 2015

Start dates: Saturday 11th October 2014 Saturday 24th January 2015 Saturday 2nd May 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 5 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

Using a step-by-step approach, this course shows how the Visual Basic for Applications programming language can extend the functionality of Excel. Students learn to write macros to accept user input, read to and write from cells and manipulate data. They also learn to write custom functions and create user forms. Useful examples of problems and their solutions are provided.

Using a step-by-step approach, this course shows how the Visual Basic for Applications programming language can extend the functionality of Excel. Students learn to write macros to accept user input, read to and write from cells and manipulate data. They also learn to write custom functions and create user forms. Useful examples of problems and their solutions are provided.

“ Really enjoyed the course, looking forward to applying my new skills to my job.”

Anna Hartley

Class time: 10:00 – 16:00 (incl. 1-hour break)

“ Good teacher and a good university.

The lessons are held on Saturday, perfect for people busy during the week.”

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Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 2

Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 3

Course code: CS2565

Course code: CS2566

Course fee: £510

Course fee: £510

Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015

Start dates: Monday 27th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

For students who have successfully completed Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 2 or have equivalent knowledge, Part 3, Building Applications, includes customisation features such as classes and Add-ins, database-enabled web publishing and integrating Excel VBA with functionality from other applications.

In the process, students write complex, structured programs leading up to a largescale working application.

This course builds on Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 1, introducing a wider range of objects and applying previously learnt programming constructs to more complex and robust programs. Applications covered include importing data into Excel, manipulating pivot tables, reporting and complex data manipulation.

“ Terrific tutor who pays attention to students and helps everyone learn; detailed teaching style, very good course content, well prepared lectures and materials. Excellent overall, highly recommended.”

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Computing MS Access Database

Access VBA Programming

Course code: CS1594

Course code: CS1549

Course fee: £395

Course fee: £395

Start dates: Friday 10th October 2014 Friday 23rd January 2015

Start dates: Thursday 22nd January 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks Starting from the fundamentals of how to design and build databases in Microsoft Access, this fully hands-on course moves swiftly to cover tables, relationships, forms, queries, reports and macros. It ends with an introduction to modules and Access programming.

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course teaches students to use Access VBA programming to enhance the design of database applications and improve the usability of the forms they create. This fully hands-on course also covers DAO, the programming interface to the Jet database engine. The course concludes with examples of how to extend Access to work with other applications.

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Programming in C, C++ and Financial Engineering C/C++ – Introduction to Programming using C

C/C++ – Object-Oriented Programming using C++

Course code: CS1576

Course code: CS2575

Course fee: £460

Course fee: £460

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 or Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 or Wednesday 21st January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 or Wednesday 29th April 2015

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This is a hands-on course, the first part of study of the C/C++ family of languages used to build most of the world’s computing systems. Starting with programming basics, then focusing on applying programming practice into the C/C++ programming language, students learn key features of imperative programming using C and is an ideal preliminary for Object-Oriented Programming using C++. Students are exposed to programming problems and their solutions that highlight key features of imperative programming. They are given numerous examples and gain transferable knowledge for any programming domain they may wish to progress on to. The course covers the common integrated development environments (IDEs) popular on Windows operation systems; all the examples are compatible with compilers running on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X environments.

“ The course provides all the basic information a beginner will need to enhance their knowledge of using C. The lecture notes are excellent.”

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Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course is for those who can already program in a procedural language such as C, using control structures such as if, for, while, etc. It covers the fundamentals of the C++ programming language and shows how to program using object-oriented principles. It is fully hands-on, and students gain experience in designing simple but powerful objectoriented applications and in writing code using the C++ language. Feedback is given throughout the course so that participants have as much opportunity as possible to improve their programming technique.

Topics covered include C++ language features, key standard library objects overview and OOP features: classes, objects, abstraction, interfaces, constructors/destructors, overloading, inheritance, polymorphism and templates.

“ The course was very well taught and I learnt a lot of useful programming skills.”

C/C++ - Object-Oriented Programming using C++ Student

Computing Financial Engineering in C++

Advanced Financial Engineering in C++

Course code: CS2509

Course code: CS3501

Course fee: £740

Course fee: £740

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014

Start dates: Tuesday 28th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

In this hands-on course students learn the basics of option pricing and how to compute prices numerically via Monte Carlo techniques and binomial trees. The course builds on prior knowledge of C/C++ syntax and objectoriented concepts (classes, encapsulation, inheritance and virtual functions), using the latter to refactor and extend codes. Students also learn how to take advantage of design patterns such as bridge, decorator and factory.

This is a hands-on course for C++ programmers with a solid grounding in financial engineering concepts and basic option pricing techniques to extend their expertise to the field of interest rate derivatives. Students learn how to compute prices analytically where possible, but mainly numerically via binomial trees and Monte Carlo techniques. The course discusses how and when to apply advanced design patterns such as delegation, double dispatch, functors and templated class hierarchies. It addresses probability theory and stochastic calculus, applying it to interest rate derivative pricing.

Software versions: ANSI C++; STL; Boost; Microsoft Visual C++.

“ It is an excellent course for anyone who has a basic background in maths and software engineering to quickly acquire essential financial engineering skill... You get a welldirected course and the tutor helps to remove the complexity.”

“ Very clear and engaging teaching, a sound introduction to advanced methods in the pricing and implementation of IR derivatives.”

Paul Ibru

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Systems Linux Network and System Administration

Advanced Linux Network and System Administration

Course code: CS2520

Course code: CS2521

Course fee: £430

Course fee: £430

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

As more organisations turn to open-source solutions, practical experience of Linux becomes essential for system administrators.

In this hands-on course students install a Linux distribution, encounter common problems and are given an overview of the current state of Linux distributions and packages. Students configure a Linux system with a view to optimising its functionality, reliability, performance and security. As “root” users, students have administrative privileges to perform system administration tasks such as user account management, file system backup and restore, device configuration, automating tasks using shell scripting languages and troubleshooting along the way. Topics also include an extensive explanation of networking protocols, network configuration, an overview of Linux, UNIX network security and creating a secure L.A.M.P. server. Students must bring their own laptop to this class.

As more corporations migrate their network services to open source and Linux based solutions, the demand for highly-skilled Linux engineers is now greater than ever.

This advanced Linux course provides valuable practical knowledge on several aspects of network configuration and the troubleshooting that the role of system and network administrators requires. This includes host preparation for web services, virtual domains, multiple static IPs, Apache server optimisation, security enhancement, installation of Perl, Python, PHP, popular CMS systems (Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal), Tomcat, MySQL, Postgres and Oracle and many more. All this is done using the console.

No management systems involved. Students will be able to apply their skills to any Linux distribution.

“ Great, really interesting, good that the tutor covered the computer science relationship. He also made it interesting with the theory and practical balance.”

James Rodgers

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Computing Unix Tools and Shell Scripting

Database Design with SQL Server

Course code: CS2572

Course code: CS1512

Course fee: £430

Course fee: £500

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 or Tuesday 7th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks For those already familiar with Linux and UNIX, this fast-paced course covers aspects of administration and the use of UNIX scripting tools to automate common tasks on a Linux Solaris or Mac OS X platform. Beginning with a revision of commonly used administrative commands the course looks at scripting tools such as bourne shell programming, awk and regular expressions. Students learn file permissions and the fundamentals of shell programming, input and output redirects and inter-process communication. Topics covered include writing scripts to add new users, modification of scripts that start services during booting, mounting NFS volumes, UNIX and networking protocols, basic UNIX security and strategies for backup and recovery.

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course is designed for students interested in both creating databases and implementing them to a professional standard using MS SQL Server. By the end of the course students will be able to design databases based on real-world situations; create and populate databases using SQL Server Management Studio; create SQL queries to a professional level; understand the capabilities of SQL Server and its relationship with .NET Framework and languages; and pursue independent study of the subject at second-year undergraduate level and beyond.

Students must bring their own laptop to this class. Supported operating systems are Windows XP and Windows 7. Please note there is no support for Windows Vista.

“ Very well-structured course and engaging tutor. Highly recommended.”

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Database Design with SQL Server (Saturdays) Course code: CS1512 Course fee: £500 Start dates: Saturday 24th January 2015 Saturday 2nd May 2015 Class time: 10:00 – 16:00 (incl. 1-hour break) Course duration: 5 weeks This course is designed for students interested in both creating databases and implementing them to a professional standard using MS SQL Server. By the end of the course students will be able to design databases based on real-world situations; create and populate databases using SQL Server Management Studio; create SQL queries to a professional level; understand the capabilities of SQL Server and its relationship with .NET Framework and languages; and pursue independent study of the subject at second-year undergraduate level and beyond.

Students must bring their own laptop to this class. Supported operating systems are Windows XP and Windows 7. Please note there is no support for Windows Vista.

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Advanced Database Concepts with SQL Server Course code: CS2590 Course fee: £500 Start dates: Tuesday 28th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course is for those who have some experience of database design and querying and would like to take these skills to a higher level. It broadens students’ database capabilities by including the areas of advanced management and configuration, administration, security, XML and Data Warehousing and Mining.

Computing Introduction to SQL and Relational Databases with Oracle

Essential PL/SQL and Database Administration for Oracle Database

Course code: CS1579

Course code: CS2601

Course fee: £430

Course fee: £430

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

Start dates: Wednesday 29th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This is an introductory course to PL/SQL and administration tasks for Oracle databases aimed at students who have used Oracle (or any other Relational Database Management Systems) for simple tasks (join queries, updates and creating tables) and want to advance their knowledge. It assumes a basic knowledge and familiarity with the Oracle and SQL environment but no further knowledge of programming.

Using the industry-standard Oracle Relational Database Management System, this course trains students in database design and manipulation concepts, including entity modelling, normalisation, table creation and integrity constraints, and SQL statements such as joins, nested queries and group by.

There is also an overview of Oracle metadata and security privileges, using views and main principles in performance management.

“ The tutor was very dedicated and went above and beyond to help and make sure I got the most I could from the course.”

Oracle and SQL Student

“ Very useful course based on a very modern and popular subject. Great idea because the certification will improve my cv.”

Essential PL/SQL and Database Administration for Oracle Database Student

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Web Web Authoring Course code: CS1586 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 or Friday 10th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015 or Thursday 30th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course covers the fundamental concepts in website design, management and implementation using XHTML/HTML5/ CSS. It also provides important foundation for students interested in other web-based technologies such as JavaScript, PHP, Java ASP.NET and Flash. Students will be expected to design and produce a working website.

“ It is affordable and the time of the class is perfect as most of us need to work during the day. I am really satisfied with the course and I will be back for another short course.”

Ugo Santos de Souza

JavaScript: An Introduction to JavaScript Programming and DOM Scripting Course code: CS2606 Course fee: £430 Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course is an introduction to programming using JavaScript on HTML5. It also covers the basics of programming using JavaScript, such as syntax and basic statements (for, while, if, functions, arrays, objects), the core DOM (Document Object Model) and events.

In addition to core elements of the JavaScript language, students learn how to use the HTML-DOM and external JavaScript libraries and AJAX. The course focuses on JavaScript best practices such as unobtrusive JavaScript and progressive enhancement.

“ The tutor presented the course in simple, easy to understand terms with lots of examples and exercises.

I feel very confident in my ability to use JavaScript in a professional environment.”

Fiona Egbulefu

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Computing Advanced JavaScript for Websites and Web Applications

Web Programming using PHP/MySQL Part 1

Course code: CS2608

Course code: CS1559

Course fee: £430

Course fee: £430

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 or Friday 10th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 or Friday 23rd January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 or Friday 1st May 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks Following on from the introductory short course on JavaScript, this course focuses on advanced JavaScript notions and building more complex scripts and applications.

Students explore such notions as JavaScript patterns, the “this” keyword, local storage, variable scoping and JavaScript performance and best practices. Students also focus on using JavaScript libraries to speed up simple tasks such as DOM (Document Object Model) selection, manipulation and event registration.

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course enables those already familiar with HTML to build more powerful web solutions and advance to dynamic, databaseenabled, website/intranet programming and applications using the open source PHP scripting language and MySQL database. The course broadly comprises the fundamentals of programming with PHP, relational database design and operations with MySQL, and web solutions using PHP and MySQL.

“ The course was an excellent introduction to PHP and MySQL and will leave you wanting to continue learning PHP to a greater depth.”

Peter Koukoulis

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Web Programming using PHP/MySQL Part 2

Advanced Web Interfaces with CSS3 and HTML5

Course code: CS2524

Course code: CS2604

Course fee: £430

Course fee: £460

Start dates: Friday 10th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Friday 1st May 2015

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

Students learn how to develop real-world web applications with PHP. Topics covered include databases and content management, security and session handling, server side data validation, on the fly generation of multimedia content such as images, PDFs and Flash, configuration of web development environments under Windows and UNIX and object-oriented programming in PHP 5.3.

This course fast-tracks learners with a basic practical knowledge of CSS and confident grasp of (X)HTML to a foundation professional standard of CSS. Students get a thorough grounding in CSS theory combined with practical strategies for turning graphical mockups and textual content into functioning CSSstyled websites. Emphasis is on techniques that make sites accessible to users and search engines alike. A variety of common layout issues and code patterns covered, and where CSS3 techniques are becoming mainstream these are included in the discussion. This course involves hand coding, and is not a taught Dreamweaver/WYSIWYG course, so good keyboard skills are essential.

“ The information given in the course is excellent. It gave me a really good understanding of the subject... Very professional and a brilliant tutor.”

Jay Povey

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Computing Lukasz Buczynski Object-Oriented Programming with Java Part 1 and Part 2 Lukasz used to view computing as a hobby, “I had always been interested in computers and electronics but I never thought of working as an IT professional. I wanted to do something that I love and that would give me real satisfaction. City’s Java programming course offered really good coverage for beginners, and the price was really good.”

Lukasz took advantage of the range of courses, progressing from beginner to advanced: “I gained a really good foundation, including how to develop computer programs and how to communicate in a technical environment. I liked the Java course so much that I enrolled myself on Level 2. I also started to prepare myself for the Oracle Certified Java Programmer qualification.”

Lukasz went on to study an MSc in Computer Science at Birkbeck University of London: “I’m sure that without attending the Java course, I wouldn’t be as successful now. Whilst still a student, I was offered my dream job, and now work for an Internet security company as an Associate Software Engineer. I can’t imagine myself being anywhere else. I think that if you want to start something new, change your lifestyle, career, this is the way to go.”

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Creative Industries

Creative Industries Over the last decade the Creative Industries sector in the UK has grown at twice the rate of the economy as a whole and is well placed to continue to grow. To compete effectively in a global market, the expanding sector needs a pool of talented people with the right skills.

City’s evening and weekend programme of short courses, taught by industry professionals, has been running for over 10 years and provides a fantastic opportunity to update and develop your knowledge and skills in music business, major event management, filmmaking, screenwriting, the business of the visual arts and many other areas.

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The Business of the Visual Art World Course code: CS1334 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Tuesday 27th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015

The Music Business: Records, Publishing and Finance

Creative Industries

The Business of Art and Music

Course code: CS2364 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Tuesday 20th January 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This course is designed for emerging artists, young galleries and individuals interested in working in the visual arts. It provides an insight into the management of a gallery and an artist practice. Topics include contracts and agreements, programmes and partnerships, copyright, marketing and branding, e-commerce and pricing structure. The course explores market mechanisms and business planning and includes a visit to an alternative gallery space and artist’s studio.

This course is designed to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of a record company, including budgets, royalties, cash-flow streams and international licensing. All aspects of music publishing are thoroughly covered. Students are also encouraged to bring in a favourite piece of music to stimulate a group discussion.

A successful record producer will be a guest lecturer for one of the sessions.

“ The course is useful and relevant if interested in the topic. It’s varied with guest speakers and gallery visits, plus it’s an open forum so one can ask questions as desired.

Renee is very knowledgeable on the subject matter and gives good life experiences and anecdotes to make the content more relevant.”

Siqondile Ngubo

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Event Management Major Event Management Course code: CS2304 Course fee: £395 Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 or Thursday 9th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 or Wednesday 21st January 2015 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 or Wednesday 29th April 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course is designed to equip students with the skills to organise all aspects of indoor and outdoor music events, press conferences, charity or major sponsored events. It covers project management, strategic planning, budgeting, finance, promotions, marketing and sponsorship, operations and production, health and safety, and risk management. Case studies are used to aid learning.

“ The course helped me to apply my business knowledge to events and to enhance my passion, belief and creativity for the industry.”

Tomas Holdroft

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Digital Filmmaking: A Practical Introduction Course code: CS1335 Course fee: £495 Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course, run by experienced industry professionals, provides an opportunity to learn by taking part in the making of a short film.

Students are introduced to rapidly developing digital formats, and the course takes them through the pre-production, production and post-production processes of making a short film. Students shoot on a professional digital camera and edit on Final Cut Pro.

Documentary and Factual Filmmaking Course code: CS2315

Creative Industries

Filmmaking

Course fee: £395 Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course explores the development and nature of documentaries, providing students with both a theoretical and practical understanding of the way they are made and the diversity of formats that exist within the genre today. The course examines the differences between “fly-on-the-wall” and reality TV, at the same time as helping students understand and practise core production skills such as researching and interviewing. It prepares students to pitch an idea for a documentary or structure a taster tape of film.

“ The course gives you an overview of the documentary and factual TV programme market in the UK a good introduction to the subject.”

Leticia Meruvia

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Film Editing with Final Cut Pro

Screenwriting: First Steps

Course code: CS2387

Course code: CS2383

Course fee: £495

Course fee: £395

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This course is ideal for students who wish to develop a comprehensive knowledge of non-linear editing techniques. It introduces students to editing techniques in Final Cut Pro film-editing software including capturing, editing, titles, graphics, motion, sound and music and output. In addition, industry professionals talk about post-production processes used on a selection of films. The course is supervised by an Apple-accredited trainer and prepares students for the Apple certification level 1 examination. The price includes a course book.

Have you got a good idea for a film script but don’t know where to begin? Screenwriting can seem like a dauntingly technical form.

This course covers how to write a film script, with plenty of writing exercises and analysis of scripts and films. On completion of the course, students will have a set of tools for writing their own scripts: learning to write visually, working with character and conflict, and building narrative. The main focus is on screenwriting for the UK market, but the US and European markets are also explored.

“ Take this course if you would like to have a good overview of Final Cut Pro and learn some interesting features and tips.”

Film Editing with Final Cut Pro Student

“ A perfect combination of critical theory and creative practice.

Dictynna’s [the tutor] vast experience as a writer and director, together with her endless enthusiasm, provide an invaluable benefit to her students.”

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Creative Industries Gemma Holdway Screenwriting Gemma was working as an Assistant Producer when she started the Screenwriting course at City. “I decided to pursue a short course because my profession was not creatively fulfilling. I was passionate about film and writing and had always wanted to combine the two, but had no formal training.”

“I knew City’s reputation prior to signing up for the course. We’d learn, apply what we’d learn in groups or independently and then we’d share, and by the end, we walked away with a completed short script and thorough feedback from Dictynna Hood, the course tutor.”

“The course kick-started my life in a completely new direction. After I completed the course, I knew that this was what I was supposed to be doing and I took a leap of faith. I quit my job and literally pursued my dream. If I hadn’t taken the short course, I don’t think I’d ever have taken such a risk.”

Gemma’s success continues as she is currently working on a production with British actor David Tennant, “I’m just about to take off for Victoria, USA, to work on a new series as the script coordinator. The series is called Gracepoint, an adaptation of the very popular British series Broadchurch.”

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Variety We offer 8 modern foreign languages: Arabic, Chinese Mandarin, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.

Flexibility You can join the course of your choice in October, January or April once you have checked your level.

Learn at your own pace You can study for one term to develop basic language skills, or for up to three years from a beginner to an advanced level if you are serious about acquiring solid knowledge and confidence in speaking a foreign language. If you already have some knowledge, please check your level carefully using our self-assessment tool before enrolling on a course.

Teaching methods The focus is on speaking and listening for communicative purposes with trained, qualified and experienced native tutors. Lessons are taught mostly in the language you are learning in a relaxed atmosphere, but regular homework is required. Most courses will also require the purchase of a course book.

Missed the beginning of the academic year?

You can join our Accelerated classes in Arabic, French, German, Japanese or Spanish in January and cover the first and second terms’ curriculum in one term. These are, however, highly intensive courses that require dedication and willingness to study outside the class.

Languages

Why study a language at City University London?

Achievements Our language programmes have helped thousands of students to enjoy their holidays, improve their career, move abroad, get a broader understanding of other cultures or simply socialise with other people.

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Languages

Assessing your level The following requirements apply to all languages – please read them carefully before enrolling.

If in doubt, please call us on 020 7040 8262 or email shortcourses@city.ac.uk

Year 1

Course type

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Beginner

No prior knowledge required

You should have some knowledge of present regular verbs and prepositions such as in/ to/under/next to, etc.; masculine and feminine forms; you should be able to introduce yourself and briefly describe someone; tell the time and have some knowledge of numbers/or approximately 20 hours of formal prior study

You should be able to talk about your daily activities; order in a cafe; describe a place and give directions; say what you like or dislike; use common irregular verbs in the present; use the imperative, possessive pronouns and common adverbs of frequency/or approximately 40 hours of formal prior study/or have a “rusty” GCSE

Accelerated

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No prior knowledge required

Year 2

Lower Intermediate

You should have some notions of the past tense, the “near past” (I’ve just ...) and future tenses (I am going to/I will); you should also be able to carry out a basic conversation/or approximately 60 hours of formal prior study/or have a good but “rusty” GCSE

You should be able to express wishes; give advice (present conditional); voice intentions and planning in the future relate past events and express opinion and obligation/or approximately 80 hours of formal prior study/or have a recent GCSE

You should be able to handle fairly complex sentences; be able to narrate memories; report past events in the imperfect tense and compare things/or approximately 100 hours of formal prior study/ or have a recent and good GCSE

Year 3

Upper Intermediate

You should have some knowledge of the subjunctive, the use of since/for/during and gerunds. For students already quite fluent and can understand sources such as newspapers. You should be able to follow discussions on topics of current interest/or approximately 120 hours of formal prior study/or have a “rusty” A-Level

You should be able to extract detailed information from articles or radio and video extracts; discern formal and informal language with the use of various registers; use relative clauses/or approximately 140 hours of formal prior study/or have a good but “rusty” A-Level

You should be able to handle complex tenses such as pluperfect, past conditional or past historic in French or reported speech in German/or approximately 160 hours of formal prior study/or have a recent A-Level

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Language courses Arabic Year 1 (Beginner)

Arabic Accelerated (Beginner)

Course code: CS1869

Course code: CS1883

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Course fee: £380

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 27th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks Whether learning Arabic for travelling, working abroad or with foreign companies, this course enables students to communicate confidently on a basic level in everyday situations, socialise and not feel out of place.

This course runs over three terms, which progressively build on one another, and is an introduction to the Arabic language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. The course will develop essential speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and gain a solid understanding of the structure of the language.

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Start dates: Monday 26th January 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks, two evenings a week (Monday and Wednesday) This course enables students to use Modern Standard Arabic in daily life situations such as greeting, ordering food, reserving a hotel and travelling. By the end of this course students should have an understanding of the structure of Arabic, be able to carry a conversation about most social interactions and have a basic awareness of the culture of the Arab world.

Students will be able to understand simple spoken and written Arabic. By the end of the course students will have covered the syllabus normally covered in Modules 1 and 2 of the Arabic Year 1 course.

Languages Chinese Mandarin Year 1 (Beginner) Course code: CS1001 Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525 Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks This course is an introduction to the Chinese Mandarin language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. It offers a systematic approach to learning a foreign language for beginners who want to lay solid foundations for Chinese grammar and who are keen to communicate in Mandarin within a short space of learning time. The focus in this course is on learning Chinese Mandarin by developing effective daily communication with native Chinese speakers using Pinyin as the main learning tool, but the basic strokes and radicals of Chinese characters will be taught as well. The course runs over three terms which progressively build on one another.

Chinese Mandarin Year 2 (Lower Intermediate) Course code: CS1002 Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525 Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks This course is the follow-up to Chinese Mandarin Year 1. It runs over three terms that progressively build on one another and is aimed at people who have done around 60 hours of formal learning. Students learn new structures and vocabulary around different topics to extend the range of expression in this highly communicative course. Students build and advance their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills using Chinese characters.

This course enables students to communicate with more variation and fluency, so they feel confident in everyday situations with Chinese Mandarin speakers. It also broadens students’ understanding of the Chinese culture and way of life.

“ Our tutor is brilliant and the course is set at just the right pace.”

Natasha Cohen

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French Year 1 (Beginner) Course code: CS1801 Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525 Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 or Wednesday 8th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 or Wednesday 21st January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 or Wednesday 29th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks This course is an introduction to the French language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. Students develop essential speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and gain a solid understanding of the structure of the language. Whether learning French for travelling, working abroad or with foreign companies, the French Year 1 course enables students to communicate confidently on a basic level in everyday situations, socialise and not feel out of place.

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French Year 2 (Lower Intermediate)

French Year 3 (Upper Intermediate)

Course code: CS1804

Course code: CS1807

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks

Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks

This course runs over three terms that progressively build on one another and is aimed at people who have done around 60 hours of formal learning. Students learn new structures and vocabulary around different topics to extend the range of expression in this highly communicative course. Students build on and advance listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and cover the main points in French grammar. This course enables students to communicate with more variation and fluency and broaden their understanding of the French culture and way of life.

This course is the follow-up to French Year 2 (Lower Intermediate) and runs over three terms that progressively builds on one another.

Students improve oral and written fluency in French by reading and discussing newspaper articles, watching videos and listening to audio materials. Grammar is revised to improve spoken and written accuracy. This course builds up confidence and enables students to take part in discussions, give short presentations, read and write to a high standard.

Languages French Accelerated (Beginner)

German Year 1 (Beginner)

Course code: CS1843

Course code: CS1828

Course fee: £380

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Start dates: Monday 19th January 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks, two evenings a week (Monday and Wednesday) This is a course for total beginners, offering an introduction to the language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. The material of two terms is covered in one term with lessons taking place twice a week. By the end of the course students should have an understanding of the structure of the language, be able to carry a simple conversation and have an awareness of the French culture. Students will be able to understand simple spoken and written French, and have covered the syllabus normally covered in Modules 1 and 2 of the French Year 1 course.

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks This course is an introduction to the German language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. Students develop essential speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and gain a solid understanding of the structure of the language. Whether learning German for travelling, working abroad or with foreign companies, this German beginners’ course enables students to communicate confidently on a basic level in everyday situations, socialise and not feel out of place.

“ I have thoroughly enjoyed my time learning at City University London so far, and would definitely recommend it to anyone.”

David Hope

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German Year 2 (Lower Intermediate)

German Accelerated (Beginner)

Course code: CS1831

Course code: CS1849

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Course fee: £380

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks This course is the follow-up to German Year 1 (Beginner). It runs over three terms that progressively build on one another and is aimed at people who have done around 60 hours of formal learning. Students learn new structures and vocabulary around different topics to extend the range of expression in this highly communicative course. Students build on and advance listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and cover the main points in German grammar. This course enables communication with more variation and fluency, so students feel confident in most everyday situations with German native speakers. It also broadens their understanding of the German culture and way of life.

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Start dates: Monday 19th January 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks, two evenings a week (Monday and Wednesday) Learn German from scratch in this fast-paced course designed for complete beginners who want to progress quickly. The material of two terms is covered in one term with lessons taking place twice a week. This course is an introduction to the German language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. Students develop essential speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and gain a solid understanding of the structure of the language. By the end of the course students will have covered the syllabus normally covered in Modules 1 and 2 of German Year 1 (Beginner).

Languages Italian Year 1 (Beginner) Course code: CS1819 Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525 Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks This course is an introduction to the Italian language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. Students develop essential reading, writing, listening and speaking skills and gain a solid understanding of the structure of the language. Whether learning Italian for travelling, working abroad or with foreign companies, the Italian beginners’ course enables students to communicate confidently on a basic level, socialise and not feel out of place.

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Languages Italian Year 2 (Lower Intermediate)

Japanese Year 1 (Beginner)

Course code: CS1822

Course code: CS1853

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 19:00 – 21:00

Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks

Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks

Taught mostly in Italian, this is a followup to Italian Year 1 (Beginner) for those wishing to consolidate both active and passive language skills for the purpose of practical communication. Students learn new structures and vocabulary around different topics to extend the range of expression in this highly communicative course. Students build on and advance listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and cover the main points in Italian grammar. This course enables communication with more variation and fluency, so students feel confident in most everyday situations with Italian native speakers. It also broadens students’ understanding of the Italian culture and way of life.

This course is an introduction to the Japanese language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. Students develop essential listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Japanese. Whether learning Japanese for travelling, working abroad or with foreign companies, the Japanese Beginners course will enables students to communicate confidently on a basic level, socialise and not feel out of place.

“ In all, an amazing experience, first hand experience passed on from a highly professional and friendly tutor, learning and laughter combined, highly enjoyable.”

Kalifa Coleman

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Japanese Year 2 (Lower Intermediate)

Japanese Accelerated (Beginner)

Course code: CS1856

Course code: CS1863

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Course fee: £380

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015 Class time: 19:00 – 21:00 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks Taught mostly in Japanese, this is a follow-up to Japanese Year 1 (Beginner) for those wishing to consolidate both active and passive skills for the purpose of practical communication.

Students learn new structures and vocabulary around different topics to extend the range of expression in this highly communicative course. Students build on and advance listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and cover the main points in Japanese grammar. This course enables communication with more variation and fluency, so students feel confident in most everyday situations with Japanese native speakers. It also broadens students’ understanding of the culture and way of life.

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Start dates: Monday 19th January 2015 Class time: 19:00 – 21:00 Course duration: 10 weeks, two evenings a week Learn Japanese from scratch in this fast-paced course designed for complete beginners who want to progress quickly. The material of two terms is covered in one term. This course is an introduction to the Japanese language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. Students develop essential listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Japanese. They are introduced to Japanese characters (Hiragana, Katakana and very basic Kanji). This Japanese beginners course enables students to communicate confidently on a basic level in everyday situations.

Languages Portuguese Year 1 (Beginner)

Portuguese Year 2 (Lower Intermediate)

Course code: CS1837

Course code: CS1840

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015

Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks

Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks

This course is an introduction to the Portuguese language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication.

Students develop essential speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and gain a solid understanding of the structure of the language. The focus is on Brazilian Portuguese, although this course allows for regular references to European Portuguese.

Whether learning Portuguese for travelling, working abroad or with foreign companies, this course enables students to communicate confidently on a basic level in everyday situations, socialise and not feel out of place.

Taught mostly in Portuguese, this is a follow-up to Portuguese Year 1 (Beginner) for those wishing to consolidate both active and passive skills for the purpose of practical communication. Students learn new structures and vocabulary around different topics to extend the range of expression in this highly communicative course. Students build on and advance listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and cover the main points in Portuguese grammar. This course enables communication with more variation and fluency, so students feel confident in most everyday situations with Portuguese native speakers. It also broadens students’ understanding of the culture and way of life.

“ I’m really enjoying the course and feel the teaching style is effective.

I am planning to take the next module.”

Christine McCourt

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Spanish Year 1 (Beginner)

Spanish Year 2 (Lower Intermediate)

Course code: CS1810

Course code: CS1813

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 or Thursday 9th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 or Thursday 22nd January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 or Thursday 30th April 2015

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks This course is an introduction to the Spanish language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. Students develop essential speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and gain a solid understanding of the structure of the language. Whether learning Spanish for travelling, working abroad or with foreign companies, the Spanish Beginners course enables students to communicate confidently on a basic level in everyday situations, socialise and not feel out of place.

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Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks This course is the follow-up to Spanish Year 1 (Beginner), running over three terms that progressively build on one another and is aimed at people who have done around 60 hours of formal learning. Students learn new structures and vocabulary around different topics to extend their range of expression in this highly communicative course. Students build on and advance listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and cover the main points in Spanish grammar. This course enables communication with more variation and fluency, so students feel confident in most everyday situations with Spanish native speakers. It also broadens students’ understanding of the Spanish culture and way of life.

Languages Spanish Year 3 (Upper Intermediate)

Spanish Accelerated (Beginner)

Course code: CS1816

Course code: CS1846

Course fee per term: £205 Course fee for 3 terms when booked in single transaction: £525

Course fee: £380

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 3 x 10 weeks This course is the follow up to Spanish Year 2 (Lower Intermediate) and runs over three terms that progressively build on one another.

Students improve oral and written fluency in Spanish by reading and discussing newspaper articles, watching videos and listening to audio materials. Grammar is revised to improve spoken and written accuracy. This course develops students’ confidence and enables them to take part in discussions, give short presentations and read and write to a high standard. They also gain a deeper understanding of the culture in Spanish speaking countries.

Start dates: Monday 19th January 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks, two evenings a week (Monday and Wednesday) Learn Spanish from scratch in this fast-paced course designed for complete beginners who want to progress quickly. The material of two terms is covered in one term. This course is an introduction to the Spanish language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. Students develop essential speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and gain a solid understanding of the structure of the language. Whether learning Spanish for travelling, working abroad or with foreign companies, this Spanish beginners course enables students to communicate confidently on a basic level in everyday situations, socialise and not feel out of place.

“ Really engaging classes! Delivering a crash course can be challenging but the tutor does a great job at ensuring everyone is comfortable with the pace. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone looking for an interesting way to learn a language.”

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Translation Studies City University London offers a range of Continuing Professional Development courses for translators and language professionals wanting to develop their skills. Subject areas include Legal and Financial Terminology, Legal Translation, Subtitling and Audio Description and Translation for Media.

We also offer tailor-made course for businesses, which can be hosted at the University or on your premises.

This course is designed to prepare candidates for the Chartered Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation examination. In each of the three free-standing modules, students will work on practical translation assignments such as past papers and/or papers of a similar length and difficulty. Shorter papers may also be used to familiarise you with the requirements of the course or specific text types or domains. The first translation practice module starts in January.

IoLET Diploma in Translation, Module 3, Autumn Term

IoLET Diploma in Translation, Module 1, Spring Term

Course code: CS5005

Course code: CS5003

Course fee: £415

Course fee: £425

Start dates: Monday 29th September 2014

Start dates: Monday 26th January 2015

Class time: Distance learning course

Class time: Distance learning course

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This module is designed for those who have registered to sit IoLET Diploma in Translation examinations the following January. It will facilitate the further development of translation skills, awareness of translation challenges and ability to work autonomously towards a professional standard. The course aims to build up final impetus, prepare for the pressure of the examinations and ensure that translation skills and examination technique are fully polished.

Modules 1 and 2 consist of six assignments and two 30-minute tutorials by telephone, Skype or email. The modules follow the pattern of the IoLET’s examination, so you will be practising general and semi-specialist translation.

Assignments will normally be Chartered Institute of Linguists exam papers. Please note that students bear the cost of telephone tutorials.

IoLET Diploma in Translation, Module 2, Summer Term

Translation Studies

Institute of Linguists Educational Trust (IoLET) Diploma in Translation

For more information on the courses offered, email translation@city.ac.uk or call 020 7040 8751.

Course code: CS5004 Course fee: £425 Start dates: Monday 20th April 2015 Class time: Distance learning course Course duration: 10 weeks

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Writing With a proven track record and more than a decade’s experience in the field, City University London is the go-to place for anyone looking to develop their writing.

Whether you’re interested in writing children’s books, novels, short stories, newspaper articles, or just thinking of taking that first step towards creative writing, our range of practical innovative writing courses are all taught by professional authors and editors uniquely placed to help you explore your writing within a supportive learning environment.

“ Without the course, it would have taken me much longer to find an agent and have my first novel published.

It was one of the best decisions I have made, and I owe the tutors a tremendous amount in developing my career as a writer.”

Kirtan Hawkins, Novel Studio Alumna, author of Dona Nicanora’s Hat Shop, (Random House).

In 2014/15, in addition to our regular portfolio, we are introducing three new courses. Plot Surgery: How to Identify and Resolve Structural Problems in Your Novel, Travel Writing, and Writing for Business.

For anyone serious about writing a novel and establishing links with agents and writers The Novel Studio is our flagship one-year programme. To read more about the growing list of published alumni from this course visit www.cityshortcourses.com/writing.

Throughout the year we also run writing events and one-off workshops. For up-to-date writing short course information, follow us on Twitter @writingmatters1.

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Fiction Writing Beginners’ courses An Approach to Creative Writing

Writing for Children

Course code: CS1201

Course code: CS1211

Course fee: £250

Course fee: £250

Start dates: Tuesday 7th October 2014 or Thursday 9th October 2014 Tuesday 20th January 2015 or Thursday 22nd January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 or Thursday 30th April 2015

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course explores how to find inspiration and how to make your writing lively and engaging. Students learn the key elements of fiction writing, particularly in relation to short stories, such as structure, characterisation, dialogue, point of view, narrative voice, style and how to develop, sustain and end a story.

Depending on students’ particular interests we may also look specifically at novel writing, experimental writing and the craft of writing poetry. Students also learn how to sustain their practice as a writer and how to revise and edit their own work.

“ The course was very interesting and I learnt a lot. I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in writing.”

Celia Easton

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course is for students who would like to write books for children and/or young adults. The reading age covered is roughly 3-16. By studying a range of texts, including picture books, easy readers and longer novels, students will learn the key principles in writing successfully for this market. The course examines techniques used by a variety of different published authors and see how these can be applied to your own original stories. By the end of the course, students should have a strong grasp of what it takes to succeed in the tough but rewarding world of writing for children.

“ I have been inspired and motivated I have learnt to eke out moments to write and my imagination has been awakened. I loved this course – do it!”

Claire Green

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Writing Steve Young The Novel Studio Before embarking on The Novel Studio at City University London, Steve was a freelance comedian and theatre director, “I toured the UK performing, and directed several times with the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival. I had written thousands of jokes and vignettes, but was looking for a forum to go into more serious writing.”

Steve chose to pursue his love of writing in London, “the heart of literature central”, and a literature graduate from Oxford suggested City. “His professors were JR Tolkien and CS Lewis”, says Steve, “I used to come by his home and read aloud whatever I was working on.”

Steve completed two short story courses, and then applied for The Novel Studio. “I had excellent tutors working in the field. They pushed and challenged me. I always felt there was a vested interest in my work and my classmates were committed to my success and I to theirs.”

Since completing The Novel Studio, Steve has found great success as an award-winning playwright. Under the Overpass won the TeCo New Play Competition literary award, and The Wal*Mart-ians was a finalist for the Reva Shiner Comedy Awards at the Bloomington Playwright Project, and Steve’s new play, The Night Witches, was performed at the Brighton Fringe Festival.

“The Novel Studio really launched me forward. It made me brave on the page. It gave me a discerning eye. I loved every minute of it.”

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Intermediate courses Plot Surgery – How to Identify and Resolve Structural Problems in your Novel Course code: CS1209 Course fee: £130 Start dates: Friday 31st October 2014 (10:00 – 14:00) Friday 20th February 2015 (13:00 – 17:00) Friday 29th May 2015 (10:00 – 14:00) Class time: See above Course duration: 4 hours This course focuses on the structuring and plotting skills that published novelists have to develop. This intensive, practical course gives students the insights, tools and techniques to help pinpoint the structural problems in a novel and how to resolve them. After completion students should understand the importance of creating a structure for a novel, how to go about doing so and which common pitfalls to avoid. Most of all, students should leave feeling excited about it. Bring a synopsis of your novel-in-progress and come ready to talk as much as to listen – it will be a fun, interactive session that will provide lots of opportunities to apply the ideas and principles discussed to students writing both now and in the future.

Novel Writing and Longer Works Course code: CS1207 Course fee: £290 Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Monday 27th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course focuses on the skills required to sustain a work of longer fiction. Through exercises, lectures, selected reading and workshop discussion, students will develop an understanding of essential novel writing techniques: plot, structure, character, dialogue, pace and setting. The second half of the course will include workshop/peer review of students own writing.

“ The tutor was excellent, really engaging with the students and provided very constructive feedback on our work.”

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Writing Short Story Writing Course code: CS1205 Course fee: £290 Start dates: Wednesday 8th October 2014 Wednesday 21st January 2015 Wednesday 29th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course enables both new and experienced writers to gain confidence in exploring and developing their creativity through class exercises and discussion. Students will learn practical writing skills such as structure, characterisation and dialogue, and examine the work of key contemporary short story writers. The aim of this course is to complete a short story by the end of the term.

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Advanced courses The Novel Studio Course code: CS3110 Course fee: £2,300 Start dates: September / October 2015 January 2016 April 2016 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Frequency: Twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday) Course duration: 30 weeks The Novel Studio offers 15 selected students the unique opportunity to work exclusively on their novels for a year. Six modules, taught by professional writers and editors, guide the student through the tricky terrain of novelwriting, from plotting, planning and researching a novel through to character development, pacing, narrative voice and style, revisions and editing.

Students are also prepared for the presentation of their work to agents and publishers. By the end of the course, students will have developed the skills needed to draft their novels and the necessary materials to interest an agent in their work: three polished chapters, a professionalstandard synopsis and a blurb. Students are also trained for public readings, culminating in a prestigious showcasing of their novels-inprogress to industry guests.

With visits from established writers, agents and editors, the course has strong links with the publishing industry and an impressive publication record.

Please note that this is a selective entry course and requires attendance for all three terms.

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How to Apply for 2015/16 Candidates should email the following to Emily Pedder between 1st March and 1st June 2015: • A brief cv • A portfolio of original fiction of no more than 2,000 words in total.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview.

Please email emily.pedder.1@city.ac.uk.

“ I benefited enormously from being able to develop my novel in an environment that was both demanding and supportive, and my writing improved considerably over the course. The tutorial guidance is excellent and sensitively applied. The standard of students is very high, and one of the best benefits was forming a long-term relationship (and friendship) with such talented fellow-writers.”

Penny Rudge, Novel Studio alumna and author of Foolish Lessons in Life and Love (Little Brown)

Writing Writers’ Workshop Course code: CS3209 Course fee: £310 Start dates: Friday 10th October 2014 Friday 23rd January 2015 Friday 1st May 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This is an advanced fiction writing course designed to help experienced writers move towards a publishable standard. Students’ fiction (chapters from novels or short stories) will be circulated in advance and then constructively critiqued within the group.

Students also submit and workshop a synopsis of their novel; write an author biography and covering letter to send to agents and publishers and select a topic for proposed discussion in class (e.g. pace, multiple viewpoints). The size of this class is restricted to 12 students, so early application is advised.

“ It’s by far the best course I have done. Katy [the tutor] structures the classes around her students to maximise learning and has a vast array of invaluable handouts.

I can’t recommend it enough.”

Helen Marsden

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Non-Fiction Writing Freelance Writing: How to Get Published in Print and Online Course code: CS1765 Course fee: £350

Narrative Non-Fiction Part 1 Course code: CS1220 Course fee: £250

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 27th April 2015

Start dates: Monday 6th October 2014 Monday 19th January 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 10 weeks

Course duration: 10 weeks

This course focuses on the journalism skills required to help students get articles published in magazines, newspapers and online from developing an initial idea right through to publication. It is a highly practical course which covers pitching ideas, exploring outlets, interview skills, writing to a formula and social networking. Students will be expected to share written work with the group as well as the tutor, and give and receive feedback in class. Skills covered include interviewing and reporting, integrating facts and accessing creativity. Topics may include any that students wish to bring, for example, writing on health, food and travel. Please note this is a course for those interested in freelance writing as a journalist. It is not suitable for those looking to publish short stories, novels or poetry.

This course follows the stages of a writing project – whether short reports, features, articles or full-length books – from planning through writing to editing the typescript ready for publication. The course begins with an outline of the various genres (biography, memoir, travel, history, science writing and politics) and then looks at each stage in detail, from first thoughts on how to construct a narrative to the writer’s toolkit, portraitpainting, character-building, the importance of endings and beginnings, and the difficult business of finding your voice. The aim is to encourage and inspire through group discussion and individual exercises. There is no assessment, but the course aims to train students how to edit and judge their own work.

Guidance will also be given on how to prepare a book proposal.

“ T he course was everything I hoped for and helped build my confidence and skills to be a successful freelance writer.”

Angela Macdonald

“ It’s a very welcoming course, no matter your level of experience.

The tutor puts a lot of effort into providing feedback and encouragement to individuals for each of the assignments.”

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Writing Narrative Non-Fiction Part 2

Travel Writing

Course code: CS1222

Course code: CS1212

Course fee: £290

Course fee: £350

Start dates: Saturday 31st January 2015

Start dates: Monday 19th January 2015

Class time: 10:00 – 13:00

Class time: 18:30 – 20:30

Course duration: 6 Saturdays over 6 months

Course duration: 10 weeks

Narrative Non-Fiction Part 2 is an add-on to the original Narrative Non-Fiction course. The aim is to encourage students to begin work on a specific project and to provide additional preparation for students thinking of applying to the MA in Creative Writing (Non-Fiction).

The course runs workshop-style on a monthly basis on Saturday mornings, giving students a chance to work on their project in between sessions. The workshops explore in more depth the scope of narrative and the techniques necessary to achieve an effective writing style.

Through discussion and exercises the course looks at planning, writing and editing, with the students’ specific project in mind. As part of the course, each student is offered a oneto-one tutorial. Discussion topics may include narrative, structure, research, word power, scene-setting, voice, crafting, fine-tuning and endings and beginnings.

Fancy yourself as Bill Bryson or Freya Stark?

Want to get published in a travel magazine or newspaper? Perhaps you blog, travel on business, or intend to embark on a long trip? This course will help you gather your experiences and write them up effectively.

Learn how to evoke a sense of place, structure your story, and how travel writers liaise with the travel industry to get ‘hospitality’.

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Writing for Business Course code: CS1216 Course fee: £350 Start dates: Thursday 9th October 2014 Thursday 22nd January 2015 Thursday 30th April 2015 Class time: 18:30 – 20:30 Course duration: 10 weeks This course is for business professionals looking to improve their writing for business skills. It is a highly practical course suitable for anyone who wants their business writing to stand out in a crowd. Students learn how to write marketing texts, mission statements, press releases, unique selling points and corporate documents for external, in-house, web and blog use how to edit and proof-read how to write speeches and how to write for the digital market. Students are given homework and class exercises each week and tutor feedback is given throughout the course.

You will be expected to share written work with the group as well as the tutor, and give and receive feedback in class.

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Writing Ed Woodcock The Novel Studio Strategy Director Ed Woodcock was looking for a change in his career, and had always had an interest in fiction and literature.

“City was the only institution I could find that offered the kind of intense and group-based tuition I was looking for. I liked the idea that there was a rigorous application process for The Novel Studio, meaning I’d be surrounded by talented people who would inspire me to do better.”

“The relaxed, small group format meant we got to know our tutors and fellow students particularly well, creating a supportive environment that helped everyone get the most out of the critiques.”

“I suppose a ‘successful’ outcome would normally be getting published... I put what I learnt to use in a different way – to change careers. Some of my colleagues and I decided to start a new agency based on the narrative theory and techniques I had learnt on my course. The UK Intellectual Property Office has even recognised our techniques and approach. So, the course proved successful in ways I hadn’t originally imagined!”

“It’s always worth exploring new fields of knowledge and learning new skills because it opens your mind to other possibilities and not always in the ways you’d expect.”

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Short courses at a glance

Short courses at a glance Subject area

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Business and Law

Marketing

Digital Marketing: An Introduction

CS1794

Mon / Tue

Beginner

7

Strategic Digital Marketing

CS2768

Wed

Advanced

7

Marketing: An Introduction

CS1796

Mon

Beginner

8

Marketing: Advanced

CS2769

Tue

Advanced

8

Market Research with SPSS

CS1764

Wed

Beginner

9

Practical Financial Management for the Small Business

CS1798

Tue

Beginner

10

Starting up in Business

CS1799

Tue / Thu

Beginner

10

Strategic Planning for Small Business

CS1771

Thu

Beginner

12

Bank Financial Management

CS1948

Thu

Beginner

13

Finance for the Non-Financial Manager

CS1762

Tue/ Thu

Beginner

13

International Finance

CS1996

Wed

Beginner

14

Introduction to the City and Financial Services

CS1788

Tue

Beginner

14

Risk Management in Banking and Finance

CS1957

Mon

Beginner

16

Building Communication Skills

CS1787

Wed

Beginner

17

Coaching for Business

CS1789

Wed

Beginner

17

Advanced Coaching Skills

CS2767

Wed

Advanced

18

Human Resource Management: An Introduction

CS1797

Wed / Thu

Beginner

18

Leadership and Management: An Introduction

CS1779

Tue

Beginner

19

Enterprise and Small Business Management

Banking and Finance

Essential Business Skills

87

Short courses at a glance

Subject area

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Business and Law

Essential Business Skills

Positive Psychology

CS1941

Thu

Beginner

19

Presentation Skills

CS1781

Thu

Beginner

20

Project Management: An Introduction

CS1768

Mon / Tue

Beginner

20

Human Rights Law

CS1987

Tue

Beginner

22

Immigration Law: An Introduction

CS1991

Thu

Beginner

22

International Law: Systems and Organisations

CS1985

Wed

Beginner

23

Introduction to English Law and Legal Method

CS1953

Mon

Beginner

23

.Net Object-Oriented Programming Using C#

CS2540

Thu / Sat

Intermediate

25

.Net Advanced Applications Development With C#

CS3703

Fri

Advanced

26

ASP .NET Web Applications with MVC and Entity Frameworks Using C#

CS2536

Thu

Intermediate

26

Game Development Using Unity 3D: An Introduction to Unity 3D

CS2605

Thu

Beginner

27

Introduction to AutoCAD: 2D Drawing Production

CS1588

Mon

Beginner

28

Intermediate AutoCAD: 2D Drawing Production

CS1511

Thu

Intermediate

28

Advanced AutoCAD: 3D Drawing Production

CS1587

Thu

Advanced

29

Using Adobe InDesign

CS1508

Mon

Beginner

29

Digital Illustration with Adobe Illustrator

CS1545

Wed

Beginner

30

Digital Imaging with Adobe Photoshop

CS1592

Wed

Beginner

30

Law

Computing

C# and .NET Programming

Design and Visualisation

88

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Computing

Java, Scala and iPhone

Object-Oriented Programming with Java Part 1

CS1509

Mon / Wed / Fri

Beginner

31

Object-Oriented Programming with Java Part 2

CS2577

Thu

Intermediate

31

Building MVC web apps in Java EE with Spring and Hibernate

CS2581

Wed

Advanced

32

iOS Programming

CS2600

Tue

Advanced

32

Introduction to Scala and Functional Programming

CS2609

Tue

Beginner

33

Applied MS Excel for Business

CS1596

Wed / Fri

Intermediate

34

Financial Modelling in Excel

CS2564

Wed

Intermediate

34

Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 1

CS1595

Mon / Tue / Sat

Beginner

35

Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 2

CS2565

Wed

Intermediate

36

Visual Basic for Applications in Excel, Part 3

CS2566

Mon

Advanced

36

MS Access Database

CS1594

Fri

Beginner

37

Access VBA Programming

CS1549

Fri

Beginner

37

C/C++ – Introduction to Programming with C

CS1576

Mon / Tue / Wed

Beginner

38

C/C++ - Object-Oriented Programming using C++

CS2575

Tue

Intermediate

38

Financial Engineering in C++

CS2509

Tue

Intermediate

39

Advanced Financial Engineering in C++

CS3501

Tue

Advanced

39

Linux Network and System Administration

CS2520

Tue

Intermediate

40

Advanced Linux Network and System Administration

CS2521

Mon

Advanced

40

Unix Tools and Shell Scripting

CS2572

Mon

Intermediate

41

Microsoft Office, Excel and VBA

Programming in C, C++ and Financial Engineering

Systems

Short courses at a glance

Subject area

89

Short courses at a glance

Subject area

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Computing

Systems

Database Design with SQL Server

CS1512

Mon / Tue

Beginner

41

Database Design with SQL Server

CS1512

Sat

Beginner

42

Advanced Database Concepts with SQL Server

CS2590

Tue

Advanced

42

Introduction to SQL and Relational Databases with Oracle

CS1579

Thu

Beginner

43

Essential PL/ SQL and Database Administration for Oracle Database

CS2601

Wed

Beginner

43

Web Authoring

CS1586

Wed / Thu / Fri

Beginner

44

Javascript: An Introduction to Javascript Programming and DOM Scripting

CS2606

Wed

Beginner

44

Advanced JavaScript for Websites and Web Applications

CS2608

Tue

Advanced

45

Web Programming using PHP/MySQL Part 1

CS1559

Tue / Fri

Beginner

45

Web Programming using PHP/MySQL Part 2

CS2524

Fri

Intermediate

46

Advanced Web Interfaces with CSS3 and HTML5

CS2604

Mon

Advanced

46

The Business of the Visual Art World

CS1334

Tue

Beginner

49

The Music Business: Records, Publishing and Finance

CS2364

Tue

Beginner

49

Event management

Major Event Management

CS2304

Tue / Thu

Beginner

50

Filmmaking

Digital Filmmaking: A Practical Introduction

CS1335

Tue

Beginner

51

Documentary and Factual Filmmaking

CS2315

Wed

Beginner

51

Film Editing with Final Cut Pro

CS2387

Thu

Beginner

52

Screenwriting: First Steps

CS2383

Thu

Beginner

52

Web

Creative Industries

90

The Business of Art and Music

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Languages

European Languages

French Year 1

CS1801

Tue / Wed

Beginner

60

French Year 2

CS1804

Tue

Lower Intermediate

62

French Year 3

CS1807

Tue

Upper Intermediate

62

French Accelerated

CS1843

Mon / Wed

Beginner

63

German Year 1

CS1828

Tue

Beginner

63

German Year 2

CS1831

Thu

Lower Intermediate

64

German Accelerated

CS1849

Mon / Wed

Beginner

64

Italian Year 1

CS1819

Mon

Beginner

65

Italian Year 2

CS1822

Thu

Lower Intermediate

67

Portuguese Year 1

CS1837

Wed

Beginner

69

Portuguese Year 2

CS1840

Thu

Lower Intermediate

69

Spanish Year 1

CS1810

Tue / Thu

Beginner

70

Spanish Year 2

CS1813

Mon

Lower Intermediate

70

Spanish Year 3

CS1816

Mon

Upper Intermediate

71

Spanish Accelerated

CS1846

Mon / Wed

Beginner

71

Arabic Year 1

CS1869

Tue

Beginner

58

Arabic Year 2

CS1872

Wed

Lower Intermediate

58

Arabic Accelerated

CS1883

Mon / Wed

Beginner

58

Chinese Mandarin Year 1

CS1001

Wed

Beginner

59

Other Languages

Short courses at a glance

Subject area

91

Short courses at a glance

Subject area

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Languages

Other Languages

Chinese Mandarin Year 2

CS1002

Tue

Lower Intermediate

59

Japanese Year 1

CS1853

Tue

Beginner

67

Japanese Year 2

CS1856

Thu

Lower Intermediate

68

Japanese Accelerated

CS1863

Mon / Wed

Beginner

68

IoLET Diploma in Translation, Module 1

CS5003

Advanced

73

IoLET Diploma in Translation, Module 2

CS5004

Advanced

73

IoLET Diploma in Translation, Module 3

CS5005

Advanced

73

An Approach to Creative Writing

CS1201

Tue / Thu

Beginner

76

Writing for Children

CS1211

Mon

Beginner

76

Plot Surgery – How to Identify and Resolve Structural Problems in Your Novel

CS1209

Fri

Intermediate

78

Novel Writing and Longer Works

CS1207

Mon

Intermediate

78

Short Story Writing

CS1205

Wed

Intermediate

79

The Novel Studio

CS3111

Tue / Thu

Advanced

80

Writers’ Workshop

CS3209

Fri

Advanced

81

Freelance Writing: How to Get Published in Print and Online

CS1765

Mon

Beginner

82

Narrative Non-Fiction Part 1

CS1220

Mon

Beginner

82

Narrative Non-Fiction Part 2

CS1222

Sat

Intermediate

83

Travel Writing

CS1212

Mon

Intermediate

83

Writing for Business

CS1216

Thu

Intermediate

84

Translation Studies

Writing

Institute of Linguists Educational Trust (IoLET) Diploma in Translation

Fiction Writing

Non-Fiction Writing

92

93

Short courses at a glance

Short courses by day of the week

Short courses by day of the week Page

CS5003

Advanced

73

IoLET Diploma in Translation, Module 2

CS5004

Advanced

73

IoLET Diploma in Translation, Module 3

CS5005

Advanced

73

Banking and Finance

Risk Management in Banking and Finance

CS1957

Mon

Beginner

16

Introduction to Law

Introduction to English Law and Legal Method

CS1953

Mon

Beginner

23

Essential Business Skills

Project Management: An Introduction

CS1768

Mon

Beginner

20

Marketing

Digital Marketing: An Introduction

CS1794

Mon

Beginner

7

Marketing: An Introduction

CS1796

Mon

Beginner

8

Using Adobe InDesign

CS1508

Mon

Beginner

29

Introduction to AutoCAD: 2D Drawing Production

CS1588

Mon

Beginner

28

Java, Scala and iPhone

Object-Orientated Programming using Java Part 1

CS1509

Mon

Beginner

32

Microsoft Office, Excel and VBA

Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 1

CS1595

Mon

Beginner

35

Visual Basic for Applications in Excel, Part 3

CS2566

Mon

Advanced

36

Programming in C, C++ and Financial Engineering

C/C++ – Introduction to Programming using C

CS1576

Mon

Beginner

38

Systems

Advanced Linux Network and System Administration

CS2521

Mon

Advanced

40

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Translation Studies

Institute of Linguists Educational Trust (IoLET) Diploma in Translation

IoLET Diploma in Translation, Module 1

Business and Law

Computing

94

Level

Subject area

Design and Visualisation

Day of the week

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Computing

Systems

Database Design with SQL Server

CS1512

Mon

Beginner

41

UNIX Tools and Shell Scripting

CS2572

Mon

Intermediate 41

Web

Advanced Web Interfaces with CSS3 and HTML5

CS2604

Mon

Advanced

46

European Languages

French Accelerated

CS1843

Mon

Beginner

63

German Accelerated

CS1849

Mon

Beginner

64

Italian Year 1

CS1819

Mon

Beginner

65

Spanish Accelerated

CS1846

Mon

Beginner

71

Spanish Year 2

CS1813

Mon

Lower 70 Intermediate

Spanish Year 3

CS1816

Mon

Upper 71 Intermediate

Arabic Accelerated

CS1883

Mon

Beginner

58

Japanese Accelerated

CS1863

Mon

Advanced

68

Novel Writing and Longer Works

CS1207

Mon

Intermediate 78

Writing for Children

CS1211

Mon

Beginner

Travel Writing

CS1212

Mon

Intermediate 83

Freelance Writing: How to Get Published in Print and Online

CS1765

Mon

Beginner

82

Narrative Non-Fiction Part 1

CS1220

Mon

Beginner

82

Introduction to the City and Financial Services

CS1788

Tue

Beginner

14

Finance for the Non-Financial Manager

CS1762

Tue

Beginner

13

Leadership and Management: An Introduction

CS1779

Tue

Beginner

19

Languages

Other Languages

Writing

Fiction Writing

Non-Fiction Writing

Business and Law

Banking and Finance

Essential Business Skills

Short courses by day of the week

Subject area

76

95

Short courses by day of the week

Subject area

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Business and Law

Essential Business Skills

Project Management: An Introduction

CS1768

Tue

Beginner

20

Marketing

Digital Marketing: An Introduction

CS1794

Tue

Beginner

7

Marketing: Advanced

CS2769

Tue

Advanced

8

Practical Financial Management for the Small Business

CS1798

Tue

Beginner

10

Starting Up in Business

CS1799

Tue

Beginner

10

Law

Human Rights Law

CS1987

Tue

Beginner

22

Web

Web Programming Using PHP/MySQL Part 1

CS1559

Tue

Beginner

45

Advanced JavaScript for Websites and Web Applications

CS2608

Tue

Advanced

45

iOS Programming

CS2600

Tue

Advanced

32

Introduction to Scala and Functional Programming

CS2609

Tue

Beginner

33

Microsoft Office, Excel and VBA

Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 1

CS1595

Tue

Beginner

35

Programming in C, C++ and Financial Engineering

C/C++ – Introduction to Programming using C

CS1576

Tue

Beginner

38

Financial Engineering in C++

CS2509

Tue

Intermediate 39

Advanced Financial Engineering in C++

CS3501

Tue

Advanced

C/C++ - Object-Oriented Programming using C++

CS2575

Tue

Intermediate 38

Linux Network and System Administration

CS2520

Tue

Intermediate 40

Database Design with SQL Server

CS1512

Tue

Beginner

41

Advanced Database Concepts with SQL Server

CS2590

Tue

Advanced

42

Filmmaking

Digital Filmmaking: A Practical Introduction

CS1335

Tue

Beginner

51

The Business of Art and Music

The Business of the Visual Art World

CS1334

Tue

Beginner

49

The Music Business: Records, Publishing and Finance

CS2364

Tue

Beginner

49

Enterprise and Small Business Management

Computing

Java, Scala and iPhone

Systems

Creative Industries

96

39

Languages

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Event Management

Major Event Management

CS2304

Tue

Beginner

50

European Languages

French Year 1

CS1801

Tue

Beginner

60

French Year 2

CS1804

Tue

Lower 62 Intermediate

French Year 3

CS1807

Tue

Upper 62 Intermediate

German Year 1

CS1828

Tue

Beginner

63

Spanish Year 1

CS1810

Tue

Beginner

70

Chinese Mandarin Year 2

CS1002

Tue

Lower 59 Intermediate

Japanese Year 1

CS1853

Tue

Beginner

67

Arabic Year 1

CS1869

Tue

Beginner

58

An Approach to Creative Writing

CS1201

Tue

Beginner

76

The Novel Studio

CS3111

Tue

Advanced

80

Building Communication Skills

CS1787

Wed

Beginner

17

Coaching for Business

CS1789

Wed

Beginner

17

Human Resource Management: An Introduction

CS1797

Wed

Beginner

18

Advanced Coaching Skills

CS2767

Wed

Advanced

18

Banking and Finance

International Finance

CS1996

Wed

Beginner

14

Law

International Law: Systems and Organisations

CS1985

Wed

Beginner

23

Marketing

Strategic Digital Marketing

CS2768

Wed

Advanced

7

Market Research with SPSS

CS1764

Wed

Beginner

9

C/C++ 窶的ntroduction to Programming using C

CS1576

Wed

Beginner

38

Other Languages

Writing

Business and Law

Computing

Fiction Writing

Essential Business Skills

Programming in C, C++ and Financial Engineering

Short courses by day of the week

Subject area

97

Short courses by day of the week

Subject area

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Design and Visualisation

Digital Imaging with Adobe Photoshop

CS1592

Wed

Beginner

30

Digital Illustration with Adobe Illustrator

CS1545

Wed

Beginner

30

Applied Ms Excel for Business

CS1596

Wed

Intermediate 34

Financial Modelling in Excel

CS2564

Wed

Intermediate 34

Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 2

CS2565

Wed

Intermediate 36

Building MVC Web Apps in Java EE with Spring and Hibernate

CS2581

Wed

Advanced

32

Object-Orientated Programming with Java Part 1

CS1509

Wed

Beginner

32

Systems

Essential PL/ SQL and Database Administration for Oracle Database

CS2601

Wed

Beginner

43

Web

Javascript: An Introduction to Javascript Programming and DOM Scripting

CS2606

Wed

Beginner

44

Web Authoring

CS1586

Wed

Beginner

44

Microsoft Office, Excel and VBA

Java

Creative Industries

Filmmaking

Documentary and Factual Filmmaking

CS2315

Wed

Beginner

51

Languages

European Languages

French Year 1

CS1801

Wed

Beginner

60

Portuguese Year 1

CS1837

Wed

Beginner

69

Chinese Mandarin Year 1

CS1001

Wed

Beginner

59

Arabic Year 2

CS1872

Wed

Intermediate 58

Other Languages

Writing

Fiction Writing

Short Story Writing

CS1205

Wed

Intermediate 79

Business and Law

Banking and Finance

Bank Financial Management

CS1948

Thu

Beginner

13

Finance for the Non-Financial Manager

CS1762

Thu

Beginner

13

Presentation Skills

CS1781

Thu

Beginner

20

Essential Business Skills

98

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Business and Law

Essential Business Skills

Human Resource Management: An Introduction

CS1797

Thu

Beginner

18

Positive Psychology

CS1941

Thu

Beginner

19

Strategic Planning for Small Busineses

CS1771

Thu

Beginner

12

Starting up in Business

CS1799

Thu

Beginner

10

Law

Immigration Law: An Introduction

CS1991

Thu

Beginner

22

Design and Visualisation

Intermediate AutoCAD: 2D Drawing Production

CS1511

Thu

Intermediate 28

Advanced AutoCAD: 3D Drawing Production

CS1587

Thu

Advanced

29

Systems

Introduction to SQL and Relational Databases with Oracle

CS1579

Thu

Beginner

43

Web

Web Authoring

CS1586

Thu

Beginner

44

Java

Object-Oriented Programming with Java Part 2

CS2577

Thu

Intermediate 32

C# and .NET Programming

.Net Object-Orientated Programming using C#

CS2540

Thu

Intermediate 25

ASP .NET Web Applications with MVC and Entity Frameworks using C#

CS2536

Thu

Intermediate 26

Game Development using Unity 3D: An Introduction to Unity 3D

CS2605

Thu

Beginner

27

Event Management

Major Event Management

CS2304

Thu

Beginner

50

Filmmaking

Screenwriting: First Steps

CS2383

Thu

Beginner

52

Film Editing with Final Cut Pro

CS2387

Thu

Beginner

52

Spanish Year 1

CS1810

Thu

Beginner

70

Enterprise and Small Business Management

Computing

Creative Industries

Languages

European Languages

Short courses by day of the week

Subject area

99

Short courses by day of the week

Subject area

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Languages

European Languages

German Year 2

CS1831

Thu

Lower 64 Intermediate

Portuguese Year 2

CS1840

Thu

Lower 69 Intermediate

Italian Year 2

CS1822

Thu

Lower 67 Intermediate

Other Languages

Japanese Year 2

CS1856

Thu

Lower 68 Intermediate

Fiction Writing

An Approach to Creative Writing

CS1201

Thu

Beginner

76

The Novel Studio

CS3111

Thu

Advanced

80

Non-Fiction Writing

Writing for Business

CS1216

Thu

Intermediate 84

Java

Object-Orientated Programming with Java Part 1

CS1509

Fri

Beginner

32

Microsoft Office, Excel and VBA

Access VBA Programming

CS1549

Fri

Beginner

37

Ms Access Database

CS1594

Fri

Beginner

37

Applied Ms Excel for Business

CS1596

Fri

Intermediate 34

Web Programming using PHP/MySQL | Part 1

CS1559

Fri

Beginner

45

Web Authoring

CS1586

Fri

Beginner

44

Web Programming using PHP/MySQL I Part 2

CS2524

Fri

Intermediate 46

C# and .NET Programming

.Net Advanced Applications Development with C#

CS3703

Fri

Advanced

26

Fiction Writing

Writers’ Workshop

CS3209

Fri

Advanced

81

Plot Surgery – How to Identify and Resolve Structural Problems in Your Novel

CS1209

Fri

Intermediate 78

C# and .NET Programming

.Net Object-Oriented Programming using C#

CS2540

Sat

Intermediate 25

Microsoft Office, Excel and VBA

Visual Basic for Applications in Excel Part 1

CS1595

Sat

Beginner

Writing

Computing

Web

Writing

Computing

100

Page

35

Specialism

Course title

Course code

Day of the week

Level

Page

Computing

Systems

Database Design with SQL Server

CS1512

Sat

Beginner

41

Writing

Non-Fiction Writing

Narrative Non-Fiction Part 2

CS1222

Sat

Advanced

83

Short courses by day of the week

Subject area

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Travel directions

Travel directions City University London’s central London location is well served by public transport. All the University buildings are easily accessible by tube, bus and rail.

By bus There are bus routes that run close to Northampton Square: 4, 19, 30, 38, 43, 55, 56, 63, 73, 153, 205, 214, 243, 274, 341, 394, 476.

By tube The nearest underground station is Angel on the Northern line. Other stations nearby are Old Street on the Northern line (City Branch) and Barbican and Farringdon on the Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith and City lines. All University buildings are about ten minutes’ walk from the nearest underground station.

07 By car Parking in the roads surrounding the Northampton Square site is pay and display (free after 6.30 pm). The nearest National Car Parks to Northampton Square are on Pear Tree Street and Bowling Green Lane. For further information see www.ncp.co.uk. Please note that City University London is situated within the Congestion Charge Zone.

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