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Undergraduate

BA and Diploma in Philosophy

Study materials

Study material is included in the Initial Registration Fee therefore when you first register as an External student you will receive:

• The Arts Good Study Guide by E. Chambers and A. Northedge
• Student Handbook
• subject guides for the first units to be studied
• past examination papers and Examiners' reports
• copy of the Regulations
• access to the University of London Online Library with comprehensive selection of links to relevant materials.

Each year you continue to register as an External student, you will receive updated materials.

Introductory Package

Wherever you are, and however you study, as a registered External student you will be provided with the following materials, the cost of which is included in your initial and continuing registration fees.

Studying for a Degree in the Humanities and Social Sciences by P. Dunleavy (Macmillan). Accounting with Law and Management with Law students also receive Learning Legal Rules by J.A. Holland and J.S. Webb (Blackstone Press Ltd).

A handbook containing academic advice on effective study techniques, planning your studies, using the materials provided and preparing for examinations.

Subject guides for each unit studied. These guides introduce you to topics within the syllabus and should be used alongside the textbooks which are recommended to you in the guides. The guides show you how to use textbooks in an organised and productive manner. When you register, you will get a subject guide for each of your first year units and then, in subsequent years, a guide for each new unit plus any revised guides for units that you are continuing. Accounting with Law and Management with Law students are also sent a Recent developments in Law booklet in March each year.

IOLIS: CD-ROM (Accounting with Law and Management with Law students only). This Windows CD-ROM covers a number of law subjects and includes the full text of over 2,000 cases, statutes and articles.

Past examination papers and Examiners’ reports. The Examiners’ reports give an indication of how individual questions should have been approached. When you first register, you will be sent the last three years’ papers and reports, if available, and then, at the end of each subsequent year, you will be sent the paper and report for that year’s examinations.

Regulations containing full details of important information such as syllabuses, structures, fees, entering for examinations and degree classification criteria (as appropriate).

A Resource guide including practical information on, for instance, bookshops, libraries and your contacts at the University, plus a list of institutions which offer tuition.

A note about textbooks: You will need to provide your own textbooks; these will be the real focus of your studies. You will be advised to buy some books, and others you will need to refer to in a library. As far as possible, you should consider the facilities available locally to you, and how accessible books are likely to be before registering as an External student. If you apply and accepted onto the programme, the University will give you an Introductory booklist. This booklist provides you with initial reading for the subjects you are most likely to take in your first year.