Academic Summer School
Academic Summer School (credit-bearing)
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Key information
Key information
- Duration
- 3 weeks
- Start of programme
- Session 1: 24 June – 12 July / Session 2: 15 July – 2 August 2024
- Attendance mode
- Full-time
- Location
- Russell Square, College Buildings
- Fees
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Fees: £2,200 and £50 application fee (Home/Overseas students)
Funding
- Alumni discount scheme 10% for 2024
- Entry requirements
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Applicants should have completed at least one year of an undergraduate programme with good academic standing.
Course overview
Join the SOAS Academic Summer School this year and study with us in one of the most exciting cities in the world.
With a diverse range of credit-bearing courses and a carefully curated social programme, the Academic Summer School offers a unique insight into student life in the heart of London. Whether you want to earn credit, develop your knowledge, or connect with students from around the world, the Academic Summer School is an exciting opportunity to immerse yourself into life as SOAS student.
Why SOAS?
Attending the SOAS Academic Summer School allows you to:
- Earn credit whilst studying your perfect summer course.
- Receive up to a 20% Alumni discount on our postgraduate programmes in 2024.
- Experience London life as a student in one of the UK's most international universities.
- Explore our world-renowned library, one of only five National Research libraries in the UK.
- Develop academic rigour and engage in robust debate, shaped by the unique lens of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
- Immerse yourself in your studies by participating in academic-led field trips across London, such as visiting the Imperial War Museum or embarking on a historic walking tour.
- Experience the wide range of activities that SOAS has to offer beyond your core studies with our social programme, from boat trips to world music.
- Join a diverse and esteemed network of students, with recent graduates going on to work for the UN, BBC, Amnesty International, Bloomberg, and more.
Applications for the Academic Summer School are due to open in December and will close on 31 May 2024. International applicants are encouraged to apply earlier if they require a visa to study in the UK on a short-term programme.
Accommodation
As a SOAS Summer School student, you can choose to stay in our halls of residence located within 20 minute of the campus. You will have a single room and private bathroom, and share a kitchen and living space with 4-6 other program attendees. Attendees are not divided by country or course, giving you a chance meet people of all interests and from all around the world.:
As well as the room amenities, you will enjoy unlimited free Wifi in your accommodation and all across campus.
Please note: accommodation is not included in the tuition fees and starts from £52.50 per night, students can if they prefer source their own accommodation for the summer school.
For more information email summerschool@soas.ac.uk.
Structure
Our summer courses are 15 credit modules taught intensively over a 3-week period. You can only select one of these modules to study in the summer.
Teaching will consist of a range of methods including lectures, seminars, tutorials, group work and independent reading, alongside academic-led excursions, field trips and guest lectures.
Each module will have its own assessment and these can be found on the modules pages. Modules are assessed through a variety of methods including short and long essays, examinations, oral presentations, and response papers.
Important notice
Student who attend the full duration of the summer school will be granted a certificate of completion, those who complete all necessary assessments as well as attending the summer school in full will be granted a certificate and transcript showing the credits achieved.
Modules
Teaching and learning
Programme learning outcomes
Knowledge
- Inter-and multidisciplinary specialist understanding of the subject and discipline
- Knowledge of the comparative and historical contexts of
- Theories and practices of criticism and analysis in relation to core topics in the given field of study in relation in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe
- Understanding of the disciplinary range of the field and the necessity of engagement with the topic and discipline studied
- Familiarity with various frameworks and key concepts that enable the integration of a variety of perspectives around the subject and discipline of study.
Intellectual (thinking) skills
- Precision in assessment of evidence and argumentation
- Capacity to discuss theoretical and epistemological issues in an articulate, informed, and intellectual manner
- Precision and critical acumen in the assessment of scholarly arguments and interpretations;
- The ability to assess evidence and arguments independently
- Effective presentation of complex theoretical arguments and their relationship to empirical data
- Theoretical and regional expertise in order to develop and apply self-reflexive approaches to dominant issues in the relevant academic subject and discipline.
Subject-based practical skills
- Academic and professional writing to the highest standards
- IT-based information retrieval, processing and data organisation
- Fieldwork and archival research techniques
- Research project design
- Presentational skills
- Independent study skills
- Reflexive learning.
Transferable skills
- Problem solving and research skills
- Oral and written communication
- Critical and independent thought
- Synthesising of difficult and wide ranging empirical material
- Regional specialism
- Working to deadlines and to high standards of presentation and argumentation
- Ability to make assessments involving complex factors.
Fees and funding
Fees
£2,200 (Home/Overseas students)
Payment should be made through our online store.
Tuition fee discounts for alumni
SOAS graduates can save up to 10% on their future studies with us.
- Receive up to 20% off the Summer School if you are a SOAS Alumni.
- Receive up to 10% off your next programme after you complete the SOAS Academic Summer School.
Eligibility criteria for 10% fee reduction
- Students who have an undergraduate degree or master's degree in any subject, or a graduate diploma in Economics from SOAS (excludes distance learning programmes)
- Students who have an IFCELs ICC or FDPS Pre-Masters (excludes distance learning programmes)
- Students who have completed a fee-paying Study Abroad programme (semester or full year) or Academic Summer School.
Restrictions and exemptions
- The reduction only applies to the first year of full time course or equivalent part-time enrolment.
- The reduction only applies for students progressing onto a higher qualification than previously studied at SOAS (for example Masters degree to PhD).
- Students who previously studied the Graduate Diploma in Economics must be progressing onto one of the following degrees: Economics, Development Economics, Finance and Development, Global Economic Governance and Policy, Political Economy of Development and Research for International Development.
- You cannot receive the SOAS Alumni discount if you have already received another discount / scholarship from the University, such as the SOAS Family Bursary.
- Not available for students studying online distance learning programmes
Receiving the discount
- You do not need to apply; the discount will be applied automatically once you have enrolled. Please deduct the discount amount when paying your tuition fees.
- The discounts are open to UK, EU and Overseas fee status students.
Please contact fees@soas.ac.uk for any queries regarding any of this information.
