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Centre for Financial & Management Studies (CeFiMS) - University of London

PG Diploma in Economic Principles

Entrance requirements

For entry to the Postgraduate Diploma in Economic Principles, you should have a good  undergraduate degree in any subject, or a recognised professional qualification which is accepted by the University of London as appropriate. It is not necessary for you to have studied economics or a quantitative subject before.

For many students the Postgraduate Diploma in Economic Principles provides a good route towards entering one of the CeFiMS distance learning MSc programmes.

Occasional students

Applicants may hold the qualifications specified above for entry to the Postgraduate Diploma or to the MSc degree. Alternatively, if they do not hold such qualifications, the University may still consider the application but will require evidence of the student’s ability to undertake an advanced course of study. The University may therefore recommend that the applicant first take two Individual Professional Courses from those available. If a student successfully completes the Individual Professional Courses, their performance will be assessed and they may be invited to continue with the remaining units of the MSc programme.

All applicants

To study on any of the distance learning CeFiMS postgraduate programme, you must be a graduate with a high level of proficiency in English - equivalent to IELTS level 7.0 (the British Council's International English Language Testing Service) or an approximate TOEFL score of 640. 

Credit exemptions

Credit exemptions are not granted on any of the CeFiMS distance learning programmes. The only exception is made for those who have obtained high grades on one or more of the Individual Professional Courses (IPCs) within the last five years and who then wish to count the academic credit gained towards an MSc or Diploma programme.

 
Minimum computer specification
Notice is hereby given that students registering for this programme on or after 1 January 2005 will be required to have access to the Internet in order to participate fully in the learning process.
Minimum / recommended PC specification
Processor: Pentium 266 (Pentium 500 recommended)
Memory (RAM): 64Mb (128Mb recommended)
Operating system: Windows 98 (Windows XP recommended)
Free space on hard disk: 100Mb (200Mb recommended)
Screen resolution: 800 x 600 colour (1024 x 786 colour recommended)
CD/DVD-ROM drive: CD-ROM (24 x CD-ROM recommended)
Modem speed: 56kbps (Broadband recommended)
Browser: Internet Explorer 5.5 (Internet Explorer 6 recommended)
Minimum / recommended Mac specification
Processor: G3 (G4 recommended)
Memory (RAM): 64Mb (128Mb recommended)
Operating system: OS 9 (OS X recommended)
Free space on hard disk: 100Mb (200Mb)
Screen resolution: 800 x 600 colour (1024 x 786 colour recommended)
CD/DVD-ROM drive: CD-ROM (24 x CD-ROM recommended)
Modem speed: 56kbps (Broadband recommended)
Browser: Internet Explorer 5
Note: The VLE may work with other browsers such as Netscape 7 but the preferred browser is Internet Explorer.