Course Listings
All visiting students - Study Abroad, Associate, Erasmus, Japanese and Korean exchange students can choose from hundreds of courses across three faculties and seventeen different departments within the school. When looking at available courses, bear the following in mind:
- An offer of a place is based on your suitability for the programme, rather than for the individual courses. The courses you indicate on your application form are not guaranteed. Final course confirmation takes place during the first week of term.
- If your home institution requires you to study specific courses, you must contact us in advance so that we can confirm that the course is running and gain prior approval for you.
2012/13 Course Listings for Visiting Students
You can view a list of courses open to visiting students using the links on the right of this page. You can look at the description of each course by clicking on the title. Students who are currently studying for a postgraduate degree and have completed an undergraduate degree can browse the postgraduate course lists and combine these with undergraduate courses if they choose. Undergraduate students should only search through the undergraduate lists.
The list of available courses will vary from year to year. However, the list of course options available for this year will give you a good general overview of what is available to you.
Understanding the Course Lists
Department
This is the department in which the course is offered. Visiting students are not restricted to one department or faculty when choosing classes.
Course Code
This is the individual code number allocated to each course. This should be included on your application form.
Pre-requisites
It is important to note that some courses may require students to have previously undertaken study in relevant areas. Please check the pre-requisites which you will find in the course description. You will be expected to have taken a similar course to the pre-requisite at your home institution.
Credit Value
Students studying at SOAS for the full academic year are expected to take 4 units, which is a full course load in the UK. Students studying at SOAS for just term 1 or just terms 2&3 are expected to take 4 courses and do not need to be concerned about the unit value.
- If a course is taught in term 1 or in term 2, then it is a half unit.
- If a course runs across the full year, then it is a full unit.
