Intercollegiate Courses
If you are an undergraduate and you wish to take an intercollegiate course that does not form part of the published syllabus for your degree, you must check carefully to see if this is permitted. There are some restrictions:
- No intercollegiate courses in Year 1
- No more than two course units' worth of intercollegiate courses during your degree and no more than one a year
- No intercollegiate open options
- No intercollegiate courses if a suitable equivalent is available at SOAS
- No intercollegiate language courses except under very tightly restricted circumstances
Please note that the restrictions do not apply to you if you are on a degree jointly taught by two Colleges and if the course you want to take forms part of the published syllabus for your degree. Examples of such jointly taught degrees (partner College in brackets) are: BA African Studies (NYUL), BA Ancient Near Eastern Studies (UCL), BA French and an Asian or African language (UCL), BA Geography and another subject (KCL), BA Hebrew and Israeli Studies/BA Hebrew and another subject (UCL), BA History of Art (Asia, Africa, Europe) (UCL), BA Management and an Asian or African language (Birkbeck), BA Music (KCL), BA Turkish and Modern Greek Studies (KCL).
There are special requirements for the LLB degree - please ask your Faculty Office.
Further requirements
SOAS undergraduate students wishing to take a course from another University of London college must do the following:
Select the appropriate ‘intercollegiate course’ unit from those listed in the Course Sign-up system. Visit the appropriate University of London college as soon as possible in order to complete the necessary forms to allow enrolment on this course. Completed forms should be sent to the SOAS Registry. However, please note that some other colleges have an earlier course registration deadline than SOAS, so the courses may fill up quickly. You are therefore advised to seek the necessary approval as soon as possible.
You will also need to ensure that the course (and College name) is included in your Course Sign-up information submitted to your Faculty Office.
Please note that SOAS postgraduate students are NOT permitted to take intercollegiate courses as part of their programme unless the courses are listed in the published syllabus for the programme.
