Like the Pre-Packaged courses, the Customised courses are designed to not only prepare students for the various subject material they may encounter while at university, but to instil and develop in our students, through more niche and individually tailored syllabi, the following skills via the varied course content below:
- The development of critical thinking skills, argumentation style, and debate
(both verbally and in written form) - How to research efficiently, stepping away from university textbooks, replacing them with real academic books, articles, and journals written by top academic professionals
- How to read, make sense of, analyse, and apply academic theory to their weekly essays
- How to write academically to a high Oxbridge standard (which can be applied to any UK university)
- Learn how to read, write, and submit their essays to tight weekly deadlines
- How to manage their time by learning how to read large amounts of data and process it into smaller, bite-size pieces
- Teach students to research and write material they have never studied before, getting them out of their comfort zones
- Teach students to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses and work on their personal development in each area
Customised Course Topics
Unlike our Pre-packaged courses, which are more general in focus, our Customised courses are specifically tailored to each individual’s interests. For example, students interested in taking a Pre-Packaged 3-6 week course in Anthropology may want to consider a Customised course instead focusing specifically on Evolutionary or Socio-Cultural Anthropology:
- African Studies
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Area Studies
- Art History
- Business
- Classics
- Communications (Media, Journalism, Film)
- Development Studies (Incl. International Development)
- Economics
- Education
- English Language and Literature
- Environmental Studies
- European Studies
- Gender Studies
- Geography
- Government Studies
- History (Ancient and Modern)
- Human Sciences
- Law
- Linguistics
- Medieval Studies (Incl. Languages)
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Migration Studies
- Modern Languages
- Oriental Studies
- Philosophy
- Politics (Incl. Social Policy and International Relations)
- Public Policy
- Psychology
- Religion
- Sociology
- Theology
*Additional courses are available upon request.
Customised Courses include:
- Personally tailored 3-6-week syllabus based on students’ customised focus (includes 3-6 weekly writing topics, 3-6 weekly essays, 3-6 weekly assessments/ feedback)
- 3-6 weeks of reading material
- 3-6 hours of online face-to-face course instruction
- Weekly contact time with tutor via email
- 1-3 progress reports
- Certificate of completion
