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The School of Information Studies University of Central England in Birmingham offers the following degree programme: BA(HONS) INFORMATION STUDIES PROGRAMME The degrees in this programme may be taken by part time or full time study. There are four degrees in the programme and they are designed to be mode neutral. This means that students may complete a degree over a period to suit their circumstances. Normally, a full time student will complete a degree in three years. A part time student will normally complete a degree in five years but must complete within ten years. The programme builds on a common core of modules, concentrated mainly in the first stage (level 1). Level 1 modules are designed to develop the skills necessary to succeed in higher education and enable students to explore the content of the programme. All degrees include a substantial grounding in information technology and research skills, problem solving and project management. Many of the skills and abilities gained on these courses will be substantial preparation for those wishing to develop a career in knowledge management. Mode of attendance As the programme is mode neutral, applications are accepted for both part time and full time attendance. There are vacancies on the programme for both modes of attendance. Specific degrees in the programme BA(HONS) BUSINESS INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS BA(HONS) INFORMATION STUDIES BA(HONS) INFORMATION AND LIBRARY STUDIES BA(HONS) MULTIMEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE The Information Studies degree and the Multimedia, Communication and Culture degree may be of particular interest to members of these lists. BA(HONS) INFORMATION STUDIES. This degree provides a thorough grounding in theoretical principles of information, its structure, management and provision. Also, the principles of information service evaluation, design, establishment and management are fundamental studies. Students who graduate with this degree will be high level generalists, capable of entering any situation in which information is critical to success. They will have had the opportunity to study modules from a range that includes information systems construction, information users, scientific and technical information, health information, pharmaceutical information, information and knowledge audit, knowledge representation, knowledge management, subject structure theory, records management and managing electronic information sources. Careers. The range of possible employment of these graduates will be wide and include legal, architectural, scientific, health, pharmaceutical, and management information services and systems, and research environments in which the provision of accurate, current and precise information is highly valued and critical to success. BA(HONS) MULTIMEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE. Graduates with this degree will have a broad knowledge of multimedia and communications and their significance in a cultural context. Additionally, they will be able to analyse and synthesise knowledge and information from widely differing situations, and design and provide services and systems to support information users working in these situations. The range of modules available for study on this degree includes publishing, media engineering and design, structure and control of British media, multimedia publishing, electronic writing, popular periodicals information, heritage information, and multimedia indexing. Careers. Graduates will be prepared for opportunities such as Webmaster, Internet consultant, cybernaut and network navigator and for emerging posts in electronic commerce, for example, the construction and maintenance of Internet based product directories. Those with a flair for design will find jobs becoming available in web page design and in database design, construction and networking. Further employment areas will include media planning, multimedia research and development, and traditional and electronic publishing. For further, more detailed information on the programme, please contact: Heather Carnell, Faculty of Computing, Information and English UCE, Perry Barr, BIRMINGHAM B42 2SU Tel. No.: 0121 331 5600 Fax.: 0121 331 6281 For an informal chat, please contact: Denis F Reardon email: [log in to unmask] Admissions Tutor School of Information Studies Dawson Building UCE, Perry Barr, BIRMINGHAM B42 2SU Tel. No.: 0121 331 5625 (or 331 5622) Fax.: 0121 331 5675 School email: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%