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You can follow either the Business Stream OR the Social Studies Stream. Certain subjects taken in the first semester define which subjects you will follow in the second semester. The Business Stream is for students wishing to study subjects in the fields of Business, Management, Economics, Travel and Tourism, Hotel and Catering Management. The Social Studies Stream is for students wishing to study subjects in the fields of Economics, Psychology, Politics, Sociology, Social Anthropology.


Within the Business Stream, you study English Language (if required), Business, Mathematics and either Economics or Psychology. Native speakers of English take additional subjects in place of English Language. The course is divided into three sections.

First Semester (14 weeks) - August to December
hours per week
(60 mins)
* English Language
10 hours/week
* English for Academic Purposes
3 hours/week
Introduction to Business I
3 hours/week
Mathematics
3 hours/week
either Introduction to Economics or Introduction to Psychology
3 hours/week
Second Semester (15 weeks) - January - May
hours per week
(60 mins)
* English Language
10 hours/week
* IELTS preparation
3 hours/week
Introduction to Business II
3 hours/week
Advanced Mathematics
3 hours/week
either Development Economics or International Economics (for students who studied Introduction to Economics in the first semester)
Theories of Personality (for students who studied Introduction to Psychology in the first semester)
3 hours/week
Revision and Examinations (6 weeks) - May - June
hours per week
(60 mins)
* English Language
10 hours/week
* IELTS preparation classes (optional)
3 hours/week
revision in each of the student's three subjects (Business, Mathematics and either Economics or Psychology)
3 hours/week for each

* Native speakers of English substitute additional academic studies for English Language.

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Business Stream
First Semester
Second Semester
Revision
* English Language (10 hrs/wk)
* English Language (10 hrs/wk)
* IELTS preparation
* English for Academic Purposes (3)
* IELTS preparation (3)
EB4 Introduction to Business I (3)
EB5 Introduction to Business II (3)
MA3 Mathematics (3)
MA4 Advanced Mathematics (3)
Revision for three subject exams (Business, Mathematics and either Economics or Psychology)

EB1 Introduction to Economics (3)

or

PSY1 Introduction to Psychology (3)

EB3 Development Economics (3)
or
EB2 International Economics (3)

PSY2 Theories of Personality (3)

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Within the Social Studies Stream, students study English Language (if required) and three subjects, chosen from Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology and Mathematics. Native speakers of English take additional subjects in place of English Language. The course is divided into three sections.

First Semester (14 weeks) - August to December
hours per week
(60 mins)
* English Language
10 hours/week
* English for Academic Purposes
3 hours/week
introductory courses in each of the student's three subjects (the courses are Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Politics, Introduction to Psychology and Mathematics)
3 hours/week for each
Second Semester (15 weeks - January - May
hours per week
(60 mins)
* English Language
10 hours/week
* IELTS preparation
3 hours/week
advanced studies in each of the three subjects:
Development Economics or International Economics (for students who studied Introduction to Economics in the first semester)
Ethics or Comparative Religion (for students who studied Introduction to Philosophy in the first semester)
Comparative Political Systems or The European Union (for students who studied Introduction to Politics in the first semester)
Theories of Personality (for students who studied Introduction to Psychology in the first semester)
Advanced Mathematics (for students who studied Mathematics in the first semester)
3 hours/week for each
Revision and Examinations (6 weeks) - May - June
hours per week
(60 mins)
* English Language
10 hours/week
* IELTS preparation classes (optional)
3 hours/week
revision in each of the student's three subjects
3 hours/week for each

* Native speakers of English substitute additional academic studies for English Language.

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Social Studies Stream
First Semester
Second Semester
Revision
* English Language (10 hrs/wk)
* English Language (10 hrs/wk)
* IELTS preparation
* English for Academic Purposes (3)
* IELTS preparation (3)
EB1 Introduction to Economics (3)
Three from….
EB3 Development Economics (3)
or
EB2 International Economics (3)
Revision for three subject exams
PHL1 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
PHL2 Ethics
or
REL1 Comparative Religion (3)
SSC5 Introduction to Politics (3)
SSC2 Comparative Political Systems(3)
or
SSC3 The European Union (3)
PSY1 Introduction to Psychology (3)
PSY2 Theories of Personality (3)
MA3 Mathematics (3)
MA4 Advanced Mathematics (3)

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