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ACADEMIC PROGRAMME


For the programme structure of the individual programmes please see the relevant programme pages.

Read the following vertically to follow the modules for each programme.

M.Litt Archives and Records Management


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M.Sc Archives and Records Management (International)

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M.Sc Records Management and Information Rights

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M.Sc Records Management and Digital Preservation (International)
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M.Sc Records Management and Digital Preservation

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Core Modules (the following must be undertaken for the respective programmes)

Archive Theory and Management (20)Archive Theory and Management (20)Principles and Practice of Records Management (20)Principles and Practice of Records Management (20)Principles and Practice of Records Management (20)
Archive Administration, Access and Preservation (20)Archive Administration, Access and Preservation (20)Electronic Records Management (20)Electronic Records Management (20)Electronic Records Management (20)
Ethics and International Perspectives (10)Principles and Practice of Records Management (20)Complying with Information Legislation: Principles and Practice (20)Management and Preservation of Digital Records (20)Management and Preservation of Digital Records (20)
Principles and Practice of Records Management (20)Electronic Records Management (20)Wider Legal Frameworks (10)Metadata Standards and Information Taxonomies (20)Metadata Standards and Information Taxonomies (20)
Optional (the following are the optional modules for each programme)

  • Archive Theory and Management (20 credits)
  • Archive Administration, Access and Preservation (20)
  • Ethics and International Perspectives (10)
  • Principles and Practice of Records Management (20)
  • Electronic Records Management (20)
  • Management and Preservation of Digital Records (20)
  • Cataloguing in a Digital Age (20)
  • Preservation for Information Professionals (10)
  • Disaster Management for Information Professionals (10)
  • Preservation and Disaster Management (20)
  • Strategic Management for Information Professionals (20)
  • Sound and Vision: Collecting, Preserving and Managing Film, Sound and Oral History (20)
  • Skills and Sources for Family and Local History in England (20)
  • Skills and Sources for Family and Local History in Scotland (20)
  • English Palaeography and Diplomatic (20)
  • Scots Palaeography and Diplomatic (20)
  • Latin for Archivists and Researchers (10)
  • Scottish Local Government and Records (10)
  • Ecclesiastical Archives (10)
  • Education Archives (10)
  • Business Archives and Records (20)
  • Cross Domain Public History (20)
  • Outreach and Community Archives (20)
  • Heraldry (20)
  • Complying with Information Legislation: Principles & Practice (20)
  • Comparitive Concepts in Information Rights part 1 (10)
  • Comparitive Concepts in Information Rights part 2 (10)
  • Metadata Standards and Information Taxonomies (20)
  • Understanding Corporate Contexts (10)
  • Wider Legal Frameworks (10)

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