Learning Resources
Course Guide (or Syllabus): An indispensable resource that provides you with the course objectives and learning outcomes, a breakdown of the semester, indicating week by week delivery of lecture and seminar topics, coursework requirements, as well as suggested primary and secondary reading lists. Typically, the Syllabus also provides a list of all study materials in light of the context of the course in question. The course instructor distributes/uploads the Course Guide in the first week of teaching. The Syllabus should provide a final statement on the course content and structure as well as how the course is assessed. If there is a discrepancy between the Course Guide and any other source, the statement of terms in the Course Guide must be accounted as the final source.
Set Textbooks: Typically, you should expect your Course Instructor to have identified for you in the Course Guide (Syllabus) one or two textbooks that you need to purchase. Textbooks are available directly or indirectly through the publishers who the University has collaborated with them. For further information about the time and place of purchasing the set textbooks, you should contact your Faculty’s Executive Secretary.
Course Readings: In addition to the ‘Set Texts’, the course will include extensive use of journal articles, book chapters and extracts which may not be available in copies at the library. To make these available to all students in the course, the Course Instructor shall compile for you a number of photocopied materials as suited for the purpose of the learning objectives.
Student Timetables: The MU-UMS, as well as the University Google Calendar, should have an uploaded and updated program timetable for each semester. If it happens that you need further assistance about the timetables, you should speak to the Faculty Assistant, Assistant Dean, or Chairperson of the Program, or Course Coordinator or Course Instructor.