Follow this link to see a map and list of study centres. This will vary depending on your own knowledge and study skills, and your enthusiasm for the subject. However, a useful guideline, if you are thinking about a credit-bearing course, is to multiply the number of credits by 3. This will give you a rough indication of the required study hours per week. But you will do more at some points in the course, when you are working on an essay or project, for instance, than at other times.
All programmes consist of courses that are free standing, and can be taken independently.
Most courses involve 12 weeks of teaching. They have all been designed by teaching staff of the University of Aberdeen, who will be your lecturers and tutors. Workbooks, and frequently audio tapes of lectures and other learning materials, accompany courses. These learning materials, together with reading and exercises, are to help you prepare for tutorial sessions with tutors and other students. This contact with others provides the central core of the courses, and is an important part of the learning experience.