Records Management and Information Rights PgDip
Postgraduate Diploma - PgDipUniversity of Dundee
Course details
Course description
Our online course covers the fundamental principles and practice of records management and information rights. It provides you with the basic core competencies, knowledge and skills required to work professionally in records management and/or information rights.
Our focus is very much on a mix of the theoretical and the practical. You must be working or volunteering in an appropriate professional environment both prior to and throughout your studies so you can apply what you are learning.
The course will give you an understanding of records management and information rights practice and tradition. You'll also learn about the management of current and semi-current records and how the strict requirements of legislation can be applied to working environments nationally, internationally and within your own corporate environment. You'll gain a thorough understanding of the relationship between between information rights legislation and different classes of information and how this should be managed.
You’ll receive a lot of online content right from the start and benefit from our flexible teaching model that allows students to take semesters off and learn from subject experts.
Subjects
- Archive administration
- Information science
- Information studies
Entry requirements
You'll need to be a graduate with a with an Honours degree or above in an appropriate discipline. You will also need to be employed or active as a volunteer in a professional recordss management facility for a minimum of 1/2 day a week and have appropriate prior experience. Alternative qualifications may be considered on a case by case basis. Transfer of credit from other study programmes may be possible by arrangement.
Course options
Course details
Distance learning
1st May 2024 to 1st May 2029
Cost: Visit the provider's website for details.
Venue details
Nethergate
Dundee
DD1 4HN
This is the main contact address for the provider. This may not be the location where this course is presented.
Course details
Distance learning
1st Jan 2024 to 1st Jan 2029
Cost: Visit the provider's website for details.
Venue details
Nethergate
Dundee
DD1 4HN
This is the main contact address for the provider. This may not be the location where this course is presented.