Courses

Biology

Animal Physiology

• Subject: Biology
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology Majors Only; Biology I

Conservation Biology

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the main issues in managing and conserving biodiversity at the UK and global scales. Starting with the history and ethics of conservation, this module will cover some of the main threats to biodiversity (e.g. habitat loss, climate change, alien invasive species), problems for small populations, endangered species management, how to prioritise action for species and habitat conservation. 

• Subject: Biology
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology Majors Only; Field and Laboratory Techniques

Evolution and Genetics

Genetics, focusing on cellular and molecular aspects. Classical transmission genetics, cytogenetics; molecular biology; genetic control of development. The use of recombinant DNA technology in modern biology. 

• Subject: Biology
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology I

Field and Laboratory Techniques

Provides training in field surveying; animal sampling; vegetation mapping and analysis; remote sensing and geographic information systems; quality control in laboratory analysis and project design and execution. A major part of this module consists of a team-based research project. 

• Subject: Biology
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology Major Only; Environment II

Introduction to Cell Biology

Basic cell biology. Cells and metabolism; the genetic material; organelles; bacterial cells; viruses; the origins of life. 

• Subject: Biology
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Microbiology

Introduction to the structure, culture, diversity and classification of micro-organisms, the bacterial cell cycle, control of macromolecular composition, bacterial genetics and viruses. This module has a lab component. 

• Subject: Biology
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology Majors Only; Biology I and Biology II

Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics

Retrieving and analysing DNA and protein sequences, Sequence alignment, Sequence variation and evolution, Calculating evolutionary distances, Constructing, analysing and interpreting molecular phylogenetic trees. 

• Subject: Biology
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology Majors Only; Biology III

Molecular Techniques

The main aims of the Molecular Techniques half module are to provide practical experience in: cloning techniques; the over-expression of a cloned gene; the purification of an over-expressed protein; localisation of protein in vivo. This half module provides opportunities to develop your knowledge and understanding of modern molecular techniques. 

• Subject: Biology
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology Majors Only; The Animal Cell, Biology III

Proteomics

The course will expose students to the range of information encompassed by proteomics and systems biology and the integrated nature of these fields of biology. Worked examples outlined in lectures, and completed in the practical class, aim to enable students to: access information from bimolecular databases; apply appropriate software to the analysis of bimolecular information; appreciate the application of proteomics and systems biology to medical, agricultural and biological research. 

• Subject: Biology
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology Majors Only; The Animal Cell

The Evolution of Sex

Students will learn to acquire, interpret and present information relating to the evolution of sex and sexual selection including the benefits of mate choice, sexual conflict, cryptic female mate choice and sperm competition. The course content will be largely student-directed and covered by a session specific reading list and tutorial sessions. Students will be expected to demonstrate an inquiring mind and a broad interest in evolutionary biology. Students will be expected to carry out background reading and prepare short presentations. Students will be expected to research and complete a coursework essay. 

• Subject: Biology
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology Majors Only; Animal Ecology, Biology II

Business

Business Improvement

The module covers the basic tools and techniques available to monitor and evaluate the state of quality and businesses and private sector organisations. These quantitative and qualitative methods can be used at different phases in the life cycle of products, services and organisations. The intention is to provide the theory and practice to enable students to analyse an existing situation, identify opportunities for improvement and then to evaluate that improvement. Both the public and private sectors are studied. The course attempts to give students an understanding of the wider aspects of designing measurement systems and measuring business excellence. 

• Subject: Business
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management II

Business in East Asia

Business in East Asia will begin by examining the first of East Asia’s modern economic successes - Japan. The structure and special features of various elements of the Japanese economic system — manufacturing systems, employment practices, business organisation — will be explained. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of networks among institutions and business partners. Further emphasis will be given to the important and integral part played by government in the business network system. The course will then consider the historical background and current position of China. The nature of economy, business and society will be explored, as will China’s role in the global economy. Special challenges facing Chinese economic development will also be considered. Finally the so-called ‘Asian Tiger’ economies will be assessed. The economic prospects of these countries as they transform from ‘developing economies’ to ‘newly industrialised economies’ will be discussed. Japan’s role in the development of the economies of East Asia will also be explored. 

• Subject: Business
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management III: Management and Organizations

Business in the 21st Century

This course presents an overview of the development of management. Various crucial turning-points are examined from five different perspectives: the factory, the worker, the manager, the customer, and the government. The course takes a critical look at management in Britain and makes appropriate international comparisons. Prospects for the future are also addressed. 

• Subject: Business
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management I

Employee Ownership and Participation

This module examines the difference in approach to organisational commitment between management support for employee involvement and union advocacy of industrial democracy. Employee relations are at a critical turning point. Approaches based on human resource management and the winning of individual employee commitment are competing with approaches based on collective organisations. This module examines various institutional forms of participation, where these competing tensions are played out. The module will allow you to explore key issues in some depth. Through role plays, you will develop practical and analytical skills. You will understand the key issues in organising, motivating, and controlling people at work. You will also be able to integrate and synthesise your previous learning in industrial relations. [Assessment: 50% examination, 30% coursework, 20% tutorial performance] 

• Subject: Business
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management I, II, III; Employee Relations

Employment Relations

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the British system of employment relations and the general principles, processes and outcomes of the area of Employment Relations. The course will consider different theoretical approaches to the study of employment relations and then examine the role and objectives of trade unions, employers and the state, and the processes and outcomes of their interactions in collective bargaining, employee participation and industrial conflict. 

• Subject: Business
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management I, II, III

International Business

International Business is a multidisciplinary course which considers important macro and micro issues relating to global business practice. Topics include: the political, legal and economic environment of business; international trade theory; the role of government; foreign direct investment; the world financial environment; less developed countries (LDCs); central and eastern Europe; the European Community; multinational enterprises, managerial strategies and performance measurement and control of companies. The course is taught within the context of a changing global business environment. Whilst it considers the economic position of the ‘triad’ countries of Japan, North America and Europe, it also focuses on the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the pacific rim countries. Case studies are used on the course to give students practical insights of the topics under discussion. Case studies span several functional areas of management and include human resources, strategy, operations management, economics, organisational behaviour and accounting. 

• Subject: Business
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management II

Launching a New Venture

The module aims to give a broad theoretical and practical overview of the business start-up process. The course examines the nature and role of starting a new small business, and assists students to understand the importance of the business planning process. By the end of the course students will not only be able to apply theoretical concepts to help them plan the start-up process, but also be able to produce and evaluate a real business plan. The course is a mixture of lectures and seminars, and is supplemented by presentations from successful entrepreneurs. 

• Subject: Business
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management II

The Firm

This course reviews the nature of management and the different kinds of organisation that managers manage. It emphasises that management is about making decisions, and doing so on the basis of timely and accurate information. Where this information comes from and how it is summarised using quantitative procedures is explained. Such information is used for diagnosing business problems, planning business activities, and controlling their implementation. The notion of financial control, for example through accounting procedures, is emphasised. Students also get “hands on” experience of commercially available spreadsheets, and are introduced to business case studies in small group tutorials. 

• Subject: Business
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Economics

Advanced Microeconomics

Choice and rationality; individual welfare changes; the pure exchange model; trading at false prices; Pareto optimality; social welfare functions and compensation tests; market failure, property rights and public goods; expected utility and the insurance market; games and oligopoly; adverse selection, moral hazard and principal-agent theory. 

• Subject: Economics
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics

Economic Policy in Britain and Europe

The current state of the British economy; fiscal and monetary issues of current concern in the UK, including pension funding and inflation targeting; problems associated with unemployment in the UK and Europe and policy objectives in the fields of employment, unemployment and part-time employment; major economic issues of the European Community – agriculture, fiscal criteria, monetary union, central bank independence; the relationship between the UK and the European Monetary Union. 

• Subject: Economics
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Advanced Microeconomics; Advanced Macroeconomics

Financial Economics

Financial decisions by individuals and households; the key tools used by financial-economist; the principles of equity and fixed income asset valuation; the term structure of interest rates; the implications of efficient market theory and evidence; the dividend and debt policies of the firm. 

• Subject: Economics
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics

Intermediate Microeconomics

The assumptions of consumer choice theory relating to preferences and constraints on choice; derivation of the main results about demand; the application of consumer choice theory to payments in kind, subsidies and lump-sum benefits; consumer welfare – measures of welfare and cost-benefit analysis; labour supply; capital supply; the theory of costs and production; the long-run theory of perfect competition, monopolistic competition and monopoly; the behaviour of oligopolistic markets. 

• Subject: Economics
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introductory Microeconomics

Introductory Microeconomics

The economic problem of scarcity; the concept of opportunity cost; the production possibility frontier; how prices are determined by supply and demand; the concept of market equilibrium; the causes and effects of changes in supply and demand; the elasticities of supply and demand; government intervention in markets; the different categories of costs; the short-run pricing and output decisions of firms in perfect competition, monopolistic competition and monopoly; labour markets and the reasons why wage rates vary for different types of occupation; the distribution of income; the theory of comparative advantage. 

• Subject: Economics
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Labour Economics

The operation of the labour market is a fundamental component of economic development. It is increasingly highlighted as a source of international differences in economic growth and stability. This module is intended to provide students with an introduction to labour economics, by applying the microeconomic techniques acquired in ECN211. This module will provide an understanding of the operation of both supply and demand in the labour market, its institutional features, and theories which seek to explain international differences in labour market behaviour. 

• Subject: Economics
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics

The Economy of Property Rights

This module will consider the evolution, form and use of property rights as a means of organization that allows for maximization of the value of assets or resources. Applications of the economic theory of property rights will come from natural resources, information technology, and economic history. 

• Subject: Economics
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics

Using Economic Data

Extension of the method of least squares introduced in ECN213 to handle estimation of relationships between many variables; the problems of econometric estimation, their causes, diagnosis and solutions; the use of computers for least-squares estimation. The second half will focus on issues related to causality, discussed in the context of applied examples. 

• Subject: Economics
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introduction to Quantitative Techniques in Economics

Education

Education: Purposes, Principles, Practice

• Subject: Education
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

English and Literature

Author, Reader, and Text

The aims of the module are to introduce students to the critical and analytical study of literature, and to some of the theoretical issues arising from this, through close attention to a wide range of nineteenth and twentieth century literary and non-literary texts. In particular, the module will address the following fundamental questions: What is a text? What is an author? What is a reader? What are their respective roles in relation to the interpretation of texts? 

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

British Romanticism 1785-1832

Drawing from various literary genres and the work of both canonical and lesser known writers, this module will investigate Romanticism thematically by exploring and contextualising some of their preoccupations: personal freedom and individual subjectivity, popular culture and the role of the poet, sensibility and the culturally ‘feminine’, ‘sense’ and satire in a time of upheaval, Gothic horrors and psychological landscapes, Nature and the creative Imagination, and personal constructions of the historical past. This module aims to assess the ways in which the climate of revolution, rebellion and reaction encouraged and shaped Romantic innovations in literary form. 

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two English Modules at Level 9

Contemporary Poetry: How to Read, How to Write

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two English Modules at Level 9

Epic

Epic has traditionally been regarded as the noblest poetic form and on this module we shall study some of the most celebrated examples in English, including but not limited to, the Old English Beowulf, John Milton’s Paradise Lost, and Wordsworth’s The Prelude, together with Homer’s Odyssey and Derek Walcott’s Omeros, a post?colonial re-writing of the Odyssey. The texts will be placed within their respective cultural and, where appropriate, linguistic contexts. In the course of the module, students will be introduced to discussion and debate about what constitutes the heroic from Aristotle through to the modern era. Modern theoretical perspectives will be brought to bear upon this critical tradition and upon the epics themselves. 

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two English Modules at Level 9

From Medieval to Renaissance

The late middle ages and Renaissance (1200–1660) in Britain were highly sophisticated times of transition, rupture and innovation. The period saw many radical changes: printed books took over from manuscripts; the theatre became professionalized and commercialized; social relations were in flux as the urban bourgeoisie rose to prominence; new markets emerged; the Reformation of the 1530s transformed religion and private devotion; the language shifted, from Middle English to Modern English; women increasingly demanded their place and voice within literary culture. Alongside these beginnings of what we now recognise as the modern is a radical alterity: the omnipresence of death, animals on trial, monstrous bodies. We will explore the different ways in which the middle ages and Renaissance complicate our narratives of the origins of the modern world. The aims of the module will be to introduce students to the kinds of problems and questions that reading texts from this era raise. 

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two English Modules at Level 9

Jane Austen

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two English Modules at Level 9

Language and Society

This non-advanced module is intended to provide a basic introduction to language variety: how language reflects and constructs social contexts and identities. 

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Meaning and Representation

An understanding of the work of representation – the reproduction of the world in images, symbols, and actions – is an essential component in the act of reading not only literary texts but all ‘language systems’: paintings, films, music. But representation and meaning, as Stuart Hall comments, are ‘slippery customers ... constantly changing and shifting with context, usage and historical circumstances’. This module will examine representation and meaning in literary texts in related domains or areas of study: mimesis, realism, allegory, mythology, and spectacle. The course will explore literary and other constructions of the real, the surreal, and the hyper real, metaphor, analogy, and fable, power, myth, and the simulacrum, and consider how these forms of representation are fashioned, their histories, their limitations, and their effects in wider social and cultural spheres. 

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Author, Reader, and Text and/or Texts and Contexts

Modernism and Modernity

This module explores key texts and contexts of the modernist period (c.1890-1940). It considers modernism as an international and multi-dimensional phenomenon ranging across a variety of movements, genres, discourses, and modes of representation. The module centres on the detailed study of literary texts, but it also explores intellectual cross-currents and interactions between literature, film, visual culture, and music. It studies the relationship between modernism in the arts and the broader condition of modernity, exploring such topics as technology, the metropolis, the body, psychoanalysis and the dissociation of the self, surrealism and irrationality. Students will read literary texts alongside manifestos and other source documents and will be encouraged to consider the development of a modernist aesthetic of shock, fragmentation, discontinuity and montage in both formal and cultural terms. The module will conclude by looking at modernism’s afterlife and considering the meaning of the concept ‘postmodernism’. 

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two English Modules at Level 9

Restoration and 18th Century 1660-1790

This module explores the literature and art of the period from 1660 when the monarchy was restored after the government of Oliver Cromwell to roughly the time of the French revolution at the end of the eighteenth century, a century and a half sometimes known as the ‘long’ eighteenth century. Our period is the great age of English satire and we shall debate the nature and function of satire in the political, intellectual and social life of the nation and compare the various talents of its greatest exponents. A module reader will be provided to illustrate these changes with an emphasis on fine art and architecture tracing the movement in aesthetics from the neoclassic to the Gothic. 

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two English Modules at Level 9

Scottish Literature

Scottish Literature has been described as ‘perhaps the single most under-researched area in all literary studies’. This module explores some of its main landmarks and lesser-known terrain, ranging from medieval dream poetry to the MTV aesthetic of Trainspotting. We approach Scottish literature in relation to five themes, continually weighing literary and cultural pressures against one another. How ‘Scottish’ is Scottish literature? How ‘literary’ in origin are our received notions about Scottishness? 

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two English Modules at Level 9

Victorian Literature and Culture

This module provides an introduction to key aspects of Victorian culture, from its manifestations in selected literary texts of the period to other aspects of cultural production, including painting, journalism and aesthetics. The module proceeds by way of a self-conscious interrogation of the notion of ‘Victorianism’ itself, addressing itself to such questions as the postmodern fascination with the nineteenth century; the distinctions between fiction and history; as well as the range of pressing theoretical questions attendant upon any act of literary-historical periodization. Throughout, in fact, the module is theoretically preoccupied with the ways in which we read the Victorian age, asking, for instance, how and why it is that we have tended to mythologize it as an epoch of unprecedented sexual repression as a foil to our sexually liberated modernity. Our primary aim is to foster close, historically sensitive readings of selected literary and theoretical texts, especially as they might be informed by other relevant aspects of nineteenth-century cultural history. 

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two English Modules at Level 9

Violence and Representation: Literature and Drama

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Writing Fiction

• Subject: English and Literature
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two English Modules at Level 9

Film and Media Studies

Classic European Cinema

This module examines major movements in European cinema from its beginnings in 1895 through the 1930s. Films, shown with English subtitles/intertitles where necessary, will be studied in their historical and cultural context. 

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Gender and Representation

This module examines the construction, representation and understanding of gender in film. Both femininity and masculinity are considered. The main tool used for the analysis of gender is psychoanalysis, though the course is not exclusively psychoanalytic. The principal historical focus is on Hollywood films. 

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Film and Media Studies Module at Level 9

Global Cinema

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Global Cinema and Culture Theory I

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Transnational Identities

Introduction to Audio and Video Production

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Film and Media Studies Module at Level 9

Media I: Creative Industries

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Public Relations

This module aims to introduce students to the role and scope of public relations practice and issues.    

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Film and Media Studies Module at Level 9, preferably "Reading Film and Television"

Radio Drama Production

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introduction to Audio and Video Production

Researching Media and Culture

This module provides an introduction to a range of methods used in Film & Media Studies research. It is taught both by members of staff and invited speakers who will address their areas of expertise. The module is designed specifically to prepare students for a dissertation and will also be of relevance for anyone considering postgraduate study. 

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Film and Media Studies Module at Level 9

Script Writing

This module will provide students with an introduction to the basic principles of screenwriting and will provide a foundation for developing fiction-based projects in later modules. Throughout the semester, the function and application of dialogue, character and three-act structure will be explored and illustrated through the analysis of existing scripts and films. 

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Film and Media Studies Module at Level 9

The Moving Image

This module introduces students to another central area of concern for media studies: the analysis of film and television texts. Attention is paid to the production context of films and television programmes, but the major thrust is to analyse in detail the 'language' of film and television, including the roles of the camera, lighting, editing and sound, and to understand how these combine to form narratives. 

• Subject: Film and Media Studies
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Media I

Finance

Accounting I

The aims of the course are to provide an understanding of the basic tools for financial accounting and financial analysis, and to introduce students to the context of accounting and to the theory underlying accounting.

• Subject: Finance
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: None

Accounting Information and Employment

To facilitate future employment in an accounting/business setting. This module aims to provide knowledge of advanced double entry book-keeping skills by introducing an accounting information system incorporating appropriate controls. It promotes an awareness of ethics, of employability skills and develops computer skills in spreadsheets and accounting packages.

• Subject: Finance
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Accounting I and Accounting II

Advanced Financial Accounting

The module builds upon ACC9A4 External Reporting and aims to develop knowledge and understanding about controversial issues in financial accounting and reporting. It also aims to help students develop the ability to formulate a reasoned opinion on the relative merits of alternative solutions to such controversial issues. 

• Subject: Finance
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: External Reporting

Finance and Accounting: International Environment

The aim of the module is to develop core knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of finance and accounting and related transferable skills to enable students to better cope with the more advanced aspects of finance and accounting.

• Subject: Finance
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Finance II or External Reporting

Finance I

Together with the module FIN9F4 this course aims to provide students with an introduction to the basic skills and concepts required for the study of finance and for their application to financial management.

• Subject: Finance
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Accounting I

International Finance

The course provides in-depth study of some of the key areas of corporate finance within an international environment, and in particular: the operation of the foreign exchange market; the interaction between exchange rates, inflation rates and interest rates; the risks which fluctuating exchange rates pose for companies and how companies may protect themselves against those risks. The use of derivatives in managing currency and interest rate risks is also explored. 

• Subject: Finance
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Finance I and Finance II

Issues in Accounting

The aim of the course is to assist students in the development of their capacities for inquiry, abstract logical thinking and critical analysis. This year’s course focuses on management accounting and interdisciplinary accounting and aims to achieve the following specific learning outcomes. 

• Subject: Finance
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: External Reporting

Personal Financial Planning

The aim of the course is to develop understanding of the process of personal financial planning. It will cover
the following areas: regulation and compliance issues, financial needs throughout the life cycle, gathering and analysing financial information, protection insurance (life, health and disability etc.), managing liquidity (deposits and borrowings), direct investments, collective investments, asset allocation, types of pension arrangements, integrating the components of a financial plan. The course will also develop problem solving skills by means of financial planning case studies which require the understanding and application of core principles. 

• Subject: Finance
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Finance I

Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions

This module will give students the following: a basis for the analysis and interpretation of quantitative information; an understanding of the basic ideas underlying statistical methods at an introductory level and an understanding of certain mathematical tools of business decision making. 

• Subject: Finance
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Accounting I or Accounting II

Securities and Investment

The aim is to provide an overview of the main types of securities traded on the World’s capital markets, providing detailed analysis of equity products, derivatives and bonds. Popular trading strategies are examined including an introduction to short selling and pair trades that may be used by hedge funds, or other institutional and private investors. The importance of benchmark indices and robust performance measurement techniques for evaluating the performance of investment managers are also demonstrated. Ample attention is paid to the valuation of forward, futures and options contracts. This includes the application of the well-known Black- Scholes option pricing model. Students are given the chance to grapple with the key issues facing the investment industry in a written group assignment and presentation. The course will provide an understanding of the main types of securities and their derivatives, and of the markets in which they are traded. The fundamental characteristics of securities and their derivatives will be examined in terms of their risk and marketability. Course participants will be expected both to demonstrate an ability for practical application of the valuation and measurement techniques covered in the course, and also familiarity with relevant academic finance literature, particularly empirical studies. 

• Subject: Finance
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Finance I and Finance II

French

French Popular Culture of the 20th Century: Detective Fiction

This module examines the development of detective fiction in literature, BD, and film in French and Francophone popular cultures. The module will begin with a historical overview of the initial evolution of the genre, studying extracts from classic early and modern works of literary detective fiction. This overview will enable students to engage with questions surrounding the genre's popularity, its conventions, the role played in its evolution by transatlantic exchanges, and broader socio-cultural questions related to notions of 'high'/'low' culture and the postwar commodification of French and Francophone culture. Following on from this, the module will be based around a series of key texts (literary, BD, and film) in order to analyse more recent developments in the genre. Students will study the ways in which detective fiction engages with and/or reflects modern French society and identity. Areas of particular interest will include a consideration of detective fiction as historical testimony, the imagery of cultural commodification represented in the genre, and gendered representations. 

• Subject: French
• Course Level: 400
• Language: French and English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Contemporary French Languages and Cultures

Honours Language

Fourth-year Honours language module consisting of translation into English, translation into French, composition in French, and language parlé. 

• Subject: French
• Course Level: 400
• Language: French and English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Honours/General Language

Honours/General Language

Third-year Honours and General language module consisting of translation into English, translation into French, composition in French, and language parlé. 

• Subject: French
• Course Level: 300
• Language: French and English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Contemporary French Languages and Cultures

Intermediate French

This is an intensive module which aims to build on the foundations laid by introductory French modules FRE9B1 and FRE9B2. It provides practice in all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing); widening the range of communicative functions which students should be able to carry out. It also consolidates and extends the student's grasp of the basic grammatical structures of the language, and introduces the study of French civilisation. Note: (Not available to native or near-native speakers of French). 

• Subject: French
• Course Level: 200
• Language: French and English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introductory French II, A placement test may be taken

Introduction to Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures

• Subject: French
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: High School French

Introductory French I

• Subject: French
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

The French Atlantic Slave Trade

This module is available as an option on both the French and Global Cinema and Culture undergraduate programmes. The French programme is well established as a leading example of one which places a strong emphasis on the whole Francophone area as well as on metropolitan France. This module on the slave trade will enable an analysis of the networks and representations which link France with Africa, the Caribbean, and Louisiana. The module includes historical materials plus four literary texts (two novellas, a play and a number of poems). 

• Subject: French
• Course Level: 400
• Language: French and English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Contemporary French Languages and Cultures

Twentieth-Century France: War, Empire, and Memory

The third semester mainstream French module consists of written and spoken language work and a thematic component which introduces students to the most important features of the French experience of World War Two and the colonial empire. The module explores the ways in which wartime and colonial experiences have been represented in literature and on film. 

• Subject: French
• Course Level: 300
• Language: French and English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Spaces and Places in Modern France

Women Writers on Women

Please contact the department for module description.    

• Subject: French
• Course Level: 400
• Language: French and English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Contemporary French Languages and Cultures

History

Africa in the Twentieth Century

This module examines some of the major themes in twentieth-century African history, starting with a discussion of the impact of colonial rule on African societies, the creation of peasant, settler and mining economies, and ethnic identity and colonial rule. The emergence of various forms of nationalism and the end of colonialism are considered, before turning attention to politics, economics and conflict in post-colonial Africa . Examples are drawn from a limited number of states in Africa, mainly sub-Saharan Africa, including Algeria , Angola , Ethiopia , Ghana , Nigeria , Kenya , Sudan , Tanzania , Uganda , Zambia , Zimbabwe and South Africa . 

• Subject: History
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One History Module at Level 9

Gender in Britain 1750-1930

The   module   is   likely   to   include   the   following   topics:   the   ideology   of   separate   spheres,   Mary   Wollstonecraft’s   A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), nineteenth-century   feminism,   politics,   John   Stuart   Mill’s   The Subjection of Women (1869), marriage and families, education and philanthropy, work: the middle classes, work: the working classes, and war. The module aims to provide students with an understanding of the changing perceptions of masculinity and femininity, the roles of men and women, and the views of male and female   contemporaries   on   ‘the   woman   question’   in   the   period   1750-1930. It seeks to deepen history-specific skills already acquired and to help extend further a range of transferable skills. 

• Subject: History
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One History Module at Level 9

Kingship and Nationhood: Scotland c. 1100-1513

• Subject: History
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Modern European History 1918-1945

This module forms a natural complement to HIS9B4 (Modern European History, 1848-1918). The main emphasis is on the crucial interwar period. Considerable attention is directed towards the weakness of democratic, parliamentary government in major European countries and the concomitant challenge posed by Fascism, National Socialism and Communism. Hence, Fascist Italy, Weimar and Nazi Germany and Bolshevik/Stalinist Russia figure prominently, supplemented by assessments of the Popular Front era in France and Spain and, to a lesser extent, of conditions in Central and Eastern Europe. The resultant strains on international diplomacy, particularly during the 1930s, are also fully analysed. 

• Subject: History
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One History Module at Level 9

People and Environment in the Atlantic World, c. 850 - c. 1250

The   module   explores   ‘the   making   of   the   kingdom’   of   Scotland   within   the   wider   context   of   Gaelic   and   Scandinavian interactions within the wider North Atlantic World. Political and military expansion and development is set alongside colonial movements and cultural and economic exchange, all set within the wider framework of the potentials and limitations of the North Atlantic environment. The module offers a multi- disciplinary exploration of the mechanisms involved – employing historical, archaeological and place-name evidence – of the comparisons between wider N. European and Insular developments in this period of migration and expansion, and of the environmental factors which drove processes of migration and cultural change. 

• Subject: History
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One History Module at Level 9

People, Politics, and Empire: Britain 1780-1914

• Subject: History
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Reputations in History

This is a new module. Please contact the department for a complete description.    

• Subject: History
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One History Module at Level 8

The Stewart Kings of Scotland, 1424 - 1513

This module is likely to include: fourteenth century political background; theories of kingship and lordship; the reign of James I 1406-36; the murder of James I, 1437; the minority of James II, 1437-50; James II v. the Black Douglases, 1450-60; the minority of James III, 1460-69; the tumultuous reign of James III, 1469-82; the demise of James III, 1482-95; the reign of James IV, 1495-1513; Stewart court and culture; Scottish relations with England, France and the rest of Europe. 

• Subject: History
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One History Module at Level 9

The United States Since 1890

The module considers some of the main trends and developments in United States history during the twentieth century by looking in-depth at three themes: The Great Depression and the New Deal; The United States and the Cold War; U.S. political history since the 1950s. Emphasis is placed on political and social history. Students will study, for example, the distribution of political power and wealth, ideology and social attitudes, gender and ethnicity. 

• Subject: History
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One History Module at Level 9

Information Technology

Advanced Skills and Applications

Modern computer applications, networks, the Internet, use of hypertext, applet programming in Java. Social, legal and professional issues relating to the use of computers. 

• Subject: Information Technology
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: High School Computing Class

Computing Science I: Skills and Applications

Introduction to computers and computer applications: word processing, spreadsheets, databases, networks, hypertext, applet programming in Java. Social, legal and professional issues relating to the use of computers. 

• Subject: Information Technology
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Computing Science III: Objects and Information Systems

Object-oriented development. Data structures and algorithms: use, implementation and complexity. Information Systems. 

• Subject: Information Technology
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Computing Science II

Database Principles and Applications

Essentials of database systems. Practical aspects of Database Management Systems. The relational data model, SQL and EAR (Entity Attribute Relationship) modelling. Professional and legal issues. 

• Subject: Information Technology
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Computing Science III

Multimedia and HCI

How computers and people communicate. Topics covered include: usability issues, design of user interfaces, interaction styles, devices, graphics, sounds, animation, and use of multimedia authoring tools. 

• Subject: Information Technology
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Computing Science III

Operating Systems, Concurrency, and Distribution

Operating systems: process management. Concurrency: synchronisation, mutual exclusion, monitors, deadlock. Distributed Systems: Clients and servers, naming and binding, remote procedure calls and Java RMI. 

• Subject: Information Technology
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Systems I; Communications and Networking

Software Engineering I

Introduction to software engineering. Requirements capture and analysis. Object oriented design. . Use of teamworking. CASE tools. Testing and validation. Extreme Programming. Legal, ethical and professional issues. 

• Subject: Information Technology
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Systems I

Journalism

Advanced Reporting

Students will build on the introductory knowledge and skills in the field of journalism that they have gained in earlier modules. They will develop their ability to identify news and feature stories, to research, write and present them in a professional manner, in accordance with industry guidelines on good practice for a range of publications. In a range of journalism assignments students will have some scope for developing specialist interests. 

• Subject: Journalism
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Writing and Research for Journalists ; Print and Photo Journalism ; Introduction to Law and Government for Journalists

Analysing the Language of News

Please contact the department for module description.    

• Subject: Journalism
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two Journalism Modules at Level 9

Digital Journalism

• Subject: Journalism
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Radio Feature Production

Introduction to Journalism Studies

• Subject: Journalism
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Media I, II

Print and Photo Journalism

• Subject: Journalism
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Two Journalism Modules at Level 9

Law

Commercial Law I

This module is compulsory for LLB students and will cover the law of agency, partnership, company law and corporate insolvency. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; Public Law and Legal Systems II

Contract

This module is a compulsory module taken by LLB students and forms one branch of the law of obligations. Contract is fundamental to the way our society operates: everything from buying a loaf of bread to a multimillion pound business takeover deal involves contracts. The module covers the principles of contract law including classification of obligations, formation of contracts, terms and conditions in contracts, statutory and judicial controls on the terms of contracts, breach of contract and termination of contract. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only

Delict

This module is a compulsory module taken by LLB students and it forms one branch of the law of obligations. From the shopper who slips on a wet floor at the supermarket to the patient who sues for medical negligence, delict is the key to compensation: who is liable and why? Students will learn how and when the law imposes a duty of care on one party to another and the circumstances in which legal liability for an injury or loss caused to another party is imposed. The module will cover both common law and statutory duties. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only

European Community Law

This module aims to provide the student with a comprehension of the nature of EC law through analysis of its institutions, sources of law, application of community law and an appreciation of the interaction of EC law with the law of member states (particularly the UK), and an understanding of the role of the EC, its policies and laws, in relation to freedom of movement of persons, goods and establishment within the EC, and to social policy within the EC. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; Law of Commerce or Family Law

Evidence

This module is compulsory for LLB students. The law of evidence includes a study of the laws governing the admissibility and use of evidence in the courts in civil and criminal cases. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; Public Law and Legal Systems II

Information Technology Law

To introduce students to the impact of computers on both the substantive law and on the legal process. The module considers issues of privacy, data protection and freedom of information in the computer context; the Computer   Misuse   Act;   regulation   of   the   internet   in   the   context   of   ‘hate   speech’   and   child protection;   jurisdictional issues arising from (inter alia) domain name disputes. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; European Community Law

Insurance Law and Regulation

To give a detailed account of insurance law and regulation in the UK, with particular emphasis on the rights and redress for policy-holders. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; European Community Law

Intellectual Property Law

To introduce students to the law relating to intellectual property. Students will be introduced to the concepts of patents, trademarks and copyright, focusing on the balance between the rights of the rights holders and those of others who wish to use their ideas. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; European Community Law

International Trade Law

To introduce students to the law relating to international trade. Specifically, the course will examine the principal legal transactions involved in international trade, including contracts for the sale and carriage of goods, marine insurance and methods of payment. The resolution of disputes at an international level will also be discussed. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; European Community Law

Introduction to Law and Business Law

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Legal Process

To build on introductory material in 9L1 and 9L2 and to develop further understanding of the law-making institutions of Scotland with particular emphasis on the development and application of legislation; the civil and criminal law process; the role of the judiciary and legal profession; the doctrine of binding precedent. Special attention will be paid to the development of transferable legal research skills involving the use and citation of legal sources. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; Business Law I and II

Prejudice, Discrimination, and Civil Law

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; Law of Commerce, Family Law

Prejudice, Discrimination, and Criminal Law

This module aims to  introduce  students  to  the  law  surrounding  “hate”  crime:  in  particular  current  developments   in sentencing and in substantive criminal law in the areas of incitement law and statutorily aggravated offences. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; Prejudice, Discrimination, and Civil Law

Property Law

The module is compulsory for LLB students. The topics will include the nature of property rights and the classification of property, the creation of real burdens and servitudes on land, the law of the tenement and leases. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; Public Law and Legal Systems II

Public Law and Legal System I

This module is a compulsory module taken by LLB students and covers the basic principles of the constitution including parliamentary sovereignty, the rule of law and the key institutions of the legal system. Students will also study the sources of law and learn how to analyse and interpret Acts of Parliament and case reports, building up important legal research skills. 

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only

Revenue Law

• Subject: Law
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Law Majors Only; Law of Commerce or Family Law

Management

Business and Organizational Research

This course develops quantitative and qualitative skills which help to enhance both organisational design and business decision-making. A number of specialist and skills-based topics are developed, building on the BUS924 course in organisational behaviour. While it covers key research skills, this course goes beyond simply “research methods”. It will teach you how, broadly, to engage in the research process - to understand and interpret research materials, to manipulate data, and to perform your own analysis of businesses and organisations. Having completed this course, you will be equipped to handle projects, both within the University and beyond, which involve the independent gathering of data and writing of reports. 

• Subject: Management
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management III: Management and Organizations

Case Studies in Management Science

The techniques that you have learnt in earlier modules all have great practical potential. However, applying management science techniques in the real world demands a range of skills; this module aims to develop these skills. The module uses case studies and a business game to introduce you to the complexities of real-life open- ended problems. The cases require you to identify the most appropriate techniques, often combining knowledge from a range of modules in earlier parts of your academic programme. 

• Subject: Management
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Project Management II

Human Resource Management

This module helps you to analyze and evaluate the issues and practical initiatives which are claimed to be changing the practice of personnel management in the 1990s. Companies are recognising the need to adapt to pressures arising from changing markets, new competitors, and technological advances. Significant questions have been raised about how to strategically manage the workforce, achieve staff flexibility and attain more than just compliant performance. The status of HRM strategy is still provisional. Few organisations have fully adopted the HRM approach: you will examine their features. You will also assess the implications of the wider introduction of HRM for the personnel function, employee relations, and the integration of personnel policies. You will then be able to apply your prior knowledge of personnel management to the evaluation of the HRM model and its contribution to strategic business management. [Assessment: 50% examination, 40% course work, 10% tutorial performance] 

• Subject: Management
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Final Year

Modeling for Management

This module aims to build on the quantitative material covered in the introductory Business and Management courses MGT9A1, MGT9A2 and MGT9A3 by developing a basic understanding of modelling and some important Management Science models for making decisions with illustrations of how they have been applied in classic contexts. These models include Linear Programming and Simulation. They are supported by some necessary statistical methods to aid decision-taking, for example the testing of means for interpreting simulation results. A further aim is to develop transferable skills. Each core Management Science module will concentrate on one specific skill. In this module report writing will be a particular feature. The module will also be concerned to develop spreadsheet skills (EXCEL) used widely for modelling, graph drawing and databases. 

• Subject: Management
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management II, Public Management II

New Public Management

The aim of this module is to explore the transformation, over the last 20years, from the rigid, hierarchical, bureaucratic, traditional model of public administration, to a more flexible market based form of public management which has become known as the ‘new public management’. 

• Subject: Management
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management I, II, III

People Management

This course provides a broad overview of the personnel management function. It examines the range of employee resourcing tasks and applications in a variety of contexts. Understanding this key functional area of management, and how it is continually evolving, is relevant for all other specialist areas within an organisation. This course is highly practical, covering a broad range of relevant topics, such as employment law, the importance of ethics in personnel management and the use of consultants and their role in personnel and development. It will also introduce you to a wide range of practical skills including making presentations, role plays and managing meetings. This course will give you a good appreciation of the contribution of personnel management to the effective management of organisations, and its relationship with other business functions. (50% examination, 50% coursework) 

• Subject: Management
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management I, II, III

Strategic Management

“Strategy” means “generalship”. It is concerned with setting the direction of an organization, and determining how to pursue it. It is an art in which many scientific techniques may be employed. This course teaches you, and gives you practice in, that art. The battle for survival and growth for most organisations - businesses, public services and charities - is intensifying. The determination and pursuit of an appropriate strategy is one prerequisite for success. Decentralisation means that strategic decisions are made at lower levels in organisations. Specialist advice is only acceptable if seen to help the organisation's overall competitive battle. You will learn, and become practised in applying a range of approaches commonly used in successful organisations. You will employ others learned from previous courses. You will see why organisations are making the decisions they are, and be able to criticize them effectively. This will help you to participate sooner in the management process in your future career. 

• Subject: Management
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business and Management II

Marketing

Brands and Branding

The purpose of this module is to provide students with an understanding of brands and branding from a variety of perspectives – psychological, socio-cultural, financial, legal and creative – and how brands are used to  create  and  add  value  to  an  organisation’s  offerings. This module will examine the language and vocabulary of branding, explore how the brand function fits with the other functions of an organisation, and underscore how this knowledge can be applied in a managerial context. Students will learn to use their powers of logic and deduction to infer brand and business strategies from an examination of the observable elements of brand expression, and in the process they will explore the vital importance of creativity and emotion in marketing and business. The module will cover the following interrelated themes: i) building successful brands; ii) measuring brand equity, and; iii) designing and implementing brand strategies – drawing on examples of consumer, service, retail and business-to-business brands. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introduction to Marketing

Business in the 21st Century

This course presents an overview of the development of management. Various crucial turning-points are examined from five different perspectives: the factory, the worker, the manager, the customer, and the government. The course takes a critical look at management in Britain and makes appropriate international comparisons. Prospects for the future are also addressed. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Management I: The Business Environment

Human Resource Management

This module provides a strategic overview of managing people within the retail industry and outlines some of the processes and techniques required by managers for the effective management of the workforce. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Retail Studies

International and Export Marketing

The module is designed to introduce students to the theory, nature and practice of international and export marketing. The module builds on the students existing marketing knowledge and applies this within the framework of competitive and changing world markets.

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introduction to Marketing

Leisure Management

The module sets out to allow students to primarily understand leisure as a business which requires a range of management issues to be considered such as planning and development and the framework in which it operates at different geographical scales (global, national and local level as a business). The module will also examine operational issues associated with leisure and a range of financial and governance issues are addressed using principles and case studies to illustrate their significance. The module uses the example of events to exemplify the role of management in terms of strategy, impacts and planning outcomes in the context of mega events such as the Olympics. A range of contemporary issues in leisure management will also be addressed (e.g. gaming, betting and casinos to illustrate the role of sport as entertainment). 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Location Strategy in Retailing

This module provides an understanding of the factors affecting the location of retail outlets. It traces the links between the modules of retail attraction, the tools used by the retail trade and the approaches taken by those formulating and applying public policy. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Retail Studies

Marketing Decisions

The module develops your ability to make marketing decisions typical of those in the contemporary marketing environment. Students acquire an increased appreciation of the manner in which marketing theory - taught in earlier modules - may be applied within a practical context. Students are fully briefed and prepared for the forthcoming dissertation, and for a future career within the marketing profession. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Marketing Strategy

Marketing Research

The module introduces you to marketing research and demonstrates its fundamental importance in making appropriate business decisions. It provides an understanding of what is data; and how data is captured, collected and analysed. It outlines how research is designed both for the purpose of commercial research and for undertaking academic research in marketing. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introduction to Marketing

Retail Operations

The aim of this module is to provide students with an overview of the key dimensions - impacting on and affecting consumers - pertinent to the successful formulation and management of retail operations. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Retail Studies

Sport Marketing

This module investigates the application of modern marketing techniques to sport. The module aims to extend knowledge of marketing approaches and applications into a lesser known sector, sport; utilise marketing concepts in understanding business approaches to sport marketing; and consider if sport marketing is 'different' to other sectors. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introduction to Marketing

Tourism and Leisure Event Management

Tourism and Leisure Event Management seeks to explore the role of events as a major contributor to tourism and leisure activity. The module develops the management principles of leadership in terms of destinations using events to boost visitor activity, and the organisational skills required to successfully host events. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business in the 21st Century

Tourism Operations Management

Tourism Operations Management aims to promote an understanding of operational and management issues in tourism from an industry perspective. On completion of this module, the student will be able to: understand and engage in the management of a tourism operation; write a business plan to establish a new tourism venture; to examine the issues affecting the management of tourism businesses; be aware of the complexity of developing a diverse range of skills and techniques needed to manage a tourism venture. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Business in the 21st Century

Understanding Consumers

This module introduces students to the study of consumer behaviour. The various determinants of behaviour are examined and the applications of theory are considered and critiqued. The primary aim is to provide students with an understanding of consumer behaviour and an understanding of how this knowledge can be used to inform commercial decisions. Emphasis is placed on the ability to critically appraise various theories and synthesise concepts and theories during the process of application to management problems. 

• Subject: Marketing
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introduction to Marketing

Mathematics

Combinatorics

To provide techniques for the solution of problems concerning task assignment, scheduling, networks, searching and counting; and to establish algorithms where appropriate. 

• Subject: Mathematics
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Linear Algebra; Mathematics and Its Applications III

Complex Analysis

The module aims to introduce students to functions of a complex variable and to demonstrate the power of various techniques in particular applications. By the end of the module the student should be able to: manipulate complex numbers and elementary functions of a complex variable; apply Cauchy-Riemann equations to find harmonic conjugates; classify singularities and find their residues; obtain Taylor and Laurent series of functions; apply the Cauchy residue theorem to evaluate real integrals, manipulate Laplace and Fourier transforms and apply them to ordinary and partial differential equations; apply conformal mappings to fluid flow problems. 

• Subject: Mathematics
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Mathematics and Its Applications III

Discrete Structures

• Subject: Mathematics
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Mathematics and Its Applications III

To provide techniques for the solution of some differential equations, to extend the theory of differential calculus to functions of more than one variable, to consider the approximation of arbitrary functions by polynomials, and to develop an understanding of infinite series. To acquaint students with the theory of probability, to illustrate some of its applications to solve real world problems, and to demonstrate its relevance to statistical analysis. 

• Subject: Mathematics
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Mathematics and Its Applications II

Special Topics

Please contact the department directly for more information on Special Topics.    

• Subject: Mathematics
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Mathematics and Its Applications III

Nursing

Contemporary Approaches to Care Management

Please note – students applying for modules requiring time spent on placement will have to apply for the Tier 4 (General) Student Visa regardless of the length of their study abroad period.

ADN 207 is the seventh module in the adult programme of the BSc with Honours in Nursing/BSc in Nursing/Diploma in Higher Education (Nursing). This module aims to develop the skills of an informed and competent nurse in engaging with the wider health care team, liaising and collaborating with other healthcare professionals. A range of skills which assist this process including recognition of appropriate referrals to other health care professionals and evaluation of care delivery will be reviewed. The module is made up of 10 weeks on campus and 5 weeks practice. Please note that this is a double module. 

• Subject: Nursing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 10
• Prerequisites: Nursing Majors Only

Non Medical Prescribing

Please note – students applying for modules requiring time spent on placement will have to apply for the Tier 4 (General) Student Visa regardless of the length of their study abroad period.

The programme aims to prepare nurses, midwives, podiatrists, physiotherapists and radiographers to prescribe safely, appropriately and cost-effectively as independent and supplementary prescribers. 

• Subject: Nursing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Nursing Majors Only

Pain I: Understanding and Assessing Pain

Please note – students applying for modules requiring time spent on placement will have to apply for the Tier 4 (General) Student Visa regardless of the length of their study abroad period.

Pain is an almost universal experience, while being unique to each individual and carers need to be aware of its possible consequences, and be able to assess pain as accurately as possible in order to plan interventions. The module covers the physiological mechanisms involved, the multidimensional nature of pain, and pain assessment. 

• Subject: Nursing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Nursing Majors Only

Practical Approaches to Research

Please note – students applying for modules requiring time spent on placement will have to apply for the Tier 4 (General) Student Visa regardless of the length of their study abroad period.

The module is WebCT based and students are required to access these materials. There are two workshops in which students will be encouraged to test and increase understanding of the research process. The objectives of this module are: to develop the students’  understanding  of  a  variety  of  research  methodologies  and  analysis   of data; to provide students with experience of critiquing research reports; to develop the skills and knowledge that enable the critical appreciation of contemporary nursing research. 

• Subject: Nursing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 10
• Prerequisites: Nursing Majors Only

Recognition of Acute Physical Illness in Adults

Please note – students applying for modules requiring time spent on placement will have to apply for the Tier 4 (General) Student Visa regardless of the length of their study abroad period.

This module will prepare individuals to assess and implement an appropriate plan of care for the acutely ill patient utilising recognised assessment tools, clinical knowledge and skills. It will be of particular interest to healthcare practitioners wishing to enhance practice and patient safety within their clinical environment. It will also develop knowledge and understanding leading to prompt recognition of acute physical illness in adults. 

• Subject: Nursing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Nursing Majors Only

The Palliative Approach to Care

Please note – students applying for modules requiring time spent on placement will have to apply for the Tier 4 (General) Student Visa regardless of the length of their study abroad period.

This module will introduce students to the concepts that underpin palliative care including the management of death and dying . Critical exploration of relevant models of care in a variety of care settings will provide the students with the necessary knowledge base to enable them to adopt a palliative approach to care in their own practice environment. 

• Subject: Nursing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Nursing Majors Only

Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Please note – students applying for modules requiring time spent on placement will have to apply for the Tier 4 (General) Student Visa regardless of the length of their study abroad period.

This module has been developed to help improve the knowledge and skills of those working alongside the ADHD population in order to help deliver appropriate support and care to those affected. 

• Subject: Nursing
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Nursing Majors Only

Philosophy

Environmental Ethics

The module will cover all the main approaches in contemporary philosophy to environmental ethics. Students will study theories on what the right moral attitude to the environment should be, and on what we all as individuals are morally obliged to do to conserve the environment; as well as on global environmental issues, such as population pressure. 

• Subject: Philosophy
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Philosophy Module at Level 9

From Plato to Existentialism

This module offers a philosophical examination of several challenging and influential theoretical discussions of the relation between the individual and society, through a study of texts ranging from Ancient Greek to 20th century thinkers. 

• Subject: Philosophy
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Intro to Philosophy

John Stuart Mill (Title TBC)

New module – please contact department for module description.    

• Subject: Philosophy
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Rationalism and Empiricism or Philosophy of Mind

Meta-Ethics

Metaethics deals with questions about morality:  for  instance, what  does  the  moral  judgement  that  ‘murder  is   wrong’ mean? Are there any moral facts, and if so, what kind of facts are these? Do we always have a reason to act morally, or is doing the right thing sometimes irrational? In this course we will focus on three major issues in contemporary metaethics: (1) the nature and meaning of moral judgements; (2) the connection (or lack thereof) between moral judgements and motivation; and (3) the epistemology of moral judgements. 

• Subject: Philosophy
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Rationalism and Empiricism or Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Language

The module aims to clarify and assess such general claims by considering central topics in the philosophy of language, among them: the connection of meaning and truth, and of meaning and intention; the contrast between the sense and reference of words; the opposition between semantic externalism and internalism; and connections between views about the reference of words and necessity. 

• Subject: Philosophy
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Philosophy Module at Level 9

Philosophy of Mind

The module provides an introduction to some themes in the contemporary philosophy of mind. Topics will include: reasons and causes; anomalous monism; mental causation; the problems of causal exclusion and causal-explanatory exclusion; externalism about mental content; internalism about mental content; and more. Throughout  the  course  we  will  keep  returning  to  the  question  ‘what  is  the  mind?’ Is it a material substance? Is it an immaterial substance? Or is the very idea of the mind as some kind of substance mistaken? 

• Subject: Philosophy
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Philosophy Module at Level 9

Philosophy: What Is It All About?

• Subject: Philosophy
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Practical Reasoning

Theories of practical reason are concerned with a range of normative issues relating to action. For example, what sort of thing is a reason for action? Do all, some, or none of our reasons depend on our desires? Do moral considerations necessarily provide reasons for action, or is there sometimes most reason to be immoral? What kinds of failures of practical reasoning are possible, and how do they occur? Might such failures sometimes even be rational? These are the kind of questions we will consider in this module. We will begin by focusing on questions about the relationship between rationality and morality - about whether there is always most reason to be moral. We will then move on to consider various issues about irrationality. Here we will focus in particular on issues about the nature and possibility of weakness of will. 

• Subject: Philosophy
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Philosophy Module at Level 9

Rationalism and Empiricism

This core module deals with central issues in metaphysics and the theory of knowledge through a study of selected major works in the early modern (17th and 18th century) history of philosophy. The chosen texts are Descartes’  Meditations on First Philosophy and  Hume’s  Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. 

• Subject: Philosophy
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Philosophy Module at Level 9

Political Science

European Union Politics

The European Union today plays an increasingly significant role in the political, economic and social affairs of European nation states. The need to understand how the EU works is therefore of key importance to graduates who will find that knowledge of the EU is important in both their professional and private lives. This module provides students with a critical appreciation of the historical and theoretical context of the integration process, the institutional framework and policy-making processes and current policy debates. 

• Subject: Political Science
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Great Political Thinkers

Introduction to International Politics

This module will introduce students to the study of international politics and relations by way of an introduction to the various theories and schools of international relations and international organizations, such as the UN and NATO. The module will also introduce students to post-WWII European and international developments. 

• Subject: Political Science
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Political Concepts and Ideas

Issues in International Politics

Please contact department for module description.    

• Subject: Political Science
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Great Political Thinkers or Political Communication

People and Power: Politics of the British Isles

• Subject: Political Science
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Political Communication

• Subject: Political Science
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Great Political Thinkers

The EU and the US: the Evolution of a Partnership

• Subject: Political Science
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Great Political Thinkers or Political Communication

The Politics of European Literature

This module seeks to explore the contribution to our understanding of some of the major themes of politics made by imaginative writers. The module will comprise a conceptual introduction looking at the relationship between politics and literature in general terms and build on this by analysing eight texts together with background material. Teaching will consist of one two-hour seminar per week. There are some distinctive features to this module. You will need to acquire the skill of reading extensively and analysing the material you have read, making your own judgements and connections; You will be required to make regular mini- presentations, encouraging the development of cogency and lucidity; You will have one major assignment, an essay, which will encourage the development of analytical, structural and time-management skills. 

• Subject: Political Science
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Great Political Thinkers or Political Communication

The Politics of Justice, Equality, and Rights

This module presents a critical examination of the key political concepts of justice, rights and equality. These concepts and the controversies to which they give rise are explored through the discussion of a number of topical issues, including famine, war and morality, abortion, punishment and political violence. The concepts and issues discussed will be considered in the light of the main theories of political and social morality. 

• Subject: Political Science
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Great Political Thinkers

Psychology

Cognition

The module provides an introduction to what we currently understand about the processes of object, word and face recognition, attention, memory and language. These processes have all been studied using experimental and neuropsychological observations, and computational modelling, and consideration will be given to all these different kinds of method during the course. As well as hearing about past research in these areas, and experiencing demonstrations of neuropsychological and computational techniques, students will have the opportunity to design, conduct and report upon original project work. The course aims to teach the subject of human cognition, with particular emphasis on methodological issues, reinforced by experience of original project work. Classes include lectures and seminars. 

• Subject: Psychology
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Psychological Methods ; Brain and Behavior: Clinical Perspectives

Developmental Psychology

This module reviews current knowledge of the development of perception, thought, language and communication in the period from infancy to early adolescence. Workshops allow students to review common elements of method in developmental psychology, particularly those involved in carrying out effective experiments. Group practical projects provide experience in discussing, reviewing, planning and executing developmental  research  with  the  department’s  on-site playgroup. 

• Subject: Psychology
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Psychological Methods ; Brain and Behavior: Social Communication

Individual Differences

This module considers the origins, variety, assessment and consequences of individual differences between people. It examines the history of the development of ideas about intelligence and personality and the origins of individual differences: nature versus nurture and cultural effects. It includes psychometrics: how to design, evaluate and interpret tests. It considers the consequences of individual differences for life choices and health outcomes. 

• Subject: Psychology
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Psychological Methods ; Brain and Behavior: Clinical Perspectives

Introductory Psychology I

• Subject: Psychology
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Social Communication

This module will present the topic of communication as an over-arching theme with relevance to many areas of psychology. Three of these areas will be included in this module: developmental psychology; social psychology; and evolutionary/comparative psychology. Students will be expected to learn about each of the three areas, and also to consider links between them. 

• Subject: Psychology
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introductory Psychology II

Religion

Reading the Bible

This module will be concerned with the Christian Bible (comprising the Old Testament, the Apocrypha and the New Testament); still of profound significance within the contemporary western world in fields as far apart as philosophy, ethics, science and the arts. There will be four sections to the module: Reading the Bible: Spending some time reading some texts. Learning to use a commentary; The Bible as a text: Spending some time looking at how the bible has been put together over the centuries; its changing shape and status; The Bible as a source of symbol and value in the western world - looking critically at some powerful biblical themes; Biblical Hermeneutics - an introduction to the theory of interpretation in relation to the sacred scriptures of Christianity. 

• Subject: Religion
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Religious Studies Module at Level 9

Religion and Philosophy: Modern

This module will look at overlapping issues in religion and philosophy through modern primary texts that have been both formative for and challenging to Western thinking. It will concern a period that begins with a quick introduction of the pre-Modern, with the likes of Aquinas, and then moves to the Modern, beginning with Descartes and moving through to our present times. 

• Subject: Religion
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Religious Studies Module at Level 9

Religion and Postcolonialism

An introduction to the role of religion in the history of western colonialism and imperialism, and the problem of religion in postcolonial theory. The course aims to gain some historical knowledge of the different forms of colonialism and imperialism, and early modern power formation, to critically engage with colonial, anti-colonial and post-colonial theory and the problems of ideology and religion and to deconstruct orientalist discourses especially with regard to the Middle East and South Asia. 

• Subject: Religion
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Religious Studies Module at Level 9

Religion in Culture: Problems of Representation

This module is the third of three level 8 introductory modules in Religion, and explores the problems of religious representation within theoretical frameworks and through a number of examples from a variety of geographical and historical contexts. Problems arising from the ways in which representation takes place will be examined, and critical methodological possibilities for engaging with these problems will be reflected upon. 

• Subject: Religion
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Religion, Ethics, and Society

• Subject: Religion
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Sciences

Advanced Analytical Techniques

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Environmental Science Majors Only

An Introduction to Ecology

The objectives of the module are: to provide an overview of the main areas of ecological research from individual organisms to complete landscapes; to teach students how to measure population size and calculate biodiversity indices. The learning outcomes will be: an understanding of the basic principles of behavioural, organismal, population, community, ecosystem ecology and global patterns of biodiversity; an understanding of how to measure population size using a variety of techniques and an ability to calculate two different biodiversity indices; an understating of how interactions between species can determine population size and abundance; an understanding of how interactions amongst species, or between species and their environment, lead to patterns in community structure. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Building Planet Earth

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Conservation Management

To provide students with an overview of the roles played by the main conservation agencies and non- governmental organisations. Guest presentations from representatives of a range of conservation-related organizations and government agencies will be given to help build up a picture of how conservation works in practice, largely in the UK but with some international representation, and will provide an insight into possible future career opportunities for conservation biologists. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Environmental Science Majors Only; Advanced Analytical Techniques

Environmental Policy and Management

Environmental policy formation; management of derelict and contaminated land; industrial pollution control; environment and development control; agri-environmental policy. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introduction to Ecology

Introduction to Aquatic Environments

Freshwater, estuarine and marine habitats, considering the principal environmental variables, such as ocean currents, upwelling, seasonal cycles of wind-mixing, density driven processes, leading to an examination of the major freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems and their functioning. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Introduction to Sports Studies I

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Issues and Concepts in Sports Studies

This module is a bridge to the advanced modules in Sports Studies that are organised around three streams: Humanities, Sport and Exercise Science, and Management. It explores basic theories and conceptual frameworks that underpin the sociology of sport, presents the scientific basis of preparation, training and recovery strategies promoted in sport and exercise science; and sports management analysis. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introduction to Sports Studies II or Special Permission

Managing Living Aquatic Resources

Freshwater and marine fisheries both freshwater and tropical, aquaculture, maintenance of the aquatic environment, wetland issues. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology I and Biology II

Operational Management in Sports

This module examines a range of operational elements of sports facility management and sports development. This module charts the creation and growth of sports management and considers the rationales and values underpinning its practice. It goes on to outline processes of strategic planning in sport and various associated planning and forecasting techniques and approaches. It also examines a series of applications used by managers to deliver sports strategies. These include: programming sports facilities and services, managing membership schemes, undertaking economic evaluations of events and facilities, managing risk, managing change, pricing sports services and evaluating performance. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Sports Studies Module at Level 10

Our Blue Planet

This introductory module provides an overview and introduction to global water-based environments. From upland streams, descending through diverse freshwater environments to estuaries, coasts, seas and oceans, students study the diversity of habitats and species living in the “blue” part of our planet. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

People and the Environment

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Physiology of Sport and Exercise

Provides an understanding of the regulation and integration of multiple physiological systems during exercise, including cardiovascular and respiratory systems, neuromuscular function and energy metabolism. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Issues and Concepts in Sports Studies

Practical Science Skills I: Laboratory Skills

To provide students in the Biological and Environmental Sciences with the elementary laboratory skills which they require to pursue subsequent advanced modules. The programme assumes no previous experience of working in the laboratory but includes a wide range of experiences at a practical and intellectual level that students with Advanced and Higher Level qualifications are unlikely to have experienced. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Biology [or other Natural Science] Major

Soil Quality and Protection

Soil quality assessment is a topic of considerable current interest and importance. It is also generating much controversy within the soil science community. The assessment and monitoring of soil quality are essential for underpinning policies dealing with soil protection. The Royal Commission Report on Environmental Pollution on the subject of The Sustainable Use of Soils (1996) recommended for the UK the need for soil protection strategies in the UK. Parallel developments in Europe and elsewhere have led to research in soil quality and to policy initiatives .Locally, the development of soil protection strategies has come to fruition with the Scottish Soil Framework finally published by the Scottish Government in 2009. This module will examine the background scientific issues associated with soil quality assessment. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: The Biosphere

Sport Marketing

This module investigates the application of modern marketing techniques to sport. The module aims to extend knowledge of marketing approaches and applications into a lesser known sector, sport; utilise marketing concepts in understanding business approaches to sport marketing; and consider if sport marketing is 'different' to other sectors. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: The Historical Development of Sport ; Introduction to Marketing

Sports Medicine, Health, and Well-Being

Provides an understanding of the role of exercise and nutrition in developing a healthy lifestyle. Considers the medical aspects related to diet and exercise in maintaining health through sport and exercise. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: The Historical Development of Sport or Psychology of Sport

Sports Research

The module provides sports science and social science students with an overview of selected concepts and techniques utilised in sports research. It examines the research process and provides practical advice on undertaking lab-based sports science studies and utilising quantitative and qualitative social research approaches in sports research (including social surveys, interviewing, group discussions and observation). 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: One Sports Studies Module at Level 10

Sports, Culture, and Nationhood

This module utilises critical sociological and socio-historical analysis to examine the relationship between sport, culture and nationhood. The module explores the diverse ways in which sport contributes to expressions of nationhood, cultural and ethnic identities. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: The Historical Development of Sport or Psychology of Sport

The Development of Excellence in Sport

This module sets out to explore the nature of giftedness in sport and to identify systematic approaches to developing talented athletes. It distinguishes between talent identification and talent development and reflects on a number of strategic models adopted by different political systems. In addition, it examines the costs and benefits of investing in elite sport. 

• Subject: Sciences
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: The Historical Development of Sport or Psychology of Sport

Sociology

Cooperation and Participation

This module is in two parts. In the first part it poses a series of questions concerning some of the most fundamental concepts in sociology. It begins by reviewing evidence from evolutionary biology and psychology about whether the human species is inherently selfish or altruistic. Using political science theories and the ‘mutual  incentives’  model  developed  at  Stirling  University,  it  specifies  some  of  the  conditions under which people   are   likely   to   participate   in   ‘civic   society’.     In   the   second   part,   a   variety   of   situations   are   identified   in   which people are being encouraged to co-operate. There are two broad themes: public services, and local economic development through co-operatives. Within these themes, the module explores the potential of several   organizational   vehicles   to   deliver   ‘co-operation’.  It   ends   by   considering   the   implications   of   what   has   been learned for public policy. 

• Subject: Sociology
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Scottish Society

Crimes of the Powerful

This module critically examines crimes committed by individuals in position of power and trust, including state and  corporate  officials.  It  focuses  on  the  ways  in  which  ‘the  powerful’  manipulate  their  influence  and  authority   for political and/or material gain. Some of the topics covered in the module include crimes against humanity, terrorism, nuclearism, human rights abuses, crimes against the environment, trafficking in human beings and corporate fraud. 

• Subject: Sociology
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Scottish Society

Disability and Society

This module aims to introduce students to debates on disability from a political and social perspective, reflecting on and working within the social model of disability. The module will explore the development of the social model of disability and its influence on theoretical and policy issues of relevance to the lives of disabled people. Aspects of social and political life affecting disabled people are considered, including education, employment, spatial exclusion and community care. In addition, exploration of the sociology of impairment, sexual politics of disability and media representation of disabled people also allow an opportunity to gather a wider perspective on the lived experience of disability in the UK. 

• Subject: Sociology
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Scottish Society

Housing Policy

• Subject: Sociology
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Scottish Society

Social Differentiation

• Subject: Sociology
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: none

Understanding Social Policy

The module will introduce students to an understanding of social policy and social welfare in contemporary Britain. It will equip students with conceptual frameworks and an understanding of the different ideological perspectives for the analysis of social policy. Some of the key issues in contemporary social welfare will be highlighted and provision in other countries will be discussed. 

• Subject: Sociology
• Course Level: 200
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Social Differentiation or Social Problems

Spanish

Honours Language

• Subject: Spanish
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Advanced Course for Spanish and Latin American Studies

Honours Language II

• Subject: Spanish
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Advanced Course for Spanish and Latin American Studies

Intermediate Course for Spanish and Latin American Studies

Students begin to converge with non-beginners, and attend shared lectures to this end. Students are introduced to a major theme in modern Spanish-speaking studies, and develop their comprehension of original-language material. However, students also follow a dedicated intermediate language course, and dedicated seminars which introduce them to the reading and study of original-language material. Although students will write only one content essay as part of this introduction to the study of original-language material, they will be assessed on content material by examination, in order to reflect their status as second-years at the University. 

• Subject: Spanish
• Course Level: 300
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Introductory Spanish I and II

Introductory Spanish I

• Subject: Spanish
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Beginners Only

Mexican Literature and Film

We will examine the general development of Mexican literature between the 1950s-1990s, as well as the relatively new advances in Mexican cinema. The aim of the course is to develop a deep awareness of the socio- political issues raised in the texts and films studied. The course will be taught as a combination of lectures and seminars in order to encourage students to formulate independent judgements and to analyse critically the set texts/films. 

• Subject: Spanish
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Advanced Course for Spanish and Latin American Studies

Queering Latin America

• Subject: Spanish
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Advanced Course for Spanish and Latin American Studies

Representations of War in Spanish Culture

This module introduces students to the historical context of the Spanish Civil War and the importance that the representation of that historical trauma had had in the development of modern Spanish culture. This will be achieved by looking at different modern representations of war. The study of a broad range of cultural representations (although most will be of the Spanish Civil War, some examples of the war of Independence against France and a Nazi propaganda film will also be included) will provide an opportunity to explore the different roles played by art throughout History and the particular limitations and possibilities of different mediums. We will be looking at the importance of the representations of the Spanish Civil War in terms of their political value within the context from which they emerge but also examine at how cultural representations of that event are unavoidably shaped by the current conditions. The Spanish Civil War experience radically transformed the way in which war was understood, represented and images of war disseminated. The representations of war in the Spanish Civil War became important cultural artifacts involved in an ideological struggle mirroring that in the battlefields but with the years, the representations of the civil war have become useful strategies to highlight also current socio-political concerns such as the return of the repressed and the importance of coming to terms with the traumatic past. 

• Subject: Spanish
• Course Level: 400
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Advanced Course for Spanish and Latin American Studies

Spanish and Latin American Studies I

• Subject: Spanish
• Course Level: 100
• Language: English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: High School Spanish

Spanish and Latin American Studies III

Students study more advanced language, whilst continuing with a further introduction to a major theme in modern Spanish-language studies. Content work will now feature in the formal examination and is given equal weight to language studies, reflecting students1 expected progress with comprehension of original-language material and with essay writing. 

• Subject: Spanish
• Course Level: 300
• Language: Spanish and English
• Contact Hours: 75
• Recommended Credits: 5
• Prerequisites: Spanish I and II