BA EDUCATION STUDIES

Title:

Exploring learning

Code:

ED1BTL

Convenor:

MRS Joanne Thompson

Summary:

This module will explore our current understanding of the learning process, drawing upon theories arising from the fields of behaviourism, constructivism and psychoanalysis. Particular pedagogical and andragogical concepts will also be explored, including but not limited to the theory of cognitive development (Piaget), multiple intelligences (Gardner), growth mindset (Dweck), experiential learning (Kolb), learning power (Claxton), transformational learning (Mezirow), communities of practice (Lave and Wenger) and contemplative pedagogy (Barbezat and Bush).

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Society and Social Justice

Code:

ED1BSJ

Convenor:

DR Billy Wong

Summary:

This module aims to explore the social, cultural and economic issues that shape an individual’s educational opportunities and pathways. We consider the ways that social organisations and social structures can promote and reinforce social inequalities amongst different groups of people, especially by socio-economic status (class), gender and ethnicity. Each session presents a different theme relevant to educators concerned about social justice. Students are introduced to key concepts and issues in the sociology of education. Our primary aim is to question the notion of meritocracy and you are encouraged to draw upon your own experiences in exploring how social justice issues are constituted and contested.

Assessment Method:

Oral 100%

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Title:

Creative Learning through the Arts

Code:

ED1BCL

Convenor:

MS Suzy Tutchell

Summary:

This module is open to teachers, practitioners and those interested in the place of the Arts and creativity in education and society. The module will consider the importance of creative learning through practice and enable students to engage in creative projects in art, drama and creative writing. Integral to this focus will be the contemporary role of the practitioner as artist, dramatist and writer in Arts education.

Assessment Method:

Oral 100%

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Title:

Education for Inclusion

Code:

ED1BEC

Convenor:

MR Ilan Dwek

Summary:

This module will enhance students’ understanding of education for diverse groups of individuals and specifically those with disabilities. Students will gain an increased awareness of international and national contexts and perspectives for addressing the needs of learners with additional needs. At the end of this module students will have key skills to demonstrate in depth knowledge of inclusive practice and its application within educational contexts.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Multilingualism in Education

Code:

ED1BME

Convenor:

DR Naomi Flynn

Summary:

Over the last decade the number of multilingual learners within British schools has risen significantly, which has major implications for the education system and education practitioners. This module will enhance students’ awareness of the impact of multilingualism in mainstream educational settings in relation to language, culture and identity, and will develop students’ knowledge of the relationship between learning English for non-native speakers and wider educational outcomes.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Professional Development 1

Code:

ED1BPD

Convenor:

DR Maria Kambouri

Summary:

This module will develop students’ understanding of their own academic, professional and personal development. It will promote the use of reflective practice as a tool to evaluate and improve student’s performance academically, as well as enabling them to engage with the critical thinking skills in order to develop informed perspectives on the factors that support and limit the education of a population. The module will explore a wide range of topics which support the development of knowledge and understanding of personal and professional growth. Opportunities for students to visit and experience a range of settings where learning takes place (eg museums, schools, Early Years settings) are a key aspect of the module, enabling students to make links between their own learning and the world of work.   At the end of this module students will have key skills to demonstrate in depth knowledge of and insight into their own development, academically and professionally, in order to support a transition into yr 2, particularly with regard to the work placement.

Assessment Method:

Portfolio 100%

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Title:

Latin 1 (C)

Code:

CL1L1

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

This module aims to teach students some elements of the Latin language and give them skills to read Latin at an elementary level.

Assessment Method:

Exam 30%, Class test 70%

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Title:

Ancient Greek 1

Code:

CL1G1

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

This module aims to teach students some elements of the Ancient Greek language and give them skills to read Ancient Greek at an elementary level.

Assessment Method:

Exam 30%, Class test 70%

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Title:

Economy, Politics and Culture in the Roman World

Code:

EC118

Convenor:

PROF Ken Dark

Summary:

Understanding the Roman world with reference to its relevance to studies of long-term political, cultural and economic change and to contemporary societies and economies.

Assessment Method:

Exam 80%, Assignment 20%

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Title:

Global perspectives in Education.

Code:

ED2BGP

Convenor:

MR David Kerr

Summary:

This module will enable students to understand the complex nature of education globally.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Professional Development 2

Code:

ED2BPD

Convenor:

MR William Bailey-Watson

Summary:

The course will begin with a series of lectures looking at the theory and research underpinning professional development in a range of educational institutions. Students will examine a number of key themes, introducing them to teamwork and professionalism, communication and networking, developing the skills of a reflective practitioner, staff support and engagement with learners. Each student will then arrange and carry out a placement in an educational institution of their choosing. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Leadership in Education

Code:

ED2BLE

Convenor:

DR Karen Jones

Summary:

This module will explore and critically appraise recent trends in theoretical constructs of educational leadership that trace developments in school/instructional leadership, to transformational leadership, toward distributed leadership. Linking theory with the practice of doing educational leadership, a concurrent focus will be placed on individual development to provide opportunities for learners to engage in and practice key behaviours associated with leading in an educational context.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Medieval Europe: power, religion and death

Code:

AR2M8

Convenor:

DR Gabor Thomas

Summary:

This single-term module gives students an overview of how archaeology has changed our understanding of European society over the course of the ‘Long Middle Ages’ (5th-16th centuries AD). It comprises 10 weekly sessions involving a combination of teacher-led content with student-led discussions, is assessed by an essay and site interpretation panel and has a field trip to Winchester - one of the richest medieval urban landscapes in southern England.  It will also include a formative assessment in the form of group poster presentations designed to support students in developing essay topics.  

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Set exercise 50%"

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Title:

Forensic Archaeology and Crime Scene Analysis

Code:

AR2F17

Convenor:

PROF Mary Lewis

Summary:

The module will provide an introduction to the theoretical aspects, methodology and practical aspects of forensic archaeology and crime scene investigations.

Assessment Method:

Report 70%, Class test 30%

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Title:

Greek History: Persian Wars to Alexander

Code:

CL2CGH

Convenor:

PROF Timothy Duff

Summary:

Greek History 479-323 BC, from the end of the Persian Wars, through the Peloponnesian War and the fall of Sparta, to the rise of Macedon and the meteoric career of Alexander the Great.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Roman History: From Republic to Empire

Code:

CL2RO

Convenor:

PROF Annalisa Marzano

Summary:

This Roman history module covers the period from the second triumvirate in the last years of the Republic to the reigns of the emperors.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Ancient Drama

Code:

CL2DR

Convenor:

PROF Barbara Goff

Summary:

This module examines the ancient genre of drama, with respect to its content, themes and style, and the context of performance culture which surrounded it.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Study abroad (term)

Code:

ED2BSA

Convenor:

MRS Joanne Thompson

Summary:

Class size restrictions apply to this module (where applicable): in the case of applicants exceeding numbers available, places will be offered on the basis of a students’ previous engagement and achievement in the programme.

This module will give students the opportunity to visit an institution overseas in order to gain experience and develop skills from reflection and participation in learning within an alternative educational environment.

Students will attend lectures, to be agreed with the partner organisation and to be the equivalent of 40 credits (20 ECTS).

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Technology, Education and Society

Code:

ED2BTE

Convenor:

DR Geoff Taggart

Summary:

Information technology has transformed the face of modern educational systems, democratising knowledge in an unprecedented way. At the same time, critics have seen this transformation variously as ideologically motivated, socially harmful or as the cause of a ‘dumbing down’ of educational standards. In reflecting on their own position as consumers of technology, and in collaborating in an online task, students develop an experiential understanding of ‘e-pedagogy’ and have the opportunity to articulate and refine their own critical standpoint on the subject.

Assessment Method:

Portfolio 100%

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Title:

Deafness and Education

Code:

ED2DED

Convenor:

MR Ilan Dwek

Summary:

This module looks at deafness within education fields, where issues of different methods of communication is used within education, impact of different educational settings and mainstreaming of deaf children, inclusion and social justice, in addition to looking at history of deaf education.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Introduction to English Language Teaching

Code:

LS2LAT

Convenor:

MRS Suzanne Portch

Summary:

The course aims to provide an overview of key aspects of language teaching methodology and practice. 

Assessment Method:

Portfolio 100%

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Title:

Language and New Media

Code:

LS2LNM

Convenor:

PROF Rodney Jones

Summary:

In this module, students will explore the ways digital media are changing the way people use language. Students will be introduced to a range of theories from sociolinguistics, media studies and discourse analysis and will learn to apply these theories to analysing authentic texts and interactions. Among the topics covered in the module are genres and registers of mediated communication, social networking and online identity, multimodal and multimedia communication, mobile communication and wearable computers, and online tracking and surveillance.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 25%, Oral 25%, Portfolio 50%

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Title:

Practice of Entrepreneurship

Code:

MM270

Convenor:

DR Norbert Morawetz

Summary:

This is a dynamic and experiential module aiming to give students a strong understanding of key dilemmas likely to be faced by first time entrepreneurs. The module develops student's entrepreneurial skill and confidence to put plans into action. Students gain understanding of the practice of entrepreneurship as informed by theory, role play and guest lectures. This will include exposure to the experience of successful entrepreneurs. Students are given a solid understanding of the realities of business start-up.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 65%, Oral 30%, Portfolio 5%

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Title:

Unity, Nationalism and Regionalism in Europe

Code:

ML2UNR

Convenor:

DR Athena Leoussi

Summary:

The aim of this module is to study how two ideas became two of the most important forces which shaped modern Europe from the 18th century to the present day. These were the idea of the nation and the idea of the European community. With this aim in mind, the module is divided into two thematic sections:

The first section explores the origins of the idea of the nation as it emerged as a revolutionary idea in Enlightenment Europe, remoulding states and peoples across Europe and the rest of the world. The section gives historical depth to current debates on nations and nationalism exploring the development of ideas about the nation, national identity, nationalism and the nation-state, through the study of classic and foundational texts such as Ernest Renan’s famous lecture at the Sorbonne of 1882, ‘What is a nation?’, Woodrow Wilson’s ‘Fourteen Points’ of 1918, and close examination of a variety of national movements in Europe, from the French Revolution of 1789, through the making of the first German nation-state, to the national revolutions of 1989 in communist Eastern Europe.

The second section engages, first, with public debates about European integration and the nature of European identity as these interact with the member states of the EU and with processes of globalisation; second, with challenges to established nation-states by the nationalisms of the European regions which have persisted into the 21st century (e.g., Catalan, Flemish, Scottish); and third with the relationship between majority, ruling nations and ethnic and national minorities in the 20th and 21st centuries. This section explores relations between ethnic and national majorities and minorities by using examples from Europe and the rest of the world.  

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Oral 20%, Set exercise 20%

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Title:

Society, Thought, and Art in Modern Europe

Code:

ML2STA

Convenor:

DR Athena Leoussi

Summary:

This module aims to provide students with a systematic historical and cross-national understanding of the key ideas, institutions and symbols that have come to constitute and represent modernity in Europe and, at the same time, new conceptions of Europe. The module examines the birth of modern men and women in Europe in the late eighteenth century and the broad intellectual, cultural, economic, political and social conditions which have been shaping and re-shaping them since. The module further shows a) the contributions of different European nations to a common European reaction to and re-evaluation of tradition and modernity; and b) the diffusion of modernity (Westernisation) from Europe to Asia and Africa and its role in the creation of a global world. Finally, it shows how art has played a leading role in the transformations of modernity; not only recording it but also constituting one of its central components.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 80%, Class test 20%

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Title:

Science, perversion, and dream in global fantastic literature

Code:

ML2GF

Convenor:

DR Daniela La Penna

Summary:

This module will explore a number of key literary texts that engage the Fantastic mode of literary representation. The module aims to promote critical awareness of the ways in which French, Hispanic, Italian and German literary traditions adapted and transformed the Fantastic narrative so that it spoke to a number of specific issues such as the advances in science and technology, the changing roles of women, the pressures of modernisation, the impact of psychoanalysis, and fears related to changes brought about by colonisation, the political structure of the Nation-state, and the economy. Texts will be read in the original language if the student is taking that language to degree level, and in English translation if not.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

The Science of Climate Change

Code:

MT2CC

Convenor:

PROF Nigel Arnell

Summary:

This module provides an introduction to the science of climate change, aimed at students who do not necessarily have a scientific background.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Assignment 30%

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Title:

Politics of the Welfare State

Code:

PO2PWS

Convenor:

DR Brandon Beomseob Park

Summary:

The course is an introduction to the politics of welfare states in the developed economies of OECD countries with a particular focus on Western Europe. It focuses on the interaction between political and economic factors in explaining the emergence and evolution of welfare states and their various forms across countries. Students learn the major theoretical approaches in the study of the welfare state and apply them to contemporary debates about the welfare state as well as the politics of welfare state reform.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Modern International Relations

Code:

PO2MIR

Convenor:

DR Joseph O' Mahoney

Summary:

This module provides an advanced analysis of the principal theoretical approaches to international politics, as well as coverage of a selection of major issues on the international stage, including globalisation, conflict, nuclear weapons and terrorism. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 45%, Set exercise 5%

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Title:

Political Thinking

Code:

PO2THI

Convenor:

DR Alice Baderin

Summary:

Issues-based survey course in political theory, involving work on case studies.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Oppression, Inequality, and the Enemies of Democracy 1

Code:

PP2OID1

Convenor:

MR George Mason

Summary:

In this module you will consider the question: how should we be governed? The module will introduce you to key philosophical arguments concerning the meaning and value of freedom, equality and democracy. You will study both their defenders and their detractors.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Ignorance, Doubt, and Relativism 1

Code:

PP2IDR1

Convenor:

DR Jumbly Grindrod

Summary:

This module introduces students to a core area of philosophy – epistemology (the theory of knowledge), makes them familiar with key stances on the extent and nature of human knowledge (scepticism, empiricism, relativism, etc.), and requires them to evaluate such stances and find their place on the epistemological map.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Meaning and the Mind 1

Code:

PP2MM1

Convenor:

DR Jumbly Grindrod

Summary:

This module introduces students to core philosophical issues about meaning and the mind, and to central connections between these issues. How could there be minds in a physical world? Are states of consciousness physical states? How do our thoughts and words come to represent the world around us? These questions are intimately related. The capacity to represent the world is a central, problematic feature of the mind. Moreover, to assess what minds are, we must pay careful attention to what our words for mental states mean, and to how they come to mean what they do. We will investigate these questions by reading and discussing recent work in the philosophy of mind and language, by authors such as David Chalmers, Hilary Putnam and John Searle, as well as classic texts by authors such as Gottlob Frege and Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Hume, Kant, and Wittgenstein 1

Code:

PP2HKW1

Convenor:

DR Severin Schroeder

Summary:

This module introduces students to the ideas of three great philosophers: David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, focussing especially on their respective conceptions of philosophy.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Global Philosophy 1

Code:

PP2GP1

Convenor:

DR Shalini Sinha

Summary:

This module introduces key thinkers and issues in global and feminist philosophy. Some of the claims we will examine include: Gender is an illusion, male and female ‘sex’ attributes are social constructions!  Race categories are racist, they should be abolished! Persons are ‘processes’; self and identity are conceptual impositions that mask our true nature! The ethics of action lies in intention, not impact! Self-immolation is an ethical form of political protest! Gandhi and Islamist suicide bombing share an ethics of sacrificial dying! Debt is founded on violence! We should undertake dying with full awareness, by meditative fasting! Bare awareness continues in sleep and death!

We will engage in philosophical conversations with (i) contemporary feminist and race theorists such as Judith Butler, Sally Haslanger and Naomi Zack on performativist,  constructionist and essentialist approaches to gender and race; (ii) Buddhist philosophers on the metaphysics of self and identity, and the ethics of action; (iii) Jaina philosophers on the omnipresence of life, the hierarchy of beings, and moral action; (iv) Buddhist, Gandhian and Islamist perspectives on sacrificial dying and the ethics of political action; (v) David Graeber on the nature and origins of debt and money; (vi) Jaina conceptions of meditative dying, and contemporary perspectives on suicide and euthanasia; (vii) Indian and Chinese philosophers on consciousness in waking, dreaming, sleep, and death.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Ethical Argument 1: Philosophy and How to Live

Code:

PP2EA1

Convenor:

DR Luke Elson

Summary:

This module introduces students to longstanding methods, issues and arguments in moral philosophy.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Dissertation

Code:

ED3BFD

Convenor:

DR Maria Kambouri

Summary:

This module represents the student's major piece of independent work, the culmination of their critical writing on the course. As such it provides an opportunity for students to design and conduct research through an extended research project.  This is a largely independent study supported by a number of taught sessions, one to one or group supervision and some further group ‘surgeries’.  Students may engage in either primary research (conducting their own experiments, surveys etc. to gain new knowledge) or secondary research (collating knowledge from other people's research to produce a new synthesis).  Students will give a presentation on their research-in-progress at a mid-point during the module.

Assessment Method:

Oral 10%, Dissertation 90%

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Title:

Health and Well - being: Consequences and Responsibilities

Code:

ED3BHW

Convenor:

DR Carol Fuller

Summary:

This module is designed to extend students’ knowledge, skills and understanding of health and well-being within the context of self and society but via an education lens. The health of the individual is inextricably linked to the health of the nation, not least because a healthy workforce is a productive one. The flip side is that poor health and connected lifestyles place a huge strain on national and local health services, raising interesting questions about whose responsibility health and well-being is.  In this module we will look at theories of health that focus on sociological, psycho-social and philosophical explanations and that connect to how behaviours related to these areas are learned. We will also consider the different ways that well-being can be supported both within schools and communities as well as consider notions of lifelong learning.  This module will be  assessed on the aims of the module, through a piece of writing on a topic of interest.  

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Professional Development 3

Code:

ED3BPD

Convenor:

MR William Bailey-Watson

Summary:

In this module, students consolidate the learning from PD1 and PD2, and further develop their understanding of how theory and practice, in abstract and tangible reality, interact in an education domain they consider interesting and relevant to their own professional development. The numerous industries and vocations associated with this degree require students to be enterprising and skilled, not only in terms of their subject area, but also in their ability to manage themselves and their careers professionally, and this module will require students to think carefully about their passions, professionalism and employability. Students will consider learning that has taken place throughout the programme and apply contextually-sensitive approaches to education in their areas of focus. Students will get the opportunity to plan a detailed and wide-ranging proposal for an educational project that draws upon the full range of topics discussed and considered during the module, with a clear emphasis on their own professional development in their chosen context.

Assessment Method:

Oral 50%, Report 50%

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Title:

Urban Ecology

Code:

BI3EF7

Convenor:

DR Phil Baker

Summary:

Through lectures this course will provide a detailed knowledge of the ecology of urban areas, both in the context of urban areas in the wider landscape as well as ecology within urban areas.

Assessment Method:

Exam 100%

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Title:

Neurobiology

Code:

BI3BI8

Convenor:

DR Nandini Vasudevan

Summary:

The aim of this course is to develop a comprehensive picture of the nervous system. This will be achieved by delivering a broad ranging course on neurobiology that covers molecular, cellular, systematic aspects of neurobiology.

Assessment Method:

Exam 80%, Class test 20%

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Title:

Understanding the theory and practice of mentoring

Code:

ED3BMU

Convenor:

MS Teresa Wilson

Summary:

Mentoring is a tool of communication used in a range of environments where a more experienced member of a community (educational or professional), might engage with a less advanced one in order to achieve some or all of the following: to introduce them to the culture of their environment, to promote confidence and productivity and to develop professional competences. The purpose of this module is to understand what mentoring is and how to develop mentoring skills. In order to do this, students taking this module will explore the different ways in which mentoring is used, evaluate its worth as an educational and developmental tool and apply theoretical principles in a practical mentoring activity. Students will be expected to reflect on their own development as a novice mentor throughout this module.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Representations of disability in drama and the arts

Code:

ED3BRD

Convenor:

MR Simon Floodgate

Summary:

This module will enable students to explore concepts of disability within society in the context of drama and the arts. It will focus upon the understanding of issues around disability and its construction within society in terms of language and identity through engagement primarily in the medium of drama. It will study representations of disability within different art forms and how these representations provide further insight to disability. In addition, it will investigate notions of access to performance and reception of art for a range of disabilities. Students will deliver a presentation related to some aspect of access and/or aesthetics in relation to disability.

Assessment Method:

Oral 100%

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Title:

Climate Change

Code:

GV3CC

Convenor:

DR Maria Shahgedanova

Summary:

This course examines natural and human-induced climate change with reference to examples from different parts of the world. By the end of the module, students will gain knowledge about forcings driving climate change (e.g. greenhouse gases, solar variability, volcanic eruptions, desert dust and black carbon aerosol), impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems, methods of climate change assessment and projection, and adaptation to climate change. The course combines the science of climate change (e.g. climatic variability with emphasis on El Nino Southern Oscillation and North Atlantic Oscillation, conceptual understanding of climate modelling) with its application (e.g. investigation of impacts of climate change on glaciated environments, water resources, urban areas). It addresses interactions between climatic changes and conditions of economies and communities focusing on vulnerabilities to climate change, development of adaptation strategies and techniques, and assessments of barriers to adaptation. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Report 50%

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Title:

Ecosystems Modelling

Code:

GV3ESM

Convenor:

DR Shovonlal Roy

Summary:

This module concentrates on modelling ecological dynamics with emphasis to ecosystems on land and in the ocean, which are relevant to a range of global issues, from environmental changes to food security, including the earth’s primary production, oxygen generation, and carbon fixation. The module will cover techniques and aspects required for in-depth understanding the ecosystems function and dynamics. As such this module has got some mathematical contents which is higher than usual in typical Geography modules. Lecture materials and recommended reading includebasic calculus, differential equations, logarithms and algebraic manipulations, however, these are not included in theassessments. The content, both technical and general, is suitable for  thefinal year undergraduate students with little or no experience in ecosystem modelling, but those who are interested in learning the building blocks of modelling, and applying it to the stat-of-the-art environmental and ecological systems.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 30%, Oral 10%, Report 60%

Disclaimer:

Please note that all modules are subject to change.
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Title:

Tropical Rainforests, Climate & Lost Civilisations

Code:

GV3TRC

Convenor:

PROF Frank Mayle

Summary:

This module aims to unravel the long-term (multi-millennial scale) history of tropical forests using a range of complimentary approaches and disciplines – e.g. palaeoecology, archaeology and anthropology. This inter-disciplinary perspective integrates physical and human geography, ecology, and archaeology. The module focuses on tropical Latin America and revolves around several key questions: 1) What have been the interrelationships between climate change, human land use (e.g. burning and agriculture), and tropical forest ecosystems through the Holocene, i.e. the last ca. 11,000 years? 2) What is the origin of current patterns of biodiversity? 3) What are the implications of this historical perspective for conservation policy and understanding the fate of tropical forests over the 21st century? 4) To what extent have past cultures/civilisations been constrained by, or benefited from, their tropical surroundings and why did they collapse?

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Report 50%

Disclaimer:

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Title:

Intercultural Communications

Code:

LS3IC

Convenor:

DR Erhan Aslan

Summary:

In this module, students will explore how people of different discourse systems or groups communicate with one another in various face-to-face and digitally-mediated contexts. Specifically, students will gain an understanding of how assumptions and values that have been constructed or adopted within a specific culture group influence the ways in which people successfully communicate with each other as well as experience miscommunication. Students will become familiar with a variety of topics in intercultural communication as they engage in hands-on analyses of intercultural encounters.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Project 40%"

Disclaimer:

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Title:

Criminology

Code:

LW3CRY

Convenor:

PROF Paul Almond

Summary:

Criminology is a lecture-led module examining the nature of crime as a social phenomenon, theoretical explanations of criminal behaviour, and official responses to crime. The module will incorporate tutorial classes and a piece of assessed coursework.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Entrepreneurial Project

Code:

MM302

Convenor:

MR Keith Heron

Summary:

New venture start-up involves more than generating a creative idea…it involves starting-up or taking action.

In this module we expect a student to have done something to test out their start-up hypothesis, in order to build their own and potential investor confidence, prior to venture launch.

A start-up business plan is not a measure of entrepreneurial capacity. This module will not require a Business Plan as one of the task assessments but it will require students to design ‘tests’ of the Value Proposition thinking and explain the learning from their progress towards start-up.

This module also provides an option for students to test and develop an idea generated by an external entrepreneur, thus enabling greater engagement with a real business situation. This will only occur where the module convenor has assessed the client idea as being suitable for conforming to the aims and assessment specification of this module.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Project 40%

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Title:

Language and Power

Code:

ML3LP

Convenor:

DR Federico Faloppa

Summary:

This module aims to familiarise students with the linguistic means by which a whole range of persuasive texts can be analysed. We will also be considering the use of language (and of a language in general) as a powerful tool in itself. We will investigate a range of discourse types and theoretical approaches, and we will for instance look at stylistic and rhetorical features, linguistic creativity and language “play”, techniques for revealing a text’s underlying ideological stance and bias, power relationships and their effect on language.

Assessment Method:

Oral 25%, Project 75%

Disclaimer:

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Title:

Identity and Conflict in Modern Europe

Code:

ML3IC

Convenor:

DR Athena Leoussi

Summary:

This module focuses on identity and conflict in modern Europe. By examining race, gender, warfare, revolution and immigration, it explores the evolution of modern conceptions of the self, of what it is to be human. The module further examines a) the ways in which  modern identities have been pursued and realised in different European contexts, for example, through social movements and national and international legislation; b) the conflicts which new and modern visions of the self have generated and in which they have been shaped; and c) cultural expressions of identity and conflict in paintings, sculptures, monuments and films.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 30%, Oral 20%

Disclaimer:

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Title:

International Political Economy

Code:

PO3IPE

Convenor:

DR Jonathan Golub

Summary:

The course is an introduction to International and Comparative Political Economy (IPE and CPE, respectively), which focuses on the interaction between states and markets at the domestic and international levels. It covers the major theoretical approaches to IPE and CPE and applies them to study international trade, globalisation, the crisis, capitalism, inflation and growth regimes. It also considers the relation between globalisation and the welfare state as well as capitalism.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 40%, Oral 10%

Disclaimer:

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Title:

US Foreign and Defence Policy since 1950

Code:

PO3USF

Convenor:

DR Graham O'Dwyer

Summary:

This module examines US foreign and defence policy from the end of the Second World War to the present, with a focus on understanding US foreign policy processes, institutions, and decision-making. At heart the module seeks to address three broad questions: who makes (and influences) US foreign policy? How has US foreign policy changed since the end of the Second World War? What is the role of US foreign policy in the world today? By exploring historical and contemporary cases, students will analyse how foreign policy decisions are made, who influences them, and how this has evolved overtime. Drawing on primary and secondary sources, students will gain an understanding of crucial events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the end of the Cold War, and the War on Terror. Finally, the course will explore salient challenges faced by US foreign policymakers today.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Report 50%

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Title:

Feminism and Political Theory

Code:

PO3FPT

Convenor:

PROF David Marshall

Summary:

This module studies a variety of issues and topics within feminist political theory. It introduces students to a variety of kinds of feminism and the different analyses that they offer of society, gender, and any disparity of power and advantage between genders. It also considers a range of topics that have been of special interest to feminists but also have broader concern, such as abortion, commercial surrogacy, prostitution, pornography, and affirmative action.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Report 50%

Disclaimer:

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