BA Spanish and International Development

Title:

The Economic Environment

Code:

AP1EE4

Convenor:

MR Jurgen Peci

Summary:

How do we know whether an advertising campaign will make economic sense? Why do we see brand proliferation for some products and not others? Why do some countries’ economies grow faster than others? Why do governments intervene in agricultural markets? Why do we need environmental policy? These are some of the topics that we will address, whilst developing a basic understanding of key economic concepts, and their relevance to some of the key challenges facing individuals, businesses, and societies across the globe.

Assessment Method:

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Title:

International Development: Global and Local Issues

Code:

AP1ID1

Convenor:

DR Garth Holloway

Summary:

Identify the challenges currently confronting societies, governments, and households and examine how researchers seek to understand these challenges in order to enhance welfare, global sustainability, and the protection of rural livelihoods. In this module you will engage with a range of experienced practitioners and you will learn through diverse teaching methods, including assigned readings, participatory discussions, and directed exercises. These activities will help you understand the formal theories underpinning development processes and the nuances surrounding participatory governance, and will prepare you for future employment in fields of International Development.

Assessment Method:

Class test 100%

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Title:

Study Skills for BSc International Development

Code:

AP1ID3

Convenor:

MS Rebecca Jerrome

Summary:

Through this module, designed for students on the BSc International Development programme, you’ll gain a common foundation in transferrable skills relevant to studying in an academic context. You’ll take part in guided seminars to practice key skills through worked examples.

Assessment Method:

n/a

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Title:

Introduction to Agricultural and Food Systems

Code:

AP1A02

Convenor:

Summary:

To achieve global food security we need to do more than produce more food. This module explains why and introduces you to the factors that influence food security around the world: how climate, people, and markets affect where food is produced, processed, and transported around the world; and how government policies are used to support the food system. You will also learn about the environmental impacts of food production, and the likely impacts of future climate change. This will help you to develop a better understanding of how agricultural and food systems need to change in the future.

Assessment Method:

Exam 60%, Assignment 20%, Class test 20%

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Title:

Global Sustainability: Challenges and Prospects

Code:

AP1A28

Convenor:

DR Nick Bardsley

Summary:

The world faces multiple ecological crises, including climate change, biodiversity loss and soil erosion. This module examines such challenges, their drivers, their relationship to other social and economic issues, and potential responses. 

Assessment Method:

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Title:

The Fundamentals of Business and Marketing

Code:

AP1EM2

Convenor:

MR Nick Walker

Summary:

Gain an introduction to management science and its relevance to businesses. Interactive in-class activities and the use of online apps will help you learn techniques for inspiring teamwork in an organisational context, discover the importance of strategic management design for achieving an organisation's goals, and understand the roles of the manager and the responsibilities this carries. You will also have a range of opportunities to gain hands-on practising decision making through case studies. Develop your leadership skills to motivate and guide a team towards the achievement of an organisation’s objectives. 

Gain fundamental knowledge of the key concepts of marketing and management, and relate these critically to contemporary practice. Examine fundamental marketing concepts such as strategic marketing, market segmentation and the marketing mix. You will also begin to explore these concepts through the lens of Digital Marketing.

You will discuss issues arising within marketing theory and practice, which bring into question some of the foundational principles of the discipline. Through lectures, readings, and the analysis of case studies, address the latest thinking within the marketing discipline.

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Title:

What is Comparative Literature?

Code:

ML1COMP

Convenor:

DR Claire Ross

Summary:

This module will introduce students to some of the major critical and theoretical issues in the study of Comparative Literature, as well as to important methodologies for studying literature in a comparative context. Approaching a cluster of texts from different cultural and historical traditions, students will be encouraged to reflect on the practices and consequences of reading transnationally. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Greats of European Cinema

Code:

ML1GEC

Convenor:

DR Marta Simo-Comas

Summary:

The aim of this module is to provide students with an understanding of the ways in which European Cinema – and the various national cinemas that comprise it – reflects the changing political, social and cultural climate of the twentieth century. The course is designed to introduce students to key features of film analysis and to develop their ability to apply them to the films studied.

Assessment Method:

Exam 55%, Set exercise 45%

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Title:

Introduction to Linguistics

Code:

ML1IL

Convenor:

MR Federico Faloppa

Summary:

This module aims to familiarise students with principles in general linguistics, and to give students an overall picture of what a language is, how it works, and what its main structures are, with a particular focus on French, German, Italian and Spanish. It will also provide useful meta-linguistic competence which can be applied to the study of any other language.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Oral 20%, Set exercise 40%

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Title:

Thinking Translation: History and Theory

Code:

ML1TRANS

Convenor:

DR Claire Ross

Summary:

This module introduces students to the history of translation as a literary practice, as well as to the main theoretical approaches to it and the influential concepts that have been used to reflect on translation practice.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Report 10%

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Title:

Icons of Spain and Latin America: From conquest to independence; from revolution to globalisation

Code:

SP1I1

Convenor:

DR Cherilyn Elston

Summary:

This module introduces students of Spanish to the historical trajectory that forms the roots of modern-day Spain and Latin America, through the guided analysis of written and visual texts that span over five centuries. Through a series of lectures and seminars, in the Autumn Term, students will learn about the factors that contributed to the development of both Spain and Latin America, from Columbus’s voyage in 1492 to the decline of the Spanish Empire, and the push for independence in Latin America that characterised the nineteenth century. In the Spring Term, students will learn about the factors that contributed to the more recent development of both Spain and Latin America, from the Mexican Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, immigration, and the growing presence of the US across the continent, to contemporary debates about globalisation.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 40%, Report 10%

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Title:

Beginners Spanish Language

Code:

SP1L1

Convenor:

DR Denisse Lazo-Gonzalez

Summary:

This module aims to introduce students with no previous knowledge of Spanish to the study of Spanish language and culture.

The course will provide the necessary basis for the study of Spanish. Students who successfully complete this module will have achieved a level of competence in Spanish comparable to level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference.

Assessment Method:

Exam 30%, Practical 40%, Oral 20%, Class test 10%

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Title:

Intermediate Spanish Language

Code:

SP1L2

Convenor:

MR Oscar Garcia Garcia

Summary:

This module aims to develop the language skills of students who have already achieved AS Level in Spanish or equivalent, as well as of students with an excellent GSCE Level qualification in Spanish or equivalent.

The course will provide the necessary basis for the study of Spanish to Honours degree level.  Students who successfully complete this module will have achieved a level of competence in Spanish comparable to level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference.

Assessment Method:

Exam 30%, Practical 40%, Oral 20%, Class test 10%

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Title:

Advanced Spanish Language 1

Code:

SP1L3

Convenor:

MS Angela Mira Conejero

Summary:

This module aims to develop the language skills of students who have already achieved Advanced Level or equivalent in Spanish . Students with an excellent AS Level qualification in Spanish may also be considered for this module.

The course will provide the necessary basis for the study of Spanish to Honours degree level, but will also be an effective study and career tool for students who are not intending to continue with Spanish after Part 1. 

Students who successfully complete this module will have achieved a level of competence in Spanish comparable to level B1/B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference.

Assessment Method:

Exam 30%, Practical 40%, Oral 20%, Class test 10%

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Title:

Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Culture

Code:

SP1SLAC

Convenor:

DR Marta Simo-Comas

Summary:

The aim of this module is to introduce students to Spanish and Latin American culture through the study and analysis of key literary and visual art forms, including short stories, poetry, documentaries and feature films, fine art and popular music. Key authors may include Pablo Neruda, Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende, Pío Baroja, Juan Rulfo, Ariel Dorfman, Julio Medem, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, José Luis Guerín, Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Iciar Bollain, Fernando Trueba, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Fernando Pérez, and others. Texts will be read in the original language if the student is taking that language to degree level, but translations will be available.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Introduction to Economic Institutions and Policy

Code:

EC107

Convenor:

DR Maria Asensio

Summary:

The module provides a historical perspective of Economics as a discipline . It also analyses some contemporary economic problems  and the  different policies undertaken by  governments to help address them. Finally, the module  covers the work of the main international institutions such as the IMF and World Bank and their role in alleviating world poverty.

Assessment Method:

Exam 60%, Set exercise 40%

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Title:

The Economics of Climate Change

Code:

EC110

Convenor:

DR Stefania Lovo

Summary:

The module will offer an economic perspective on the causes and consequences of climate change. It will provide an introduction to key theoretical concepts, such as externalities and public goods, and to the policy tools available to devise adequate responses to climate change, such as command and control measures, taxation and subsidies. The module will also introduce national and international policy approaches in dealing with climate change and provide an overview of their implications for economic development.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Class test 40%

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Title:

Food Dilemmas: Production, Security and Health

Code:

FB1FD1

Convenor:

DR Emma Bennett

Summary:

This module will cover the historical, present and future aspects of food production and consumption. Topics include the impact of food on the environment, the relationship between diet and health, and the implications of future populations and climates on food production. The complex and fascinating problem of global food security, providing sufficient, safe and nutritious food for everyone will be explored within the module and the implications for societal and cultural behaviour will also be discussed

This module is NOT intended for Food and Nutritional Sciences students, but students from this department can register for attendance on a 0-credit basis to further develop their interest in the subject.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 30%, Oral 30%, Project 40%

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Title:

Contemporary Issues in Human Geography

Code:

GV1CIG

Convenor:

PROF Avril Maddrell

Summary:

This module provides students with an appreciation of the geographical dimensions of contemporary global issues and events that are shaping the world around us. This appreciation works in two ways, by encouraging students to operationalise geographical concepts to better understand these issues, and by reflecting back on the nature of geographical research in the light of contemporary events. The module is taught by a team of active researchers in human geography, each of whom will use illustrations from their own work as the basis for the module.

Assessment Method:

Set exercise 50%, Report 50%

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Title:

Theories and Debates in Human Geography

Code:

GV1HGT

Convenor:

DR Yaw Adjei-Amoako

Summary:

This module provides students with an introduction to core academic debates and theories in contemporary human geography. It introduces students to key sub-disciplines within human geography including economic, social, environmental and political geography. The module also establishes foundation knowledge for students wishing to take more advanced human geography modules in Parts 2 and 3. The module is taught by a team of human geographers, each giving an introduction to their area of particular expertise. In this way, the module also serves as an introduction to the research interests of staff in the Department. Teaching is mainly delivered through a series of lectures and student-led learning is encouraged through carefully selected further reading.

Assessment Method:

Exam 75%, Assignment 25%

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Title:

Contemporary world cultures: an introduction to social anthropology

Code:

GV1SOC

Convenor:

DR Alanna Cant

Summary:

This module provides a general introduction to social anthropology, the study of human societies and cultures. It will introduce you to major themes in the discipline of anthropology through real-world case studies from different cultures and regions around the globe. Topics may include: gender and sexuality, the roles of religion, ritual and witchcraft in modern life, the concepts of ethnicity and race, and the place of hunter-gatherer societies in the contemporary period. The module will also consider how anthropology can help us understand key issues in today’s world, such as globalisation, economics, consumption, violence, and human rights. It is taught by a team of social anthropologists who draw on their own research and experience in their teaching.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Set exercise 30%

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Title:

Freedom

Code:

PO1FRE

Convenor:

DR Andrew Reid

Summary:

This module provides an inter-disciplinary approach to the subject of freedom, with contributions from four different departments of the University: Classics, Law, Philosophy, and Politics. Students will explore a range of different perspectives on the idea of freedom, and will examine the different ways in which freedom is valued and regulated in a variety of settings. Students will work both individually and within groups to prepare their assignments, and there are a variety of written and oral assessments.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 30%, Oral 40%, Report 30%

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Title:

Introduction to Political Ideas

Code:

PO1IPI

Convenor:

DR Rob Jubb

Summary:

An introduction to political theory, covering central topics like the state and its authority, democracy, rights and liberty, equality and social justice, and war and intervention, as well as some of the basic methods for understanding them all. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 60%, Assignment 40%

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Title:

Politics: International Relations and Strategic Studies

Code:

PO1IRS

Convenor:

DR Vladimir Rauta

Summary:

The module provides an introduction to the study of International Relations and Strategic Studies. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Global Justice

Code:

PP1GJ

Convenor:

MISS Michela Bariselli

Summary:

Global traditions of philosophy  from the Buddha and Confucius to Simone Weil, Frantz Fanon, Martin Luther King Jr., and African and Native American thinkers advocate ideas of justice and freedom that extend far beyond contemporary conceptions. This course shows how these thinkers question our  ideas of justice, and  transform how we approach injustice and freedom in the  context of race and colonialism, nature and  indigenous communities, identity  and sexuality, family and polity, through radically different conceptions of freedom and violence,  love, equality and harmony.

Some of the claims we will examine include: Justice is freedom from suffering!  Revolutionary violence is cathartic and emancipatory! Political justice  requires mental training! Nature is alive and has rights! Gender and sexual freedom are gained by  dissolving bodily boundaries!  Truth lies in pleasure! Justice is  love! Social justice comes with harmonising differences! 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Oral 20%, Class test 10%

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Title:

Research Methods for BSc International Development

Code:

AP2ID1

Convenor:

DR Jo Davies

Summary:

THIS MODULE IS FOR BSc INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDENTS ONLY.

Understanding the lived experiences of people living in poverty is crucial when building policies and development initiatives that reflect the needs and priorities of the people they are designed to help.  You will explore the difference between qualitative and quantitative research methods and why these matter in development.  You will learn how to interpret statistical data and will gain experience in using interview techniques and observation in research.

Assessment Method:

Oral 50%, Class test 50%

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Title:

Approaches to International Development

Code:

AP2ID2

Convenor:

DR Andrew Ainslie

Summary:

How do development actors justify their role and their work? Our premise here is that all development interventions - whether policy or programmatic – ultimately rely on social and economic theory. You’ll learn where some seventy years of mainstream and more radical ideas about development spring from, how they’re connected to each other, and what authority they have in the world. Through reading, lectures, seminars and discussions, you’ll learn to recognise and debate key features of the contemporary intellectual architecture of development.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Report 25%, Class test 25%

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Title:

Science, perversion, and dream in global fantastic literature

Code:

ML2GF

Convenor:

DR Alice Christensen

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:

Society, Thought, and Art in Modern Europe

Code:

ML2STA

Convenor:

DR Veronica Heath

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:

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:

Culture & Revolution in Modern Latin America

Code:

SP2CR

Convenor:

DR Camila Gonzalez Ortiz

Summary:

The revolutions of the twentieth-century in Latin America were not only political projects; they also promoted radical changes at socio-cultural levels, with new cultural forms, ideas and policies evolving in particular contexts as a part of a wider project of nation-building through revolution. Within this context of broad change, these revolutions also raised many important questions about culture: Why was culture so important to political change? How could revolutionary culture be defined and what was its role in the revolutionary project? For whom was this culture intended, and what socio-cultural policies and initiatives (in literacy, education and cultural production) were developed in order to foster the development of culture within the revolutionary context? Were these revolutionary projects inclusive or did they exclude sectors of the population from participation in culture? How have these projects been refashioned in the twenty-first century? By exploring key moments of revolution and cultural policy in practice through the revolutions of, for example, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, and the ALBA alliance, as represented in prose, poetry, documentary film from these contexts, this course unit develops an understanding of the various interactions and relationships between radical political change and culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Finally, it examines whether a coherent tradition and trajectory of culture and revolution can be discerned from these case studies, which can then be extended into the twenty-first century.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Class test 50%

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Title:

Intermediate Spanish Language

Code:

SP2L2

Convenor:

MR Oscar Garcia Garcia

Summary:

This module is aimed at students who in Part 1 have successfully completed SP1L1 Beginners Spanish Language. The course will build on the work done in the core language module at Part 1 and provide students with the necessary linguistic competence and proficiency for the Year Abroad. Students who successfully complete this module will have achieved level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

Assessment Method:

Practical 80%, Oral 20%

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Title:

Advanced Spanish Language I

Code:

SP2L3

Convenor:

MS Angela Mira Conejero

Summary:

This module is aimed at students who in Part 1 have successfully completed SP1L2 Intermediate Spanish Language and build on the work done in either of those modules. Students that achieve exceptional results in SP1L1 Beginners Spanish Language might be considered for this module.  

Students who successfully complete this module will have achieved a level of competence in Spanish comparable to level B1/B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference.

Assessment Method:

Practical 80%, Oral 20%

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Title:

Advanced Spanish Language II

Code:

SP2L4

Convenor:

MR Raúl Marchena Magadan

Summary:

This module is aimed at students who in Part 1 have successfully completed SP1L3 Advanced Spanish Language I or SP1L2 Intermediate Spanish Language. The course will build on the work done in the core language module at Part 1 and provide students with the necessary linguistic competence and proficiency for the Year Abroad. Students who successfully complete this module will have achieved level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

Assessment Method:

Practical 80%, Oral 20%

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Title:

Transatlantic Exchanges: Latin America in the Global Nineteenth Century

Code:

SP2TT

Convenor:

DR Catriona McAllister

Summary:

The nineteenth century saw dramatic political change in Latin America. As the region achieved independence from the Spanish and Portuguese empires, the newly emerging nations faced questions over how to shape their political, economic and cultural futures. This module explores both the factors that led to this profound shift and the way that Latin America approached its new future throughout the century. The module views these changes through a global lens, examining the impact of influential ideas, the movement of people and international political interactions. By examining key historical and cultural texts, and important moments such as the wars of independence and the abolition of slavery, the module will explore how Latin America faced the challenges of the nineteenth century and how this period left its political and cultural mark on the region.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Report 20%, Class test 30%

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Title:

Corporate Social Responsibility Consultancy

Code:

GV2CSR

Convenor:

MR Jim Ormond

Summary:

This module introduces students to critical analyses of corporate social responsibility and environmental governance. The module encourages students to play the role of sustainability consultants, drawing on the module convenor’s extensive experience in this area. As such, students will gain employability and professional development skills alongside the more intellectual content of the module.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Geographies of Development, Identity and Place

Code:

GV2DIP

Convenor:

DR Yaw Adjei-Amoako

Summary:

This module takes a global development approach to exploring the interplay between globalisation, socio-economic and cultural transformations across the Majority and Minority worlds. The module discusses key concepts and approaches to the study of culture, identity and place and relates these to global processes of socio-economic change and geographies of global development. It explores how people in different places and contexts are impacted by globalisation and social-cultural change and how they may contest and resist dominant representations. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Nature, Society and Imaginaries of Degrowth

Code:

GV2NS

Convenor:

PROF Hilary Geoghegan

Summary:

This module will introduce the students in a variety of geographical approaches debating nature-society dialectics. It will consider key concepts, theoretical frameworks and practices relevant to the politics of nature and economic growth to critically evaluated interrelationships between socio-economic systems, environmental values and sustainable development.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Oral 15%, Report 15%

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Title:

Literature, Language and Education

Code:

LS2LLE

Convenor:

MRS Suzanne Portch

Summary:

This module aims to provide students with an opportunity to apply their existing degree-based knowledge and learning and extend it within their chosen specialisation. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 45%, Oral 10%, Report 45%

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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.

This module is delivered at the University of Reading and the University of Reading Malaysia

Assessment Method:

Assignment 65%, Oral 30%, Portfolio 5%

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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:

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:

Exam 50%, Assignment 40%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Oppression, Inequality, and the Enemies of Democracy 2

Code:

PP2OID2

Convenor:

DR George Mason

Summary:

In this module you will consider the questions of oppression, inequality or democracy in more depth.  The course will build upon key philosophical arguments concerning the meaning and value of freedom, equality and democracy.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Year Abroad Language

Code:

ML2YL5

Convenor:

DR Marine Orain

Summary:

This module assesses the level in French/German/Italian/Spanish language achieved by the student as a result of one year of full immersion abroad.

Assessment Method:

Practical 100%

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Title:

Semester 1 Study or Work Placement Abroad

Code:

ML2YS1

Convenor:

DR Ute Wolfel

Summary:

This module consists of:

• one academic semester at a university in a French-/German-/Italian-/Spanish-speaking country OR
• one academic semester  in a work placement in a French-/German-/Italian-/Spanish-speaking country OR
• one academic semester as a British Council  English-language teaching assistant in a school in a French-/German-/Italian-/Spanish-speaking country.

N.B. This module aims to assess the semester 1 learning outcomes BOTH of students who are on a study or work placement for semester 1 only; AND of students who are on full-year placements.

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Semester 2 Study or Work Placement Abroad

Code:

ML2YS2

Convenor:

DR Ute Wolfel

Summary:

This module consists of:

• one academic semester at a university in a French-/German-/Italian-/Spanish-speaking country OR
• one academic semester in a work placement in a French-/German-/Italian-/Spanish-speaking country OR
• one academic semester as a British Council English-language teaching assistant in a school in a French-/German-/Italian-/Spanish-speaking country.

N.B. This module aims to assess the semester 2 learning outcomes BOTH of students who are on a study or work placement for semester 2 only; AND of students who are on full-year placements.

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Dissertation (BSc International Development)

Code:

AP3ID3

Convenor:

DR Henny Osbahr

Summary:

Develop your research skills, including identifying a suitable topic; developing aims and hypotheses; planning and conducting research; gathering, critically reviewing and synthesising information; analysing and discussing results. In addition, through your dissertation project you will develop a detailed understanding of a specific subject area of your choice. In the delivery and presentation of your dissertation you will have the opportunity to produce and showcase an extended piece of work covering core thinking and practice in international development, and reflecting the skills that you have learned throughout the course of your studies.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 13%, Oral 13%, Dissertation 75%

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Title:

Advanced Spanish Language III

Code:

SP3L6

Convenor:

MR Oscar Garcia Garcia

Summary:

This module is aimed at students who have spent a period of residence abroad and completed the ML2YL5 Year Abroad Language. Students who successfully complete this module will have achieved a level of linguistic competence and proficiency comparable to level C1/C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). 

Assessment Method:

Practical 80%, Oral 20%

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Title:

Global Issues in Nutrition and Health

Code:

AP3A105

Convenor:

DR Simona Grasso

Summary:

Explore major contemporary social issues related to human nutrition and health in developed and developing country contexts. Draw on examples from around the world to investigate issues such as: how and why people’s diets are changing, and what the consequences of these changes are; why obesity is rising, and what can be done to deal with this problem; and how under-nutrition manifests itself in different countries, and what the most effective interventions to address this phenomenon are.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Report 30%

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Title:

Agricultural Systems in the Tropics

Code:

AP3A45

Convenor:

DR Andrew Daymond

Summary:

Learn about the agricultural systems of tropical and sub-tropical regions. Examine the major components of agricultural systems including crops, livestock, soils and climate, and their interactions. Discuss current issues for agriculture in developing countries such as the 'Green Revolution' and the use of pesticides.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Report 50%

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Title:

Climate Change and Food Systems

Code:

AP3A90

Convenor:

Summary:

Anybody working in the food system needs to consider climate change. You will learn about the global climate system and how organisms respond to climate factors. You will apply this knowledge to understand how agriculture and the wider food system need to adapt to climate change. You will learn about a range of scientific approaches used in this area of research, how to decipher the methodology sections of scientific papers, and how to critique what you read in scientific journals and in the media. You will also develop transferable skills in literature review and information synthesis.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 80%, Class test 20%

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Title:

Environmental Management in Practice

Code:

AP3AE70

Convenor:

PROF Simon Mortimer

Summary:

Learn how the principles of environmental management are applied in professional settings. Using a series of lectures, case studies and field visits, we will examine the motivations for businesses and organisations to carry out environmental management, the ways in which environmental impacts are assessed and the systems employed to minimise environmental problems.

Assessment Method:

Report 100%

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Title:

Principles of Communication Design for Development

Code:

AP3ID4

Convenor:

DR Sarah Cardey

Summary:

Learn how to apply key principles of development communication in practice and how to identify and address key factors that influence the design of communication interventions, through a group design project and interaction with experienced professionals.

Assessment Method:

Project 50%, Report 50%

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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%

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Title:

Language and Power

Code:

ML3LP

Convenor:

MR 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%

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Title:

Spanish Language for Management & Business

Code:

SP3LMB

Convenor:

MR Raúl Marchena Magadan

Summary:

This module aims to develop and expand on the language and knowledge which students have acquired after two years of undergraduate study. Students will expand their knowledge of Spanish business lexis and of the principles of business practice and its socioeconomic context. They will reinforce their ability to summarise documents and to write on business topics in Spanish and they will be able to present in oral and written form syntheses and analysis of different types of information.

Assessment Method:

Practical 50%, Oral 20%, Project 30%

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Title:

Memory, Dictatorship and Cultural Resistance in the Southern Cone

Code:

SP3MDR

Convenor:

DR Catriona McAllister

Summary:

In the 1970s, authoritarian rule took hold across Latin America’s Southern Cone. Military dictatorships in Argentina and Chile (and a civic-military dictatorship in Uruguay) were responsible for a period of state violence and human rights abuses that reshaped these countries’ political and cultural landscapes. This module will examine the politics and aesthetics of this crucial period of Latin American history. What was the political context that led to the military dictatorships of the Southern Cone? What cultural resistance took place under dictatorial rule? How have literature and film attempted to come to terms with the trauma of the past? What is the role of ‘official spaces’ in creating and preserving collective memory? By combining historical analysis and a cultural focus, it will explore the multi-faceted attempts to create ‘memory’ in the region through both a political and cultural lens.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Narrating the Colombian Conflict

Code:

SP3NCC

Convenor:

DR Cherilyn Elston

Summary:

This module examines the history of the Colombian armed conflict from the 1940s to the present day. Through the analysis of interdisciplinary historical and cultural texts (including essays, fiction, poetry, film, testimony and new media) it explores the stories that have been told about the Western hemisphere’s longest war and asks how these narratives have shaped both national and international interpretations of the conflict. Moving from the civil conflict of the 1940s-50s, through the creation of guerrilla groups in the 1960s, to the emergence of the war on drugs and recent peace processes, the course will interrogate the role stories play in both justifying conflict and creating the possibilities for peace.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Writers and Publishers in Spain

Code:

SP3WPS

Convenor:

DR Marta Simo-Comas

Summary:

Writers and Publishers in Modern and Contemporary Spain examines how the publishing industry has been instrumental in shaping the recent cultural and intellectual history of Spain, in particular from the 1930s to the present day. In order to illustrate the interaction between politics, society, culture and the forces of the publishing world, this module focuses on critical episodes of Spanish history (such as the Republic of 1931, the Francoist regime, and the Transition to democracy), as well as on cultural constructs and processes deriving from a particular set of political and economic circumstances (such as the impact of censorship and exile on the cultural field during Francoism, the emergence of the Latin American “boom” in the 1960s, the building of a new Spanish literary canon after 1975, the development of female writing from the 1980s onwards, and the application of market theory to the dissemination of culture, among others).

This module is taught in Spanish. The assessment can be completed either in English or in Spanish.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Culture and Development in Africa

Code:

GV344

Convenor:

DR Yaw Adjei-Amoako

Summary:

This module explores the relationship between culture and development in the context of Sub- Saharan Africa from theoretical and policy perspectives. Students analyse key social, cultural and development processes and contemporary issues affecting Africa at a range of geographical scales.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Water Resources

Code:

GV362

Convenor:

PROF Alan Howard

Summary:

This module is delivered at the University of Reading and focusses on water quality, public health and associated water resource management... A range of historical, current and emerging water quality problems will be considered relating to drinking water and water-bodies used for bathing and recreation. The role of the WHO, EU and national governments in water resource management will be considered. Delivery is through a traditional lecture-format with weekly interactive micro-learning tasks to enhance learning, Assessment consists of an exam and coursework assignment.   

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Consumption, Politics and Space

Code:

GV3CPS

Convenor:

PROF Mike Goodman

Summary:

This module provides students with an appreciation of the theoretical and empirical links among consumption, globalisation and sustainability from the perspective of political ecology. It enables students to develop a critical awareness of the role of the middle-class and rich people in global patterns of consumption and enviro-social sustainability and facilitates an understanding of the moral economies of global consumption networks.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Oral 20%, Portfolio 20%

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Title:

Global Justice, Labour and Development

Code:

GV3JLD

Convenor:

DR Sally Lloyd-Evans

Summary:

«p»Recent debates around sweatshops and forced labour have refocused geographical attention on the injustices brought about by globalization that have led to escalating poverty, inequalities between the 'North' and the 'South’ and a global 'cheap labour economy'. This module provides an in-depth insight into contemporary academic and policy debates around labour and livelihoods in the global South from ‘social justice’ and 'development' perspectives.   Through a critique of globalisation, migration, civil society, gender and international governance, students will explore some of the most pressing ethical and justice debates on decent work today such as child labour, the ‘DIY’ or informal economy and modern day slavery.«/p»

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Oral 10%, Report 40%

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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 50%, Set exercise 10%, Project 40%

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Title:

Feminism and Political Theory

Code:

PO3FPT

Convenor:

DR Maxime Lepoutre

Summary:

This module explores the contributions of feminism to contemporary political theory. It begins by examining theoretical controversies surrounding the definition, subject matter, and aims of feminism. It then brings these theoretical insights to bear on a range of pressing issues in feminist politics, such as abortion, surrogacy, pornography, marriage and sexist language.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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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 40%, Assignment 40%, Oral 20%

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