You will begin by analysing what is meant by Indigenous arts and peoples. In particular, we
shall consider the link between the anthropology of art and Indigenous identity. The interdisciplinary approach continues, by examining issues related to the interpretation of
indigenous arts in wide-ranging geographic and cultural contexts from North America, to
India and Australia. It then questions Indigenous peoples' engagement with notions of
ethnicity and heritage, as well as the formation of an ‘Indigenous media’ through filmmaking.

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE BIO-4013Y OR TAKE BIO4018A
IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE BIO-5011A
The aim is to provide you with an appreciation of genetics at a fundamental and molecular
level and to demonstrate the importance and utility of genetic studies. Genetics and molecular
biology lie at the heart of biological processes, ranging from cancer biology to evolution.

This module explores how information is stored in DNA, how it is expressed, copied and
repaired, and how DNA is transmitted between generations. It has significant focus on the
application of molecular biological and genetics knowledge, including animal, plant and
microbial biotechnology and synthetic biology.

Do you want to become an efficient intercultural communicator in Business settings? This
module will allow you to develop your intercultural competence in the workplace in order to
become an efficient intercultural communicator. You will be taught several strategies to
acquire intercultural competence, especially in business contexts and the workplace. You will
apply theoretical approaches to intercultural communication in order to understand how to be
successful in communication across cultures, and to solve intercultural conflicts in Business
contexts. You will take part in classroom-based activities in pairs and small groups with
students from other cultures. You will analyse case studies in which cultural clashes impact
on different areas of business and management, such as marketing, human relations, and
international negotiations. You will develop intercultural competence in different business
and work-related contexts. You will be able to build intercultural understanding, the
promotion of international business exchanges, and the facilitation of cross-cultural
adaptation. You may also get some insight in how to develop cultural consultancy for
businesses. You will be assessed at the end of the module by an essay.

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE ECO-4001A OR TAKE ECO4003A AND TAKE ECO-4005Y AND TAKE ECO-4006Y
What do a politician, a social media company and a supermarket shopper have in common?
They all make choices. But what will they choose? What is a good choice? Should we try to
change their choice? Understanding choices and how they are made is critically important.
This module will see you explore the ways economists think about making choices. Whether
those choices are in the context of uncertainty or interaction with others, you'll develop
models for predicting and analysing them. You'll also develop skills of reasoning,
argumentation and applying mathematical analysis to solve real world problems. You'll begin
by looking at individual decision making, then uncertainty, and finally strategic interaction.
Building on your knowledge of basic concepts in microeconomics, you'll become adept at
applying mathematical analysis to answer a variety of real world problems, from providing
public goods to understanding oligopolistic competition, learning through a mix of lectures,
workshops and seminars. You'll also have the opportunity to practice for your future career as
an economic consultant via a written assignment, where you’ll write a consultant's report on a
real-world problem. All areas of economics use microeconomics, so whatever you'd like to
study or work with in the future, you’ll be well served by this module. You’ll complete this
module with well-developed logic and analysis skills, as well as a solid grasp of fundamental
concepts in microeconomics.

What is an organisation? What do we mean by management? How do you lead and manage
people? In this module, you will have the opportunity to explore these questions and many
more in the fascinating area of management and organisations. You will consider the social
world of business and management and what it means in theory and in practice. You will
learn about leading, managing and organising people in work settings and why that is critical
to organisational effectiveness. You will also reflect on how you work in teams yourself. On
successful completion of the module, you will have discovered key insights into the way that
organisations exist in practice, and have the knowledge to understand them at a conceptual
level. You will also have had opportunities for self-reflection and personal learning.

This module is for students that are not on the Business and Human Resource Management
Course. If you become a manager of people, how will you look after those in your team,
department or wider organisation? Will you seek to empower, encourage and energise your
staff? How will you deal with conflict and management control? In this module you’ll have
the chance to examine a range of approaches to managing people across a variety of
organisational contexts and issues. By doing so, you’ll discover valuable insights into the
way that organisations work and the impact that different human resource management
approaches can have on organisations, people and business. We begin by learning about the
strategic significance of human resource management for competitive advantage; and
particularly the processes used to recruit, reward and retain the staff your organisation needs.
We will also explore contemporary issues about managing employees against a background
of change and internationalisation. On successful completion of the module, you’ll have
gained insight into the ways that organisations deal with their workforce. You’ll have
developed skills and knowledge that will help equip you for future management practice. And
you’ll learn useful lessons about job markets and how to get and grow in the job you desire.

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE NBS-4105B OR TAKE NBS4006Y OR TAKE APCL-NBS-4
IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE NBS-5020Y OR TAKE NBS-5920A
How do businesses go about getting their messages across to their customers? This module
will explain how modern organisations plan their communications with the people that matter
to them. You will discover the range of activities and tools which is available to marketing
managers from traditional advertising and public relations (PR) to the more up-to-date
product placement and social media. You’ll look at the issues that arise in planning,
implementing and managing Integrated Marketing Communications - IMC - campaign. These
include print and broadcast advertising, PR, sponsorship, product placement, sales promotion,
experiential and event-marketing as well as direct and digital marketing.

Why do certain stocks earn higher returns than others? How many stocks should an investor
have in their portfolio? What behavioural biases do financial market participants exhibit, and
how does this affect asset prices? Why do we observe frequent bubbles and crashes in stock
prices? How can an investor price a financial option, which derives its value from the value
of another asset? These are the types of questions you will explore on this module. Covering
the central topics in the economics of financial markets – asset pricing, behavioural finance
and derivatives – you’ll learn how to estimate expected returns for a stock and price a
financial option. You’ll be exposed to a mixture of theory and empirical evidence,
discovering how to evaluate theories in light of this evidence. You’ll learn through a mixture
of lectures, which have regular intervals for team or individual work, as well as seminars and
self-study. Assessment comprises of technical and essay questions. By the end of the module,
you’ll be equipped for further study in financial economics or a career in the finance industry.

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE BIO-4013Y OR TAKE BIO4017Y OR TAKE BIO-4016B
This module aims to develop your understanding of contemporary biochemistry, especially in
relation to mammalian physiology and metabolism. There will be a particular focus on
proteins and their involvement in cellular reactions, bioenergetics and signalling processes.

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE CHE-4101Y
This course builds on Chemistry of Carbon-based Compounds (the first year organic
chemistry course). You will cover four main topics. The first 'aromaticity' includes benzenoid
and hetero-aromatic systems. The second major topic is the organic chemistry of carbonyl
compounds. Spectroscopic characterisation of organic compounds is reviewed and the final
major topic is 'stereochemistry and mechanisms'. This covers conformational aspects of
acyclic and cyclic compounds. Stereoelectronic effects, Neighbouring Group Particip

IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PPLL4011B OR TAKE PPLL6013A
Have you ever wondered why politicians say that 'immigration is a problem' rather than
'immigrants are a problem'. Can there be unbiased news reporting in this era of ‘fake news’?
Why am I addressing you as 'you' rather than 'the students' here? In this module you will
explore some of these questions and how the language and images that make up our
interactions (in ‘texts’) are interrelated and context-related. We will explore the powerful
expressive means by which agency, responsibility and blame are attributed to or removed
from key players in the language of media, advertising and politics. We will see how the
representation of events affects and is affected by ideology and socio-cultural assumptions
and by the power relationship between individuals and social groups. Essentially, this module
is for those who are curious about the practical impact of expressive choices in everyday
written and oral communication and wish to find out more about the creative but also
manipulative power of language in context (discourse). By the end of this module, you will
have learnt how particular linguistic and visual patterns may be used to report, persuade or
direct people to do things or believe things. You will have acquired the skill to critically
assess and challenge others’ perspectives, attitudes and values but also consider more
critically how you may produce or change your language to achieve your desired aims, from
increasing the cohesion of your writing to producing a more engaging website. In other
words, you can learn skills that help you to choose your own words carefully! These skills
will better enable you to deal with the challenges of communication in the world today and
are highly valuable skills in any work environment. In the seminars, you will be encouraged
to apply the new analytical tools presented in the lecture and you will be able to select your
own material for analysis for formative exercises and the final assignment so that it relates to
your studies and interests.

Have you ever thought about what you could do to improve the world? This module will help
you find answers to this question. We will explore how you can become a more informed and
engaged global citizen by developing your intercultural and citizenship competences. You
will develop the knowledge, critical understanding, values and attitudes that can be mobilised
and deployed in a broad range of fields involving intercultural communication. The seminars
will be highly interactive and the assessment will involve practical projects. A distinctive
feature of this module is the practical understanding and application of concepts to specific
intercultural issues and global challenges in critically reflective teaching sessions. The
teaching will offer a balance between practice and theory and classroom sessions will include
group work activities and public lectures. Through this module you will enhance your
opportunities to gain employment where intercultural communication to real-life contexts is
required. By the end of this module you will have developed the ability to employ effective
and persuasive arguments in the formulation of solutions to real global challenges. The
module will be delivered in English and you don’t need to speak a foreign language to take it.

Have you thought about how communication works when we need to get our message across
in more than one language, or to reach more than one culture? For a start, we need to be
aware of how people from different cultures might communicate in different ways, and also
how our different languages might help or hinder us to do that. Whether you’re a student of
language, communication or any subject where you might have an interest in issues
associated with the globalisation of communication and the media, then this module will be
relevant to you. We will consider a range of materials (texts and their translations,
multilingual publications and packaging, film subtitles, dubbed soundtracks, IT-mediated
text) to explore issues involved in the transposition and translation of (spoken and written)
text into other media and other languages across different genres. Practical tasks give you
insights into the full breadth of issues and processes involved in successfully moving
messages between cultures. We aim to bring together students and staff from different
linguistic backgrounds, and you are encouraged to extend your thinking to other languages
you may know and to share examples with the wider group. You will be taught, and assessed,
in English, but you will need receptive knowledge of one other language in addition to
English in order to benefit from this module.

This module will provide you with a broad understanding of the key topics and issues relating
to cyber security. In the module we will use real-world examples and case studies to illustrate
the importance of security. You will learn about a variety of cyber security topics including:
the value of information and data, vulnerabilities and exploits, tools for defence and
mitigation and the human elements of cyber security. Security is fast becoming an essential
part of all aspects of our daily lives and this module will provide you with the fundamental
skills and knowledge for working in a range of industries.

The complexity of Computer Based Systems, appropriate development approaches, and their
inherent activities will be discussed using case studies and guest speakers where appropriate.
Emphasis will be placed on the processes involved with systems requirements, creative designs, and careful development, in a professional manner, ensuring that issues such as
project management, safety, security and data protection are taken into account. The module
will include a number of modelling techniques to support the systems development process.
These will be put into practise during the group exercise that will run throughout the
semester. There are also opportunities for students to hone their transferable skills through
literature searching, report writing, seminar discussions and presentations.

The Internet and the World Wide Web have become an ubiquitous part of our society. An
understanding of the underlying mechanisms of the technologies that are used in these
systems is essential for all computing science students. In this module you will be introduced
to some of the tools and technologies used for Web development. You will learn how to
apply accessibility and usability concepts in your design, creating an effective website that
meets users' needs and demands. You will learn how to build web applications using the
current industry standard Web technologies, including HTML, CSS and JavaScript. In the
latter part of the module, you will master these technologies and undertake a practical
approach to exploring them. You will also learn Web security issues along the way, and be
able to apply good standard practices in your work.

You will develop your skills and understanding in the integrated analysis of global climate
change, using perspectives from both the natural sciences and the social sciences. You will
gain a grounding in the basics of climate change science, impacts, adaptation, mitigation and
their influence on and by policy decisions. This module also offers you a historical
perspective on how climate policy has developed, culminating in the December 2015 Paris
Agreement. Finally, it considers what will be required to meet the goal of the Paris
Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels.

What are the most pressing environmental challenges facing the world today? How do we
understand these problems through cutting-edge environmental science research? What are
the possibilities for building sustainable solutions to address them in policy and society? In
this module, you will tackle these questions by taking an interdisciplinary approach to
consider challenges relating to climate change, biodiversity, water resources, natural hazards,
and technological risks. In doing so you will gain an insight into environmental science
research ‘in action’ and develop essential academic study skills needed to explore these
issues.

The analysis of film form underpins film studies as a discipline, informing aesthetic,
theoretical and historical modes of inquiry. You will be introduced to the analysis of film
form and film style. It encompasses approaches to the fundamental formal elements of miseen-scène, cinematography, editing and sound. You will also build on these elements of film form to address systems of and approaches to film style including narrative and narration, genre, realism, continuity and classicism, modernism and experimentation. You will also
learn how questions of film style are integral to the analysis of representation, for example in relation to modernity, gender and race.

Born, bathed, dressed, worshipped, sexed, cut, bruised, ripped, split, buried: the human body
offer historians a gateway onto understanding the cultures of the past. On this course you will
examine several groups of objects from the visual culture of medieval Europe and the Middle
East through this contemporary theoretical lens, building up a body of medieval artistic
practice piece by bodily piece, and examining how the techniques and society of the medieval
craftsman at once idolised and distorted the medieval body's forms. In previous years this
course has also featured a study trip to museums and galleries in London to meet with
curators and handle objects.

An introduction to the legal regulation and control of companies and those persons involved
with them, principally directors and shareholders. Consideration is given, among others, to
the nature, types and functions of companies, the consequences of incorporation, the
company's organs and agents, the rights and obligations of shareholders, the structure and
management of the board of directors and its relationship with the shareholders. The course
aims to give a modern treatment of company law, concentrating on those aspects which are of practical importance and relevance not only to those who wish to pursue a career as
commercial or company lawyers, but also to those who have no such aspirations, as a
knowledge of the company and how it works is relevant to many aspects of legal practice.
Non-Law Students will not be permitted by the Law School to transfer to this module once
the teaching has started.

Adult Relationships Law is a socio-legal study of marriage (the formation of marriage, the
purposes and status of marriage, claims to equal marriage), divorce (the ground of divorce,
how the process works, whether the process should be reformed), financial settlements on
divorce (what settlement can be expected, should prenups be enforceable), cohabitation
without marriage (remedies on breakdown of the relationship, should cohabitants have
divorce-style rights) and domestic violence. This module reflects both the practical
application of family law – What is the law? How does it work in practice? – and the
theoretical basis of the law – Why is the law the way it is? What does that say about society?
How could we think differently about it, and change the law? It develops law-specific
academic and practical skills as well as transferable skills.

The aims of this module are: To introduce students to the structure of the media industries in
the UK, the justification for, and different models of regulation. To consider the main social,
technological and regulatory influences shaping its development. To consider the regulation
of the media markets. To consider the issues relating to the management of reputation from a
private law perspective, including defamation and the protection of privacy. To consider legal
issues pertaining to journalism (e.g. , contempt, courts, privilege).

The Criminal Process examines key issues in contemporary English criminal justice. You'll
explore principles and concepts that underpin the criminal justice system. You'll look at a
series of case-studies that illustrate tensions and conflicts between those principles including:
the ‘right to silence’ in police interviews and at trial; the treatment of rape complainants in
the criminal process, including how such complainants are treated at court and the questions
about their ‘sexual history’ that they can be asked at trial; key issues in evidence law, such as
the admissibility of evidence of previous convictions at trial; the admissibility of ‘unfairly’
obtained evidence; and the jury system (we will examine whether trial by jury is the most
effective way of organising trials). This module is avaialble to students on Law, Law with
European Legal Systems, Law with American Law, Visiting Studies in Law, Certificate of
Higher Education in Common Law.

Do accents define us? Do we need to change how we speak depending on who we are
speaking to? Is language sexist? These are key questions to consider when think about sociolinguistics, the study of language and society. After all, Language is a powerful thing, an
aspect of human behaviour that both defines and reflects the cultural norms of different
societies. Our aim is to provide an introduction to sociolinguistics and throughout the module
you will discover a wealth of different approaches to analysing language in relations to many
different social variables, such as class, ethnicity, gender or social distance. You’ll gain a
firm grounding in sociolinguistic frameworks, methods and concepts, and also learn how to
communicate linguistic ideas, principles and theories by written, oral and visual means.
You’ll begin with an overview of the field of sociolinguistics and key social variables. You’ll
then delve deeper, uncovering core concepts such as dialectology, Code-switching,
genderlects, language policy, multilingualism, and interpersonal dynamics. By looking at the
different methods and types of evidence used by sociolinguists, you’ll become proficient in
the different ways of working in this fascinating subject. Learning will be through a mixture
of seminars and self-directed study. Seminars will include practical opportunities to practice
your skills in linguistic analysis. You’ll be assessed though coursework (100%), but will
present your research for your coursework during the module as part of the formative
assessment. The module is open to anyone interested in learning more about sociolinguistics,
and you do not need to be studying a language to take this module – just have an interest in
language and how we use it. On successful completion of the module, you’ll have the
knowledge and skills to take your understanding of language and society, and how we
communication and interpret this communication, and apply it to many different areas of
study. You’ll develop your research, writing and presentation skills. And you’ll be able to
communicate your ideas more effectively, putting your thinking to the test by sharing it with
others.

In this module, you will learn about the methods used to model the physics of the Earth and
Universe. You will explore the energy, mechanics, and physical processes underpinning
Earth's systems. This includes the study of its formation, subsequent evolution and current
state through the understanding of its structure and behaviour - from our planet's interior to
the dynamic surface and into the atmosphere. In the second part of this module, you will
study aspects of astrophysics including the history of astrophysics, radiation, matter,
gravitation, astrophysical measurements, spectroscopy, stars and some aspects of cosmology.
You will learn to predict differences between idealised physics and real life situations. You’ll
also improve your skills in problem solving, written communication, information retrieval,
poster design, information technology, numeracy and calculations, time management and
organisation.

This module covers the laws of physics described by quantum mechanics that govern the
behaviour of microscopic particles. The module will focus on non-relativitic quantum
mechanics that is described by the Schrodinger equation. Time-dependent and time-independent solutions will be presented in different contexts including an application to the hydrogen atom. Approximation schemes will also be discussed, with particular emphasis on variational principles, WKB approximation.

IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE PSY-6001A
In this module you will critically explore gender in a range of everyday contexts. You will
consider the role of psychology in understanding historical and contemporary issues
involving gender and explore what alternative/inter-disciplinary approaches might offer.

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE PSY-5003Y
Good mental health and wellbeing are increasingly recognised as important societal aims.
However, there is much debate about how we understand and discuss quite abstract terms like
‘mental health’ and ‘wellbeing’. The aim of this module is to help students make sense of this
debate, regarding what we mean when we discuss ‘mental health’, primarily from a
psychology perspective. The module will cover how mental health problems are
conceptualised and categorised in lay and expert views, and by different mental health
practitioners. It will cover how mental health conditions develop, and if so, how they can be
remediated and prevented. We will also cover how to apply this knowledge to understand
important contemporary mental health topics such as gender differences in mental health
experiences, student mental health and how to facilitate sustainable psychological functioning
in the 21st century. A variety of perspectives will be presented across different levels of space
(biological, psychological, social) and time (generational and cohort changes) and across
different theoretical orientations (clinical, lived experience, research, systems modelling).
Through these different approaches and perspectives, you will become an expert in
understanding the psychology of mental health. You’ll learn through a mixture of lectures
and seminars and self-directed study. Lectures include topics on the assessment,
classification, causes and treatments of mental health conditions. Seminars include debates
and discussion with individuals with lived experience of mental health conditions. You will
be assessed through an essay on the topics covered throughout the module. The module will
provide a good foundation for further postgraduate study and strong preparation for a career
as a mental health practitioner. You will also gain useful practice in research, writing and
presentation skills. Finally, it will help you understand your own mental health and what you
can do to live a happy and meaningful life.

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE PSY-5003Y
Assessing risk has always been of great importance as individuals attempt to avoid negative
outcomes under conditions of uncertainty. More recently there has been an attempt to make
this assessment objective as a foundation for government policies and public information.
However, there is often a gap between expert objective opinion and individuals’ opinions,
which can be problematic, for example when attempting to persuade people to reduce their
carbon footprint or cut down on unhealthy behaviours. This module examines ongoing
research which seeks to explain the phenomena and theories that underlie the individual’s
ability to gather and assess information about potential risks and their subsequent decisions.
This includes defining risk, considering individual differences in risk perception and the
influence of sources of risk information.

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE PSY-4008Y
The module runs across two core themes of psychology, Social Psychology and
Developmental Psychology. The Social Psychology theme will consolidate and expand your
knowledge of core areas of social psychological theory and research, namely; Social
Perception (including person perception, attitudes, attribution), Inter-group Processes
(including prejudice, inter-group conflict, social identification), Small Group Processes
(including norms, leadership, decision-making, productivity), Social Influence (including
conformity, obedience, majority and minority influence, the bystander effect), Close
Relationships (including interpersonal attraction, relationships). The Developmental Theme
will consider a range of concepts, issues and debates concerning social, emotional and
cognitive development during infancy, childhood and adolescence. You will be encouraged
to think critically about some key theoretical and methodological approaches. Recurrent
themes include the influences of genes and environment; thought and language; typical and
atypical development; social context and communication with children; and the relative roles
of the individual and culture in development.

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE PSY-5003Y
THIS MODULE IS RESERVED FOR PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS. The module aims to
enable students to comprehend, evaluate and compare the core topics and major perspectives
in social psychological theory and research. The module will: - Introduce you to topic areas
related to social perception in the context of individual, interpersonal, and intergroup
processes, and highlight how these topics relate to everyday behaviour. - Assist you in
formulating an appreciation of the strengths and limitations of key theoretical approaches
discussed in this class. - Encourage you to adopt a constructively critical and creative
approach. - Nurture intellectual enthusiasm for the subject matter within a supportive learning
environment.