Postgraduate Modules for 2018-19

The modules in this section are only applicable to students who studied them between September 2018 and August 2019.

If you wish to look at details for a module you studied in an earlier academic year please see postgraduate modules for other academic years.

If you intend to study one of these modules from September 2019 or later, you may refer to these descriptors as a guide; but please be aware that details they contain – including (but not limited to) reading lists, duration and assessments – may change for your academic year.

Notes

The next compiled module list for the September 2019 - August 2020 academic year will be published here in August 2019 (exact date to be confirmed).

Anthropology

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
ANTM002	Permaculture and Gardening with Nature	15	1, 2 and 3
ANTM003	Theory and Methods of Food Preservation	15	2
ANTM004	Food and Agriculture in Historical Perspective	15	1
ANTM021	Food, Body and Society	15	1
ANTM100	The Animal Mirror: Representations of Animality	15
ANTM102	Anthrozoology: Theory and Method	30	1
ANTM103	Applied Anthrozoology	30	1
ANTM105	Humans and Wildlife: Conflict and Conservation	15	2
ANTM106	Representation of Animals Through Religion	15	2
ANTM107	Anthrozoology Residential	15
ANTM109	Animal Criminology	15	2
ANTM110	The Horse-Human Dyad	15
ANTM904	Dissertation	60

Arab and Islamic Studies

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
ARAM027	MA Dissertation	60	1 and 2
ARAM054	State and Society in the Middle East	30	2
ARAM081	Advanced Arabic Language	30	1 and 2
ARAM082	Dissertation	60	2
ARAM112A	Independent Reading Course	15	1
ARAM112B	Independent Reading Course	15	2
ARAM147	The Kurds: History and Politics	30	2
ARAM187	The Middle East Before 1945	30	1
ARAM188	The Middle East Since 1945	30	2
ARAM213	Approaches to Middle East and Islamic Studies: States, Societies and Identities	15	1
ARAM219	The Palestine Question: Past and Present	15	1
ARAM225	Gender and Politics in the Middle East	30	1
ARAM230	Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Palestine/Israel	15	2
ARAM232	Theorising the Middle East	15	1
ARAM233	Dissertation skills	15	1

Education

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
EDUM030	Professional Learning (School Direct)		1, 2 and 3
EDUM033	Primary Curriculum Studies		1, 2 and 3
EDUM034	Primary Professional Learning		1, 2 and 3
EDUM036	Secondary Education and Professional Studies	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM037	Secondary Biology Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM038	Secondary Biology with Psychology Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM039	Secondary Chemistry Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM042	Secondary English Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM043	Secondary French Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM044	Secondary German Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM047	Secondary Mathematics Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM048	Secondary Physics Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM049	Secondary Physical Education Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM050	Secondary Religious Education Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM051	Secondary Spanish Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM052	Secondary Professional Learning		1, 2 and 3
EDUM053	Primary Teaching and Learning Contextual Studies (School Direct)	30	1, 2 and 3
EDUM061	Primary Teaching and Learning	20	1, 2 and 3

Law

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
LAWM044	Trademarks	30	2
LAWM063	Human Dignity and Human Rights in the EU	15	1
LAWM067	Carriage of Goods by Sea	30	1
LAWM075	Copyright Law	30	1
LAWM079	Marine Insurance	30	2
LAWM084	International Arbitration	30	1
LAWM087	Competition Law	30	1
LAWM089	Consumer Protection	30	1
LAWM094	Human Dignity and Human Rights in the EU	30	2
LAWM097	International Law of Armed Conflict	30	1
LAWM100	Mergers and Acquisitions	30	2
LAWM101	Patent and Design Law	30	1
LAWM105	Corporate Law and Governance	30	1
LAWM108	Motor Insurance Law and Autonomous Vehicles	30	2
LAWM112	Financial Markets Law and Regulation	30	1
LAWM114	Post-Conflict Governance, Rule of Law and Justice	30	2 and 3
LAWM117	The Law of International Organisations	30	1
LAWM126	International and Comparative Employment Law	30	1
LAWM127	Law of the Sea	30	2
LAWM128	International Tax Law	30	2
LAWM640	Dissertation	60	1 and 2
LAWM671	International Human Rights Law	30	2
LAWM683	International Criminal Law	30	1
LAWM689	The Family, Law and Social Change	15	2
LAWM711	Environmental and Energy Law	30	2
LAWM715	International Migration and the Law	30	2

Philosophy

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
PHLM006	Contemporary Ethics	30	2
PHLM007	Current Issues in Mind and Cognition	30	1
PHLM008	Mind, Body and World	30	2
PHLM009	Dissertation	60
PHLM010	Introduction to Philosophical Methods	30	1

Politics

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
POLM002M	Management and Governance: Comparing Public Administration around the World	20	1
POLM003M	Policy and Politics: the theory and Strategy of Delivering Public Services	20	1
POLM004M	Public Sector Finance for Managers	20	1
POLM005M	The Politics, Policy and Practice of Sustainable Development	20	1
POLM007M	The New Public Management: Principles, Practice and Prospects	20	2
POLM008M	Policy Analysis and Evaluation	20	2
POLM009M	Regulation and Reform: Analysis and Policy	20	2
POLM013M	MPA Dissertation	60
POLM014M	MPA Applied Studies	60
POLM015M	Behavioural Public Policy and Administration	20	2
POLM016	Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks, and Ethical Consumption	15	2
POLM016M	Leadership, Equality and Diversity	20	2
POLM030	Mathematics and Programming Skills for Policy Analytics	15	1
POLM057	Understanding and Interpretation in Political Thought	30	2
POLM060	Global Security	30	1
POLM063	Qualitative Methods in Social Research	15	2
POLM073	Political Economy of Food and Agriculture	15	1
POLM082	International Relations of the Middle East	30	1
POLM084	Conflict, Security and Development in World Politics	30	1
POLM085	Work Placement in Conflict, Security and Development	30	2
POLM086	Quantitative Data Analysis	30	1
POLM088	State-building after Civil War	30	2
POLM090	East Asian Regional Order	30	2
POLM100	Dissertation	60	1 and 2
POLM140	Qualitative Methods in Social Research	30	2
POLM144	The West, Civilisations and World Order	30	1
POLM148	Brexit: Causes, Interpretation and Implications	30	2
POLM150	Text as Data	15	1
POLM152	Post-Conflict Human Rights and Transitional Justice	30	1
POLM153	Knowledge Exchange in Agriculture, Food and Development	15	2
POLM155	The Politics of Populism: Domestic and global challenges	30	2
POLM156	The Transformation of Politics in the Global Age	30	1
POLM157	Global Issues in European Politics	30	1
POLM158	Digital Politics and Policy	30	2
POLM502	International Relations: Power and Institutions	30	1
POLM503	Foreign Policy Decision-Making	30	2
POLM651	State and Society in the Middle East	30	2
POLM803	Sources in Modernity and Post-Modernity	30	1
POLM806	Problems and Texts in Social and Political Thought	15	2
POLM809	Applied Quantitative Data Analysis	15	1
POLM876	Dissertation Skills	15	1 and 2
POLM877	Dissertation	45	2 and 3

Sociology

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
SOCM002A	Philosophy of the Social Sciences 1	15	2
SOCM002B	Philosophy of the Social Sciences	30	2
SOCM013	Independent Study in Sociology and Philosophy	30	2
SOCM016	Cultures of the Life Sciences	30	2
SOCM019	Research Methods in the Social Sciences	15	1
SOCM020	Research Methods in the Social Sciences	30	1
SOCM021	Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks, and Ethical Consumption	30	2
SOCM022	Food, Body and Society	30	1
SOCM023	Social Theory	15	2
SOCM027	Social Theory	30	2
SOCM029	Data Visualisation	15	2
SOCM030	Gender at Work	30	2
SOCM031	Evidence-Based Policing	15	2
SOCM032	Emerging Issues in STS	30	1
SOCM904	Dissertation	60	1, 2 and 3
SOCM945	Philosophy of Science	30	1
SOCM950	Science Technology and Society	30	1