Undergraduate Modules for 2016-17

The modules in this section are only applicable to students who will be studying them between September 2016 and August 2017.

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

If you intend to study one of these modules from September 2017 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.

The module list for September 2017 - August 2018 will be published here in March 2017 (exact date to be confirmed).

Anthropology Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ANT1003 Imagining Social Worlds: Texts 15 1
ANT1004 Introduction to Social Anthropology-Theorising the Everyday World 15 2
ANT1005 Introduction to Social Anthropology: Exploring Cultural Diversity 15 1

Anthropology Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ANT2002 Ethnography Now 15 1
ANT2003 Current Debates in Anthropology 15 1
ANT2004 Into the Field 15 2
ANT2005 Current Debates in Anthropology: Practice 15 2
ANT2009 Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities 15 2
ANT2012 The Human Condition: Classic Readings in Anthropology 15 2
ANT2013 Visual Anthropology: Methods and Perspectives 15 2
ANT2032 Culture and Perception 15 1
ANT2040 Actor-Network-Theory 15 2
ANT2085 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control 15 1
ANT2087 Disability and Society 15 1
ANT2088 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society 15 2
ANT2089 Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism 15 1
ANT2090 Sound and Society 15 1
ANT2091 Philosophical Anthropology 30 1 and 2
ANT2097 Environment and Society 15 2
ANT2103 Senses and Society 15 1

Anthropology Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ANT3004 Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities 15 2
ANT3012 The Human Condition: Classic Readings in Anthropology 15 2
ANT3013 Visual Anthropology: Methods and Perspectives 15 2
ANT3032 Culture and Perception 15 1
ANT3037 Actor-Network-Theory 15 2
ANT3040 Anthropology Dissertation 30 1 and 2
ANT3085 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control 15 1
ANT3087 Disability and Society 15 1
ANT3088 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society 15 2
ANT3089 Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism 15 1
ANT3090 Sound and Society 15 1

Arab and Islamic Studies Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ARA1010 Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East 15 2
ARA1013 Elementary Persian 15 1
ARA1015 Arabic for Beginners 30 1 and 2
ARA1018 Introduction to Islam 15 1
ARA1020 Elementary Persian 2 15 2
ARA1021 Introduction to Persian History and Culture 15 2
ARA1031 Elementary Turkish I 15 1
ARA1032 Elementary Turkish II 15 2
ARA1033 Elementary Arabic Language 60 1 and 2
ARA1034 Elementary Indonesian 1 15 1
ARA1035 Elementary Indonesian 2 15 2
ARA1036 Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E. 15 1

Arab and Islamic Studies Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ARA2000 Year Abroad 120
ARA2009 Living and Communicating in the Arab World 30
ARA2010 Work Placement 30 2 and 3
ARA2011 Year Abroad Arabic Media Project 30 1 and 2
ARA2012 Year Abroad 1 and 2
ARA2013 Religion and Politics in the Middle East: Literary Perspectives 15 2
ARA2118 Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East 15 1
ARA2122 Themes in Modern Arabic Poetry 15 1
ARA2132 Islamic Law and Society 15 1
ARA2134 Ethnography of the Middle East 15 1
ARA2135 Conflict and Peace making Palestine/Israel 15 2
ARA2139 Intermediate Arabic Language II 30 1 and 2
ARA2141 Intermediate Persian 15 1
ARA2148 Arabic for Beginners II 30 1 and 2
ARA2150 Muslims in Britain 15 2
ARA2151 Intermediate Persian II 15 2
ARA2160 Islamic Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to Al-Qa'ida 15 1
ARA2161 The Historiography of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 15 1
ARA2162 Political Economy of Development in the Middle East 15 2
ARA2164 Intermediate Turkish I 15 1
ARA2165 Intermediate Turkish II 15 2
ARA2166 Revolution, Reform or Status Quo 15 2
ARA2170 A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 15 2
ARA2171 A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 30 2

Arab and Islamic Studies Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
ARA3103 Advanced Arabic Language 30 1 and 2
ARA3106 Dissertation 30 1, 2 and 3
ARA3107 Politics of Semi-democratic and Authoritarian Countries 30 1 and 2
ARA3129 Nationalisms in the Middle East 15 1
ARA3136 The History and Political Development of Iraq 15 2
ARA3140 The Kurds: History and Politics 15 2
ARA3144 Advanced Persian Language I 15 1
ARA3145 Advanced Persian Language II 15 2
ARA3146 Iranian History, 1500 - the Present 15 2
ARA3158 Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond 15 2
ARA3160 Intermediate Arabic Language I 30 1 and 2
ARA3162 Britain in the Middle East, 1798-1977 15 2
ARA3163 Politics and Reform in the Gulf 15 2

Education Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
EDU1015 Learning for Teaching: School Experience 15 1 and 2
EDU1016 Learning for Teaching: School Experience 30 1 and 2

Education Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
EDU2016 Learning for Teaching: School Experience 15 1 and 2
EDU2017 Learning for Teaching: School Experience 30 1 and 2

Education Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
EDU3013 Learning for Teaching: School Experience 15 1 and 2
EDU3014 Learning for Teaching: School Experience 30 1 and 2

Law Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
LAW1003 Criminal Law 30 1 and 2
LAW1004 The Law of Contract 30 1 and 2
LAW1013 French Constitutional Law 30 1 and 2
LAW1035 Constitutional and Administrative Law 30 1 and 2
LAW1036 Legal Foundations 30 1 and 2

Law Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
LAW2004B Contract Law 30 1 and 2
LAW2015 Law of Torts 30 1 and 2
LAW2015B Law of Torts 30 1 and 2
LAW2016C Environmental Regulation and Redress 15 2
LAW2017 Land Law 30 1 and 2
LAW2017B Land Law 30 1 and 2
LAW2019 Commercial Law 30 1, 2 and 3
LAW2031 The Law of Obligations 30 1 and 2
LAW2033 French Administrative Law 30 1 and 2
LAW2035 Constitutional and Administrative Law 30 1 and 2
LAW2035B Constitutional and Administrative Law 30 1 and 2
LAW2041 Equity and Trusts 30 1 and 2

Law Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
LAW3000 Year Abroad Module 120 1 and 2
LAW3003 Criminal Law 30 1 and 2
LAW3003B Criminal Law 30 1 and 2
LAW3009 Critical Issues in Human Dignity and Law 15 2
LAW3011 Gender, Sexuality and Law 15 1
LAW3016C Legal Response to Environmental Destruction 15 2
LAW3019 Commercial Law 30 1 and 2
LAW3020 Family Law 30 1 and 2
LAW3024 Public International Law 30 1 and 2
LAW3026 Employment Law 30 1 and 2
LAW3028 Intellectual Property 30 1 and 2
LAW3032 Law of Obligations II 30 1 and 2
LAW3041B Trusts 30 1 and 2
LAW3043 Company Law 30 1 and 2
LAW3047 Dissertation 30 1 and 2
LAW3047A Comparative Law Dissertation 30 1 and 2
LAW3051 French Law of Contracts 30 1 and 2
LAW3066 Medical Ethics and Law 15 2
LAW3072 Aspects of Evidence 15 1
LAW3083 Company Law Foundation 15 1
LAW3132 Islamic Law and Society 15 1
LAW3137 Lethal Force, the ECHR and Democracy 15 2
LAW3142 Environmental Law and Planning 30 1 and 2
LAW3148 European Convention on Human Rights: Theory and Practice 30 1 and 2
LAW3151A Research Paper (Term 1) 15 1
LAW3151B Research Paper (Term 2) 15 2
LAW3155 Law, Politics and Power 30 1 and 2
LAW3156 Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law 30 1 and 2
LAW3157B European Union Law 15 1
LAW3160 Family Law: Child Law 15 2
LAW3161 Commercial Law 15 2
LAW3162 Intellectual Property: Patents 15 2

Philosophy Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
PHL1002A Knowledge and Reality 1 15 1
PHL1002B Knowledge and Reality 2 15 2
PHL1005A Evidence and Argument 1 15 1
PHL1006 Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 15 2
PHL1007 Philosophical Reading 1 15 1
PHL1008 Philosophical Readings 2 15 2
PHL1009 Philosophies of Art 15 1
PHL1010 Introduction to Asian Philosophy 15 1
PHL1013 Philosophy of Morality 15 2
PHL1112 Philosophy of Film 15 1

Philosophy Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
PHL2010A Philosophy of Mind - 1 15 1
PHL2011A Philosophy of Nature 1 15 1
PHL2012 Social Philosophy 15 1
PHL2015 Body and Mind 15 2
PHL2016 Metaphysics 15 2
PHL2018 Philosophy of Language 15 2
PHL2021 Symbolic Logic 15 2
PHL2022 Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology 15 1
PHL2024A Philosophical Readings 3 15 1
PHL2026 Philosophy of Science 15 2
PHL2027 Feminist Philosophy 15 1
PHL2035 Critical Bioethics 15 1
PHL2038 The Self 15 1
PHL2051 The Human Condition: Classic Readings in Anthropology 15 2
PHL2052 Epistemology 15 2
PHL2061 Philosophy of Law 15 1
PHL2075 Philosophical Readings 6 15 2
PHL2091 Philosophical Anthropology 30 1 and 2
PHL2096 Cyborg Studies 15 1
PHL2108 Fundamental Ontology 15 2
PHL2110 Philosophy of Emotion 30 1 and 2

Philosophy Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
PHL3014 Symbolic Logic 15 2
PHL3018 Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology 15 1
PHL3024A Philosophical Readings 3 15 1
PHL3026 Philosophy of Science 15 2
PHL3035 Critical Bioethics 15 1
PHL3038 The Self 15 1
PHL3040 Philosophy Dissertation 30 1 and 2
PHL3041 Feminist Philosophy 15 1
PHL3051 The Human Condition: Classic Readings in Anthropology 15 2
PHL3052 Epistemology 15 2
PHL3061 Philosophy of Law 15 1
PHL3075 Philosophical Readings 6 15 2
PHL3091 Philosophical Anthropology 30 1 and 2
PHL3096 Cyborg Studies 15 1
PHL3108 Fundamental Ontology 15 2
PHL3110 Philosophy of Emotion 30 1 and 2

Politics (Exeter Campus) Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
POL1001B State of Britain 15 2
POL1006 State and Society 15 2
POL1017 Globalisation of World Politics 15 1
POL1018 Facing the Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century 15 2
POL1019 Power and Democracy 15 1
POL1020 Politics in Europe 15 1
POL1025 Classical Political Thought 15 1
POL1026 Early Modern Political Thought 15 2
POL1027 Strategic Theory and Contemporary International Conflict 15 2
POL1028 Introduction to Strategic Studies 15 2
POL1041 Data Analysis in Social Science 15 2
POL1042 Rational Choice and Environmental Problems 15 2

Politics (Exeter Campus) Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
POL2020 Contemporary Theories of World Politics 15 1
POL2026 Political Analysis: Behaviour, Institutions, Ideas 15 2
POL2027 The Politics of the World Economy 15 2
POL2028 Political Ethics: Theory and Case Studies 15 2
POL2038 International Relations, War and Peace in the Middle East 15 2
POL2046 The Economics of Politics 15 1
POL2047 American Politics 15 2
POL2050 Political Philosophy 15 2
POL2052 Foreign Policy: Leadership, Power and Responsibility 15 1
POL2057 Security Studies 15 2
POL2059 Political Thought of Modernity 15 1
POL2076 Rising Powers, Peace and Conflict 15 1
POL2077 Data Analysis in Social Science II 15 1
POL2078 Governing the Public Sector: Bureaucratic Power and Politics 15 1
POL2079 Contemporary Public Debate in an Age of 'Anti-Politics' 15 2
POL2081 Thinking about Race: Perspectives from the Biological and Social Sciences 15 2
POL2082 The Changing Character of Warfare 15 1
POL2084 European Union Foreign Policy 15 2
POL2094 Data Analysis in Social Science III 15 2
POL2097 Behavioural Public Policy and the Nudge Agenda 15 1

Politics (Exeter Campus) Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
POL3040 Dissertation 30 1 and 2
POL3054 Nuclear Weapons in International Relations 15 2
POL3069 Globalisation and the Politics of Resistance 30 1 and 2
POL3076 Research Design for Dissertation 30 1, 2 and 3
POL3077 Global Environmental Politics and Policy 30 1 and 2
POL3078 Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics 30 1 and 2
POL3081 Markets, Regulation and Europeanisation 30 1 and 2
POL3086 Dissertation Planning, Preparation and Proposal (D3P) 15
POL3094 Data Analysis in Social Science III 15 2
POL3125 The History and Political Development of Iraq 15 2
POL3126 Ethno-Politics: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies 15 2
POL3129 Politics and Reform in the Gulf 15 2
POL3132 Globalisation and Democratic Politics: the End of the Nation State? 30 1 and 2
POL3154 The Politics of Climate Change 15 1
POL3156 Central Asian Politics 30 1 and 2
POL3168 War and its Aftermath: Interventions and Contemporary Conflict 30 1 and 2
POL3170 Marxism and Post-Structuralism 30 1 and 2
POL3172 Political Participation 15 1, 2 and 3
POL3175 Nationalisms in the Middle East 15 1
POL3180 Latin American Parties, Politics and Elections 30 1 and 2
POL3184 Politics of Semidemocratic and Authoritarian Countries 30 1 and 2
POL3193 Women in the Criminal Justice System: Law, Policy and Institutions 30 1 and 2
POL3194 Rethinking the Politics of Communities 30 1 and 2
POL3195 The Politics of Regulation: Risks and Regulatory Failures 30 1 and 2
POL3196 Democracy in the European Union 30 1 and 2
POL3198 Revolution and Modern Political Thought 30 1, 2 and 3
POL3199 Images of Democracy 30 1 and 2
POL3201 International Security and US Foreign Policy 15 1
POL3202 China in World Affairs 30 1 and 2
POL3203 Comparative Public Opinion 30 1 and 2
POL3205 Civic Engagement 30 1 and 2
POL3206 The Political Economy of the State 30 1 and 2
POL3208 Maritime Power and Security in Global Politics 15 2
POL3210 Global Justice 15 2
POL3211 Nonviolence: Power and Politics 15 1
POL3213 Feminist Political Theory 15 2
POL3214 Disrupting Western Hegemony: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Post-WWII 15 1

Politics (Penryn Campus) Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
POC1003 British Government and Politics 15 1
POC1014 The Public Policy Process 15 2
POC1021 Key Concept in Politics and International Relations 15 1
POC1022 Violence in World Politics 15 2

Politics (Penryn Campus) Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
POC2012 The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention 15 1
POC2041 The Political Psychology of Elites 15 1
POC2085 Theories of The Good Life: From the Agora to the American Dream 15 1
POC2087 Security Studies, Part One 15 2
POC2088 Understanding Israel and Palestine: One Land, Two People 15 1, 2 and 3
POC2090 Violence, Conflict and Religion in the Middle East 15 2
POC2093 Understanding Israel and Palestine: Seeking Peace 15 2

Politics (Penryn Campus) Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
POC3040 Dissertation 30 1 and 2
POC3072F Politics of Protest (Fieldwork) 15 1
POC3085 Theories of the Good Life: From the Agora to the American Dream 15 1
POC3094 Global Policy Challenges 15 1

Sociology Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SOC1003 Imagining Social Worlds: Texts 15 1
SOC1019 Contemporary Society: Themes and Perspectives 15 1
SOC1020 Contemporary Society: Field and Case Studies 15 2
SOC1028 Media and Society 15 2
SOC1036 Foucault-Discipline and Punish 15 2
SOC1037 Introduction to Social Analysis: Classical Social Theory 15 1
SOC1038 Introduction to Social Analysis: Contemporary Social Theory 15 2
SOC1039 Social Issues: Part I - Introducing Crime and Deviance 15 1
SOC1040 Social Issues: Part II - Themes in Criminology 15 2
SOC1045 Introduction to Criminal Justice 15 2

Sociology Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SOC2004 Into the Field 15 2
SOC2005 Theoretical Sociology 30 1 and 2
SOC2030 Sociology of Art and Culture 15 2
SOC2033 Addiction 15 2
SOC2034 Gender and Society 1: Body and Sexuality in Contemporary Perspective 15 1
SOC2035 International Criminal Justice: Comparative Criminology 15 2
SOC2036 International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime 15 1
SOC2050 Knowing the Social: perception, memory and representation 15 1
SOC2085 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control 15 1
SOC2087 Disability and Society 15 1
SOC2088 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society 15 2
SOC2094 Data Analysis in Social Science III 15 2
SOC2095 On Violence 30 1 and 2
SOC2096 Cyborg Studies 15 1
SOC2097 Environment and Society 15 2
SOC2098 Sociology of Imprisonment 15 1
SOC2101 Police and Policing 15 1
SOC2103 Senses and Society 15 1
SOC2104 Victimology 15 2

Sociology Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SOC3013 Gender and Society 1 15 1
SOC3030 Sociology of Art and Culture 15 2
SOC3032 Culture and Perception in Everyday Life 15 1
SOC3033 Addiction 15 2
SOC3034 International Criminal Justice: Comparative Criminology 15 2
SOC3036 International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime 15 1
SOC3040 Dissertation 30 1 and 2
SOC3085 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control 15 1
SOC3087 Disability and Society 15 1
SOC3088 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society 15 2
SOC3094 Data Analysis in Social Science III 15 2
SOC3095 On Violence 30 1 and 2
SOC3096 Cyborg Studies 15 1
SOC3097 Environment and Society 15 2
SOC3098 Sociology of Imprisonment 15 1
SOC3101 Police and Policing 15 1
SOC3103 Senses and Society 15 1
SOC3104 Victimology 15 2

College Modules

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SSI2001 Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences 15 2
SSI2002 Data Analysis in the Workplace 15 1
SSI3999 One Year study abroad 120 1 and 2