Updated undergraduate course and programme information 2016/17 - for prospective students
The following information provides undergraduate students with a summary of new courses course and programmes being offered in the 2016/17 session. It is intended to help you when you are selecting your courses.
Undergraduate programmes
New programmes for 2016/17 | |
Department of Finance |
Withdrawn programmes from 2016/17 | |
Department of Social Policy |
BSc in Social Policy and Criminology |
Substantive changes to Programme regulations from 2016/17 | |
Department of Anthropology |
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Department of History |
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Department of Management |
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Department of Mathematics |
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Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
Undergraduate courses
Updated undergraduate summative assessment information for 2016/17
New courses for 2016/17 | |
Department of Anthropology courses: | |
AN247 The Anthropology of Ontology (H) (reinstated) |
AN398 Special Essay Paper in Social Anthropology (H) |
AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation, Development, and Globalisation (H) |
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Department of Economics courses: | |
EC240 PPE Interdisciplinary Research Seminar |
EC4B5 Macroeconomics for MSc F&E (H) |
EC4B6 Microeconomics for MSc F&E (H) |
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Department of Finance courses: | |
FM100 Introduction to Finance (H) |
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Department of Geography & Environment courses: | |
GY526 Advanced Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics: Time, Risk and Environmental Policy (H) |
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Department of Government courses: | |
GV307 Political and Ethnic Conflict and Coexistence: Key Debates (H) |
GV315 Voting and Elections in Developing Democracies (H) |
GV317 The Modern State - Theory and Practice (H) |
GV318 Building Democracies from Conflict. Violence, PowerSharing and Institutional Design (H) |
GV325 Advanced Issues in Political Economy (H) |
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Department of International History courses: | |
HY119 Thinking Like a Historian (non-assessed) |
HY327 The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1939-89 |
Department of International Relations courses: | |
IR320 Europe's Institutional Order (H) |
IR323 Gender and International Politics (H) |
IR324 The Practices of Transitional Justice (H) |
IR325 The Situations of the International Criminal Court (H) |
Language Centre courses: | |
LN112 German Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) |
LN254 Literature and Aspects of Ethics |
LN824 Spanish: Level One (Super Standard) |
LN825 Arabic Level 1 (Levantine dialect) |
LN826 Mandarin for Business (Leading to BCT1) |
LN827 Mandarin for Business (Leading to BCT2) |
LN828 Mandarin for Business (Leading to BCT3) |
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Department of Management courses: | |
MG212 Marketing (H) |
MG214 Human Resource Management (H) |
MG213 Information Systems (H) |
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Department of Mathematics courses: | |
MA320 Mathematics of Networks (H) |
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Department of Philosophy courses: | |
PH104 Formal Methods of Philosophical Argumentation |
PH332 Effective Philanthropy: Ethics and Evidence (H) |
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses: | |
PS110 Foundations of Psychological Science |
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Department of Social Policy courses: | |
SA219 Comparative and International Social Policy |
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Department of Sociology courses: | |
SO232 The Sociology of Elites (H) |
SO233 The Law of Violence (H) |
SO234 Work, Inequality and Society (H) |
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Suspended courses for 2016-17 | |
Department of Anthropology courses: | |
AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia (H) |
AN216 Cognition and Anthropology: Human Development in Cultural Environments (H) |
AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (H) |
AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (H) |
AN238 Anthropology and Human Rights (H) |
AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (H) |
AN244 Anthropology and Media (H) |
AN251 Cognition and Anthropology: Learning and Thinking in Relation to Social Institutions (H) |
AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (H) |
AN274 Subjectivity and Anthropology (H) |
AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (H) |
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Department of Economics courses: | |
EC303 Economics Policy Analysis |
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Department of Economic History courses: | |
EH207 The Making of an Economic Superpower: China since 1850 |
EH304 The Economic History of North America: from Colonial Times to the Cold War |
Department of Finance courses: | |
FM200 History of Financial Markets and Institutions (H) |
FM201 Macroeconomics and Finance (H) |
FM301 Market Anomalies and Asset Management (H) |
FM302 Theories of Corporate Finance (H) |
FM304 Applied corporate Finance (H) |
FM305 Advanced Asset Markets (H) |
FM321 Risk Management and Modeling (H) |
FM322 Derivatives (H) |
Department of Government courses: | |
GV306 Global Public Policy (H) |
GV307 Political and Ethnic Conflict and Coexistence: Key Debates (H) |
GV312 Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics |
GV314 Empirical Research in Government |
GV342 Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Capstone and Research Project |
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Department of Geography and Environment courses: | |
GY303 The Geography of Gender: Global Perspectives |
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Department of International History courses: | |
HY200 The Rights of 'Man': the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International |
HY233 Empire and Nation: Britain and India since 1750 |
HY315 The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799 |
HY321 The Struggle for the Persian Gulf, 1945-2003 |
Department of International Relations courses: | |
IR321 Revolutions and World Politics (H) |
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Department of Law courses: | |
LL259 Legal and Social Change since 1750 |
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Department of Management courses: | |
MG103 Management, Labour and Work |
MG202 Analytical Methods for Management |
MG203 Organisational Theory and Behaviour |
MG210 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (H) |
MG304 Digital Platform Innovation (H) |
MG306 Managing Diversity in Organisations (H) |
MG309 International Human Resource Management (H) |
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Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses: | |
PH213 Scientific Revolutions: Philosophical and Historical Issues |
PH220 Scientific Method and Policy |
PH229 Global Justice |
PH341 Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Applications |
Department of Social Policy courses: | |
SA105 Crime and Society |
SA302 Assessing Social Progress |
Withdrawn courses for 2016-17 | |
Department of Anthropology courses: | |
AN230 The Anthropology of Industrialisation and Industrial Life |
AN231 The Anthropology of China |
AN399 Ethnography as Research Method and Text |
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Department of Economic History courses: | |
EH205 Towns, Society and Economy in England and Europe 1450-1750 |
EH301 The Origins of the World Economy, 1450 - 1750 |
Department of Government courses: | |
GV303 From Empire to Globalization |
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Department of International History courses: | |
HY216 Four Reichs: Austria, Prussia and the Contest for Germany since 1618 |
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Department of International Relations courses: | |
IR306 Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory (H) |
IR308 Systemic Change in the 20th Century: Theories of the Cold War |
IR311 Europe's Institutional Order |
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Department of Management courses: | |
MG201 Core Disciplines II: Marketing, Human Resource Management and Information Systems |
MG314 Principles of Marketing |
Department of Social Policy courses: | |
SA222 Implementing Social Policy: From Principles to Practice |
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Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses: | |
PS203 Societal Psychology: Theory and Applications |
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Department of Sociology courses: | |
SO212 Work, Management and Globalization |
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Department of Statistics courses: | |
ST203 Statistics for Management Sciences |
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Course title changes from 2016/17 | |
Old title |
New title |
Department of Anthropology courses: | |
AN102 Reading Other Cultures: Anthropological Interpretation of Text and Film |
AN102 Anthropology, Text and Film |
AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation, Development, and Globalisation |
AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation and Globalisation |
Department of Finance courses: | |
FM200 History of Financial Markets and Institutions |
FM200 Financial Systems and Crises |
FM201 Macroeconomics and Finance |
FM201 Macro-Finance |
FM305 Theories of Asset Markets |
FM305 Advanced Asset Markets |
Department of International History courses: | |
HY322 Nazi Germany and the Second World War Causes and Course, 1933-1945 |
HY322 Nazi Germanys War: Violence and Occupation in Europe, 1939-1945 |
Department of Management courses: | |
MG101 Core Business Disciplines I: Finance and Operations Management |
MG101 Core Business Disciplines: Finance and Operations Management |
MG207 Economics for Management |
MG207 Managerial Economics |
Department of Sociology courses: | |
SO201 Sociological Analysis |
SO201 Key Issues in Sociological Analysis |