Modules

• Year 1

  Core Modules

  Understanding Now (20 credits)

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  Understanding Now

  Overview

  This module has two interconnected directions of travel:
  i) focusing on the present, subject lecturers discuss how we understand the contemporary moment in its social, political, philosophical, cultural and intellectual contexts;
  ii) the above is simultaneously informed by a backward glance that shows how learning in particular branches of the academy has developed over the centuries, and how arts and humanities disciplines currently configure our theoretical interpretation of the world
  
  Each academic year, what is “Now” will obviously change, providing new contexts for discussions of how we use Understanding to explain the world.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module students will:
  (i) have an overview of a range of approaches to understanding the contemporary world;
  (ii) have an introductory understanding of the different disciplines they have encountered on the module;
  (iii) understand a range of discipline-specific approaches to university level work in the arts and humanities;
  (iv) differentiate between discipline-specific approaches to the subject;
  (v) be able to link the module’s varied pedagogical approaches to their degree pathway.

  Skills

  (i) understanding of the diverse methods and approaches of arts and humanities subjects at university level;
  (ii) capacity for appropriate problem-solving in relation to contemporary debates;
  (iii) engaging in classroom debate and group work and fostering a stimulating intellectual environment;
  (iv) producing engaged critical responses to the issues raised on the module;
  (v) connecting the module’s multi-disciplinary focus to the concerns of their degree pathway
  (vi) self-reflection on the learning process.

  Coursework

  70%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  30%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  LIB1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Optional Modules

  Adventures in the History of Ideas (20 credits)

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  Adventures in the History of Ideas

  Overview

  Adventures in the History of Ideas’ is designed to introduce Stage One students, in English but potentially across AEL and AHSS (as an elective), to a range of social, historical, philosophical and moral concepts that have been central to the historical emergence and current predicaments of Western culture, broadly conceived. Students undertaking the module will be introduced to the historical and intellectual development of key concepts in the Arts and Humanities by means of the assessment of literary representations of, and responses to, them, from classical and Judeo-Christian literatures, via medieval and early modern texts, to Enlightenment, modern, postmodern and contemporary texts. Provision of a broad chronological understanding of the emergence, development and various crises of Western culture is an ancillary objective of the module: students will complete the module with a more nuanced understanding of cultural and historical periodisation and will be able to apply the interrogative modes they have encountered on the module to a range of thematic issues.

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module, students will have developed a self-reflexive grasp of the historical development of Western culture, from classical Rome and Greece and the growth and influence of Christianity as an institutional and moral force, to the emergence of a variety of humanisms and their role in the beginnings of ‘Modernity’ and their subsequent crises of the 20th and 21st centuries. They will assess questions of human and non-human life and sexual and racial difference in a range of literary case-studies. They will be introduced to the politics of the historiography and periodisation of Western culture and to the role such intellectual mechanisms play in articulating and maintaining the supposed exemplarity of Western, European, ideas. They will have encountered texts not typically available to them elsewhere on the English curriculum.

  Skills

  Having completed this module, students will:
  • have learned to examine critically their own intellectual ‘sacred cows’ and inherited assumptions;
  • have been encouraged to practice the lateral application of critical practices to a range of ‘real world’ issues;
  • have learned to read ‘secondary’/ ‘non-literary’ texts critically;
  • have been gently introduced to the interrogative modes of critical and cultural theory’
  • have learned to work collaboratively and assess one another’s work in peer review

  Coursework

  70%

  Examination

  30%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG1008

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Perspectives on Politics (20 credits)

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  Perspectives on Politics

  Overview

  This module aims to introduce students to the broad field of political theory and philosophy, a necessary and integral component of the study of politics generally. Taking a contemporary approach to the subject, the module stresses the vital importance of theoretical enquiry for understanding, analysing, and criticizing everyday socio-political life. Students are therefore introduced to key concepts and problems in the study of politics, including the meaning of democracy, the fraught relation between the individual and society, and the contested nature of power and political authority. In exploring these themes, students come to an appreciation of the complexities surrounding our everyday notions of democratic rule, freedom, justice, citizenship, government, and power.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should acquire an understanding of a number of ways of conceptualising and analysing critically key aspects of political life. On successful completion of the module they will have demonstrated capacities for reading texts in contemporary political theory and exploring the implication of these writings for practical politics.

  Skills

  Analytical and conceptual skills. The ability to argue cogently in oral and written communication.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI1007

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Perspectives on France: moments of crisis (20 credits)

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  Perspectives on France: moments of crisis

  Overview

  This module will introduce students to key areas of contextual studies in French, i.e. literature, culture, the visual arts and linguistics. There will be two 'strands' within the module, and across the two strands, students will be introduced to all four areas. The core material will include both French and francophone texts, film, images and data. Each strand will form a coherent whole in terms of both teaching and assessment.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students will acquire an introductory knowledge of key fields in French Studies, notably literature, culture, the visual arts and linguistics. They will acquire key skills in how to approach these fields in preparation for optional modules in Levels 2 and 3. They will further acquire skills in time management, written and oral communication, and skills in marshalling complex information and constructing an argument.

  Skills

  Skills in how to approach and analyse texts, images and data for future work in literature, the visual arts, linguistics; skills in oral and written communication; skills in marshalling large amounts of data and structuring an argument; skills in time management.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  FRH1003

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Mathematics for Economists (20 credits)

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  Mathematics for Economists

  Overview

  This course builds on the Mathematics taught at GCSE level or an equivalent level. It begins with a revision of basic algebraic methods. These ideas are then further developed to cover more advanced mathematical concepts including linear and non-linear functions; matrix algebra; single variable calculus and calculus of several variables. The course is taught paying particular attention to the solving of economic problems.

  Learning Outcomes

  On the successful completion of this module students will be able to:
  1. Know what is meant by a function.
  2. Use calculus methods to solve basic economic problems such as profit maximization.
  3. Manipulate matrices, know when the inverse of a matrix can be calculated and be able to do the calculation.
  4. Solve simultaneous equations using matrix algebra.
  5. Use calculus to locate the maxima and minima for functions of several variables, both unconstrained and constrained in economic problems.
  6. The transferable skills are problem solving, numeracy and the communication of mathematical concepts.

  Skills

  Mathematics has become the language of modern analytical Economics, as it allows economists to identify and analyse the general properties that are critical to the behaviour of economic systems. The aim of this module is to give students in Economics a basic working knowledge of the mathematics that is needed in the quantitative and non-quantitative level 2 and 3 modules.

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  100%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ECO1004

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction to Composition (20 credits)

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  Introduction to Composition

  Overview

  The goal of this module is to provide training in essential practical musical skills with particular emphasis on musical composition. The compositional process is explored across a wide range of practices including the use of traditional notation, graphic scores, studio assisted composition, improvisation and performance. Various compositional strategies will be explored and developed through weekly assignments. These assignments may contribute practically or conceptually to a final composition project which will be submitted in score, or performed and/or recorded at the end of the module.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this module students will be able to:
  • Generate, manipulate and organise musical materials
  • Manage people, musical resources, formal schemes, and symbolic musical representations
  • Utilise strategies for productivity in speculative musical practice, and apply these strategies beyond immediately musical contexts

  Skills

  The module will stress transferable skills involving processes of discrimination, selection, organisation, recontextualisation, performance and strategic thought. Critical evaluation, resourcefulness, imagination, collaborative making and individual motivation will be enhanced by participatory, hands-on learning.

  Coursework

  50%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  50%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS1005

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Foundations of Economics 2 (20 credits)

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  Foundations of Economics 2

  Overview

  Foundations of Economics 2  is the title of our new Level 1 semester 2 CORE (Curriculum Open-access Resource for Economics) module for non-specialists. It builds explicitly on material covered in  Foundations of Economics 1 in semester 1. CORE is the result of a huge global collaboration to change the way introductory economics is taught; to ensure it is student-centred and motivated by real-world problems and real-world data. Many students studying for degrees in other disciplines are drawn to economics so that they can develop their analytical skills and also engage with policy debates on issues such as environmental sustainability, inequality, the future of work, financial instability, and innovation. But, when they study economics, they find that their introductory course is arid and theoretical, and designed primarily for students who want to study the subject as their major. The result is that students from other disciplines often find themselves studying a quantitative and analytical economics module that is only minimally social in content and downplays the insights of other disciplines, or a social or business oriented module that gives them little training in modelling, or in quantitative scientific methods. In contrast, this module draws on the work of the global CORE team to offer students who are not specialist economists an in-depth introduction to economics and the global economy that is both analytical and real-world. The module focuses throughout on evidence on the economy, from around the world, and from history. It is motivated by questions — how can we explain what we see?
  
  This module is targeted at UG students who are not taking economics as a major subject but who want to develop their analytical skills and learn how to use economics to understand and articulate reasoned views on some of the most pressing policy problems facing our societies.
  
  The course content will be drawn primarily from the following units from the textbook The Economy:
  
  9. The Labour Market: Wages, Profit and Unemployment
  13 Economic fluctuations and unemployment
  14 Unemployment and fiscal policy
  15 Inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy
  16 Technological progress, employment, and living standards in the long run
  
  A selection of (two or more) capstone units drawn from The Economy will also be covered:
  
  17 The Great Depression, golden age, and global financial crisis
  18: Globalization—trade, migration and investment
  19: Inequality
  20: Environmental sustainability and collapse
  21: Innovation, intellectual property, and the networked economy
  22: Politics, economics, and public policy

  Learning Outcomes

  Successful completion of the module will enable students to:
  
  Understand the reach of economics and its place in the wider social sciences; understand how to interpret relevant evidence and apply relevant economic theory to help answer a variety of economic and social questions; understand how to critically evaluate the application of models in economics to real-world questions and policy issues; understand key aspects of the historical development of the global economy and its contemporary nature.

  Skills

  Subject-specific skills
  
  Successful completion of the module will enable students to:
  
  Develop/enhance subject-specific skills including the ability to construct arguments and exercise problem solving skills in the context of real-world economic and social questions; the ability to construct, interpret and critically evaluate economic models of behaviour; the ability to apply economic models and concepts to real world questions; the ability to understand, evaluate and commentate on the economy and on economic and social policy.
  
  Cognitive and transferable skills
  
  Successful completion of the module will enable students to:
  
  Develop/enhance generic cognitive and transferable skills, including: problem solving, logical reasoning, independent enquiry, critical evaluation and interpretation, self-assessment and reflection, synthesising information from a variety of sources, written and verbal communication, organisation and time management.

  Coursework

  30%

  Examination

  70%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ECO1016

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Broadcast Analysis 1 (20 credits)

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  Broadcast Analysis 1

  Overview

  This module introduces students to a range of methods and approaches used in analysing broadcasting and broadcast texts. It also covers a range of key study skills for the degree. Students will consider core issues, methods and contexts for analysing media, as well as developing a broader awareness of broadcast texts, familiar and unfamiliar, and a deeper engagement with the students’ own viewing and listening practices. The academic material and the contextual material will also be of use to students in their reflective essays for practical modules.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completing this module, students should be able to:
  • Place broadcast texts into a range of appropriate contexts.
  • Understand and use key theoretical concepts in the analysis of broadcasting, both in broad terms and in relation to specific texts.
  • Demonstrate core study skills such as performing research and presenting writing at an appropriate level.

  Skills

  • Textual analysis of audio-visual material.
  • Applying critical concepts to texts.
  • Critiquing critical concepts.
  • Oral communication and argumentation (seminars).
  • Written communication (assessed work).
  • Time management.
  • Independent research.
  • Group work (seminars)

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  BCP1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction to Latin American Studies (20 credits)

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  Introduction to Latin American Studies

  Overview

  Course Contents
  This module introduces students to key concepts, movements, literary and historical moments pertaining to the cultures, literatures and societies of Latin America. Throughout the module, a representative selection of primary and secondary texts from a range of historical periods will be used to explore key issues and themes. Themes will vary from year to year but may include: exploration, conquest, identity, borders, dictatorship, and migration.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this module students should:- acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of crucial periods of Latin American culture and history - develop an understanding of the complex inter-relations between a text and its historical context - have an awareness of distinct methods of cultural and historical analysis and begin to apply thses appropriately to a range of texts, writtren and visual.

  Skills

  Students should begin to: - situate art and literature in their socio-political contexts - develop an awareness of key historical trends - develop skills of critical analysis - develop essay writing skills - develop bibliographical research skills

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SPA1008

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Screen Technologies (20 credits)

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  Screen Technologies

  Overview

  The historical development of film has always been intrinsically linked to the development of new and innovative screen technologies. FLM1005: Screen Technologies serves as a guide to key screen technologies, which have shaped the screen industry. Adopting a broadly chronological structure, this module considers the genesis, impact, and significance of a certain body of screen technologies on the production and exhibition processes of film. Further to this, it considers the impact that technological development has had on screen language and audience engagement with the moving image. It also offers an engagement with key scholarship in this area to enhance the critical understanding of film as a cultural and technological form.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of the module, students should possess:
  
  -Developed skills in the analysis and critical appreciation of visual texts
  
  -Enhanced skill in critical writing, specifically regarding visual texts
  
  -A basic understanding of the relationships between visual texts and their aesthetic contexts.

  Skills

  By the end of the module, students should have enhanced skills in:
  1) the analysis of visual, aural, and written material
  2) relating theoretical and historical issues to specific material
  3) group work
  4) time management and organisational competence
  5) oral and written communication

  Coursework

  80%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  20%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  FLM1005

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  World Politics (20 credits)

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  World Politics

  Overview

  The module examines the development of the international system and raises questions about how and whether this system is changing in light of processes of globalisation. International relations theories of realism, idealism and critical approaches will be introduced, as well as issues of war and conflict, global inequality, poverty, climate change, race and gender.

  Learning Outcomes

  To provide an introduction to two important sub-disciplines of Politics, International Relations and Comparative Politics, while enlarging students' knowledge of current affairs.

  Skills

  To enable students to follow world affairs intelligently and to appreciate the historical background to contemporary developments, as well as how current conflicts are related to structures of political and economic power in the world.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI1006

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction to Lusophone Studies (20 credits)

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  Introduction to Lusophone Studies

  Overview

  This course introduces students to key concepts, movements and historical moments pertaining to the cultures, literatures and societies of the Portuguese-speaking world. It is divided into two sections

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module students should:
  • have gained critical awareness of Portugal's imperial expansion and the effects of Salazar’s dictatorship and how its end led to the decolonization process in Portugal’s colonies;
  • have gained critical awareness of early European encounters with what would become known as Brazil, and of twentieth-century Brazilian cultural movements;
  • have developed critical skills through the analysis of relevant cultural and written academic material;
  • have acquired awareness of cultural diversity within the Lusophone world

  Skills

  On successful completion of this course, students should have acquired:
  • knowledge and understanding of the use of appropriate basic research tools;
  • skills in critical analysis of written academic material;
  • the ability to write a critical commentary and an academic essay using the required conventions;
  • independent learning skills;
  • the ability to begin to reflect on their learning progress

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SPA1132

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  French 1 (40 credits)

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  French 1

  Overview

  This module aims to consolidate and develop the students existing written and oral language skills and knowledge of French and Francophone culture, equip them with professional and employability skills and prepare them to go further in the study of French. It consists of four elements designed to provide a comprehensive consolidation of French language competence:
  
  1. Language Seminar (1hr per week)
  Seminar aims to develop students ability to understand, translate and compose French language materials in a range of forms: text, image, audio-visual. Language will be engaged in context, guided by themes such as University life, Culture and Identity and Culture and Communication. Linguistic competence will be developed through a range of methods that may include: group discussion, comprehension, translation, responsive and essay writing.
  
  2. Grammar Workshop (1hr per week)
  Workshop designed to consolidate and enrich students' knowledge and understanding of French grammar and syntax. All major areas of grammar will be encountered, laying the foundations for future study of the language and its nuances. It focuses particularly on developing competence in the key area of translation into French.
  
  3. Professional skills (1hr per week)
  The class focuses on language skills for special purposes and contains two strands: Language for Business and Language for Law. Both provide linguistic and socio-cultural knowledge important to work-related situations in different fields.
  
  4. Conversation class (1hr per week)
  Conversation class is led by a native speaker of French and compliments the content of the Language hour. Students will meet in small groups to discuss, debate and present on the main themes of the course.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the modules students should:
  1. Be able to read French texts in a variety of forms and demonstrate a sensitivity to their detail and nuance in speech, writing and when translating.
  2. Be able to produce French texts appropriate to different requirements and registers.
  3. Be able to investigate, structure and present a complex argument in longer pieces of written work.
  4. Be able to communicate using more sophisticated grammatical and syntactical constructions with a good level of accuracy (without basic errors).

  Skills

  On successful completion of the modules students should have developed the following range of skills: comprehensive dexterity using French grammar; translation skills; text analysis; comprehension; essay writing; lexicographical skills; report writing skills; IT skills; presentation skills; spoken language skills

  Coursework

  35%

  Examination

  40%

  Practical

  25%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  FRH1101

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Writing from 21st Century Ireland (20 credits)

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  Writing from 21st Century Ireland

  Overview

  This module offers detailed consideration of a range of contemporary writing in Ireland. The selected reading is generically diverse, with a particular focus on contemporary literary texts (defined as published within the past 5 years). Texts are chosen to highlight diversity in terms of authorship, representation and literary form. Indicative themes will be the role of place and of experimentation in writing; issues of class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality; and the practice of literary reviewing today.

  Learning Outcomes

  · To introduce analytical and critical skills to reading contemporary texts drawn from a wide range of genres;
  · To understand and evaluate current debates about the representation of social issues in contemporary writing
  · To research and reflect upon the publication and reception of contemporary writing, including the practice of literary reviewing;
  · To refine and develop your oral and written skills
  · To promote collaborative work in relation to a specific task.

  Skills

  At the end of this module students should have learned to: * Read and analyse contemporary writing using the techniques, vocabularies and approaches of current academic English studies; * Discuss, analyse and historically contextualise a wide range of complex, topical social and cultural issues in twenty-first century Irish literature and experience. * Work collaboratively with others in the preparation of a group presentation; * Work independently in researching and analysing contemporary writing; * Use a variety of texts and resources (academic journal articles, print reviews, supplementary websites and other kinds of media) in their discussion and writing about contemporary texts. * Understand the registers of different kinds of communication (blog or podcast; oral presentation; academic essay) and communicate effectively employing these different styles

  Coursework

  80%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  20%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG1009

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Comparative Politics (20 credits)

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  Comparative Politics

  Overview

  This course aims to delve into essential themes within the field of Comparative Politics, providing students with the tools to comprehend fundamental structures, institutions, and processes that underpin contemporary political systems. Through the application of the comparative method, students will gain insight into the dynamics of real-world politics. The initial lectures will establish a theoretical foundation for the comparative method, emphasising its utility as a means of understanding diverse political landscapes. Subsequent lectures will employ this method to examine various themes, including regime types (democratic versus authoritarian), systems of governance (global versus local), institutions, political organisations and outputs of public policy. Notably, the course adopts a broad approach by not confining itself to specific geographic regions; instead, it explores a diverse range of cases to underscore the usefulness and applicability of the comparative method across different contexts.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
  - Understand the field of comparative politics and be familiar with the comparative method.
  - Identify key debates in the field of comparative politics and extrapolate key questions of theoretical and societal relevance.
  - Demonstrate a basic understanding of differences between political institutions, key processes and the outcomes they produce.
  - Demonstrate a basic understanding of the key actors active in political systems and the dynamics of power underpinning their relationships.
  - Understand the main methodological approaches used in the field of comparative politics as well as the major data sources.
  - Independently apply basic concepts of comparative politics to cases beyond the ones reviewed in class.

  Skills

  Intellectual skills:
  - Managing & Prioritising Knowledge: identify relevant and subject-specific knowledge, sources and data; manage such information in an independent manner.
  - Analytical Thinking: identify, understand, interpret and evaluate relevant subject-specific arguments made by others; construct independent arguments.
  - Critical & Independent Thinking: ability to think critically and construct one’s own position in relation to existing and ongoing debates in the field.
  
  Professional and career development skills:
  - Communication Skills: ability to communicate clearly with others, both orally and in writing.
  - Diversity: ability to acknowledge and be sensitive to the range of cultural differences present in the learning environment.
  - Self-Reflexivity: ability to reflect on one’s own progress and identify and act upon one’s own development needs with respect to life-long learning and career development.
  - Time Management: ability to negotiate diverse and competing pressures; cope with stress; and achieve a work / life balance.
  
  Organisational skills:
  - Efficient and effective work practice: demonstrate ability to work efficiently to deadlines.
  - Clear organisation of information: show efficiency in the organisation of large amounts of complex information and the ability to identify, describe and analyse the key features of the information.
  - Organisation and communication: demonstrate ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear arguments; show aptitude for the effective use of information in a direct and appropriate way.
  - Enterprising thinking: Demonstrate ability to think and argue in novel and enterprising ways, to display originality of thought and argument and the ability to clearly support arguments in innovative ways.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI1009

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Beginners French Studies (Post GCSE Level) (40 credits)

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  Beginners French Studies (Post GCSE Level)

  Overview

  This modules aims to provide students with little or no previous knowledge of French with the grammatical, written, and spoken language skills necessary go further in the study of French. It will also equip them with professional and employability skills complimentary to their studies. It consists of:
  
  1. Language Seminars (3 hours per week)
  Seminars will equip students with the knowledge and understanding of grammatical constructions (both basic and more complex) and syntax required to use the French language independently in written and spoken form. Language skills are practiced in a range of activities: grammar exercises, reading, spoken and listening comprehension, translation, expressive and descriptive writing. All major areas of grammar will be encountered, laying the foundations for future study of the language and its nuances.
  Seminars also introduce students to language in context. Students are exposed to new vocabulary, expressions and nuances of use through reading, translation and writing exercises based on sources from the Francophone world.
  2. Conversation Class (1hr per week)
  Led by a native speaker, this class develops students’ listening and speaking skills in French. The content from seminars is deployed in a range of practical scenarios likely to be experienced in French -speaking countries.

  Learning Outcomes

  This modules aims to provide students with little or no previous knowledge of French with the grammatical, written, and spoken language skills necessary go further in the study of French. It will also equip them with professional and employability skills complimentary to their studies. It consists of:
  1. Language Seminars (3 hours per week)
  Seminars will equip students with the knowledge and understanding of grammatical constructions (both basic and more complex) and syntax required to use the French language independently in written and spoken form. Language skills are practiced in a range of activities: grammar exercises, reading, spoken and listening comprehension, translation, expressive and descriptive writing. All major areas of grammar will be encountered, laying the foundations for future study of the language and its nuances.
  Seminars also introduce students to language in context. Students are exposed to new vocabulary, expressions and nuances of use through reading, translation and writing exercises based on sources from the Francophone world.
  2. Conversation Class (1hr per week)
  Led by a native speaker, this class develops students’ listening and speaking skills in French. The content from seminars is deployed in a range of practical scenarios likely to be experienced in French -speaking countries.

  Skills

  On successful completion of the modules students should have developed the following range of skills: A comprehensive dexterity using French grammar; Translation skills; text analysis; essay writing; lexicographical skills; report writing skills; IT skills; presentation skills; spoken language skills.

  Coursework

  35%

  Examination

  40%

  Practical

  25%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  FRH1121

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Archaeological Excavation (20 credits)

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  Archaeological Excavation

  Overview

  Excavation of an archaeological site; recording of stratigraphy and features; understanding the reasons for excavation. Daily attendance on an excavation approved by the department for a prescribed period (up to four weeks, normally in June) is required.

  Learning Outcomes

  Introduces students to one of the basic methods of acquiring archaeological data and studying the techniques involved.

  Skills

  Understanding the reasons for the methodology used on the excavation and experience in use of that methodology. Understanding and experience in recording the stratigraphic sequence uncovered.

  Coursework

  75%

  Examination

  25%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ARP1014

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Issues in Contemporary Politics (20 credits)

  ×

  Issues in Contemporary Politics

  Overview

  To expose students to contemporary/recent and developing political issues locally, nationally and globally. The module will change year-to-year depending on these issues and staff availability. Typically each topic/issue will be taught in 3-week blocs and each bloc either team taught or given by the same colleague.
  
  Indicative list of issues (not exhaustive)
  Political Economy - trade, finance, energy, resources, politics of austerity
  War/conflict/geopolitics - current crisis in Syria, ISIS, Ukraine-Russia-EU, Israel-Palestine
  Environment/Sustainability - climate change, climate justice, biodiversity loss,
  Political Parties and Policy-making - rise of Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, reform of party finances, decentralisation of policy-making, innovations such as participative budgeting from around the world;
  Gender, women and politics – Hilary Clinton as US President/candidate, strategies for increasing women’s representation (including quotas), the women’s movement and politics
  Social movements and political ideas – Occupy movement, religion and politics, relevance of debates on long-standing normative political ideas – social justice, democracy, recogniton etc. to these issues; role of trades unions, workplace democracy, workers rights etc.
  Migration and refugees – normative, empirical and political-policy explanations of and responses to flows of people across borders, current Syrian one for example, but also other case studies
  Leadership and citizenship- examples of political leadership and citizenship in formal electoral politics and civil society from around the world

  Learning Outcomes

  Knowledge of long-standing or emerging contemporary international political issues
  
  To be able to connect conceptual-normative ideas about politics to these contemporary issues
  
  To be above to connect the issues, themes, ideas of this module to other Level 1 PISP modules in on their Degree Programme
  
  To come to their own understanding and explanation of the political issues covered
  
  Understand the main dynamics, actors, factors to be considered in order to analytically understand and causally explain these contemporary political issues

  Skills

  Critical and Independent Thinking
  Ability to integrate conceptual and empirical information and data
  Critically analyse evidence and normative positions and appreciate different analyses of the same issue
  Summarise the main points of different issues, positions and approaches to understanding politics
  Understand complex issues, different understandings and perspectives on political issues
  Verbal and written communication of complex issues and express one’s own critical understanding of published research and other module resources
  Managing and prioritising knowledge: identify relevant and subject-specific knowledge, sources and data; manage such information in an independent manner
  Analytical Thinking: identify, understand, interpret and evaluate relevant subject-specific arguments made by others; construct independent arguments

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI1003

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Environmental Change: past, present and future (20 credits)

  ×

  Environmental Change: past, present and future

  Overview

  This module provides an introduction to the principles and techniques used to reconstruct past environments and detect environmental change mostly during the last 2.6 million years, the Quaternary. It looks at the history of palaeoecology and the underlying theory and ecological principles that enable the interpretation of information from ancient deposits. The primary palaeoecological techniques and their limitations are described. Case studies show how some techniques have been applied to provide a range of palaeoenvironmental information.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students will acquire a knowledge and understanding of the principles of palaeoecology and will be able to understand the main methods used to reconstruct past environments.

  Skills

  Synthesis of information; Presentation of academic argument. Written self expression. Data interpretation and presentation. Library use. Website investigation. Time management.

  Coursework

  50%

  Examination

  20%

  Practical

  30%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ARP1007

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction to Iberian Studies (20 credits)

  ×

  Introduction to Iberian Studies

  Overview

  This module introduces students to key concepts, movements and historical moments pertaining to the cultures, literatures and societies of the Iberian Peninsula (i.e. Spain and Portugal). It explores a selection of texts (literary and visual) from a range of authors and artists from the early modern period (16th / 17th century) to the present day. This course will give you a broad overview of the main historical events in Spain and Portugal from a cultural perspective.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this module students should - acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of crucial periods of peninsular cultural history - develop an understanding of the complex inter-relations between a text and its historical context - have an awareness of the distinct methods of cultural analysis and begin to apply these appropriately to a range of texts, written and visual.

  Skills

  Students should begin to - situate art and literature in their socio-political contexts - develop skills of critical analysis - develop essay writing skills - develop bibliographical research skills

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SPA1005

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Being Human: Culture and Society (20 credits)

  ×

  Being Human: Culture and Society

  Overview

  This course is designed to introduce students to social anthropology through a discussion of the key concepts in the discipline, and a consideration of the principles which underlie family life, kinship, sexuality and gender relations, and gaining a livelihood in different parts of the world.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students will have been introduced to social anthropology, and should be aware of how social and cultural differences constitute variations on a number of basic themes. Students should also be aware of the ways in which anthropology is useful for the understanding of their own society as well as for the understanding of others.

  Skills

  Skills in literacy, oral communication, the organisation of arguments, effective presentation of written work, critical reflection on one's own cultural assumptions and biases.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Physical Geography: Earth, Wind and Water (20 credits)

  ×

  Physical Geography: Earth, Wind and Water

  Overview

  The module will reinforce and build on knowledge and understanding of physical geography and the environment by introducing students to some of the major processes that drive the Earth system and the interactions between the various spheres. This ‘big picture’ module will have a global focus, but will also provide regional and local examples of how the Earth system operates, interacts and changes across time and space to shape our landscapes and environments. The module will cover three key spheres from the Earth system as follows:
  
  • The Atmosphere introduces the topic of climatology, covering the processes that drive weather and climate, and a range of associated meteorological extremes including tropical cyclones and heat waves.
  
  • The Hydrosphere introduces the topic of hydrology, covering the processes that drive the Earth’s water systems, and a range of associated hydrological extremes including flooding and drought.
  
  • The Biosphere introduces the topic of biogeography, covering the processes that drive living ecosystems, and the interactions with the abiotic components of the Earth system.

  Learning Outcomes

  After completing the module students should:
  1) Develop a knowledge and understanding of the major processes that drive the atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere, and the interactions with the other components of the Earth system
  2) Develop field skills to collect primary data
  3) Apply numerical computing skills to collect, analyse and present secondary data
  4) Gain experience in developing posters for effective communication of information
  5) Develop the ability to interpret analysed outputs
  6) Gain experience in writing detailed exam answers

  Skills

  Scientific writing; statistical analysis; graphical presentation; primary data collection; secondary data collection; interpretation of geographical information; critical analysis; referencing.

  Coursework

  50%

  Examination

  50%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  GGY1009

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Issues in Contemporary Fiction: Gender, Race, Ecology (20 credits)

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  Issues in Contemporary Fiction: Gender, Race, Ecology

  Overview

  This module examines a broad sample of recent fiction. In doing so, it raises a set of general questions: 1) whose contemporary experience does this literature address? 2) what economic or political factors lead to a shared sense of the contemporary? 3) how does modern fiction relate to these broader social forces? The module has a three-part structure. Section 1 examines the sociology of contemporary taste; it focuses on the institutions and practices that shape aesthetic judgement. Section 2 analyses literary treatments of contemporary political issues and examines the suitability of literature as a vehicle for political reflection. The final section of the module explores the ways in which recent fiction has raised questions about the nature and function of religion in the modern world.

  Learning Outcomes

  At the end of this module students will have gained a general understanding of the theoretical and methodological issues that surround the study of contemporary literature. Students will have learned to subject a range of recent fiction to a technical or formal analysis. They will also be able to read texts in context and will have a basic understanding of the social, economic, and political forces that shape these contexts.

  Skills

  Students will learn to develop a) analytical skills b) methods of textual analysis c) an understanding of meta-critical issues d) a clear and succinct writing style e) oral presentation skills f) a capacity for independent inquiry g) an ability to collaborate and work in groups h) computer skills.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  10%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG1002

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Human Geography: Society, Power and Culture (20 credits)

  ×

  Human Geography: Society, Power and Culture

  Overview

  The twenty-first century world that we all inhabit and its 'human geographies' is not just a product of the 'modern age'. Rather, the world as we know it today is the result of diverse social, cultural, political and economic processes, of both gradual change and of occasional revolutions, occurring over many centuries, and ongoing still. This module attempts to make sense of these human geographies of the modern world by analysing three important and interconnected geographical themes: specifically, (1) globalism, and past and present local-global connections between individuals and societies; and; (2) geopolitics and the changing relations between regions and nation states (3) the changing scales and practices of everyday life in a globalised world. In addition to developing your geographical understanding of the modern world, the module seeks to develop key study and research skills to prepare you for more advanced study in levels two and three.

  Learning Outcomes

  Identify the range of theoretical perspectives used in Human Geography. Understand how Human Geography can contribute to analyses of contemporary and historical societies. Understand why there is disparity in development across the world. Understand how and why people have sought to develop social theories and put these into practice. Understand the relationships between population, economic opportunities and resources. Understand how geographers have considered the relationships between nature, society and landscape. Realise how considerations of race and gender inform our understanding of culture.

  Skills

  Taught: Principles of Human Geography, how society & its variations over space can be and has been scrutinised & understood. Practiced: Essay writing, field observation and interpretation, library & individual study skills, written presentation of material.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  GGY1011

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Communicating Economics (20 credits)

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  Communicating Economics

  Overview

  Economics is a challenging subject that has a very specific vocabulary. Yet most consumers of economic advice are non-economists. This has sometimes hindered the ability of economists to persuade the general public of their insights, and even to justify their societal function. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the debates preceding the 2016 Brexit referendum. This module aims to equip students with an ability to communicate complex economic arguments in ways that can be understood by wider audiences, beyond academia. In so doing, students will learn how economists persuade by unpicking the economics of the arguments presented by politicians, commentators and other public figures. They will learn how to use, and spot the abuse, of economic and financial statistics. They will learn first-hand how to write like a financial journalist or economic analyst. And they will also learn how to present their arguments like a political commentator.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. To acquaint students at an introductory undergraduate level with the skillset required to communicate their economic ideas to both economists and non-economists.
  2. To get students to appreciate the purpose of economics as an academic discipline, and how academic insights can be used to improve our understanding of, and participation in, controversial public debates.
  3. To provide students with an awareness of key concepts from the philosophy of science and the history of economic thought, and how these influence the way economists attempt to persuade.
  4. To develop students’ ability to critically evaluate economic arguments written and presented by journalists and other public commentators, including how to interpret economic data, weigh academic evidence, and draw independent conclusions.
  5. To provide students with the requisite skills to identify and frame important societal questions.

  Skills

  Knowledge and Understanding: Students should have a greater understanding of how economics is communicated to diverse audiences. They should be equipped with the knowledge to critically evaluate economic arguments presented in the media and elsewhere. They should have a better understanding of key economic concepts that will be useful in their other economics modules. They should be familiar with how key (macro-)economic indicators are constructed, presented and used in public discourse.
  
  Intellectual Skills: Students should be familiar with the arguments presented in controversial issues and how they are presented in different media. They should be able to identify and use objective arguments, critically evaluate the use of evidence in public discourse, and decide for themselves on the validity of economic opinions.
  
  Practical Skills: Students should develop the necessary oral and written communication skills to be able to function effectively as an economist. In particular, students should learn how to speak in public, for different audiences. Additionally, students should learn about big data analysis and data visualisation tools, e.g. as offered by software such as Excel.
  
  Study Skills: Students should develop the ability to independently investigate and analyse controversial economic questions. They should develop the ability to read complex economic arguments in an efficient manner, and then communicate these to others in simple ways.

  Coursework

  70%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  30%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ECO1014

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Language Politics and Conflic (20 credits)

  ×

  Language Politics and Conflic

  Overview

  This module will examine the role of language in politics and conflict in the broad historical context of Ireland and Scotland (and with particular reference to contemporary Northern Ireland). It will consider the many dynamics at play including the connections between language, power, and identity. Attitudes to monolingualism and multilingualism globally will be examined, as will the relationship between language and dialect, and the role of identity in the emergence, creation and maintenance of a language and distinct communities of speakers. The module will consider especially two major linguistic traditions: Irish and Scottish Gaelic, on the one hand, and Scots and Ulster Scots on the other. The primary emphasis will be on Irish and there will be a particular focus on debates and tensions around the role and importance of indigenous languages in contemporary society.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students will:
  
  1. Appreciate the relationship between language and power, and the role of this in politics and conflict in a global context.
  
  2. Understand the nature and extent of bilingualism and multilingualism in an international context and the impact of monolingualism on language maintenance.
  
  3. Relate their understanding to the historical context of Ireland and Scotland.
  
  4. Apply their knowledge to the question of language and conflict in Northern Ireland.
  
  5. Understand the relationship between language and dialect, and the role of identity and human agency in the creation of ‘language’.

  Skills

  1. Possess key transferable key skills, particularly the ability to reflect deeply and communicate effectively (in writing).
  
  2. Work with information, handle diverse data, and draw conclusions (analysis, attention to detail, judgment).
  
  3. Demonstrate an ability to prioritise tasks and work to deadlines.
  
  4. Improve confidence in written communication.
  
  5. Develop self-awareness, and the ability to reflect on and evaluate feedback on written work.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Reading the Modern City (20 credits)

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  Reading the Modern City

  Overview

  This module is designed specifically for students studying History and various forms of Literary and Cultural Studies and encourages them to reflect on the relationships between different methodologies for reading the modern city, circa 1840-1960. The module encourages students to reflect on how they might read a novel, as opposed to a work of social history: can they deploy the same reading practices? What are the ethics of reading historical sources compared to the ethics of reading fiction? Does genre play a similar role in both historical and literary works? How might questions of race, class, gender or sexuality frame disciplinary reading? . How do both disciplines draw on methodologies outside their own fields, such as economics, architecture, and social science? The module would be organised around four different cities, with each city being used as a case study to think through these methodological questions, while also representing a series of themes.
  
  Course Outline
  
  Week 1: Introduction to the module and to its interdisciplinary challenges
  
  Week 2: Theories of Urban Modernity: Simmel, Benjamin, De Certeau
  
  Week 3: Shock City 1: Manchester in the industrial age
  
  Week 4: Shock City 2: The condition of England novel (Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton, 1848)
  
  Week 5: The Imperial City 1: London and the Politics of Empire
  
  Week 6: Reading Week
  
  Week 7: The Imperial City 2: The Gothic and imperial Anxiety (Richard Marsh’s The Beetle, 1897)
  
  Week 8: City Cultures 1: Modernity and Popular Culture in modern Dublin
  
  Week 9: City Cultures 2: The Politics of Cultural Value (James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922 [Wandering Rocks])
  
  Week 10: Declining Cities 1: Post-industrialisation and Suburbanisation in Belfast
  
  Week 11: Declining Cities 2: Alienation and Identity (Brian Moore’s The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearn, 1955)
  
  Week 12: Gentrification and the Return of the Urban Ideal (class trip to Dublin)

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module, students will have developed knowledge and understanding of the emergence and development of urban modernity (1840-present). They will be able to identify the ways in which different disciplines analyse and interpret the past, and in particular demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of methodological differences. In developing a self-reflexive approach to the question of method, students will be able to transfer these skills across their degrees. They will also be able to examine and interrogate some of the dominant frameworks in the humanities for approaching historical texts and periods, in particular the study of class, gender, sexuality, race, and religious identity.

  Skills

  Having completed this module students will be able to:
  
  • Understand the similarities and differences between methodologies in History and Literary and Cultural Studies.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the complex relationship between literary forms and socio-political developments.
  • Think about the strategies of close reading involved in History and Literary and Cultural Studies.
  • Reflect on the usefulness of economic, sociological, and ideological frameworks for reading the past
  • Demonstrate transferrable skills in the forms of critical thinking, group discussion, written communication, and individual research
  • Demonstrate digital literacy skills required to make a digital map, using relevant software programmes

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Spanish 1 (40 credits)

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  Spanish 1

  Overview

  Course contents:
  This module aims to consolidate and expand on existing Spanish language competency by developing written and oral language skills, knowledge of Spanish and Latin American culture, and grammatical proficiency, to equip students with professional and employability skills in preparation for further study of Spanish. It consists of four elements designed to provide a comprehensive consolidation of Spanish language competence:
  
  1. Language Seminar (1hr per week)
  Seminar aims to develop students’ ability to understand, translate, and compose Spanish-language materials in a range of forms: text, image, audio-visual. Language will be engaged in context, guided by themes such as University Life, Culture & Identity, and Culture & Communication. Linguistic competence will be developed through a range of methods that may include: group discussion, translation, responsive and report writing.
  2. Grammar Workshop (1hr per week)
  Workshop designed to consolidate and enrich students’ knowledge and understanding of Spanish grammar and syntax. All major areas of grammar will be encountered, laying the foundations for future study of the language and its nuances.
  3. Specialised Language Cursillo (1hr per week)
  cursillo offers language skills for special purposes and contains two strands: Language for Business and Language for Law. Both provide linguistic and socio-cultural knowledge important to work-related situations in different fields.
  4. Conversation Class (1hr per week)
  Conversation class is led by a native speaker of Spanish and compliments the content of the Language Hour. Students will meet in small groups to discuss, debate, and present on the main themes of the course.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the modules students should:
  1. be able to read Spanish texts in a variety of forms and demonstrate a sensitivity to their detail and nuance in speech, writing, and when translating;
  2. be able to produce Spanish texts appropriate to different requirements and registers;
  3. be able to investigate, structure, and present a complex argument in longer pieces of written work;
  4. be able to communicate using more sophisticated grammatical and syntactical constructions with a good level of accuracy (without basic errors).

  Skills

  On successful completion of the modules students should have developed the following range of skills: comprehensive dexterity using Spanish grammar; translation skills; text analysis; essay writing; lexicographical skills; report writing skills; IT skills; presentation skills; spoken language skills.

  Coursework

  35%

  Examination

  40%

  Practical

  25%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  SPA1101

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Gaeilge 1 (40 credits)

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  Gaeilge 1

  Overview

  Course contents: This module aims to consolidate and develop the students’ existing written and oral language skills as well as their knowledge of Irish society and culture. It consists of three elements: a) a two-hour language enrichment session based on the National Syllabus for Irish Language Teaching at 3rd Level; b) a one-hour interactive class on grammatical accuracy, and c) a one-hour skills-based language workshop.
  1. Language Enrichment (2hrs per week)
  The ability to discuss a range of topics in Irish related to the student experience forms the core of this element. Topics include university life, careers, the Gaeltacht and language learning. Vocabulary and linguistic competence will be developed through a range of methods that may include: group discussion, oral presentation, creative writing, critical review, essay and report. A wide range of multimedia resources will be used to facilitate learning.
  2. Language Accuracy (1hr per week)
  The weekly class will focus on various aspects of Irish grammar with the aim of reinforcing knowledge gained at A-Level and providing a solid foundation for the future study of the language. Topics covered will include grammatical cases and nominal inflections, the verbal system, and sentence structure.
  3. Language Workshop (1hr per week)
  This weekly workshop will focus on the development of core linguistic skills required for negotiating a degree pathway in Irish (essay writing / referencing / study skills / presentation and communication skills / exam preparation / use and application of technology for academic purposes). These skills will be developed through interaction with a variety of guest speakers from the Irish language sector.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students who successfully complete this module should:
  1. be able to demonstrate a level of fluency and accuracy in speech and writing, and a range of vocabulary and expression, so as to be able to discuss a range of issues related to their current lives with some variation in usage.
  2. be able to read a wide variety of Standard Irish texts related to the course and identify specific information and ideas within them.
  3. be able to demonstrate a good grasp of structures of the language covered in the module and their broader linguistic context and the ability to use appropriate reference works including dictionaries and grammars.
  4. be able to organise and present a reasonably coherent argument in Irish relating to topics covered in the course, and present their knowledge and ideas in a range of formats and registers such as letters, essays, reports, blogs, etc.

  Skills

  On successful completion of the modules students should have developed the following range of skills:
  Oral and written communication; IT and multimedia; improving own learning and performance; time management.

  Coursework

  30%

  Examination

  45%

  Practical

  25%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  CEL1101

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Celtic Mythology (20 credits)

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  Celtic Mythology

  Overview

  This module will explore the evidence for the mythology of the Celtic-speaking peoples from the earliest times as found in ancient and medieval sources in Ireland, Britain and the Continent with particular focus on Ireland. We will examine the evidence for early Irish ideologies, the native gods and the Otherworld. You will also study the nature of the surviving sources to enable you to assess their reliability and determine how they can be properly used for the study of early Irish and Celtic history and belief.

  Learning Outcomes

  A knowledge and understanding of the mythology and beliefs of Celtic-speaking peoples

  Skills

  Critical and analytical thinking; research; independent learning; time management.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  CEL1033

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Beyond the Hexagon: French language, politics and culture in a global frame (20 credits)

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  Beyond the Hexagon: French language, politics and culture in a global frame

  Overview

  This module will introduce students to key areas of contextual studies in French, ie. literature, culture, the visual arts and linguistics. There will be two 'strands' within the module, and across the two stands, students will be introduced to all four areas. The core material will include both French and francophone texts, film, images and data. Each strand will form a coherent whole in terms of both teaching and assessment.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students will acquire an introductory knowledge of key fields in French Studies, notably literature, culture, the visual arts and linguistics. They will acquire key skills in how to approach these fields in preparation for optional modules in Levels 2 and 3. They will further acquire skills in time management, written and oral communication, and skills in marshalling complex information and constructing an argument.

  Skills

  Skills in how to approach and analyse texts, images and data for future work in literature, the visual arts, linguistics; skills in oral and written communication; skills in marshalling large amounts of data and structuring an argument; skills in time management.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  FRH1004

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Foundations of Economics 1 (20 credits)

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  Foundations of Economics 1

  Overview

  Foundations of Economics 1 is the title of our new Level 1 semester 1 CORE (Curriculum Open-access Resource for Economics) module for non-specialists. CORE is the result of a huge global collaboration to change the way introductory economics is taught; to ensure it is student-centred and motivated by real-world problems and real-world data. Many students studying for degrees in other disciplines are drawn to economics so that they can develop their analytical skills and also engage with policy debates on issues such as environmental sustainability, inequality, the future of work, financial instability, and innovation. But, when they study economics, they find that their introductory course is arid and theoretical, and designed primarily for students who want to study the subject as their major. The result is that students from other disciplines often find themselves studying a quantitative and analytical economics module that is only minimally social in content and downplays the insights of other disciplines, or a social or business oriented module that gives them little training in modelling, or in quantitative scientific methods. In contrast, this module draws on the work of the global CORE team to offer students who are not specialist economists an in-depth introduction to economics and the global economy that is both analytical and real-world. The module focuses throughout on evidence on the economy, from around the world, and from history. It is motivated by questions — how can we explain what we see?
  
  This module is targeted at UG students who are not taking economics as a major subject but who want to develop their analytical skills and learn how to use economics to understand and articulate reasoned views on some of the most pressing policy problems facing our societies.
  
  The course content will be drawn primarily from the following units from the textbook Economy, Society, and Public Policy:
  
  1 Capitalism: affluence, inequality, and the environment
  2 Social interactions and economic outcomes
  3 Public policy for fairness and efficiency
  4 Work, wellbeing and scarcity
  5 Institutions, power, and inequality
  6 The firm: employees, managers, and owners
  7 Firms, customers, and markets
  8 The labour market: unemployment, wages, and profits
  9 The credit market: borrowers, lenders, and the rate of interest
  10 Market successes and failures
  11 Government, citizens, and public policy
  12 Banks, money, and central bank policy

  Learning Outcomes

  Successful completion of the module will enable students to:
  
  Understand the reach of economics and its place in the wider social sciences; understand how to interpret relevant evidence and apply relevant economic theory to help answer a variety of economic and social questions; understand how to critically evaluate the application of models in economics to real-world questions and policy issues; understand key aspects of the historical development of the global economy and its contemporary nature.

  Skills

  Subject-specific skills
  
  Successful completion of the module will enable students to:
  
  Develop/enhance subject-specific skills including the ability to construct arguments and exercise problem solving skills in the context of real-world economic and social questions; the ability to construct, interpret and critically evaluate economic models of behaviour; the ability to apply economic models and concepts to real world questions; the ability to understand, evaluate and commentate on the economy and on economic and social policy.
  
  Cognitive and transferable skills
  
  Successful completion of the module will enable students to:
  
  Develop/enhance generic cognitive and transferable skills, including: problem solving, logical reasoning, independent enquiry, critical evaluation and interpretation, self-assessment and reflection, synthesising information from a variety of sources, written and verbal communication, organisation and time management.

  Coursework

  30%

  Examination

  70%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ECO1015

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Digital Society (20 credits)

  ×

  Digital Society

  Overview

  This module will be both theoretical and intensely practical. Tutorials, assignments and group activities are designed to help students confront digital technology and apply their skills to navigating and utilising that. Lectures are focused on using theory to critically reflect on how technological advancements fit into or alter accounts of how society is shaped the way it is.
  
  Particular emphasis is placed on enhancing students’ appreciation of the idea of data. We are all of us contributing to the growth of ‘big data’, making use of data in our everyday lives and, often, paying for services with our data. But what is ‘big data’? Through exploration of concepts such as database matching, artificial intelligence and internet of things, we will examine how technology is being used to understand humanity and debate whether this process is ‘disrupting’ or reinforcing society’s existing strata and structures.
  
  Students will be encouraged to reflect critically on their own use of information and communication technologies and how this behaviour shapes contemporary society. This will include examination of the ‘information revolution’ and its effects on communication and social relations: local and global, personal and institutional. Students will also be encouraged to examine evidence both supporting and challenging commonplace perceptions of digital media’s influence on modern life.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this module you will be able to:
  • Use key concepts in the sociology of science and technology which help to understand digital technologies in a societal context;
  • Evaluate some of the sociological and criminological theories on the information revolution and digital data;
  • Understand what is meant by data, how data are proffered, gathered and combined, and how this is used to generate insight and influence;
  • Critique the role of the ‘digital consumer’ and the social power of multinational technology corporations;
  • Analyse the meaning and consequences of the so-called ‘digital divide’ in national and global contexts;
  • Assess the impact and potential development of digital citizenship;
  • Identify the development of virtual communities and their importance for socialisation in the contemporary world;
  • Use online methods and resources for research and learning

  Skills

  • Retrieve and select relevant information from print and electronic sources;
  • Identify and interpret data relating to and accruing from the use of digital media;
  • Select, utilise and interpret material to address a particular issue or problem;
  • Present information and communicate ideas in a coherent and appropriate manner and format;
  • Analyse, evaluate and interpret information in relation to digital spheres;
  • Develop and defend reasoned opinions;
  • Develop and demonstrate independent thinking;
  • Develop oral skills through participation in lectures, tutorials and group discussions;
  • Develop an ability to write in a clear, structured and critical manner utilising a wide range of source material.

  Coursework

  80%

  Examination

  20%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SQM1003

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  English in Transition (20 credits)

  ×

  English in Transition

  Overview

  This module is envisaged as introducing students to literary interpretation as conceived by English studies at university level. It aims to provide students with critical skills and technical vocabulary necessary to study poetry and prose for the rest of their degree. The module focuses on a small selection of texts designed to help students make the transition from the critical strategies used at A-level to those of academic English. In turn, the two sections of the module include contributions from the Heaney Centre and creative writing colleagues and the mode of assessment will allow for reflective development of writing skills through resubmission of formative writing for summative assessment.

  Learning Outcomes

  At the end of this module students will have learned to read and analyze poetry and prose using the techniques, vocabularies and approaches of contemporary academic English studies. They will have made the transition from reading and writing at A-level, having learned the research skills and critical terminologies necessary for the close, contextual reading of prose and poetry and writing about both genres in a suitably academic register. They will be equipped to undertake advanced study of literary works in semester two modules.

  Skills

  Students will learn to develop: critical and analytical skills; methods of textual analysis appropriate to the genres of poetry and prose; writing and research skills appropriate to degree-level English; oral presentation skills; independent study skills; and an ability to collaborate and work in groups; the ability to read and prepare for weekly lectures and tutorials.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Statistical Methods (20 credits)

  ×

  Statistical Methods

  Overview

  The course covers basic statistics for economics, finance and accounting students and assumes no prior knowledge. The two main areas of statistics covered are descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The emphasis is on the application of the statistical techniques to problems relevant to these subjects.

  Learning Outcomes

  To enable economics, finance and accounting students gain a basic knowledge and understanding of statistical methods. To provide a background for higher level quantitative modules.

  Skills

  The student should be able to apply statistical methods to economic and business data and critically assess simple techniques.

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  80%

  Practical

  20%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ECO1003

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction to Theatre: The Material Stage (20 credits)

  ×

  Introduction to Theatre: The Material Stage

  Overview

  This module is about theatre and performance as live events taking place on the material stage. This module will examine theatre and live performance by drawing on a wide historical and geographical range of theatre practices: from ancient Greece to the contemporary stage; from Ireland to South Africa and Japan. You will explore several key themes concerned with theatre’s role and relation to myth, ritual, conflict, memory, space and the body. Where relevant you will also attend a number of live performance which will be part of the curriculum.

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module, you should:
  • be able to interpret and analyse theatre events as a complex matrix of relationships between texts, participants (spectators, performers), spaces, and the material, historical and cultural contexts of their production and reception.
  • be able to identify and interpret the cultural frameworks that surround performance events, and with which these events engage and interact.
  • be able to analyse, evaluate and interpret theatre and performance from a range of critical perspectives using a variety of theoretical frameworks.
  • have developed critical, analytical and written skills through the submission of assignments.
  • have developed essay writing skills and deepened their understanding of how written work is assessed.

  Skills

  Textual analysis; application of theory to practice in theatre-making; essay-writing skills.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  DRA1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Nualitríocht na Gaeilge ó 1916 go dtí an lá inniu (20 credits)

  ×

  Nualitríocht na Gaeilge ó 1916 go dtí an lá inniu

  Overview

  This module will provide an introduction to modern literature in Irish. It will explore the cultural, political and social backdrop against which contemporary literature in Irish is being produced, and will focus on a selection of key themes and texts.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students will have acquired knowledge and understanding of modern literature in Irish and its cultural context.

  Skills

  Analytical and evaluative skills; development of ability in synthesis and analysis of diverse information, and construction of arguments in written form using appropriate sources.

  Coursework

  70%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  30%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  CEL1006

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Economics for Business (20 credits)

  ×

  Economics for Business

  Overview

  This module introduces students to economic approaches to the study of organisations. The module examines:- why organisations exist in a market context; the role of the entrepreneur; buyer behaviour; production and costs; the pricing decision and game theory; how the firm makes profits; the firm as a focal point for a set of contracts; the principal-agent problem; growth and innovation; the macro-economic environment.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of the module you will have acquired:
  
  Knowledge and understanding:
  Students will gain an understanding of both the textbook applications of theory and real world managerial practice. The course will cover standard topics such as demand and supply, production and cost, pricing decisions, market structures, mergers and vertical integration, R&D etc.
  
  Intellectual skills:
  Students will gain an understanding of how economists think and how to engage in economic analysis. They will also get some understanding of the economic techniques that are available to address business problems and the strengths and weaknesses of these techniques.
  
  Practical skills:
  Students will develop organizational skills, communication skills, presentation skills and word processing skills.

  Skills

  The aim of this module is to introduce students to the relevance of economic analysis to managerial decision making. Economics is central to understanding management and underpins many functional decisions, e.g., in marketing, finance, production and human resources.

  Coursework

  40%

  Examination

  60%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ECO1007

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  What is to be done? Sustainability, climate change and just energy transitions in the Anthropocene (20 credits)

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  What is to be done? Sustainability, climate change and just energy transitions in the Anthropocene

  Overview

  The module will comprise three distinct sections:
  
  1. Section one will introduce students to the module and set the context for a study of environment and sustainability in the context of the Anthropocene;
  2. Section two will focus on key issues such as society’s dependency on fossil fuels and associated socio-ecological conflicts; and
  3. The third section will concentrate on pathways towards sustainability, using complex systems thinking to help integrate students’ appreciation of the contributions of diverse disciplines. In doing so, this module will introduce students to some of the most significant problems facing our world and offer alternative individual and institutional pathways to a more sustainable future.
  
  Breakdown of lecture/tutorial topics
  Section One
  Society-environment interactions
  Risk society
  Welcome to the Anthropocene
  Is climate change a ‘wicked’ problem?
  Climate change mitigation & adaptation
  The politics of our personal/ political responses to the Anthropocene
  
  Section Two
  Carbon captured? Carbon lock in & our dependency on fossil fuels
  Extractive industries
  Sustainability politics and policies
  Social conflicts and the environment
  The organisation of ‘sustainable degradation’
  The mythic lure of techno-optimism
  The impact of neoliberalism or transnational global environmental negotiations and law making
  The political economy of lobbying and capture
  
  Section Three
  Just Energy transitions x 2
  Renewable energies, people and place
  Rethinking Economics and Rethinking prosperity x 2
  Post-growth rethinking beyond GDP/GNP, critical approaches to wellbeing
  Creativity, envisioning and Developing sustainable communities and societies

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of the module, students will be able to:
  
  -Understand key concepts such as the ‘Anthropocene’, socio-technical transitions, just transition, environmental and climate justice, energy democracy;
  -Articulate key socio-ecological issues such as enclosure of common natural resources, carbon lock-in, sustainability policy formation;
  -Analyse society-environment interactions in the context of unequal resource distribution and inequality in both a global and national context;
  -Offer a cultural political economy analysis of anthropogenic climate change and just energy transitions;
  -Critically evaluate the concept of sustainability/sustainable development;
  -Confidently integrate a variety of disciplinary perspectives and bodies of knowledge within the arts, humanities and social sciences and between the latter and natural science and technological studies;
  -Formulate their own conceptualisation of desirable and realisable low and post-carbon energy futures;
  -Utilise learning technologies to deepen their learning process.

  Skills

  Ability to work with other people;
  
  Ability to work across and integrate different disciplinary perspectives on the same issue;
  Managing & Prioritizing Knowledge: identify relevant and subject-specific knowledge, sources and data; manage such information in an independent manner
  Analytical Thinking: identify, understand, interpret and evaluate relevant subject-specific arguments made by others; construct independent arguments *
  Critical & Independent Thinking: ability to think critically and in creative and innovative ways and construct one’s own position in relation to existing and ongoing debates in the fields of study
  Communication Skills: ability to communicate clearly with others, both orally and in writing Teamwork: ability to work with others in a team, negotiate conflicts and recognize different ways of learning
  Diversity: ability to acknowledge and be sensitive to the range of cultural differences present in the learning environment
  Self-Reflexivity: ability to reflect on one’s own progress and identify and act upon ones own development needs with respect to life-long learning and career development
  Time Management: ability to negotiate diverse and competing pressures; cope with stress; and achieve a work / life balance Technical and practical skills
  Information Technology: demonstrate the knowledge and ability to use contemporary and relevant ICT Organizational skills
  Efficient and effective work practice: demonstrate ability to work efficiently to deadlines
  Clear organisation of information: show efficiency in the organisation of large amounts of complex information and the ability to identify, describe and analyse the key features of the information.
  
  Organisation and communication: demonstrate ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear arguments; show aptitude for the effective use of information in a direct and appropriate way
  Enterprising thinking: Demonstrate ability to think and argue in novel and enterprising ways, to display originality of

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI1010

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Audio Mixing I (10 credits)

  ×

  Audio Mixing I

  Overview

  This module introduces students to audio mixing in the software domain. Advanced signal flow, audio signal processing and balancing of audio sources are considered in the context of mixing both for music and screen. Students will be introduced to mixing workflows using industry standard digital audio workstation software. Topics covered include mix evaluation; balancing and spatial presentation; timbral and dynamic control; mix depth and acoustic context; and mix automation. Students will also develop technical listening skills to enable the aural identification of timbral, dynamic and spatial changes to individual components of a larger multitrack mix.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this module students should be able to:
  1. Demonstrate critical awareness of current industry practice in the area of audio mixing for music and screen
  2. Demonstrate the application of workflows for audio mixing using industry standard audio software
  3. Demonstrate the capacity to explore software solutions to problem solve audio mixing challenges as they arise.
  4. Demonstrate a critical ability to make informed creative decisions in the creation of audio mixes for music and post-production contexts
  5. Demonstrate the capacity to aurally identify changes to audio processing in the context of a multitrack mix

  Skills

  1. Practical, analytic and critical thinking skills
  2. Critical listening skills
  3. Capacity for self-direction and an ability to work independently
  4. Ability to problem solve and explore creative solutions to audio mixing challenges
  5. Written and verbal communication skills
  6. Specific knowledge of key current audio mixing workflows

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  10

  Module Code

  MUS1030

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Themes and Issues in Social Policy (20 credits)

  ×

  Themes and Issues in Social Policy

  Overview

  ‘Themes and Issues in Social Policy’ will look at contemporary developments and trends across a range of social policy areas in the UK. It will encourage students to examine the various ways in which key social policy ‘problems’ have been addressed. The first half of the module will introduce students to social policy in a range of substantive areas such as education, employment, housing, crime, health and social care. The second half of the module will take a more focused approach by exploring the ways in which social policy has sought to improve the welfare and well-being of particular groups in society with respect to children and young people, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and older people.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of the module students should be able to:
  • Identify the different ways in which key social problems have been defined and explained;
  • Outline policy measures which have been developed in response to a range of social problems;
  • Demonstrate awareness of social policies aimed at groups in society and their implications.

  Skills

  Development of analytical and evaluative skills; independent learning skills; teamwork skills.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SPY1005

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Rethinking Society (20 credits)

  ×

  Rethinking Society

  Overview

  This module offers a general introduction to the discipline of sociology for those with no experience of studying sociology before. Its primary objective is to initiate students to sociological thinking. Sociology does not rely on our subjective experience and general ideas commonly shared withing the society (beliefs, customs, traditions, values, norms); its critical way of thinking and its methods allow us to discover aspects of social life that most people are unaware of. This will be done through a diversity of topics such as social class, suicide, race, gender, disability, globalisation, violence and other social phenomena. The module will provide a background for those intending to study sociology in the second and third years, but also acts as a stand-alone sociology course for those who do not intend to study it further

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of the module you should be able to:
  Have a general understanding of the cncepts, approaches and theories available within the discipine of sociology.
  Understand the effect of social norms and common sense on our perception of social life.
  Apply a sociological way of thinking on a diversity of topics.
  Effectively gather, retrieve and synthesise information to evaluate the key aspects of social life.

  Skills

  - To develop analytical and oral skills through participation in lectures and tutorials.
  - To develop an ability to write in a clear, structured and critical manner utilising a wide range of source material.
  - To be able to use information technology to gather, organise and evaluate information.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SOC1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introducing Criminology (20 credits)

  ×

  Introducing Criminology

  Overview

  The module offers a general introduction to criminology and some of the key debates and topics in the subject. The first half of the course (weeks 1 – 6) introduces some essential background materials for those pursuing study in criminology including an overview of historical and contemporary crime and crime control, the workings of the criminal justice system, sources of information on crime and criminals and an introduction to some theoretical concepts in criminology. The second half of the course (weeks 8-11) introduces a number of key debates and issues in criminology – many of which can and will be studied in greater depth in second and third year criminology modules.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Critically evaluate the term ‘crime’ and the historical evolution of crime and our responses to it.
  
  2. Critically apply criminological thinking to our understanding of crime and criminal justice processes.
  
  3. Identify, find and evaluate a range of criminological sources especially (but not limited to) academic sources (books, journal articles) and official and other statistics on crime and criminality

  Skills

  1. To develop analytical and oral skills through participation in lectures and tutorials.
  
  2. To develop an ability to write in a clear, structured and critical manner utilising a wide range of source material.
  
  3. To develop the ability to find and evaluate academic materials in the area of criminology.
  
  4. To be able to use information technology to gather, organise and evaluate information.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  CRM1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Study Skills for Archaeology and Palaeoecology (0 credits)

  ×

  Study Skills for Archaeology and Palaeoecology

  Overview

  This module provides students with basic study skills in Archaeology and Palaeoecology, to enable them to take ownership of their own learning process. While these skills are essentially generic, the examples and practical elements of this module are taken from the disciplinary fields of Archaeology and Palaeoecology, in order to make their relevance more readily accessible to students on relevant degree programmes.

  Learning Outcomes

  Upon completion of the module, students will be familiar with common standards of good academic conduct and will be able to:
  
  • Draft an essay plan
  • Reference a range of different academic sources correctly
  • Communicate and share ideas effectively
  • Plan individual and team work effectively
  • Manage their workload efficiently

  Skills

  • Essay preparation
  • Presentation preparation
  • Correct academic referencing
  • Effective group work
  • Time management

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  0

  Module Code

  ARP1101

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Visualising the Social World (20 credits)

  ×

  Visualising the Social World

  Overview

  The module introduces students to the visual presentation of quantitative data. By establishing a basic working knowledge of measurement procedures, data sources, and appropriate conventions in quantitative data visualisation, it introduces students to basic graphic functions in spreadsheet and geographical information system packages. Students will gain experience in the selection of appropriate graphics for different kinds of variables, in the construction of basic datasets from secondary data sources, and in the mapping of spatial data.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion students will be able to:
  
  Understand how different forms of data visualisation are appropriate for different data types
  Source and format data independently from online data repositories
  Appreciate the implications of proper visualisation for clear communication
  Perform basic spreadsheet calculations and visualisation functions
  Produce basic maps and perform preliminary diagnostics using Geographical Information Systems Select from and appraise a range of data visualisation techniques

  Skills

  On successful completion students will have:
  
  Proficiency with data analysis and visualisation packages (MS Excel and open source geographical information software)
  Knowledge of online data repositories (World Bank, EuroStat, AMECO, OECD, Penn Tables) Appreciation of the history of, and public / political uses of, visual quantitative data
  Critical thinking in the selection and use of appropriate visualisation methods
  Experience of independent work through in-class and outside assessments

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  100%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SQM1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Theatre Now: Contemporary Performance (20 credits)

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  Theatre Now: Contemporary Performance

  Overview

  This module offers Level 1 Students an introduction to major contemporary theatre practices and is intended to dovetail with the students’ work on DRA1001. The course will explore emerging and challenging strands of theory and practice from the early Twentieth Century to present day. Themes include Poststructuralist discourse, Gender and Queer Theory, Installation as Theatre and Hyperreality.
  
  Teaching delivery:
  - asynchronous lectures through powerpoint or voice thread with comment function
  - combination of asynchronous screenings and synchronous screenings, synchronous responses to screenings in live chat or online teams class
  - essay writing tutorials x4 delivered synchronously in weeks 4, 5, 6, 7
  - small group seminars in person, recorded/broadcast for students who cannot be present

  Learning Outcomes

  Describing, theorising, interpreting and evaluating performance texts and events from a range of critical perspectives
  
  Reading the performance possibilities implied by a script, score and other textual or documentary sources.
  
  The capacity to analyse and critically examine diverse forms of performative discourse and their effects on representation in the arts, media and public life
  
  Information retrieval skills, involving the ability to gather, sift, synthesise and organise material independently and critically evaluate its significance.

  Skills

  Critical evaluation, Research-led inquiry, Writing Skills, Teamwork

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  DRA1005

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  The Long Road to Black Lives Matter (20 credits)

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  The Long Road to Black Lives Matter

  Overview

  A systematic introduction to ways in which history is used outside the university campus, including in museums and exhibitions, film, memorials and political discussion. The course will involve visits to local museums and students will get a chance to work together to pitch a new public history project. Previous projects have included public exhibitions, new museums or digital apps. The module focuses on the history of race, ethnicity, slavery, colonialism and anti-colonialism and their representations in pubic history.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students who successfully complete the module should • Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of academic history within society; • Be able to present historical information systematically and in accordance with normal
  
  academic practice; • Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the requirements of effective group work • Have identified a dissertation topic and be able to demonstrate an ability to place it in its broad historiographical context.

  Skills

  Working in groups; oral communication skills, public history theory.

  Coursework

  60%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  40%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HIS1005

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction to Film Studies 2 (20 credits)

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  Introduction to Film Studies 2

  Overview

  This module aims to provide you with knowledge and understanding of European cinema and throughout emphasis is placed on relating its forms, structures, and contexts to a broader history of cinema, and film culture. The module also explores relations between a range of European films and Hollywood cinema, particularly in relation to the ways in which European film-makers have rejected and revered the dominance of Hollywood's narrative aesthetic and industrial practices. The module will consolidate and develop upon work covered in FLM1001.

  Learning Outcomes

  The objectives of the module are to introduce students to key ideas and approaches in film history and film criticism as they relate to the idea of non-Hollywood product.

  Skills

  Reading, film analysis.

  Coursework

  40%

  Examination

  60%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  FLM1002

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction to Music (20 credits)

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  Introduction to Music

  Overview

  The goal of this module is to provide an introduction to music from an 'educated' perspective: that is, an awareness of music as an art-form as it is practised in contemporary culture. This outlook would primarily relate to Western Culture, but would include an exploration of music in non-Western cultures - for instance, India and the Middle East. The relevance of historical practices as they relate to contemporary thinking would also be explored. Within Western Music, students would explore the vast range of musical practices ranging from music, which is intended to fuel consumerism (in which case a lecture would analyse music in advertisements) to mass market music (rock or film music) to the 'classical' tradition and its contemporary proliferation. The relationship of music and society would be a key component of the study and students would not only examine the influence of political thinking on the music of composers such as Finnissy, but would also look at the cultural significance of moments such as Jimi Hendrix's performance at Woodstock (the video of which might make an effective opening to the entire module).

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this module students will be able to:
  • Understand the importance of listening to music from an educated perspective
  • Understand the relationship between musical developments and wider trends within culture and society
  • Understand the range of contemporary musical practices
  • Understand the relationship between historical and contemporary practices
  • Utilise this understanding in their own work

  Skills

  • Problem solving
  • Communication
  • Time Management
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork (social intelligence)
  • Abstraction of thought
  • Imagination
  • Self-expression (emotional intelligence)
  • Self-reliance
  • Reflection
  • Editing
  • Proofreading
  • Formatting
  • Plotting outcomes
  • Prioritisation
  • Evaluating success
  • Resource management
  • Making decisions
  • Independent thought

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS1002

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introducing Social Policy (20 credits)

  ×

  Introducing Social Policy

  Overview

  The module offers a general introduction to Social Policy as an applied academic subject. Students will be encouraged to take a broad perspective on how social policies are implemented by examining political, economic and social perspectives on human needs and wants. The second half of the course introduces social security, taxes, benefits and their implications for citizenship. The course offers a useful entry point to Social Policy; piquing students’ interest in core theories and principles which they will explore in more detail in second and third year social policy modules.

  Learning Outcomes

  • To introduce students to theories, concepts and principles underpinning social policy.
  • To provide an applied understanding of the implications of tax and benefits systems for human well-being.

  Skills

  Development of analytical and evaluative skills; independent learning skills and academic writing skills.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SPY1004

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Philosophy and Human Nature (20 credits)

  ×

  Philosophy and Human Nature

  Overview

  An introduction to some fundamental philosophical problems arising from theories of human nature in the western philosophical tradition, and to the methods which philosophers use for solving them, including techniques of sound reasoning and argument. Topics covered will include the soul, personal identity, free will, God and evil, and life after death (among others). Reference will be made to the ideas and arguments of many important figures in the history of philosophy, including Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume and Kant.

  Learning Outcomes

  Upon completion of this introduction to the nature and range of Philosophy, students will have developed a familiarity with the ideas of a number of important philosophers and a sense of the principles of sound and effective reasoning and argument.

  Skills

  KEY Intellectual skills, e.g., critical analysis, creative thinking, problem solving; communication skills, e.g., oral, listening and written; improvement of learning and performance; managing information. EMPLOYABILITY Research and communication skills (written and oral), independent learning (organising and prioritising ideas), critical/independent thinking. SUBJECT SPECIFIC Listening/analytical/literacy/presentation skills; textual analysis; the comprehension and formulation of extended and cogent arguments; the ability to participate in a tolerant and supportive learning environment.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Being Creative: Music Media and the Arts (20 credits)

  ×

  Being Creative: Music Media and the Arts

  Overview

  Anthropologists have analysed how people with different cultures' express themselves in a variety of ways through sound, text and image. Who is involved in specific expressive practices, who controls these practices, and which media are emphasised by different groups? Can textual, verbal, musical and material forms of expression be communicated across cultural boundaries? How do processes of cultural translation affect their meaning and impact on different lifeworlds? In this module, we will explore performative genres including musical activities and rituals; language-based forms of expression and processes of visual and material expression around artworks, objects and film documentation.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should have acquired a basic understanding of key issues relating to the performative dimensions of cultural expression through a comparative analysis of ethnographic studies pertaining to sound, text and image. Students should be able to discuss how anthropology has approached expressive cultures and understand a range of cultural differences between themselves and others in this arena. The module should prepare them for further study in the fields of performative, textual and visual analysis.

  Skills

  Students should develop skills in literacy; oral communication; the organisation of logical arguments; effective presentation of written work; critical reflection on their own cultural assumptions and biases; and teamwork.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ESA1001

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Contemporary Europe (20 credits)

  ×

  Contemporary Europe

  Overview

  The module provides a wide-ranging introduction to political developments in contemporary Europe. Following analysis of the nature and consequences for Europe of the Cold War, the module analyses some of the major political, economic and security challenges Europe has had to face since 1989 including the processes of economic and political transformation in Central and Eastern Europe as well as war in the former Yugoslavia and Ukraine. Featuring prominently in the module are developments in the process of European integration with a primary focus on the EU, how it is organized and operates, what powers it has, the attitudes of selected states in contemporary Europe towards membership, and the effects of integration on them. In doing so, the module considers the origins and implications of the Eurozone crisis for European integration as well as public attitudes towards the process.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will
  1. Understand the historical background to contemporary Europe;
  2. Analyse critically selected major political developments and trends in Europe since the end of the Cold War;
  3. Appreciate key concepts and understandings associated with the political organization of Europe;
  4. Appreciate key concepts and understandings associated with the European Union as a political entity;
  5. Analyse how the major European states have engaged with the European Union since 1957;
  6. Understand public reactions to European integration.
  7. Appreciate selected major political and security challenges facing contemporary

  Skills

  The module will develop students' analytical, research and communication skills; allow students to refine their essay-writing skills; and enhance their abilities to think critically.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI1001

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Exploring History 1 (20 credits)

  ×

  Exploring History 1

  Overview

  This module allows students to study a closely-defined area of history. They will choose from a range of courses offered by History staff and will study one topic in detail. Each course is designed as a significant area of study in its own right, and as a means of developing in depth some of the issues of historiography and method that students will encounter over their course of studies in History at Queen's. Particular emphasis is placed on essay writing at university level.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students should be aware of the range of approaches that have been used to study the past. They should be able to demonstrate knowledge of a particular historical case study and how it has been debated amongst historians. They should also be aware of the links between historical research and methodological/theoretical frameworks.

  Skills

  Ability to think critically, reason logically, and evaluate evidence; develop communication skills, both written and oral; an ability to work independently; the ability to use and interpret a range of sources.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HIS1003

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Exploring History 2 (20 credits)

  ×

  Exploring History 2

  Overview

  This module allows students the chance to enrich their understanding of historical methods, theories and themes via a closely defined case study. Students will choose from a range of course offered by History staff and will study one topic in detail. Each course is designed as a significant area of study in its own right, and as a means of developing in depth some of the issues of historiography and method that students will encounter over their course of studies in History at Queen's.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students should be aware of the range of approaches that have been used to study the past. They should be able to demonstrate knowledge of a particular historical case study and how it has been debated amongst historians. They should also be aware of the links between historical research and methodological/theoretical frameworks.

  Skills

  Ability to think critically, reason logically, and evaluate evidence; develop communication skills, both written and oral; an ability to work independently; the ability to use and interpret a range of sources.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HIS1002

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  A World on the Move:Historical and Anthropological Approaches to Globalization (20 credits)

  ×

  A World on the Move:Historical and Anthropological Approaches to Globalization

  Overview

  This modules provides an anthropological introduction to the study of globalisation, using comparative case studies from the contemporary and the historical record, and outlining links with perspectives in the field of history. Among the issues discussed are: global and local linkages in a world of economic, cultural and political connectivity; cultural convergence and the expression of cultural difference; migration, refugees, trafficked people, tourism; diasporas, the idea of home and national borders; transnational family networks in the contemporary world; global and local regimes of power and resistance.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, student should be aware of the complex ways in which globalising forces have influenced people's everyday experiences in different socio-cultural settings and changing historical contexts.

  Skills

  Students should develop skills in literacy; oral communication; the organisation of logical arguments; effective presentation of written work; and teamwork.

  Coursework

  80%

  Examination

  20%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT1003

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  'Understanding Northern Ireland: History, Politics and Anthropology' (20 credits)

  ×

  'Understanding Northern Ireland: History, Politics and Anthropology'

  Overview

  This level 1 module will use a variety of historical, political, sociological and anthropological perspectives to look at key issues relating to Northern Ireland. The course will provide an overview of the history and politics of the state of Northern Ireland. It will use anthropological understandings of ethnicity and nationalism to examine how Unionism and Irish Nationalism developed. It will look in detail at the various political solutions which have been applied to ‘the Province’, with a particular focus on the Peace Process. It will examine the realities and legacies of the conflict since the signing of the 1998 Agreement. It will explore the development of cultural and political 'traditions' examining, in particular, change and continuity in Irish society.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students should
  •be aware of how to utilise a range of disciplinary approaches (historical, political, sociological and anthropological) in helping to develope an understanding of division and conflict within Northern Ireland.
  •be aware of how to examine how contemporary political communities use the past to construct traditions, ideologies and identities.
  •understand how to explore the role of history in understandings of Northern Ireland.
  •To develop a broad understanding of the politics of the state.
  •understand and look at key contemporary issues in Northern Irish society.
  •be able to assess and highlight various research approaches to Northern Ireland, and to explore how academic work can be applied.

  Skills

  Students will acquire skills in understanding written material, skills in weighing evidence and skills in debating controversial topics. The ability to read material, weigh judgements and engage with the topics being discussed. They should also develop oral presentation skills, essay writing skills and skills in accessing and analysing information, research evaluation. They will also gain experience of coping with controversial topics.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT1006

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Us And them: Why do we have ingroups and outgroups? (20 credits)

  ×

  Us And them: Why do we have ingroups and outgroups?

  Overview

  Drawing theoretically on both cognitive and social anthropology and utilizing a wide range of case studies, from personal passions for particular sub-cultures of music and sport to national politics in Northern Ireland to global divides of religion and class, this module will introduce students to social groups.
  
  We will explore what makes human social groups different from those of other animals, psychological explanations of group commitment, and anthropological literature on symbols, rituals, and politics to examine how particular social groups are created and sustained and how some individuals become willing to fight and die for their fellow group members.

  Learning Outcomes

  Be able to describe and consider the implications of:
  
  1) The importance of social groups for individuals.
  
  2) How group identities and traditions are created.
  
  3) How groups continue from generation to generation.
  
  4) The similarities and differences between national, religious, sporting, class, and interest groups.
  
  5) How groups can convince individuals to die for them
  6) Why intergroup prejudice and conflict is so common.

  Skills

  The module will help foster the students’:
  
  Ability to consider the findings of multiple disciplines in addressing questions of human society.
  
  Ability to present ideas clearly in both oral and written formats
  
  Ability to research and analyse material from multiple disciplines
  
  Ability to debate and defend arguments
  
  Ability to engage in civil discourse about strongly held convictions
  
  Ability to prepare concise and focused presentations

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT1007

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Quantitative Methods (20 credits)

  ×

  Quantitative Methods

  Overview

  This course builds on the Mathematics taught at GCSE level or an equivalent level. The course is taught paying particular attention to the solving of economic problems and relating these to applications to the real world. There are two parts in the module.
  
  The first part covers mathematical techniques required to solve applied economic problems. It begins with a revision of basic algebraic methods. These ideas are then further developed to cover more advanced mathematical concepts including linear and non-linear functions; single variable calculus and calculus of several variables.
  
  The second part covers basic statistical methods used by economists and other social scientists. This will include data presentation, descriptive statistics, basic regression analysis, time series and elementary probability theory. Students will also be taught how to use Excel to perform basic statistical analysis.

  Learning Outcomes

  On the successful completion of the module students will be able to:
  
  1. Know what is meant by a function.
  2. Use calculus methods to solve basic economic problems such as profit maximization.
  3. Use calculus to locate the maxima and minima for functions of several variables.
  4. Use descriptive statistics to present data.
  5. Know what is meant by a probability distribution.
  6. Perform basic regression analysis and time series forecasting.
  7. Exhibit transferable skills of problem solving, numeracy and the communication of mathematical concepts.

  Skills

  The aim of this module is to give students a basic working knowledge of the mathematics and statistics that is needed in the quantitative and non-quantitative level 2 and level 3 modules. The primary focus of the module is to provide the basic tools to solve practical, applied problems.

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  100%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ECO1009

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction to English Language (20 credits)

  ×

  Introduction to English Language

  Overview

  This module offers a broad introduction to key topics in English language. It lays the foundations for the systematic study of the language in all its diversity. Among the topics covered are: common beliefs about “good” and “bad” accents and dialects; phonetics, syntax and morphology; and the social, situational and geographical variation in language, with an emphasis on the history and development of the English language. Another important area of inquiry is how language works in cultural contexts and intersects with issues of power and gender. In summary, the module enables students to move beyond ‘common-sense’ ideas about language towards the academic and analytic perspective appropriate for university level.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will have become aware of the levels of structure which make up the spoken and written varieties of a language, the communicative functions of these levels, and of the relevant descriptive and analytical frameworks to analyse and describe them, with regard both to present-day English and to stages in its historical development. Students will also have gained the skills for the confident oral delivery of some of the issues and topics addressed on the Course.

  Skills

  While Units One and Two focus on theoretical and analytical concepts and frameworks, Units Three and Four provide case studies from ‘real-world’ contexts such as the media and the historical development of the English language, to which students will apply the skills they have gained in Units One and Two. The module incorporates online assessment for Units One and Two, which will account for 30% of the mark and will take the form of online exercises, to be completed by students in weeks 3-6. Units Three and Four will be assessed at the end of the semester as essay assignments, worth 70% in total. Students will write two essays of 1400-1700 words each: one essay will address the issues covered in Unit Three (35%), and the other essay will address the issues covered in Unit Four (35%).

  Coursework

  70%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  30%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENL1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Europe in Prehistory (20 credits)

  ×

  Europe in Prehistory

  Overview

  This module examines the later prehistory of Europe, from the beginnings of settled farming society in the Near East (c. 10,000 years ago) to the European Iron Age and the dawn of historic times (c. 50 BC). Geographically, the scope of the module spans across Europe and the Mediterranean, from Russia and the Levant to Ireland and Spain. The material and ideas presented provide an important base for subsequent modules on the history and prehistory of Europe, Britain, and Ireland, setting a chronological scene against which to understand the emergence of complex human society.
  
  Two themes run through the course: human adaptation to change (climate, environment, food, technology, social structure) and the emergence of different cultural responses through time and space (such as settlement, economic strategies, material culture, art, burial, status, trade and ethnicity). Prehistoric archaeology is interested in recording how humans deal with change over time and in understanding how to measure time in the remote past through a variety of chronological methods (14C and dendro-dating, other scientific and material culture-based dating techniques). Later prehistoric archaeology also examines the origins of new technologies and social structures, such as domestication of plants and animals, metals, writing and urban life, and seeks to understand the many factors that trigger change and development.
  
  The aim of the course is to provide students with an introduction to the major themes of study and the principal issues of European prehistory. It includes many of the classic sites and cultures that typify the early history of the continent, and some of the theories and models that have resulted from their study.

  Learning Outcomes

  - A broad understanding of the development of human societies in Europe from c. 10,000 years ago to the 1st century BC.
  - An understanding of the nature and range of the archaeological record.
  - An awareness of the complexities and limitations of archaeological interpretation.
  - An awareness of present debates and controversies in prehistoric archaeology.
  - An understanding of the multi-disciplinary nature of archaeology, the wide variety of sources, and evidence on which modern archaeology draws, e.g. environmental, historical and ethnographical.

  Skills

  - Critical thinking and oral expression.
  - Time management and self directed learning.
  - The ability to write structured academic style essays, presenting clear unbiased arguments.
  - Ability to cite references and create bibliographies.
  - The ability to undertake library-based research, making full use of bibliographic sources.
  - Critical analysis of competing hypotheses of text and other media.
  - Critical synthesis of diverse information.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ARP1008

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Physical Geography: Earth, Fire and Ice (20 credits)

  ×

  Physical Geography: Earth, Fire and Ice

  Overview

  The module will reinforce and build on knowledge and understanding of physical geography and the environment by introducing students to some of the major processes that drive the Earth system and the interactions between the various spheres. This ‘big picture’ module will have a global focus, but will also provide regional and local examples of how the Earth system operates, interacts and changes across time and space to shape our landscapes and environments. The module will cover two key spheres from the Earth system as follows:
  
  • The Lithosphere introduces the topics of geology and geomorphology, covering the processes that shape the earth’s sub-surface and surface, the resulting landforms and landscapes, and a range of associated hazards including earthquakes, volcanoes, and mass movements.
  
  • The Cryosphere introduces the topic of glaciology, covering the frozen components of the Earth system and the interactions with the other spheres in driving landscape and environmental change in cold climates.

  Learning Outcomes

  After completing the module students should:
  1) Develop a knowledge and understanding of the major processes that drive the lithosphere and cryosphere, and the interactions with the other components of the Earth system
  2) Develop field skills to collect primary data
  3) Gain experience in writing scientifically in the form of a report
  4) Develop the ability to interpret analysed outputs
  5) Gain experience in writing answers under class test conditions

  Skills

  Scientific writing; statistical analysis; graphical presentation; primary data collection; secondary data collection; interpretation of geographical information; critical analysis; referencing.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  GGY1007

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Ancient Humans and Landscapes (20 credits)

  ×

  Ancient Humans and Landscapes

  Overview

  This module introduces students to the evolution of hominins in changing global environments, from primate origins to the beginning of settled societies. Lectures and practicals introduce the timeframes of changing environments in which people evolved, patterns of evolution, the appearance of our own species, dispersal throughout the world and the ancient beginnings of human impact on the planet.
  
  Knowledge gained in the lecture course will be assessed by multiple choice tests and two written assessments. The practical programme will introduce skills in bibliographic and literature search, graphical display, and the analysis of research data relating to the investigation of early humans. Skills relating to the analysis and documentation of artefacts and stratigraphy and sedimentology will be introduced.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this course, students will be able to
  • Show an understanding of the environmental, chronological and cultural context for human evolution [assessed mainly by essay, but also CT and portfolio]
  • Show an understanding of records of ancient humans and landscapes [assessed mainly by essay, but also CT]
  • Demonstrate a knowledge of the key evidence and terminology relating to environmental and human evolutionary changes throughout the Quaternary [assessed mainly by CT]
  • Show an ability to handle and present data, and to undertake basic statistical analysis [assessed by portfolio]

  Skills

  Skills
  
  Subject-specific skills
  
  You will be able to search, extract and use data from a range of academic literature. You will be able to use the MS Excel program to display, describe and carry out simple analysis of archaeological data, including basic statistics.
  You will be able to analyse artefacts and document them photographically and by drawing.
  
  
  Cognitive skills
  
  You will be able to explain (i) the patterns and process of hominid evolution and (ii) the background pattern of global climate change.
  
  Further details, including a full breakdown of Transferable skills and Module Guide example, can be found at the following link:
  https://archaeology-palaeoecology-qub.com/gap1001-ancient-humans-landscapes/

  Coursework

  80%

  Examination

  20%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ARP1006

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Portuguese 1 (40 credits)

  ×

  Portuguese 1

  Overview

  This module is designed for students who have no previous knowledge of the Portuguese language. It aims to introduce students to the basic areas of grammatical usage and essential vocabulary, putting them into practice through oral, listening and written exercises.
  It consists of four elements: a) a one hour language session that introduces you to basic areas of grammatical usage; b) a one hour tutorial that puts into practice the grammatical knowledge gained through written and oral exercises etc.; c) a third language tutorial which concentrates on developing students’ writing skills in Portuguese; and d) a fourth language session that is designed to allow students to practice their oral skills in Portuguese, using the grammar and vocabulary acquired in the first two hours of language teaching.
  1. Grammar Class (1h per week)
  The weekly class will focus on various basic aspects of Portuguese grammar with the aim of introducing students to basic areas of grammatical usage and providing a solid foundation for the future study of the language. Topics covered will include the construction of gender and number, pronouns, prepositions, adverbs, adjectives, and simple tenses.
  2. Grammar Workshop (1h per week)
  This weekly workshop will test students’ ability to put into practice the grammatical knowledge gained in the previous hour through written, aural and oral exercises. Topics include daily routine, physical and psychological description, academic life, the family and home. Vocabulary and linguistic competence will be developed through a range of methods that may include: group discussion, oral presentation, and translation.
  3. Writing Practice Workshop (1h per week)
  This weekly workshop will link to the two previous sessions, focusing specifically on the development of core linguistic skills required for writing in Portuguese. Vocabulary and linguistic competence will be developed through a range of exercises that may include: reading/listening and comprehension, translation, creative writing, and interview.
  4. Oral Class (1h per week)
  This weekly session is designed to allow students to practice their oral skills in Portuguese, using the grammar and vocabulary acquired in the first two hours, through structured role-plays and exercises. This hour will also include some listening exercises

  Learning Outcomes

  Students who successfully complete this module should:
  1) be able to demonstrate acquisition of knowledge about and understanding of basic aspects of Portuguese grammar;
  2) be able to communicate basic concepts in the target language in written and oral form;
  3) be able to distinguish between different registers of written Portuguese and varieties of spoken Portuguese;
  4) be able to demonstrate understanding of and the ability to evaluate and analyse a range of language and cultural material

  Skills

  basic linguistic skills in the target language, both in written form and orally; knowledge and understanding in the use of language-learning tools;
  time-management skills;
  team-working skills;
  ability in and understanding of the use of appropriate basic research tools; presentation skills related to an academic setting;
  report-writing; reflective learning skills; independent learning skills

  Coursework

  35%

  Examination

  40%

  Practical

  25%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  SPA1131

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Broadcast Analysis 2 (20 credits)

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  Broadcast Analysis 2

  Overview

  Building on the material covered in Broadcast Analysis 1, this module continues to develop the foundation of academic analytical skills and contextual knowledge for the BA in Broadcast Production. It covers further methods of analysing broadcasting and broadcast texts and their role in society, in cultural life, and for the individual. This provides the student with a range of avenues for developing their own future research as well as understanding academic material. It also continues to expand the student’s contextual understanding of the broadcast industries and a range of historical and contemporary broadcast texts, factual and fictional, radio and television, domestic and international.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completing this module, students should be able to:
  
  • Understand key elements of the history of broadcasting and place broadcast texts and developments into this context
  
  • Understand key concepts regarding the industrial and regulatory frameworks of broadcasting
  
  • Understand and use key theoretical concepts in the analysis of broadcasting, both in broad terms and in relation to specific texts

  Skills

  • Textual analysis of audio-visual material.
  • Applying critical concepts to texts.
  • Critiquing critical concepts.
  • Oral communication and argumentation (seminars).
  • Written communication (assessed work).
  • Time management.
  • Independent research.
  • Group work (seminars)

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  BCP1003

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  The Sociological Imagination (20 credits)

  ×

  The Sociological Imagination

  Overview

  This module aims to provide a general introduction to doing sociological research, through a critical engagement with landmark studies. C. Wright Mills’ idea of a ‘sociological imagination’ provides the framework for evaluating the quality of key pieces of research, exploring the connections between how they are defined, carried out and written up. The module covers a range of research methods, as they are employed in studies of important aspects of social life, such as racism, drugs and urban life, love and technology, social networking, education and masculinity and violence. The module also provides an in-depth introduction to the theoretical character of sociology by introducing classic perspectives shaping the discipline.

  Learning Outcomes

  Provide a general introduction to the practice of sociology and the evaluation of sociological research; a background for entry into second year sociology; and knowledge about inequality in society.

  Skills

  Critical evaluation of sociological studies; introduction to sociological analysis; public speaking and writing skills

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  100%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SOC1002

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Philosophy and The Good Life (20 credits)

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  Philosophy and The Good Life

  Overview

  This module is an introduction to moral philosophy, requiring no prior acquaintance with the subject. The module is topic based. In the first half, we will investigate some major theories of morality – systematic accounts of what makes something morally right or wrong. In the second half, we will look at the application of these theories to some practical issues, including abortion, the treatment of animals, and our duties to those in the developing world.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of a number of theories in moral philosophy; explain the relevance of these theories to some key issues in applied ethics; converse and write with critical authority about the ideas of a number of important philosophers; demonstrate the principles of sound and effective reasoning and argument; show tolerance for different and challenging ideas.

  Skills

  Students should develop skills in literacy, analysis, and communication, and the ability to comprehend and develop clear and extended arguments.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL1004

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Themes in Historical Archaeology (20 credits)

  ×

  Themes in Historical Archaeology

  Overview

  The course examines major themes in historical archaeology in a global context. It examines the ways in which material evidence is used to understand societies of the historic period, from the birth of Christ to the present day. It will examine the use of historical sources in the study of the past, archaeological approaches to myth, religion, the growth and collapse of Empires, archaeologies of conflict, warfare and propaganda. Students will gain understandings of how to challenge historical paradigms through the use of material evidence, and examine current debates in historical archaeology worldwide.

  Learning Outcomes

  To introduce students to the study of the physical remains of historical periods globally within context.
  To challenge their preconceptions of the historic period and the application of archaeology.
  The course provides a background to understanding the major developments and debates in historical archaeology in recent decades.

  Skills

  Introducing students to assessing the evidence of the material remains of the past against the documents.
  Evaluating the power and truth of the images popularly associated with historical periods globally.

  Coursework

  30%

  Examination

  40%

  Practical

  30%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ARP1010

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  History and Historians: Contested Pasts (20 credits)

  ×

  History and Historians: Contested Pasts

  Overview

  This module will examine a number of controversial historical themes. The controversy arises not only from the historical incidents themselves, but also through the variety of historical interpretations that have been placed on these subjects. The module examines a number of contemporary debates about what constitutes historical truth. It does so via close examination of a number of important case studies: the crusades; the holocaust and slavery. Each provides a fascinating opportunity to discuss questions about the nature of historical truth and the comtemporary importance of history. It will challenge preconceptions about the nature of history, stimulate awareness of the diverse ways in which the past can be studied, and introduce students to parts of the historical enterprise that few are likely to have encountered. Emphasis is placed on developing key skills and this is done by three short pieces of writing. One critically reviews an historical article, a second is a blog/journal, and the third is an essay.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students should be aware of a range of theoretical and methodological approaches that have been used to study the past. They should be able to demonstrate knowledge of case studies in a number of historical areas and, in doing so, be aware of the important links between empirical historical research and methodological/theoretical frameworks. They will be aware that different theoretical, methodological or ideological approaches can and do produce competing conclusions. They will be familiar with historical writing in a range of forms that take them beyond the textbook (articles, monographs, edited collection and - where appropriate - approved websites).

  Skills

  Students should develop skills in literacy; oral communication; the organisation of logical arguments; basic bibliographic research; effective presentation of written work; and working in a group to construct a presentation. A particular focus is placed on basic research and writing skills. These will be assessed by three assessed pieces of writing.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HIS1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction To World Archaeology (20 credits)

  ×

  Introduction To World Archaeology

  Overview

  Archaeology seeks to understand past human culture through the systematic study of material remains. This module serves as an introduction to the incredible scope of the global discipline of archaeology. Two seminars introduce contentious issues in archaeology and demonstrate differences of interpretation and approach by different scholars. Four practicals provide an introduction to key skills including archaeological site recording and the analysis of past material culture.
  The module is divided into two parts. In Part 1 students will gain an introduction to different techniques and practical approaches used by archaeologists to learn more about the past. Lectures will explain how sites are located and excavated, how the discoveries are scientifically dated and what happens to the remains – environmental samples, human and animal remains and material culture – that are discovered. In Part 2 a collection of case studies have been selected from around the world – Borneo, China, Egypt, Italy, Russia, the Americas, amongst others – and will demonstrate how key archaeological discoveries have played a contribution in the understanding of key issues of the past.

  Learning Outcomes

  • To develop an understanding of the application of key archaeological concepts and methods
  • To foster awareness of the scope of archaeological enquiry
  • To build awareness of current issues and debates in global archaeology
  • To instil an appreciation of the range of sources examined in archaeology
  • To develop the ability of critically assessing competing hypotheses in archaeology
  • To equip students with core study skills for archaeology

  Skills

  • Critical thinking and oral expression
  • Critical thinking and written expression
  • Time management and self-directed learning
  • Structured academic writing
  • Ability to properly cite references and to create bibliographies
  • Ability to systematically undertake library research
  • Ability to synthesise complex information
  • Ability to undertake practical tasks
  • Experience of working within a small group
  • Observational skills

  Coursework

  75%

  Examination

  25%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ARP1013

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Music in History (20 credits)

  ×

  Music in History

  Overview

  This module gives an introduction – historical, cultural and analytical – to western art music of the Early, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern periods.

  Learning Outcomes

  To give students an understanding of a variety of key repertoires within their historical and cultural contexts; to provide students with a clear, chronological account of developments in music.

  Skills

  SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS:
  
  Students will:
  (i) Synthesise information from a number of both musical and musicological sources.
  (ii) Presentation information in essay form.
  (iii) Assess sometimes conflicting arguments.
  (iv) Assess statistical information.
  (v) Learn to appreciate creative and artistic development.
  (vi) Listen critically.
  (vii) Identify musical forms and compositional processes.
  (viii) Reflect on learning in journal format
  
  KEY SKILLS
  
  Students will:
  
  (i) Identify, analyse and solve problems by prioritising tasks, coping with complexity, setting achievable goals and taking action.
  (ii) Work with information and handle a mass of diverse data and draw conclusions (analysis, attention to detail, judgement).
  (iii) Apply subject knowledge and understanding from the degree pathway.
  (iv) Possess high level transferable key skills such as the ability to work with others in a team, to communicate (both orally and in writing), influence, negotiate and resolve conflict.
  (v) Demonstrate confidence and motivation to start and to finish the job, adaptability / flexibility, creativity, initiative, leadership, decision-making, negotiating and the ability to cope with stress.
  (vi) Demonstrate critical evaluation of the outcomes of professional practice.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS1041

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Crime and Society (20 credits)

  ×

  Crime and Society

  Overview

  This module explores the social construction of crime and social responses to crime. It introduces students to critical criminology and sociological studies of deviance and social control in order to interrogate the role of power in defining ‘crime’ and the social, economic and political contexts for crime and social harm. It also explores how intersecting social identities and inequalities relating to race, gender, class, sexual orientation and disability affect peoples’ experiences of crime, criminalisation, victimisation and social control.

  Learning Outcomes

  Upon successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
  • Explain how definitions of crime and responses to crime are socially constructed and related to power
  • Critically analyse the main social theories, debates and concepts relating to different forms of crime and social harm
  • Critically analyse the impacts of intersecting social identities and inequalities in crime, victimisation, criminalisation and social control
  • Develop and communicate academic arguments supported by appropriate academic references

  Skills

  This module aims to enable students to develop the following skills:
  • Identifying and retrieving relevant information from print and electronic sources in relation to a particular topic
  • Evaluating evidence and drawing appropriate conclusions
  • Summarising complex ideas and research evidence, conveying it in a clear, structured and critical manner (both orally and in writing)
  • A capacity for critical reflection and independent thinking, generating new insights and seeing sensitive problems and issues from different perspectives
  • Time planning and management

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  CRM1004

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction to Film Studies 1 (20 credits)

  ×

  Introduction to Film Studies 1

  Overview

  The module will introduce students to the principles of film form, narrative, styles and methodologies of film criticism. It will concentrate on American and British cinema and the examples drawn from these two very different cinematic industries will help increase and broaden knowledge of film and cinema, audiences and industries.

  Learning Outcomes

  The objectives of the module are to introduce students to key ideas and approaches in film history and criticism.

  Skills

  Reading, film analysis.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  FLM1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Spanish for Beginners (40 credits)

  ×

  Spanish for Beginners

  Overview

  An intensive introduction to the Spanish language: grammar, comprehension, spoken, translation, expressive and descriptive writing

  Learning Outcomes

  To learn and develop proficiency in the core language skills

  Skills

  Fundamentals of Spanish grammar; Translation skills; text analysis; essay writing; lexicographical skills; report writing skills; IT skills; presentation skills; spoken language skills

  Coursework

  35%

  Examination

  40%

  Practical

  25%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  SPA1121

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Fundamentals of Sound (20 credits)

  ×

  Fundamentals of Sound

  Overview

  This course will provide the base of technical skills and concepts required to work with sound successfully and efficiently in a technological environment. Core elements of sound synthesis, acoustics, and auditory perception will be presented in a minimally technical fashion to give all students the key concepts and terminology required to discuss music technology for the purpose of analysis and creative practice.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of the module you will: (1) understand common visualisations of sound (waveforms and spectra), (2) have an overview of sound in technology, from generation, to propagation, to perception (3) be able to develop a piece of academic writing, (4) be able to engage with computer-based applications to demonstrate practical aspects of the fundamentals of sound.

  Skills

  Music and sound analytical skills. Academic writing skills. Computer-based application of these skills applied to creative work. Problem solving with code-based music production. Critical reflection skills.

  Coursework

  50%

  Examination

  50%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS1010

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  24 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introductory Logic (20 credits)

  ×

  Introductory Logic

  Overview

  An introduction to fundamental logical notions such as validity and entailment, including an examination of the nature of critical thinking in argumentation. This introduction may include some treatment of elementary issues in the philosophy of logic, but will focus primarily on elementary formal symbolic logic (especially propositional but also predicate calculus), using natural deduction techniques.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will:
  
  • Acquire at least a limited ability to practice symbolic reasoning at the most basic level together with a more discursive grasp of the basic notions of logic, and of standard examples of fallacious reasoning.
  • Develop skills in analysis and communication
  • Develop the ability to comprehend and some ability to formulate clear and extended arguments.

  Skills

  Intellectual skills
  • Analytical Thinking: identify, understand, interpret and evaluate relevant subject-specific arguments made by others; construct independent arguments
  • Critical & Independent Thinking: ability to think critically and construct one’s own position in relation to existing and ongoing debates in the field
  Professional and career development skills
  • Communication Skills: ability to communicate clearly with others, both orally and in writing
  • Teamwork: ability to work with others in a team, negotiate conflicts and recognize different ways of learning
  • Self-Reflexivity: ability to reflect on one’s own progress and identify and act upon ones own development needs with respect to life-long learning and career development
  • Time Management: ability to negotiate diverse and competing pressures; cope with stress; and achieve a work / life balance
  Technical and practical skills
  • Information Technology: demonstrate the knowledge and ability to use contemporary and relevant ICT
  Organizational skills
  • Efficient and effective work practice: demonstrate ability to work efficiently to deadlines
  • Organisation and communication: demonstrate ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear argument; show aptitude for the effective use of information in a direct and appropriate way

  Coursework

  60%

  Examination

  20%

  Practical

  20%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL1003

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Human Geography: Society, Economy and Population (20 credits)

  ×

  Human Geography: Society, Economy and Population

  Overview

  This course will address central themes connected with social, economic and population geography. It will introduce and examine a range of economic, social and demographic processes operating across different scales. These will be illustrated through real-world examples that link with some of the urgent challenges that face our world today. The course will also explore contributions human geography can make to governmental and non-governmental policy development.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, you should have attained an understanding of key concepts, approaches, examples and policy issues associated with contemporary social, economic and demographic processes. This should enable you to: identify the key concepts used by geographers interested in those processes; understand a diversity of perspectives found in social, economic and population geography; undertake bibliographic searches of a wide range of academic and non-academic texts; read and critically appraise a wide range of source materials; describe and evaluate key policy issues associated with course material; construct and deliver sustained reasoned written arguments on these issues; work independently and in groups to evaluate approaches and issues.

  Skills

  Skills
  (T: taught; P: practiced; A: assessed)
  
  Discipline-specific skills: plan, design & execute independent research & study (TPA); combine &
  interpret different types of geographical evidence such as texts, visual images, maps, & qualitative &
  quantitative data (TPA); recognise moral & ethical issues in geographical debates & enquiries (TPA).
  
  Key skills: abstracting & synthesising information (TPA); assessing contrasting ideas, perspectives,
  explanations & policies (TPA); developing a reasoned argument (TPA); independent thought &
  self reflection (PA).
  
  Employability skills: learning & study (PA); written communication (TPA); motivation, empathy,
  insight & integrity (PA); self-awareness & self-management (PA).

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  GGY1012

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Solo Performance 1 (20 credits)

  ×

  Solo Performance 1

  Overview

  This module is a core element for the BA in Music Performance and will also be taken by almost all BMus students. The module focuses on the study of solo performance and is open to musicians (vocal and instrumental) from all performance traditions. Teaching is a combination of one-on-one tuition by specialist university tutors and a weekly performance class.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this module students will be able to:
  1. Give competent performances of music in their chosen specialism
  2. Demonstrate good stagecraft
  3. Exhibit technical attainment commensurate with Level 1
  4. Demonstrate the capacity to perform to an audience

  Skills

  1. Solo performance
  2. Stagecraft

  Coursework

  20%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  80%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS1017

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Sound Recording and Production 1 (20 credits)

  ×

  Sound Recording and Production 1

  Overview

  This module will provide an introduction to the nature of sound, its properties and propagation and the tools used to professionally record sound and edit the resulting audio signals. Students will learn about the nature of sound, representation of sound as analogue and digital audio signals; microphone design and usage; the lines and interconnections used for distributing audio signals; and basic timbral and dynamic signal processing. Students will also gain practical experience of using professional microphones and portable recorders to make interior and exterior source recordings, and digital audio workstations for audio editing and balancing.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module students will be able:
  (i) To operate a portable audio recording device and audio recording hardware in a studio context
  (ii) To record speech and musical sound sources monophonically to broadcast quality standard
  (iii) To edit speech and musical content in a digital audio workstation environment
  (iv) To successfully troubleshoot issues with audio signal flow

  Skills

  (i) Numeracy and information and communication technology.
  (ii) Creative thinking and problem solving.
  (iii) Operation of hardware and software for creative studio applications.
  (iv) Identify, analyse and solve problems by prioritising tasks, coping with complexity, setting achievable goals and taking action.
  (v) Work with information and handle a mass of diverse data, assess risk and draw conclusions (analysis, attention to detail, judgement).
  (vi) Apply subject knowledge and understanding from the degree pathway.
  (vii) Possess high level transferable key skills such as the ability to work with others in a team, to communicate (both orally and in writing), influence, negotiate and resolve conflict.
  (viii) Have the ability and desire to learn for oneself and improve one's self-awareness and performance, to uphold the values of lifelong learning and demonstrate emotional intelligence.
  (ix) Demonstrate confidence and motivation to start and to finish the job, adaptability / flexibility, creativity, initiative, leadership, decision-making, negotiating and the ability to cope with stress.
  (x) Demonstrate the knowledge and experience of working with relevant modern technology.
  (xi) Apply and exploit information technology.

  Coursework

  60%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  40%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS1038

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

• Year 2

  Core Modules

  Careers and Placement Preparation Module (0 credits)

  ×

  Careers and Placement Preparation Module

  Overview

  Self-awareness and its importance in relation to career choice including work-readiness and skills audits.
  Local and International Labour Market Information, where to find it and how to research job markets and career development opportunities eg international experiences.
  Participation in a group based LMI research exercise to be presented to the wider group covering sector areas of interest as agreed by the students.
  Personal career choice and action planning supported by one to one Career Consultations bespoke to individual student-identified opportunities.
  Workshops on CVs, application forms, interview skills and psychometric testing to ensure an understanding of the recruitment process in its entirety.
  An assessment centre group work activity delivered by an employer.
  Self reflection/career action plan.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students will –
  Become more aware of their career aspirations and how to achieve them;
  Develop knowledge of undergraduate and graduate opportunities both locally and internationally;
  Understand the skills required to compete effectively for placement and graduate jobs in the future;
  Report on the various labour market information related to their degree pathway;
  Develop practical experience of presentation skills, team work activities and research and analytical skills.

  Skills

  The module equips students with a solid understanding of the job market and the careers inherent within it.
  Students will acquire more self-knowledge through undertaking self-awareness exercises, personality tests and a work-readiness audit leading to career decision-making and self-actualisation.
  Students will have an opportunity to be mentored by Career Consultants who will support and coach the students in achieving their career aims.
  Students will develop practical experience of presentation skills, team work skills, research and analytical skills from the LMI Group Research Project Presentation and will further develop team work, analytical, negotiation and communication skills through the assessment centre activity.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  0

  Module Code

  LIB2002

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Uses of the Past (20 credits)

  ×

  Uses of the Past

  Overview

  This module engages students with the multiple ways society and academic study use, understand and interpret the past. With contributions primarily from the disciplines of Anthropology, English, History, Philosophy, Politics, and Sociology, this module will, in part, capitalise upon debates concerning legacy issues and the aftermath of conflict that form central co-ordinates of contemporary Northern Irish political and social debate. it will also provide students subject-specific expertise in relation to how we understand the past and its importance in the development of historical, literary, and philosophical interpretation.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module students will:
  (i) understand the multiple ways we can use and interpret the past;
  (ii) demonstrate a range of discipline-centred conceptions of the past;
  (iii) explore ways in which the module’s concerns relate to their degree pathway;
  (iv) engage with material, oral, textual and visual versions of the past;
  (v) differentiate between discipline-specific approaches to the subject.

  Skills

  (i) understanding a range of critical thinking approaches
  (ii) incorporating learning into discussion of issues and texts;
  (iii) comparing different disciplinary approaches to the question of the past;
  (iv) engaging in classroom debate and fostering a stimulating intellectual environment;
  (v) producing engaged critical responses to the issues raised on the module;
  (vi) connecting the module’s multi-disciplinary focus to the concerns of their degree pathway;
  (vii) self-reflection on the learning process.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  LIB2001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Optional Modules

  Archaeological Excavation (20 credits)

  ×

  Archaeological Excavation

  Overview

  Excavation of an archaeological site; recording of stratigraphy and features; understanding the reasons for excavation. Daily attendance on an excavation approved by the department for a prescribed period (up to four weeks, normally in June) is required. This module is compulsory for Single Honours students if Archaeological Excavation was not taken at Stage 1 (normally only available to students transferring in from other programmes or institutions).

  Learning Outcomes

  Introduces students to one of the basic methods of acquiring archaeological data and studying the techniques involved.

  Skills

  Understanding the reasons for the methodology used on the excavation and experience in use of that methodology. Understanding and experience in recording the stratigraphic sequence uncovered.

  Coursework

  75%

  Examination

  25%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ARP2039

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Nationalism and Liberation in 20th Century Africa (20 credits)

  ×

  Nationalism and Liberation in 20th Century Africa

  Overview

  Nationalism has been a key factor in African history since the late 19th Century. How has it emerged, under what forms, how has it evolved, when and how did it become a mass ideology, and what happened to it after the independence of African states in the second half of the 20th Century? This module offers a critical look at these themes, focusing on ideas, cultures and the politics of nationalism and liberation. The module considers different theories and articulate their discussion to a consideration of diverse case studies, e.g. Ghana, Congo, Angola, Mozambique, and South Africa.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students who successfully complete the module should
  • Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the history of Africa in the late 19th and 20th centuries;
  • Be able to develop critical arguments about nationalism, liberation and the non-Western world;
  • Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the requirements of essay writing, archival work, and oral presentation.

  Skills

  Critical writing; archival research; oral presentation.
  Archival research will be kept to a minimum, in an archive in Belfast or online. The oral presentation will be a presentation of archival material to be used for the second essay.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HIS2061

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Apocalypse: Cultures, communities, and the end of the world (20 credits)

  ×

  Apocalypse: Cultures, communities, and the end of the world

  Overview

  The aim of the course is to introduce students to historical and anthropological reflection on millennial / millenarian beliefs and movements across space and time. Taking a long view of historical events and using case studies of present-day groups that attend to ideas about the end of the world, taking advantage of the interdisciplinary character of the School, and using a wide range of primary sources, including novels, film, websites, and ethnographic case studies and film, this course will invite students to consider the ancient roots of millennial theory; its foundational texts, exponents / prophets and movements; examples of well-known failed and successful millennial claims and movements, including the Crusades, radical puritans, Mormons, Jewish Zionists, American evangelicals, new religious movements, including UFO and suicide cults, and radical Islamists; the use of millennial theory as presentist critique; the development of millennial majorities, and the social, cultural and political implications of their dominance; millennialism’s place in utopian theory; and a final consideration of theoretical rejoinders, in which the course leaders encourage students to consider whether millennial claims might be right – for example, in terms of global warming – and whether that might change the way in which historians and anthropologists should approach the subject.

  Learning Outcomes

  An understanding of the broad history and anthropology of millennial movements across space and time; An ability to discuss millennial ideas and movements using heuristic tools from history and anthropology; An ability to use electronic resources and to develop key research skills; Effective communication skills; An ability to write an informed analysis of historical problems discussed in the module; An ability to work independently.

  Skills

  Enhanced ability to think critically, reason logically, and evaluate evidence; Further develop communication skills, both written and oral; Critical appraisal of, engagement with, and effective use of a variety of historical and anthropological sources.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HAP2065

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  French 2 (40 credits)

  ×

  French 2

  Overview

  Course contents: Building on skills acquired at Level 1, this module aims to consolidate productive (writing and speaking) and receptive (reading and listening) skills in French language. Key components are: comprehension, translation into English and into French, résumé, grammar, CV preparation. The oral French component includes presentations and preparation for job interviews. Languages for special purposes strands equip students in law or business with skills for legal and professional contexts.
  This module will contain the following elements:
  1.Written language (2 hrs per week)
  This component will focus on enhancing ability in written French through engagement with a range of journalistic and literary written texts at appropriate level. A variety of topics will be covered, dealing with current themes in society and topical issues. Written language tasks include translation (from and into French), résumé, comprehension and grammar exercises.
  2.Oral language (1 hr per week)
  This component will focus on enhancing ability in oral French. A variety of topics and themes are covered, which aim to develop knowledge of issues in present-day France, prepare students for the year abroad and for job interviews in the target language. Stimulus materials from a range of media (textual, visual, audio, video) are used.
  3.Contextual Study (filière; 1 hr per week)
  This component will raise awareness of cultural and linguistic issues in French and allow students to deepen their perspective of the field, as well as preparing students for a residence in a French-speaking country.

  Learning Outcomes

  Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of the modules students should:
  1) be able to demonstrate fluency, accuracy and spontaneity in spoken and written French, with a broad range of vocabulary and expression, so as to be able to discuss a variety of complex issues;
  2) be able to read wide variety of French texts and identify important information and ideas within them;
  3) be able to translate a range of texts into and from French;
  4) have developed a detailed critical understanding of representative textual and other material;
  5) be able to engage in complex problem-solving exercises.

  Skills

  On successful completion of the modules students should have developed the following range of skills:
  Skills in written and oral expression; critical awareness and problem-solving; close textual analysis; translation; comprehension; presentation; IT skills; employability skills, such as interview technique and cv preparation.

  Coursework

  35%

  Examination

  40%

  Practical

  25%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  FRH2101

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  23 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  Yes

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Radio Drama (20 credits)

  ×

  Radio Drama

  Overview

  An introduction to the theory and practice of directing, writing and performing for radio and podcasting. Seminars will introduce key theoretical and practical principles linked to selected case studies. Students will apply these skills in their own short radio dramas as writers, script editors, SFX Spot/Foley Operators, directors or actors. We will work closely with students on the Broadcast production degree on the technical aspects of this module. The module is open to students on all drama and Broadcast Production programmes and on the Creative Writing programme in the Seamus Heaney Centre.

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module students should:
  Have an understanding of the distinctive demands of acting, writing and directing for radio
  Have a critical appreciation of radio drama as a genre and be familiar with a range of relevant examples

  Skills

  Oral communication, team-working and specialist technical skills.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  DRA2014

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  The American South 1619-1865 (20 credits)

  ×

  The American South 1619-1865

  Overview

  In a nation which would later commit itself to upholding the ideals of freedom and democracy, the early American South developed a distinct social order based on the enslavement and subordination of Africans and their descendants. This course will explore the development of southern distinctiveness over two centuries, from the evolution of racial ideology in the early Chesapeake to the armed defence of the South's "peculiar institution" in the Civil War.

  Learning Outcomes

  To explore and understand the unique development and problems of the American South.

  Skills

  The ability to analyse and explain orally and on paper, the complex issues relating to the topic.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HIS2028

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Irish Literature (20 credits)

  ×

  Irish Literature

  Overview

  This module introduces students to the extraordinary diversity and achievement of Irish literature, from the Act of Union in 1800 to the late twentieth century. The module is chronologically structured, and places particular emphasis on situating texts in their wider historical contexts, as well as developing their relations to broader European movements and traditions. Encompassing poetry, fiction, and drama, the module considers a range of themes, such as romanticism, gender, the gothic, cultural nationalism, the politics of modernity, liminality and exile, and northern perspectives on an Irish tradition. Writers studied will include W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Seamus Heaney.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module the student should have an ability to set Irish literature in its historical context; an ability to make connections between differing genres of Irish writing; an ability to scrutinise the politics of Irish writing.

  Skills

  On completion of this module you should have an ability to set Irish literature in its historical context; an ability to make connections between differing genres of Irish writing and an ability to scrutinise the politics of Irish writing.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG2081

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Fame (20 credits)

  ×

  Fame

  Overview

  Lectures will offer case studies that illustrate how the fame of a person or a creative work can be manifested and measured in different cultural and temporal contexts. Assessments develop writing, critical, research, and bibliographical skills. Students select a person or work to research. For the first project, students develop and present a bibliography on their chosen subject using electronic resources and a standard bibliographical method; included is a report that outlines their research technique and evaluates the results of the searches. Students will develop writing and critical skills through a critical review of a book related to their chosen subject. For the final project students will write a blog post on their chosen subject.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students will learn how to write clear and fluid prose, directing their assessed work to specific purposes and identified audiences. Students will develop skills which will make them more effective critics (of musical performances and written texts in different formats). Students will learn how to source bibliography and develop an awareness of professional standards for its presentation.

  Skills

  SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS
  
  Students will:
  (i) Develop critical skills as applied to listening, reading and writing.
  (ii) Develop writing skills, directed towards different formats and specific audiences.
  
  KEY SKILLS
  
  Students will:
  (i) Identify, analyse and solve problems by prioritising tasks, coping with complexity, setting achievable goals and taking action.
  (ii) Work with information and handle a mass of diverse data, assess risk and draw conclusions (analysis, attention to detail, judgement).
  (iii) Apply subject knowledge and understanding from the degree pathway.
  (iv) Possess high level transferable key skills such as the ability to work with others in a team, to communicate (both orally and in writing), influence, negotiate and resolve conflict.
  (v) Demonstrate confidence and motivation to start and to finish the job, adaptability / flexibility, creativity, initiative, leadership, decision-making, negotiating and the ability to cope with stress.
  (vi) Demonstrate the knowledge and experience of working with relevant modern technology.
  (vii) Apply and exploit information technology.
  (viii) Demonstrate critical evaluation of the outcomes of professional practice.

  Coursework

  70%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  30%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS2043

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  World Cinema (20 credits)

  ×

  World Cinema

  Overview

  This module will introduce and explore a number of films drawn from a range of global production contexts, in particular those outside of Europe and North America. Students will consider films in relation to theoretical issues of national identity, ethnicity, globalisation and hybridity, alongside more pragmatic issues of production, distribution and exhibition. Films studied may include examples from Brazil, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Senegal, Algeria, and Israel/Palestine.

  Learning Outcomes

  Upon successful completion of the module, students should be able to demonstrate:
  
  1) a broad knowledge of a range of film production contexts outside of Europe and North America
  
  2) an understanding of the various critical and theoretical approaches to world cinema/s
  
  3) an understanding of the relationships between cinema, identity, and globalisation
  
  4) the ability to analyse and evaluate films produced outside of Europe and North America

  Skills

  1) Critical thinking skills
  
  2) Analytical skills
  
  3) Skills of rhetoric and argumentation
  
  4) Presentation skills
  
  5) Written, verbal, and visual communication skills

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  FLM2013

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Acting for Musical Theatre (20 credits)

  ×

  Acting for Musical Theatre

  Overview

  This module introduces Level 2 undergraduate students to the distinctive challenges of acting for musical theatre: namely, sustaining a character, sustaining relationships between characters, and sustaining the overall dramatic narrative while singing. Through a combination of studio-based practice, rehearsal, performance and critique, students will learn how the core tasks of dramatic acting can be integrated with vocal technique to produce the unique performance genre of musical theatre, In so doing, students will gain practical knowledge of the history of musical theatre and its formal evolution over time. Key works of musical theatre to be studied will likely include West Side Story (Bernstein/Sondheim, Oklahoma (Rodgers/Hammerstein), Guys and Dolls (Loesser) and She Loves Me (Bock/Harnick).

  Learning Outcomes

  • to acquire knowledge of major types of musical theatre across a range of periods and styles (eg, quasi-operatic, naturalistic)
  • to perform scenes and songs from canonical works in the musical theatre repertoire
  • to enhance skills in performance analysis, peer-to-peer discussion, and self-reflection
  • to enhance skills in research-informed theatrical performance

  Skills

  Collaborative and practical work, leadership, team-building, giving formative feedback to peers, responding appropriately and creatively to formative feedback from peers and module convenor, research and analysis, written communication, oral presentation.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  DRA2060

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Language and Power (20 credits)

  ×

  Language and Power

  Overview

  This module investigates the ways in which language intersects with the social and political reflexes of power and ideology. Students are encouraged to challenge, through exposure and then analysis, the discourse conventions that characterise the language of powerful groups and institutions. This module places particular emphasis on print and broadcast media, legal, political and advertising discourse, and on other forms of institutional rhetoric. Among the topics covered are: The Discourse of Institutions and Organisations; Power and Talk; Language and Gender; Language and Race; Language and the Law; Humour as Power; Political Discourse and the Language of Advertising.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should be able to carry out systematic analysis of differing forms of language in different contexts of use. The moudle should help students to analyse a range of texts and practices, understand the ways in which language is used to exercise control, understand the anatomy of texts and text-types, especially print and broadcast media, and advertising discourse. Also analyse critically the interrelation between powerful institutions and the discourses they disseminate in the public sphere. Students should also further develop effective oral and written communication skills.

  Skills

  Students are invited to think in new ways about the English language in relation to its social and political context. Students should also develop skill in unpacking a variety of spoken and written texts, and in developing arguments about the way language practice is informed by and reinforces relationships of power. It is hoped that the course itself acts as an empowering tool, helping students to interrogate the discourse that surrounds them in everyday social contexts.

  Coursework

  80%

  Examination

  20%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENL2002

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Modern American Fiction: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality (20 credits)

  ×

  Modern American Fiction: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality

  Overview

  This module introduces students to some of the key American novelists, contexts and critical issues associated with the modern era, roughly interpreted as the first half of the twentieth century (c.1920-1950). It does not ignore the orthodox intellectual approaches to the era, namely that of the modern or modernism and how the representative fiction of the era sought to find new forms and languages suitable to the task of interrogating this modernity. However, rather than rehearsing old debates about national particularity, the “melting pot” and US exceptionalism, the focus of this module is the ways in which exemplary African-American, female, working class and gay novelists, as well as their white, male counterparts, sought to undo and re-write narratives of identity and belonging according to particularities of race, class, gender and sexuality. Particular attention is paid to the interplay between narratives of affirmation and negation (or ‘noir’). The module examines these axes of difference as multiple and overlapping, rather than mutually exclusive; hence the focus is on the narrative, formal and linguistic complexities thrown up the re-making of American fiction through the related and diverging prisms of class and race, for example, or gender and sexuality, or even in terms of race, gender, class and sexuality. A repeated concern of the module is whether or to what extent we can use US fiction of the era to trace and interrogate wider social and political challenges to dominant/normative understandings of the United States, modernity, capitalism, and national identity. The set texts reflect this heterogeneity in terms of the writers to be studied and in terms of the diversity of styles, forms and genres that make up American fiction of the era.

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module, students will have developed an appropriate knowledge and understanding of modern American fiction (c. 1900-1950). They will be able to identify the ways in which representative novels of the era interrogate the modern era and the complex relationship between literary form, popular culture and modernism as organizing concepts. They will also be able to examine and reflect upon the complex ways in which dominant and singular narratives of national belonging are untold and reimagined according to the related and overlapping categories of race, class, gender and sexuality – and the implications of this for an understanding of “American” fiction. They will be able to offer close readings of this fiction according to its use of literary form and language and its thematizations of the urban, the modern, “noir”, capitalism, gender and sexuality and race and class. On completion of the module, students will be able to reflect upon the usefulness of fiction of the era to contest received or orthodox accounts of US political, social and economic life and potentially to intervene in this life for affirmative and/or politically progressive ends.

  Skills

  Having completed this module students will be able to:
  
  • Analyse modern American fiction paying attention to theoretical/conceptual and contextual issues and develop close critical readings of a diverse range of fiction.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the complex relationship between literary forms and socio-political transformations.
  • Think about the synthesis and weighting of different, sometimes competing interpretations of literary texts.
  • Reflect on the usefulness of race, class, gender and sexuality as organizing categories to interrogate the exemplary fiction of the era and its thematizations of US identities.
  • Demonstrate transferrable skills in the forms of critical thinking, group discussion, written communication, and individual academic research
  • Demonstrate digital literacy skills required to make a digital map, using relevant software programmes, relating to one of the set texts.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG2173

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Gender, Culture, and Representation – Backwards & in Heels (20 credits)

  ×

  Gender, Culture, and Representation – Backwards & in Heels

  Overview

  This interdisciplinary module introduces students to the central ideas of gender theory and to a wide variety of representations of gender across a range of media, including theatre, performance, literature, visual art, film and television. Using key texts and cultural works students are encouraged to examine critically the representation of gender across media, and the political, legal, and ethical dimensions of gender within our culture. The module involves a critical engagement with the relationship between identity, representation and culture and explores theories concerning the social construction of the masculine and feminine body. The module engages with several key issues, including the representation of femininity and masculinity, gender in the literary and theatrical canon of Western culture, the spatiality and temporality of gender, and its intersections with issues of race/ethnicity, class, and labour. Students will be asked to think about these issues and ideas across disciplines but also within their areas of study through seminars.

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module, you should:
  
  * have engaged with a variety of representations of gender, the body and sexual identities within socio-historical, theoretical and representational frameworks and across multiple forms of media,
  
  * have cultivated an understanding of the theoretical and practical movements that have shaped the construction and representation of gender, sexuality and the body in culture,
  
  * have developed a critical understanding of the relationship between representation and identity.

  Skills

  Having completed this module, you should:
  
  * have developed reflexive thinking and independent critical and analytical skills.
  
  * have developed imaginative and communicative skills based on the application of reading materials to class presentations
  
  * have developed research and writing skills

  Coursework

  60%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  40%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  AEL2001

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  The American South, 1865-1980 (20 credits)

  ×

  The American South, 1865-1980

  Overview

  The outcome of the Civil War sealed the destruction of slavery and raised hopes among African Americans and others of a new,more egalitarian social order in the American South. After a promising start in the immediate aftermath of the War,those hopes were crushed beneath the weight of racial reaction and the demands of the region's new industrial order,leaving ordinary southerners of both races languishing amidst intense poverty and racial violence. In this module we will attempt to understand both the remarkable resilience of racial divisions in the American South and the periodic attempts on the part of black and white southerners to challenge regional "tradition".

  Learning Outcomes

  To explore and understand the consequences of the ending of slavery in the American South.

  Skills

  An ability to analyse orally and on paper, the complex issues of race in the context of the American South.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HIS2029

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Policing and Society (20 credits)

  ×

  Policing and Society

  Overview

  The module introduces students to the area of policing and explores the main theories, concepts and debates in this field. The first half of the course begins by exploring the origins of policing, the relationship between policing and broader social factors, police work, police culture and concerns about police accountability and legitimacy. The second half of the course will examine the cost of policing, the use of performance indicators, policing controversies, the globalisation of policing methods and the increasing privatisation of policing. In particular, the experiences of Northern Ireland, Britain and Ireland will be used to highlight the importance of these topics.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate a knowledge of relevant theories, concepts and debates within policing.
  2. Critically analyse policing practices.

  Skills

  1. To develop analytical and oral skills through participation in lectures and tutorials.
  2. To develop an ability to write in a clear, structured and critical manner utilising a wide range of source material.
  3. To develop the ability to find and evaluate academic materials in the area of policing.
  4. To be able to use information technology to gather, organise and evaluate information.
  5. To develop the ability to work independently and in collaboration with others.

  Coursework

  50%

  Examination

  50%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  CRM2008

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Modernism and Modernity (20 credits)

  ×

  Modernism and Modernity

  Overview

  This module introduces students to the literature and culture of the period 1900-1930, with a focus on the literary movements grouped under the term ‘modernism’. These literary texts will be examined as complicated and ambivalent responses to the experience of modernity. Students will cover key figures of British and Irish ‘High Modernism’, including James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and T.S. Eliot, alongside American modernists and writers of the so-called ‘middle brow’. Particular attention will be paid to the historical contexts in which these texts were produced, and on their conditions of publication and consumption. These contexts include: the aftermath of the Great War; gender politics, from the New Woman to Suffrage and beyond; the politics of race; terrorism and violence; queer sexualities; urban decay and urban development; the relationship between cultural centres and peripheries; poetry and its publics; American cultural politics; media, and the rise of youth cultures. More broadly, the modules will explore theories and manifestations of ‘modernity’, examining the challenges of modern technologies and social formations to literary practice.

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module, students will have developed an appropriate knowledge and understanding of the literature of modernity. They will be able to read a variety of texts from the period 1900-1930, including novels, poems, short stories, novellas, and periodical essays. Students will be able to read these texts in relation to a number of contexts, including political, social, and cultural developments. They will also develop the skills to read these texts with an eye to their formal complexity and ingenuity, tying this experimentation to the dynamic social contexts to which they responded. Students will be introduced to a number of digital resources that will encourage their independent research into the periodical publication of modernist works. Moreover students will be able to interrogate a number of dominant critical frameworks, including: those that have, until recently, elevated modernism above the broader literary culture of the period; those that diminish the influence of Victorian literature on modernism.

  Skills

  Having completed this module students will be able to:
  
  • Analyse modernist literature in both a historical and critical context.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the complex relationship between formal literary innovation and social transformations.
  • Examine the relationship between ‘high’ cultural forms and the so-called ‘middle brow’ works of the period.
  • Explore how literary texts challenged dominant understandings of race, gender, and class.
  • Demonstrate transferrable skills in the forms of critical thinking, group discussion, written communication, and individual academic research.
  • Demonstrate advanced research skills, in particular the use of digital platforms to explore the nature of modernist periodicals.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG2060

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and Reading Later Medieval England (20 credits)

  ×

  Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and Reading Later Medieval England

  Overview

  From the Black Death to the Uprising of 1381; from the usurpation and murder of King Richard II to the Oldcastle Rebellion of 1414; from the rise of the Lollard heresy to the Wars of the Roses – how did late medieval writing, from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, Langland’s Piers Plowman, and Gower’s Vox Clamantis, to the work of a range of anonymous poets, dramatists, and chroniclers, respond to several decades of tumultuous social and cultural change? This module introduces students to the vibrancy and vitality of a crucial period in the history of English writing, and it explores the methodological challenges of reading literature historically. Students will engage with key historicist readings of the period’s literature and will consider literature in its material circumstances with reference to online facsimiles of key manuscript books, as well as the museological presentation of the period’s material culture. The key genres, conventions and preoccupations of the period will be explored in relation to the explosive social mobility that followed the devastation of the Black Death. The module will conclude on the eve of the coronation of Henry VIII, when it was assumed that the political and religious tumult of the ‘calamitous fourteenth century’ had finally been settled.

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module, students will have developed an appropriate knowledge and understanding of late medieval literature and culture (c.1370-1509). They will have learned to address the challenges of reading literature in its historical contexts, and become familiar with the central tenets of historicist critical practice. They will have learned to interrogate critically the re-presentation of texts and artefacts from the Middle Ages in online archival and museological contexts. They will have learned to reflect critically on the idea of the Middle Ages itself and on questions of historical periodisation in general.

  Skills

  Having completed this module students will be able to:
  
  • Analyse late medieval literature, paying attention to the relationship between texts and contexts assumed by historicist modes of reading.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the complex relationship between literary forms and socio-political transformations.
  • Situate the literature of this period in the contexts of its influence on literary ideas and modes of transmission, such as authorship and printing, that will be of critical importance to later periods
  • Demonstrate enhanced digital capabilities, both in terms of using digital repositories and in working collaboratively on a digital project for assessment.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG2041

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  An Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory (20 credits)

  ×

  An Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory

  Overview

  ‘Critical and Cultural Theory’ names a panoply of intellectual movements, philosophical currents and political perspectives emerging out of the crisis in European culture and identity precipitated by the pace of political, technological and social change in the nineteenth century. That crisis was exacerbated by the world wars of the twentieth century, the rise of Communism, and the collapse of Western imperialism. This module introduces students to key issues in critical and cultural theory, historicising its emergence and reflecting on its current preoccupations. Beginning with the ‘masters of suspicion’, Freud, Nietzsche and Marx, who are often perceived to have brought the project of Enlightenment humanism to a shuddering halt, the module will trace the development of a variety of important theoretical perspectives, including Marxism, psychoanalysis, structuralism and poststructuralism, historicism, gender studies, and bio-politics and posthumanism. The module will build on the questions asked by the Stage One module ENG xxx Adventures in Literature and the History of Ideas and will complement the approaches taken on other Stage Two modules, given its historicising agenda.

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module, students will have developed a basic knowledge of a range of theoretical traditions and be better equipped to situate the cultural and political preoccupations of the modern and postmodern literatures they are exploring elsewhere in the curriculum in relation to the intellectual, political and social developments of Western societies from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. They will be better attuned to the intellectual agendas and theoretical affiliations of the critical approaches used by both staff in the School and in the secondary critical materials they are encountering in other modules across their degrees. They will have learned to historicise and synthesise a range of often conflicting intellectual and philosophical traditions.

  Skills

  Having completed this module students will be able to:
  • Identify and adjudicate between different intellectual approaches to literature, culture, gender and history
  • Analyse and evaluate key critical terminologies and ideas and place them in their historical contexts
  • Demonstrate an ability to read ‘secondary’ texts critically and with a view to their underpinning intellectual assumptions and agendas
  • Demonstrate transferral skills in the form of group discussion, written communication, oral presentation and collaborative work

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG2000

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Utopia / Dystopia: The Future in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature (20 credits)

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  Utopia / Dystopia: The Future in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature

  Overview

  In the late nineteenth century, utopian literature met speculative fiction: the ‘nowhere’ of utopia was reimagined as the future, which was conceived as both the best and worst possible worlds. This course examines a variety of late nineteenth-century utopias and dystopias, but also shows the ways this imaginative tradition shaped literary prediction in the twentieth century (including works by Aldous Huxley, George Orwell and Margaret Atwood). It considers the ways twentieth-century writers both engaged with their literary predecessors and rewrote utopian and dystopian traditions to speak to the urgency of their own political moments. From the dangers and promises of science and technology to the future of feminism, socialism, race and mass culture, we will explore what utopias and dystopias reveal about their own historical moments, and analyze the claim that one person’s utopia is another’s dystopia.
  
  Indicative selection of texts
  
  Edward Bulwer Lytton, The Coming Race
  H. G. Wells, The Time Machine
  William Morris, News from Nowhere
  Catherine Helen Spence, A Week in the Future
  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland
  E. M. Forster, ‘The Machine Stops’
  Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
  George Orwell, 1984
  Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

  Learning Outcomes

  At the end of this course, students will be able to analyze the evolving generic traits of political fantasy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and will have gained an understanding of utopian, dystopian and speculative fiction as literary forms. They will be able to relate utopian and dystopian fiction to social debates and historical changes in the period in which it was produced (including debates over feminism, socialism, evolutionary biology and eugenics and the future of democracy and mass culture). They will be capable of analyzing the political function of utopian and dystopian literature, and the role of reading communities in the evolution of the genre. Students will be able to use their understanding of genre to reflect on continuities with as well as changes between late Victorian and twentieth-century literature.

  Skills

  • A demonstrable understanding of the relationship between the political and the literary, and an ability to see the relevance of debates generated by this ‘literature of ideas’ to the present as well as the past
  • Transferrable skills in the forms of group discussion, ability to present material to peers and individual research and essay writing skills – the ability to synthesize texts and create a clear analytical argument
  • The ability to interweave close and historical reading skills – a demonstrable awareness of the ways historical and cultural change shapes literary form within political fantasy from the nineteenth to the twentieth century
  • Ability to apply theoretical and historical debates over genre (utopian and dystopian and speculative fiction) to a range of literary contexts
  • An ability to show the ways fiction is shaped by reading communities as well as writers (including socialist and feminist readerships).

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG2065

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Uniting Kingdoms (20 credits)

  ×

  Uniting Kingdoms

  Overview

  The aim of this module is to examine the interrelationships between the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1603 to 1815 and the factors contributing to the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. It will provide an overview of the principal events and developments following the union of the Crowns in 1603, including the attempts by the Stuart monarchy to promote uniformity, the wars of religion of the mid seventeenth century, Cromwellian rule, the Williamite revolutions in each of the three kingdoms, the Anglo-Scottish Union, church-state relations, Jacobite rebellions, the age of revolutions, and the British-Irish Union.

  Learning Outcomes

  An understanding of the various relationships between England, Ireland, and Scotland and the forces that encouraged the creation of the United Kingdom
  An ability to engage with the most important historiographical debates relating to the subject-matter of the module

  Skills

  Enhanced ability to think critically, reason logically, and evaluate evidence
  Further develop communication skills, both written and oral
  Critical appraisal of, engagement with, and effective use of a variety of sources.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HIS2064

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Crime and the Media (20 credits)

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  Crime and the Media

  Overview

  Is the media a cause of crime? Does media depiction simply reflect public interests and attitudes, or help to shape them? Does media representation of ‘crime’, ‘criminals’ and criminal justice impact penal and social policies? These are some of the questions this module will debate through drawing on theory, research and illustrative media examples. Examining both ‘factual’ and ‘fictional’ representations of crime and justice, the module examines the extent to which media representation reflects reality, and impact on attitudes, emotions and behaviours. You will also learn skills in media analysis and apply these in your own small project.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Understand how abstract arguments about ideology, law, order, and disorder relate to fictional representations of crime.
  
  2. Evaluate the media’s role in constructing ideas about crime and criminality.
  
  3. Draw upon and engage with critical debates concerning moral panics, crime legends, and media effects.
  
  4. Understand and be able to employ a range of techniques used to carry out analysis of the media.

  Skills

  1. Demonstrate an improvement in their ability to communicate abstract, theoretical arguments, in both oral and written work.
  
  2. Operationalise theoretical concepts and debates by carrying out research on the media.
  
  3. Synthesise analysis of media texts and theoretical argument.
  
  4. Develop research and organisational skills by using library e-journals and other online resources such as Lexis-Nexus.
  
  5. Conduct content and narrative analysis of media sources.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  CRM2006

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Shakespeare and Co (20 credits)

  ×

  Shakespeare and Co

  Overview

  This module introduces students to the drama of the English Renaissance. It explores texts by a wide range of authors, including Shakespeare, Cary, Marlowe, Middleton, Rowley and Webster and examines the forces working on drama in the early modern period. Lectures will provide an introduction to the dramatic form, close readings of the set plays, and readings in relation to contemporary issues such as nationality, authority, desire, religion, sexuality, gender, strangeness, race, identity, social standing, fantasy, magic and taboo.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students should have learned how to study dramatic form and how to relate a text to its context. Through class discussion and formative assessments, you should have further developed your oral and written communication skills.

  Skills

  To familiarize students with the range of drama produced during the English Renaissance; to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to undertake Renaissance modules in Stage 3.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG2050

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  The Art of the Actor (20 credits)

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  The Art of the Actor

  Overview

  This module aims to build on foundational skills developed at Level 1, placing these within the wider context of performance and theatre production. Lectures and workshops will be themed around a menu of key skill areas and students will select from these according to their specialist interests. The module will provide an understanding of the evolution of the philosophy and practice of actor training in terms of the cardinal figures in the field.

  Learning Outcomes

  During the course of this module you will develop an understanding of the theory and practice of selected modern acting techniques and an overview of approaches to acting from Stanislavsky and Meisner. You will also explore a practical interaction with another actor in performance.

  Skills

  You should have developed your teamworking, communication and problem-solving skills to a high level.

  Coursework

  50%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  50%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  DRA2003

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Modern Political Thought (20 credits)

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  Modern Political Thought

  Overview

  This module focuses on a critical analysis of key texts and themes in the history of modern political thought. It has two aims. Firstly, by adopting a historical approach to the development of modern political thought we learn about the ideas that have shaped our own political thinking. We are typically unaware of the ways in which this history has shaped how we frame problems and our basic assumptions about how to respond to them. Adopting a historical perspective on modern political thought helps us to bring these unexamined assumptions into focus and allows us to think more creatively about how to respond to political problems. In learning about this history we are learning about ourselves
  Secondly, the course has a practical aim. Ideas are tools for responding to problems. By learning about the different arguments of these thinkers we can acquire tools to help us think about our own political problems. Some of the ideas of these thinkers are good ones, some not so good and there is often disagreement about which is which. We can learn from the mistakes of others as much as we can learn from their positive contributions.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will:
  
  - Be familiar with the central arguments of key texts in the history of modern political thought
  - Understand the main traditions of thought which have shaped contemporary political thinking
  - Be equipped with the analytical skills necessary to necessary to interpret and criticize complex arguments.

  Skills

  The aim of the module is to provide students with the necessary analytical and interpretive tools to understand complex arguments. It will provide students with an opportunity to develop communication skills (listening, oral and written), and equip students with basic intellectual skills (particularly critical thinking and analysis). Students will also learn to present their own thoughts and arguments in a logical and coherent manner and to make points in a clear and succinct manner. These are key transferable skills.

  Coursework

  65%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  35%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI2005

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  British Politics in crisis? (20 credits)

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  British Politics in crisis?

  Overview

  This module will introduce students to key aspects of British politics, focusing on institutions and elections and voting. The module will provide students with an understanding of the main institutions of the UK (Parliament, the executive, devolution), the parties and party systems of the UK, and elections and voting behaviour. The module will allow students to use the skills developed in PAI2043 Studying Politics in the study and analysis of elections and voting in the UK. The module takes a contemporary and practical approach and will develop the students’ analytical, statistical, and writing skills.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this module, students will be able to identify the key institutions and players in British politics and to identify and define the major issues in British politics. Moreover, students will be able to appreciate and explain the major changes in British politics that have taken place over time. Students will be able to locate and engage with data relevant to past and contemporary British politics.

  Skills

  Intellectual skills
  • Managing & Prioritizing Knowledge: identify relevant and subject-specific knowledge, sources and data; manage such information in an independent manner
  • Analytical Thinking: identify, understand, interpret and evaluate relevant subject-specific arguments made by others; construct independent arguments
  • Critical & Independent Thinking: ability to think critically and construct one’s own position in relation to existing and ongoing debates in the field
  
  Professional and career development skills
  • Communication Skills: ability to communicate clearly with others, both orally and in writing
  • Time Management: ability to negotiate diverse and competing pressures; cope with stress; and achieve a work / life balance
  
  Technical and practical skills
  • Information Technology: demonstrate the knowledge and ability to use contemporary and relevant ICT
  
  Organizational skills
  • Efficient and effective work practice: demonstrate ability to work efficiently to deadlines
  • Organisation and communication: demonstrate ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear arguments; show aptitude for the effective use of information in a direct and appropriate way
  • Enterprising thinking: Demonstrate ability to think and argue in novel and enterprising ways, to display originality of thought and argument and the ability to clearly support arguments in innovative ways

  Coursework

  65%

  Examination

  35%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI2002

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  History of Philosophy (20 credits)

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  History of Philosophy

  Overview

  This module introduces students to key texts and arguments in the early modern period of philosophy. As well as examining texts by philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley, and Hume, the module also enables students to explore texts written by less commonly taught philosophers, and to examine critical engagements with early modern texts. An indicative list of topics to be covered includes: empiricism and rationalism, ideas and language, scepticism, induction, causation, free will, and capacity for reason.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion, students will have an understanding of some of the key ideas and arguments in four of the most influential works in the history of western philosophy.

  Skills

  Skills in literacy, communication, organisation and presentation of extended arguments, development of critical powers, sensitivity to the significance of historically and culturally remote materials

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL2016

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  International Relations (20 credits)

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  International Relations

  Overview

  This module sets out to help students understand and analyse the development of International Relations as a discipline through its theories and major issues. The key theories of international relations are examined, from Realism, through Marxism to contemporary approaches such as Poststructuralism, with a focus upon how each one criticises and responds to the others revealing its strengths and weaknesses. Within this, major issues of international relations will be explored from a theoretical and conceptual perspective, such as the balance of power, peace, international society, norms and gender. Finally, the course turns to modern challenges to the discipline of International Relations, such as International Political Economy, the spread of Globalization, and contemporary concerns with security and the War on Terror. The module therefore considers how well International Relations is responding to these challenges.

  Learning Outcomes

  Upon completion of this module, students should be able to: Understand the main approaches to the study of IR, including current theoretical developments in the discipline. Understand the relationship between the academic analysis of international relations and the actual behaviour (e.g. foreign policy) of states. Communicate ideas to others in a clear and concise manner, both orally and in written form. Pursue intellectual questions in a rigorous and academic manner, employing analytical skills and critical thinking.

  Skills

  The module aims to equip students with basic intellectual skills (e.g. critical thinking, analysis, problem solving), as well as communication skills.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI2017

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Romantic Poetry, 1789-1832 (20 credits)

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  Romantic Poetry, 1789-1832

  Overview

  The Romantic period (c.1789-1832) witnessed dramatic social and historical change as the effects of major events such as the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, widespread Enclosure and the Industrial Revolution initiated the sense of ‘living in history’. In the midst of these revolutionary changes, poets wrote with new confidence of the importance of the imagination, as a creative and utopian force; of the beauty, fragility and power of the natural world; of political ideals of social justice; of the arguments for gender equality. Poetry became synonymous with the imagination as a force which could unite idealism with social change. This module studies a range of Romantic poetry, including but not restricted to, the work of Anna Laetitia Barbauld, William Blake, Lord Byron, John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Mary Robinson, Felicia Hemans, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Charlotte Smith, and William Wordsworth. Poems will be studied through the key themes of the revolutionary imagination; the natural world; the language of class; representations of childhood; slavery and feminism. One hour of each week’s seminar time will comprise a close reading of one key poem for that week’s discussion, with the second hour being used for more generalized and broader discussion. The module will also include a specialised library visit and a field trip connected with the natural world.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students completing this module will have learned to read poetry in terms of its formal techniques and effects and to situate these interpretations in a range of contexts both historical and contemporary. They will be able to read and contextualize poetry of the Romantic period in particular, and to understand its significance for contemporary literature and society. They will be able to distinguish and appreciate a diversity of poetic genres and styles characteristic of the period, and to read and interrogate a range of diverse kinds of poetry in a critical way. Students will be equipped to debate political, aesthetic and social issues in an informed way with regard to their historical development, and their continued development in modern forms. Students will also be able to interrogate constructions of Romanticism and to deconstruct its various claims from contemporary perspectives both supportive and critical of its legacy for the modern world.

  Skills

  Students who have completed this module will be able to:
  
  • Interpret a range of poems in ways which are attuned to their aesthetic effects and contextual meanings.
  • Debate various aesthetic, social and political issues produced in poetry of the Romantic period.
  • Show an understanding of formal and generic developments in poetry with regard to intellectual history.
  • Examine the ways in which literary texts are implicated in the emergence of dominant understandings of political and social discourses.
  • Demonstrate transferrable skills in the forms of critical thinking, group discussion, written communication, and individual academic research.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG2063

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Fiction and the Novel (1660-1820) (20 credits)

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  Fiction and the Novel (1660-1820)

  Overview

  This module examines the development of prose fiction in English from the later seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. This is the period in which the novel emerged in its recognisably modern form, establishing itself as an important genre within literary culture. It was also an era of generic experimentation, as writers debated the nature of the novel, took the form in new directions, and grappled with earlier modes of writing in prose, such as romance and picaresque, allegorical and fantastical fiction. In this module, we explore the variety of prose fiction published during this period: from romance and amatory fiction, through works of realism and social comedy, to the sentimental and Gothic modes that emerged in the later eighteenth century. These works engaged closely with contemporary social, cultural and political issues, and we will consider texts that address topics such as travel and empire; science and civilisation; marriage and gender; crime, morality and the state of the nation. By considering these works in their literary and cultural contexts, the module both highlights the diversity of fiction written during this era and charts the early history of the novel up to the sophisticated narratives of Jane Austen.

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module, students will have developed higher-level knowledge and understanding of prose fiction during the period 1660-1820. They will be able to identify the different kinds and modes of fiction published during this period, including romance and amatory fiction, works of realism and social comedy, the sentimental and Gothic modes. They will be equipped to assess critical arguments concerning the ‘rise’ of the novel as a distinctive literary genre during the ‘long’ eighteenth century. They will also be able to situate this body of fiction more broadly within its literary and cultural contexts. On completing the module, then, students will be able to articulate the key types of fiction in English during the period up to (and including) Austen, theories about the novel’s emergence as a literary form, and the engagement of these works with a range of contemporary issues.

  Skills

  Having completed this module students will be able to:
  
  • Analyse works of prose fiction published during the ‘long’ eighteenth century, in terms of genre, technique, and social and cultural contexts
  • Demonstrate understanding of the variety of forms, modes and styles within fiction during this period, and the pre-history of some of these ways of writing
  • Adjudicate critical and theoretical ideas regarding the ‘rise’ or emergence of the novel genre during the period up to Austen
  • Demonstrate understanding of the particular issues explored within this body of fiction - from issues such as marriage and travel to concerns about crime, morality and empire
  • Demonstrate transferrable skills in the forms of group discussion, written communication, and individual research

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ENG2061

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Notation and Transcription (20 credits)

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  Notation and Transcription

  Overview

  The course teaches the wide range of skills needed to make editions of music from original manuscripts and printed sources of the 15th and 16th centuries. The module also includes a lecture on 14th/15th/early 16th century music for context. Students are taught to read early handwriting, to transcribe mensural notation and instrumental tablatures and to acquire facility in the techniques of editing.

  Learning Outcomes

  To achieve a good functional standard in the main technical aspects of editing. To deepen awareness of musical styles and genres of the period through close contact with the music.

  Skills

  SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS
  
  Students will develop:
  (i) The ability to read and interpret original scores
  (ii) Clarity and accuracy in the presentation of editions
  
  KEY SKILLS
  
  Students will:
  (i) Identify, analyse and solve problems by prioritising tasks, coping with complexity, setting achievable goals and taking action.
  (ii) Work with information and handle a mass of diverse data, assess risk and draw conclusions (analysis, attention to detail, judgement).
  (iii) Apply subject knowledge and understanding from the degree pathway
  (iv) Possess high level transferable key skills such as the ability to work with others in a team, to communicate (both orally and in writing), influence, negotiate and resolve conflict
  (v) Display interpersonal sensitivity, global and cultural awareness, moral and ethical awareness and being able to adjust behaviour accordingly
  (vi) Demonstrate confidence and motivation to start and to finish the job, adaptability/flexibility, creativity, initiative, leadership, decision-making, negotiating and the ability to cope with stress.
  (vii) Demonstrate the knowledge and experience of working with relevant modern technology
  (viii) Apply and exploit information technology

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS2066

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Documentary Film Studies (20 credits)

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  Documentary Film Studies

  Overview

  The module examines key critical issues in so-called “non-fiction” filmmaking. Many major filmmakers, periods and movements which have come to constitute the documentary tradition as we know it today will be identified, and discussed, examining how the formation of the various modes of documentary filmmaking are partly historical but more importantly, conceptual. In particular, the module will interrogate the commonplace notion of documentary as a specific kind of film preoccupied with truth and social reality. And yet, every representation has within it elements of the subjective, the fantastic, the unconscious and the imaginary just as every fiction has elements of the document within it. The module will study films that play at the border of fiction and non-fiction rather than assume a distinct category like ‘documentary’ to be elaborated.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Advanced skills in the critical analysis of documentary forms, genres and contexts
  2. An understanding of critical approaches to the study of documentary film, particularly in relation to the role of documentary in other artistic practices;
  3. An understanding of the interplay between notions of fiction and documentary;
  4. An understanding of the visual, audio and verbal conventions through which images, sounds and words make meaning;
  5. Advanced skills in written, oral and visual communication.

  Skills

  Organising and synthesising of a range of formal and historical materials

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  FLM2012

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge (20 credits)

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  Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge

  Overview

  This module examines the relationship between filmmaking and literary narrative in Irish, focusing in particular on the period from the 1920s to the present. Representations of literary narratives will be examined in a variety of genres, with particular emphasis on the short film and the film documentary. The cultural and socio-political ideologies that inform narratives, in both literature and Irish-language visual media, will also be discussed. Films examined may include: Oidhche Sheanchais, Mise Éire, Saoirse, Cré na Cille, Rotha Mór an tSaoil¬–The Hard Road to Klondike, Poitín, Draíocht, Kings, Cosa Nite, and short films from the Oscailt and Lasair series (An Leabhar, Aqua, Cáca Milis, Clare sa Spéir, Filleann an Feall, Lipservice, Tubberware, Yu Ming is Ainm dom).

  Learning Outcomes

  Students who successfully complete this module should be able to:
  • Appreciate the context in which Irish-language film has emerged, and the challenges and opportunities which accompany the production of film in a minoritised language
  • Demonstrate a general knowledge of the variety of Irish-language film, and an appreciation of short films and documentaries in particular
  • Prepare a critical review of a film (or film documentary) focusing on key issues such as genre, narrative, thematic development and cinematic technique, and drawing on relevant scholarship as appropriate
  • Analyse and evaluate the role of historical context, and cultural and socio-political ideologies, in the interpretation of Irish films and film documentaries.

  Skills

  This module will equip students with the capacity to
  • appreciate the differences between film and written media
  • analyse and critique forms of narrative and cultural expression conveyed in film
  • understand the employment and function of archival material in documentary production
  • employ cinematic skills in the interpretation of film
  • articulate points of view through informal discussion
  • plan their own study and learn independently
  • manage their time effectively.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Environmental Crimes and Justice (20 credits)

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  Environmental Crimes and Justice

  Overview

  This course will encourage students to critically reflect on the interplay between existing structures and agency on processes with a harmful impact on the physical environment and nonhuman animals. Specifically students will examine the existing diversity in conceptualising and defining environmental harm; the role of mass media, protest and campaign groups; and national and international governmental bodies. Special reference will be made to the Irish and UK experience. A range of guest speakers (academics, environmental activists and campaigners; and policy makers) would contribute.

  Learning Outcomes

  At the end of the module students should be able to demonstrate an awareness of the range of issues treated by green criminology, and an appreciation of the staggering multiplicity of ‘green harms’ and the state, government and individual complicity in their perpetration.

  Skills

  At the end of the module students should be equipped with the following skills:
  
  PRACTICAL/STUDY SKILLS
  
  • Analyse, evaluate and interpret information provided by policy documents, media sources and interest groups
  • Develop and defend reasoned opinions and argument through essay writing.
  • Capacity to use insights from different philosophical positions and schools of social analysis
  • Develop and demonstrate independent thinking through the critical evaluation of information and claims put forward by different stakeholders in the formulation of sustainable development legislative and policy provisions (government, business, environmental groups)
  • Retrieve and select relevant information from print and electronic sources
  • Interpret and utilise material to address a particular issue or problem
  • Present information and communicate ideas in a coherent and appropriate manner and format through tutorial presentations on selected text material
  • Work as part of a team through participation in tutorial discussions
  
  EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
  
  • This module will provide experience in:
  • Communication
  • Using the spoken word - participating in discussions
  • Using the written word
  • Information and communication technology

  Coursework

  50%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  50%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  History of English: Studying L (20 credits)

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  History of English: Studying L

  Overview

  This module explores the linguistic history of English from prehistoric times to the present day. Adopting a chronological approach and working always with reference to texts, it traces the development and use of the language through varieties of Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and Present Day English. The key topics of the course, applied to each of the periods studied, are (i)internal features, examining underlying grammatical characteristics; (ii)external features, with particular reference to vocabulary; and (iii)transitional and sociolinguistic features, considering the social context of language change, paying attention to changing practices in language writing.

  Learning Outcomes

  This module should provide an informed understanding of the history of the English language and of language change, with reference to social and cultural factors; to increase students' analytical and descriptive abilities, enabling them to engage in linguistic analysis of texts from different periods and with different writing conventions.

  Skills

  Students who complete this module should be able to deomonstrate knowledge and understanding of the historical development of English, relating language to its socio-cultural context, and they should be able to apply that knowledge and understanding to particular texts, using analytical and descriptive skills.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Data Analysis and Optimisation (20 credits)

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  Data Analysis and Optimisation

  Overview

  This level-2 module introduces a selection of introductory methods used to analyse data used in business and economics, such as regression analysis, optimization and project management. Statistical software (Stata and Excel) will be used in tutorials to illustrate concepts presented in lectures. Students are expected to use the knowledge gained in lectures and tutorials to perform their own data analysis project as part of a team. This module remains accessible to students without a strong statistical background, as long as they are open to learning how to read and interpret basic statistics. Tutorials, group presentations and group projects in addition to traditional lectures are essential parts of this module as it focuses on practice and applications of quantitative methods used in business. Upon completion, successful students are expected to understand and use these methods and to improve their skills concerning problem solving, verbal and written presentation, computer utilization, and working as a group.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. The student will gain the necessary skills to use business data to make forecasts.
  2. The student will gain knowledge and understanding of several optimisation techniques used in business and elsewhere for decision and policy making.
  3. The student will be able to formulate several classes of business problems analytically and to solve them, with a good grasp of the various stages involved and the implications of underlying assumptions in a practical context.
  4. The student will supplement his or her computing skills by using Excel.

  Skills

  Exercise solving, computing skills, the adoption of a quantitative approach to practical problems encountered in business.

  Coursework

  40%

  Examination

  50%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ECO2023

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Europe between the Wars, 1919-1939 (20 credits)

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  Europe between the Wars, 1919-1939

  Overview

  The history of the interwar period in Europe is a familiar story to many, with the rise of Stalin and Hitler forming the central pillars of the narrative. This module offers a new perspective on this period, exploring issues that enable comparisons, as well as highlight contrasts, between the histories of various European states and peoples. It is:
  
  - thematic, not chronological, in structure, though it clearly has a first part focused on the 1920s, and a second on the 1930s
  - geographically de-centred – we are as likely to discuss Italy and Spain, as Germany and Russia
  - organised in a way that suggests the Spanish Civil War was both the central epic of our period but also the culmination of interwar social, political and cultural struggles
  - focused on social and cultural aspects of the period, as much as political and economic – we are as likely to discuss gender and art, as fascism and communism
  - based on wide-ranging and in-depth reading, including fictional works and films read as texts
  - aimed at those who want to go beyond men with moustaches, who enjoy the unusual and the quirky and like to go off the beaten track in their history studies

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this course, you should be able to demonstrate:
  - a good knowledge of the political regimes and their ideologies which were established in Europe during this period
  - an understanding of the economic forces at work between 1919 and 1939 and their implications for various European societies
  - an understanding of the outlook and experiences of various sectors of European society, including ethnic minorities and women
  - familiarity with primary sources from this period and with relevant secondary materials and historiographical debates
  - the ability to identify and select information relevant to the topic area from a variety of sources
  - the ability to analyse and evaluate evidence and argument
  - the ability to present your own arguments in essays, using appropriate evidence to support your views
  - the ability to work effectively within a group, making appropriate contributions to discussions, debates and tasks, as well as contributing and presenting a group presentation

  Skills

  - to provide students with an understanding of European history between 1918 and 1939, in the context of previous and later historical developments
  - to acquaint students with a variety of historical sources from this period including official documents and the press, films and images, as well as with secondary materials and historiographical debates
  - to promote the development of key skills required to study history effectively

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HIS2050

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Principles of Business in Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries (20 credits)

  ×

  Principles of Business in Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries

  Overview

  This course is designed for Stage 2 students in all Creative Arts disciplines (Drama, Film & Broadcast, Music & Sonic Arts) to introduce and explore key elements in the ‘business’ of creative work: the planning, management and delivery of cultural and creative projects, events and/or activities. As part of an interdisciplinary class and with elements of independent group work throughout, students will share their knowledge from their own programmes and gain new insights to the crossover of skills and opportunities and the benefits of multidisciplinary teams.
  
  The course runs in two parts. The first half of the course will introduce students to the unique planning and delivery challenges of cultural and creative work with students’ active engagement in observing or putting the theory into real-life practice. In the second half, students will work through one of two options (subject to availability): to work in teams to enhance, deliver and evaluate a programmed event or activity with a cultural business; or to undertake independent field research in the development of an event or activity proposal for a cultural business.
  
  Assessment will be principally based on reflexive journaling and some practical assessment of their participation (the production of a short-form report or plan).
  
  Part 1 will be delivered mainly through classroom lectures, seminars and discussions on the different functions of management and planning in the arts, cultural and creative industries.
  
  Part 2
  Subject to availability in any given year, students will choose one of two strands for Part 2 of the programme. Activities offered in these strands each year will be selected in discussion between Subject Leads of Creative Arts and relevant staff in creative centres on campus, enabling students to access contemporary events and knowledge relevant to their studies.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:
  1. Recognise common features and approaches to planning and delivery of arts, cultural and creative activities, events or projects
  2. Express improved understanding of the industry context of their chosen discipline, recognising influences, norms and constraints on creative and cultural business
  3. Articulate how increased understanding of creative business might influence their own creative or industry practice, their future study and professional development.
  4. Understand the collaborative and team-based nature of arts, cultural and creative industries planning and delivery.

  Skills

  The completion of this course will support the following skills:
  • Reflective & reflexive thinking
  • Evaluation and observation
  • Report and/or proposal writing
  • Practical skills in event/project management/planning
  • Teamwork and collaborative working

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SCA2002

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Crime and Society (20 credits)

  ×

  Crime and Society

  Overview

  This course is about crime, the social and political circumstances in which crime definitions are created, the types of crimes that people commit, the social settings in which crime occurs and the alternative explanations for criminal behaviour.

  Learning Outcomes

  To introduce students to key sociological concepts and to illuminate controversies in the sociological analysis of deviance and control.

  Skills

  Demonstrate competence in critically engaging with key concepts in relation to crime and criminal behaviour. Display an ability to write informed and literate essays.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  The Fantastic in Latin America (20 credits)

  ×

  The Fantastic in Latin America

  Overview

  Harry Belevan has written that the Fantastic mode of literature is revolutionary because it created a new type of reader, one attuned to the limits between reality and unreality in a text. With this in mind, this course begins with a reflection on the practice of close analysis in order to develop the tools of active reading that will allow a proper engagement with the rich tradition of lo fantástico in Latin America. Students will then learn how the Fantastic has been theorised by critics, before using this knowledge as a lens through which to explore a range of texts by some of Latin America’s most important cultural icons (e.g. Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar) and exciting new authors (e.g. Samanta Schweblin, Mariana Enriquez).

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
  • Provide a close reading of both image and text using a range of critical terminology
  • Discuss and identify the most common characteristics of the Fantastic mode in literature and film
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the work of important, 20th century Latin American artists
  • Argue at length and in detail about an aspect of the topic, supporting the argument with evidence from the text and with opinions from secondary literature

  Skills

  On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
  • Identify own areas of strength and interest
  • Closely analyse the subtleties of a written text
  • Undertake independent research
  • Time management and working to deadlines
  • Adopt a critical approach to the selection and organisation of a large body of material in order to produce a written argument of some complexity
  • Extract relevant information for presentation and discussion based activities.
  • Demonstrate ability to combine a variety of IT skills in researching and reporting on a topic (Word, PowerPoint, Internet)

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  American Politics (20 credits)

  ×

  American Politics

  Overview

  This survey course introduces students to the American political system, current debates on democracy in America and its role in the world. The first section of the module, examines the basic institutions of the American political system, its origins, development and evolving dynamics. Particular emphasis is placed on the US Constitution, federalism and the system of checks and balances, as well as the three branches of government: the Presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court. The second section constitutes a more normative engagement with issues relating to the contemporary nature of American democracy, examining in particular controversies surrounding the electoral process and the role of socioeconomic inequality and race in shaping political outcomes.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students will acquire an understanding of the basic components of the American political system and its historical and ideational origins. Students will be conversant with contemporary debates on the nature of democracy and its socio-economic context in America.

  Skills

  Ability to think conceptually and pursue rigorous, systematic inquiry into some aspect(s) of American Politics. Ability to construct a lucid argument, theoretically and empirically informed, in examination paper form, and to present oral arguments in a concise manner.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Exploring Dynamic Environments (20 credits)

  ×

  Exploring Dynamic Environments

  Overview

  In this field course you will explore a variety of contrasting landscapes within the Mediterranean, with particular reference to Mallorca, researching the human and physical dynamics that have shaped them. Module topics will include: evidence for past environmental change, its impact and contemporary challenges; physical processes of landscape evolution, including weathering, erosion, coastal processes, and the impacts of climate change; understanding the nature of urbanisation and impact of tourism; critiquing cultural politics of environmental change, heritage and social identity; reflecting on sustainable alternatives. Project work will provide you with an opportunity to gain valuable experience collecting data, the use of ArcGIS StoryMaps, as well as data analysis and interpretation in relation to significant scientific debates and policy issues.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students enrolled in this module are supported in attaining the following learning outcomes:
  
  - Gain experience and skill in the principles and practices of desk-based and field-based investigation, including methods of data collection, techniques in data analysis, the interpretation of field data in the context of wider academic scholarship and the presentation of findings;
  - Gain experience in working as part of a project team, managing a project, collaborating and supporting one another on online platforms (Miro, Teams, ArcGIS) and working to an agreed timeline;
  - Demonstrate an organised approach to the design, execution and writing up of field research projects;
  - Gain experience in writing up research findings and presenting them in a variety of formats, including presentations, reports and StoryMaps;
  - Gain an understanding of the dynamics that account for change in the physical and human environments of the field study locations.
  - Gain experience in assessing the evidence for long and short term environmental change.
  - Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the nature of the relationships and processes that shape the physical and human geography of the field study locations

  Skills

  Key skills
  
  • The ability to think and argue critically and undertake problem solving
  • The ability to undertake self-directed learning
  • The ability to work collaboratively on a project within a group, taking part in managing the project, supporting one another and working towards an agreed timeline.
  • Development of reflective skills with regard to module-related tasks and personal fieldwork experience.
  
  Subject related skills
  
  • The ability to communicate geographical ideas by evidenced written, oral and visual means
  • The ability to apply specialised techniques or approaches to the collection and analysis of geographical information
  • Landscape (human & physical) interpretation
  
  Employability skills
  
  • Groupwork, leadership and time-management skills
  • Project planning and oral skills
  • Report writing, data synthesis and presentation skills

  Coursework

  85%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  15%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Issues and Culture of the US-Mexico Borderlands (20 credits)

  ×

  Issues and Culture of the US-Mexico Borderlands

  Overview

  This module will explore, and place in their historical context, some of the key issues and debates surrounding the Mexico-US border. Topics to be covered may include: migration, drug trafficking and policy, NAFTA, and femicide. Issues will be explored through the lens of cultural production made on or about the border. Alongside the lectures and seminars students will spend one hour a week studying and planning the performance of a short play about which they will be required to write a commentary. Students are expected to keep up to date with current affairs on the border through their reading of Spanish language news.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module students should be able to
  -read and evaluate sources taken from Spanish language newspapers, magazines and broadcasters commenting on them using information from other sources
  -demonstrate a good knowledge and understanding of some of the key issues and debates surrounding the Mexico-US border
  - be able to relate contemporary events to the history of the border region and Mexico-US relations
  -demonstrate a good knowledge of the set texts
  -apply their contextual knowledge to a play and describe how these issues could be brought to the fore in the performance of a play
  - understand and use key terms and vocabulary associated with the study of the Mexico US borderlands

  Skills

  On successful completion of this module students should have demonstrated:
  -an ability to read and understand texts in Spanish
  -intercultural awareness
  - analytical skills through the study of set texts
  - organizational skills through their use of non-contact time to effectively prepare for classes and assessment
  - the ability to work effectively as part of a team
  - oral and written communication skills
  - independent study skills through identifying and using relevant secondary reading materials
  -an ability to critically reflect on their research process as demonstrated by the research journal
  - IT skills and netiquette through their use of online journals and other relevant resources to support their learning and through their participation in an online forum

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Identity Politics in Diverse (20 credits)

  ×

  Identity Politics in Diverse

  Overview

  Liberal values in Europe, as elsewhere, are coming under serious threat, driven by identity politics designed to exploit societal divisions. The historical link between liberalism and diversity in Europe, and the extent to which one can negotiate and accommodate, if not facilitate the other, holds the key to sustainable, coherent and peaceful societies. The module provides an overview and critical analysis of minority protection offering engagement with issues underpinning national politics, law and societal processes in Europe. Using a critical approach to contemporary politics, this module provides:
  
  - a historical analysis of state formation and nation building in Europe with context of religious wars and political revolutions, including the (re-)conceptualisation of basic concepts and terms such as territoriality, sovereignty, state, nation and citizenship;
  
  - reassesses primordial views on ethnicity/nationality and language & religious identities and provides a sociologically informed political lens to reconcile the requirements for political unity, obligations to international law and ensure social cohesion for the culturally diverse society;
  
  - examines the liberal and national ideological framings of equality protection in liberal-democratic regimes and the number of mechanisms from voting rights to proportional representation in state bodies, forms of cultural and territorial autonomy and federalism to engage with the challenges of the ongoing re-nationalisation in all parts of Europe.
  
  This module will help students interested in European politics, human and minority rights, governance and nationalism, and politics of diverse societies to understand the origins of and anticipate political developments of their increasingly diverse societies.

  Learning Outcomes

  - Place issues of governance in diverse societies in the context of domestic and European political and legal obligations to ensure equality of all citizens;
  
  - Contrast the differential impact nation-state building had in different parts of Europe on diverse resident populations and reflect on the role of European integration on political process;
  
  - Ascertain importance of diversity and equality as guarantee for societal stability and peace in and around Europe
  
  - Understand and be able to reflect critically on the impact accommodation and support for minorities has on the likelihood of conflict in contemporary Europe
  
  - Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in written form on issues relating to equality and diversity in contemporary Europe
  
  - Pursue intellectual questions in an academic manner, using analytical skills and critical thinking to develop transferrable skills

  Skills

  Intellectual skills
  
  - Managing & Prioritizing Knowledge: identify relevant and subject-specific knowledge, sources and data; manage such information in an independent manner
  
  - Critical & Independent Thinking: ability to think critically and construct one’s own position in relation to existing and ongoing debates in the field
  
  Professional and career development skills
  
  - Communication Skills: ability to communicate clearly with others, both orally and in writing
  
  - Teamwork: ability to work with others in a team, negotiate conflicts and recognize different ways of learning
  
  - Self-Reflexivity: ability to reflect on one’s own progress and identify and act upon ones own development needs with respect to life-long learning and career development
  
  - Time Management: ability to negotiate diverse and competing pressures; cope with stress; and achieve a work / life balance
  
  Technical and practical skills
  
  - Information Technology: demonstrate the knowledge and ability to use contemporary and relevant ICT Organizational skills
  
  - Efficient and effective work practice: demonstrate ability to work efficiently to deadlines
  
  - Clear organisation of information: show efficiency in the organisation of large amounts of complex information and the ability to identify, describe and analyse the key features of the information
  
  - Organisation and communication: demonstrate ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear argument; show aptitude for the effective use of information in a direct and appropriate way

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  British Cinema: Nation, Identity and Industry (20 credits)

  ×

  British Cinema: Nation, Identity and Industry

  Overview

  This module will introduce a number of British films from a range of different historical periods. Students will consider films in relation to theoretical issues of national identity, representation, class and gender and will also explore British film culture to examine issues of production, film funding, censorship and reception.
  
  Films studied may include well-known examples from British cinema such as Passport to Pimlico (Cornelius, 1949), Room with a View (Ivory, 1985), or Elizabeth (Kapur, 1998) but will also consider a range of less well-studied texts to explore the breadth and range of ‘national cinema.’ One of the key objectives of the module will be to use film examples to address complex issues relating to national identity, shared history and popular taste. It will also consider how film can be a useful vehicle for understanding and addressing such issues.

  Learning Outcomes

  Upon successful completion of the module, students should be able to demonstrate:
  
  1) an understanding of the film culture of Britain and a knowledge of British film production and reception
  
  2) an understanding of the various critical and theoretical approaches to British cinema
  
  3) an understanding of the relationships between cinema, history and national identity
  
  4) the ability to analyse and evaluate films produced within Britain

  Skills

  1) Critical thinking skills
  
  2) Analytical skills
  
  3) Skills of rhetoric and argument
  
  4) Presentation skills
  
  5) Written, verbal, and visual communication skills

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  International Organisations (20 credits)

  ×

  International Organisations

  Overview

  This module on International Organizations offers an introduction into the multilateral global security architecture. The core focus of the module is collective security. The module IO thus will deal with international law, collective security, regimes in international security and International security organizations. The United Nations system forms the core of the study. Peacekeeping, peace enforcement, peace building and the ‘outsourcing’ of core collective security tasks to regional players will dominate the sessions of the module. Core military interventions by international organizations will be analyzed. The module thus will deal with military interventions by the UN, NATO, CIS/CSTO, EU and core security and mediation tasks by the CIS, SCO and OSCE. The new policy agenda of energy security will be tackled by studying resource control: The NPT regime, the IAEA and oil and gas regimes thus will be scrutinized at the end of the semester. The major aim of the module is to outline the ‘institutionalized’ world order of today – with its hierarchies, cleavages and contradictions. The module is wedded to a strategic studies approach to IR.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Spanish 2 (40 credits)

  ×

  Spanish 2

  Overview

  Building on skills acquired at Level 1, this module aims to develop more advanced language skills in spoken and written language. Students will be required to take on increasingly complex tasks which require them to be aware of and use different written and spoken styles and registers. Task will promote linguistic, sociolinguistic and cultural awareness at a more advanced level. The module will contain the following elements:
  1. Text-based class – (1 hour a week).
  This class will focus on developing skills in reading, writing, literary and non literary translation. Students will be required to read and respond to texts which deal with current issues in Spanish speaking countries in Europe and Latin America.
  2. Grammar Workshop ( 1 hr per week)
  This class will introduce students to more advanced grammar with an emphasis on students’ ability to explain the use of grammar in Spanish as well as demonstrating correct usage. Topics to be covered include: ser/estar, indicative tenses, prepositions, subjunctive
  3. Oral class ( 1 hr per week)
  This class will encourage students to develop their skills in spoken language with an emphasis on being able to communicate information and a point of view and on eliminating basic errors from spoken language as well as developing fluency in spoken Spanish
  4. Cursillo ( 1 hr per week)
  This class will focus on preparing students for the year abroad and on highlighting and developing the professional skills which students develop as a result of studying Spanish at degree level
  
  There will be an extra hour of language tuition for ex-beginners

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the modules students should:
  1. be able to demonstrate a level of fluency, accuracy and spontaneity in speech and writing, and a wide range of vocabulary and expression, so as to be able to discuss a range of complex issues.
  2. be able to read a wide variety of Spanish texts (fiction and non fiction) and identify important information and ideas within them.
  3. be able to demonstrate a good grasp of structures of the language covered in the module and identify and use appropriate reference works including dictionaries and grammars.
  4. be able to organise and present a coherent argument in Spanish relating to topics covered in the course, and present their knowledge and ideas in a range of formats and registers

  Skills

  On successful completion of the modules students should have developed the following range of skills: Translation skills; text analysis; essay writing; lexicographical skills; report writing skills; IT skills; presentation skills; spoken language skills - including practical language knowledge for living and working abroad

  Coursework

  35%

  Examination

  40%

  Practical

  25%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  SPA2101

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  Yes

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Acting Shakespeare (20 credits)

  ×

  Acting Shakespeare

  Overview

  This module focuses on Shakespearean drama as a theatrical script: that is, words intended to be spoken in performance before an audience and not as dramatic poetry to be read or studied as such. In both its workshop format and its critical writing assignment, this module is centred on Shakespeare in performance.

  Learning Outcomes

  Learning outcomes for this module include: knowledge of the key components of Shakespearean performance and the processes by which it is created and realised; an understanding of how to read Shakespearean texts and how transitions from page to stage may be effected; the ability to contribute to the creation of Shakespearean performance through an understanding of appropriate performance vocabularies, techniques, crafts, structures and working methods; the ability to engage in appropriate independent research, whether investigating past or present Shakespearean performances or as part of the process of creating new performance.

  Skills

  To aid closer reading of both text and performance; to aid interpretive abilities; to encourage creative interpretations in the student; to aid directorial and performance abilities.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  DRA2022

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Managerial Economics (20 credits)

  ×

  Managerial Economics

  Overview

  Managerial Economics is concerned with the application of economic principles and methodologies to the decision-making process inside corporations and other organisations operating under conditions of risk and uncertainty. Students acquire a solid foundation in key analytical tools: game theory, transaction costs, information asymmetries and the principal-agent problem. These tools are used to understand organisational architecture: the assignment of decision rights within organisations, the methods of incentivising individuals, and the structures and systems used to evaluate the performance of individuals and business units. This module draws on material from allied academic fields, including personnel economics, behavioural economics, financial economics and business history.

  Learning Outcomes

  • Students will gain a better understanding of the functioning of economic agents under conditions of risk and uncertainty.
  • Students will acquire detailed knowledge about the economics of the firm, including the specific role of information, property rights and transaction costs.
  • Students will become familiar with key issues facing the owners, managers and employees of business organisations, including how these issues change with the external economic environment.
  • Students will learn how to identify, describe, analyse and solve a selection of real-world problems in managerial economics.

  Skills

  Skills gained include: logical reasoning and problem solving, working effectively in groups, and written and verbal communication skills.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ECO2009

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Gaeilge 2 (40 credits)

  ×

  Gaeilge 2

  Overview

  Building on skills acquired at Level 1, this module aims to develop further competence in spoken and written language using a broad range of tasks and assessment methods in keeping with the National Syllabus for Irish Language Teaching at 3rd Level. In addition, students will engage with contextual study to develop cultural and linguistic awareness. The module will contain the following elements:
  1. Language Enrichment (2hrs per week)
  This component will focus on enhancing oral and written ability through engagement with a range of multimedia texts (at appropriate level) based on a variety of topics introduced and discussed on a weekly basis. Topics will deal with current themes in society and the student experience, and will be chosen to facilitate a range of teaching methods to include group discussion, individual/group oral presentations, reviews, reports and synopsis writing.
  2. Language Accuracy (1hr per week)
  This component will reinforce and develop to a more advanced level the written competence and grammatical accuracy gained by students at level 1. Topics covered will include verbal nouns and infinitive structures, syntax of the copula and the genitive case.
  3. Contextual Study (1hr per week)
  This component will raise awareness of cultural and linguistic issues in Irish and allow students to deepen their perspective of the field. Issues introduced and discussed will be earlier forms of the Irish language, and Irish phonetics.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the modules students should:
  1) be able to demonstrate a level of fluency, accuracy and spontaneity in speech and writing, and a broad range of vocabulary and expression, so as to be able to discuss a range of complex issues.
  2) be able to read a wide variety of Irish texts and identify important information and ideas within them.
  3) be able to demonstrate a good grasp of structures of the language covered in the module and their broader linguistic context and identify and use appropriate reference works including dictionaries and grammars.
  4) be able to organise and present a coherent argument in Irish relating to topics covered in the course, and present their knowledge and ideas in a range of formats and registers such as reports, presentations, synopses and blogs.
  5) be able to display knowledge of earlier periods of the language and the phonology of Irish.

  Skills

  On successful completion of the modules students should have developed the following range of skills: Oral and written communication; IT and multimedia use; time-management; independent learning and critical reflection.

  Coursework

  40%

  Examination

  35%

  Practical

  25%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  CEL2101

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  Yes

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Politics and Society in 20th Century Ireland (20 credits)

  ×

  Politics and Society in 20th Century Ireland

  Overview

  Home Rule or Union?; Social and economic change; Gaelic revival and parliamentary politics; separatism; the Home Rule/Ulster crisis, 1912-14; war, rebellion and revolution; partition, independence and devolution.

  Learning Outcomes

  To understand the course of Irish development during the remaining years of the Union; partition, independence and devolution in Northern Ireland.

  Skills

  The acquisition and analysis of information; prioritisation and interpretation; effective presentation of written and oral reports.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HIS2012

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Understanding 20th Century Mexico through Art, Film and Literature (20 credits)

  ×

  Understanding 20th Century Mexico through Art, Film and Literature

  Overview

  This module introduces students to key moments in Mexican history and cultural production through the study of art, film and literature.
  
  The module will introduce students to a selection (typically three or four) of the following topics:
  The Mexican Revolution
  The Rights and Experiences of Indigenous Populations
  1968, the Mexico Olympics, Student Movements and Tlatelolco
  Migration, Border Crossing and Border Culture
  The Zapatista Uprising
  Mexico’s Dirty War
  Mexico City becomes a mega city
  Inserting women into Mexican history
  NAFTA, maquiladoras and femicide
  Communism, Fascism, and the Spanish Civil War exiles in Mexico
  Workers’ Movements and Workers’ Rights

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the course, student should:
  
  • Be able to demonstrate an understanding of a selection of key moments in 20th century Mexican history
  • Understand how cultural production (art, film and literature) has responded to a selection of key moments in 20th century Mexican history.
  • Be able to use their knowledge of the set texts to construct an argument on a given topic.
  • Understand individual texts and the contexts and critical debates surrounding them.
  • Have demonstrated the ability to read and understand works of fiction and academic criticism in Spanish.
  • At an advanced level students should have acquired an appreciation of the complex relationships and dialogues between texts and reality.

  Skills

  On successful completion of the course, student should be able to:
  • Articulate ideas and arguments in written form using evidence from primary and secondary literature as appropriate
  • Prepare presentations and handouts suitable for a specified purpose or audience
  • Interpret texts in different media using appropriate critical vocabulary and terminology
  • Be able to recognise and explain nuance and ambiguity in texts
  • Adjust their writing style for different purposes
  • At an advanced level students should be able to point out shortcomings in scholarly literature and analysis
  • Read complex texts in Spanish

  Coursework

  70%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  30%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SPA2005

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Irish Politics (20 credits)

  ×

  Irish Politics

  Overview

  An examination of the Politics of Ireland (North and South) since 1920.

  Learning Outcomes

  To provide an understanding of the political systems of both parts of Ireland and to understand Northern Ireland as an example of a deeply divided society.

  Skills

  The ability to think analytically, communicate ideas with peers, reproduce ideas in an exam setting, and construct cogent essays.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI2013

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Dramaturgy (20 credits)

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  Dramaturgy

  Overview

  This module – delivered in conjunction with the Lyric Theatre’s new writing programme - introduces students to the concept of dramaturgy as a critical tool in interrogating the connection between the playtext and performance. With the input and insight of professional dramaturgs, this module will explore the historical development of dramaturgy alongside the critical role of the dramaturg in the contemporary theatre. This module will involve play/performance analysis of a diverse range of theatre forms, genres, and practices and will explore both canonical and contemporary artists, including the work produced under the Lyric Theatre’s new writing programme. Students will consider the dramaturgical process of selection, construction and framing in relation to the work produced by the Lyric’s annual showcase of new work, as well as a dramaturgical analysis of select live performances. Students will also create a range of short projects using writing, research, art, with the option of devising a live short performance as part of a diverse portfolio of assessment. Completion of this module will be required for all students who wish to submit a creative writing dissertation for DRA3025 Dissertation in the form of a playscript.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this module students will be able to:
  
  - Engage with the contested and problematic term ‘dramaturgy’ and understand the role of the dramaturg in the devising/new writing process;
  
  - Demonstrate a critical and creative understanding of dramatic structure and style, including non-realistic performance (post-dramatic theatre, puppetry, dance etc.)
  
  - Use dramaturgical tools of play analysis and creative research to interrogate playtexts as well as the process and performance of live theatre;
  
  - Conduct background research (written/visual) on the world of the play or performance text;
  
  - Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and practices of dramaturgy as they relate to plays from other cultures.
  
  - Think differently about theatre – how it is made and its relationship to wider culture and society.

  Skills

  By the end of this module students will have:
  
  - Enhanced their ability to work independently and interpersonally by creatively researching and critically reflecting on the process of developing work from page to stage;
  
  - Developed their analytical, research, and practical skills;
  
  - Developed their collective, individual, and interdisciplinary modes of working;
  
  - Enhanced their potential to make theatre and to become reflective theatre practitioners.

  Coursework

  10%

  Examination

  90%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  DRA2068

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Broadcast Journalism (20 credits)

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  Broadcast Journalism

  Overview

  This course aims to introduce students to the theories around producing broadcast factual and documentary stories, both for television and radio. It will build on the practical skills students have already acquired and will allow those interested in specialising in factual, documentary and journalism to incorporate factual and documentary values, approaches, story and editorial decision-making into their work at every level. It will examine the differences between styles and genres and commercial and public service broadcasters. It will introduce students to the law and broadcasting codes as they apply to factual and documentary programme making. The practical skills will give students a deeper ability to research, develop, write and create structured and creative factual and documentary stories for TV and radio.

  Learning Outcomes

  At the end of this module students will be able to identify what makes successful factual or documentary content for broadcast and identify a target audience for their piece. They will demonstrate how to write for broadcast, and how to combine a script, sound clips, effects, and/or moving images into their story effectively. They will show a competence in audio and video recording, story for broadcast and project management from concept to final delivery.

  Skills

  Devise, research, write and produce a factual or documentary story for TV or radio.
  
  Includes: Carrying out a broadcast interview; recording with audio or video recording equipment; writing for broadcast; structuring a factual or documentary story for broadcast; audio and or video editing; reflecting on your own work.

  Coursework

  20%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  80%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  BCP2001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Scottish Gaelic Language 1 (20 credits)

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  Scottish Gaelic Language 1

  Overview

  The module is designed for beginners and aims to teach all four key language skills, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing. The text book is supplemented by aural and oral exercises accessible on all the student workstations in the Language Centre. Regular written assignments are required to reinforce the grammar taught in class, particularly language drills which are marked and returned with feedback.

  Learning Outcomes

  At the end of the module, the student should be able to demonstrate an ability to translate simple passages from English into Scottish Gaelic and from Scottish Gaelic into English, using basic sentence structures and a limited vocabulary.

  Skills

  Linguistic analysis and comparison; translation; communication; IT; independent learning; time management.

  Coursework

  50%

  Examination

  50%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  CEL2017

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Educational Drama (20 credits)

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  Educational Drama

  Overview

  This is a skills based course, which looks at how theatre and drama techniques may be used in an educational setting as both an aesthetic encounter and a learning tool. In experiencing the key techniques of the practice, students will also examine its history as a form and the theoretical principles on which it is based. Students will work in groups to devise and deliver a drama workshop in a real school setting targeted at Primary, Key Stage 3 or GCSE Levels.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students will acquire an understanding of the practice of theatre-in-education in a national and international context
  Students will acquire a basic competency in the practices and techniques of theatre-in-education
  Students will acquire an understanding of the history and techniques of process drama.
  Students will acquire a basic competency in some of the techniques used in process drama

  Skills

  Drama Workshop Skills

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  DRA2007

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Kings and Warriors (20 credits)

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  Kings and Warriors

  Overview

  In this module, you will read and analyse a selection of key, early medieval Irish myths and sagas including The Cattle-Raid of Cooley and the Tale of Mac Dathó’s Pig. You will be taught how to properly contextualise and critically analyse selected tales and explore recurrent themes such as love, gender, kingship, greed and war. We will see how medieval authors projected their own lives and beliefs back onto the ancient past, created their own history and sought to influence society around them.

  Learning Outcomes

  At the end of the module, the students should possess knowledge and understanding of:
  • a selection of tales from early Ireland
  • the early Irish ideology of kingship and its reflection in the literature,
  • issues of masculinity and femininity in saga literature

  Skills

  This module will develop students’ capacity to
  • analyse historical literary texts and situate those texts within their historical and cultural context
  • identify contemporary concerns within medieval texts
  • identify suitable resources from a reading list
  • plan their own study and learn independently
  • communicate ideas fluently in an appropriate register

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  CEL2009

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Solo Performance 2 (20 credits)

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  Solo Performance 2

  Overview

  Instruction in 1st study solo performance (instrument or voice). Attendance at and participation in the weekly performance platform. Attendance at weekly concerts, and at masterclasses and workshops throughout the year. Attendance at tutorials as timetabled.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students will develop advanced technical and interpretative skills in performance at a level equivalent to externally awarded teaching diplomas (such as the LRSM)

  Skills

  SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS
  
  Students will learn:
  (i) The ability to perform as a soloist.
  (ii) To develop technical and interpretative proficiency through private practice.
  (iii) To evaluate and learn from the performance of others.
  
  KEY SKILLS
  
  Students will:
  (i) Possess high level transferable key skills such as the ability to work with others in a team, to communicate (both orally and in writing), influence, negotiate and resolve conflict.
  (ii) Display interpersonal sensitivity, global and cultural awareness, moral and ethical awareness and being able to adjust behaviour accordingly.
  (iii) Have the ability and desire to learn for oneself and improve one's self-awareness and performance, to uphold the values of lifelong learning and demonstrate emotional intelligence.
  (iv) Demonstrate confidence and motivation to start and to finish the job, adaptability / flexibility, creativity, initiative, leadership, decision-making, negotiating and the ability to cope with stress.
  (v) Demonstrate critical evaluation of the outcomes of professional practice.
  (vi) Reflect on and evaluate their own practice.

  Coursework

  30%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  70%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS2017

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Drama and Mental Health (20 credits)

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  Drama and Mental Health

  Overview

  This module will explore the relationship between Drama and mental health regarding the historical development of both subjects and their interrelationship in contemporary healthcare practice. Students will analyse key theories and practices in Drama by variously engaging with both canonical and contemporary plays that engage with mental health and its vicissitudes. Students will be trained in key aspects of acting that pertain to the on-stage performance of the interior life of characters constructed for performance. Students will have the opportunity to work with staff who engage with mental health in various subject areas across QUB and local health and social care trusts. Students will engage with the intersection between aesthetic performance and professional training in health and social care to gain a unique insight into how dramatic art can impact positively on mental health.

  Learning Outcomes

  In completing this module, students should be able to demonstrate, where appropriate, knowledge and understanding in a range of the following areas:
  
  • critical awareness of research methodologies and methods used to investigate Drama and mental health;
  • a range of key components of performance within Drama to include: ideational sources, body, space, image, sound, text, movement, environment;
  • applications of performance in educational, community and social contexts and pedagogical perspectives as appropriate to Drama education;
  • the use of group processes in the creation of work including working collectively, co-creation and hierarchical and non-hierarchical structures;
  • the interdisciplinary elements of drama and how to apply appropriate knowledge, concepts and skills from other disciplines.

  Skills

  Students will be able to demonstrate the following:
  
  • engaging in performance and production, based on acquisition and understanding of appropriate performance and production vocabularies, skills, structures, working methods and research paradigms;
  • describing, theorising, interpreting and evaluating performance texts and events from a range of critical and technical perspectives and using appropriate subject-specific vocabularies;
  • analysing the role which drama may play in contributing to debates on mental health;
  • questioning the ethical implications and appropriateness of performance work to ensure activities are undertaken in safe and supported environments for specific audiences and participants.
  
  Students will have the ability to:
  
  • work in planned and improvisatory ways, to anticipate and accommodate change, ambiguity, creative risk-taking, uncertainty and unfamiliarity;
  • operate and think reflexively, creatively, critically and technically to develop ideas and construct arguments;
  • effectively lead, facilitate, participate, and problem solve within team working contexts;
  • recognise situational and interpersonal factors and how these can be effectively accommodated to facilitate productive working relationships;
  • articulate ideas and communicate information comprehensibly in visual, physical, oral and textual forms;
  • critically use information retrieval skills, involving the ability to gather, sift, manipulate, synthesise, evaluate and organise material.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  DRA2064

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Protecting Paradise (20 credits)

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  Protecting Paradise

  Overview

  This module examines a range of materials that includes: literature, textiles, and films/documentaries that explore the impact of social change, technology, and industry on the natural world in Latin America. Using the framework of environmental justice ecocriticism and moving from paradisiacal descriptions of Spanish America in the early colonial period to the protest movements of the 21st century, we will discuss how these genres may highlight the plight of local communities by using the arts (in their broadest sense) as a form of protest. The course will follow a theme of the four elements as part of the reflection on the interaction with the natural world: fire, air, earth, water.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module students will:
  
  • Demonstrate understanding of the general concepts of environmental justice ecocriticism and the application of this theory to text and image/film.
  • Demonstrate understanding of a range of major environmental issues facing Latin America in a global context and based on a particular historical trajectory.
  • Demonstrate understanding of and ability to work with the different approaches in text, textile, and film that seek to challenge and inform the reader/viewer of the social impact of environmental changes.

  Skills

  On successful completion of this module students should have developed a range of transferable and subject-specific skills:
  • Research skills (locating relevant materials, organising material, use of databases and reference techniques)
  • Independent thinking: analysing a variety of ideas and ability to address these ideas within the framework of an independently-constructed argument; implementation of research skills.
  • Critical analysis: active reading, argument building.
  • Written expression: analytical dexterity, fluency and coherence.
  • Oral expression: presentation skills, clarity, succinctness, communication of argument.
  • Creative expression through textile management.

  Coursework

  70%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  30%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SPA2042

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  French Noir (20 credits)

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  French Noir

  Overview

  This Level 2 module introduces French postwar Film Noir and Crime Fiction. It will contextualize this cultural production within historical circumstances and trends of the period, such as American influences on French Culture, Existentialism, 'Leftism' and 'Néo-Noir'. Aesthestics of the 'Noir' genre will be studied through a variety of Media, including Film, Novel, Comics and Posters. Among the themes discussed will feature Depiction of the City, Slang ('argot') and Modern Morals.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should, after completion of this module: have acquired an awareness of the relation between commercial culture and artistic culture; have gained an understanding of the process of reception and assimilation of foreign cultural products; be able to analyse how art forms converge in a cultural phenomenon such as the 'Noir'; be able to analyse different kinds of documents and draw upon relevant primary and secondary sources in order to present structured, cohesive arguments in oral and written form; have developed transferable skills in group work, time-management and in the use of Powerpoint.

  Skills

  Textual analysis skills; written and oral expression skills; critical analysis.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  FRH2030

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Northern Ireland: Identities, Ideologies & Futures (20 credits)

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  Northern Ireland: Identities, Ideologies & Futures

  Overview

  This module introduces students to sociological approaches to identity, peace and conflict in Northern Ireland. The nature of Northern Ireland’s peace process is analysed in relation to contemporary local evidence as well as to scholarly debates about conflict transformation.

  Learning Outcomes

  To promote a critical understanding of the nature of conflict and peace in Northern Ireland. To use sociological approaches to identity and conflict in Northern Ireland. To connect empirical observations of the society around us to scholarly analyses of the nature of conflict transformation in Northern Ireland.

  Skills

  Presentation and writing skills. Critical evaluation of evidence. Logical argument in written work and seminar presentation. Demonstration of competence in understanding sociological concepts. Literature review and searches.

  Coursework

  75%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  25%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  SOC2032

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Game Theory (20 credits)

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  Game Theory

  Overview

  This module aims to give students a working knowledge of terminology, methodology and applications of basic contemporary game theory. Students should leave the course with a clear understanding of the game theoretical concepts and their application to the study of a variety of economic problems in finance, economics and business.

  Learning Outcomes

  Having completed this module, students should be able to formulate a multi-agent interaction problem as a game and solve this game using various solution concepts. They should be also familiar with the strengths and limitations of the basic equilibrium concepts

  Skills

  Intellectual Skills:
  Enable students to apply game theory and strategic reasoning to practical problems in economics.
  Other Skills:
  Enhance communication skills through tutorial discussions and presentations.

  Coursework

  40%

  Examination

  60%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ECO2011

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  Yes

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Key Debates in Anthropology (20 credits)

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  Key Debates in Anthropology

  Overview

  This module will examine the theme of culture from an anthropological perspective. Focusing on an assortment of critical thinkers and formative texts, it addresses the relation of culture to race, society, history, practice, embodiment, emotions, power, the politics of identity, the state, and globalization. The course examines some of the foremost anthropologists who have contributed to these topics, drawing on functionalist, structuralist, Marxist, reflexive and other traditions of thought.

  Learning Outcomes

  One objective of the module is that the students acquire a firm grasp of the key principles and theoretical perspectives of social and cultural anthropology. A second objective is that the students develop an ability to apply these principles and perspectives to a broad range of ethnographic and other materials. In its emphasis on the development of critical thinking, the module will therefore make a larger contribution by equipping students in relation to other anthropology - and non-anthropology - modules to take.

  Skills

  To develop critical reading skills with respect to anthropological texts, and to develop debating skills in class. To develop the critical faculties of the students with respect to cultural discourses.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT2022

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Music Psychology (20 credits)

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  Music Psychology

  Overview

  This module introduces key themes in music psychology. These include models and experimental data relating to music cognition and perceptual processing; auditory neuroscience and the neuropsychology of music; developmental music psychology; empirical and experimental studies regarding the function and role of emotion in music; and applications of music in therapeutic, medical and commercial contexts. Additionally the module provides an introduction to psychological research methodology and the critical-analytical thinking employed in the behavioural sciences.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students will be able to demonstrate a critical appreciation of the existing theoretical accounts of musical perception, processing and action. Students will be able to apply psychological methods to novel music-related questions. Students will understand the relationship between published science and how it is presented in the media. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of psychological concepts applied to music and bring psychological, critical thinking to bear on issues relevant to music production and creative technologies.

  Skills

  (i) Develop facility to review, critically evaluate and synthesise a body of psychological knowledge related to music and sonic arts.
  (ii) Engage in processes of reflective scientific, psychological thinking.
  (iii) Writing and communication skills related to production of an assignment which evidences ability to engage in critical analysis of relevant literature.
  (iv) Identify, analyse and solve problems by prioritising tasks, coping with complexity, setting achievable goals and taking action.
  (v) Work with information and handle a mass of diverse data, assess risk and draw conclusions (analysis, attention to detail, judgement).
  (vi) Possess high level transferable key skills such as the ability to work with others in a team, to communicate (both orally and in writing), influence, negotiate and resolve conflict.
  (vii) Have the ability and desire to learn for oneself and improve one's self-awareness and performance, to uphold the values of lifelong learning and demonstrate emotional intelligence.
  (viii) Demonstrate confidence and motivation to start and to finish the job, adaptability / flexibility, creativity, initiative, leadership, decision-making, negotiating and the ability to cope with stress.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS2052

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Film and Sound: History and Theory (20 credits)

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  Film and Sound: History and Theory

  Overview

  This module will explore the relationships between film and sound, examining how the aesthetic, historical and cultural significance of film sound practices have been understood in the context of evolving technologies.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of the of module, students should be able to demonstrate:
  1) The ability to undertake the close critical analysis of sound in film.
  2) The ability to link sound practice to sound theory.
  3) An understanding of the ways in which sound technology affects film aesthetics.
  4) An awareness of the social and cultural significance of sound in film.

  Skills

  1) Critical thinking skills
  2) Analytical skills
  3) Skills of rhetoric and argumentation
  4) Presentation skills
  5) Written, verbal, and visual communication skills

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  FLM2014

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Justice and Conflict (20 credits)

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  Justice and Conflict

  Overview

  This module situates the concept of ‘justice’ in the context of violent conflict, exploring how justice has different meanings and is achieved through different mechanisms in societies affected by conflict around the world. Students examine themes including the troubled relationship between justice and peace, the complex roles actors such as victims and ex-combatants play in justice mechanisms, and a variety of justice mechanisms ranging from community-based grassroots processes, to more well-known transitional justice processes, to increasingly transformative justice processes. The module is global in focus, incorporating critiques of the imposition of Western notions of justice in the Global South, though gives specific attention to the case of Northern Ireland.

  Learning Outcomes

  Upon successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
  • Understand the social construction of ‘justice’ and its different meanings in settings of conflict around the globe
  • Discuss the limitations of traditional criminal justice processes in responding to conflict
  • Explain the complex roles of victims and survivors, ex-combatants and members of wider society in justice mechanisms
  • Critically analyse justice mechanisms in different settings of conflict
  • Develop and communicate academic arguments supported by appropriate academic references

  Skills

  This module aims to enable students to develop the following skills:
  • Identifying and retrieving relevant information from print and electronic sources in relation to a particular topic
  • Evaluating evidence and drawing appropriate conclusions
  • Summarising complex ideas and research evidence, conveying it in a clear, structured and critical manner (both orally and in writing)
  • A capacity for critical reflection and independent thinking, generating new insights and seeing sensitive problems and issues from different perspectives
  • Time planning and management

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  CRM2009

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Experimental Popular Musics (20 credits)

  ×

  Experimental Popular Musics

  Overview

  Experimental Popular Musics, will discuss varied topics including experimental pop music cultures, disco culture, as well as techno and electronic dance music cultures.

  Learning Outcomes

  The course aims to (1) revisit the social reciprocity between music and everyday life, (2) examine the role of social discourses and practices in constituting a musical experience, and vice versa, (3) reflect on the social nexus, economy and technology of music production and consumption, and (4) develop an understanding of music as culture and as a social force of producing, representing and shifting both individual and collective identities.

  Skills

  (1) Critical listening, (2) Critical reading and writing, (3) Intellectual and cultural awareness, (4) Finding and communicating creative solutions, (5) Team work, (6) Organisation and collaboration, (7) Leadership and initiative.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MUS2033

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Democracy, Ethics & Economics (20 credits)

  ×

  Democracy, Ethics & Economics

  Overview

  This module examines the interface and inter-relationships between politics, philosophy and economics. The first section deals with issues in classical political economy, - the relationship between political ideology and economics, the history and power of economic thought , how democratic institutions interact with the economy and the notion of public goods. Section two scrutinises the post war economic development project, - the relationship between traditionalism and modernity, western and oriental development models, the ethics of (under) development and the political and economic implications of contemporary development philosophy. Section three considers the issue of social justice, libertarian versus egalitarian debates, the ethical and political underpinnings of successful legitimate markets, and the concept of workplace democracy.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the module students will:
  • Have a familiarity with some of the key debates in classic political economy and moral philosophy concerning economic power, the economy as a political creation and the relationship between the state and the economy;
  • Be able to apply these concepts and debates to questions of economic development, the ethical implications of contemporary development trajectories and to a major current policy issue;
  • Understand and distinguish between different cultural understandings of the economy and the role of economic development;
  • Be familiar with debates on social justice, the question of how markets can be civilised and the concept of work place democracy;

  Skills

  Students will develop the ability to think critically and philosophically about economics and the economy, while placing it in its appropriate political context.
  Students will be able to communicate ideas to others in coherent and concise, written and oral form;
  Students will be able to think analytically, critically and logically about a range of important contemporary social issues.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%