Please note that whilst this list of correct as of time of publishing, there may be some changes between now and the start of 2023/24. Some modules will not available for 2023/24 so please do not rely on specific modules.
You can choose three or four modules per semester. Please check with your home university for confirmation of how many modules you need to take while you are here.
Registering for classes
Shortly after the application deadline has passed in the summer, you will receive a link inviting you to apply for modules. Please be patient as you will not be able to select the modules, until you receive the link.
You will be asked to nominate eight choices in order of preference in case there are timetable clashes.
The timetable will be available to you once you have completed online enrolment, normally 2/3 weeks before your arrival in the UK.
More modules will be added over late spring and early summer.
If you require more detailed information on the syllabi, please contact the Study Abroad team who should be able to help you.
If you haven’t studied the following subject areas previously, we recommend that you take level four modules only:
- psychology
- strength and Conditioning
- nutrition.
Please note: Due to changes in the teaching delivery following COVID-19, some of these modules may be withdrawn last minute. Please bear this in mind.
Business Management
- MGT4009 (level four)
Contemporary Marketing Practice
MGT4009 (level four)
The dynamics of the marketing environment, namely buyer behaviour, product pricing and product promotion, are all explored within this module. You will examine the role marketing communication plays in business and some techniques used to generate interest and purchasing decisions. As part of this module, you will develop an understanding of the significance of research in market development and product innovation.
- MGT4016 (level four)
Introduction to Management
MGT4016 (level four)
This module introduces students to the management skills they will need to develop as they embark on their university studies and into their careers, and to the broad functional disciplines that underpin the study of management and provides an integrative platform upon which to build on in later modules. This will be achieved by examining the discipline of management from both a theoretical and practical perspective. This will be done whilst identifying and building essential management and study skills which will be important for successful progression through the programmes of study.
Please note: this module supports your progress towards the CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership and the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting.
- MGT4017 (level four)
Digital Business
MGT4017 (level four)
Our Digital Business module at Level 4 will begin to equip you with some knowledge and initial practical skills desired by employers. At St Mary's, this course is covering important areas of Digital Business and will provide you with a solid foundation for a career in the contemporary business field - private, public or voluntary sector organisations. This is a core module because the world of 2030 when the students’ careers will be developing is, and will continue to be, characterised by the reinvention of new business models. This core module is deepened by the knowledge and skills that would be acquired in the follow up Digital Business Strategy module (also core) in level 6.
More and more companies establish digital systems to support their business processes and to gain strategic competitive advantage. In this turbulent environment characterised by the acceleration of various technologies, the greater prevalence of AI, new digital infrastructures, and the ‘obsession’ with consumer centricity through worldwide internet connectivity, our students, as the managers of tomorrow must possess the knowledge and skills to exploit digital business opportunities.
This module will set out the basic principles of digital business transformation by organisations and some of the changes in their management. It will help our students distinguish between digital business and e-commerce marketplaces. It will focus on new technology infrastructures, exploring also important issues as the integration of the new business environment in organisational strategies, new transformative business models, the reimagination of customer centred marketing, and, the necessity for cultural change.
The module will help students develop a view of the digital business in practice and in theory through both academic references and major practical consultancy reports.
20 Credits
- MGT50XX (level five)
Global People Management
MGT50XX (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- MGT5026 (level five)
Leadership in Organisations
MGT5026 (level five)
Leadership is the subject of much academic research, debate and analysis and even media headlines regularly attack public figures on their leadership. In this module you are guided through styles of leadership and examine the effectiveness of each. You will consider and identify successful business leaders and understand how and why they have achieved success. The module includes sessions where you get unrivalled access to a panel of business leaders. You are also encouraged to critically analyse current research on leadership to help you define your own style.
Please note: this module supports your progress towards the CIPFA Professional Accounting Qualification – Diploma Level.
- MGT5016 (level five)
Principles of Entrepreneurship
MGT5016 (level five)
This module introduces you to entrepreneurship in practical and theoretical methods. The module exposes you to different entrepreneurial approaches, including social entrepreneurship, and intrapreneurship across gender and ethnicity. It also explores the importance of entrepreneurship to national economies. You will develop an awareness of key skills needed for exploiting new business opportunities, namely marketing and financial planning. You will also meet people who run SMEs, providing you with real examples to enhance your learning opportunities.
- MGT5029 (level five)
Being a Marketing Manager
MGT5029 (level five)
You can’t be a good marketing manager just by learning lots about marketing. You must also be able to think and act like a professional marketing manager. This module trains you in the personal, professional and technical skills you need for this and gives you lots of practice in applying them and prepares you for your marketing placement.
The skills you need include using information technology to analyse data and create and present powerful presentations for your colleagues and for the outside world, preparing marketing budgets and plans, creating briefs for marketing agencies, how to work with colleagues in different functions, and perhaps most important of all, how to continue improving your skills.
- MGT5029 (level five)
Being a Marketing Manager
MGT5029 (level five)
You can’t be a good marketing manager just by learning lots about marketing. You must also be able to think and act like a professional marketing manager. This module trains you in the personal, professional and technical skills you need for this and gives you lots of practice in applying them and prepares you for your marketing placement.
The skills you need include using information technology to analyse data and create and present powerful presentations for your colleagues and for the outside world, preparing marketing budgets and plans, creating briefs for marketing agencies, how to work with colleagues in different functions, and perhaps most important of all, how to continue improving your skills.
- MGT6022 (level six)
Management of Organisational Change
MGT6022 (level six)
Organisations often change and restructure to operate more efficiently or to meet the demands of new markets or services. In this module, you will develop an appreciation of some complex factors contributing to organisational change, including practical and theoretical approaches to the subject. You will evaluate the implications of change, particularly in relation to individuals, groups, organisations and society. You will also develop the necessary analytical tools to define, plan and manage change situations.
Please note: this module supports your progress towards the CIPFA Professional Accounting Qualification – Diploma Level.
- MGT6032 (level six)
Contemporary Issues in Marketing
MGT6032 (level six)
This module is designed to keep you up-to-date with the latest developments in marketing. These are coming thick and fast, mainly because of the rapid rate of change stimulated by digital marketing techniques, but also by the disruption in markets that digital technology causes and new business models, including platform-based ones. This module uses the latest research from the teaching team and inputs from visiting senior marketers.
Communications/Creative Media/Marketing
- COM4001 (level four)
Principles and Practices of Communications
COM4001 (level four)
A comprehensive introduction to the relevant theoretical models and scholars of communications and their practical application to news, journalism, media relations, PR and advertising. This is augmented by a comprehensive programme of practical skills and knowledge that will enable you to fulfil your potential in Higher Education and the workplace.
- COM4002 (level four)
The Media Industries
COM4002 (level four)
A module designed to familiarise you with the contemporary media ecology (from Hollywood to Facebook, YouTube and Netflix) as well as key functions in the communications industries. The evolution of the media industries will be considered before discussing the convergent and transnational media that make up the current landscape. This will include a basic introduction to media law and regulation.
- COM5001 (level five)
Behavioural Economics
COM5001 (level five)
Do people act rationally? This module introduces you to some of the most fascinating human and behavioural insights accumulated by the marketing and communications industries, combining behavioural psychology with economic analysis. You will explore the contrast between what rational agents are supposed to do, according to standard economic theory, and how humans actually behave.
- COM5002 (level five)
Entrepreneurship and Professionalism
COM5002 (level five)
On this module, you will gain the necessary knowledge and practical skills to enter the world of work (e.g. freelancing, self-employment and small business start-ups in the creative industries). This will include: the legal processes of setting up a small production company; preparing business plans and financial forecasts for investors; bidding for creative projects; and resource management and developing entrepreneurial skills. By the end of the module, you will have gained valuable commercial awareness and experience in business management, both of which are vital for employability.
- COM5003 (level five)
Popular Culture and Business
COM5003 (level five)
This module explores the relationship between popular culture and the business world. It will examine the cultural industries that are responsible for producing, distributing and exhibiting media texts. Different conceptual approaches to popular culture are considered in order to critically evaluate media representations of business and commerce and how the business world shapes popular culture.
- COM6003 (level six)
Political Communication
COM6003 (level six)
This module examines the central role of political communication in contemporary politics. It explores the art of communication in the public sphere in theory and in practice, using a variety of case studies from the UK and beyond. It encourages you to reflect on the ethical dimension of the various means used to persuade audiences.
- COM6012 (level six)
Global Media
COM6012 (level six)
This module will introduce you to media across the world. It provides an overview of contemporary developments in the global media and communication industries and their impact on audiences and cultures worldwide.
Lectures will focus on institutional practices and patterns of media in specific countries and regions such as Japan, China, Europe, Africa and the Arab world.
You will be provided with knowledge of key trends and developments within those media systems and learn to pay specific attention to their respective socio-political contexts.
- SME4007 (level four)
Film, Style and Form
SME4007 (level four)
This module introduces you to film and television style. Beginning with a consideration of the variety of forms and approaches to the moving image, you will consider the micro elements of cinema such as mise en scène, cinematography, editing, sound, montage and special effects. You will also consider the macro structures such as narrative and genre, with a focus also on the identities of the producers, performers and audiences for screen industries.
- SME4008 (level four)
Digital Cultures
SME4008 (level four)
This module considers the role of digital and social media in 21st-century life.
It will examine some ways of viewing digital media in terms of technological developments, the politics and economy of media, social media, participation and online communities, and the remediation of previous media forms through digital platforms. It also engages you with the ethical and political issues involved in contemporary media production and consumption.
- SME5021 (level five)
Screen Theory and Criticism
SME5021 (level five)
The module outlines key film and media theories, including classical film theory; spectatorship and apparatus theory; ideology and Marxist criticism; postmodern theory; queer theory; affect theory; and postcolonialism. It also considers non-theoretical methodologies such as media industry studies and film criticism. Guest speakers will give an industry perspective on the interpretation of and writing about film and television.
- SME6042 (level six)
Screenwriting 2
SME6042 (level six)
The module will further develop your skills in scriptwriting and will focus specifically on the filmic medium. You will be introduced to a range of film texts from short experimental cinema through to big-budget features. This module allows you to experience the whole creative film process from conception to completion, through various stages of story idea, outline, drafting and rewriting and selling scripts.
- SME6043 (level six)
The Paradox of Horror
SME6043 (level six)
This module investigates the paradox of horror - why audiences of horror cinema find films which are designed to shock, disgust and frighten so entertaining, enjoyable and appealing. The module will also focus on marketing strategies and the ways that horror film-makers and distributors use online social media channels to engage audiences.
Creative and Professional Writing
- CPW4008 (level four)
Current Writers and Writing
CPW4008 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
20 Credits
- CPW5013 (level five)
Writing Genre Fiction
CPW5013 (level five)
This module aims to combine the analytical and interpretive skills required to assess the creation of works within a particular genre of fiction with the creative skills involved in contributing to that genre. The module will consider both the aesthetic and commercial concerns and demands of writing within established genre categories and attempt to address questions of distinctions between popular and literary fiction.
- CPW5016 (level five)
Writing Lyrics and Poetry
CPW5016 (level five)
This module aims to help you develop skills in the use of rhythm, rhyme, metre and the innovative application of language in relation to writing poetry and song lyrics. It aims to develop a practical knowledge of the creative process through various stages of analysis and drafting.
- CPW6004 (level six)
Creative Non-Fiction
CPW6004 (level six)
This module will enable you to engage in a variety of narrative strategies practised in the most popular and lucrative area of publishing - creative non-fiction. You will develop a practical understanding of how to approach the memoir, autobiography, creative journalism and the non-fiction novel and story with integrity and originality.
Criminology and Sociology
- CSY4029 (level four)
Debates in Crime and Society
CSY4029 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- CRY4024 (level four)
Investigating Criminal Justice
CRY4024 (level four)
The aim of this module is to provide you with the knowledge and analytical skills necessary to understand and critically evaluate criminal justice processes. Following the progress of adult offenders through the criminal process from arrest to appeal, the module is designed to introduce you to the role, functions and working practices of the main agencies that operate within the criminal justice system.
- CRY5020 (level five)
Police and Punishment: History and Functions
CRY5020 (level five)
The module provides you with the knowledge and analytical skills necessary to understand and critically evaluate the emergence and role of police, prisons and probation. It also examines the theory of punishment and how punishment is incorporated into the criminal justice system.
- CRY5024 (level five)
Applied Research Methods
CRY5024 (level five)
This module will examine qualitative and quantitative methodologies, debates related to epistemological and ontological issues, the research process, ethical issues involved and about quantitative and qualitative data collection methods and analysis. You will gain basic skills in the use of relevant data software such as SPSS and be introduced to big data analysis, qualitative interviewing, analysis and report writing.
- CRY6025 (level six)
Counter Radicalisation and Terrorism
CRY6025 (level six)
This module will enable you to develop your knowledge of the concepts of terrorism, violent extremism, radicalisation and counter-terrorism practices. It will introduce disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approaches to the study of terrorism and violent extremism from sociology, criminology, law, history and other relevant disciplines.
Education
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Module description coming soon.
English
- ENG4003 (level four)
Introduction to Critical Theory
ENG4003 (level four)
The module introduces critical theory and its application to the reading of literary texts. Beginning with classical descriptions of form and unity, the module traces the major developments in critical theory to the present day.
- ENG5001 (level five)
Writing the Renaissance
ENG5001 (level five)
This module will introduce you to the cultural history of early modern England, and to the major theoretical and historiographical approaches thereto. The module resituates Shakespearean drama in a broader cultural context.
- ENG5025 (level five)
Gothic Cultures 1760-1900
ENG5025 (level five)
Starting with Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1764), which was written at Strawberry Hill, you will examine the result genre of Gothic fiction that flourished during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- ENG6047 (level six)
Modernisms in English Literature
ENG6047 (level six)
This core module concerns the great flowering of European culture from the late nineteenth century until the Second World War. Authors examined include Thomas Hardy, T S Eliot, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf.
History
- HST4008 (level four)
Doing History
HST4008 (level four)
In this module you will think about the kind of work that historians do – why they write history in the ways that they do, why they ask particular types of questions, what assumptions they bring to their work, what historians think about other people’s ways of producing accounts about the past, and the role of historical knowledge in contemporary culture.
- HST5014 (level five)
Liberty or Death: The French Revolution
HST5014 (level five)
The French Revolution continues to shape our lives in innumerable ways, from the way we do politics to our art and literature. It gave birth to the modern nation-state and the modern restaurant, our concepts of left and right and the very idea of a national anthem. Yet the Revolution remains a subject of intense and passionate historical debate.
You will consider the historical significance of this period by examining the following questions: Why did the Revolution happen? What was new about the regime that emerged after 1789? What role did ordinary men and women play in events, and how did their lives change? Why, ultimately, did the Revolution lead to terror, war, and dictatorship?
- HST6017 (level six)
Renaissance Kingship
HST6017 (level six)
This module explores the nature of kingship in early-modern Europe, focusing on England, France, Spain, the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. It will discuss comparatively, and through current historiography, contemporary theories of kingship and how it functioned in practice as the principal (but not exclusive) focus of social hierarchy and legal authority in European entities before the rise of the modern state.
- HST6022 (level six)
Civil Rights in the US
HST6022 (level six)
This module encourages you to explore the origins, events and legacies of the Civil Rights movement in the US, from the Second World War through to the early 1990s. For the purposes of this module, the phrase ‘civil rights’ will be interpreted in the broadest sense, incorporating stories of radical labour activism, non-violent resistance, and militant challenges to the status quo of racial injustice.
The content of the module will be oriented around a series of autobiographies written by activists in the Civil Rights period. You will therefore read first-hand accounts alongside key historiographical debates, and will consider the ways in which life-writing shapes historical narratives.
- HST5015 (level five)
Australia: Great Southern Land
HST5015 (level five)
This module explores the political and cultural history of Australia from its earliest origins to the start of the 21st century.
Nutrition
- NUT4036 (level four)
Food Science and Novel Foods
NUT4036 (level four)
This module aims to explore the interaction of manufacturing, processing, storage, preparation and cooking on the composition, safety and sensory properties of foods.
- NUT4032 (level four)
Energy and Nutrition
NUT4032 (level four)
This module aims to introduce the fundamental aspects of human nutrition. Roles, functions and metabolism of energy and nutrients together with sources and recommended intakes will be explored together with the concept of a balanced diet.
- NUT5035 (level five)
Lifespan Nutrition
NUT5035 (level five)
This module aims to develop your understanding of the role of nutrition from pre-conception to older adulthood. The role of diet in supporting health and well-being and preventing disease throughout these life stages will be explored, together with nutrition related conditions and interventions associated with each of the life stages.
- NUT5042 (level five)
Sports Nutrition
NUT5042 (level five)
This module aims to provide you with a critical analysis of current theories relating diet and sporting performance.
- NUT6042 (level six)
Public Health
NUT6042 (level six)
This modules aims to provide a detailed overview of the development of food and nutrition policies in the UK, EU and around the world, to consider how these are implemented to promote wider public health interest.
- NUT6041 (level six)
Weight Management
NUT6041 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
Politics and International Relations
- POL4001 (level four)
What is Politics?
POL4001 (level four)
What makes a topic, theory or decision a political one? Who should care about political events, and about the academic study of politics? What methods or approaches are used to study politics? This module introduces you to key questions, theories and concepts in the study of politics at undergraduate level. You will investigate a selection of central political concepts from a range of perspectives.
- POL5003 (level five)
Theory, Practice and History of Diplomacy
POL5003 (level five)
Diplomacy is the way in which the representatives of states interact with one another. This module provides an outline of how diplomacy emerged. It shows how diplomacy can be traced back to the very earliest phases of human development, long before the emergence of modern states as we know them. It then outlines the development of diplomatic practice through the Medieval world, before looking at how diplomacy evolved in the modern era. It also explores the ways in which diplomacy is carried out in contemporary international affairs, and how diplomacy fits into the big picture of foreign policy. You will analyse the roles of specific diplomatic institutions, such as foreign ministries and embassies. Finally, the rules that shape diplomatic practice are analysed, as well as the different types of diplomacy, including the increasingly important role of public diplomacy.
- COM4001 (level four)
Principles and Practices of Communications
COM4001 (level four)
A comprehensive introduction to the relevant theoretical models and scholars of communications and their practical application to news, journalism, media relations, PR and advertising. This is augmented by a comprehensive programme of practical skills and knowledge that will enable you to fulfil your potential in Higher Education and the workplace.
- CSY4029 (level four)
Debates in Crime and Society
CSY4029 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- CSY5025 (level five)
Modernity and Global Societies
CSY5025 (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- POL5003 (level five)
Theory, Practice and History of Diplomacy
POL5003 (level five)
Diplomacy is the way in which the representatives of states interact with one another. This module provides an outline of how diplomacy emerged. It shows how diplomacy can be traced back to the very earliest phases of human development, long before the emergence of modern states as we know them. It then outlines the development of diplomatic practice through the Medieval world, before looking at how diplomacy evolved in the modern era. It also explores the ways in which diplomacy is carried out in contemporary international affairs, and how diplomacy fits into the big picture of foreign policy. You will analyse the roles of specific diplomatic institutions, such as foreign ministries and embassies. Finally, the rules that shape diplomatic practice are analysed, as well as the different types of diplomacy, including the increasingly important role of public diplomacy.
- CSY5024 (level five)
Punishment and Society
CSY5024 (level five)
TBC
- COM6003 (level six)
Political Communication
COM6003 (level six)
This module examines the central role of political communication in contemporary politics. It explores the art of communication in the public sphere in theory and in practice, using a variety of case studies from the UK and beyond. It encourages you to reflect on the ethical dimension of the various means used to persuade audiences.
- LAW6014 (level six)
Equity and Trusts
LAW6014 (level six)
The aim of this module is to examine the means by which property of all kinds is owned or held by one person for the benefit of another. You will develop your knowledge and understanding of the nature of equity and equitable interests and trusts. You will become familiar with the features and operation of express and implied (constructive and resulting) trusts, and will understand the nature and extent of the power and duties of trustees and the remedies available for breach of a trust.
Psychology
- PSY4011 (level four)
Research Methods and Statistics 1
PSY4011 (level four)
The aim of this module is to introduce you to basic issues in psychological research. The nature of psychology as a science will be made clear through your beginning to practice as a scientist yourself, gathering and evaluating evidence to test hypotheses.
- PSY4013 (level four)
Introduction to Social and Developmental Psychology
PSY4013 (level four)
This module will introduce you to the foundations of social and developmental psychology. The module also aims to discuss the links between these two areas of psychology, demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of areas of psychology and helping to strengthen your understanding of the field of psychology.
- PSY4016 (level four)
Deconstructing Psychology
PSY4016 (level four)
This module will introduce you to a variety of psychology topics, using them to illustrate the fundamental assumptions underpinning the subject. The focus will be on the way that psychology has been applied and will explore controversies arising from that.
- PSY5014 (level five)
Frontiers in Psychology
PSY5014 (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- PSY6033 (level six)
Psychology of Education
PSY6033 (level six)
The aim of this module is to introduce you to educational psychology and examine the links between theory, research and current professional practice. The module will concentrate on the practical applications of psychology within educational contexts in terms of work with individual children and young people, their teachers and carers. The module aims to develop your understanding of assessment techniques, individual differences, pupil motivation, social disadvantage, behavioural problems and special educational needs from the perspective of the pupil, parents, teacher and psychologist.
- PSY6034 (level six)
Political Psychology
PSY6034 (level six)
This module is designed to encourage discussion, debate and further understanding regarding the application of social psychology to the political realm. The module will focus on such dilemmas and problems in contemporary society, covering such topics as leadership, media influence, intergroup relations, xenophobia, conflict and conflict resolution. Topics will draw on theories relating to personality, attitudes and behaviour, social identity and pro-social behaviour.
- PSY6042 (level six)
Psychopathology and Deviant Behaviour
PSY6042 (level six)
This module will discuss the knowledge about psychopathology within the context of the broader realities of contemporary society. It will also discuss the facts and fiction with regard to the connection between psychopathology and deviant/criminal behaviour. You will also gain better knowledge about identifying and classifying mental disorders, and an understanding of the influence that certain mental disorders may have on deviant behaviour.
Physiology
- SPS4063 (level four)
Fundamentals of Sport Psychology and Skill Acquisition
SPS4063 (level four)
This module aims to provide you with the foundations of skill acquisition and sport psychology
- SPS4065 (level four)
Introduction to Research
SPS4065 (level four)
This module will introduce you to fundamental issues in research methods and design. It will cover basic data handling and manipulation skills within quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Assessment: Five worksheets (equivalent to 2,000 words)
- SPS6041 (level six)
Experimental Biomechanics
SPS6041 (level six)
The module aims to develop knowledge, understanding and experience of kinetic and kinematic measurement techniques involved in biomechanical analysis of sport performance.
- SPS6011 (level six)
Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology
SPS6011 (level six)
The aim of this module is to give you applied competence and knowledge in a range of physiological testing procedures.
- SPS5011 (level five)
Physiology of Training
SPS5011 (level five)
This module will enable you to develop an integrated approach in the physiological aspects of training. This includes developing sound theoretical knowledge and practical skills to understand the physiological responses to training and how these can be manipulated to maximise performance. You will also begin to develop the ability to assess determinants and limitations of performance from an integrated and mechanistic viewpoint.
Sport Management
- SOM4002 (level four)
Introduction to the Sports and Leisure Industries
SOM4002 (level four)
This module puts in context the different elements of the sports and leisure industries, both from the perspective of suppliers in the industry and from that of the end-users. The role of sports and leisure within the economy is also investigated. Other topics include the importance of sponsorship within sport, the role of globalisation, broadcasting rights, and managing risk in sport. The module aims to give you an overall understanding of contexts of sport (past, present and developing) in order to give you a thorough grounding in the areas of sports and leisure.
- SOM5004 (level five)
Managing Sports Events
SOM5004 (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- SOM6003 (level six)
Sports Sponsorship and Promotions
SOM6003 (level six)
The aim of this module is to enable you to develop a deeper understanding of sports sponsorship and promotion as it applies to the sector. You will be able to gain applied experience in the use of sports marketing and promotion with respect to sports marketing tools, techniques and practises.
- SOM6010 (level six)
Contemporary Challenges for Sports Managers
SOM6010 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
20 Credits
Theology, Religion and Ethics
- THS4020 (level four)
Church History
THS4020 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- TRE4010 (level four)
Foundations in Biblical Interpretation
TRE4010 (level four)
This module provides a foundation of the variety of approaches to the interpretation of the Bible today which are in play in scholarly and popular discourse. It will look at ways in which biblical texts can be interpreted in their ancient contexts and how the history of their interpretation can be understood. It allows you to reflect on your own and others’ reading of the Bible thoughtfully, critically and creatively.
- TRE4020 (level four)
Key Concepts in World Religions
TRE4020 (level four)
This module will introduce you to a variety of religious thought from around the world. It will begin with the Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It will then turn to the East and explore Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, before finally exploring Daoism and Confucianism. It will study both the practices and beliefs of each tradition. Each week it will examine either a pre-eminent thinker or a central concept within each tradition in particular detail.
- TRE5010 (level five)
God in Christ
TRE5010 (level five)
This module involves a detailed study of the central Christian doctrines surrounding Christology and the Triune God, focusing particularly on intellectual developments in recent years. The first half of the module works from the Chalcedon Definition, and studies key tensions in Christology as they have affected important discussions in systematic theology, and the second half works from the Nicene Creed to the Doctrine of the Trinity in recent theology.
You learn about the complex theological dynamics involved when the understandings to fundamental doctrines change, and about the interplay with the historical and cultural contexts which stimulate such changes. You will also engage in critically evaluating these developments. The module uses visual theological aids throughout, to provide contextual and culturally-rich understandings of intellectual changes.
- TRE5020 (level five)
Religion and Reason
TRE5020 (level five)
This module will introduce you to the study of religion from the perspective of natural reason. The difference between natural theology and revealed theology will be explained. Key arguments both for and against the existence of God will be explored and you will learn how to critique and evaluate each argument.
- TRE5013 (level five)
Synoptic Gospels
TRE5013 (level five)
The Synoptic Gospels, the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke, are so called because of the apparent similarities between their texts. This second level module engages you in a challenging investigation into the distinctive nature of each Gospel so that from the outset you can identify with the particular ideas and concerns of each Gospel writer. Increasing perspectives into the different literary styles and theological viewpoints present within each Gospel are gained through discussion, the use of scholarly insight, presentation and lecture input. The reality of what the life, death and resurrection of Jesus meant to early believers is conveyed clearly, but differently, by each evangelist.
- TRE6010 (level six)
Theology and Culture
TRE6010 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- TRE6014 (level six)
Christian Spirituality
TRE6014 (level six)
This module will provide an introduction to the main themes and developments of the Christian spiritual tradition. This will include an overview of the history of spirituality, the traditions associated with specific writers and religious orders, different methods of prayer and the practice and importance of spiritual direction. The work will be placed in the context of your ongoing relationship with spiritual direction. The place of Mary in spirituality and theology will also be covered.
- TRE6015 (level six)
Gospel of John
TRE6015 (level six)
John's Gospel has been called 'the spiritual Gospel' for much of the history of Christianity, on account of its very different style and treatment of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus from that of the Synoptic Gospels. This third level module investigates the Fourth Gospel from a range of viewpoints – sociological, literary, historical, feminist, theological. It includes close analysis of the Gospel text as well as wider consideration of the Gospel's message in its own day and subsequently. Topics for study include the evidence for a 'Johannine Community' whose experience is, perhaps, reflected in the Gospel text.
- THS6010 (level six)
Ecclesiology and Mariology
THS6010 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
Workplace Learning
- WPL5031A/B (level five)
Experience and Employment in Education
WPL5031A/B (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- WPL5053 A/B (level five)
Experience and Employment in Sport
WPL5053 A/B (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- WPL5040 (level five)
Experience and Employment in Business
WPL5040 (level five)
This module will give you the opportunity to analyse and reflect on your own core competencies, personal qualities and areas for development using in-depth psychometric testing. Having undertaken these tests, you will identify and explore key areas for development within the context of your future career aspirations.
The module incorporates a period of work experience which will enable you to focus on both the practical application and development of your key skills, whilst simultaneously exploring and defining the corporate culture of your workplace to enable you to define your own cultural fit. The combination of psychometric testing, reflection and analysis of the workplace will culminate in the production of a focussed career action plan.
- WPL5056 (level five)
Contributing to the Community
WPL5056 (level five)
As local employers and suppliers of services, businesses are an integral part of any community or society. On this module, students with business or management ambitions will develop an appreciation of social issues and concerns. This module provides you with practical work experience in a community-focused service, such as a charity, social or education service. You will develop your societal awareness and gain a greater understanding of local-level organisations. The placement acts as a case study for you to explore issues of social justice and community action. The module also helps to develop your employability skills through the process of self-reflection and evaluation and by applying theory to practice.
- WPL6020 (level six)
Managing in the Workplace
WPL6020 (level six)
In this module, you will consider the challenges of leadership and management. You will learn how these practices impact on the culture and success of an organisation through real-life examples. You will identify, observe and develop skills required to promote positive management practice and will analyse your own management style. You will be encouraged to consider leadership qualities and how you can demonstrate these at all levels in an organisation.
- WPL6010 (level six)
The Enterprising Workplace
WPL6010 (level six)
This module provides you with the opportunity to gain experience in the workplace whilst reflecting on, identifying and improving your own skills, knowledge and professional identity. You will be introduced to the concepts of enterprise, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship and will explore how these exist within organisations.
PE, Sport & Youth Development
- PSE4017 (level four)
Introduction to Equality and Diversity in PE and Sport
PSE4017 (level four)
This module will explore theoretically and practically how to engage all with physical education, sport and physical activity. A number of social groups and topics will be examined through an equality, diversity and inclusion lens. Through seminars, workshop style sessions and research methods tasks, you will be encouraged to engage with these groups and understand the current landscape, potential barriers and ways that you champion inclusion through your practice.
- PSE5042 (level five)
Teaching and Coaching Games
PSE5042 (level five)
This module draws upon the learning and performance returns for using specific game designs for teaching and coaching team and individual games. You will design your own game for the learners you work with, and justify your choice of design. This module will be a balance of practical and theoretical learning to ensure that you have a clear appreciation of the overall game design process.
- PSE5045 (level five)
Adapted Physical Activity, PE and Sport 1
PSE5045 (level five)
This module will introduce you to the issues surrounding the historical, socio-economic forces and practical considerations that have shaped society's understanding of adapted PE and sport. This module aims to give you both theoretical and practical experience in sport and physical activity for those with disabilities. The module will explore current initiatives focused around disability and inclusion in sport at a local, national and global level.
- PSE4019 (level four)
Holistic Development of the Young Person
PSE4019 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
Option one - third year modules
Students can take core English/ maths/ science for the semester. However, these are worth 10 credits each (normally credits at SMU are worth 20 per module)
Foreign languages – this is a five week module which starts in October normally and runs until December. This is worth five credits.
Other options available to increase the credit load would be to take a module called “professional studies” which is worth 20 credits.
Option two - second year modules
Student can take two subjects from a list of five core options. These are art, foreign languages, early years, English, or maths. This module (made up of two options) is worth 20 credits.
Students can also take Professional studies for 2nd year which another 20 credits.
Another option is to take the Cross-curricular project which is a shorter four week project which takes place between weeks seven and 11 (normally but may be subject to change). This again is worth 20 credits.
More modules will be added over late spring and early summer.
If you require more detailed information on the syllabi, please contact the Study Abroad team who should be able to help you.
If you haven’t studied the following subject areas previously, we recommend that you take level four modules only:
- psychology
- strength and Conditioning
- nutrition.
Business Management
- MGT4012 (level four)
Financial Management
MGT4012 (level four)
This module introduces you to methods of research and data collection, data analysis, and some financial mathematics used by decision makers in a business or organisational context. It gives a broad appreciation of the role of key methods and approaches essential to commercial decision-making processes. Emphasis will be placed on the application of essential techniques and methodology, and the interpretation of results. This should help you to understand the value and limitations of data and financial information in decision making.
Please note: this module supports your progress towards the CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership and the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting.
- MGT4011 (level four)
Organisational Behaviour
MGT4011 (level four)
This module examines the nature of organisational behaviour from both an individual and corporate perspective. It provides you with a good understanding of work psychology and the important role it plays in managing relationships between colleagues, staff and managers. The module considers the impacts of situational influences and concepts, such as job satisfaction, diversity, work motivation and leadership. You will gain an appreciation of psychology in professional and business settings. You will also realise the interface of human psychology in the workplace.
- MGT4018 (level four)
Professional Skills
MGT4018 (level four)
This module builds upon the knowledge and understanding students will have achieved in MGT4016 Introduction to Management. They will apply their group-working skills, goal-setting practice and reflection, as well as using their numeracy and business communication skills within this module.
Students will be introduced to professionalism and will experience employment-related scenarios which will develop their ability to assess situations and make judgements. These judgements will be informed by consideration of fundamental ethical principles and the commercial imperatives which drive many business decisions. Students will also focus on their own employability, reflect on their current skills and plan to develop the areas which they have identified as priorities.
20 Credits
- MGT5021 (level five)
Research Methods in Business and Management
MGT5021 (level five)
This module provides you with an understanding of research in management and business as preparation for the Level 6 independent research project. You will be encouraged to consider relevant philosophies, approaches and methodologies in research such as primary and secondary research, self-completion questionnaires and ethnography, and qualitative and quantitative research. You will consider the role of ethics in research and will learn to apply these methods to a realistic business and management situation.
- MGT5023 (level five)
Business Law
MGT5023 (level five)
Understanding how the law affects the operation of a business is crucial to the success or survival of the business. During this module, you will be exposed to the national, EU and international legal environments in which businesses function. This module explores the most important and frequently occurring areas of law relevant to most businesses.
The complex nature of the law means that even deciding the appropriate form of business organisation is a question which results in many legislative outcomes. This module will help you to make that decision.
Please note: this module supports your progress towards the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting and the CIPFA Professional Accounting Qualification – Diploma Level.
- MGT5015 (level five)
Corporate Finance
MGT5015 (level five)
This module analyses the nature and practice of corporate finance from both a domestic and international perspective. The module seeks to equip you with a detailed understanding of the risks and rewards of investment and the strategies for successful commercial financing. You will learn to differentiate between different financial products, such as equities and derivatives. The module will provide the conceptual tools necessary for informed financial decision-making and will stress the practical framework of corporate finance operation throughout.
Please note: this module supports your progress towards the CIPFA Professional Accounting Qualification – Diploma Level.
- MGT5025 (level five)
International Marketing and Supply Chain Logistics
MGT5025 (level five)
This module provides you with a detailed understanding of the international marketing function and supply chain logistics involved in modern business activities. It will increase awareness of the complex relationship between marketing internationally and the supply chain function. You will explore how the international business environment impacts upon the marketing and supply management function within the business and the requisite modifications needed to access international markets. A theme of ethics in international marketing is also embedded throughout the module.
- MGT5027 (level five)
Management Accounting
MGT5027 (level five)
Good management accounting is important for a business to strive in a competitive setting. This module gives you a strong understanding of the theory of management accounting in businesses and organisations. You will examine the role of ethics and social responsibility in management accounting, and will also gain an appreciation of the underlying concepts on which management accounting is founded. The module provides practical skills associated with management accounting, such as appraising capital investments, developing marginal costing and devising and controlling a budget.
Please note: this module supports your progress towards the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting and the CIPFA Professional Accounting Qualification – Certificate Level.
- MGT5028 (level five)
Marketing Strategy and Implementation
MGT5028 (level five)
In order for a business to survive or grow it needs to employ marketing techniques as part of a strategy to generate awareness, interest desire and then action. This module looks at current approaches and techniques for managing the development and implementation of marketing strategies. Sessions cover various marketing models that are used in business and public service. You are also made aware of the integral role social responsibility and ethics has in marketing. You will discover the analytical tools that help marketing managers make effective and important marketing decisions.
- MGT6040 (level six)
Digital Business Strategy
MGT6040 (level six)
Digital business involves the creation of new business models by implementing digital technology.
This module provides students with insights and information on the digital business transformation environment and why organisations must adapt to the disruptions resulting from accelerated digital technologies (cloud, AI, and more), digital and e-commerce marketing, increased customer connectivity, new forms of collaboration among supply chain partners, cultural change and more.
It offers students the ability to absorb leading-edge knowledge, refine their critical thinking and analytical capabilities and apply practical skills to real organisational situations. Whether students intend to develop their professional capabilities inside established organisations in different areas of business or launch their own enterprises, this course is an essential platform for informed decision making and these different career moves.
Assessment: 4000-word essay; group and/or individual 12 minute presentation
20 Credits
- MGT6036 (level six)
Starting a Business Venture
MGT6036 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- MGT6037 (level six)
Financial Reporting
MGT6037 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- MGT6039 (level six)
Consultancy Project
MGT6039 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- MGT6027 (level six)
Social Enterprise
MGT6027 (level six)
This module will examine the theory and practice of social enterprise. You will gain a unique outlook on enterprises that reinvest surpluses into society. As part of the module, you will explore the nature and impact of social enterprise in a wider socio-economic context. You consider some challenges and opportunities that social enterprises present and develop a social enterprise proposal for action. On completing the module, you will be equipped with the skills to develop your own entrepreneurial business in the social sector.
Communications/Creative Media/ Marketing
- SME4010 (level four)
Media History
SME4010 (level four)
This module will examine media products and institutions in light of technological and historical developments. By studying the origins of film and broadcasting industries, you will examine how cinema and visual culture has developed historically. This module will examine key areas of media production and practice and how this might be understood commercially as well as culturally and politically. It will also case study significant mediated forms of popular entertainment and their historical and social context, such as sport and the media, television comedy and popular music. The module will develop your understanding of public and private broadcasting, film standardisation, TV scheduling, press regulation, and the commercial imperatives of film and television production, distribution and exhibition.
- SME5024 (level five)
Documentary and World Cinema
SME5024 (level five)
Beginning with documentary, non-fiction film will be explored in terms of its form and traditions, with case-studies of notable examples in this branch of filmmaking. The module will then consider world and transnational cinema as well as global media forms such as anime. Notions of film movements, authorship and national cinemas will be discussed and problematised.
- SME5026 (level five)
Screenwriting 1
SME5026 (level five)
This module will introduce you to the ideas and practices required in the development and writing of scripts for television. Through seminar discussions, practical writing workshops, screenings and critical evaluation of exemplar television programmes, you will first explore an existing piece of television and re-imagine it as a piece of fan fiction. You will then develop an original idea by going through the process of script development (proposal, pitch, outlines and treatment), which will then culminate in the production of the opening pages of a teleplay.
- SME6044 (level six)
Disney and Animation
SME6044 (level six)
This module will begin with an insight into the Disney theme parks and their relationship with the real America that surrounds them. You will then develop a thorough understanding of the historical evolution of animation, including the centrality of Disney to narrative and technological innovations in this mode of moving image, as well as an understanding of the varying aesthetic and formal qualities at play in other animation products.
- SME6045 (level six)
Sound Design
SME6045 (level six)
This module is designed to underscore the importance of sound design and sound editing for film, drawing on elementary skills developed in the Digital Production and Multimedia Production modules.
- SME6046 (level six)
The Beatles and the Counterculture
SME6046 (level six)
This module considers the output and cultural significance of The Beatles in terms of historical context, lyrical analysis, iconography and their presence in other media (film, television and online) as a transmedia phenomenon. Following a chronological order, the development of the group’s musical and visual styles, lyrical concerns and cultural contexts will be tracked in relation to cultural studies methodologies.
- SME4007 (level four)
Film, Style and Form
SME4007 (level four)
This module introduces you to film and television style. Beginning with a consideration of the variety of forms and approaches to the moving image, you will consider the micro elements of cinema such as mise en scène, cinematography, editing, sound, montage and special effects. You will also consider the macro structures such as narrative and genre, with a focus also on the identities of the producers, performers and audiences for screen industries.
- SME4008 (level four)
Digital Cultures
SME4008 (level four)
This module considers the role of digital and social media in 21st-century life.
It will examine some ways of viewing digital media in terms of technological developments, the politics and economy of media, social media, participation and online communities, and the remediation of previous media forms through digital platforms. It also engages you with the ethical and political issues involved in contemporary media production and consumption.
- SME5025 (level five)
Multimedia Production
SME5025 (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- FSM4001 (level four)
Digital Production
FSM4001 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- FSM4009 (level four)
British Film & TV
FSM4009 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- COM4006 (level four)
Design & Visual Narratives
COM4006 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- COM5005 (level five)
Research Methods in Social Science
COM5005 (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- COM5009 (level five)
Sports Journalism & Media Relations
COM5009 (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- COM6006 (level six)
Entrepreneurial & Online Journalism
COM6006 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- COM6007 (level six)
Responsive Design
COM6007 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- COM6008 (level six)
Data Visualisation Critical Analysis and Presentation
COM6008 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- COM6009 (level six)
Sports Marketing Campaign
COM6009 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- COM6011 (level six)
Ethics in Communication & Marketing
COM6011 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
Creative and Professional Writing
- CPW4007 (level four)
Introduction to Narrative
CPW4007 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
20 Credits
- CPW5000 (level five)
The Publishing Industry
CPW5000 (level five)
The module aims to introduce you to the world of professional publishing, and the processes involved in preparing texts for publication. It aims to examine the publishing industry from both a UK and an international perspective and explore the relationship between writers, editors, agents and publishers. The primary focus is on commercial book publishing, but the module will also consider academic and electronic publishing and self-publishing.
- CPW5014 (level five)
Journalism 1: News Writing
CPW5014 (level five)
An introduction to writing news journalism in print and online. This module considers the role of news in society and aspects of the research and production of short and longer news pieces. Emphasis is placed on mastering the strict, clear style of news-writing, researching a publication's voice and leadership, and the possibility of journalism as a career.
- CPW6005 (level six)
Writing Children’s Fiction
CPW6005 (level six)
The aim of this module is to provide you with a basic understanding of the range and scope of contemporary literature for children and young adults, and an introduction to creating marketable work for these readers. The module will examine the nature of current work, in fiction and non-fiction, written for different age groups in established publishing categories. The goal is to focus your thinking on the needs and expectations of the readers they are specifically writing for, as well as the publishers who cater to those readers. You will produce a short piece of children's writing as part of the unit.
- CPW6017 (level six)
Writing Adaptations
CPW6017 (level six)
The aim of this module is to offer an examination of the relationships between texts in different creative media, and specifically to develop your critical and creative skills in considering the relationship between the printed word and film/television, with particular emphasis upon the techniques and processes of adaptation. Source material for consideration in the module will include short stories, novels, comics and graphic novels, non-fiction and video or computer games. Adaptations from page-to-screen as well as from screen-to-page (novelisations, tie-ins, spin-offs, etc) will be examined.
Criminology and Sociology
- CSY4026 (level four)
Theoretical Introduction to Crime and Human Rights
CSY4026 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- CRY4025 (level four)
Introduction to Research Methods
CRY4025 (level four)
This module provides you with a practical, hands-on introduction to social research methods. You will be introduced to the criminological and sociological research process from the initial stages of asking searching questions, to finding the appropriate methods through which to explore them.
A range of basic skills and techniques, including qualitative methods, aspects of quantitative methods and the role of research in policymaking will be introduced using contemporary examples from the field.
- CRY5021 (level five)
Criminalising Social Problems
CRY5021 (level five)
The main aim of this module is to illustrate what is ‘social’ about social science and to demonstrate how certain social constructions become dominant when identifying and accounting for social problems. It will also attempt to distinguish how labelling something can create expectations about behaviour and actions in wider society, and explore examples of inequalities that result from particular social constructions. This will be done through a consideration of what are currently regarded as social problems in the UK, including use of drugs and alcohol, poverty, homelessness and mental disorder, how these issues have been criminalised, and the acknowledgement of how social problems change over time.
- CRY5023 (level five)
Crime and the Media
CRY5023 (level five)
How is crime represented in the media? How are these representations produced and for what kind of audience? This module seeks to address these and other salient questions about the relationship between the crime and the media from the popular press reporting of Jack the Ripper in the nineteenth century to cybercrime in the twenty-first. We analyse many of the debates on media representations of crime from the perspective of criminology as well as cultural studies.
- CRY6021 (level six)
Criminology: New Perspectives
CRY6021 (level six)
This module will enable you to advance your knowledge of specifically sociological criminology, the sociology of deviance and, sociology of law by a critical examination from feminist, anti-racist, gay/queer, green and anti-capitalist perspectives. You will examine a range of approaches with tutor support.
- CRY6024 (level six)
Modern Slavery, Trafficking and Organised Crime
CRY6024 (level six)
This module will enable you to develop your knowledge of international slavery from historical perspectives up to more recent accounts of modern slavery. It will introduce you to various disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approaches to the study of trafficking and slavery from sociology, criminology, law, economics, media and other relevant viewpoints. You will examine a range of sources including academic research, policy documents and statistical information to engage critically with received ideas and popular and policy discourses. Other representations of slavery and human trafficking will be examined and critiqued such as film texts, media reports and contemporary writings.
Education
- EDS4004 (level four)
Introduction to Special Education needs, Disability and Inclusion
EDS4004 (level four)
The module attempts to familiarise students with the core concepts in the field of special educational needs and disability (SEND) and how these relate to inclusion and social justice at large.
- EDS4005 (level four)
Citizenship, Education and Children's Rights
EDS4005 (level four)
This module provides a comprehensive introduction to citizenship and its influence on education. It delves into the historical roots behind the concept of citizenship, its evolution, and changing relationship with and influence on education.
You will learn about citizenship and its relationship to democracy and citizenship’s influence on the classroom and on the curricula. You'll also learn about citizenship in a broader perspective, exploring citizenship within both a European and multicultural context.
- EDS4006 (level four)
Teaching and Learning – Theory Into Practice
EDS4006 (level four)
This module introduces students to a variety of theoretical perspectives on learning and teaching. The module offers students the opportunity to develop understanding of appropriate ways of developing teaching practice, abilities and skills in relation to desired learning aims. The module will introduce a range of theoretical perspectives, and students will have in-class tasks to put theory into practice.
- EDS5004 (level five)
Doing Social Science Research
EDS5004 (level five)
This module will introduce you to a range of theoretical perspectives, methodologies and methods used in educational and social research.
The lectures and seminars will provide the scope for a critical examination of different approaches to research design, data collection, analysis and presentation, with due consideration to issues related to validity, reliability and ethics.
- EDS5005 (level five)
Disability in Schools and Society
EDS5005 (level five)
This module aims to enable students to develop a critical understanding of current research and inquiry in the field of SEND with an emphasis on Developmental Disabilities.
- EDS6003 (level six)
International Perspectives in Education
EDS6003 (level six)
This is a critical exploration of international education from a historical and policy perspective. The module will also analyse how global influences have affected education and education policy on a local, national, and international level and will look at case studies from countries such as Japan, Germany, Finland and Korea.
- EDS6005 (level six)
Education in Popular Culture
EDS6005 (level six)
The module gives you the opportunity to explore, analyse and critique how different aspects of education are represented in popular and mass culture through various modes of media, film or literature. You will be introduced to representations of education in a range of formats from different perspectives. The module encourages you to critically engage with a range of representations, including pedagogy, teacher identities, education systems, teachers-pupil relationships and whole school/classroom contexts. You are expected to engage critically and question how such representations might create or perpetuate myths about education practices, processes and expectations. There will be a consideration of how different representations do not necessarily match the reality of educational practices. You will also critically examine different themes and ideas and locate these into a variety of contexts: social, cultural, historical, geographical, and political.
English
- ENG4026 (level four)
London Theatre
ENG4026 (level four)
This module introduces you to the contemporary London theatre scene by encouraging you to see a range of productions in London, and training you how to write and review these shows as your assessment.
- ENG5002 (level five)
Romanticism: English Literature and its Background 1776-1832
ENG5002 (level five)
The module asks you to read literature of the ‘Romantic’ period in the context of revolutions and profound changes that were happening in society. While the big six male poets – Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron and Keats – are considered, the module brings to the fore works by working-class and women writers, such as Shelley’s Frankenstein, Austen’s Persuasion, and John Clare’s poetry.
- ENG6044 (level six)
Literature and the Unconscious
ENG6044 (level six)
Taking texts like Bram Stoker’s Dracula and R L Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde as examples, this module proposes a psychoanalytic approach to reading literature, and asks you to examine the literary text as an expression of those repressed anxieties and desires we call ‘the unconscious’.
- ENG6041 (level six)
New Voices: Twentieth-Century Literature
ENG6041 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- ENG5024 (level five)
Narrative and Identity in the 19th Century Novel
ENG5024 (level five)
Module description coming soon.
History
- HST4012 (level four)
Revolutions and Rebellions
HST4012 (level four)
In this module you will examine a series of world revolutions and major rebellions against political authority. The module’s content covers two principal fields – different ways of conceptualising revolutions and rebellion, and specific examples of revolutions and rebellions that have occurred across four continents. The module begins by examining ideas and ideologies of revolutions, providing you with a vocabulary and conceptual repertoire that you can use to discuss revolutionary activities throughout the remainder of the module. The specific examples of revolutions and rebellions that we cover are located in a period that runs from the mid-18th to the early 21st Centuries.
- HST5013 (level five)
Public Histories
HST5013 (level five)
On this module, you will look at some ways in which the relationship between public and orthodox academic histories has been characterised. It discusses the different ways that producers of histories and other forms of past-talk have conceptualised the ‘before now’.
The module assesses arguments for and against using the past as a way of engaging with contemporary social and political issues. It looks at the relationship between history and memory, and questions why people believe they have a responsibility to remember the past – and why cultures collectively remember what they do.
In order to maintain coherence in the coverage of content, the module will always be organised around two case studies. Each case study will examine how academic and public histories are implicated in their particular set of concerns.
- HST6021 (level six)
Collective Memory and the Second World War
HST6021 (level six)
This module examines the main ways in which various national and other group cultures have remembered (and forgotten), commemorated and represented aspects of the Second World War. It is organised around the concept of ‘collective memory’.
More specifically, this means thinking about: the intellectual and cultural traditions that frame representations of the past; the ‘memory makers’ who selectively adopt and manipulate these traditions; and memory consumers who use, ignore or transform the artefacts of memory for their own ends.
- HST6020 (level six)
Tudor Queenship
HST6020 (level six)
This module explores the nature of Queenship in Tudor England in its international context, in the context of contemporary patriarchal theory and practice through modern feminist historiography of Queenship. The module focuses on the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I who will be studied comparatively and thematically.
The module examines gender and personality, patterns of government, legal authority, international relations and the political and cultural patronage of these two rulers. It also considers the public presentation of their female sovereignty.
- HST6024 (level six)
Nations and Nationalisms
HST6024 (level six)
Although we live in an age of globalisation, nation states and nationalist movements continue to shape our societies and our politics. This means that understanding nationalism is not only of historical importance, but vital to those considering careers in law, politics and government, journalism and the media, since it touches on anyone involved in advocacy, policy and media roles.
On this module, you will examine the nature of nationalism, considering the extent to which it should be considered a ‘modern phenomenon’, the difference between ‘civic’ and ‘ethnic’ nationalism, and the relationship between nationalism and other ideologies.
Historical case studies will then allow you to examine the political consequences of nationalist movements from the French Revolution to the present day, as well as the ways in which nationalism interacts with social class, gender, religion and the state. Although the focus will be primarily on Europe, some non-European material will be considered, especially in relation to decolonisation and the end of empire.
- HST5017 (level five)
Popular Culture, Politics and History
HST5017 (level five)
On this module, you will explore ways in which historians and others have written about popular cultural forms – principally film and popular music. For convenience’s sake, the topics are organised chronologically, from the 1950s to the 2000s.
The main point of working through these topics is to allow a number of important themes to recur in class discussions: modernism (more specifically that dimension of modernist practices that is future-oriented), activism (focused on immediate social and political concerns), historicism (consciously invoking a tradition), memory (directed towards pedagogy, commemoration, consolation and identity formation) and nostalgia (expressing a longing for things past).
The range of examples covered is wide and trans-national. By the end, you will have a better understanding of the critical importance of modernist and postmodernist popular culture.
Nutrition
- NUT5033 (level five)
Food Choice and Control of Food Intake
NUT5033 (level five)
This module aims to introduce the concept of food choice and identify the range of factors that affect food choice in the modern context. These range from physiological factors such as hunger and appetite to socio-cultural ones such as gender, cultural background and socio-economic status. Contemporary sociological theories used to explain food choice will also be discussed. Additionally, behaviour change theories that are used to moderate food intake will be discussed.
- NUT4037 (level four)
Introductory Physiology and Biochemistry
NUT4037 (level four)
This module aims to provide you with knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of anatomy and physiology. The concept of physiological homeostasis in humans will be studied so you are confidently equipped with the scientific understanding underpinning further nutrition modules at Level 5.
- NUT6053 (level six)
Nutrition and Genetics
NUT6053 (level six)
This module reflects the rapid incorporation of personalised nutrition and genetics within nutrition science.
It aims to address three main areas within the field of nutrition and genetics:
- Molecular biology
- Laboratory skills
- Direct-to-consumer genetic tests
- NUT6043 (level six)
Nutrition & the Athlete
NUT6043 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
Politics and International Relations
- POL4012 (level four)
Introduction to International Relations
POL4012 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- POL5007 (level five)
Political Economy of Global Development
POL5007 (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- COM5005 (level five)
Research Methods in Social Sciences
COM5005 (level five)
This module aims to provide you with a broad knowledge and understanding of research methods in the social sciences, focusing on the main qualitative research methods used in politics and communications, and some data analysis. The module will also equip you with the necessary skills to undertake a small scale piece of research. You are expected to have a critical awareness of research paradigms and the strengths and limitations of the methods and methodologies commonly used.
- POL6003 (level six)
International Organisations
POL6003 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- CSY4027 (level four)
Social Institutions and Everyday Life
CSY4027 (level four)
TBC
- HST4012 (level four)
Revolutions and Rebellions
HST4012 (level four)
In this module you will examine a series of world revolutions and major rebellions against political authority. The module’s content covers two principal fields – different ways of conceptualising revolutions and rebellion, and specific examples of revolutions and rebellions that have occurred across four continents. The module begins by examining ideas and ideologies of revolutions, providing you with a vocabulary and conceptual repertoire that you can use to discuss revolutionary activities throughout the remainder of the module. The specific examples of revolutions and rebellions that we cover are located in a period that runs from the mid-18th to the early 21st Centuries.
- LAW4106 (level four)
Criminal Law 2 (International Criminal Law)
LAW4106 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- CSY4026 (level four)
Theoretical Introduction to Crime and Human Rights
CSY4026 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- LAW5110 (level five)
International Human Rights Law
LAW5110 (level five)
TBC
- CSY6030 (level six)
Terrorism and Political Violence
CSY6030 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
Psychology
- PSY4012 (level four)
Research Methods and Statistics 2
PSY4012 (level four)
This module builds on the foundation of research methods introduced in Research Methods and Statistics 1. The aim of this module is to expand your familiarity with basic research methods techniques. The nature of psychology as a science will be reinforced and explored as qualitative methods are introduced.
- PSY4014 (level four)
Introduction to Cognitive and Biological Psychology
PSY4014 (level four)
This module aims to introduce you to the foundations of cognitive and biological psychology. The module also aims to discuss the links between these two areas of psychology, demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of areas of psychology and helping to strengthen your understanding of the field of psychology.
- PSY4015 (level four)
Everyday Psychology
PSY4015 (level four)
This module introduces you to topics within psychology that you can directly apply to your own lives. The aim is to engage and encourage you to begin considering the integrated and applied nature of psychological research using real life examples that will capture your interest. You will be exposed to cross-paradigmatic approaches and be introduced to academic debate and controversy within the context of specific topics.
- PSY5011 (level five)
Quantitative Research Methods and Statistics
PSY5011 (level five)
The aim of this module is to build on the foundation in research methods and statistics gained from Level 4. You will be introduced to more complex experimental design and the appropriate statistical techniques.
- PSY5013 (level five)
The Developing Mind
PSY5013 (level five)
The module is designed to develop your understanding of traditional cognitive psychology topics within a developmental perspective, from childhood to adulthood. The module addresses theories of development and learning, language development, reasoning and individual differences, in particular intelligence. It aims to expand on developmental and cognitive material introduced at Level 4, while also showing the interdisciplinary nature of the areas. The provisional nature of knowledge will be examined in terms of an approach which emphasises the progression of the field historically.
- PSY5015 (level five)
Transferable Skills for Employment
PSY5015 (level five)
This module is designed to encourage discussion, debate and further understanding regarding transferable graduate skills. The module will focus on encouraging you to reflect on and develop the skills that are expected by employers. In addition, you will be exploring a workplace sector of your choosing, allowing you to investigate your potential career path in more depth. The module aims are closely aligned with the ten top skills related to graduated employment.
- PSY6032 (level six)
Applied Child Psychology
PSY6032 (level six)
This module aims to develop your understanding of applied child development studies, to present a critical examination of theoretical and empirical basis of child development specifically in applied settings and to examine the implications of theoretical approaches and models for future development.
- PSY6036 (level six)
Perception
PSY6036 (level six)
This module introduces you to the ways in which our perceptual systems can break down, through the study of neuropsychological deficits and perceptual illusions, and therefore to the way in which such effects inform our understanding of the normal human perceptual system.
- PSY6039 (level six)
Psychology of Intimate Relationships
PSY6039 (level six)
In this module you will be introduced to the scientific study of issues around intimate relationships such as sex, love and attraction. Evolutionary and socio-cognitive approaches will be compared and contrasted, using historical and cross-cultural evidence. Perspectives on gender and sexuality will also be explored. You will be encouraged to engage in a critical evaluation of the debates that are covered but also to be able to apply the findings of the research to issues and controversies in society.
Physiology
- SPS4060 (level four)
Fundamentals of Biomechanics
SPS4060 (level four)
The module will provide students with knowledge of basic biomechanical principles and experience of collecting, analysing, and interpreting data.
The module will involve a series of lectures to identify and explain the key principles of biomechanics and associated smaller group laboratory or seminar classes to allow the students to further explore and understand these topics. Laboratory classes will provide students with hands-on experience of biomechanical data collection, particularly collection and analysis of force data.
- SPS4061 (level four)
Practical Field Tests in Sport
SPS4061 (level four)
Students will be introduced to aspects of field based testing used across sport science. To be successful, students must use evidence-based practice to:
- optimise the choice of field tests
- understand basic principles of assessment and testing
- record, calculate, and analyse results, leading to effective feedback to athletes, teams and coaches.
- SPS4064 (level four)
Physiology of Exercise
SPS4064 (level four)
This module introduces you to fundamental principles underlying exercise physiology, focusing on the structure and function of physiological systems. You should be able to identify key physiological responses to exercise within theoretical frameworks and concepts, and you should also be able to assess and record physiological responses to exercise using newly learnt laboratory techniques to further your understanding and present your findings within pre-defined criteria associated with the study of exercise physiology.
- SPY5007 (level five)
Contemporary Insights Into Sport Psychology
SPY5007 (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- SPS5055 (level five)
Testing and Monitoring in Sport
SPS5055 (level five)
This module will introduce you to concepts and ways of thinking that appreciate the complex nature of applying theory to real-world situations.
- SPS6012 (level six)
Environmental Physiology
SPS6012 (level six)
This module aims to give you an understanding of the effects of environmental factors on sport performance and to enable you to critically evaluate strategies to improve performance.
- SPS6042 (level six)
Applied Biomechanics
SPS6042 (level six)
You will apply your knowledge, understanding, and experience of the data analysis techniques associated with the three major forms of biomechanical data collection (kinetic, kinematic and EMG).
We will also introduce you to the measurement of internal joint kinetics, through the completion of a large research study. This study will be in two parts, with the first being a reliability study which will direct the methods used in the second experimental investigation involving the analysis of internal joint kinetics in a sporting context.
Assessment: 2,000 written proposal; 20-minute oral presentation
20 Credits
- SPS6052 (level six)
Issues in Sport, Health and Exercise
SPS6052 (level six)
This module provides the opportunity for critical analysis of current issues within sport science and to develop your interactive communication skills.
- SPS6053 (level six)
Professional Observation
SPS6053 (level six)
In this module you will develop critical appreciation of the relevance of sport science in real sporting contexts. The module provides you with the experience of arranging, managing and attending a work placement.
- STC5006 (level five)
Neuromechanics of Human Movement
STC5006 (level five)
You will cover:
- the structure and function of human movement
- how the neurological system initiates a contracting muscle
- he changing mechanics of the muscle through length and tension
- neurological and structural changes to exercise
- the use of electromyography and isokinetic dynamometry.
You will then use these skills to assess neurological adaptations and force velocity and length tension relationships of specific muscles.
Sport Management
- SOM6007 (level six)
Global Perspectives on the Sports Industry
SOM6007 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- SOM4101 (level four)
Applied Sports Management
SOM4101 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- SOM4001 (level four)
Sport Culture and History
SOM4001 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
Theology, Religion and Ethics
- TRE4011 (level four)
Fundamentals of Systematic Theology
TRE4011 (level four)
The module introduces you to the central themes of Christian theology. It analyses each theme in its Scriptural foundations and doctrinal bases, before introducing an important contemporary discussions drawing on recent theology.
This approach provides an overview of the history of each theme, as well as equipping you with the fundamental terminology of systematic theology and some awareness of its contemporary relevance.
You will also be introduced to different modes of theological reasoning, enabling you to adopt and articulate your own positions on the matters studied. You are encouraged to engage with ongoing theological debates, and begin to engage critically with the interlocutors studied. The module provides a foundation and context for more specialised systematic theology modules of subsequent years.
- TRE4021 (level four)
The Nature of Religion
TRE4021 (level four)
The module offers a detailed exploration of the concept of religion, and the various ways in which leading scholars, both classic and contemporary, have tried to define it. You will be introduced to a foundational, theoretical debate in the study of religion.
The module will centre around the reading, interpreting, discussing, and critiquing a number of primary texts from within the sociology and anthropology of religion. Authors will include some or all of the following: Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Peter Clarke, Steve Bruce, Irena Borowik, Linda Woodhead, Timothy Fitzgerald, and Christian Smith.
- TRE4030 (level four)
Introduction to Ethics
TRE4030 (level four)
The module will introduce you to ethics. It will include an overview of the main value theories and normative ethical theories, both historical and modern. You will also be taught to think about the status itself of ethical claims and ethical language.
- TRE5015 (level five)
Theological Anthropology
TRE5015 (level five)
Theological anthropology seeks to understand the human being in light of theological claims, to explore the ramifications of this understanding for human life, and engage in constructive dialogue with other accounts of being human. The module is focused particularly on claims surrounding creation and creatureliness, redemption and salvation, and also death and ultimate destiny.
Scriptural, doctrinal and historical sources for each of these foci are covered, and particular tensions in systematic theological understanding will be entered into. On this basis, critically constructive encounters with other approaches to understanding humanity will be undertaken, enabling you to discern how theological anthropology can or cannot inform the perpetual uncertainties of the human condition.
- TRE5030 (level five)
Bioethics
TRE5030 (level five)
Social changes and technological innovations from the late 1960s have given rise to a new area of study: bioethics. This subdiscipline grew out of medical ethics, but has since expanded beyond the professional ethics of medical practitioners to tackle fundamental ethical questions relating to health and society. This module enables you to apply your knowledge of ethics to the fast-moving world of new developments in biology, especially genetics.
- TRE5022 (level five)
Religion in Contemporary Society
TRE5022 (level five)
You will explore the place of religion within contemporary western societies with particular focus on Britain and the USA. We will introduce you to key issues within the sociology of religion, including:
- secularisation
- mainstream Christian decline
- the growth of New Religions Movements and alternative spiritualities
- American religions “exceptionalism”
- vicarious religion
- ‘believing without belonging’
- the new visibility of atheism and nonreligion
- the social media revolution
- the new vitality within strands of Christianity, such as megachurches.
- PMY4016 (level four)
Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations
PMY4016 (level four)
Module description coming soon.
- TRE6012 (level six)
Sacramental Theology
TRE6012 (level six)
Module description coming soon.
- HCH5106 (level five)
Bioethics II
HCH5106 (level five)
With the increasing advances of technology, new challenges and possibilities are emerging in healthcare. This module uses the methodology of the case study to examine some contentious issues from the beginning of life, through life in disability, to issues at the end of life, and it also considers conscientious objection. It enables you to develop a critical reflection on difficult ethical dilemmas.
PE, Sport and Youth Development
- PSE4011 (level four)
Introduction to Creativity and Individual Activities
PSE4011 (level four)
This module is an introduction to teaching and coaching individual activities. You will be encouraged to become a more thoughtful practitioner specifically with regard to the teaching and coaching of individual and creative activities. We will explore the different ways in which our planning and delivery through a range of pedagogies impacts on a child’s experience of learning through scaffolding experiences from lecturer-led modelling and developing content knowledge, to small group peer coaching and teaching.
- PSE4010 (level four)
Introduction to Teaching and Coaching Games
PSE4010 (level four)
This module is an introduction to teaching and coaching games. You will be encouraged to become thoughtful about why you plan and deliver teaching and coaching activities the way you do. You will be challenged to become more deliberate practitioners; ensuring that the learners you engage with are being supported appropriately.
- pse4020 (level four)
Health and Wellbeing
pse4020 (level four)
You will be introduced to the health and wellbeing landscape for children and young adults. You will learn about the theoretical and practical factors which influence health and wellbeing. You will develop an understanding of the process of planning for children and adolescents health and wellbeing through curriculum design, project-based initiatives and applied practices.
- PSE5041 (level five)
Teaching and Learning 1
PSE5041 (level five)
This module will start to focus on developing the foundation of teaching and learning aspects that you will cover throughout your Level 4 modules. The module is aligned with Danielson’s (2011) framework for effective teaching. You will begin to understand the factors that contribute to effective planning for a specific teaching and learning context to create a positive learning environment.
- PSE6043 (level six)
Applied Teaching and Coaching Pedagogy
PSE6043 (level six)
This module challenges you to consider the context of your pedagogy, specifically using self-reflection skills to understand the impact of your practice. You will engage in real-life coaching or teaching experiences, and unpick the ways in which you are required to adapt your practice to positively affect key stakeholders within your setting (such as participants, parents, and co-coaches). This module will be a balance of theoretical and practical learning, and it is advised that students who select this module option are actively teaching or coaching in a consistent setting.
- PSE6044 (level six)
Coach Education, Development and Mentoring
PSE6044 (level six)
This module will encourage you to assume the role of coach educator, developer and mentor with the goal of developing the practice of other students on the module. The module will prepare you for a workplace where there is increasing demand for coach educators, coach developers and mentors to support a growing coaching workforce nationally and internationally. The module will introduce a number of thinking tools and will equip you to apply those when working with groups of coaches, or a single coach attending to practical coaching problems.
Workplace Learning
- WPL5031A/B (level five)
Experience and Employment in Education
WPL5031A/B (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- WPL5053 A/B (level five)
Experience and Employment in Sport
WPL5053 A/B (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- WPL5054 /5055 (level five)
Experience and Employment in Business
WPL5054 /5055 (level five)
Module description coming soon.
- WPL5056 /5057 (level five)
Contributing to the Community
WPL5056 /5057 (level five)
As local employers and suppliers of services, businesses are an integral part of any community or society. On this module, students with business or management ambitions will develop an appreciation of social issues and concerns. This module provides you with practical work experience in a community-focused service, such as a charity, social or education service.
You will develop your societal awareness and gain a greater understanding of local level organisation. The placement acts as a case study for you to explore issues of social justice and community action. The module also helps to develop your employability skills through the process of self-reflection and evaluation and by applying theory to practice.
- WPL6020 (level six)
Managing in the Workplace
WPL6020 (level six)
In this module, you will consider the challenges of leadership and management. You will learn how these practices impact on the culture and success of an organisation through real-life examples. You will identify, observe and develop skills required to promote positive management practice and will analyse your own management style. You will be encouraged to consider leadership qualities and how you can demonstrate these at all levels in an organisation.
- WPL6010 (level six)
The Enterprising Workplace
WPL6010 (level six)
This module provides you with the opportunity to gain experience in the workplace whilst reflecting on, identifying and improving your own skills, knowledge and professional identity. You will be introduced to the concepts of enterprise, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship and will explore how these exist within organisations.
Please note: that modules are subject to change at any time. Courses being validated may also be subjected to a change in the syllabus.
Changing classes
You have the option of changing your modules until the end of the second week of teaching, subject to availability.
You will also have a chance to meet with the lecturers to ask questions about the modules and make sure they are the correct level for you. We recommend that you consider your module choices carefully when you fill in the module choice form.
Module credits
Each module is worth 20 credits, equivalent to 10ECTS. Most US institutions award four or five credits per 20 St Mary's credits, but please check with your home university as this varies by institution.
Transferring credits back to your home university
It is your responsibility to confirm that the modules you take at St Mary’s will meet the academic requirements at your home university.
If you are studying at one of our partner institutions, we will send your home university a transcript listing the credits and marks for the modules you took at St Mary’s. If you are not studying at one of our partner institutions, we will send your transcript to the home address you provided during online registration.
Semester 1 transcripts are available after February and Semester 2 transcripts are available after July.
Timetable
You will have access to your timetable after you complete online registration, which is normally two to four weeks before the start of the semester. Your timetable will be available in your Outlook Calendar.