ESML0081: Russian written & spoken language 1A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites: Co ESML0084
Aims & Learning Objectives: To consolidate knowledge
of basic grammar, broaden vocabulary and improve aural comprehension.
To develop fluency in spoken Russian at the level of everyday
conversation.
Content: Prose and essay composition; translation into
English; grammar revision; conversation.
Students must be qualified in Russian to approximately A-level
standard.
ESML0082: Russian written & spoken language 1A (ab initio)
Semester 1
Credits: 12
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a systematic
grounding in the Russian language. To introduce students to the
main structures of Russian grammar and basic vocabulary. To develop
good pronunciation and intonation.
Content: The Colloquial Russian course with extensive use
of specially prepared explanatory material along with exercises
and drills from a variety of sources; pronunciation, intonation
and conversation practice; language laboratory work.
ESML0083: Russian cultural studies 1A: Introduction to Russian
culture (post A level)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To acquaint students with
some key texts of 19th century Russian literature and improve
translation skills.
Content: Set texts will normally include A S Pushkin, The
Queen of Spades and selected lyric poetry; I S Turgenev, Asya;
A P Chekhov, The Seagull.
Students must be qualified in Russian to approximately A-level
standard.
ESML0084: Russian written & spoken language 1B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites: Co ESML0081
Aims & Learning Objectives: To further consolidate
knowledge of basic grammar, broaden vocabulary and improve aural
comprehension. To further develop fluency in spoken Russian at
the level of everyday conversation.
Content: Prose and essay composition; translation into
English; grammar revision; conversation.
ESML0085: Russian written & spoken language 1B (ab initio)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX33 CW33 OR33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To continue a systematic
grounding in the Russian language up to approximately
A-level standard. To ensure that students acquire a firm grasp
of the main structures of Russian grammar and of basic vocabulary,
and are able to express themselves in a variety of contexts. To
develop the ability to take part in simple everyday conversation.
To develop reading ability to the point at which less complex
works of literature can be read with the aid of a dictionary.
Content: The Colloquial Russian course with extensive
use of specially prepared explanatory material along with exercises
and drills from a variety of sources; pronunciation, intonation
and conversation practice; language laboratory work.
ESML0086: Russian cultural studies 1B: Introduction to Russian
culture (ab initio)
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To familiarise students
with literary Russian and introduce them to classical pre-Revolutionary
literature. To read (in Russian) and discuss a well-known literary
text.
Content: Lectures on the history of Russian literature;
reading and discussion of Chekhov's Lady with a Little Dog.
ESML0087: Russian politics & society 1A: Russia before
1917
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To permit post A-level
students of Russian (and others requiring a six-credit unit) to
make a more detailed study of topics covered in Russian Politics
and Society 1B.
Content: As for Russian Politics and Society 1B.
ESML0088: Russian politics & society 1B: Russia before
1917
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To offer an outline history
of Russia focusing on the geopolitical, social and cultural factors
which shaped its development and to examine in detail the problems
posed by industrial development and social change in the late
19th and early 20th centuries culminating in the revolution of
1917. To introduce some classic literary texts to illuminate the
moral and political dilemmas of the 19th century. To develop skills
in historical analysis.
Content: The first Russian states and the Tatar invasions;
the rise of Moscow and the development of an autocratic state
under Ivan III and Ivan IV; attempts at modernization and Westernization
in the 18th century under Peter I and Catherine II and the emergence
of Russia as a great European power; growing problems of serfdom,
economic backwardness and political disaffection under Nicholas
I (1825-1855); reform and reaction under Alexander II (1855-1881);
Russian society in the mid-19th century as reflected in Turgenev's
Fathers and Children; industrialization and its impact
on society; the emergence of a revolutionary movement; dilemmas
of Russian revolutionaries as reflected in Lenin's What is
to be Done?; Dostoevsky's critique of 19th century Russian
social values in Crime and Punishment; ethnic minorities
and national movements in the Russian Empire before 1917; women
and the women's movement before 1917; the revolution of 1905 and
the granting of a constitution by Nicholas II; the successes and
failures of constitutional rule 1906-1914; the First World War
and the collapse of the imperial regime in the February Revolution.
ESML0089: Russian written & spoken language 2A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0084, Co ESML0092
Aims & Learning Objectives: To deepen knowledge of
Russian grammar, expand lexis and develop translation skills in
several registers. To give students practice in expressing themselves
in writing. To improve aural comprehension and to begin to develop
fluency in spoken Russian at the level of everyday conversation.
Content: Written Language: systematic review of Russian
grammar with exercises and drills drawn from a variety of sources;
translations into Russian and English with discussion of grammatical
points, lexis etc. Essay writing in Russian with discussion of
stylistic points and vocabulary. Spoken Language: small group
conversation on a range of themes; role-playing; task-based use
of audio-visual material. To assist vocabulary acquisition, work
in written and spoken language will be organised around themes
of geography & peoples and culture & recreation.
ESML0090: Russian cultural studies 2A: Russian literature
from Chekhov to Zoshchenko
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To present an overview
of Russian literary development in these years; to encourage the
development of skills in literary analysis and criticism.
Content: Three writers (studied in key works): Chekov,
Blok, Zoshchenko
ESML0091: Russian politics & society 2A: Soviet Russia
1917-1985
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To examine the character
and evolution of the communist political and social order from
1917 to 1985. To develop skills in historical and political analysis
and essay and seminar techniques.
Content: The establishment of Bolshevik power under Lenin
1917-1921; the New Economic Policy and the struggle for power
in the Communist Party in the 1920s; Stalin's drive for industrialization
and rule by terror in the 1930s-40s; the USSR in the Second World
War; reform and its limits under Krushchev and Brezhnev in the
1950s-70s; the structure and problems of the Soviet political
system in the early 1980s.
ESML0092: Russian written & spoken language 2B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX33 CW33 OR25 OT12
Requisites: Co ESML0089
Aims & Learning Objectives: To deepen knowledge of
Russian grammar, expand lexis and develop translation skills in
several registers. To give students practice in expressing themselves
in writing. To improve aural comprehension to the point at which
the gist of a TV news item can be understood and to develop fluency
in spoken Russian at the level of everyday conversation.
Content: Written Language: systematic review of Russian
grammar with exercises and drills drawn from a variety of sources;
translations into Russian and English with discussion of grammatical
points, lexis etc. Essay writing in Russian with discussion of
stylistic points and vocabulary. Spoken Language: small group
conversation on a range of themes; role-playing; task-based use
of audio-visual material. To assist vocabulary acquisition, work
in written and spoken language will be organised around themes
of social issues, history and politics.
ESML0093: Russian cultural studies 2B: Soviet Russian literature
& cinema in the 1920's & 1930's
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To present an overview
of Russian literary development in these years; to encourage the
development of skills in literary analysis and criticism.
Content: Two writers (studied in key works): Olesha, Akhmatova.
Films by Eisenstein.
ESML0094: Russian politics & society 2B: Reform &
reconstruction in Russia since 1985
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To examine the reform and
collapse of the communist order between 1985 and 1991 and the
ensuing problem of economic and political reconstruction. To develop
skills in historical and political analysis, and essay and seminar
techniques.
Content: The origins, development and failure of Gorbachev's
reform programme 1985-91; ethnic and social developments in the
post-Stalin USSR and their bearing on the collapse of communism;
the Russian Federation and its neighbours after the disintegration
of the USSR; Yeltsin's attempt to build democracy and a market
economy in Russia.
ESML0095: Russian written & spoken language 4A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0092, Co ESML0096
Aims & Learning Objectives: To consolidate knowledge
of Russian grammar, further expand lexis and further develop translation
skills. To enable students to translate modern literary Russian
and non-technical academic and journalistic Russian, into English.
To enable students to translate selected English passages into
Russian, and to express ideas and arguments in writing. To improve
fluency in spoken Russian.
Content: Written Language: translation into and from Russian
and discussion of grammatical points, lexis etc. Conversation
and audio-visual classes. Spoken Language: discussion of selected
topics on a range of themes (ecology, social issues, feminism
etc).
ESML0096: Russian written & spoken language 4B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX33 CW33 OR25 OT8
Requisites: Co ESML0095
Aims & Learning Objectives: To consolidate knowledge
of Russian grammar, further expand lexis and further develop translation
skills. To enable students to translate modern literary Russian
and non-technical academic and journalistic Russian, into English
with minimal use of a dictionary. To enable students to translate
selected English passages into idiomatic Russian, and to express
complex ideas and arguments in writing. To develop fluency in
spoken Russian.
Content: Written Language: translation into and from Russian
and discussion of grammatical points, lexis etc. Conversation
and audio-visual classes. Spoken Language: discussion of selected
topics on a range of themes (culture, politics in Russia etc).
ESML0097: Russian national option R1A: Women in Russia &
the USSR 1
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0098
Aims & Learning Objectives: This unit and its post-requisite
will focus on the role and status of women in the Soviet and post-Soviet
periods. In this first unit a largely chronological approach will
be adopted to the subject of the 'zhenskii vopros' from 1917 to
1994.
Content: We shall discuss the realities of women's lives
in various spheres, such as politics, employment, voluntary work
and personal and family lives, and also the official ideology.
A persistent theme will be the discrepancy between practice and
theory, and the reasons for this discrepancy will be explored
within the wider context of developments in politics.
ESML0098: Russian national option R1B: Women in Russia &
the USSR 2
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Co ESML0097
Aims & Learning Objectives: This unit and its post-requisite
will focus on the role and status of women in the Soviet and post-Soviet
periods. In this second unit attention will be paid to women writers
and directors, from the 1920s to the present with some discussion
of the perception of women in male-centred works.
Content: Works studied include: Alexandra Kollontai, Love
of Worker Bees; Lidia Chukovskaia, Sofia Petrovna;
Natal'ia Baranskaia, A Week Like Any Other; Julia Voznesenskaia,
The Women's Decameron; Liudmila Petrushevskaya, Night
Time. Films to be discussed include: Moscow Distrusts Tears
(1979), Little Vera (1988), Interdevochka (1989).
ESML0099: Russian national option R2: The twentieth century
Russian novel
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX67 ES33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The novel is arguably Russia's
greatest contribution to West European culture in the 19th and
20th centuries. This unit concentrates on some of the greatest
works of the 20th century, exploring the human effects of the
cataclysms and conflicts that comprise most of Russia's history
of the last seventy years.
Content: Among the works to be studied are the following
(subject to availability); M Bulgakov, Master i Margarita*;
E Zamiatin, My; A Solzhenitsyn, Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha;
B Pasternak, Doktor Zhivago*; I Babel', Konarmiia;
N Ostrovskii, Kak Zakalialas' stal'.
* As these novels are fairly long, you are advised to read them
before the start of the academic year.
ESML0101: Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To investigate political
and social developments in the years 1985-1991 in greater depth
than was possible in RPS 2B.
Content: Origins of perestroika; glasnost and democratization;
independent politics, social activity and the emergence of a multi-party
system; nationalities issues and conflicts; the collapse of communism
and the August coup.
ESML0102: Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist
Russia
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To examine the dilemmas
of economic and political reconstruction and of external relations
posed by the collapse of the communist political order in Russia,
and efforts to resolve these problems since August 1991.
To develop skills in political analysis and seminar techniques.
Content: Political institutions and actors in Russia in
August 1991; dimensions of the crisis surrounding the collapse
of Soviet communism; theoretical approaches to transition; first
steps of the political leadership; reform and political conflict;
dilemmas of foreign policy; political elites; civil society; political
culture; 1993 Constitution; elections and party formation; legal
order and corruption; local government; federalism and ethnic
politics; the experience of other former republics of the USSR;
prospects.
ESML0103: Europe 1A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a grounding
in the key economic ideas which have shaped Europe and to understand
the way these ideas have been applied to post-war Europe; to provide
students with a framework which will enable them to compare the
experiences of different countries and understand similarities
and differences; to compare the experiences of East and Western
Europe in the post-war period. The course is intended to complement
nation-specific Politics and Society courses in the relevant language
of the MLES degree programme
Content: European economy in the inter-war years; post-war
and Cold War; economic recovery in Western Europe; the age of
growth; crisis and unemployment; the command economy and its aftermath
in Eastern Europe.
ESML0104: Europe 1B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a grounding
in the key political ideas which have shaped Europe and to understand
the way these ideas have been applied to post-war Europe; to provide
students with a framework which will enable them to compare the
experiences of different countries and understand similarities
and differences; to compare the experiences of East and Western
Europe in the post-war period. The course is intended to complement
nation-specific Politics and Society courses in the relevant language
of the MLES degree programme
Content: Nationalism and nation-states; democracy and democratic
institutions; the legislative and executive functions; political
parties and electoral systems; pressure groups; local government;
political culture; transitions to democracy in East and Central
Europe
ESML0105: Europe 2A: Politics of the European Union
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to
key theories of European integration; to trace the development
of the E.C. from the 1950s to the present; to examine issues of
contemporary relevance to European integration. Students will
develop an awareness and understanding of European integration
issues and be able to discuss them on the basis of background
knowledge attained during lectures and readings.
Content: Theories of European integration; the origins
of the E.C.; the Rome Treaty and the Single Act; Britain and the
E.C; the road to Maastricht; the institutions of the E.C. and
E.U.; the democratic deficit; the 1996 Inter Governmental Conference;
the E.U. as a world actor; the future of the E.U.
ESML0106: Europe 2B: Economics of the European Union
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX67 ES33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to
the economic principles guiding European integration and to trace
the development of the E.C. from free trade area to customs union
to economic policy coordination and moves towards economic and
monetary union; to familiarise students with economic terms and
theories used in E.C. policy-making; to discuss possible scenarios
for the future of European economic integration. Having followed
this course students will be better able to follow developments
in European economic integration and understand the workings of
economic and monetary union
Content: Intra-E.C. trade; EFTA; customs union; the Single
Market initiative; the exchange rate mechanism; economic and monetary
union.
ESML0107: European option E1: Intellectuals, commitment &
identity in contemporary Europe
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To study the changing public
role of intellectuals in Eastern and Western Europe between 1945
and the present. In particular, to examine a variety of intellectual
responses to the issue of commitment to ideological causes, in
the context of the Cold War division of Europe. To consider the
impact of the international watersheds of 1968 and 1989 on established
political loyalties. To assess the extent to which intellectuals
have contributed to the evolution of national identities, or sought
to distance themselves from national aspirations, both before
and after 1989. To analyse a representative selection of literary
texts by intellectuals who have played a prominent part in European
political debate, as evidence of the continuing significance of
their creative writing.
Content: A framework of lectures will provide a range of
national and historical perspectives on the dilemmas faced by
European intellectuals since 1945. Emphasis will be placed not
only on the national contexts with which MLES students will be
most familiar (German, Russian, French , Italian) but on the international
significance of the Central European experience, as exemplified
by the work of Czech and Polish intellectuals. Works by intellectuals
such as Barzini, Konwicki, Wolf, Grass, Schneider, Kundera and
Klima will be studied in depth in the seminars which form the
core of the unit.
ESML0108: European option E2: The audiovisual media in contemporary
Europe - political & cultural perspectives
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To assess the nature, scope
and effectiveness of contemporary European initiatives in the
sphere of audiovisual broadcasting. To examine the specific nature
of audiovisual developments in the individual nation states of
Europe, and to evaluate the manner in which national audiovisual
policies and practices relate one with another and with the broader
European framework. To compare and contrast regional, national
and European audiovisual developments. To examine the political
and cultural significance of the audiovisual media as a force
for the fostering and development of regional, national and European
identities. To analyse the nature and quality of audiovisual programming:
regional, national, cross-national and European. To assess the
significance of rapid technological change for the audiovisual
media, and to evaluate the consequent impact of such technological
change on the political behaviour and cultural pursuits of the
citizens of Europe.
Content: A framework of lectures will provide: (i) a brief
historical overview of European audiovisual developments since
1945; (ii) an account of the specific nature of the audiovisual
sphere in the major nation states of Europe, together with an
assessment of the manner in which those nation states fit into
the wider European picture; and (iii) a broad assessment of the
contemporary European audiovisual sphere and an examination of
future potential lines of development as we approach the 21st
century. Seminar work will be focused on comparative cross-national
and European perspectives. Students will be encouraged to build
on those national contexts with which they are most familiar (UK,
France, Germany, Italy, Russia) in order to deepen their understanding
of the role played by the audiovisual media in the construction
of Europe.
ESML0110: European option E3: European film 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES50 CW50
Requisites: Co ESML0111
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop an understanding
of the nature and role of cinema in contemporary Europe, through
the study of concepts of personal, national and European identity,
and the detailed analysis of a wide range of European films
Content: This course will focus upon film as personal statement,
and will analyses selected works of directors in West and East
Europe with specific reference to questions of identity, memory,
autobiographical narrative and point of view.
ESML0111: European option E4: European film 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Co ESML0110
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop further the
understanding of the nature and role of contemporary European
film by tracing the relationship between personal memory and identity,
and history and ideology; to examine the concept of myth and identity.
Content: In this course the personal visions of directors
in West and East Europe will be analysed within the broader context
of history, ideology and myth. Areas for investigation include
the comparative and shared histories of European film; the legacy
of the Third Reich; women and history; marginal identities; ideology;
film and contemporary European society.
ESML0113: Dissertation in Russian 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To permit BA Russian and
Politics students to make a detailed study over two semesters
of an area of contemporary Russian history or politics. To provide
training in research techniques and practice in sustained academic
writing in the Russian language.
Content: A topic to be agreed between student and the Director
of Studies, probably linked to the Special Study written during
the Year Abroad.
ESML0114: Dissertation in Russian 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: DS100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: See Dissertation in Russian
(I)
Content: See Dissertation in Russian (I)
ESML0204: Chinese stage 1A (beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Chinese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0205
Aims & Learning Objectives: An introduction to basic
Chinese ("putonghua") as a preparation to communicating
in a Chinese context.
Content: Basic Chinese grammatical forms. Recognition and
production of essential Chinese characters; the Chinese phonetic
system and the Pinyin system. Initial emphasis will be placed
on speaking and listening. Reading and writing tasks of an appropriate
nature will be gradually incorporated. Special attention will
be paid to the recognition and differentiation of tones.
ESML0205: Chinese stage 1B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Chinese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0204
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Chinese
Stage 1A
Content: A continuation of Chinese Stage 1A
ESML0206: Chinese stage 2A (post beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Chinese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0207
Aims & Learning Objectives: A course to consolidate
existing knowledge of Chinese, to develop listening, reading,
speaking and writing, and to reinforce grammar, in order to enable
students to operate in a Chinese speaking environment.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering the appropriate grammatical
structures and vocabulary and there will be continued emphasis
on tones and pronunciation.
Teaching materials will include reading passages from a variety
of sources as well as topical and relevant audio and video material.
Students are required to give short talks and undertake writing
tasks in Chinese.
ESML0207: Chinese stage 2B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Chinese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0206
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Chinese
Stage 2A
Content: A continuation of Chinese Stage 2A
ESML0208: Chinese stage 3A (advanced beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Chinese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0209
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course builds on the
Chinese covered in Chinese Stage 2 A and B in order to enhance
the student's abilities in the four skill areas.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures
and vocabulary relating to China, Singapore and Taiwan.
There will be discussion in the target language of topics derived
from teaching materials, leading to small-scale research projects
based on the same range of topics and incorporating the use of
press reports and articles as well as audio and visual material.
Students are encouraged to devote time and energy to developing
linguistic proficiency outside the timetabled classes, for instance
by additional reading and/or participating in informally arranged
conversation groups and in events at which Chinese is spoken.
ESML0209: Chinese stage 3B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Chinese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0208
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Chinese
Stage 3A
Content: A continuation of Chinese Stage 3A
ESML0210: French stage 7A (advanced) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0211
Aims & Learning Objectives: A course to consolidate,
refine and enhance previous advanced knowledge of French
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures
and vocabulary.
Teaching materials cover a wide range of cultural, political and
social topics relating to France and may include short works of
literature.
There will be discussion in the target language of topics derived
from teaching materials, leading to small-scale research projects
based on the same range of topics and incorporating the use of
press reports and articles as well as audio and visual material.
Students are encouraged to devote time and energy to developing
linguistic proficiency outside the timetabled classes, for instance
by additional reading and/or participating in informally arranged
conversation groups and in events at which French is spoken.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0211: French stage 7B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0210
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of French
Stage 7A
Content: A continuation of French Stage 7A
ESML0212: French stage 8A (post advanced) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0213
Aims & Learning Objectives: Continued consolidation
and enhancement of the language already acquired in French Stage
7A and 7B
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures
and vocabulary.
Teaching materials cover a wide range of cultural, political and
social topics relating
to France and may include short works of literature or extracts
from longer works. Where numbers permit, some subject-specific
material may be included, covering the relevant scientific and
technological areas and/or business and industry.
There will be discussion and analysis in the target language of
topics derived from teaching materials with the potential for
small-scale research projects and presentations. Audio and video
materials form an integral part of this study, along with newspaper,
magazine and journal articles.
Students are actively encouraged to devote time and energy to
developing linguistic proficiency outside the timetabled classes,
by additional reading, links with native speakers and participating
in events at which French is spoken.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0213: French stage 8B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0212
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of French
Stage 8A
Content: A continuation of French Stage 8A
ESML0214: French stage 9A (further advanced) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0215
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of the work
outlined in French 8A and 8B
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures
and vocabulary.
Teaching materials used cover a wide variety of sources and cover
aspects of cultural political and social themes relating to France.
Works of literature or extracts may be included, as well as additional
subject-specific material, as justified by class size. This may
encompass scientific and technological topics as well as materials
relevant to business and industry.
There will be discussion in the target language of topics relating
to and generated by the teaching materials, with the potential
for small-scale research projects and presentations. Audio and
video materials form an integral part of this study, along with
newspaper, magazine and journal articles.
Students are actively encouraged to consolidate their linguistic
proficiency outside the timetabled classes, by additional reading,
links with native speakers and participating in events at which
French is spoken.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0215: French stage 9B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0214
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of French
Stage 9A
Content: A continuation of French Stage 9A
ESML0216: French stage 4A (intermediate) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0217
Aims & Learning Objectives: A course to consolidate
existing knowledge of French, to develop listening, reading, writing
and speaking, and to reinforce grammar, in order to enable students
to operate in a French-speaking environment.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures,
vocabulary and pronunciation relating to a selection of topics.
Remedial work is carried out where necessary.
Teaching materials will include reading passages from a variety
of sources as well as topical and relevant audio and video material.
Students are required to give short presentations, conduct brief
interviews and write dialogues, reports and letters in French.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0217: French stage 4B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0216
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of French
Stage 4A
Content: A continuation of French Stage 4A
ESML0218: French stage 5A (post intermediate) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0219
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course builds on the
French covered in French Stage 4A and 4B in order to enhance the
student's abilities in the four skill areas.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures,
vocabulary and pronunciation.
Teaching materials cover a wide range of cultural, political and
social topics relating to France and may include short works of
literature.
There will be discussion in the target language of topics derived
from teaching materials, leading to small-scale research projects
based on the same range of topics and incorporating the use of
press reports and articles as well as audio and visual material.
Students are encouraged to devote time and energy to developing
linguistic proficiency outside the timetabled classes, for instance
by additional reading and/or participating in informally arranged
conversation groups and in events at which French is spoken.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0219: French stage 5B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0218
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of course
French Stage 5A
Content: A continuation of course French Stage 5A
ESML0220: French stage 6A (advanced intermediate) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0221
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course concentrates
on the more advanced aspects of French with continued emphasis
on practical application of language skills in a relevant context,
in order to refine further the student's abilities.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures
and vocabulary. There is continued further development of the
pattern of work outlined in French Stage 5A and 5B
ESML0221: French stage 6B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0220
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of course
French Stage 6A
Content: A continuation of course French Stage 6A
ESML0222: German stage 1A (beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0223
Aims & Learning Objectives: An introduction to everyday
German, in order to enable the student to cope at a basic level
in a German speaking environment, concentrating on oral/aural
communication and reading.
Content: Initial emphasis will be placed on speaking, listening
and reading. As vocabulary is acquired more attention will be
given to grammar. Writing tasks of a relevant and appropriate
nature will be incorporated.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work
ESML0223: German stage 1B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0222
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German
Stage 1A
Content: A continuation of German Stage 1A
ESML0224: German stage 2A (post beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0225
Aims & Learning Objectives: A course to build on language
skills acquired in German Stage 1A and 1B to enhance listening,
reading, speaking and writing, and to consolidate grammar, in
order to enable students to operate in a German-speaking environment.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures,
vocabulary and pronunciation.
Teaching materials will include reading passages from a wide variety
of sources as well as topical and relevant audio and video material.
Students are required to give short presentations, conduct brief
interviews and write dialogues, reports and letters in German
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0225: German stage 2B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0224
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German
Stage 2A
Content: A continuation of German Stage 2A
ESML0226: German stage 3A (advanced beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0227
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course builds on the
German covered in German Stage 2A and 2B in order to enhance the
student's abilities in the four skill areas.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures
and vocabulary relating to a selection of topics.
Teaching materials cover a wide range of cultural, political and
social topics relating to German speaking countries and may include
short works of literature.
There will be discussion in the target language of topics derived
from teaching materials, leading to small-scale research projects
based on the same range of topics and incorporating the use of
press reports and articles as well as audio and visual material.
Students are encouraged to devote time and energy to developing
linguistic proficiency outside the timetabled classes, for instance
by additional reading and/or participating in informally arranged
conversation groups and in events at which German is spoken.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0227: German stage 3B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0226
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German
Stage 3A
Content: A continuation of German Stage 3A
ESML0228: German stage 7A (advanced) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0229
Aims & Learning Objectives: A course to consolidate,
refine and enhance previous advanced knowledge of German
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures
and vocabulary.
Teaching materials cover a wide range of cultural, political and
social topics relating to German speaking countries and may include
short works of literature.
There will be discussion in the target language of topics derived
from teaching materials, leading to small-scale research projects
based on the same range of topics and incorporating the use of
press reports and articles as well as audio and visual material.
Students are encouraged to devote time and energy to developing
linguistic proficiency outside the timetabled classes, for instance
by additional reading and/or participating in informally arranged
conversation groups and in events at which German is spoken.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0229: German stage 7B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0228
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German
Stage 7A
Content: A continuation of German Stage 7A
ESML0234: German stage 4 (intermediate) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0235
Aims & Learning Objectives: A course to consolidate
existing knowledge of German, to develop listening, reading, writing
and speaking, and to reinforce grammar, in order to enable students
to operate in a German-speaking environment.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures,
vocabulary and pronunciation relating to a selection of topics.
Remedial work is carried out where necessary.
Teaching materials will include reading passages from a variety
of sources as well as topical and relevant audio and video material.
Students are required to give short presentations, conduct brief
interviews and write dialogues, reports and letters in German.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0235: German stage 4B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0234
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German
4A
Content: A continuation of German 4A
ESML0236: German stage 5A (post intermediate) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0237
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course builds on the
German covered in German Stage 4A and 4B in order to enhance the
student's abilities in the four skill areas.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures,
vocabulary and pronunciation.
Teaching materials cover a wide range of cultural, political and
social topics relating to German speaking countries and may include
short works of literature.
There will be discussion in the target language of topics derived
from teaching materials, leading to small-scale research projects
based on the same range of topics and incorporating the use of
press reports and articles as well as audio and visual material.
Students are encouraged to devote time and energy to developing
linguistic proficiency outside the timetabled classes, for instance
by additional reading and/or participating in informally arranged
conversation groups and in events at which German is spoken.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0237: German stage 5B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0236
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German
Stage 5A
Content: A continuation of German Stage 5A
ESML0238: German stage 6A (advanced intermediate) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0239
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course concentrates
on the more advanced aspects of German with continued emphasis
on practical application of language skills in a relevant context,
in order to refine further the student's abilities.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures
and vocabulary. There is continued further development of the
pattern of work outlined in German Stage 5A and 5B
ESML0239: German stage 6B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0238
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German
Stage 6A
Content: A continuation of German Stage 6A
ESML0240: Italian stage 1A (beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Italian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0241
Aims & Learning Objectives: An introduction to everyday
Italian, in order to enable the student to cope at a basic level
in an Italian speaking environment, concentrating on oral/aural
communication and reading.
Content: Initial emphasis will be placed on speaking, listening
and reading. As vocabulary is acquired more attention will be
given to grammar. Writing tasks of a relevant and appropriate
nature will be incorporated.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work
ESML0241: Italian stage 1B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Italian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0240
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Italian
Stage 1A
Content: A continuation of Italian Stage 1A
ESML0242: Italian stage 2A (post beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Italian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0243
Aims & Learning Objectives: A course to build on language
skills acquired in Italian Stage 1A and 1B, to enhance listening,
reading, speaking and writing, and to consolidate grammar, in
order to enable students to operate in an Italian-speaking environment.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures,
vocabulary and pronunciation.
Teaching materials will include reading passages from a wide variety
of sources as well as topical and relevant audio and video material.
Students are required to give short presentations, conduct brief
interviews and write dialogues, reports and letters in Italian.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0243: Italian stage 2B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Italian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0242
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Italian
Stage 2A
Content: A continuation of Italian Stage 2A
ESML0244: Italian stage 3A (advanced beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Italian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0245
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course builds on the
Italian covered in Italian Stage 2A and 2B in order to enhance
the students abilities in the four skill areas.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures
and vocabulary relating to a selection of topics.
Teaching materials cover a wide range of cultural, political and
social topics relating to Italy and may include short works of
literature.
There will be discussion in the target language of topics derived
from teaching materials, leading to small-scale research projects
based on the same range of topics and incorporating the use of
press reports and articles as well as audio and visual material.
Students are encouraged to devote time and energy to developing
linguistic proficiency outside the timetabled classes, for instance
by additional reading and/or participating in informally arranged
conversation groups and in events at which Italian is spoken.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classwork
ESML0245: Italian stage 3B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Italian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0244
Amis & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Italian
Stage 3A.
Content: A continuation of Italian Stage 3A.
ESML0246: Japanese 1A (beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Japanese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0247
Aims & Learning Objectives: An introduction to everyday
Japanese, in order to enable the student to cope at a basic level
in a Japanese speaking environment, concentrating on oral/aural
communication and the reading and writing of the 2 phonetic Japanese
scripts and selected kanji (Chinese characters)
Content: Initial emphasis will be placed on speaking, listening
and reading. As vocabulary is acquired more attention will be
given to grammar. Writing tasks of a relevant and appropriate
nature will be incorporated. Course material will be drawn from
a variety of sources and will include audio-visual resources.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work
ESML0247: Japanese 1B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Japanese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0246
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Japanese
Stage 1A
Content: A continuation of Japanese Stage 1A
ESML0252: Spanish stage 1A (beginners) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0253
Aims & Learning Objectives: An introduction to everyday
Spanish, in order to enable the student to cope at a basic level
in a Spanish speaking environment, concentrating on oral/aural
communication and reading.
Content: Initial emphasis will be placed on speaking, listening
and reading. As vocabulary is acquired more attention will be
given to grammar. Writing tasks of a relevant and appropriate
nature will be incorporated.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work
ESML0253: Spanish stage 1B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0252
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Spanish
Stage 1A
Content: A continuation of Spanish Stage 1A
ESML0258: Spanish stage 4A (intermediate) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0259
Aims & Learning Objectives: A course to consolidate
existing knowledge of Spanish, to develop listening, reading,
writing
and speaking, and to reinforce grammar, in order to enable students
to operate in a Spanish-speaking environment.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures,
vocabulary and pronunciation relating to a selection of topics.
Remedial work is carried out where necessary.
Teaching materials will include reading passages from a variety
of sources as well as topical and relevant audio and video material.
Students are required to give short presentations, conduct brief
interviews and write dialogues, reports and letters in Spanish.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0259: Spanish stage 4B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0258
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Spanish
Stage 4A
Content: A continuation of Spanish Stage 4A
ESML0260: Spanish stage 5A (post intermediate) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0261
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course builds on the
Spanish covered in Spanish Stage 4A and 4B in order to enhance
the student's abilities in the four skill areas.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures,
vocabulary and pronunciation.
Teaching materials cover a wide range of cultural, political and
social topics relating to Spain and may include short works of
literature.
There will be discussion in the target language of topics derived
from teaching materials, leading to small-scale research projects
based on the same range of topics and incorporating the use of
press reports and articles as well as audio and visual material.
Students are encouraged to devote time and energy to developing
linguistic proficiency outside the timetabled classes, for instance
by additional reading and/or participating in informally arranged
conversation groups and in events at which Spanish is spoken.
Audio and video laboratories are available to augment classroom
work.
ESML0261: Spanish stage 5B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0260
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Spanish
Stage 5A
Content: A continuation of Spanish Stage 5A
ESML0262: Spanish stage 6A (advanced intermediate) (6 credits)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0263
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course concentrates
on the more advanced aspects of Spanish with continued emphasis
on practical application of language skills in a relevant context,
in order to refine further the student's abilities.
Content: This unit contains a variety of listening, reading,
speaking and writing tasks covering appropriate grammatical structures
and vocabulary. There is continued further development of the
pattern of work outlined in Spanish Stage 5A and 5B
ESML0263: Spanish stage 6B (6 credits)
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0262
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Spanish
Stage 6A
Content: A continuation of Spanish Stage 6A
ESML0294: European option E5: In search of Europe (1) - Europe
divided
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To explore the concept
of Europe 1945-1989. To discuss the implications for both Western
and Eastern Europe of Soviet-American rivalries during the Cold
War.
Content: The Cold War; strengths and weaknesses of the
Soviet bloc before 1989; Cold War and détente in Western
Europe (1960s-1980s); 1989 and the collapse of Cold War era political
systems
ESML0295: European option E6: In search of Europe (2) - Europe
in the 1990s: towards unification?
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To explore the concept
of Europe since 1989, examining the nature of European, national
and regional identities.
Content: Immediate consequences of 1989; the resurgence
of particularism; forces for integration.
ESML0300: Year abroad
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To promote the development
of high-level language skills in an appropriate foreign environment;
To acquire personal experience and understanding of the appropriate
foreign culture(s).
Content: To carry out an agreed programme or programmes
of work and/or study in a foreign environment appropriate to the
students language combination. The nature, scope and assessment
is determined by the choice of language(s), placement(s) and country/countries,
in consultation with Year Abroad Coordinators, Course Tutors,
Personal Tutors and Director of Studies.
MANG0040: European integration studies 1
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a basic grounding
in the theory, politics and economics of European integration.
Students will complete the course with a sound knowledge of European
Union institutions and key economic policies.
Content: Subjects covered will be: integration theory;
EU political institutions, their legitimacy and their accountability;
the EU decision-making process; EC finances and funds; the single
market and Europe's lost competitiveness; competition policy;
the EU, world trade and developing countries; regional policy;
economic and monetary union; the enlargement of the EU, the EEA
and Central and Eastern Europe.
Lectures will be supplemented by case study discussions, tutorial
sessions and a revision workshop.
MANG0059: European integration studies 2
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites: Pre MANG0040
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide an advanced
knowledge of the impact of European policies on individuals, managements
and work organisations in the European Union. Students will complete
the course unit with a detailed knowledge of social, environmental
and sectoral impacts of integration and how business interests
can influence the EU decision-making process.
Content: Subjects covered will be: Social and employment
policy issues and the firm; EU environment policy and its impact
upon business and communities; the harmonisation of company law;
sectoral impacts of the single market and business strategies;
lobbying the EU; transport policy and trans-European networks;
implementation of EC law; the future direction of the EU.
Lectures will be supplemented by case study discussions, a decision-making
game, and tutorial sessions.
SOCS0025: European economic history 1: 1800-1950
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To examine some of the
leading features of the history of Europe.
Content: Patterns of development, chiefly in economic matters,
taken by the principal nations of Europe.
SOCS0026: European economic history 2: 1800-1950
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To examine some of the
leading features of the history of Europe.
Content: Patterns of development, chiefly in economic matters,
taken by the principal nations of Europe.
SOCS0045: Introduction to social policy & the welfare
state 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Social Policy
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co SOCS0046
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide an introduction
to social policy as a field of study. To examine the nature and
extent of poverty and inequality in Britain today, as a means
of developing an understanding of social policy as a field of
study.
Content: Introduction to Social Policy; Concepts and Definitions
of Poverty; Social Exclusion; Evidence on the Incidence of Poverty
and Inequality; Demographic Factors and their relationship to
Poverty; Poverty, Gender and 'Race'; Poverty and Policy.
SOCS0046: Introduction to social policy & the welfare
state 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Social Policy
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co SOCS0045
Aims & Learning Objectives: To further develop an understanding
of social policy as a field of study. To examine the historical
evolution of social policy and the welfare state in Britain. To
introduce and examine the concept of the 'mixed economy of welfare'.
To review and analyse recent developments in the major social
service areas.
Content: Services and sectors in Social Policy; 1834 Poor
Law; the 1842 'Sanitary Report'; The Liberal Reforms and the Introduction
of Pensions; Beveridge and the impact of the 2nd World war; the
Post-War Welfare State; Thatcherism and Social Policy; Educational
Reform; Housing; Community Care
SOCS0102: British politics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a grounding
in the study of the British political system, including wider
aspects of Britain's relations with the EU.
Content: The lectures will focus on a wide range of specific
topics central to beginning to study politics (parties, institutions,
etc.). Lectures will include: conservatism; social democracy;
voting behaviour; the media; electoral systems; parliament; executive;
pressure groups; Britain and the European Union.
SOCS0103: European politics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course is more thematic
than the British Politics course (SOCS0102), as it focuses on
the relative strengths of the twin forces of diversity, including
a revived nationalism and integration within Europe.
Content: The lectures will primarily adopt a 'political
culture' approach to national systems and to the question of whether
a wider European culture is emerging; lectures will include: the
political culture approach; how to explain the relative success
of the Greens in Germany?; the politics of race and immigration
in France; explaining political violence - the case of Northern
Ireland; the decline of extremism in Italy; Poland, Russia and
where does Europe end?; theories of European integration and nationalism;
towards a European political culture?
SOCS0104: Policy & politics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Ex SOCS0049
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide an understanding
of the concepts and methods which can be employed in the analysis
of policy.
Content: The course is concerned with the analysis of the
policy process; from policy formulation to implementation. It
provides students with an understanding of what policy analysis
is and what its relation is to other key social science disciplines,
and particularly to political science. Following a conceptual
introduction the course then focuses on tools which can be used
to analyse and understand how policies are made (or not) and implemented
(or not). Seminars use the analysis of particular policy issues
to illuminate conceptual debates.
SOCS0106: Ideologies
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Students should develop
an understanding of the origins, development and content of the
main modern political ideologies, and of the debates relating
to the nature of ideology itself.
Content: The course covers socialism, conservatism, liberalism,
anarchism, fascism, feminism, ecologism, nationalism and fundamentalism.
SOCS0107: American politics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The aim is to provide students
with a knowledge and understanding of central arguments and debates
relating to the American political system, and to equip them to
contribute to these debates, citing relevant evidence.
Content: The course applies the concepts and theories of
political science to the United states of America, assessing the
role played by formal and informal political entities. Notions
of liberal democracy are assessed by reference to debates on the
role of political parties, interest groups, elites and political
culture on political outcomes in America. A number of case studies
consider the political significance from a European perspective
of questions of race and poverty, judicial review, and the American
foreign policy process.
SOCS0108: Totalitarian politics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The course is to provide
students with an understanding of the debates and literature relating
to totalitarianism, a controversial twentieth century political
idea, and form of government.
Content: The main historical focus of the course will be
on Soviet communism and Nazism, although other forms of communism
and fascism will be considered. Cases to be examined include the
Origins of Fascist ideology, theories of Fascist support, the
Fascist state, Soviet Marxism-Leninism, Stalinism, the Gorbachev
Revolution and the collapse of the USSR, and the Neo-Fascist Revival.
SOCS0109: International relations 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX80 ES20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide students with
the necessary background on the main concepts, theories and methods
used to study international relations, and to introduce them to
the historical development of international relations theory.
Content: An historical survey of the main theories of international
relations and the main historical state-systems in which they
arose: the Greek-state system, the middle ages, the Renaissance
and the emergence of the modern state system.
SOCS0110: International relations 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX80 ES20
Requisites: Pre SOCS0109
Aims & Learning Objectives: To apply the main concepts,
theories and methods introduced in International Relations 1 to
the contemporary issues in international politics
Content: Topics include how International Relations has
changed since the end of the Cold War, the State, and non-state
actors, the balance of power, problems of diplomacy, international
organisation, war and international conflict, nationalism, religion
and international stability and international political economy.
SOCS0111: Justice & community
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: For students to develop
an understanding of the liberal-communitarian debate, a major
debate in contemporary Anglo-American political theory.
Content: The course looks at the egalitarian and libertarian
theories of justice developed by John Rawls and Robert Nozick,
the communitarian critique of these theories elucidated by Charles
Taylor, Michael Sandel, Michael Walzer and Alasdair MacIntyre,
and the issue of multiculturalism as it relates to these theories.
SOCS0112: Politics of developing countries 1: The politics
of democratic transition
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX80 ES20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide students with
a background on the concepts and methods used to examine the politics
of developing countries, and to apply them to some of the problems
these countries face.
Content: The course examines the nature of developing countries,
the historical background of colonisation and imperialism, the
main theories (modernisation, dependency) that have been used
to explain the problems of developing countries, the nature of
the state in the Third World.
SOCS0113: Politics of developing countries 2: Religion &
politics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX80 ES20
Requisites: Pre SOCS0112
Aims & Learning Objectives: The purpose of this course
is to examine some of the central problems confronting Third World
states by applying the concepts and ideas introduced in the first
term.
Content: Problems of democracy, the relationship between
political culture and stability, political legitimacy and authority,
the problems of military role, politics, ethnicity and religion.
SOCS0117: Sociology of industrial societies 1: Classical theories
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Sociology
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co SOCS0118
Aims & Learning Objectives: To understand the basic
sociological questions, theories and evidence of industrial society
Content: To answer the following questions: 1) How and
why is industrial society distinctive? 2) Does industrial society
have a logic of social differentiation, based on conflict , control,
or social order? Differences in work, authority and decision making,
kinship and gender, culture and community. The theories of Marx,
Durkheim and Weber.
SOCS0118: Sociology of industrial societies 2: Social change
& social control
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Sociology
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co SOCS0117
Aims & Learning Objectives: To understand the changing
nature of industrial societies, modern and post-modern theories
and evidence of social stratification, organisation and control
Content: To answer the following questions: 1) Do industrial
societies display common trends, even superseding industrialism?
2) What are the main modes of social regulation and social control
in changing societies? Theories and evidence of post-industrialism,
convergence, managerialism, ethnic and gender forms of social
stratification in relation to social control and citizenship.
SOCS0130: Developing societies 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Sociology
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co SOCS0131
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide an understanding
of the major ways in which processes of development and change
have been analysed in the social sciences as the basis for critiquing
and evaluating policy initiatives towards growth and poverty alleviation
in the developing world. Although available to all social science
disciplines, it presents a primarily sociological perspective
on poor country development issues. Lectures will touch on economics
and politics, but not in a way that demands specialist knowledge.
Non-sociologists can be reassured that sociological terms will
be explained in context.
Content: An introduction to ways of thinking in sociology
and anthropology as they apply to an understanding of social change.
A critique of the major paradigms of modernisation and dependency.
Reference to the need to acknowledge 'agency' explanations in
the context of globalisation. A review of concepts of poverty,
given the significance of poverty alleviation in most people's
development agendas. An analysis of peasant production and exchange
systems, and the role of women within such systems, drawing on
illustrations from South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
An examination of rural values, beliefs and ideologies, especially
in relation to wider sets of institutions and markets. Significance
of technological developments in agriculture on social structures
and opportunities for commercial activity and labour markets.
SOCS0131: Developing societies 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Sociology
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co SOCS0130
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide an understanding
of the major ways in which processes of development and change
have been analysed in the social sciences as the basis for critiquing
and evaluating policy initiatives towards growth and poverty alleviation
in the developing world. Although available to all social science
disciplines, it presents a primarily sociological perspective
on poor country development issues. Lectures will touch on economics
and politics, but not in a way that demands specialist knowledge.
Non-sociologists can be reassured that sociological terms will
be explained in context.
Content: Following from Developing Societies I, the course
opens with a discussion of urbanisation in the developing world,
analysing growth trends and regional patterns, and reviewing ethnographical
studies on livelihood strategies among the urban poor. This leads
into a broader examination of the various forms of social and
political action through which inequality and poverty is challenged
(revolution, protest movements and social mobilisation in pursuit
of development objectives). State-society relations are considered
in the context of managing scarcity (involving concepts of labelling,
targeting and controlling access). Ethical issues, especially
in relation to the rights of minority cultures and local use of
natural resources, lead into broader questions about environmental
sustainability, managing the commons and common property management
as institutional alternatives to state regulation on the one hand,
and privatisation on the other. Such questions entail a discussion
about participation and social development as practice, drawing
upon the original theoretical notions of agency and actor-oriented
analysis as a conclusion to the course.
SOCS0132: Environmental policy & the countryside
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Sociology
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop a clear understanding
of the politics of the policy process as it applies to the countryside
and the environment
Content: Concern for the environment has become a radical
and innovative element in European politics. By focusing on developments
between the passage of the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act and
the publication of the 1995 Rural White Paper the Unit explains
the factors which have transformed the agenda of rural policy
making. Corporatist politics and competitive pluralist politics
are contrasted and special attention is given to the changing
balance of private and public rights and responsibilities in the
countryside.
SOCS0135: Core skills for social scientists: Information technology
methods
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Topic: Research Methods
Level: Level 1
Assessment: PR50 CW50
Requisites: Co SOCS0136, Co SOCS0137
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to
basic computing skills needed to support methods modules in Years
1 and 2.
Content: Through practical experience students will acquire
basic skills in word-processing, spreadsheets, simple databases,
file management, use of networked PCs and accessing remote sources
(WWWeb); competence will be assessed through practicals and through
successful use of skills in later methods modules.
SOCS0136: Core skills for social scientists: Social research
methods
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Topic: Research Methods
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co SOCS0135
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to
classical, influential examples of investigations and research
in various social sciences, and to introduce the main methods
as well as philosophical and methodological issues raised by each.
Content: Classical and influential case studies in political,
sociological and psychological research; different types of methods;
classification, quantification and meaning; controversial studies
and their implications.
SOCS0137: Core skills for social scientists: Quantitative
methods 1
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Research Methods
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 PR50
Requisites: Co SOCS0135
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to
the main assumptions, concepts and methods of descriptive and
inferential statistics, and to establish basic competence sufficient
for investigative, exploratory data analysis using a spreadsheet
and/or dedicated statistical software.
Content: Description, Classification, Quantification; Descriptive
Statistics; accessing and exploring a data set; Inferential Statistics;
Causation and Correlation; types of statistical test; learning
to select appropriate tests; designing an investigative project.
The emphasis is on practical competence.
SOCS0149: Media politics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The aim is to provide students
with a grounding in the theory and practice relating to the political
significance of the mass media, with reference to a number of
case studies.
Content: The course examines alternative theories of the
political role of the mass media, and applies these to case studies.
Topics include the Frankfurt School and mass culture, Marxist
and pluralist notions of the media, the 'propaganda model', notions
of public broadcasting, cinema and politics, the global role of
the media, and the media and war.
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