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Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Programme Catalogue 2009/10


UHEU-AKB14: BA (hons) Italian and Politics

Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ITALIAN AND POLITICS

Mode of attendance: Thick Sandwich

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Year 1

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Academic Year: Part 1 Stage 1

Designated Essential Units
EU10632 Italian written & spoken language 1 (advanced entry) 12 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00021 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ZZ10007 Approved 12 credit language option 12 Credits

Semester 1: Part 1 Stage 1

Compulsory Units
EU10064 Italian cultural studies 1A: Introduction to Italian cultural history 3 Credits
EU10065 Italian politics & society 1A: Italian foundation history (1860-1914) 3 Credits
EU10505 Key concepts in politics 6 Credits
EU10712 Comparative politics 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00001 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
EU10103 Introduction to European studies 6 Credits
ZZ10005 Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) 6 Credits
MN10071 Organisational behaviour 6 Credits
SP10002 Social problems & social policy 6 Credits
SP10043 Introductory sociology A 6 Credits
SP10204 Introduction to international development (formerly EC10077) 6 Credits
ZZ10001 Director of Studies approved unit 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 1 Stage 1

Compulsory Units
EU10066 Italian cultural studies 1B: Italian writing of the 19th century 3 Credits
EU10067 Italian politics & society 1B: Italian fascism 3 Credits
EU10410 Political ideologies 6 Credits
EU10616 International relations and global politics 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00011 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
EU10104 Europe since 1945 6 Credits
EU10417 British politics 6 Credits
ZZ10006 Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) 6 Credits
MN10248 Introduction to business accounting 6 Credits
SP10001 Social policy, welfare and the state 6 Credits
SP10044 Introductory sociology B 6 Credits
SP10205 Introduction to politics of development (formerly EC10078) 6 Credits
SP10206 Introduction to social analysis of development (formerly EC10152) 6 Credits
ZZ10003 Director of Studies approved unit 6 Credits

Year 2

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Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 2

Designated Essential Units
EU20633 Italian written and spoken language 2 12 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00022 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ZZ20008 Approved 12 credit language option 12 Credits

Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
EU20070 Italian cultural studies 2A: Italian writers of the early 20th Century 3 Credits
EU20071 Italian politics & society 2A: Italy since 1945 3 Credits
EU20385 European political thought 6 Credits
EU20414 American politics 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00002 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
EU20415 Media politics 6 Credits
EU20721 International organisation 6 Credits
EU20725 Conflict and international security 6 Credits
EU20726 European integration 6 Credits
ZZ20005 Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) 6 Credits
SP20004 The sociology of the family & family policy 6 Credits
SP20047 Economic sociology and work relationships 6 Credits
SP20112 Structure and agency and other dualisms in social theory 6 Credits
SP20207 Researching social change (formerly EC20023) 6 Credits
ZZ20001 Director of Studies approved unit 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
EU20724 Policies and policy-making in the EU 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
EU20761 Social transformation and political and cultural dissent in Italy 6 Credits
EU20762 Italy in transition: politics, society and culture 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
EU20720 Foreign policy-making and its analysis 6 Credits
EU20731 A history of international relations theory 6 Credits
SP20208 International politics of development (formerly EC20080) 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00012 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
EU20407 Border crossings: memory and identity in contemporary Europe 6 Credits
EU20416 Totalitarian politics 6 Credits
EU20424 Introduction to the teaching of English as a foreign language (TEFL) 6 Credits
EU20428 Film, politics & society 6 Credits
ZZ20006 Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) 6 Credits
SP20003 'Race' & racism 6 Credits
SP20005 Power and policy: an introduction to critical policy analysis 6 Credits
SP20048 Understanding industrial behaviour 6 Credits
SP20069 Philosophy of the social sciences 6 Credits
SP20209 Development policy and practice (formerly EC20154) 6 Credits
ZZ20004 Director of Studies approved unit 6 Credits

Year 3

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Academic Year

Compulsory Units
EU20300 Year abroad 60 Credits

Year 4

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Academic Year

Compulsory Units
EU30634 Italian written and spoken language 4 12 Credits
EU30670 Politics dissertation 12 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
AA00023 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
EU30643 European film 12 Credits
ZZ30009 Approved 12 credit language option 12 Credits

Semester 1

Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
EU30077 Italian national option IT2: The novel, the cinema & Italian society 6 Credits
EU30548 Italian national option IT9: organised crime & democracy in Italy 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
EU30101 Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika 6 Credits
EU30107 Culture & national identity 6 Credits
EU30294 In search of Europe (1) - the cold war 1945 - 1989 6 Credits
EU30468 Transitions to democracy 6 Credits
EU30732 The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism 6 Credits
EU30741 US global politics 6 Credits
EU30755 Film and international relations 6 Credits
ZZ30005 Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) 6 Credits
SP30011 Health policies & politics 6 Credits
SP30013 Social security policy and welfare reform 6 Credits
ZZ30001 Director of Studies approved unit 6 Credits

Semester 2

Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
EU30078 Italian national option IT3: Scrittrici Italiane del ventesimo secolo 6 Credits
EU30549 Italian national option IT10: Italy & migration 6 Credits
EU30671 Italian national option IT11: Political terrorism and its legacy in Italy 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
EU30102 Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia 6 Credits
EU30108 European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era? 6 Credits
EU30295 In search of Europe 2: nationalism, regionalism and convergence in Europe since 1989 6 Credits
EU30441 Women & politics in Europe 6 Credits
EU30744 Anti-politics and direct action 6 Credits
EU30745 Culture and religion in international relations 6 Credits
EU30756 The politics of Latin America 6 Credits
ZZ30006 Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) 6 Credits
SP30012 European social policy: a comparative approach 6 Credits
SP30055 Comparative industrial relations 6 Credits
SP40215 Critical issues in social development (formerly EC40165) 6 Credits
ZZ30004 Director of Studies approved unit 6 Credits