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Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
Unit Index 2017/18

Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies in 2017/18. Follow the links on the unit codes to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function.



Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)

Academic Year

PL10952 Europe since 1789 12 Credits
PL10953 France and the Revolution(s): 1789-1968 12 Credits
PL10954 The making and shaping of a new nation-state: Italy 1815-1945 12 Credits
PL10956 Spain from 1898 to the present 12 Credits
PL10957 Deutschland 1871 bis 1989 12 Credits

Semester 1

PL10082 Russian written & spoken language 1A (ab initio) 12 Credits
PL10115 French business environment 1: economic & industrial environment 6 Credits
PL10118 German business environment 1: economic and industrial environment 6 Credits
PL10453 Spanish business environment 1: economic and industrial environment 6 Credits
PL10712 Introduction to comparative politics 6 Credits
PL10907 French written and spoken language 1A 6 Credits
PL10917 German written and spoken language 1A 6 Credits
PL10927 Italian written and spoken language 1A (ab-initio) 6 Credits
PL10939 Spanish written and spoken language 1A 6 Credits
PL10967 Introduction to politics: theory and analysis 12 Credits

Semester 2

PL10085 Russian written & spoken language 1B (ab initio) 6 Credits
PL10120 French business environment 2: legal environment 6 Credits
PL10123 The German business environment 2: legal environment 6 Credits
PL10417 Introduction to British politics 6 Credits
PL10454 Spanish business environment 2: legal environment 6 Credits
PL10877 Introduction to international political economy 6 Credits
PL10908 French written and spoken language 1B 6 Credits
PL10918 German written and spoken language 1B 6 Credits
PL10928 Italian written and spoken language 1B (ab-initio) 6 Credits
PL10940 Spanish written and spoken language 1B 6 Credits
PL10949 France from the First World War to May 68 6 Credits
PL10950 Deutschland 1945 bis 1989 6 Credits
PL10951 Spain from 1975 to the present 6 Credits
PL10955 Russia before 1917 6 Credits
PL10966 Introduction to international relations 12 Credits

Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)

Academic Year

PL20300 Year abroad 60 Credits
PL20413 Work placement 60 Credits
PL20754 Study year abroad 60 Credits
PL20958 Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin America 12 Credits
PL20959 Italy since 1945: politics, culture and society 12 Credits
PL20960 Soviet and post-Soviet Russia 12 Credits
PL20961 Continuity and change in contemporary French politics and society, 1969 to today 12 Credits
PL20962 Die DDR und das vereinigte Deutschland 12 Credits

Semester 1

PL20414 American politics 6 Credits
PL20721 International organisation 6 Credits
PL20726 European integration 6 Credits
PL20878 Research design and methods 6 Credits
PL20889 Contemporary politics of the Middle East 6 Credits
PL20904 Political violence and terrorism in the UK 6 Credits
PL20909 French written and spoken language 2A 6 Credits
PL20913 French written and oral communication in the business context 2A 6 Credits
PL20919 German written and spoken language 2A 6 Credits
PL20923 German written and oral communication in the business context 2A 6 Credits
PL20931 Italian written and spoken language 2A 6 Credits
PL20935 Russian written and spoken language 2A 6 Credits
PL20941 Spanish written and spoken language 2A 6 Credits
PL20945 Spanish written and oral communication in the business context 2A 6 Credits
PL20970 Political theory 12 Credits

Semester 2

PL20416 Totalitarian politics 6 Credits
PL20424 Introduction to English language teaching 6 Credits
PL20466 Comparative employee relations (Spanish) 6 Credits
PL20720 Foreign policy-making and its analysis 6 Credits
PL20724 European Union politics 6 Credits
PL20883 Parliament in modern British politics 6 Credits
PL20899 Quantitative research methods 6 Credits
PL20910 French written and spoken language 2B 6 Credits
PL20914 French written and oral communication in the business context 2B 6 Credits
PL20920 German written and spoken language 2B 6 Credits
PL20924 German written and oral communication in the business context 2B 6 Credits
PL20932 Italian written and spoken language 2B 6 Credits
PL20936 Russian written and spoken language 2B 6 Credits
PL20942 Spanish written and spoken language 2B 6 Credits
PL20946 Spanish written and oral communication in the business context 2B 6 Credits
PL20963 Research design and methods in MLES 6 Credits
PL20968 International comparative politics 6 Credits
PL20969 Advanced international relations 12 Credits
XX20086 French comparative employee relations 6 Credits
XX20087 German comparative employee relations 6 Credits

Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)

Academic Year

PL30670 Politics dissertation 12 Credits
PL30965 MLES dissertation 12 Credits
PL30983 Extended politics dissertation 24 Credits

Semester 1

PL30017 Genre et politique: la France en perspective comparée 6 Credits
PL30078 Italian national option IT3: Scrittrici Italiane del ventesimo secolo 6 Credits
PL30099 Russian national option R2: Literature & society in modern Russia 6 Credits
PL30101 Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika 6 Credits
PL30107 Culture & national identity 6 Credits
PL30294 In search of Europe (1) - the cold war 1945 - 1989 6 Credits
PL30441 Gender and politics 6 Credits
PL30468 Transitions to democracy 6 Credits
PL30548 Italian national option IT9: organised crime & democracy in Italy 6 Credits
PL30568 The politics of democracy & development in Latin America 6 Credits
PL30644 German national option G12: Protest und Widerstand 6 Credits
PL30732 The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism 6 Credits
PL30741 US global politics 6 Credits
PL30759 Heimat und Identität 6 Credits
PL30794 In the shadow of Franco: repression, denial and memory 6 Credits
PL30864 Europe in global politics 6 Credits
PL30873 Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité - perception(s) et réalité(s) dans la société française 6 Credits
PL30881 Contemporary security challenges in Asia 6 Credits
PL30891 European film 6 Credits
PL30895 Meltdowns, conflicts and resistance: capitalism in flux and shifts in economic governance 6 Credits
PL30897 Peace processes in the Middle East and Europe 6 Credits
PL30901 La France postcoloniale 6 Credits
PL30911 French written and spoken language 3A 6 Credits
PL30915 French written and spoken language in the international business context 3A 6 Credits
PL30921 German written and spoken language 3A 6 Credits
PL30925 German written and spoken language in the international business context 3A 6 Credits
PL30933 Italian written and spoken language 3A 6 Credits
PL30937 Russian written and spoken language 3A 6 Credits
PL30943 Spanish written and spoken language 3A 6 Credits
PL30947 Spanish written and spoken language in the international business context 3A 6 Credits

Semester 2

PL30027 French national option F11: La persuasion et la propagande 6 Credits
PL30059 German national option G9: Die Massenmedien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Großbritannien 6 Credits
PL30102 Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia 6 Credits
PL30108 Politically committed European culture 6 Credits
PL30295 In search of Europe (2): integration and disintegration in Europe since 1989 6 Credits
PL30384 Russian national option R3: modern Russian cinema 6 Credits
PL30569 The post-Franco party political system in Spain 6 Credits
PL30592 Germany in the global economy 6 Credits
PL30593 Spain & Latin America in the global economy 6 Credits
PL30594 France in the global economy 6 Credits
PL30671 Italian national option IT11: Political terrorism and its legacy in Italy 6 Credits
PL30728 The international relations of Latin America 6 Credits
PL30744 Anti-politics and direct action 6 Credits
PL30745 Culture and religion in international relations 6 Credits
PL30756 The politics of Latin America 6 Credits
PL30842 Italian politics and society II: the Berlusconi years (1994-2012) 6 Credits
PL30865 French national option F20: La montée du Front National en France 6 Credits
PL30875 Comparative elections and voting 6 Credits
PL30876 Mujeres y hombres en la España contemporánea: del siglo XX hasta nuestros días 6 Credits
PL30879 Modern silk roads: international trade in a global economy 6 Credits
PL30880 The rise of the extreme right: from the margins to the mainstream 6 Credits
PL30882 The disunited kingdom: devolution and the end of British politics? 6 Credits
PL30887 Politique et esthétique: les avant-gardes européennes 6 Credits
PL30888 Rebellion and utopia in Latin American popular struggles 6 Credits
PL30890 Environment, sustainability and democracy 6 Credits
PL30898 Politics in China 6 Credits
PL30900 Les banlieues de la République 6 Credits
PL30902 Contemporary critical thinkers: theory and praxes 6 Credits
PL30903 Politics and religion in contemporary Europe 6 Credits
PL30912 French written and spoken language 3B 6 Credits
PL30916 French written and spoken language in the international business context 3B 6 Credits
PL30922 German written and spoken language 3B 6 Credits
PL30926 German written and spoken language in the international business context 3B 6 Credits
PL30934 Italian written and spoken language 3B 6 Credits
PL30938 Russian written and spoken language 3B 6 Credits
PL30944 Spanish written and spoken language 3B 6 Credits
PL30948 Spanish written and spoken language in the international business context 3B 6 Credits
PL30964 Applied translation studies 6 Credits
PL30971 Language, power and society 6 Credits
PL30972 Film und Geschichte 6 Credits

Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)

Academic Year

PL50310 English to Russian consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
PL50393 English to Chinese consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
PL50469 French to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
PL50471 Russian to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
PL50473 Italian to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
PL50475 German to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
PL50489 Spanish to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
PL50494 Chinese to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
PL50582 Editing & revision 12 Credits
PL50797 Chinese to English simultaneous interpreting 6 Credits
PL50798 English to Chinese simultaneous interpreting 6 Credits
PL50799 French to English simultaneous interpreting 6 Credits
PL50800 German to English simultaneous interpreting 6 Credits
PL50801 Italian to English simultaneous interpreting 6 Credits
PL50804 Russian to English simultaneous interpreting 6 Credits
PL50805 English to Russian simultaneous interpreting 6 Credits
PL50806 Spanish to English simultaneous interpreting 6 Credits
PL50807 Chinese/English liaison and public service interpreting 12 Credits
PL50973 Liaison interpreting for business (Chinese/English) 18 Credits
PL50980 Chinese to English translation for business 12 Credits
PL50981 English to Chinese translation for business 12 Credits

Dissertation period

PL50588 Dissertation/Project 30 Credits
PL50665 MA in International Relations and European Politics dissertation 30 Credits
PL50685 MA in International Relations dissertation 30 Credits
PL50770 MA in International Security dissertation 30 Credits
PL50977 Extended translation project 30 Credits

Semester 1

PL50352 Working for EU institutions and UN 0 Credits
PL50435 Comparative European politics 6 Credits
PL50436 European union politics & policy-making 6 Credits
PL50437 Societal modernisation and the transformation of democracy 6 Credits
PL50584 Proofreading 6 Credits
PL50585 Translation management 6 Credits
PL50750 International terrorism 6 Credits
PL50751 International relations theories 6 Credits
PL50763 International security: theories and concepts 6 Credits
PL50785 Memory culture - memory politics 6 Credits
PL50816 Chinese to English translation I 6 Credits
PL50818 English to Chinese translation I 6 Credits
PL50820 French to English translation I 6 Credits
PL50822 German to English translation I 6 Credits
PL50824 Italian to English translation I 6 Credits
PL50830 Russian to English translation I 6 Credits
PL50832 English to Russian translation I 6 Credits
PL50834 Spanish to English translation I 6 Credits
PL50836 Public speaking 6 Credits
PL50838 Economics and globalisation 0 Credits
PL50850 Specialist module 2 (Freie-Universität Berlin/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) 30 Credits
PL50855 Specialist module 2 (Università degli Studi di Siena) 30 Credits
PL50866 Foreign policy analysis 6 Credits
PL50869 Scopes and methods of politics and international relations 6 Credits
PL50870 Contemporary Transatlantic Studies S1 (study at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) 30 Credits
PL50905 Governance, security and development in East and South East Asia 6 Credits
PL50974 Proofreading, editing and management skills for translators and interpreters (Chinese) 6 Credits
PL50978 Russian politics in comparative perspective 6 Credits
PL50979 The cultures of globalisation 6 Credits
PL50985 Specialist module 2 (Complutense Madrid) 30 Credits

Semester 2

PL50586 Précis writing for the United Nations 6 Credits
PL50587 Enterprise skills for linguists 6 Credits
PL50663 Organised crime in Europe: threats and challenges 6 Credits
PL50764 International security: the contemporary agenda 6 Credits
PL50768 Britain and Europe 6 Credits
PL50771 MA in Contemporary European Studies (Euromasters) dissertation 30 Credits
PL50811 French/English public service and commercial interpreting 6 Credits
PL50812 German/English public service and commercial interpreting 6 Credits
PL50813 Italian/English public service and commercial interpreting 6 Credits
PL50814 Russian/English public service and commercial interpreting 6 Credits
PL50815 Spanish/English public service and commercial interpreting 6 Credits
PL50817 Chinese to English translation II 6 Credits
PL50819 English to Chinese translation II 6 Credits
PL50821 French to English translation II 6 Credits
PL50823 German to English translation II 6 Credits
PL50825 Italian to English translation II 6 Credits
PL50831 Russian to English translation II 6 Credits
PL50833 English to Russian translation II 6 Credits
PL50835 Spanish to English translation II 6 Credits
PL50837 Using technology in the T & I industry 6 Credits
PL50843 Specialist module 1 (Freie-Universität Berlin/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) 30 Credits
PL50847 Specialist module 1 (Charles University, Prague) 30 Credits
PL50849 Specialist module 1 (University of Washington, Seattle) 30 Credits
PL50857 Research dissertation (Freie-Universität Berlin/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) 30 Credits
PL50862 Research dissertation (Università degli Studi di Siena) 30 Credits
PL50868 International organisations in world politics 6 Credits
PL50884 International relations of South and Central Asia 6 Credits
PL50892 Specialist module 1 (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 30 Credits
PL50893 Economic foreign policy and the international trade regime 6 Credits
PL50894 Theories of conflict and conflict resolution 6 Credits
PL50975 Advanced translation (Chinese) 6 Credits
PL50976 Using technology in the translation industry (Chinese) 6 Credits
PL50982 The politics of risk 6 Credits
PL50984 Specialist module 1 (Complutense Madrid) 30 Credits
PL50986 Research dissertation (Complutense Madrid) 30 Credits