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AMSAM
In William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, Shreve McCannon asks his Harvard roomate, Mississippian Quentin Compson, to "Tell about the South": "What's it like there. What do they do there. Why do they live there. Why do they live at all." In this module, we will explore the contrasting ways that those questions have been answered - and, indeed, still continue to be answered - by Southerners and others. Reading widely in Southern literature, we will witness the emergence of a distinct Southern literary identity in the years before the Civil War; consider the effect of slavery on the development of Southern letters; encounter, through Reconstruction and beyond, the effects of defeat, liberation and memory; meet the flowering of the Southern Renaissance; and trace the development of Southern writing through the Civil Rights Era and beyond, up to the present day. But we will also consider a variety of other Southern cultures - music, particularly, from country to hip-hop, but also film and television - and think about the ongoing representations of the South by outsiders. And throughout, we will question the shifting meaning of "the South", and consider its persistent significance in the twenty-first century.
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AMSAM038 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The Imperial Origins of the United States and Canada begins with an examination of the condition of North America in 1492, and proceeds to discuss in the next three sessions to analyse the impact of trade, missionary work, European settlement, warfare, slavery and imperial rivalry in three broad geographic regions: 1) The Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and southern Atlantic coasts of North America; 2) The St. Lawrence valley, New England and the Canadian Maritime regions; and 3) New Netherland, New Sweden and their successor colonies, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvannia. Having laid this foundation, the module continues chronogically, examining the Spanish, French, and British Emmpires in North America side-by-side, through the period of the American Revolution and on to the War of 1812. Over the long run, the British Empire spawned two huge polities in North America, and the module will close by examining its distinctive legacies on the two sides of the U.S. - Canadian border.
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AMSAM025 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in their MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person.
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AMSAM04X |
90 |
Semester 2 |
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AMSAM03X |
90 |
Semester 2 |
This module aims to provide students with general knowledge of Native American History within the broad context of US history up to the present day. We will follow a chronological sequence, based on a survey text. Scholarly articles will enable students to become familiar with recent work in this field, and archival documents will be used to develop skills in analysing primary texts. All students will be given the opportunity to study one tribe/nation in depth.
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AMSAM005 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
In a 1993 White House speech entitled, "U.S Interests in Caribbean: Building a Hemispheric Community of Democracies", President Bill Clinton stated that, 'more than ever before, our nation is a Caribbean nation.' The inseparability of hemispheric and domestic issues was also an integral component of Barack Obama's election campaign, made clear in a speech in Miami, Florida, in May 2008, where he stated that 'the future security and prosperity of the United States is fundamentally tied to the future of the Americas'. The Caribbean and Latin America have historically been the loci for U.S. economic and political interaction and expansion, and simultaneously excluded from the historical narrative of Western Modernity; an irony underscored by the fact that the region was historically pivotal to the rise of the dominance of the 'West' and the source of its wealth. This module thus focuses on America from a transnational perspective and rethinks U.S. culture in relation to the American hemisphere. The module remaps the literary and cultural geography of the U.S. exploring, amongst other things, the pace of the Caribbean and Latin America in the American imagination; the ways in which the Caribbean and Latin America have been, historically and up to the present day, sites onto which U.S. Americans inscribe and project fantasies and fears, dreams and nightmares; and the ways in which the Caribbean and Latin Americn have been, and are, integral to U.S. formations of national identity.
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AMSAM023 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module emphasizes close reading, and exposure to some of the masterpieces of 20th century American prose fiction, over theoretical paradigms or a great deal of critical reading. Each week we will discuss a significant 20th century American novel (and author) in depth, coming to grips with their primary themes, structures, and techniques. However, many of our books have a solid body of scholarship associated with them with which you should also certainly expect to familiarize yourself, and each week's reading will include a required scholarly essay, which will be selected by your classmates for their presentation.
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AMSAM017 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
While popular representations of New World slavery range from the dehumanized slave body to the romanticisation of enslaved life, scholarly work over the last few decades has sharpened our understanding of what it meant to be an enslaved man,woman and child in the context of Atlantic slavery. This module concerns the lived experiences of the enslaved in the slaveholding south. It is structured around the cultural histories of the lives and will consider how concepts such as race, class, gender, and sexuality interacted and were articulated in this particular historical context. Concepts of power and resistance will also be central to the discussion, as both enslaver and enslaved negotiated the limits of control in their own lives and those of others. The module will employ a variety of source materials including slave narratives, folklore tales, work-songs, and fictional representations of slavery in order to try and fully reveal the complexities of enslaved life.
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AMSAM032 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This Core Autumn module introduces students to key theories in American Studies. As American Studies is an interdisciplinary field, we require all MA students in our School, whether focusing upon American History, American Literature, Film and American Studies, or American Studies, to familiarize themselves with foundational concepts in the field. The reading list will vary, but will generally have a week of introduction followed by three weeks on literary and textual theory, three weeks on historiography, and three weeks on visual culture and film theory. The aim of the module is to ensure that all students are comfortable with the basic theoretical tools necessary to advanced study in American cultural studies of all varieties.
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AMSAM009 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module is run over two semesters. The Autumn and Spring semester element of the training requires attendance and active engagement at the School research seminars which are run on a weekly basis. In addition, during the Spring semester students will take a half-module concerned with preparation for writing their dissertations over the Summer. Students will present their dissertation proposal at the last of the School's research seminars in the Spring Semester. Assessment will be based on a reflective report, written at the end of the autumn semester, concerning the research seminars students have attended. The spring semester will be assessed through presentation and submission of the dissertation proposal.
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AMSAM02Y |
10 |
Year Period |
Central to post-war American avant-garde aesthetics and poetics is an investigation of the constructedness of the space we inhabit and of the bodies we occupy. By close and detailed analysis of a range of experimental American texts - painting and especially, poetry - from 1950 to the present day, this module explores the ways in which ideas of the postmodern in America can be seen to 'work' through such politicised constructions of the body as gender, sexuality and subjectivity. Running alongside its reading of poetic and artistic texts, the module will also consider the ways in which theories and theorists of the postmodern reflect the concern of America's experimental arts with an aesthetics of 'process' rather than of 'product'. It thereby questions the extent to which a poetics of the postmodern challenges the cultural space that America has inhabited in the late-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
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AMSAM034 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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ART-M
Museums and cultural heritage institutions share a common frame work of management and organisational structures and a common set of practices in relation to curatorship, presentation and preservation whether of objects, buildings or other kinds of historical sites. Some of this is a matter of legal requirements (which clearly may vary from country to country) and some is more directly about acquiring a particular set of skills required in a working situation. Whether someone is interested in the administrative, curatorial or research aspects of work in such an organisation, a thorough understanding of what is involved in each of these activities is an important asset. These various strands are drawn together in a programme which runs over two semesters. This includes presentations by professionals in the field, practical exercises and visits. Seminars may also be organised to respond to topical issues which may arise. Those who develop particular interests may follow these up through targeted readings outside of the seminar sessions on an individual basis.
A large series of themes are explored. These include institutional issues such as those of governance, the legal responsibilities of public bodies, the policy framework, insurance and security, and the funding context. The public presentation of museums and heritage organisations are considered with sessions on introducing exhibition and gallery design and lighting, the role and contribution of temporary exhibitions, writing and editing text, education, outreach and marketing. More specific skills include object handling and basic conversation, cataloguing and documentation, communication, organising meetings and planning or running projects.
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ART-MC16 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module defines the concept, scope and history of 'cultural heritage'. It identifies trends in cultural heritage studies, and addresses the key ideas of heritage interpretation as well as the cultural aspects of globalisation. It encourages critical engagement with the ideas of community, national and world heritage by drawing attention to the tensions between the cultual political, legal and touristic aspects of heritage.
Throughout, the module will refer closely to the interface between heritage and development studies and incorporate a range of pertinent academic disciplines and methods, which define the activities of the School of World Art Studies, and more generally, 'cultural heritage studies'. The unit is designed to provide analytical reference and departure points from the other Cultural Heritage modules and core development perspectives.
This module has two major aims. The first is to provide the conceptual and research skills necessary for advanced academic study in the Humanities. The second is to develop the academic creativity, mental agility, questioning attitude and methodological rigour necessary for pursuing a career in academia or in the arts and heritage sectors. This entails considering the political, social, and ethical issues, problems and responsibilities involved in cultural interpretation.
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ART-MC13 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Museums and cultural heritage institutions share a common frame work of management and organisational structures and a common set of practices in relation to curatorship, presentation and preservation whether of objects, buildings or other kinds of historical sites. Some of this is a matter of legal requirements (which clearly may vary from country to country) and some is more directly about acquiring a particular set of skills required in a working situation. Whether someone is interested in the administrative, curatorial or research aspects of work in such an organisation, a thorough understanding of what is involved in each of these activities is an important asset. These various strands are drawn together in a programme which runs over two semesters. This includes presentations by professionals in the field, practical exercises and visits. Seminars may also be organised to respond to topical issues which may arise. Those who develop particular interests may follow these up through targeted readings outside of the seminar sessions on an individual basis.
A large series of themes are explored. These include institutional issues such as those of governance, the legal responsibilities of public bodies, the policy framework, insurance and security, and the funding context. The public presentation of museums and heritage organisations are considered with sessions on introducing exhibition and gallery design and lighting, the role and contribution of temporary exhibitions, writing and editing text, education, outreach and marketing. More specific skills include object handling and basic conversation, cataloguing and documentation, communication, organising meetings and planning or running projects.
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ART-MC15 |
40 |
Semester 1 |
Ancient Egypt is irrevocably connected with the trajectory of 'western' culture - from Renaissance Italy to revolutionary France and beyond. Focussing on the history of collecting and displaying Egyptian antiquities, including the unwrapping of mummies, this module interrogates the construction of different 'ancient Egypts' in European and North American contexts. Topics include museum displays from the 19th century to the present day; 19th century world fairs and international exhibitions; mummy unwrappings and other stagings of the Egyptian body and related artefacts; 'Egyptomania'; ancient Egypt, race, and Afrocentrism; and archaeological and artistic representations of Egypt.
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ART-MA67 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module aims to address those aspects of imperialism and cultural representation that have become the focus of studies in critical museology, anthropology and art history in the past decades. Drawing on and assessing analytical approaches fashioned in post-colonial studies, the module will enable you to debate the visual and material cultures of empire. You will be encouraged to approach historical material within a comparative framework.
Through the use of wide ranging historiical, cultural and theoretical case-studies we will develop a committed approach to investigations of the entangled and contested nature of imperial representations. Whilst some of these studies will relate to the British East India Company and the Raj in India, others will draw attention to the processes of empire-building, colonisation and de-colonisation in other global contexts. Issues and debates in studies of visual culture and material culture will be linked directly to histories of collection and display in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, encompassing the Great Exhibition, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Indian Museum, and various other national and international institutions.
While intended for art history students, the module may also be of interest to students of cultural geography and history, as it will bring in related themes, such as 'centre/periphery' relations, the global south, knowledge networks and subaltern studies, and this may also allow students of art-related fields to operate and interact in wider disciplinary contexts.
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ART-MA60 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module traces the visual construction of the 'sensible' and sentimental human subject, that man, woman or child of feeling who emerged (through novels, plays, social practice and art itself) within late eighteenth-century British culture. Out of the ashes of an earlier model of socialised 'politeness', and in the wake of Britain's commercialisation and its radical revision of class and gender identities, new forms of subjectivity were formulated in which interiority, imagination, innate responsiveness and originality were given unprecedented attention. Furthermore, Britain's increasing involvement with cultures outside Europe and with the business of imperialism meant that the possibility of cross-cultural and pan-human subjectivities were evaluated alongside that of 'Britishness' itself. Tears, embraces, passions and groans became - along with visions and nightmares - the signs of inner capacity of raw responsiveness with which the properly human subject was evaluated within British culture. In turn, cruelty, violence and horror entered the British cultural imaginary with spectacular vigour during this period. Through the representation of such types as the doting mother, the desperate slave, the heartless bandit and the artistic genius, the relationship between 'nature' and 'refinement', between the raw and the cultivated, was complicated and reconfigured by late eighteenth-century subjects.
The visual arts played a crucial role in shaping these subjectivities and were themselves substantially shaped by that process in turn, not least through the expectations of sensibility, sentimental narrative and aesthetic innovation that contemporary viewers (including the new professional type, the critic) often brought to art. Analysing paintings, drawings and sculpture by artists such as Joseph Wright of Derby, Benjamin West, Thomas Gainsborough, Henry Fuseli, JMW Turner and Willaim Blake, we will look at portraiture, history and landscape painting, the 'fancy' picture and sentimental genre imagery as well as funerary monuments and graphic satire. In so doing, we will draw on a range of recent art-historical and theoretical texts in order to think again about the meanings of 'the Gothic' and 'romanticism' and to remap the relationship between art and subjectivities on the threshold of modernity.
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ART-MA59 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This semester-long module, delivered through regular tutorials, is available to those wishing to focus on a regional or theoretical interest covered by the specialisations of SRU faculty. Semester long, available either Autumn or Spring (this is an option to replace one of ART-MS01, ART-MS03 or ART-MS05).
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ART-MS1Y |
30 |
Year Period |
Students on the MA in Museology are expected to undertake substantial periods of assessed workplace-based vocational training as part of the course. For two days each week from October until May, with the exception of university vacation periods, students work as interns in a regional museum within daily travelling distance of the University. They are allocated to museums on the basis of their emerging professional interests and aspirations, academic background and, from a practical point of view, their mobility. Each student undertakes a project agreed with their hosts and supported by the Internship Co-ordinator for the Museology Programme. In addition, each student benefits from an additional four week full-time internship during the Easter vacation, in a different museum either elsewhere in the UK or overseas. Learning from these experiences is assessed by a learning journal and oral examination, which takes place at the end of the academic year and contributes significantly to the overall course mark.
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ART-MU7Y |
60 |
Year Period |
In addition to the year-long Museum Intership each student benefits from an additional four week full-time internship during the Easter vacation, in a different museum either elsewhere in the UK or overseas. While the student will be set a practical task for their internship - in consulation with the host institution - their assessment will be by means of a critique of the museum, based on independent research.
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ART-MU10 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Each year, up to four bursary-funded year-long Training Fellowships are available, on a comparative basis, to people who have already confirmed their acceptance of a place on the MA in Museum Studies. In exceptional cases, Fellowships may also be offered to people who have recently completed an appropriate MA at UEA or at another university. One Fellow is attached to each of the Education, Curatorial, Collections Management and Marketing/Public Services teams within the Sainsburys Centre for Visual Arts and they become integrated into that team's daily work when they are not attending taught MA programme sessions. The heads of the host teams develop a programme of workplace-based training for each Fellow and Fellows are expected to contribute to the work of the teams as though they were members of staff. Despite the considerable demands of time and commitment, this experience offers an invaluable 'leg up' into museum work and, to date, Fellows' development through this programme has meant that 100% of them have gone straight from the Fellowship into museum work. Applicants to the MA in Museum Studies are asked to signal any interest they may have in also being considered for a Fellowship (please specify which) at the time of application.
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ART-MU8Y |
60 |
Year Period |
This section of the SRU MA course provides candidates with detailed knowledge of the visual arts of Pacific/Oceania, contemporary and historical, while also focusing on the methodological and theoretical issues involved in their analysis and display, both in their original contexts and in the contexts of museums and exhibitions.
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ART-MS03 |
30 |
Semester 1 |
This section of the SRU MA provides candidates with detailed knowledge of the visual arts of the Americas, ancient and historical, while also focusing on the methodological and theoretical issues involved in their analysis and display, both in their original contexts and in the contexts of museums and exhibitions.
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ART-MS05 |
30 |
Semester 1 |
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ART-MS06 |
10 |
Semester 2 |
This consists solely of a dissertation of not more than 12,000 words on a topic relevant to cultural heritage management. Students choose their own topics, subject to the approval of the two Course Directors. The dissertation is to be researched and written independently by each student, though with the support of an appointed supervisor.
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ART-MC0X |
60 |
Semester 2 |
Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in their MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person.
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ART-MA1X |
90 |
Semester 2 |
10000-15000 word dissertation on a topic on the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas chosen with advice from the area supervisor.
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ART-MS0X |
80 |
Semester 2 |
A 10000-15000 word dissertation on the application of students' subject or professional expertise to the realisation of vocational or theoretical museum-related projects.
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ART-MU0X |
50 |
Semester 2 |
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ART-MA24 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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ART-MA33 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This section of the SRU MA course provides candidates with detailed knowledge of the visual arts of Africa, contemporary and historical, while also focusing on the methodological and theoretical issues involved in their analysis and display, both in their original contexts and in the contexts of museums and exhibitions.
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ART-MS01 |
30 |
Semester 1 |
This module provides students with practical heritage management experience, consisting of a two to three week work placement with an appropriate heritage organisation (organised and funded by the student) and a 8,000 word management plan. The plan will focus on one heritage location, monument or group of objects chosen by the student from those under the care of the placement host organisation and in consultation with that organisation and the Course Directors. Students will be required to complete their placement successfully to gain credit for this module.
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ART-MC06 |
40 |
Semester 2 |
Protestantism postulated a truly personal relationship to the Divine. But why did this emerge in Germany, in the writings of Martin Luther? And what role was played by altarpieces, secular history paintings, portraits and prints? Are there any marked changes in how individuals were represented? Can we trace any broader impacts on how imagery was made, consumed and understood? To answer these questions, we shall draw on work by artists such as Durer and Cranach and on writings by academics such as Scribner, Baxandall, Moxey and Koerner. The broad aim is to explore what it meant to make and look at pictures in Reformation Germany, in a period of disenchantment with the image.
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ART-MA66 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This consists solely of a dissertation of not more than 12,000 words on a topic relevant to cultural heritage management. Students choose their own topics, subject to the approval of the two Course Directors. The dissertation is to be researched and written independently by each student, though with the support of an appointed supervisor.
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ART-MC2X |
60 |
Semester 2 |
Whether conceived as Utopia or Urban Jungle, cities are products of the imagination. These imaginations are spatially inscribed upon the cityscape through urban planning, architecture, maps, artistic interventions and the habits of its inhabitants. While Paris derives its grandeur from its urban planning by Hausmann, its postcolonial inhabitants take different routes through its mazes (as visualised in La Haine). Even if the city is designed according to a master plan, the fl??neur will always improvise his or her daily walk. To imagine the city is to construe the city as a cityscape.
This module examines cityscapes of Berlin, Brasilia, Cairo, Casablanca, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Las Vegas, Log Angeles, Tel Aviv and Paris. Addressing the work of Bauhaus and architects like Koolhaas, Le Corbusier and Sir Norman Foster, and artists such as Banksky, Christo, Papisto Boy and Doris Salcedo, we examine how they have either established cityscapes or inteverned in established narratives of the city. By looking at graffiti, film and photography we establish how the city is imagined as a political project or a place of corruption. Thus we assess how cities are products of imagination, how we inhabit cities and cities inhabit us.
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ART-MA58 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This consists of a dissertation of no more than 8,000 words on a topic relevant to the management or the theory of cultural heritage and/or museums. Students choose their own topics, subject to the approval of the Course Director. The dissertation is to be researched and written independently by each student, though with the support of an appointed supervisor.
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ART-MU1X |
40 |
Semester 2 |
Rome, the old capital of a world empire, lost its position as seat of imperial governance already in the 3rd century AD but by the end of antiquity had become the centre of an ecclesiastical empire. The city was transformed into a new entity now dominated by the church. In this changing urban matrix a distinctive Christian architectural practice developed. We shall analyse the principal architectural and artistic outcomes of this process from the material reorganization of the church in the time of Constantine until the age of ecclesiastical reform. We will also be considering the lived fabric of the city, on which much new light has been thrown in recent years.
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ART-MA70 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Norfolk and Suffolk were two of the richest counties in England in the Middle Ages. They have remained relatively unaffected by subsequent industrialisation and retain very rich resources for the study of art and architecture from the eleventh to the fifteenth century. The region thus offers an exemplary focus for learning about medieval art and architecture and ample opportunities for developing research projects.
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ART-MA64 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module focuses on the question of how and why people need, create and use cultural heritage. Various factors will be examined including social, political and economic ones, with reference to examples of cultural heritage in Japan. Two characteristics of cultural heritage are stressed in particular: heritage unites and divides people. Stressing the close link between cultural heritage, memory and identity, the module aims to reveal how cultural heritage has been and is used for the making of community, nation and empire, both in global and Japanese contexts.
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ART-MC20 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
While we are currently experiencing a 'heritage fever', resulting in frantic attempts to identify, classify, preserve, and interpret our cultural heritage, the question as to why we are so obsessed with heritage requires examination. While the preservation of cultural heritage perhaps seems primarily of an aesthetic nature, critical studies have revealed heritage conservation to be part of the making of nations and empires, hence intrinsic to processes of nationalism and colonialism. This module deconstructs some of these roles and functions of cultural heritage
Yet, in the current heritage revival we can discern other engagements with cultural heritage that may be understood as part of a politics of self-realisation. Heritage can thus contribute to overcome the legacies of slavery, colonialism and civic conflict, thus restoring dignity and providing recognition. Moreover, heritage can provide migrants with 'roots' and create a sense of place in a globalising world. This seminar examines how heritage is used in an attempt to use 'cultural as cure' and therefore looks at what can be called, for want of a better term, 'heritage healing.
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ART-MC12 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module comprises two strands. First, it discusses the concept, scope and history of what is generally defined as 'cultural heritage' and addresses recent trends in cultural heritage studies. In this process, particular emphasis is placed on the ideas of local, national and world heritage, as well as the relations and tensions between the social, political, economic and legal aspects of heritage. Second, these theoretical perspectives will be critically evaluated through the examination of various types of cultural heritage in Japan, which include artistic, archaeological, architectural and folk heritage, as well as traditional performance, landscape and pop cultures. Incorporating a range of pertinent academic disciplines and methods, this module is designed to provide departure points for the other Cultural Heritage modules.
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ART-MC19 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module explores one simple proposition: that contemporary art should be viewed in historical perspective. Recently developed frameworks for addressing contemporary practice have acknowledged shifts in media and in the status of the art object (for example Rosalind Krauss' review of 'the post-modern condition' and Martha Buskirk's account of 'the contingent object'). Yet these frameworks operate most effectively when positioned historically, in relation to the profound transformations of art practice of the later 1960s.
We will begin by reviewing the work of artists who first came to prominence in the 1960s by developing alternatives to the abstraction defended by Clement Greenberg, whether through a reevaluation of painting (Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke) or through the radical extension of abstraction to installation (H??lio Oiticica, Cildo Meireles). Against this background, we will analyse what Hal Foster has referred to as 'the crux of minimalism' and the practices which developed from it. These practices, above all performance art and conceptualism, have paved the way for more recent developments.
In the latter sections of the module we will examine these various legacies of the 1960s: the role of conceptualism in the development of feminist art (from Martha Rosler to Mary Kelly; the ambiguous status of photography and film in the recording of performance (especially in the work of Joseph Beuys and Marina Abramovi'); the various practices of appropriation of the 'Pictures Generation' (including Sherrie Levine and Cindy Sherman). The module concludes by assessing one of the most significant forms of contemporary practice, the documentary mode developed by the 'Becher School' (as in the work of Thomas Struth and Candida H??fer) and by figures such as Allan Sekula.
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ART-MA61 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This consists of a dissertation of no more than 8,000 words on a topic relevant to the management or the theory of cultural heritage and/or museums. Students choose their own topics, subject to the approval of the Course Director. The dissertation is to be researched and written independently by each student, though with the support of an appointed supervisor.
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ART-MC1X |
40 |
Semester 2 |
This module has two major aims. Firstly, it provides you with the conceptual and research skills necessary for the advanced academic study of art from historical, cultural and environmental perspectives. Secondly it helps you develop the academic creativity, mental agility, questioning attitude and methodological rigour needed for pursuing innovative research. Amongst other things, this involves the critical examination and evaluation of how artefacts and buidlings are interpreted.
The module is designed to help you to analyse and work constructively with a range of approaches to art history and is taken by all students reading for the MA in History of Art. It provides an opportunity to explore European art as part of a world wide phenomenon and to theorise how art in particular places developed in distinctive ways. This includes exploring the relationship between history, art, culture and the environment (resources, climate and topography). Both written assignments for the module giving you the opportunity to pursue your own interests as well as discussing and reading around issues raised inthe module as a whole.
Key themes include: the nature of intellectual creativity; the conceptual and practical skills necessary to formulate viable research projects; various styles of academic writing; academic team-work; the different perspectives involved in the study of artefacts; the interpretative process and its implications.
Key themes include: the nature of intellectual creativity; the conceptual and practical skills necessary to formulate viable resarch projects; various styles of academic writing; academic team-work; the different perspectives involved in the study of artefacts; the interpretative process and its implications.
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ART-MA51 |
30 |
Semester 1 |
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DEV-M
The module will provide an overview of different research methods and how they can be applied within the context of development practice. Among other things, it will cover the following topics: interviewing, mixed methods approaches, participatory research methods and basic statistical analysis.
THIS MODULE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR MRES DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE STUDENTS.
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DEV-MD2Y |
20 |
Year Period |
In this module students will be working in the university and in the local community to design, implement and evaluate their own `live' media and development project. This module is taught and facilitated by lecturers from DEV and by a team of professionals from a media and development organisation, called New Media Networks (NMN). NMN is a creative industries company that works in the UK and internationally for lasting social change. Students will also be working with staff (and possibly
volunteers) from the local organisations we collaborate with.
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DEV-M09Y |
20 |
Year Period |
In this module, students will conduct an organisational and policy analysis for their Final Independent Research Project.
THIS MODULE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR MRES DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE STUDENTS.
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DEV-MD4Y |
20 |
Year Period |
This is the third module leading to the award of Mres in Development Practice. It is a 7 month distance learning module which provides development practitioners with the skills to implement a major research project developed around the analysis of a practical issue. Students develop skills in interpretation of quantitative and/or qualitative data and analyse the data in relation to current debates and theory in their field. Through e-conferencing students discuss their findings and develop abilities to distil policy lessons and apply their research-based knowledge to their practice. Support is provided by distance learning for data analysis and writing skills for two major audiences and formats: research-based papers in format suitable for publication in a peer review academic journals in an appropriate field and policy briefs. By the end of the module students will have produced a working paper in the style of a journal paper, a policy brief and a summary `capstone' article reflecting on the whole research process. These will be submitted together with assessments from modules 1 and 2 to form a research portfolio.
Module 3 has three pieces of assessed coursework:
Assessment 1: Final working paper (journal style)
Assessment 2: Policy Brief
Assessment 3: Summary Research Article
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DEV-M34Y |
60 |
Year Period |
This is a 3-hour exam taken by all students on the MSc in Water Security and International Development.
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DEV-M104 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The aim of this module is to understand how food security is affected by policies, environmental processes, and actions that occur at the international level. Food security is a central theme, and how it is constructed and contested at international level, involving global institutions, interest groups, and diverse policy agendas. This exploration does not confine itself exclusively to production, but also considers other areas of concern, including: global environmental change, dietary shifts, `post-production' concerns with food quality or ecosystem integrity, agribusiness, public versus private agricultural innovation, intellectual property rights, and strategies for technological development. Students will gain critical understanding of these debates and how different policy actors engage with them at both the local and the global level. These actors include firms, public R&D institutions, civil society, farmers' movements, consumers' groups, and major donors and philanthropic organizations. The module will help students develop a critical and inter-disciplinary understanding of key international policy debates that have relevance to agriculture. Additionally, students will gain a better understanding of how trends in globalised agriculture affect poor people, particularly smallholder farmers, but also consumers and those involved in value chains.
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DEV-M106 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module provides students at school and faculty level with a generic introduction to social science research. This includes introductory material on the nature of social science research, research design, the nature of quantitative and qualitative research methodology, and examines the process and skills needed for social science research. The module is the core module for DEV's 3 MRes programmes: MRes International Development; MRes Development Practice and MRes Social Science Research (Faculty-wide). The module focuses on social science research in terms of design and methodology and complements other modules being offered in DEV and other schools on social science research methods and tools.
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DEV-M087 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MSc in Impact Evaluation.
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DEV-M098 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module provides students with a generic introduction to Social Science research. This includes introductory material on the nature of Social Science research, research design and the nature of quantitative and qualitative research methodology. It also examines the skills needed for Social Science research.
THIS MODULE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR MRES DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE STUDENTS.
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DEV-MD1Y |
20 |
Year Period |
The aim of `Water Security Theory and Concepts' is to investigate the theory and conceptual frameworks that underpin research and policy work on `water security'. It will explore the background to rising concerns regarding the protection and use of water, and outline key problematics regarding its current treatment in research centres, in the literature and in practice. The module will examine the differences between water security and water resources security, and moreover, study the connections between water security with food, climate or energy security, and international, state and individual concerns regarding military security.
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DEV-M101 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Production of a short (8000-12000) dissertation on an approved topic.
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DEV-M04X |
40 |
Semester 2 |
The aim of `Water Security Tools and Policy' is to investigate and provide a working familiarity with established and cutting-edge analytical, decision-making, and development tools (such as water footprinting or climate impacts assessment) for effective water security policy. It will utilise case study material, physical models, computer exercises and material brought or sourced by students to audit the water security of a system of interest (e.g. city, region, country, irrigation scheme). The students will record and assess the factors that affect water security such as laws and legal frameworks; water supply and demand volumes; institutions for managing water; climate change science and models; climate risks and adaptation; and future projections regarding societal change. Actions to address security will be discussed and formulated.
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DEV-M102 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
15,000 to 20,000 words on an approved topic.
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DEV-M05X |
80 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MA in Development Economics.
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DEV-M032 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a compulsory module exclusive to post graduate students doing the MA International Development and Business (MAIDB) and MA in Theatre and Development (MATD).
Students will demonstrate the ability to design, implement and write up an independent piece of research, on a subject relevant to their course and interests with a length of between 9,000 and 15,000 words.
Specific Objectives: The dissertation needs to be an independent and original piece of work. An important preliminary step in the dissertation process will be the preparation of a research proposal during the Spring Semester and Assessment Period, including a primary data collection plan and gaining of ethical approval. The research proposal will include a summary of objectives, a draft conceptual framework, relevant methodology and data collection of instruments, and an analysis and writing plan/schedule.
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DEV-M080 |
60 |
Semester 2 |
The aim of CPS is to promote an understanding of the driving forces behind armed conflicts, including civil wars, riots, and communal conflicts, which have become a major obstacle to development. It situates these within the global political economy, particularly within the neo-liberal politics of the last few decades, as well as within concepts of post-colonial state building. Security is conceptualised broadly as not just national/international security but also as the right to security of individuals, including women and children, as well as civilian men. Gender is an important analytical lens here, used not as a proxy for women but as a vitally important component of global militarism, particularly as regards the part played by hegemonic masculinist concepts and ways in which masculinisms play out in specific conflict settings. Peace is conceptualised not just as the situation that breaks out after the signing of a peace treaty but also in relation to post-conflict levels of direct and structural violence that affect individuals and groups of citizens, including women and children at the domestic as well as other levels. Humanitarian agendas are discussed along with their effects on conflict as well as the politics of the UN, and conflicts arising out of competition over natural resources.
Students who have taken this module should be able to situate the causes of conflict within the global political economy and understand how conflicts relate to the wider regional and international contexts.
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DEV-M052 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MA in International Relations and Development Studies.
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DEV-M048 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is the second module of the Mres in Development Practice, which together with module 1 comprises the award of Postgraduate Diploma. It is a 5 month distance learning module with one two-week on-site workshop. Robust problem analysis based on theoretical debates and policy analysis allows students to elaborate a clear research thesis or question. Students acquire knowledge and understanding of advantages and limitations of different research methodologies and methods and ethical implications of research, and reflect on these in the context of their work and research area. From piloting research instruments students are supported to develop a full research proposal including dissemination plan. Through distance learning students acquire skills of analysis for examining relevant policy documents and debates and produce a problem statement and policy analysis report. A two-week on-site workshop introduces students to data collection, analysis and presentations skills for quantitative and/or qualitative data by the end of the module students will have produced a final research plan/proposal.
Module 2 has one piece of assessed project work:-
Assessment: Research Plan/Proposal (5000 words)
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DEV-M33Y |
60 |
Year Period |
Production of a short (8000-12000) dissertation on an approved topic.
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DEV-M040 |
40 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MSC in Climate Change and International Development.
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DEV-M086 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MA in Rural Development.
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DEV-M030 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MSC in Environment and International Development.
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DEV-M042 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3-hour exam taken by all students on the MA in Development Studies.
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DEV-M028 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Thi is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MA Conflict Governance and International Development.
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DEV-M054 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the analysis and understanding of issues of environmental change, and of the relationships between environment and development. Students will have a critical understanding of social constructions of cause and effect relationships in environment and development issues, including a critical understanding of scientific assessments. They will be able to link these understandings to topics encountered in other courses, and to develop their own perspectives on environment and development issues. In particular they should understand the somewhat different perspectives in `less developed countries' on environment and development issues. The course consists of weekly workshops and seminar sessions, which include videos and discussions oriented around core issues and readings. Assessment is based on coursework and written examination.
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DEV-M051 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The aim of the module is to enable students to understand current debates on education and development and their implications for international and national education strategies. Students will critically examine education policy documents (including we-based literature), investigate policy development processes and develop the ability to locate global, national and local levels policies and practices within current debates. These processes will be investigated in relation to particular policy agendas including access and quality, educational governance, social justice and school choice, as well as areas such as education and conflict, poverty and marginalisation, gender and HIV and AIDS.
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DEV-M046 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
15,000 to 20,000 words on an approved topic.
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DEV-M050 |
80 |
Semester 2 |
Aims to introduce a range of tools and frameworks used by researchers, government agencies, businesses and NGOs to inform and develop their environmental management strategies in a sustainable development context. Students will gain familiarity with the most important available approaches and an understanding of the key assumptions and ideas in environment-development research, monitoring and management systems. The module is taught through workshops and practical sessions, lectures and field or study visits within Norfolk. There is an emphasis on putting concepts into practice and understanding how environmental assessments guide management actions. Both individual and team projects will be important. Tools and frameworks covered may include environmental and social impact assessments, survey techniques for land, water or biodiversity, GIS and modelling of social-ecological systems, sustainable livelihoods analysis and integrated conservation and development.
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DEV-M064 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The aim of this introductory module is to expose students to basic econometric theory and provide them with sufficient knowledge and practical skill for competent use of econometrics in empirical research. The module also enables students to understand and interpret econometric research results. By the end of the module students acquire sufficient knowledge and skill to apply multivariate analysis of cross-sectional and time-series data to a wide range of macro- and micro-economic problems of development. In addition to lectures, the module includes computer workshops on Stata (widely used econometrics software) and seminars.
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DEV-M067 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The module provides the building blocks for microeconomic analysis of development.
Topics include:
' Poverty, inequality and welfare
' Agricultural household production
' Intra- household allocation
' Risk, uncertainty and insurance
' Markets and Institutions: credit
' Markets and institutions: labour
' Human capital : education, health and nutrition
' Public goods, collective action
' Institutions, transaction costs
' Policy reforms
' Household surveys and their analysis
The module consists of lectures, seminars and workshops. Students are assessed by essay and exam.
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DEV-M057 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module provides an understanding of the economics of international and investment and their implications for development. It analyses the impacts of international trade, foreign investment and technology transfer on developing countries and evaluates the effects of national trade and investment policies and international economic agreements and institutions.
It covers both trade theory and more applied topics such as the impact of trade on labour and the environment.
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DEV-M056 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MA in Gender Analysis in International Development.
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DEV-M034 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Over the last few years, social development has become a leading focus in international development policy. Most international agencies and many of the larger NGOs have their own departments or divisions of social development. This module offers a detailed theoretical analysis of key concepts issues in social development, such as power relations, social capital, social exclusion, participatory development and different understandings of poverty. It focuses on the experiences of developing countries.
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DEV-M063 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module explores relations between social policies (defined broadly) and various forms of identity and difference. It focuses on the experiences of developing countries and pays particular attention to gender issues, although other aspects of diversity (such as ethnicity, disability and age) are also addressed explicitly. The module has both theoretical and more practical components, including sessions on gender planning and mainstreaming analysis.
This module has a limit of 40 students.
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DEV-M066 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The aim of the module is for students to understand current debates on the principles and theories linking education to development in a range of social contexts. The module will introduce students to theories of education and development including international and comparative education. These are examined in relation to the broader challenges of development. Topics in the module may include: theories of human development and capabilities, human capital and rights based approaches, theories of equity, social justice and inclusive education. We will examine schooling in contexts of chronic poverty, models of schooling and de-schooling, formal and non-formal education, the challenges of linguistic and cultural diversity , gender inequalities, Islamic education, and the education of nomads and other migratory groups.
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DEV-M007 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The aims of this module are to provide students with a solid understanding of both the theoretical perspectives and concepts that have underpinned the field of gender and development; and to enable students to understand the link between gender and key debates within development studies such as poverty, violence, religion and the role of men in gender and development. The module begins by exploring the various approaches to theorising gender and development, as they have evolved in recent decades. It then introduces and explains a range of key concepts as the foundations of gender analysis. The second part of the module applies these concepts in examining a selection of important and policy relevant debates: the nature of the household and kinship, gender roles, power and empowerment, poverty, violence, masculinities, religion and the gendered nature of institutions. The module builds the foundation for the more applied units which follow, and whilst it touches on policy implications as they arise, it does not focus on gender policy as such.
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DEV-M015 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The objective of this module is to explore different theoretical ideas and debates about development, and place these in their historical and political contexts. We will critically assess the various ways in which development has been conceptualized, from the end of the Second World War to the present day. Topics covered will include modernisation theory; dependency theory; the role of the state; neo-liberalism and the Washington Consensus, neo-institutionalism and the post-Washington Consensus; poverty and basic needs; human development and capabilities; equity and justice; rights and empowerment; and sustainable development. A key point of the module is to show how ideas in development emerge and how they shape policies and practice in development in the present day.
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DEV-M003 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module provides a broad introduction to health issues in a context of development. It reviews different cultural understandings of health, and relationships between health, socio-economic change, livelihoods and poverty. The module also examines health policies of particular relevance to developing countries. While the module looks at health issues in general, it pays particular attention to links between HIV/AIDS and development.
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DEV-M070 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module provides an understanding of the impact of globalisation on the distribution of industrial activity and the economic, social and environmental consequences of these trends. It analyses the conditions for and consequences of globalisation and industrialisation in developing countries with a particular focus on the implications for the role of the state in promoting economic development.
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DEV-M072 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MA in Education and Development.
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DEV-M036 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MA in International Social Development.
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DEV-M038 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Why are some countries richer than others? The objective of the module is to provide a rigorous analysis of economic growth issues and examine macroeconomic models that describe determinants of long-term growth and income. We will study the role of capital accumulation, initial income, population growth, education, technological progress, and institutions in determining different patterns of economic development. Theory and data analysis will jointly help explain why some countries embark on divergent development paths.
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DEV-M076 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is the first of three modules leading to an award of MRes in Development Practice, or a stand alone module leading to an award of a Postgraduate Diploma. It is a 7 month distance module with one on-site workshop for development practitioners working in development and humanitarian policy and practice. It provides them with the opportunity to develop research skills fundamental to conducting research related to their work and to use this is evaluate, reflect on and improve development practice. The module aims to support students to develop a literature review and design a significant piece of research in the subject area in which they are working. Through an initial two week on-site workshop students are introduced to question framing and problem analysis, critiquing and reviewing evidence, research and literature, and development theory. They examine and assess different research designs and understand the process of research design development. Through distance learning, they are supported to select and develop a research question, collate and evaluate the current state of knowledge in that area and develop a draft research plan. By the end of the module students will have developed a final literature review and designed a draft research plan.
Module 1 has two pieces of assessed coursework:-
Assessment 1: Draft Research Plan
Assessment 2: Final Literature Review
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DEV-M32Y |
60 |
Year Period |
This module is intended to provide all students studying media related postgraduate degrees with a broad, current and inter-disciplinary understanding of the media today. The guiding philosophy informing this module is the belief that in order properly to understand the media, whether as a lawyer, economist, development studies professional, media studies specialist or political scientist, it is essential to have a wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary understanding of the modern media. What we shall be doing over the year therefore is looking at the structure of the media industry today in the UK and globally. We will consider, from several different academic perspectives, how media content is constructed, what factors and influences go to shape content and how content may be controlled and even censored. We will also look at the media industry, examining how it is currently organised and managed, what factors influence its current organisation and consider how it might develop. We will also examine how media affects people and society and consider also the assumptions that are made about the impact of the media. Finally, we will seek to draw together key aspects of modern media.
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DEV-M07Y |
40 |
Year Period |
In this module, students will conduct and write up their Final Independent Research Project.
THIS MODULE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR MRES DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE STUDENTS.
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DEV-MD8X |
60 |
Semester 2 |
The aim of this module is to provide an introduction to the analysis of the different approaches to development communication and the wider relationships between media and development.
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DEV-M082 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a compulsory module exclusive to post graduate students doing the MA International Development and Business (MAIDB) and MA in Theatre and Development (MATD).
Students will demonstrate the ability to design, implement and write up an independent piece of research, on a subject relevant to their course and interests with a length of between 9,000 and 15,000 words.
Specific Objectives: The dissertation needs to be an independent and original piece of work. An important preliminary step in the dissertation process will be the preparation of a research proposal during the Spring Semester and Assessment Period, including a primary data collection plan and gaining of ethical approval. The research proposal will include a summary of objectives, a draft conceptual framework, relevant methodology and data collection of instruments, and an analysis and writing plan/schedule.
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DEV-M08X |
60 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MA Globalisation and International Development.
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DEV-M078 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This course seeks to provide students with a solid understanding of political ecology theory and to enable them to apply this theory for analyzing environment and development problems. After a brief introduction to key theoretical concepts in political ecology, students review key contributions to major policy fields in environment and development. They do this in a series of reading seminars, covering agriculture and biotechnology, climate change, conservation, fisheries, forestry, water management and other fields. The course ends with a workshop on the role of policy in political ecology.
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DEV-M090 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a 3 hour exam taken by all students on the MA in Media and International Development.
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DEV-M084 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module will help prepare students for development fieldwork and focus on practical and ethical issues. Topics covered will include understanding the local context and culture, working with marginalised, vulnerable and privileged groups, negotiating access to field sites and power relations.
THIS MODULE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR MRES DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE STUDENTS.
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DEV-MD3X |
20 |
Year Period |
This module aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the most important methods of impact evaluation. For that purpose, it provides instruction in and hands on experiences of the main quantitative and qualitative impact evaluation methods, with an emphasis on the quantitative.
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DEV-M096 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module aims to provide an introduction to the theory and practice of Impact Evaluation. For that purpose, the first part intends to address the theory of welfare, with particular reference to poverty, inequality and multi-dimensional ill-being. The second part of the module intends to provide an introduction the theories and practices of evidence based policy making, and the third part to cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis.
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DEV-M097 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
In this module, students will develop a detailed research proposal for their Final Independent Research Project.
THIS MODULE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR MRES DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE STUDENTS.
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DEV-MD6Y |
20 |
Year Period |
In this module, students will design and pilot their own research instruments for their Final Independent Research Project.
THIS MODULE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR MRES DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE STUDENTS.
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DEV-MD5Y |
20 |
Year Period |
Around three-quarters of the world's poor live in rural areas and the gap between poor and rich continues to widen. The fate of the rural poor can be greatly influenced by policies in areas such as agriculture, land, social protection, natural resources, infrastructure and trade. This module provides an understanding of key rural policies and issues in rural politics and develops approaches for their analysis. Emphasising the connections between rural livelihoods, policy and politics, it includes attention to policy making and policy implementation as well as broader rural politics in areas central to development practice. The module explores these dynamics with explicit attention to the effects of globalised agriculture on rural livelihoods, rural politics and the spaces available for rural development policy.
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DEV-M016 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change is a core module for all MAARD students and is an option for all other masters students. It is an inter-disciplinary module that uses a social relations perspective to understand how people make a living in contexts of poverty and vulnerability. The module aims to provide an overview of rural livelihoods and approaches to their analysis as well as a critical assessment of the implications of gender and gender relations, and poverty, for livelihood building. The interconnections between the wider context within which livelihoods are built, including global trade, national policies and the character of specific locations, the social structure and rules that determine entitlements, the assets or resources available to individuals and groups, and their livelihood strategies, will be examined. The links between rural and urban, farm and non-farm for the livelihoods of rural people, over time, will also be explored.
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DEV-M061 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The concepts of governance and democracy hold very different meanings for distinct political trends. Thus, on the one hand democracy is cited as the only way for citizens to have meaningful input into their government, while on the other it is seen as empty of most substantial content consisting mainly of relatively meaningless formal components such as multi-party elections, a vehicle for enabling globalisation. Similarly, there are multiple ways of conceptualising governance. Recently, `good governance' has become a development buzzword that now occupies a central place in development thinking, policy-making and practice. But what does good governance mean and why has it become so important for development? How are democracy and governance related to the state and how are they affected by global governance? What does it mean to be a citizen, whether of a state or globally and how does gender, in the form of masculinisms, affect the way all these are conceptualised? These are some of the key issues and questions that this module will try to address.
Students who have taken this course should understand the historical roots of democracy and the political aims behind the governance agenda. They will also have gained theoretical perspectives, analytical tools, and basic information that can help them evaluate wider debates about political development, democracy, and governance.
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DEV-M065 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
"The module is designed to provide a broad overview of the debates on globalisaion and its implications for developing countries. It is taught from a variety of different disciplinary perspectives and considers a range of views and critiques. It addresses key issues such as the impact of globalisation on poverty and inequality, the role of the state, and conflict and security, as well as addressing the resistance to globalisation and the rise of global social movements."
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DEV-M071 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Corporate Responsibility
MDS
The module will cover both the main issues that need to be addressed by companies which are adopting CSR and the tools that are used to implement such policies. There will be ten sessions with the following structure:-
(1) What is CSR? Evolution of CSR - drivers and stakeholders
(2) Case 1 - Environment - climate change
(3) Case 2 - Environment - bio-technology
(4) Case 3 - Labour
(5) Case 4 - Human Rights
(6) Case 5 - Development
(7) CSR Tools 1: Codes of Conduct
(8) CSR Tools 2: Reporting and Auditing
(9) CSR Tools 3: International Partnerships and Regulation
(10) Taking stock - future directions:
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DEV-M095 |
10 |
Semester 1 |
This module aims to develop critical knowledge of the contextual and policy components of climate change (CC) and development issues. Teaching is mainly through weekly lectures and workshops, supplemented by seminars and video presentations. Topics include: the international negotiations on climate change; the North-South politics of climate change; carbon markets (Voluntary and compliance based); World Bank finance for energy and climate change; adaptation and vulnerability; gender and climate change; sector and region specific analysis of climate impacts.
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DEV-M093 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module continues from where RSW1 leaves off. It provides students with the skills to complete their procedural paper, particularly focusing on methodology and moving further on theory-data linkages towards the construction of a conceptual framework.
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DEV-M092 |
10 |
Semester 2 |
The course aims to raise the quantity and quality of research in the development studies field of higher degree students in the School of Development Studies. Development Studies is a very challenging field of research from an epistemological point of view, freaquently crossing disciplinary boundaries and involving policy engagement and strong political commitments.. Claims to increase knowledge of progress, or regress, in the human condition are inevitably highly contested. The course aims to provide an overview of the major epistemological approaches to effective research about change in all contemporary societies, but especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is conducted through a series of lectures and workshops, with opoortunities for students to interrogate faculty about their epistemological committments and discuss their own approaches.
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DEV-M074 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The Advanced Qualitative Research and Analysis module (AQRA) is designed to provide a more advanced training in qualitative methods than its predecessor Research Skills for Social Analysis. It represents a progression from Research Techniques and Analysis in the first semester or an extension of previous experience/ training. Areas covered include bringing social theory into qualitative research, designing research using qualitative and mixed methods, data cleaning and management, data analysis, representing others, and applying qualitative research. There will be three lectures on core qualitative methods such as participant observation, however, the module assumes participants have previous experience or training.
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DEV-M094 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module is guided by the premise that theoretical perspectives about development are shaped by historical contexts and conditions that shape them. These contexts critically influence the issues and processes that are identified as the key concerns of development. They also impact upon the nature of the agency that is chosen to offer solutions to these concerns. Contemporary World Development explores how key development perspectives inform the most important issues in development today and different kinds of agency.
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DEV-M002 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The course lectures and seminars will include the following topics:
' Development research and research ethics
' Development research and research ethics
' Research design and method; sampling, questionnaire design, interviews
' The role of qualitative methods in quantitative research and mixed methods
' Participatory and action research
' Design and implementation of household surveys on various topics, e.g. income, consumption, employment, health, nutrition, education, etc.
Basic data processing and statistical analysis and presentation are taught using SPSS.
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DEV-M027 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
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ECO-M
For all students taking the MA in Economics, Environmental Economics, Experimental Economics, Industrial Economics, Political Economy, Economics and Finance, Economics and International Business, Economics and the Mass Media, Economics and International Relations, Economics and Health Economics, Competition and Regulation Policy. Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in ther MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person.
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ECO-M10X |
60 |
Semester 2 |
This module begins by looking at some advanced topics in monopoly behaviour, before investigating how firms interact in markets. The latter is the core material of industrial organisation theory, and we develop the game theoretic approaches to oligopoly pricing, product differentiation, and strategic investment. Applying these core ideas, we investigate topics such as strategic entry deterrence mergers, 2-sided markets, R&D, patents and vertical relationships including exclusive dealing, other restraints and rebates. Although this is essentially a module in applied microeconomic theory, emphasis is placed on empirical relevance, testability and policy analysis.
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ECO-M011 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module is concerned with the economics of the mass media industries, with an emphasis on TV broadcasting and film, and with some coverage of the advertising, sports and 'new media' industries and the printed press. It covers the basic theory of the competitive process, focusing in particular on the conditions under which intervention is required, and the implications of technological change for the structure and conduct of the mass media industries. Any student without a background in economics, and who is NOT taking the module 'Economic Concepts' must consult the Postgraduate Teaching Director before enrolling on the module.
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ECO-M013 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This is a module of two halves. The first half introduces some basic econometric techniques, and the problems which arise in their use. The second half applies the skills acquired in the first half, to particular problems in financial economics such as the capital asset pricing model, exchange rate forecasting, testing the efficient markets hypothesis, modelling non-constant volatility and estimation of VAR models. With the aid of the specialist econometric software package STATA, theoretical models are estimated and tested using real data.
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ECO-M017 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module looks at the operation of capital markets and their relationship to the financial structure of firms, from the point of view of an economist interested in the relationship of asset prices that emerge from financial markets and real levels of productive investment in the economy. The main question revolves around the following - do asset prices formed in financial markets provide accurate signals for resource allocation?
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ECO-M015 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module uses the tools of economic and econometric analysis to examine the workings of the labour market. We shall build updon a simple static analysis of a competitive labour market by considering ways in which the supply and demand for labour might be modelled within a dynamic framework. This approach will provide insight into how the relationship between employment and tenure might vary across skill groups. We shall also consider how the labour market process influences key factors such as the distributation of income (both within and across generations) and the distributation of employment. This will allow us to look more closely at the questions of whether workers with equal aptitudes and abilities will achieve similar labour market outcomes. Throughout the module we shall refer to empirical evidence, the results of econometric studies, government policy and make use of cross country comparisons, this will enable us to evaluate the strength of a particular economic argument, the role of labour market institutions and the impact of government policy.
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ECO-M016 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module is concerned with world political economy, international macroeconomics, trans-boundary environmental problems such as global warming, growth and the institutions of the international economy. It combines techniques of economics, such as game theory, with a concern to understand global and international developments in political and economic affairs. Students should have some basic knowledge of economics prior to taking the module.
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ECO-M014 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a graduate level module in experimental economics, appropriate for those who have a good background in economics and some prior knowledge of economists' uses of experiments, such as is provided by Experimental Economics I. This module complements Experimental Economics I by emphasising how to conduct experiments in economics and how to analyse experimental data.
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ECO-M008 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a graduate-level module in industrial economics, designed for students with a strong prior background in economics. It investigates a number of empirical topics in industrial organisation and competition policy, building on the theoretical insights provided by Industrial Economics I. Topics include collusion, predatory behaviour, price discrimination, bundling, product differentiation, vertical restraints, mergers and merger simulation, entry and industrial concentration and effectiveness of competition policy.
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ECO-M010 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module is designed to provide training in modern, advanced macreoconomic theory. It aims to familiarize students with the workhorse models economists use to think about macroeconomics, demand and supply shocks, and stabilization policy.
The module is compulsory for all students on the MAs in Economics, Economics and Finance, Environmental Economics, Experimental Economics, Industrial Economics and Political Economy
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ECO-M006 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is an advanced module in microeconomic theory, designed for postgraduate students with a strong background in economics. The topics covered in this module include the duality approach to demand theory, firm theory, general equilibrium theory, game theory, choice under uncertainty, agency theory and the economics of asymmetric information. The rational-choice foundations of microeconomics are also critically examined.
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ECO-M005 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This is a module of two halves. The first half introduces some basic econometric techniques, and the problems which arise in their use. The second half applies the skills acquired in the first half, to particular problems in economics such as exchange rate models and the analysis of discrete choices by individuals. An emphasis is placed on the practical side of the subject. With the aid of the specialist econometric computer software STATA, theoretical models are estimated and tested using real data.
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ECO-M001 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This is an advanced module in applied econometrics, aimed at students with some prior knowledge of econometrics. The module is divided into four parts: time series econometrics, estimation of systems of equations, microeconomics, and panel data models. There is an emphasis on the practical side, with the specialist econometric software package STATA being used extensively.
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ECO-M002 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module looks at recent developments in research on the efficiency of financial markets. The starting point will be outlining the rational valuation formula, the random walk hypothesis and efficient market theory in their current guises as representative of orthodoxy. Then the contrast between orthodoxy and 'dissenting' views will be discussed with reference to equity markets, bond markets, foreign exchange markets and options and futures markets.
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ECO-M024 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This graduate level module provides an introduction to the experimental literature in economics. The module considers the rational for experimentation in economics; it examines several of the ways in which experiments have been used; it provides an introduction to and seeks to appraise the contribution experiments have made, and can be expected to make, in a variety of areas of economics, for example in relation to behavioural economics, industrial economics, financial economics and macroeconomics.
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ECO-M007 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This is a technical finance module aimed at students wishing to pursue careers in the financial sector. The focus will be on valuation and risk analysis of financial products and positions. The module will be highly analytical, with weekly exercises and assessment balancing mathematical problems and practical exercises involving Excel. Topics covered will include: present value calculation; bond analysis; futures markets; interest rate futures and yield curve analysis; option pricing and hedging; exotic options; Swaps; Martingales.
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ECO-M022 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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ECO-M009 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module is designed to introduce students to micro and macro economics analysis, and to familiarise students with a wide range of economic tools which can be applied to issues relating to their Applied Training Programme.
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ECO-M019 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This is an advanced module in econometric theory, aimed at students with some prior knowledge of econometrics. Using matrix algebra, the multiple regression model is analysed, and the theory of estimation and hypothesis testing is developed in this context. Violations of the basic assumptions of the multiple regression model, such as heteroscedasticity, serial correlation, misspecification and measurement error, are analysed from a theoretical perspective. Finally, dynamic models and models of expectations are covered. The specialist econometric software package STATA plays a role, but with a much greater emphasis on techniques than on results.
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ECO-M003 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module is structured around three main questions: why do multi-nationals exist? What are their beneficial effects? Why might they sometimes be a cause for concern? In answering these questions we confront a variety of theoretical and empirical methodologies (eg, oligopoly theory, transactions costs, econometric, case studies in corporate strategy) and draw upon various branches of Economics (international, industrial, labour, financial and political economy).
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ECO-M018 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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ENV-M
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are computer programs for the capture, management, analysis and display of spatially referenced data. They are now increasingly widely used in ecology and environmental management, both in the organisation and analysis of pre-existing data sets and for analysis of data collected during fieldwork. This module aims to introduce their basic principles, capabilities, applications and limitations. Only basic familiarity with a PC is required and there will be weekly practical classes using the ArcGIS software. The main emphasis will be on imparting an understanding of what a GIS is, the strengths and weaknesses of such systems, and their practical use in research contexts (including MSc dissertations).
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ENV-MA94 |
10 |
Semester 2 |
The module will critically assess the assumptions and projections of social and technological change represented in climate change mitigation scenarios, with an emphasis on energy systems. This will include a review of the drivers and dynamics of historical energy transitions.
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ENV-MA66 |
10 |
Semester 2 |
This module explores the rise of deliberative and participatory approaches to science and decision-making as one of the most significant recent developments in the environmental field. It examines: the theories, rationales and methods of participatory environmental decision-making (PEDM); their application in different institutional, social and geographical contexts; evaluation of participatory process effectiveness; and emerging critiques of participation. There is an emphasis on case studies to address these themes, developing practical as well as theoretical understandings of participatory approaches, and associated skills in facilitating environmental deliberation. Co-taught with ENV-3A54.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A54 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA54 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module is designed to give a general introduction to meteorology and its relation to climate and climate change, concentrating on the physical processes in the atmosphere and how these influence our weather. The course contains both descriptions and mathematical treatments of meteorological topics and the assessment is designed to allow those with either mathematical or descriptive abilities to do well; however, a reasonable mathematical competence is essential, especially in rearranging equations, and a familiarity with basic calculus is helpful. Co-taught with ENV-2A23.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-2A23 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA23 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Climate change and variability has played a major role in shaping human history and the prospect of a warming world as a result of human activities (global warming) presents society with an increasing challenge over the coming decades. This module covers the science of climate change and our current understanding of anthropogenic effects on climate. It provides details about the approaches, methods and techniques for understanding the history of climate change and for developing climate projections for the next 100 years, supporting further study of the scientific or policy aspects of the subject in either an academic or applied context. Co-taught with ENV-3A49.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A49 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA49 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module will adopt an integrated approach to studying surface water and groundwater resources in river basins. Approaches to catchment management will be considered in the context of improving water-dependent terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Topics of climate change impacts on water resources in terms of droughts and floods, as well as water quality issues arising from changing land-use patterns will be considered, together with the engineering and socio-economic methods necessary to adapt to future pressures on water resources. Co-taught with ENV-3A60.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A60 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA60 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Have you ever wondered why human economic activity seems to be so bad for the environment? Does it have to be like that? Is it possible for human beings to enjoy high standards of living and a high quality environment? Through the study of the principles of Environmental Economics this course sets out to answer those questions. Addressing a wide-range of economy-environment problems including car pollution, over-fishing, climate change and declining oil stocks, the course shows that most environmental problems can be solved through the adoption of policies crafted with the careful application of economic reasoning. Co-taught with ENV-3A44.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A44 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA44 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The MRes dissertation provides the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the course in the design and conduct of an original research project. The research topic may be suggested by a member of faculty or be of your own choosing. This is a required module for all students taking the MRes in Environmental Social Science.
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ENV-MB8X |
80 |
Semester 2 |
Environmental Assessment is considered to be more effective when conducted at strategic levels of decision making, and is usually perceived to have a goal of achieving sustainable development. This module provides experience of conducting a particular form of strategic assessment, Sustainability Appraisal (SA), which incorporates environmental, social and economic considerations into plan making. Through practice of SA, a field course involving hands-on application of environmental assessment techniques, and consideration of effectiveness theory, this module will examine what makes assessment effective.
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ENV-MA64K |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module investigates the impacts of consumption on social and environmental systems, and how these might be reduced. It presents the key theories and debates around sustainable consumption, and critically examines a range of strategies for achieving it, covering governmental, business, community and individual actors. A mainstream policy approach to sustainable consumption is contrasted with an alternative `new economics' model, and we examine a range of perspectives on what drives consumption patterns. Workshop exercises to apply these theories to `real world' examples will provide experiential learning opportunities. We then critically assess a selection of sustainable consumption initiatives in detail, for example local organic food, eco-housing, Transition Towns, local currencies and community-based behaviour-change campaigns. Co-taught with ENV-MA85, which is restricted to Norwich Business School students taking the MBA course.
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ENV-MA83 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This year long module involves individual research in the environmental sciences with the topic suggested by and closely directed by a supervisor. The work will develop research skills through learning by doing and will be presented as a seminar and in the form of a research paper. The project differs from Year 3 project in requiring greater time and higher expected standards of research design and application of data.
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ENV-MA9Y |
60 |
Year Period |
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions have significant environmental and societal impacts. This module focuses on the physical basis and analysis of each hazard, their global range of occurrence and their global impact. The module also addresses approaches towards hazard mitigation and minimising vulnerability, with an emphasis on their practical implication. Scenarios and probabilities of mega-disasters are also investigated. This module is co-taught with ENV-3A04.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A04 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA04 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Atmospheric chemistry is in the news: stratospheric ozone depletion, acid rain, greenhouse gases, and global scale air pollution are seen as some of the most significant environmental problems of our age. Chemical composition and transformations underlie these issues, and drive many important atmospheric processes. This module covers the fundamental chemical principles and underlying physical processes in the atmosphere from the stratosphere to the surface, and considers the role of chemistry in current issues of atmospheric chemical change through a series of lectures, seminars, laboratory sessions and some field work. A secure background in maths and chemistry (e.g. AS-level or equivalent) is recommended.
ENV-MA80 and ENV-MA02 are natural follow-on modules, and build on some of the concepts introduced here.
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ENV-MA37 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
From supernovae and the early condensation of the solar system, through the climate history of the planet and on to modern stratospheric chemistry, studies using stable isotopes have made a significant contribution to our understanding of the processes that shape the Earth. In this module we look at the theory and practice of isotope geochemistry, covering analytical methods and mass spectrometry, fractionation processes, and isotope behaviour in chemical cycles in the geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere. The course consists of lectures, practicals, including hands-on experience in the stable isotope laboratory, and student led seminars.
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ENV-MA81 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module is concerned with the chemistry that informs the management of air pollutants. It focuses on urban and regional issues and is concerned with pollution in the widest sense. It will unashamedly shift the viewpoint between chemical, legislative, economic, historical and social interpretations of pollution problems. Students within this module will come to appreciate the necessity of a broad perspective of environmental problems. The module looks largely at urban air pollution - high and low temperature sources of pollutants, their effect and control, reactions in classical and photochemical smogs, effect on health, effect on plants and animals, effect on materials. Past and current trends. Indoor pollution. Heterogeneous chemistry - aerosols; sources and sinks, size spectra, elemental enrichment on particles, scavenging. Chemistry of rainfall; chemical equilibria, kinetics of thermal and photochemical reactions in solutions, snow and dew chemistry, acid rain. In covering sources of trace gases in the atmosphere it is fairly wide and where possible we will touch on geological, biological, and marine sources of gases in the atmosphere.
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ENV-MA02 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The module gives a basic grounding in a variety of statistical methods commonly used in postgraduate
environmental research projects. A limited amount of essential statistical theory will be covered, but the
main emphasis will be on the practical implementation of techniques using the SPSS package and the interpretation of results.
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ENV-MA14 |
10 |
Semester 2 |
Modelling is a crucial methodology for answering many kinds of ecological questions and complement experimentation and field observations. The aim of this module is to introduce the use of modelling techniques to answer ecological questions. This module will provide an introduction to building ecological models using a combination of taught classes and project work. After completion of this module students will: understand the basic principles and approaches to ecological modelling and its potential applications; acquire the numerical skills required to develop quantitative ecological models; be able to develop basic quantitative models to answer ecological questions; learn to formulate hypotheses, write a project proposal and develop verbal and written communication and team working skills. This module is primarily reserved for those students studying on the European MSc in Applied Ecology but can also accommodate limited number of students from other programmes.
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ENV-MA72 |
10 |
Semester 2 |
This is an inter-disciplinary module focusing on the interaction between ecology, biodiversity and human societies. It examines the human drivers of biodiversity loss, the importance of biodiversity to human society, conflicts between human society and conservation and how these can be resolved, and institutions for biodiversity conservation and environmental management. It is designed for students of Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Environmental Geography and International Development. This inter-disciplinary module does not require previous detailed knowledge of ecological mechanisms: where a simple understanding of key ecological processes is important, this will be reviewed and taught in class. Key principles, issues and theory are covered in lectures by UEA faculty. These are supported by case studies from external speakers working in conservation, environmental and resource management agencies and NGOs. The module will comprise two core lectures plus one workshop / seminar / outside speaker each week. Co-taught with ENV-3A17.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A17 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA17 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas which has, by far, the greatest impact on climate change. Carbon dioxide is becoming even more important owing to continued fossil fuel emissions and its very long lifetime in the atmosphere. Predicting future climate or defining `dangerous' climate change is challenging, in large part because the Earth's carbon cycle is very complex and not fully understood. You will learn about the atmospheric, oceanic and terrestrial components of the carbon cycle, how they interact with each other, and how they interact with climate in so-called `feedbacks'. The understanding of the carbon cycle gained from this module is a vital foundation for all climate change research. Emphasis is given to the most recent, cutting-edge research in the field. Co-taught with ENV-3A31.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A31 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA31 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module is designed to promote a deeper understanding and integration of geoscience subjects: the fieldwork will usually concentrate on aspects of structural geology, regional tectonics, hydrogeology, sedimentology, palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironments, metamorphic geology and volcanology. A key feature of the course is that the location is chosen where there are excellent and substantial exposures of rock formation showing evidence of processes. The field base alternates between the Aegean (Greece) and Western Ireland, and the detailed content will reflect the field sites. In addition to being able to demonstrate field observation and data recording skills, M-level students will collect samples and generate new data as part of a small-scale scientific investigation that will be written-up as a report. Co-taught with ENV-3A57K.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A57K OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA57K |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The aim of this module is to examine biological responses to climate change over a range of levels
from species to ecosystems. In this module students will examine the most recent literature on the effects of global environmental change on biological systems and will become familiar with different approaches and methods used for modelling biological responses to climate change.
Students are recommended to take ENV-MA49 and ENV-MA74.
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ENV-MA46 |
10 |
Semester 2 |
This module investigates the geological evidence for major environmental changes through Earth history. It will explore selected topics that relate to the extent, timing and causes of past variations of climate as expressed through changes in the fossil and geological record.
Lectures will draw on information from marine, ice core, terrestrial and lacustrine climate archives. Radiometric dating techniques and geochemical/quantitative methods of palaeoenvironmental reconstruction will be examined in practical classes. The module includes half-day excursions to examine key geological field sites in East Anglia. Co-taught with ENV-3A58.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A58 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA58 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Geological, economic and political aspects of fossil fuels (oil, natural gas and coal) are introduced and integrated. These are used to discuss environmental concerns (particularly climate change) arising from the use of fossil fuels, and the potentially profound implications of future fuel scarcity.
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ENV-MA33 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Environmental assessment is a term used to describe procedures for evaluating the potential environmental consequences of policies, programmes, plans and projects. It is a well established tool for environmental policy integration, being routinely employed in more than 100 nations and by many international aid and funding agencies. This multidisciplinary module focuses on the theory and methods of environmental assessment and the decision-making contexts in which they are employed. It explains the procedural stages of, and selected methodologies for, environmental assessment and provides practical experience in applying them. Co-taught with ENV-3A63.
Students are recommended to take ENV-MA64K.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A63 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA63 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module gives you an understanding of the physical processes occurring in the basin-scale ocean environment. We will introduce and discuss large scale global ocean circulation, including gyres, boundary currents and the overturning circulation. Major themes include the interaction between ocean and atmosphere, and the forces which drive ocean circulation. Co-taught with ENV-2A39.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-2A39 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA39 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module introduces Earth system science, taking a top-down approach to the Earth as a whole system, and tracing its development since its formation 4.5 billion years ago. The main focus is on the coupled evolution of life and its environment through a series of revolutions. Theoretical approaches are introduced, including Gaia, feedback mechanisms and systems theory, and practical sessions use models to build up conceptual understanding. The subject is inherently inter-disciplinary, including aspects of biology, chemistry and physics, and unifying the study of climate and global biogeochemical cycles. Co-taught with ENV-3A38.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A38 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA38 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The dissertation is an individual research project under the guidance of an academic supervisor either within one of the research groups in the School or, as some project placement opportunities with outside organisations are facilitated, with an outside collaborator. Research undertaken normally involves the analysis and interpretation of data collected in the field, from measurements of a sample in the laboratory or from data gathered from other sources including the media, questionnaire surveys, interviews, etc. This module is reserved for MSc students and all students must have taken ENV-MB2Y.
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ENV-MB6X |
70 |
Semester 2 |
The primary purpose of this module is to provide support and training for the dissertation to ensure that the necessary research is well planned in advance. In order to get the best possible start for the dissertation, advice is given on how to make the best use of UEA library resources, and how to undertake a literature review. Research design is covered to ensure there is a sound understanding of the fundamental concept and requirements of good research, and survey design is explained to help those who need to undertake questionnaire or interview work. Finally, there is an explanation of the assessment for this module, which is a dissertation proposal. This module must be taken before ENV-MB6X Dissertation.
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ENV-MB2Y |
10 |
Year Period |
The aim of this course is to show how physical environmental problems may be solved from the initial problem, to mathematical formulation and numerical solution. There is a focus on examples within meteorology, oceanography and the solid earth. The course consists of lectures on numerical methods and computing practicals. These concentrate on the solution of ordinary and partial differential equations. The computing practicals will be run in Matlab. The module will guide students through the solution of a geophysical problem of their own choosing. The problem will be discussed and placed into context through an essay, and then solved and written up in a project report. Co-taught with ENV-3A11.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A11 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA11 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Emissions of gases and other pollutants from human activities are critical drivers of phenomena such as climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, degradation of air quality in urban and rural areas, long-range transport of air pollution, and changes in aerosol and cloud physical properties. To understand these impacts it is necessary to make atmospheric measurements of chemical composition and physical parameters, and to interpret these observations with a range of statistical, conceptual, and computer-based models. In this module you will be introduced to a range of modern atmospheric measurements techniques, both those used in the field and in the laboratory. Consideration will be given to the relevant chemical and physical processes that are required to understand these observations. You will also learn about a range of interpretive techniques including numerical models, and you will put some of these in to practice. Co-taught with ENV-3A80.
It is recommended that students have previously taken ENV-MA37.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A80 OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA80 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions have significant environmental and societal impacts. This module focuses on the physical basis and analysis of each hazard, their global range of occurrence and their global impact. The module also addresses approaches towards hazard mitigation and minimising vulnerability, with an emphasis on their practical implication. Scenarios and probabilities of occurrence of mega-disasters are also investigated.
A one week field trip in Scotland takes place to introduce you to various aspects of natural hazards and in particular to faulting and earthquake hazards. This module is co-taught with ENV-3A04K. The total Field Course module's cap of 25 is inclusive of ENV-3A04K.
TO TAKE THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ENV-3A04K OR EQUIVALENT
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ENV-MA04K |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The module allows engagement in Earth science research topics at an advanced level and involves advanced study skills. The module will be strongly research lead and based around student-centred learning. The module will involve a) engagement with appropriate research seminars in the School of Environmental Sciences and b) directed research based around key topics with discussions and student seminars. The topics included will vary from year to year, depending on current research programmes, but they are likely to include topics in sedimentary geology, sedimentology, palaeoclimate, geological resources, Earth history, the Earth system, nuclear waste repository sites, carbon dioxide sequestration.
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ENV-MA59 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Have you ever wondered why human economic activity seems to be so bad for the environment? Does it have to be like that? Is it possible for human beings to enjoy high standards of living and a high quality environment? Through the study of the principles of Environmental Economics this course sets out to answer those questions. Addressing a wide-range of economy-environment problems including car pollution, over-fishing, climate change and declining oil stocks, the course shows that most environmental problems can be solved through the adoption of policies crafted with the careful application of economic reasoning. Co-taught with ENV-3A44 and ENV-MA44.
THIS MODULE IS ONLY AVAILABLE STUDENTS ENROLLED ONTO THE VISITING STUDIES ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCES (EMAE).
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ENV-MA44C |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module will adopt an integrated approach to studying surface water and groundwater resources in river basins. Approaches to catchment management will be considered in the context of improving water-dependent terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Topics of climate change impacts on water resources in terms of droughts and floods, as well as water quality issues arising from changing land-use patterns will be considered, together with the engineering and socio-economic methods necessary to adapt to future pressures on water resources. Co-taught with ENV-3A60 and ENV-MA60.
THIS MODULE IS ONLY AVAILABLE STUDENTS ENROLLED ONTO THE VISITING STUDIES ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCES (EMAE).
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ENV-MA60C |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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The module is designed to introduce students to key skills in film and television development practice. It will provide an understanding of the processes of creative script and project development, including film and TV business, the activities of the market and dealing with bodies responsible for commissioning films and television programmes.
Priority for places on this module will be given to students taking the MA in Film Studies.
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FTVFM058 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Science Fiction films and television series have provided a significant focus for addressing social/cultural and political issues. This module looks at the historical development of the genre, with an emphasis on locating the films/television programs within an historical and cultural context. An array of films and series episodes from both the US and UK will be screened and various clips will also be discussed in seminar. Films/television programs covered in the module will include: Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902), Things to Come (1936), Forbidden Planet (1956), Quatermass 2 (1957), Lost in Space (1965-1968), Doctor Who (1963-1989), Altered States (1980), Threads (1984), Robocop (1987), Independence Day (1996), The Matrix (1999).
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FTVFM054 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Discussions around the structure and aesthetic nature of British cinema often rely on claims of "quality", emotional restraint, and documentary realism. The influence of the 1930s British documentry filmmaking movement is seen as infusing elements of national visual production, including (but not limited to) narrative, style, acting, genre and industrial promotion. Applied across the history of British cinema, this approach has privileged only one strand of production and ignored other (potentially more potent) visual alternatives, notably ideas around the spectacular.
This module will challenge the primacy of realism in British cinema by examining the ways that spectacle has been at the forefront of the British film industry for over a hundred years, despite its neglect within the critical establishment.
Individual films, directors and movements within British cinema history will form specific case studies that offer further exploration of these concepts. There will be a consideration of the close relationship of the British film and television industries, and how aspects of realism and fantasy have moved across these different screens. Crucially, the module will also investigate the often disregarded trend towards British technological innovation (specifically colour filmmaking, widescreen, 3-D, video and digital production), creating an alternative heritage of British film spectacle.
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FTVFM051 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module considers the changing role of music within social and cultural practices, its varied relationships with selfhood, media and technology, bodies, everyday lives and social power. In surveying the ways music is and has been bound up in social and cultural formations, the module engages with a range of theoretical issues about how music `works' as well as exploring some of the ways organised sound can be said to `mean' in differing contexts. The module also introduces students to an eclectic range of writings and questions about music in social life, considering questions about the materiality of sound, musical communities, performance, media and affect, positioning such issues in relation to music's production, circulation and consumption.
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FTVFM062 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module explores the concept of Japanese cinema in relation to national, transnational and global discourses and seeks to reframe discussions of modern and past Japanese filmmaking. We will examine a variety of Japanese films and the ways in which they interact with the history, techniques and culture of Japan. We will also consider the social and commercial nature of Japanese filmmaking, including the ways in which Japanese films circulate the globe.
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FTVFM032 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module is intended to provide an introduction to the key study skills in film, television and media studies for students unfamiliar with the British university system and its expectations of students. Focusing on the key issues and academic debates within media studies, it will provide students with a sense of the educational expectations that they will encounter during their other modules and help them to acclimatise themselves to the culture of British universities.
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FTVFM029 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module will examine the particular ways in which television - as a technology, as an institution, and as a social phenomenon - records, responds to, and contributes towards constructing our sense of reality. Taking recent developments within television and society - such as the growth of surveillance, genre hybrids, and the availability of media technology - as its starting point, it will explore ranges of genres - such as documentary, reality television, and comedy - from a predominantly British and public service broadcasting perspective.
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FTVFM035 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module involves the production of a 12,000-15,000 word piece of work, which focuses upon a suitable topic of your own choosing. You will be assigned a supervisor to advise you on your research and writing of the dissertation.
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FTVFM60X |
60 |
Semester 2 |
This module intends to explore and critically reflect upon the relationship between women and film whilst focusing on issues such as women's cinema as counter cinema; women's cinema as minor cinema; women filmmakers; international women's film festivals; the representation of women in film; female spectatorship, (fe)male gaze; sexuality; feminism and post-feminism in film; female subjectivity; female desire, feminist filmmaking. The module will focus on analysing contemporary films from a variety of national and transnational cinemas that may include Hollywood, British, Turkish, Japanese, Argentina, Palestine, India, Greece, Portugal, Africa and Brazil.
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FTVFM060 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The module is designed to introduce students to key skills in film and television practice. It will provide an understanding of the processes of screenwriting, camerawork, editing and direction. In the process, it will focus students less on the simple technical elements but also in ways of seeking creative solutions to practical problems. This module will focus the students on how to deliver within the normal constraints of media production, ie, students will have to think about working to a brief rather than simply imagining themselves as independent artists.
Priority for places on this module will be given to students taking the MA in Film Studies.
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FTVFM041 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The module will explore the study of television genres, and the concept of television genre. In the process, it will assess the various approaches to the study of television genre, looking at the specific nature of TV genre (as opposed to literary or film genres), aspects of the historical development of particular genres, and the relationship between genre and cultural power. It will also examine television genre through a series of case studies.
The module will be taught through one three-hour seminar (which includes the screening).
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FTVFM044 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The module is designed to explore the debates over media effects. In the process, it will challenge the effects tradition, which motivates many of the concerns with media censorship and regulation, and suggests alternative ways of understanding the ways in which audiences consume contemporary media. In the process, it will examine a range of approaches to the understanding of media consumption.
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FTVFM046 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This unit aims to provide key terms of reference and research skills in the study of film; to identify key objects, theories and methods in the analysis of film; and to provide a sense of historical development of film.
Intended learning outcomes:
a) Knowledge and Understanding. By the end of the unit should: have some of the key skills for the study of film at M level; have an awareness of the debates between different approaches to the study of film; be familiar with the key objects, theories and methods in the analysis of film; have some familiarity with the historical development of film.
b) Intellectual Skills. By the end of the unit students should be able to: apply the key approaches to the analysis of film; assesses the debates between these different approaches; construct coherent and independent arguments.
c) Professional Skills. The unit will develop students' ability to: select, sift and synthesize information from a variety of primary and secondary materials; write accurately and grammatically and present written material suing appropriate conventions.
d) Transferable Skills. The unit will also develop students' ability to: manage a large and disparate body of information; use IT to word process assessed work; speak and write cogently about a chosen subject area.
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FTVFM023 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Hollywood has remained a dominant force in film production, distribution and exhibition in recent decades, despite competition from other local and transnational cinemas. This module aims to explore the success of the Hollywood system through a focus on the industry itself, and the films it produces, particularly those that have been most successful at the domestic and international box office.
The module will, therefore, cover a range of relevant topics that may include: what kind of films does Hollywood invest in? Is financial gain the best lens to judge issues of `popularity'? Who are the target audiences for those films? What is the role of the audience in receiving and popularising these hit movies? What is the relationship between domestic theatrical release, circulation in foreign markets and distribution in other media such as television, film, and DVD?
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FTVFM015 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
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LAW-M
Students will examine the legal structures in which information technologies function, and investigate the challenges posed to law and society by the growing importance of IT and Internet use. Selected case studies of development in computer hardware and software and communications systems such as the Internet and mobile technologies are considered. A key question is the determination of jurisdiction in a quintessentially international sphere (and the relevance of national law in this environment). The module promotes an understanding of the ways in which these technologies, being a part of our daily lives, challenge current legal systems. No special technical knowledge is assumed, and the module is open to non-LAW students with the approval of the organiser.
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LAW-M638 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Competition laws have been adopted in around 120 countries around the world over the last thirty years, and have become of great significance to international firms wishing to successfully merge or avoid costly punishment for anti-competitive conduct. This module is designed to allow an understanding of the core concepts of competition and the substantive law and procedure of competition law, in particular of the European Union, but also of other jurisdictions as relevant. Seminars will be built around the legal provisions and case law on each topic. Classes will investigate the means by which competition laws tackle such problems as cartels and anti-competitive agreements among undertakings, monopolies and the abuse of dominant positions, vertical agreements, merger control and state aid. Broader issues ' such as remedies and enforcement strategies and wider questions of policy and regulatory design ' will also be reviewed.
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LAW-M647 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module aims to give students the opportunity to acquire certain key skills of an employment law practitioner, including the drafting and varying of employment contracts, handling redundancies and business transfers, solving employment problems (e.g absence management issues) and the preparation and defence of employment tribunal claims. The module is assessed by means of two practical exercises, and some sessions are led by practising employment lawyers/employment relations experts. The module carries 40 M-level credits.
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LAW-M19Y |
40 |
Year Period |
This module will enable students:
' To identify what amounts to a termination of employment and what legal mechanisms exist to maintain continuity of employment
' To distinguish between contractual and statutory rules on termination
' To enable students to identify situations where an employment relationship can or must be lawfully terminated
' To understand the dual element of procedural and substantive unfairness in Unfair Dismissal
' To be aware of remedies and enforcement in relation to both Wrongful and Unfair Dismissal claims
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LAW-M632 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module forms the grounding of the International Commercial and Business Law and International Trade Law courses, and aims to introduce students to the essential foundational elements of international commercial law, not studied at undergraduate level. It aims to give students an understanding of what drives the law governing international commerce, the reasons for harmonisation of the law in the area, the institutions involved in the harmonisation process and the scope of that process. We examine the various ways in which harmonised instruments are created and the major problems and policy issues which have to be confronted. In doing so, we explore several areas of international commercial practice in which attempts have been made to harmonise or codify the law, and consider how successful these efforts have been, and ways in which the harmonisation process can be improved.
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LAW-MA1Y |
40 |
Year Period |
This module aims to give students a basic knowledge of the history, sources and institutions of employment law and a good working knowledge of all the main employment law subject areas. Students will be able to consider the nature of the employment relationship and the economic, social and political factors influencing the development of UK employment law. The module carries 40 M-level credits.
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LAW-M17Y |
40 |
Year Period |
This module will provide an introduction to intellectual property and the phenomenon of globalisation. It will concentrate on the international legal regime under the WTO TRIPs agreement, and specifically on how copyright law is governed by international conventions. The geographical focus will be Global.
This module it open to all LAW PGT students and to interested students from other schools, subject to the module leader's discretion. It does not assume any previous knowledge of intellectual property law.
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LAW-M641 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module will provide an introduction to the issues which arise in the litigation of commercial disputes on an international basis.
It will cover the treatment of jurisdiction and applicable law in commercial disputes by reference mainly to UK and European legal sources, and introduce some of the principal features of the common
law legal systems (UK and USA), as they apply to commercial cases. The module it open to all LAW PGT students. It is particularly relevant to students taking the ICBL or International Trade LLMs.
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LAW-M649 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This course investigates the core principles and distinguished features of Islamic Finance, including major financial prohibitions under Islamic Law, their consequences on the Islamic finance industry and the key role of Muslim jurists, particularly Shari'a boards.
The course will examine in detail how Islamic contracts, such as Musharaka (equity financing), Mudaraba (participation financing), Murabaha (cost plus financing), Ijara (lease), Istisna'a (construction financing) and Bai salam (forward financing), can be used to accommodate modern and complex financial transactions. Additionally, the course will explore Sukuk (Islamic bonds) and Takaful (Islamic insurance).
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LAW-M576 |
30 |
Semester 2 |
This module is aimed principally at solicitors in practice and personnel managers/HR professionals (who will often already hold the CIPD qualification). It covers the whole of modern employment law from first principles, being taught in 10 fortnightly seminars and a 10,000 word dissertation, written under personal supervision. The aim is to teach both the major principles and the detailed applications, so that the candidate will be able to handle employment related problems with confidence.
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LAW-M86Y |
60 |
Year Period |
Using the link between the Law School and the ESRC Centre for Competition Policy (CCP), this module utilises the cutting-edge research which is going on in the CCP. The module is convened by a law faculty member of the CCP and the convenor attends all the seminars, but the module involves the other law faculty members of the CCP as well as CCP research associates, post-docs and research students. The module is research-led, based around a number of recent research papers either by CCP members or others and interdisciplinary. The topics change year by year, depending on who on the faculty are involved and the interests of the students. Three or four different topics within competition law and economics are chosen for the semester. Each topic opens with an introductory lecture ' by a faculty member who gives a thorough overview of the subject and the current state of research in that area, along with potential research avenues - followed by a general discussion of these issues in class. For the remaining seminars on that subject, there are two types of presentations for each subject: a CCP member presents a piece of his/her research to and a student presents a piece of research by a CCP member with the author in the audience. The second type of presentation is to be preceded by the author explaining the background to the paper, eg the choice of that particular subject, the choice of that particular methodology, etc. Both types of presentations are to be followed by a discussion of the paper in the class. Each student on the module presents a research paper, thereby determining the number of papers presented by a CCP member. The module will be open to research students who will be encouraged to participate.
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LAW-M616 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
International arbitration has become the established method of determining disputes between international commercial businesses, with new arbitral centres emerging and the law and practice of international commercial arbitration evolving rapidly.
This module examines the legal theory and practice of international commercial arbitration. The module's thrust is on understanding the nature and operation of the arbitral process in the context of international commercial relationships, as a means of resolving disputes that arise in international commercial transactions. In addition to providing an overview of the arbitral process, the module also focuses on key problems and issues that arise in arbitral practice, such as the interaction and application of the various relevant laws, and the application and interpretation of the most important international legal instruments relevant to international commercial arbitration such as the New York Convention and the UNCITRAL Model Law.
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LAW-M610 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module examines the participants in international oil and gas transactions and the legal and contractual rules which govern exploration and production. It deals with the rights associated with the ownership and development of hydrocarbon reserves, and the types of agreements that can be entered into (such as concessions, production sharing, participation and service contracts). The module also explores the issues of risk, control and investment; and examines the impact of law and policy on the manner in which oil and gas development projects are negotiated and implemented.
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LAW-M614 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Technology transfer agreements determine how patents and trade secrets may be licensed from one party to another, or shared between them in a collaborative venture. This practice-orientated module will introduce the student to issues of technology ownership and exploitation in a variety of contexts, and will examine typical provisions of national and international technology transfer agreements. No prior knowledge of intellectual property law is required. This module is taught using 'Problem-Based Learning' techniques.
This module it open to all LAW PGT students and to interested students from other schools, subject to the module leader's discretion. It does not assume any previous knowledge of intellectual property law and it is intended to be suitable for students on the ICBL LLM who would like to have some exposure to intellectual property in a commercial context.
This module is OPTIONAL for the ITIP LLM.
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LAW-M626 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module is intended to give each student the opportunity to develop a research proposal and write a dissertation on a research question formulated by the student using the subject matter of the degree for which the student is enrolled. The purpose of the dissertation is for the student to demonstrate his or her ability to carry through an independent piece of work on a subject of his or her choice.
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LAW-M14X |
40 |
Year Period |
This module will commence with an overview of the role of international banks, their products and global corporate customers leading into an examination of some of the important legal risks and issues which these transactions present including : English law as an express choice of applicable law and the use of exclusive English Courts jurisdiction clauses in international banking transactions , the methodology of local law legal opinions , syndicated lending transactions and the Loan Market Association model form documentation , the finance lease and asset finance techniques , legal issues arising out of contracts of corporate guarantee and a critique of the Bankers duties of secrecy in relation to anti money laundering regulations.
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LAW-M591 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module aims to enable students to:
' achieve a sound knowledge and understanding of UK and EC anti-discrimination law
' understand the conceptual basis of UK and EC anti-discrimination law, and to identify the different meanings of "equality" and "discrimination"
' understand the economic and social causes of discrimination
' identify the weaknesses in current UK and EC anti-discrimination law and to consider ways in which the law might be improved
' identify the gaps in the coverage of UK and EC anti-discrimination law and to consider whether, and if so how, those gaps might be addressed
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LAW-M613 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module examines the law and practice relating to the different payment methods and mechanisms that may be adopted by commercial parties to discharge the payment obligations of international buyers of goods and services. The different payment mechanisms are analysed and compared, their fundamental characteristics identified and their advantages and disadvantages considered. These include direct payment by means of electronic funds transfer and bills of exchange systems, but the main focus of the module is on the most common terms of payment in international trade utilising the intervention of banks, that is to say, documentary collections and payment under documentary credits. We undertake a detailed examination of the most recent version of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600).
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LAW-M595 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This Module will be compulsory for all taught Law Masters Programmes and will be taught in the first two weeks of the first semester with combined assessment by way of attendance, course test and submission of a short coursework in the first semester. The aim of this module is to assist students in developing a number of core legal study skills needed during the LLM year (and thereafter). The Module will commence with a standard Induction Day followed by seminars on subjects such as Using electronic research resources, Plagiarism and how to avoid it and proper citation of Sources, The Role of Conflicts of Law and Comparative Law in international commercial law, Identifying and understanding sources of law: Reading and analysing legislation, cases and legal articles, Academic legal skills: Writing a coursework, assignment or project and Answering Problem Questions and Preparing for Exams.
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LAW-M593 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Legal issues relating to Internet use are increasingly important. Students are introduced to the key principles of Internet law, including competing views on its status and its relationship with other legal principles. The question of the relationship between law and technology is also considered. Case studies of alternative forms of governance are explored, including international co-operation and stakeholder-driven processes, in the context of issues such as domain names, social networking and the regulation of Internet service providers. Current issues in Internet law are included on the syllabus each year, as is a primer on relevant aspects of Internet technology and history.
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LAW-M643 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Theory of Competitive Markets covers the theory and reality of how markets with small numbers of firms function. Students will develop an appreciation of the effects the action of one firm can have on consumers and other firms, and how competition law and its enforcement responds to this. This is invaluable for those intending to work in competition law, whether in legal practice or beyond.
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LAW-M660 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module is concerned with the method, problems and prospects of Harmonisation of Private law in EU countries. Its aims are:
' To briefly introduce into the style, spirit and culture of European Private laws today
' To teach methods and techniques of harmonization/unification of law with particular reference to the legal systems in the EU.
' To inform on the current debate on harmonising different areas of European Private Laws, such as Contract law, Tort law and Property law, as well as the debate on the European Civil Code.
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LAW-M628 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The law of electronic commerce is concerned both with the application of existing legal concepts (such as contract formation, taxation, liability and consumer protection) to electronic business and transactions, but also with the development of new legal instruments (at national level, within the EU and internationally) and electronic money to deal with the e-commerce sector. Students explore a range of statutory and judicial approaches, including online dispute resolution (ODR), and also consider the legal and commercial challenges of `doing business online'. The module involves some practical, problem-based activities, but also more general questions of international harmonisation.
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LAW-M654 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module will commence with an overview of the aims and objectives of International Project Finance transactions leading into an examination of some fundamental legal issues and risks which accompany a significant infrastructure project examining : the contractual nexus and roles and responsibilities , intercreditor transactions , the use of financial derivatives contracts and contracts of performance guarantees to manage risk including consideration of documentation terms , the background of insolvency risk and the use of securitisations to release profit as well as the issue of sovereign risk in relation to state participation in International Project finance.
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LAW-M608 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module examines the economic and social causes of discrimination in employment, the meaning of the concepts of 'equality' and 'discrimination', and the substantive UK and EC Law concerning discrimination on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, racial or ethnic origin, disability, genetic inheritance, religion or belief, and age. Particular emphasis is placed on the impact of EC Law on the development of UK anti-discrimination law, on the difficulties of applying and enforcing anti-discrimination laws, and on future directions in discrimination law. This module carries 40 M-level credits.
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LAW-M18Y |
40 |
Year Period |
Dissertation - the code will vary according to which pathway you are taking.
The final dissertation should not exceed 15,000 words (excluding abstract and bibliograhpy). All Dissertations are double-marked.
You will be provided with a dissertation outline by your pathway school.
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LAW-M18X |
60 |
Year Period |
This module compares the approach to regulation of communication markets in the EC to other jurisdictions, in particular the US. It also considers the application of competition law to media markets, including protecting the interests of media plurality. Content regulation being a matter principally of national law is considered from a comparative perspective.
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LAW-M667 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
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LAW-M598 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module will be used to allow students to study in depth the major issues of topical importance in the Law relating to Contracts of Employment. This area of Law is constantly evolving, with employees' lawyers in particular looking for new ways to further their clients' interests, in relation to both substantive rights under the contract (eg in relation to implied terms), and remedies available to breach by the employer, during employment and on termination. In addition, topical issues arise with some regularity in relation to the very nature of 'employment'. These will be examined in this module from both a theoretical and practical standpoint.
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LAW-M630 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Foreign direct investment refers to an investment made in a foreign jurisdiction to achieve a long term economic benefit. Almost 3000 treaties worldwide regulate foreign direct investment, and it is the interpretation of these treaties by arbitral tribunals, together with customary international law, which forms the basis of international investment law. This module examines the nature of international investment law and investor-State dispute resolution procedures, and looks at recent developments in the area. The module considers the policies underlying international investment law and how these impact upon the operation of international investment law in practice.
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LAW-M662 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module examines the challenges of competition law enforcement in the international context. Key themes include: (1) Jurisdictional issues: the extraterritorial application of national competition laws, bilateral co-operation, harmonisation and soft-multilateralism, international law and the WTO; (2) Comparative insights: the manifestation of competition policy issues across a number of important national jurisdictions; (3) Advanced case studies: looking in detail at competition cases where a number of jurisdictions have been involved and where competition policy has intersected with other national and international policy agendas (in particular, trade and development policy).
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LAW-M604 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
By the time they have completed the module, students should be able to:
' Identify relevant research questions within a given area, and to formulate and operationalise (or, in the case of more `exploratory' research designs, to identify) hypotheses for investigation
' Evaluate different research designs and identify which of these are relevant to their chosen research questions and hypotheses
' Identify which sources of data will be of assistance in the investigation of a particular research topic, and which techniques of data-gathering and analysis are appropriate
' Write up a research project, and to organise skilfully and present the results of their research, to consider whether hypotheses are confirmed or falsified by the evidence and to consider, in either case, the reasons for the findings
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LAW-M16Y |
20 |
Year Period |
This module explores the English law of international sales and aspects of the English law relating to the international carriage of goods by sea. The focus of the module will be on the sale and carriage of commodities, an area of practice in which English law remains pre-eminent with English law governing the vast majority of sales contracts concluded for such goods even where neither parties to the contract are UK nationals. So far as the carriage of goods by sea is concerned, there has been a considerable amount of international activity and there are currently four carriage of goods by sea conventions (known as the Hague, Hague Visby, Hamburg Rules and the Rotterdam Rules) which are in force around the world. The most important in practice are the Hague and Hague Visby Rules and the module will be examining these. However several states have ratified the Hamburg Rules and a few have ratified the Rotterdam Rules. We will therefore have a look at these in passing in order to identify the main ways in which they differ from the Hague and Hague Visby Rules.
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LAW-M665 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This is a core (required) module on the ITIPL LLM course, and will provide students with an in-depth look at a number of current issues in intellectual property and information technology law. The relevant issues will change each year, but issues will be drawn from a wide variety of topics. Students will have an opportmoduley to consider how intellectual property law is challenged by these current issues, and to analyse its responses and proposed responses. Students must have either taken Introduction to IP Law or Information Technology Law in the Autumn term, or have demonstrated knowledge in either area. For students not taking the ITIP LLM, admission to the module will be at the discretion of the module organiser, and significant previous knowledge of intellectual property law will required. This module is COMPULSORY for the ITIP LLM.
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LAW-M622 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module examines the principal forms of corporate governance, control and regulation of the firm across countries. In particular, it introduces the key features of corporate governance and considers the legal relationship between directors, managers, and shareholders, including the contribution shareholder activism can make to improving corporate governance. The module also discusses the market for corporate control and the growing empirical research on comparative corporate governance. The overall purpose is to provide a theoretical and practical grasp of corporate governance, which can be useful for academic as all well as professional work in this field.
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LAW-M615 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which
it administers, are central to the international law of trade in goods and services. This module will cover
the legal rules and institutions of the WTO and the implementation of WTO obligations by members. It
will pay particular attention to the institutions and governance of the WTO, its dispute settlement
system, the principle of nondiscrimination in international trade under the GATT, and the ability of
the WTO to cope with issues such as development, regionalism, and environmental protection.
The module is open to all LLM students, but is particularly suitable for students taking the ICBL and
International Trade LLMs.
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LAW-M668 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module focuses on a single, albeit very important, category of international trade, namely the international sale of goods. Coverage is provided of both Incoterms and the law contained in the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, also referred to as the 1980 Vienna Sales Convention. In the module, we will examine how Incoterms are used and how the Convention regulates contracts and resolves any dispute to which it applies.
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LAW-M664 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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LDCEM
This module offers an advanced critical survey of a wide range of medieval and early modern literature and is designed to introduce students to many of the forms, genres and preoccupations that reoccur and evolve between the late 14th century and mid-17th century. Each week we will look at a focused selection of materials that are loosely grouped by form, genre and or theme and examine both continuity and change across the period. The module resists implying that there is a wholesale increase in aesthetic and intellectual sophistication across the period but draws attention to nuances of historical context and the different ways in which each age develops and reformulates conceptions of literary form and tradition. The module begins by introducing the methodological principles and tools to be used, together with an overview of medieval and early modern literary theory, and then goes on to consider topics such as pastoral, lyric poetry, romance, hagiography, satire and complaint, Reformist writing, and the Galfridian tradition.
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LDCEM048 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Students are enrolled on a Research Methods module. The assessment for this is the pass/fail viva. This module is not taught separately, but consists of a number of generic sessions and also a number of specific MALT sessions within the seminars, such as the Essay Writing session in Week 8 of Stylistics for Translators, a session on bibliographies and glosses, and so on.
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LDCEM066 |
10 |
Semester 2 |
The dissertation is a compulsory requirement for all taught MA programmes. Work on the dissertation is begun at the end of the 2nd teaching semester for full-time students, or earlier for part-time students. Dissertations may take the form of either (i) a critical essay about an aspect of translation or (ii) a translation with commentary. The choice of research topic for the dissertation is made by the students in consultation with their course convenor. Supervision normally functions on the basis of one contact hour with the supervisor every three weeks throughout the summer.
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LDCEM04X |
90 |
Semester 2 |
The module will examine a number of modernist novels, provisionally including James Joyce's Ulysses (1922), Wyndham Lewis's Tar (1918), Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse (1927), D H Lawrence's Women in Love (1917) and Djuna Barnes's Nightwood (1936). Alongside the close analysis of the experimental writing practices of different novelists, we will consider a range of narrative theories from the early twentieth century. We will go on to look at some influential later critical responses to the form and content of modernist novels.
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LDCEM031 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module is only available to students who are registered for the MA in Life Writing.
This module, which is compulsory for Life Writers, aims to develop the practical research and writing skills necessary to become a biographer. Subjects covered include archive work and record-keeping together with story-telling, plot and character development. Taught by specialists from within LIT, the programme will be supplemented by sessions with professional Life Writers. A workshop element also gives students the chance to develop their own writing and learn how to give and receive criticism.
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LDCEM029 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module addresses the relation between art and politics by examining the attempt to unmask the aesthetic as ideological. In order to do this, we will acquire a firm grasp of the meaning of 'the aesthetic' and of what it is often taken to conceal, 'ideology'. We will, therefore, begin by exploring what has been called the 'invention' of the aesthetic in modernity, paying particular attention to the emergence of the aesthetic as a category in the eighteenth century as part of debates concerning the public sphere, disinterestedness, and universality. Key figures here will include the third Earl of Shaftesbury, Immanuel Kant, and Friedrich Schiller. We will then move on to consider the precise meaning of 'ideology' in its various forms in the work of Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser, and Theodor Adorno. Our focus in particular will be on the way in which the aesthetic has been thought to relate to 'ideology' by these, and numerous other, thinkers from fields such as sociology, anthropology, literary criticism, and art history. But far from simply deploying the tools of ideological analysis as a means to expose the covert politics of the aesthetic as such, we will ask whether the aesthetic is as vulnerable to so-called ideology - critique as has sometime been claimed. We will thus evaluate recent attempts to renovate the aesthetic by figures such as Jacques Ranciere, Isobel Armstrong, J.M. Berstein and others. This module, therefore, will address concerns central to those interested in the history and theory of literary and art criticism, and also in cultural and educational policy.
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LDCEM062 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The aim of the module is to equip you with the methodological skills needed for the study of textual cultures at Masters level and beyond. The course encourages critical engagement with technical, practical, critical and theoretical approaches in the study of the production, transmission and reception of late medieval and early modern texts. Specific research skills training will include: bibliographical skills and resource use, including print, microfiches and digital; aspects of codicology, palaeography, and types of source study. Questions that the textuality of the book raises will be addressed: issues of audience, readership and types of literacy, 'authorship', textual stability and mobility, transmission, and the editing of texts. This module will illustrate how texts are the material traces of a wide variety of agencies acting upon the cultural circumstances within which texts are produced, dispersed and used, allowing manuscript study to engage more fully with cultural history. The module aims to widen understanding of how new critical and methodological developments are redefining and integrating notions of what constitutes a culture in diverse textual contexts; of assessing the text's contribution to social cohesion, fragmentation and identify formation; and addressing questions as to what extent textual processes in production, transmission, reception and regulation are agents and/or products of, for instance, geographical regions, ethnic groupings, social and gender groups. The module also incorporates directions on the methods of researching and presenting a piece of scholarly writing and instruction in techniques regarding the use of specialist library collections, archives, and electronic databases for the purposes of accessing information.
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LDCEM041 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Scholars (Praz, Milner, Hadley, LeTellier, Fink, Didier, Hale, and recently Hall) have long ago conceived of the Gothic as a European phenomenon, exported and imported between England, France and Germany. This course starts from the question: 'What happens if you bring the Gothic novel, the roman noir, and the Schauerroman together?' We shall look at a range of texts, not as a tight, unified 'English' genre, but as a set of cultural responses (and translations of responses) to the age of Enlightenment and Revolution. Each text will introduce a set of contextual reoccupations. The emphasis is not simply on linear development, but on cultural transmission and the dispersal of ideas.
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LDCEM044 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module will examine style in texts, and how the analysis of style affects translation. We will look at various different approaches to the definition and understanding of style, concentrating on the stylistic analysis of literary (and some non-literary) texts of all types. In the final weeks of the semester students will present and discuss the translation of style in texts and languages of their choice
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LDCEM033 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module, compulsory for students on the MA in Life Writing, explores the history and controversies of Biography, from Plutarch to Holroyd by way of Boswell and Strachey. In the process we will discuss cultural myth, human empathy and identity and notions of celebrity. We will ask how men's and women's life-stories have been differently shaped, narrated and interpreted. We will also look at that particularly British phenomenon, the professional biographer, and explore why and how his/her work may vary from that produced by scholars working from within the academy. Students will be encouraged to find their own special subjects, to study comparative biography, and to look at experimentation beginning with Virginia Woolf where fact and fiction, 'granite and rainbow' meet. Seminar work may include presenting the case for a favourite modern biography (and how it might be improved); introducing an historical topic from notes (eg Romantic rebels, Victorian heroines, Bloomsbury sceptics). Crucially, you will be asked to keep abreast of new biographical works and its critical reception. Finally you will write a 5,000 word essay, in preparation for a supervised dissertation in the summer.
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LDCEM015 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in their MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person.
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LDCEM03X |
90 |
Semester 2 |
This module discusses key theoretical and descriptive pronouncements on translation by theorists and practising translators working within the Western tradition. The focus is predominantly on contemporary work, with some older commentary providing historical context. Students are encouraged to explore their own theoretical interests and present their findings in class.
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LDCEM036 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module has three key strands: we will focus on ideas of reading and reception, a showcasing of East Anglian authors and local literary traditions, and a study of women's role in medieval literary production.
Works by women writers will be studied through a series of close readings, which will consider how different religious, cultural, and social expectations of women were negotiated by them and affected the
nature of their literary production. How does a woman write with authority? Can we speak of a female or `feminine' literary identity? There will also be a detailed study of female patronage and reception networks. Questions asked will include: is the idea of a reading network rather than reading community a more dynamic and useful model? Is there such a thing as female literary taste? What dynamics are there in
secular reading networks? Are secular and religious networks distinct entities? Why and what role do women play in the patronage, dissemination and reception of what are often ostensibly misogynistic
texts? How do women's role in the making and unmaking of legendary heroes change according to different narrative and manuscript contexts?This module teases the methodological scope of Book History, emphasizing the text's location within its manuscript matrix and its cultural location within networks of patronage, production and dissemination, while adding new methods of historical enquiry, such as ethnography,sociological and reception studies.
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LDCEM052 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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LDCEM020 |
10 |
Semester 2 |
This module will initially focus on two topics that have been prominent in debates central to the development of postcolonial and related studies: Voices and Histories; and Crossings and Borders. Drawing on recent work in cultural geography, it will also consider ways in which place and space have been constructed in particular post-colonial texts. The module will locate primary texts within some of the discursive contexts from which they have emerged, while recognizing that these contexts are themselves invariably hybridized. The more general applicability of postcolonial theory for the study of writing and cultures will be considered, as will the limitations of totalizing postcolonial approaches. Other issues for consideration will include the representation of "Otherness" and the relationship between post-colonial "con-texts" such as Wide Sargasso Sea and Foe and the canonical English works on which they are ostensibly based (viz. Jane Eyre and Robinson Crusoe).
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LDCEM004 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
If one of the legacies of modernism is a questioning of the very possbility of writing, another is an understanding of fiction as a space of possibility, of active and necessary experiement and exploration In each case, the question of what is or should be possible is tied closely to an engagement with the basic constituent parts of the novel or the story: with character, voice, knowledge, fictionality, even the material object of the book itself.
This module sets out to read some prominent examples of innovative post-war and contemporary fiction, beginning with late Beckett and moving unchronologically the likes of Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, Michael Ondaatje, Janice Galloway and J.M. Coetzee. Alongside the fiction we'll be reading a selection of contemporaneous theoretical writing in which related possibilites are debarted.
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LDCEM054 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
From trauma theory and Holocaust Studies to critical human rights and refugee studies, thinking about culture's profound discontents motivates much of the most innovative work in the theoretical humanities today. This module focuses on two key theorists of modern experience: Sigmund Freud, for whom the unconscious registered the trauma of modern living, and the political philosopher Hannah Arendt, for whom the horrors of totalitarianism opened up holes of oblivion in the way we think and judge. Reading them together, we will examine the way Freud and Arendt open up a new space to think about the relation between the psyche and the political. Core reading will include:
The Portable Hannah Arendt, ed. Peter Baehr (Penguin)
The Freud Reader, ed. Adam Phillips (Penguin)
The Holocaust: Theoretical Readings (Edinburgh UP)
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LDCEM049 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
We are currently witnessing a renaissance in history writing. Sales of historical novels continue to rise steeply. Societies have formed, new prizes established. A number of eminent historians are turning from fact to fiction. What can the historical novel do in terms of reaching the past that more conventional historical accounts cannot do? Can it challenge long-told historical narratives, propose new ones or give us new vantage points? Novel History is a critical-creative MA module that crosses the boundaries between literature, art history, history and creative writing to explore the possibilities (and paradoxes) of historical fiction. Students will study the history of the historical novel and read critical and theoretical essays about the writing of history alongside examples of innovative or revionist contemporary historical fiction including work by W.S. Sebald, Iain Pears, Rose Tremain, Hilary Mantel and Salman Rushdie. They will also explore ideas around 'object history' through a series of workshop sessions amongst the historical objects of UEA's extraordinary rich collection in the Sainsburys Centre. Students will present work in progress in the workshop format as they move towards a final piece of creative writing, a short story or radio script, screen or theatre script, with an accompanying critical essay. Students will be given the option of structuring their final work around a single chosen object from the Sainsbury Centre collection.
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LDCEM064 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module will explore some of the issues and obstacles encountered by women writing in a range of European traditions during the "long twentieth century" - continuing into the 21st with the award of Nobel Prizes for Literature to the controversial Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek (2004 and the Romanian-German writer Herta M??ller (2009). Taking a broadly chronological approach, the focus will be primarily on the impact of the two "women's movements" of the twentieth century on perceptions of writing and subjectivity as they affect women writers in a range of European countries. Within this chronological context and under a number of themed headings, examples will be taken primarily from Western Europe, in particular the German-speaking, French and English literary traditions. Students are however encouraged to make connections with the work of other writers beyond those on the reading list and to make comparisons with the position and role of women's writing in other literatures with which they may be familiar. Seminar discussions will thus consider not merely geographical and physical boundaries but the wider social and textual frameworks within and against which, arguably, a distinctive women's voice (or voices) may be said to emerge.
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LDCEM028 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module is designed to allow students to produce translations in conditions that encourage and facilitate reflection on the process and product of translation. It encourages students to think experimentally, not only about the forms a finished translation might take, but also about the ways in which process might be incorporated into that translation. The module has a workshop format and culminates in a series of presentations by students of the projects on which they have chosen to work. A series of sessions, devoted to the discussion of problems, both theoretical and practical, connected with translation and the projects ahead, precede the presentations.
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LDCEM034 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This seminar looks at ways in which specific authors/works/genres pass into other cultures through translation. We will look at three genres ' children's literature, drama, and crime fiction ' and for each one, we will analyse the type, identify challenges in translating it, discuss strategies, and examine examples of works in that style, using close textual analysis to see how translators can tackle problems of linguistic, stylistic, and cultural difference. We will then practice translating texts from that genre.
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LDCEM039 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The extremely various theatres of late medieval and early modern England situate the figure of the actor in a great many different settings and configurations. The place of performance may be public, or owned by a patron or by the actors themselves; it may be candle-lit or open to the sky; it may be a communal space for action or the illusionistic location of the fiction; and that fictional world, in turn, may be unitary or else divisively assigned to angels and devils, kings and clowns, speakers and singers. It is possible to grasp this diversity as an historical narrative (from the medieval pageant to the professional stage, from the Elizabethan amphitheatre to the Restoration playhouse with movable scenery), but it was also, often, a synchronic range of possible spaces, each with its distinctive cultural affiliation, each corresponding to, and making visible, its distinctive conceptions of the human, the social and the sacred. The course will explore these spaces by looking not only or even mainly at the theatre history, but at the scripts that record and suggest their meanings.
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LDCEM047 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The course introduces students to the major shifts in philosophical thinking about the Western self from Descartes to the twentieth century. The course will provide students with a training in theoretical debate through the analysis and discussion of a selection of the important thinkers on this list: Descartes, Rousseau, Hegel, Kant, Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Bakhtin, Sartre, Foucault, Derrida, Irigaray, Deleuze and Butler. Through acquaintance with different theoretical traditions, students will have the opportunity to reflect critically on the processes and implications of cultural change; and to relate their understanding of the self and philosophy to other fields such as literature.
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LDCEM011 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module, which is compulsory for students on the MA in Life Writing, will look at the history of autobiographical writing, from St Augustine to W G Sebald by way of Gertrude Stein. Though we shall concentrate on writers using English as their first language, we shall also consider some works in translation. We shall think about different ways of describing the self, whether these emphasise an integrated self or question notions of identity, and shall also reflect on the connections between biography and autobiography.
Assessment is by a 5,000 essay. Please note that although this module is not designed for those wishing to write their own memoir or autobiography, we may use some writing exercises as a means towards better understanding the problems tackled by the authors we are studying.
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LDCEM014 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
A series of workshops by practising translators, shared by the MA in Literary Translation and the MA in Applied Translation Studies. These will be on different aspects of translation, and will involve various genres. There is generally no preparation required for workshops, but students are asked to find out as much as possible in advance about the workshop-holder's background and work. There will usually be translation exercises and discussion in class. Some workshops are on literary topics, but some also deal with non-literary translation or other issues such as approaching a publisher. The workshop programme will be distributed at the start of the academic year.
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LDCEM04Y |
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Year Period |
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LCS-M
The aims of this module are: to introduce students to the principles of Translation Project Management, Terminology Management, Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) and Machine Translation (MT); to raise awareness of the range of tools available to translators; to enable students to find and exploit Internet translation resources; to provide hands-on-experience of CAT and MT tools; and to develop awareness of the advantages and limitations of CAT/MT in various contexts.
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LCS-MT12 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The dissertation is a compulsory requirement for all taught MA programmes.
Work on the dissertation is begun at the end of the second teaching semester. The choice of research topic for the dissertation is made by the students in consultation with their course convenor and/or supervisor (students normally receive up to four hours of supervision in all over the period of supervision).
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LCS-MD1X |
50 |
Semester 2 |
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LCS-MC02 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The dissertation is a compulsory requirement for all taught MA programmes.
Work on the dissertation is begun at the end of the second teaching semester. The choice of research topic for the dissertation is made by the students in consultation with their course convenor and/or supervisor (students normally receive up to four hours of supervision in all over the period of supervision).
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LCS-MD0X |
90 |
Semester 2 |
This module explores ways in which concepts and notions develop into theoretical approaches and translatorial practices but also how practice establishes theoretical positions. Each weekly seminar will focus on key concepts and their use in the existing bibliography on translation, while the practical tasks will give to students the opportunity to apply these concepts to their own translation work.
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LCS-MA03 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The module introduces students to the study of intercultural conflict, through case studies of miscommunication at the levels of international political terminology, pragmatic strategies, the public representation of cross-cultural conflicts and of migration/multicultural conflicts. The module enables students to apply analytical methods to conflicts in intercultural communication on the basis of applied linguistics (contrastive semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics) and cultural studies. By the end of the course students will have an understanding of the linguistic dimensions of conflicts (and their mediation) in intercultural communication.
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LCS-ML23 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The dissertation is a compulsory requirement for all taught MA programmes.
Work on the dissertation is begun at the end of the second teaching semester. The choice of research topic for the dissertation is made by the students in consultation with their course convenor and/or supervisor (students normally receive up to four hours of supervision in all over the period of supervision).
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LCS-MD2X |
90 |
Semester 2 |
This module explores the issues fundamental to intercultural communication (IC) in practical contexts. The theoretical component of the module examines the different ways of thinking about effective communication in a variety of work-based environments. We will also relate theory to the practice of intercultural communication in contextualised workshops. During these workshops, invited practitioners will introduce students to how IC operates in specific organisations, e.g. in government agencies, in multilingual business management, etc.
The module is relevant to those wishing to pursue careers in international management and relations, multilingual business and international development; it is also of interest to those who wish to become more effective communicators in other professions such as translation, interpreting, education and cultural mediation.
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LCS-ML22 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
There is more to linguistic communication than just knowing the vocabulary and grammar of a language; speakers need to know the different ways of using the language they speak ' what to say, how to say it and when to say it. But language is also intimately involved in our notions of culture, our thought processes and, perhaps, even in our sense of reality. Indeed, the very act of linguistic communication itself both creates and sustains our expectations, beliefs and moral values about our world and lives. This module explores a number of issues relating to this reciprocal relationship between language and culture. Linguistics, characterised as the scientific study of language, tends to focus on the formal features of language structure, treating it as an autonomous object. There is more, however, to linguistic communication than just knowing the vocabulary and grammar of a language; speakers need to know the different ways of using the language they speak - what to say and how to say it. These assumptions vary from culture to culture as often shows up in the various forms of miscommunication that occur when we talk with speakers from different linguistic backgrounds. From a broader perspective language is intimately involved in our notions of culture - imagine, for example, expressing, discussing or learning about religious or political beliefs without language - our thought processes and, perhaps, even in our sense of reality. Indeed, for some, the notions of language and culture are so inseparable that they are referred to collectively as languaculture.
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LCS-ML26 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module is an introduction to some of the fundamental concepts associated with theories of intercultural communication. Since norms of behaviour are culturally defined and varied, the beliefs and values which underlie a culture's worldview will be examined from a variety of perspectives. Indicative topics are expected to include how culture is defined; models of explanation of cultural difference (such as the theories of Hofstede and Tropenaars); notions of identity (personal, group, national) and 'otherisation'; stereotypes and prejudice; verbal and non-verbal communication; miscommunication and intercultural conflict; acculturation and culture shock, etc. The module is relevant to students from a variety of backgrounds and with varied interests and will provide useful background for the module 'Intercultural Communication in Practice'.
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LCS-ML25 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module focuses on the role of metaphor in intercultural communication. We look at the ways in which important political, economic and socio-cultural issues are framed in terms of conceptual and discursive metaphors, some of which are culture-specific, whereas others can be found across several cultures or are even universal. The aim is to explore issues involved in the linguistic transposition and dissemination of cognitive frames and scenarios into other languages and cultures. Receptive knowledge of at least one language other than the mother tongue is required.
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LCS-MC04 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The module is intended to refine linguistic and academic competences (oral and or written communication, control of academic registers), and to explore how English operates in a variety of cultural contexts (including the media, critical debate). Skills covered include seminar and presentation skills, note-taking, academic writing, self-directed study and research skills, with application to the theme of communication and language and materials specifically relevant to MA students. An important aim of the module is to familiarise students with the conventions of English academic life and the environment of the university.
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LCS-MC01 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module explores the issues fundamental to translation as process and product in practical contexts, examines theories of equivalence and textual structure in different language-cultures, and applies theory to specialised practice, specifically political and legal texts, publicity texts, multimedia texts, and website location.
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LCS-MA01 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Language occurs in specific social situations, among specific social actors and for a variety of purposes. In turn particular uses of language have the power to shape social encounters and relationships and to help construct and maintain specific ideologies and perspectives. Discourse analysis aims to uncover the ways in which language in use is tied to its social context. This approach is thus at the heart of the analysis of human interaction in society.
This module provides the students with analytical tools that can be fruitfully applied to the study of a variety of texts (e.g. media, advertising, politics, education, business, creative writing) and for a variety of purposes (e.g. developing critical understanding, uncovering ideological bias, reproducing texts successfully in translation and achieving the desired impact through one's own writing).
Presentations of the main concepts and examples are followed by practice sessions in which students have the opportunity to analyze a variety of texts both for class discussion and for their final project.
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LCS-ML13 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module is aimed at MA Translation students with no (or little) previous translation work experience, and students who have experience of professional translation but would like the opportunity to review their practices by reflecting on, and critically documenting, the processes involved. It is based on work on authentic translation assignments negotiated with commercial clients and is very practical: it will promote hands-on sensitisation to aspects of professional commercial translation, to problems involved in translating to specifications, producing and presenting a product of professional standard, to techniques of translation and to the use of reference materials and support resources. It will enable you to apply your analytical and linguistic skills, and to develop a range of key practical skills, including research skills, project and time management, reflective and review skills.
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LCS-MA02 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The module is designed to familiarise postgraduate students with research resources and basic aspects of research methodology (e.g. access to, and use of, sources and resources, collection, analysis and presentation of materials and data).
It is taught over two semesters: the first focuses on seminar-related activities, the second on dissertation-related work. It is assessed by an oral exam on a pass/ fail basis after the end of the second semester. The module is obligatory for all LCS full-time postgraduate students on taught MA programmes and open only to them.
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LCS-MR1Y |
10 |
Year Period |
This module is the first part of a course designed to familiarise postgraduate students with research resources and basic aspects of research methodology (e.g. access to, and use of, sources and resources, collection, analysis and presentation of materials and data) and focuses on seminar-related activities.
It is taught in the first semester of the first year of study. The module is compulsory for all LCS part-time students on MA Taught programmes and open only to them. Co-Requisite: LCS-MR02.
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LCS-MR01 |
5 |
Semester 1 |
The module is the second part of a course designed to familiarise postgraduate students with research resources and basic aspects of research methodology (e.g. access to, and use of, sources and resources, collection, analysis and presentation of materials and data) and focuses on work for the dissertation.
It is taught in the second semester of the first or second year of study and assessed by an oral examination on a pass/fail basis after the end of the second semester. The module is obligatory for all LCS part-time students on MA taught programmes and open only to them. Pre-requisite: LCS-MR01.
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LCS-MR02 |
5 |
Semester 2 |
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PHI-M
For students taking the MA in Social Philosophy. Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in their MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person.
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PHI-M10X |
90 |
Semester 2 |
This module provides for supervised study on the same model as Philosophy Supervised Study 1, for students taking two such modules in the Spring semester. Except in the case of Part-Time students, this module can only be taken concurrently with Philosophy Supervised Study Unit 3. This module may also be taken in the form of language skills for original research (e.g. Ancient Greek, German) in which case language exercises and/or translation tasks may replace some or all of the essay work. Training in logic may also take this form.
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PHI-MA04 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The weekly workshop enables students to present their own work in short presentations and to contribute to discussions on each other's work. There will also be meetings where research methods and tactics are discussed, such as journal publication. Each student must produce a presentation and meaningfully contribute to the meetings in order to pass the module.
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PHI-M09Y |
10 |
Year Period |
The module will explore the philosophy of Noam Chomsky, the leading linguist of the last century. The module will be taught via a small tutorial group that will explore a central theme in the development of Chomsky's position each week. Topics will include: the refutation of behaviourism, the computational basis of language, the creativity of linguistic performance, internalism vs externalism, the concept of human nature. As well as the tutorial, students are encouraged to attend the lectures for the undergraduate module, Language in Mind, that will cover some of the same issues.
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PHI-M011 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The module takes the form of a research-led, workshop-style, seminar based on an area of Classical Philosophy in which the module convener has current research interests. It will include detailed attention to selected texts and issues. The topic will be chosen by the lecturer. Recent topics have included (a) Mind and Perception, with detailed attention to Aristotle's "De Anima"; and (b) God creation and design, with detailed attention to Plato's Timaeus and texts in Aristotle and Plotinus. This module is linked to the advanced undergraduate module, Classical Philosophy Special Subject.
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PHI-M018 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module provides for supervised study on the same model as Philosophy Supervised Study unit 1, and is available as the first such module to be taken in the Spring semester of the programme.
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PHI-MA02 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module provides for supervised study on the same model as Philosophy Supervised Study 1, for students taking two such modules in the Spring semester. Except in the case of Part-Time students, this module can only be taken concurrently with Philosophy Supervised Study module 1. This module may also be taken in the form of language skills for original research (e.g. Ancient Greek, German) in which case language exercises and/or translation tasks may replace some or all of the essay work. Training in logic may also take this form.
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PHI-MA03 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The module is designed to train the student in research techniques in philosophy and to develop advanced knowledge and understanding in some clearly defined area of the discipline which may or may not have been studied before, eg. at BA level. The student is assigned to work with a tutor with research expertise in the chosen area. The topics covered, and the manner in which they are covered, will be tailored to the student's prior experience in the field. Typically, three essay questions, with bibliographical research, will be set for work during the semester.
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PHI-MA01 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module will be devoted to the interpretation and discussion of
important, advanced texts in modern political philosophy, in particular
texts by John Rawls, perhaps the most significant political philosopher of
the late twentieth century. Rawlsian political philosophy of liberalism will
be tested with regard to its soundness in relation to equality,
community/society, and ecology. Consideration will be given to looking at
what political philosophy might viably challenge or replace liberalism,
which tends to be the 'dominant paradigm' in political theory and practice
today. Students will also have an opportunity to apply abstract
philosophical ideas to current political controversies.
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PHI-M008 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The topics of this module will be chosen from amongst the following: the definition and purpose of literature; the nature of literary language, fiction, fictional characters, narrative, genre, literary criticism and interpretation; the relevance of author's intention, the role of the reader, and the relationship between literature which is read and that which is heard and seen; aesthetic evaluation, taste, subjectivity and objectivity; whether literature can convey truth and knowledge, and the relationship between aesthetic judgement and ethics. Students submit two essays of 2,500 words each.
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PHI-M009 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The main aim of this course is to explore philosophical themes which arise naturally in the reading of literature, and literary issues which arise naturally in the study of philosophy. Literary texts may well include a selection from: Shakespeare, Pope, Wordsworth, Keats, Tennyson, Arnold, Conrad and Beckett. Philosophical texts may well include a selection from: Plato, Augustine, Montaigne, Descartes, Goethe, Nietzsche and Wittgenstein. Two important themes for discussion will be the rise of physical science and its impact on philosophy and literature; and how different conceptions of philosophy and literature affect the way in which they are written (or not written). Assessment will be by two coursework essays.
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PHI-M016 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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PSI
Religion has largely been ignored in International Relations throughout much of the twentieth century. However, since the 9/11 attacks, it has become an increasingly important issue. This module examines the resurgence of religion as an international actor seeking to discover the relevance of religion in international relations theory, identity formation, and the war on terror.
Suggested reading: Jeffrey Haynes, An Introduction to International Relations and Religion (Longman, 2007); Lee Marsden, For God's Sake: the Christian Right and US Foreign Policy (Zed Books, 2008).
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PSIIM021 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module examines the relationship between language, images and social meaning. Media products from film and advertising to newspaper articles and even music are examined as `texts' that shape and are shaped by the socio-political reality. After discussing some of the main theories of textual analysis like semiotics, psychoanalysis and discourse analysis, we will adopt a hands on approach in order to demonstrate how the visual and linguistic techniques can advance our understanding of the processes of representation and communication of meaning.
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PSIPM015 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
For students taking the MA in Media, Culture and Society. Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in their MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person.
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PSIPM40X |
60 |
Semester 2 |
For students taking the MRes degrees in Public Policy and Public Management and International Public Policy and Public Management. Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in their MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person.
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PSI-M30X |
60 |
Semester 2 |
For students taking the MA degree in Public Policy and Public Management. Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in their MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person.
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PSI-M20X |
40 |
Semester 2 |
Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in their MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person.
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PSI-M50X |
40 |
Semester 2 |
This module enables students to develop advanced understanding of the main theories, models and concepts used in the study of public management, the main debates in the field, and substantive knowledge of developments in public management in a variety of settings. Students who successfully complete this module will be able to demonstrate: a critical understanding of the main theoretical approaches used in the study of public management and organisational behaviour; familiarity with the main debates in the scholarly literature on public management; substantive knowledge of the theory and practice of the new public management; a critical understanding of public management reform in the United Kingdom and elsewhere; and familiarity with debates concerning the operation and impact of international organisations, including the EU, on public management at the national level.
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PSIPM021 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The module aims to enable students to develop an understanding of the role of international organisations and their impact on public policy and public management at the domestic and international levels. Students will discuss critically the theories, models and concepts used in the analysis of international cooperation, competing perspectives in international politics and demonstrate the role they play in public policy and public management. The UN, NATO, IMF, WTO, World Bank and EU will be examined and why sovereign states decide to establish these and other international organisations. Their role in security, trade, finance, gender and environmental policy will be considered and the factors which determine their design and evolution. The extent to which their operation reflects underlying power and interest will be evaluated and the extent to which they have democratic legitimacy.
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PSIIM006 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module enables students to develop advanced understanding of the main theories, models and concepts used in the study of public policy, the main debates in the field, and substantive knowledge of public policy in a variety of settings. Students successfully completing the module will be able to demonstrate:
- critical understanding of the main theoretical approaches used in the study of public policy
- familiarity with the main debates in the scholarly literature on public policy
- advanced knowledge of public policy and policy processes in a variety of national settings
- familiarity with the main theories and debates relating to the operation and impact of international organisations, including the European Union, on domestic policy and policy-making processes.
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PSIPM023 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The module focuses on European Political Cooperation now and into the future, particularly Europe's role as an international actor. Issues include the EU and international conflicts such as the Gulf War, the Middle East and former Yugoslavia, the EU's position as one of three major economic world powers, the EU and Third World development, new considerations in European security, global environmental and energy concerns. Convergence or divergence in European political consensus is examined through these issues in an attempt to draw useful insights for the future of European Integration.
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PSIIM010 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module looks at the history of the region, including the involvement of the superpowers in the politics of the cold war in Asia. Conflict in the region as well as the rise and fall of the regional powers are reviewed. The development of multipolarity and the importance of the Asia-Pacific region in the post-cold war world is also covered. The aftermath of the Second World War, the onset of the Cold War, conflict in Korea and Vietnam, the changing relationship between the US, USSR and China are covered, as is the development of Southeast Asia in the modern world. We also assess the major issues contemporary to the region.
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PSIIM007 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module looks at media concepts, situations and policies in Europe and assesses the representation of contemporary topics important to the EU. Topics include history/role of European media, newsworthiness and representation - public opinion - press freedom and responsibility, press concentration, deregulation and globalisation, the media in EU countries (particularly press and TV), the EU and its audiovisual communications' policy, case studies on the EURO, EU enlargement, war and conflict, European identity and the EU, constitution, democracy and the potential of cybermedia.
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PSIIM005 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module studies the integration process in Europe. It introduces the evolution of political and economic co-operation. The main political actors and their roles are identified and the workings of the European Union as a polity assessed in the light of relevant theoretical discourses and interpretations.
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PSIIM003 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This course examines the study of security in the international system, through its roots in Cold War strategic studies to the development of the more broadly focused field of security studies today. The course critically analyses contemporary security issues and provides a sound theoretical base for considering practical issues of security, including new wars, intervention and terrorism.
Themes explored include security and the nation state, war and peace, new wars, alliances, democratic peace, securitisation, human security, the arms industry, and terrorism.
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PSIIM020 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The module looks at the history of China and Japan from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. The attempts at modernisation, conflict between the two nations, their relationships with the Asian region and the United States are covered. Their contrasting attempts to develop in the postwar period are investigated. We also assess their current policies and the issues of importance to China and Japan in the twenty first century, and assess whether they can move beyond the legacy of this difficult history.
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PSIIM026 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
In this module, students will critically engage with mainstream political and economic assessments of environmental degradation and climate change by adopting a political economy approach. In coming to terms with these environmental threats, the module tries to reawaken a broader type of ethical, natural and social theorisation that defined an earlier political economy. This is not a module on environmental or resource economics, nor are students expected to have an economics background. Rather, this module tries to problematise social production as something much more than a series of market relations. It tries to develop a broader socio-cultural understanding of production that `de-naturalises' the way we view and exploit the natural world.
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PSIPM022 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Working from the assumption that the mass media are an integral part of modern political life, this module examines the way in which politics is represented in the mass media and reviews critically the argument about 'bias'. It also explores the arguments around the ownership and control of mass media, the increasing use of the mass media by political parties and the changing relationship between citizens and politics engendered by new communication technologies.
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PSIPM012 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
For students taking the MA in Media, Culture and Society. Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in their MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person.
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PSIPM20X |
80 |
Semester 2 |
This module explores key issues within media and cultural politics. The module is divided into separate blocks and spread over two semesters. Each block deals with different aspects of media and cultural politics, including identity and power, communication and culture.
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PSIPM03Y |
20 |
Year Period |
This module introduces students to the fundamentals of modern social and political thought by means of in-depth study of key texts by leading thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth century. An emphasis is placed on classical social theory and liberal political theory as well as more recent departures from those traditions. Students will have an opportunity to read and discuss major works of social theory by Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber and Pierre Bourdieu as well as works of political theory by J S Mill, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and Iris Marion Young. During the module students will also have the chance to reflect on fundamental questions about the methodologies employed by social and political theorists and on problems associated with claims to knowledge and objective truth in these fields.
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PSIPM003 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module examines in depth selected works of political thinkers who are seminal to the Western tradition of political thought, including Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. Their work will also be compared thematically, with a focus on ideas such as the social contract, political obligation, property, individual rights and freedom. The approach is analytical rather than historical and contextualist. The module's focus on the study and interpretation of key texts enables students to develop skills of textual analysis and critique.
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PSIPM005 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module will look at theories of policy making and relate them to recent developments in the policy process in Britain, using a case studies approach. The unit will consider some theories of decision making, such as the rational actor model, disjointed incrementalism, policy networks, bureaucratic politics. It will also examine broader issues of the relationship of power and economic forces to the decision making process. Finally, it will examine such issues as agenda setting, the importance of policy discourse and the role of ideas and belief systems in the policy making process.
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PSIPM018 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module introduces students to the government and politics of one of the most interesting and frequently misunderstood regions in world politics ' the Middle East. The module examines the evolution of the modern Middle Eastern political system over the past century. Students will acquire the skills to analyse key issues in the politics of the region, including topical events such as the preponderance of ethno-sectarian violence and the rise of Islamist movements. Other key questions include the lack of democracy in the region and the creation of rentier economies in the Gulf.
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PSIIM030 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a generic exam for students registered on the MA in International Relations based around the core unit, International Relations Theory.
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PSIIM200 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This is a generic exam for students registered on the MA in International Relations and European Studies based around the core units.
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PSIIM202 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
A research review paper of 6,000-9,000 words on a subject of your choice.
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PSIPM04Y |
20 |
Year Period |
This module looks at the responses in political theory to the rise of multicultural societies in Europe and North America since the end of World War II. The aim is to introduce students to a range of contemporary theoretical perspectives on multiculturalism and to facilitate critical assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of competing approaches. Theorists under examination will include: Parekh, Kymlicka, Taylor and Modood as well as major liberal alternative views; Barry, Rawls and Raz. The module will combine theoretical study with analysis of practical issues/case studies surrounding multiculturalism. Among the issues to be considered are the following: models of integration, group rights, institutional racism, Islamophobia, and the Rushdie affair. The module will also consider divergent policies adopted within European states (eg, France and Germany) and give attention to the attempts to operationalise multiculturalism in the UK in particular via the Parekh Report.
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PSIPM026 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Understanding the competing theories of how international politics works is essential to understanding international politics itself. In fact, theories make our understanding of the world we are trying to explain easier because they tell us what we need to pay attention to, what we can ignore, and which factors will determine outcomes. This module will provide students with that essential grounding in International Relations theory, encompassing both the foundational theories of realism and liberalism, and contemporary debates about hegemony, neo-imperialism and post-positivism. The module is structured around the rationalist-reflectivist divide and starts with classical realism and neo-realism, and liberalism and neo-liberalism. It then explores the English School and constructivism before turning to more critical and reflectivist theories like post-colonialism, feminism and gender studies and post-structuralism. This module will be taught predominantly using lectures and seminars but will make use, where appropriate, of film and documentaries in order to explore different theoretical schools, both thematically and empirically.
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PSIIM011 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The module offers a basic training in social research methods, provided flexibly to meet different needs and interests. There are opportunities to learn skills in use of SPSS for statistical analysis of large datasets, interviewing, transcription, document analysis, research uses of electronic media, devising a research proposal, writing a research report and oral presentations. Students will learn to evaluate research methods from the perspectives of ethics, methodology and practicality.
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PSIPM019 |
40 |
Semester 1 |
This module enables students to develop an advanced understanding of the theory and practice of public affairs, interest intermediation, and the strategies used by interest, advocacy groups and others to influence the political process. As well as covering the main debates in the academic literature, it draws directly on the experience of practitioners and offers unique insights into this under-studied area of politics.
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PSIPM034 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module provides a foundation in the theory and practice of economic regulation, incorporating economic, business, legal and political science perspectives. The module is a research-led programme based on the research undertaken in the ESRC Centre for Competition Policy and assumes no previous studies of economics.
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PSIPM028 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module provides students a grounding in core journalism skills, with a special application to new and emerging media. Topics covered include: new forms of journalism, news sources and rich content production. Students will write and produce content for an online news platform.
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PSIPM027 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This 40 credit module gives students a wide and detailed grounding in all aspects of television journalism and news production. Core topics include editing, camera work, sound and interviewing. Students produce a magazine-style TV show that is built around the video reports that they shoot and edit themselves. Students work both in the studio and on location.
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PSIPM038 |
40 |
Semester 2 |
The Practical Media module is taught at the EPIC (former Anglia) TV studios in Norwich. This is a state-of-the-art working TV studio (e.g making shows for BBC1). Students are given an introduction to all aspects of broadcast journalism, including camera and studio work, scripting, editing (using Apple's Final Cut Pro) and sound. Students produce short videos in small teams before creating this into a TV show (magazine format) in the main studio. The course is taught by leading experts in their field. Ian Masters presented BBC Look East for many years before moving into management including Director of BBC South. He was also Director of Broadcasting at the Thompson Foundation and has travelled all around the world training journalists. Mark Wells was a BBC journalist and producer for many years, before becoming a Director at Televirtual (making TV shows such as Knightmare). He is currently Director of the EPIC TV studios. Further information is available: www.ueamedia.wordpress.com, www.epic-tv.org.
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PSIPM029 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module is intended to provide an introduction to the key study skills in media and cultural studies. It will be particularly useful for students unfamiliar with the British university system and its expectations. Students will apply theoretical and methodological approaches to contemporary media texts and discuss recent scholarship on changes in the global media and cultural landscape. In addition to introducing key study skills and debates in the discipline, the workshop sessions will provide a supportive environment for critical reflection and intercultural communication.
MEDIA, CULTURE AND SOCIETY STUDENTS WITH A NON-UK FIRST DEGREE ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS MODULE UNLESS A WAIVER IS OBTAINED FROM THE COURSE DIRECTOR.
THIS MODULE IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO STUDENTS TAKING THE MA IN MEDIA, CULTURE AND SOCIETY AND THE MA IN MEDIA AND CULTURAL POLITICS.
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PSIPM017 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
The Practical Media module is taught at the EPIC (former Anglia) TV studios in Norwich. This is a state-of-the-art working TV studio (e.g making shows for BBC1). Students are given an introduction to all aspects of broadcast journalism, including camera and studio work, scripting, editing (using Apple's Final Cut Pro) and sound. Students produce short videos in small teams before creating this into a TV show (magazine format) in the main studio. The course is taught by leading experts in their field. Ian Masters presented BBC Look East for many years before moving into management including Director of BBC South. He was also Director of Broadcasting at the Thompson Foundation and has travelled all around the world training journalists. Mark Wells was a BBC journalist and producer for many years, before becoming a Director at Televirtual (making TV shows such as Knightmare). He is currently Director of the EPIC TV studios. Further information is available: www.ueamedia.wordpress.com, www.epic-tv.org.
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PSIPM020 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module will use case studies of Southeast Asia, Central America and the Middle East to explore the reasons for American interventions and to assess their success or failure. It will offer an historical understanding of the assumptions and practices which lie behind contemporary US foreign policy-making. The module will introduce students to the institutions and processes involved in the making of American foreigh policy.
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PSIIM032 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Public choice theory applies economic models to explain political phenomena. This module, jointly taught by lecturers from philosophy, politics and economics, studies the concepts of market failure and political failure, problems of collective action, rational choice models of democracy and bureaucracy, social choice theory, the motivation of actors in the political process, and the evolution of conventions and norms. The political context is the move from a welfare state to a market society. The emphasis is on the critical appraisal of alternative approaches to public choice and policy issues.
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PSIPM014 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module enables students to develop advanced understanding of the main theories, models and concepts used in the study of public management, the main debates in the field, and substantive knowledge of developments in public management in a variety of settings. Students who successfully complete this module will be able to demonstrate: a critical understanding of the main theoretical approaches used in the study of public management and organisational behaviour; familiarity with the main debates in the scholarly literature on public management; substantive knowledge of the theory and practice of the new public management; a critical understanding of public management reform in the United Kingdom and elsewhere; and familiarity with debates concerning the operation and impact of international organisations, including the EU, on public management at the national level.
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PSIPM042 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Students are required to write a dissertation of a length as specified in their MA Course Guide on a topic approved by the Course Director or other authorised person. The dissertation by practice allows students to demonstrate their ability to carry out a work of broadcastable journalism.
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PSI-M60X |
40 |
Semester 2 |
For better or worse, new digital technologies are hyped at having revolutionised society. This module will provide students with an introduction to the ways in which the internet and other digital technologies are (and are not) affecting society from theoretical and empirical perspectives, and how society shapes technology. Topics covered include: the evolution of the internet; the "network society"; regulating new media; the radical internet and terrorism; social networking, blogs and interactivity; culture and identity in the digital age; and how the internet affects politics and the media.
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PSIPM007 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
Would an ideal society have no more crime? Who would be wealthy or powerful? Would politics be outlawed? Do utopians try to impose their views on the rest of humankind? Do the flaws in human nature justify the pessimism of dystopian writers? This unit compares selected utopian and dystopian texts produced during the last six centuries. Themes will include property, social control, gender, morality and politics. Another dimension of the course is to consider the purpose of utopian thinking and the historical role of utopian ideas in social theory and social reform.
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PSIPM002 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
The module concentrates on Russian foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. It considers the internal and external determinants of foreign policy and looks at key policy issues and policy towards a number of important states and regions.
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PSIIM008 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
This module introduces to students the basic concepts of integration/disintegration, globalisation, regionalism and the purpose of the existence of and inter-relationship between international regional Organisations. It then goes on to examine the structure and functions of several major international organisations such as the United Nations, NATO, the EU, NAFTA, ASEAN, MERCOSUR, the AU, etc, and their role in international conflict and economic development with specific case studies. A brief coverage of International Financial Institutions such as IMF, World Bank, the WTO and the G8 will complement the main areas of study above. The style of the module consists of a series of lectures/seminars, class presentations, video showings and workshops. Although this is a mostly empirically based module, students will be expected to apply International Relations and Development theories which they will be studying alongside, in their other modules, as appropriate.
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PSIIM009 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
This module is divided into two parts. The first focuses on the cold war and the second the post-cold war period. The module uses a series of case studies, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the break-up of Yugoslavia and the war on terror to highlight broader issues regarding the changing international political system. Diplomatic political history is the predominant discipline used on this module, but theoretical approaches are also adopted to help students understand the nature of the cold war and post-cold war systems.
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PSIIM015 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
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