'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland

Credits: 60.0

Contact: Dr Martyn Frampton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The outbreak of violence in Northern Ireland in 1968-9 marked the start of over three decades of conflict in the province. During that time, some three and a half thousand people lost their lives, thousands more were injured and the fabric of society was irrevocably altered. This module will explore in depth, the phenomenon that has become known euphemistically as 'the Troubles'. It will examine the motivations and mental frameworks of the respective protagonists in the conflict - Irish Republicans, Loyalists, Moderate Nationalists and Unionists and the British and Irish governments. Attention will be paid to the internal culture of the paramilitary organisations that so disfigured Northern Ireland in this period, as well as to the impact these groups had on society. Amongst the key questions to be explored are those of, 'Why did 'the Troubles' begin?', 'Why were they sustained?' 'Why did they end?' and 'What did they mean?' In addition, consideration will be given to the way in which 'the Troubles' have been portrayed in popular culture and memory - and the wider influence of understandings of the conflict. The overall aim is to provide you with a thorough going understanding of why it was that this corner of the United Kingdom was plagued by over thirty years of political violence and the effect this had on those living there.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 30.0% Examination, 50.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

10,000 Word Dissertation

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Julia Hornle
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Write a 10,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within a subject area of the computer and communications programme. A Supervisor will be allocated according to topic. Students will have two terms to write up and submit the dissertation.

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

10,000 Word Dissertation

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Julia Hornle
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Write a 10,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within a subject area of the computer and communications programme. A Supervisor will be allocated according to topic. Students will have two terms to write up and submit the dissertation.

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

10,000 Word Dissertation

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Julia Hornle
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Write a 10,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within a subject area of the computer and communications programme. A Supervisor will be allocated according to topic. Students will have two terms to write up and submit the dissertation.

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

20,000 Word Dissertation

Credits: 60.0

Contact: Dr Julia Hornle
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Write a 20,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within a subject area of the computer and communications programme. A Supervisor will be allocated according to topic. Students will have two terms to write up and submit the dissertation.

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

20,000 Word Dissertation

Credits: 60.0

Contact: Dr Julia Hornle
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Write a 20,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within a subject area of the computer and communications programme. A Supervisor will be allocated according to topic. Students will have two terms to write up and submit the dissertation.

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

20,000 Word Dissertation

Credits: 60.0

Contact: Dr Julia Hornle
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Write a 20,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within a subject area of the computer and communications programme. A Supervisor will be allocated according to topic. Students will have two terms to write up and submit the dissertation.

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

3D Graphics Programming Tools

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Andrea Cavallaro
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will provide you with a fundamental understanding about the techniques used for programming 3D graphics, computer driven animation and virtual reality applications. By the end of the module, you will understand the most relevant programming tools for 3D graphics, will have the ability to implement 3D virtual environments using VRLM, understand basic transformations and rendering techniques for the creation of virtual reality and have the ability to implement computer generated animations.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Level: 5

Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Charlotte Clark
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: TBA

This module is designed to give students a scientific overview of psychopathology based on empirical findings and to critically evaluate the range of approaches in this field. Topics covered include the history, classification and diagnosis of abnormal behaviour; aetiology and treatment protocols; current developments and advances in biological psychiatry (e.g., cognitive and affective neurosciences); cognitive and behavioural consequences of neurological disorders; anxiety disorders; mood disorders; personality disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; somatoform and dissociative disorders; sexual and "gender identity" disorders; developmental psychopathology; practical and ethical concerns in mental health care; the role of mental health professionals particularly psychologists.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 5

Academic Skills

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Gerard Hanlon
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module is organised around weekly tutorials in the first semester. These meetings will introduce students to study skills, to a variety of pedagogic approaches, to group work, and will focus on key themes - production, exchange, consumption and distribution. Because Business and Management scholarship is interdisciplinary and different scholars have different backgrounds(e.g., economists, sociologists, marketing, ethics and politics academics are all house in the same School), we are not intending to design a set curriculum in the sense of how an individual lecturer approaches a theme. Rather, we wish to stress the learned outcomes should be the same and the themes studied should be the same, but individual academics should draw on their individual expertise to address the theme and ensure the outcomes. The advantages of this approach are twofold. One, students come to understand that a variety of approaches is inherent in academic business and management scholarship and two, it draws on the particular skills of the individual academic. Having stated that we will use a variety of approaches, compulsory issues will be covered by all groups - e.g. plagiarism, referencing, essay writing, good academic studying practices, taking the lead on a piece of work and presenting it to the group, understanding the nature of good argument, etc.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Accounting for Business

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Sonja Gallhofer
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module provides insights into how accounting is embedded in a socio-economic, political and cultural context and how accounting is shaped by this context and in turn shapes this context. Adopting this broader perspective the module elaborates accounting concepts in the context of decision-making, control and governance. Key concepts and methods of accounting are discussed by focusing on the reporting of the financial position and the financial performance of business organisations, the analysis of the financial statements produced by business organisations and the use of accounting information by management for planning, decision making and control purposes.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

A Century of Extremes: Germany 1890 - 1990

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Christina Von Hodenberg
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides a systematic account of German history in the twentieth century. It aims at a better understanding of the major developments in society, politics, culture, and economy which shaped the country up to today. In the beginning, special attention will be paid to the origins and consequences of World War I, the challenges facing the Weimar republic, Hitler's rise, the National Socialist Regime, World War II, and the Holocaust. The module then turns to the Allied occupation, Germany's division into two states on opposing sides of the Cold War, the Westernization of the West and Sovietization of the East, and the unexpected reunification. Class readings include historical research and original sources as well as some literary texts and films. Different approaches, arguments, and controversies will be presented. Suggested reading: M. Fulbrook, The Divided Nation: A History of Germany 1918-1990 (1991)

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Level: 5

A Century of Extremes: Germany 1890 - 1990

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Christina Von Hodenberg
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides a systematic account of German history in the twentieth century. It aims at a better understanding of the major developments in society, politics, culture, and economy which shaped the country up to today. In the beginning, special attention will be paid to the origins and consequences of World War I, the challenges facing the Weimar republic, Hitler's rise, the National Socialist Regime, World War II, and the Holocaust. The module then turns to the Allied occupation, Germany's division into two states on opposing sides of the Cold War, the Westernization of the West and Sovietization of the East, and the unexpected reunification. Class readings include historical research and original sources as well as some literary texts and films. Different approaches, arguments, and controversies will be presented.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

A Century of Extremes: Germany 1890 - 1990

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Christina Von Hodenberg
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides a systematic account of German history in the twentieth century. It aims at a better understanding of the major developments in society, politics, culture, and economy which shaped the country up to today. In the beginning, special attention will be paid to the origins and consequences of World War I, the challenges facing the Weimar republic, Hitler's rise, the National Socialist Regime, World War II, and the Holocaust. The module then turns to the Allied occupation, Germany's division into two states on opposing sides of the Cold War, the Westernization of the West and Sovietization of the East, and the unexpected reunification. Class readings include historical research and original sources as well as some literary texts and films. Different approaches, arguments, and controversies will be presented.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 5

A Closer Look at Chemistry

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tippu Sheriff
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: SEF003

This module expands upon topics covered in SEF003 and provides a further introduction to the fundamentals of chemistry; including topics such as thermochemistry, reaction kinetics and equilibria, molecular structure, aspects of organic chemistry, and spectroscopic methods. Prerequisite: SEF003 Introductory Chemistry

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 3

Actuarial Mathematics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Rosemary Harris
Overlap: MAS224
Prerequisite: MTH4101, MTH4107, MTH4108;

This module gives an introduction to the mathematics of life assurance. You will learn to value cash flows and use life tables for making predictions and analysing mortality patterns. This leads on to the valuation of life annuities and of the benefits paid in life assurance policies. Various life assurance products will be explained and then used for illustration of the basic principles of life assurance.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 6

Adaptations

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Margherita Laera
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Performances as diverse as Hollywood cinema, West End theatre, Restoration drama, costume dramas, verbatim theatre and experimental theatre and performance practices exhibit a fascination with adapting the work of other artists and media. This module explores issuees at stake in practices of adaptation and provides students with opportunities to experiment with creating adaptations. In particular, Adaptations investigates the ways in which a variety of media might be adapted for performance and the aesthetic, cultural and ethical considerations that arise from this work. Students will engage with these issues and practices through a critical engagement with case studies, criticism and practical tasks. In the module of these investigations, students will experiment with a range of performance-making strategies and test ideas and concepts such as simulation, mimesis, genre, originality and authenticity. Students will work with a range of materials for adaptation which might include, but is not limited to: film, fiction, painting, sculpture, interviews, news media, plays, (auto)biography and photographs.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Ad Hoc and Broadband Wireless

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Xiaodong Chen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to teach the key fundamentals of Ad Hoc and Broadband wireless networks and will focus on architectures and communication protocols. The content is divided into two parts; ad hoc and broadband wireless as described below:

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Ad Hoc and Broadband Wireless

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Xiaodong Chen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to teach the key fundamentals of Ad Hoc and Broadband wireless networks and will focus on architectures and communication protocols. The content is divided into two parts; ad hoc and broadband wireless as described below:

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Administrative Law

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Andrew Le Sueur
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module in Administrative Law focuses on the principles of judicial review, the process by which the courts are asked to determine the validity or invalidity of the decisions, actions and inaction of government departments, local councils and other public bodies.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 5

Advanced Accounting for Business

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Sean Mccartney
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module builds on the foundation provided by BUS106 Accounting for Business in Year 1. In the area of Financial Accounting, the proposed module focuses on Financial Reporting by companies, and impact of company law and accounting standards. In Management Accounting the module looks at different approaches to costing, and the concept of identifying relevant costs for management decision-making; the appraisal of investment opportunities (capital budgeting) and accounting as a control mechanism.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Level: 5

Advanced Aerodynamics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Fariborz Motallebi
Overlap: DENM002
Prerequisite: DEN233 and DEN302

To provide more advanced knowledge of both viscous and inviscid aerodynamics, particularly in relation to external flows about aircraft (3D flows, stall, wing design and buffeting) . To examine in detail the manifold sources of drag on an aircraft and introduce methods for its estimation. Numerical methods such as panel method, method of characteristics in the design of aeronautical vehicles and devices will be discussed.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Asset Pricing and Modelling

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Andriy Zapechelnyuk
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The aim of this module is to provide students with the analytical tools of advanced finance theory. The module will give an introduction to stochastic calculus, optimal control and martingale methods, and will cover dynamic asset pricing models, optimal consumption and portfolio theory, equilibrium models of the term structure of interest rates, option pricing of interest rates and stocks based on arbitrage and general equilibrium models, incomplete markets and portfolio optimisation in incomplete markets. Prerequisites: ECOM043 Quantitative Asset Pricing

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Biofluid Mechanics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Yiling Lu
Overlap: DENM015
Prerequisite: DEN322, DEN240

The module exposes students to advanced topics in vascular science and tissue engineering. It highlights the pivotal role of physical principles in blood circulation, vascular diseases, transport of water and solutes in soft tissues, and microcirculatory dynamics. Students will study the modelling of unsteady haemodynamics, and will learn to approach complex biological problems using simplified model systems. Students are exposed to the state of the art through working with scientific journal papers which they summarise and present in seminars.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Biofluid Mechanics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Yiling Lu
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module exposes students to advanced topics in vascular science and tissue engineering. It highlights the pivotal role of physical principles in blood circulation, vascular diseases, transport of water and solutes in soft tissues, and microcirculatory dynamics. Students will study the modelling of unsteady haemodynamics, and will learn to approach complex biological problems using simplified model systems. Students are exposed to the state of the art through working with scientific journal papers which they summarise and present in seminars.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Catalan

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Ester Pou
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: HSP195, HSP199

This module is for students who have at least an intermediate level in Catalan language. The focus of the module is on aural and reading comprehension, writing skills, grammatical accuracy and acquisition of new vocabulary. You will explore texts from a variety of genres (narrative, advertising, journalism, television, etc.) and develop strategies for understanding them and producing similar ones.

Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Examination
Level: 6

Advanced Chemistry Project (MSci)

Credits: 45.0

Contact: Dr Peter Wyatt
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The students work independently on research topics set by their project supervisors. Original experimental or theoretical work is the principal component of advanced projects. The work also involves critical evaluation of previously published results. A dissertation is prepared and defended in an oral examination; students also present their work in the form of a poster and as a short oral presentation.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical, 50.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

Advanced Combinatorics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Thomas Mueller
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module builds on the combinatorial ideas of the modules Combinatorics and Extremal Combinatorics and introduces some of the more advanced tools for solving combinatorial and graph theoretic problems. The topics covered will depend on the module organiser's expertise but significant emphasis will be on the techniques used as well as the results proved.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Combinatorics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Thomas Mueller
Overlap: MTH710U, MTHM04
Prerequisite: MTH6109

This module builds on the combinatorial ideas of the modules Combinatorics and Extremal Combinatorics and introduces some of the more advanced tools for solving combinatorial and graph theoretic problems. The topics covered will depend on the module organiser's expertise but significant emphasis will be on the techniques used as well as the results proved.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Combustion in Reciprocating Engines

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Dongsheng Wen
Overlap: DEN326,DENM021
Prerequisite: DEN208,DEN313

This module introduce fundamentals of combustions in automotive engine. Topics included in the module cover the principles of operation of spark and compression ignition engines, energy and fuels, fuel properties for use in engines, combustion and flame development in CI and Si engines, gaseous and particle emission, and regulations.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Combustion in Reciprocating Engines

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Dongsheng Wen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module covers fundamentals and applications of combustions in automotive engine. Topics covered in the module include the principles of operation of spark and compression ignition engines, energy and fuels, fuel properties for use in engines, combustion and flame development in CI and Si engines, gaseous and particle emission, and regulations, as well as additional directed advanced reading material in energy use in power plants, combustion modelling and life cycle analysis.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Cosmology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Alexandre Polnarev
Overlap: MAS401
Prerequisite: MTH5106

Cosmology is a rapidly developing subject that is the focus of a considerable research effort worldwide. It is the attempt to understand the present state of the universe as a whole and thereby shed light on its origin and ultimate fate. Why is the universe structured today in the way that it is, how did it develop into its current form and what will happen to it in the future? The aim of this module is to address these and related questions from both the observational and theoretical perspectives. The course does not require specialist astronomical knowledge and does not assume any prior understanding of general relativity.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Database Systems and Technology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tony Stockman
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Database performance tuning: denormalisation, over normalisation use of indexes, clustering. Active database systems: the event condition action model, types and applications of triggers. Databases for XML and XML query languages: DTD, storage, model, native database, XPath, XQuery Data mining: the exploration of large quantities of data for the discovery of meaningful rules and knowledge; Moving object databases: approaches to the modelling and querying of temporal, spatial and spatial-temporal data

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Database Systems and Technology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tony Stockman
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Topics covered include: Database performance tuning: denormalisation, over normalisation, indexing and clustering. Active databases: the event, condition action model, different types of triggers and their applications. Databases for XML and XML query languages: DTD, storage, model, native database, XPath, XQuery, mapping to relational and OO DBMS; Data mining: the exploration of large quantities of data for the discovery of meaningful rules and knowledge; Information extraction: the analysis of unrestricted text to extract information about pre-specified types of events, entities or relationships; Mobile databases: design and performance; Moving objects databases: language extensions to support spatial-temporal data.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Advanced Electrical and Electronic Studies

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Akram Alomainy
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Provides study of selected advanced topics in electronics, computers or telecommunications according to the programme of study. Not open to Associate Students or students from other Departments.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Environmental Engineering

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Peter Wormleaton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is designed for fourth year MEng and for MSc students. It will be taught alongside DEN320 Environmental Engineering and so will contain all of the materials on that module. Students should refer to the description of DEN320 for details of this part of the course. Additional lectures will be provided on advanced numerical environmental modelling including risk analysis, decision theory, probabilities and Monte-Carlo simulation. Students will complete a group project which will involve some of these more advanced analysis and modelling techniques.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Environmental Engineering

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Peter Wormleaton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is designed for fourth year MEng and for MSc students. It will be taught alongside DEN320 Environmental Engineering and so will contain all of the materials on that module. Students should refer to the description of DEN320 for details of this part of the course. Additional lectures will be provided on advanced numerical environmental modelling including risk analysis, decision theory, probabilities and Monte-Carlo simulation. Students will complete a group project which will involve some of these more advanced analysis and modelling techniques.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Experimental Chemistry

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Tony Vlcek
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

A module of practical work designed to familiarise chemistry students with modern experimental methods and techniques in inorganic and organic chemistry. This module will build upon the practical skills acquired during the first two years. A report based on a literature search will also form part of the module, and instruction in the technique of searching the literature will be provided.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Advanced Flight Control and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicles

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ranjan Vepa
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This is an advanced integrated MSc module consisting of the main topics that are of primary importance to aerospace vehicle flight control and flight simulation. The module aims at providing an in-depth understanding of the principles of flight control and aerospace vehicle simulation. Basic functions of aerospace and launch vehicle flight control systems synthesis and the kinematics and dynamics of flight simulation including pilot physiological modelling and human factors would be covered as part of the course. A student on the course can expect to gain design experience with the application of the numerical simulation of aerospace vehicle dynamics associated with a variety of such vehicles provided he/she completes all tutorial and the supplementary design exercises. He/she could also expect to gain experience in using the School's integrated flight simulation facility. On completing the course the student would be able to parametrically design and synthesise a typical aerospace vehicle control subsystem.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Dongsheng Wen
Overlap: DEN240, DEN241
Prerequisite: None

This module is an advanced module built on the 2nd year Heat Transfer (DEN228) and Mechanics of Fluids 2 (DEN205) modules. The module includes transient conduction with high Biot numbers, mathematical treatment of convective heat transfer problems, boundary layer equations and its analytical solution for flow over a plain surface, natural convection and pipe flow. The topics in mass transfer, turbulent flows, condensation and boiling heat transfer, and radiation will be further developed.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Dongsheng Wen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is an advanced module built on the 2nd year Heat Transfer (DEN228) and Mechanics of Fluids 2 (DEN205) modules. The module includes transient conduction with high Biot numbers, mathematical treatment of convective heat transfer problems, boundary layer equations and its analytical solution for flow over a plain surface, natural convection and pipe flow. The topics in mass transfer, turbulent flows, condensation and boiling heat transfer, and radiation will be further developed.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced French

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar These modules are for students who have studied French up to intermediate level. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of French. The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. You will be able to choose from a range of topics which include study abroad, professional visits, jobs, media, advertising, the world of communications, ecology, etc and will be studied from different angles according to your interests. You will be able to work on individual and group projects according to your interests. Level(s): 4

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Level: 4

Advanced French I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar These modules are for students who have studied French up to intermediate level. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of French and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. These topics include study abroad, professional visits, jobs, meetings etc. You will be able to work on individual and group projects according to your interests. Level(s): 4

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Advanced French I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar These modules are for students who have studied French up to intermediate level. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of French and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. These topics include study abroad, professional visits, jobs, meetings etc. You will be able to work on individual and group projects according to your interests. Level(s): 4

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Advanced French II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar These modules are designed for students who have studied French up to advanced level I or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of French and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. You will be able to choose from a range of topics which include media, advertising, the world of communications, ecology, etc and will be studied from different angles according to your interests. Level(s): 4

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Advanced French II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar These modules are designed for students who have studied French up to advanced level I or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of French and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. You will be able to choose from a range of topics which include media, advertising, the world of communications, ecology, etc and will be studied from different angles according to your interests. Level(s): 4

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Advanced Gas Turbines

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Eldad Avital
Overlap: DENM022
Prerequisite: DEN107/DEN240/DEN241/DEN242 and DEN313

Much of the content is thermodynamics, applicable to both aerospace propulsion and to power generating gas turbines. The lectures and tutorials will be common with those for DEN 306, but there will be additional directed reading on this module, to enable students to tackle a substantial piece of coursework. This will concern the energy use in power and propulsion systems and the optimisation of land-based power-generating gas turbines in combined cycles with steam plant or similar project.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Gas Turbines

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Eldad Avital
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Much of the content is thermodynamics, applicable to both aerospace propulsion and to power generating gas turbines. The lectures and tutorials will be common with those for DEN 306, but there will be additional directed reading on this module, to enable students to tackle a substantial piece of coursework. This will concern the energy use in power and propulsion systems and the optimisation of land-based power-generating gas turbines in combined cycles with steam plant or similar project.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Intellectual Property Issues: Protection of Computer Software

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Christopher Reed
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The first chapter provides a technical overview of software, aimed at the non-technical reader. The law of confidential information and trade secrets is then examined, and it's suitability to the software industry is assessed. The module then deals with copyright law, considering the unique characteristics of computer programs as literary works and the consequences these characteristics bring about. Patent law is examined as a vehicle for software protection, and the main difficulties that arise from the unique nature of software are highlighted. Finally, there is an examination of the main forms of software licensing, including the non-IP alternative model of open source licensing.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced IP Issues: Digital Rights Management

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Ian Walden
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will explore the emergent legal and technological framework for the Protection of Digital Intellectual Property. This will encompass the WIPO Copyright Treaty and its implementation in key signatory states, including the EU's copyright and related rights in an information society Directive, the UK Copyright Regulations and the US' Digital Millennium Copyright Act as well as the range of digital rights management tools, their use and their interaction with laws governing other areas such as privacy and competition.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Japanese

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar These modules are for students who have studied Japanese up to Higher Further Level or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of Japanese at an advanced level and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). They will also extend your knowledge of the world of business and industry in the countries where Japanese is spoken. The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. Level: 5

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Level: 5

Advanced Japanese I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar These modules are for students who have studied Japanese up to Higher Further Level or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of Japanese at an advanced level and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). They will also extend your knowledge of the world of business and industry in the countries where Japanese is spoken. The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. Level: 5

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Advanced Japanese I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar These modules are for students who have studied Japanese up to Higher Further Level or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of Japanese at an advanced level and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). They will also extend your knowledge of the world of business and industry in the countries where Japanese is spoken. The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. Level: 5

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Advanced Japanese II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar These modules are designed for students who have studied Japanese up to Advanced Level I or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of Japanese at an advanced level and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). They will also extend your knowledge of the world of business and industry in the countries where Japanese is spoken. The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. Level: 5

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Advanced Japanese II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar These modules are designed for students who have studied Japanese up to Advanced Level I or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of Japanese at an advanced level and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). They will also extend your knowledge of the world of business and industry in the countries where Japanese is spoken. The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. Level: 5

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Asa Barber
Overlap: MTRM066
Prerequisite: None

The module details the latest developments and breakthroughs in characterization techniques used to examine common types of materials. These techniques are varied but focus on high resolution imaging and structural information as well as methods to measure the physical properties of materials. Core topics investigate advanced scanning probe microscopy to image surfaces and provide a wealth of physical information, mechanical testing small volumes using nanoindentation, electron imaging and sample preparation using focussed ion beam methods and X-ray scattering used in biological tissue. Topics are delivered by experts in the field.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Asa Barber
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module details the latest developments and breakthroughs in characterization techniques used to examine common types of materials. These techniques are varied but focus on high resolution imaging and structural information as well as methods to measure the physical properties of materials. Core topics investigate advanced scanning probe microscopy to image surfaces and provide a wealth of physical information, mechanical testing small volumes using nanoindentation, electron imaging and sample preparation using focussed ion beam methods and X-ray scattering used in biological tissue. Topics are delivered by experts in the field.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Mediation Skills

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Prof Loukas Mistelis
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Medical Negligence

Credits: 45.0

Contact: Prof Rachael Mulheron
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module analyses issues of medical negligence in greater depth, and particularly focuses upon the various ways in which Parliamentary intervention has impacted upon the liabilities of medical providers and the rights of medical consumers. Should the good Samaritan be statutorily protected? Should a failure to warn of medical risks be treated as significantly as a failure to diagnose or treat? Who is the doctor's non-patient? When should therapeutic privilege offer a good defence to a medical practitioner? Should statute govern liability for pre-natal injuries, psychiatric injury, and levels of compensation?

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Microeconomics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Roberto Veneziani
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to help you to bridge the gap between undergraduate and postgraduate economics. It is strongly recommended for all students who are considering continuing to a taught Master's degree in Economics. The module will attempt to develop your capacity for strategic reasoning via the translation of economic stories into simple models, spelling out every step of each argument in detail. Topics covered include individual decision making, efficiency of competitive market economy and causes of market failure, social choice and welfare, and information economics.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 6

Advanced Oral Competence in French

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Elsa Petit
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to develop oral comprehension and language production skills to a very high level. You will study authentic extracts from a wide variety of French and Francophone sources (radio, tv and the internet) and will be trained in language competence in both formal and informal situations ranging from debates to recorded formal oral communication.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 6

Advanced Oral Competence in Spanish

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Consuelo Sanmateu-Martinez
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: HSP233 or HSP271

Students in their final year will practice their aural and oral skills. A range of tests will be used, such as aural comprehension of either video or audio material, summary of a lecture, ability to recognise and switch between linguistic registers (standard, colloquial, etc) and liaison interpreting.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 6

Advanced Placement Project

Credits: 90.0

Contact: Prof Pat Healey
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module focuses on the research and communication skills needed to successfully execute an advanced placement project with an external partner. It will introduce group work exercises basic presentation skills and consider the application of research methods to concrete problems. Students will identify and develop their placement project proposals, present and critique them. The module is assessed by oral examination and thesis produced at the end of the project.

Assessment: 10.0% Practical, 90.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

Advanced Program Design

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Matthew Huntbach
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Basic concepts and techniques of object-oriented programming in general and the use of Java in particular. Issues in class and interface design (minimising class and member accessibility, immutability, composition versus inheritance, interfaces versus abstract classes, preventing subclassing, static versus nonstatic classes). The module will also examine a number of Design Patterns. Requirements for creating understandable, maintainable, and robust classes that can be easily reused by others in a team. Exceptions, type variables, iterators and other advanced aspects of the core Java language will be covered. Java's Collections Framework will be considered in detail as an example of a coherent set of Java classes designed to work together, and for its use of generic typing. There will also be some coverage of software engineering principles: analysis and specification of user requirements, object-oriented design, testing and debugging, refactoring.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Research and Practice in Environmental Science

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Kate Spencer
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is designed to develop advanced skills in Environmental Science Research and Practice, in order to prepare students for the Independent Research Project at Level 7 and employment beyond Queen Mary. The module enables students to: (i) develop project ideas for their Level 7 Independent Research Project. (ii) develop the research design for the Independent Research Project. (iii) undertake a critical review of methodological approaches within a relevant scientific field, contributing to the development of the research design for the Independent Research Project and developing writing skills in relation to the synthesis and effective communication of advanced scientific and/or technical information. (iv) produce a detailed project plan and timetable, together with full risk assessment covering any field and laboratory work to be undertaken as part of the Independent Research Project. (v) explore potential future career paths. (vi) develop their ability to effectively communicate their skills and experience in relation to employment criteria.

Assessment: 30.0% Practical, 70.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Advanced Research Skills

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Richard Coulton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is only available to students on English single and joint honours degree programmes. Research skills form a crucial part of the undergraduate degree at Queen Mary. In the final year, all single honours English students undertake an extended, research-led English Dissertation (a supervised independent study, assessed by a dissertation of 10,000 words in length). On this Level 5 module, you will study, assess and reflect on the skills needed to complete the dissertation. A key rationale for this module is the acquisition of transferable skills. Both in the dissertation, and in later life, as a student of English, you will be required to articulate the research processes and choices underpinning your work, to work independently and in a group on research-led topics, and to present your findings according to agreed criteria. The module is designed to enhance your research capabilities by providing you with the requisite knowledge and skills to conduct research at BA level. Classes will cover all aspects of the research process, including proposal writing, bibliographical skills, note taking, and dissertation planning. Not open to Associate Students.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Advanced Semantic Theory

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Paul Elbourne
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This course takes students through the analysis of fundamental semantic phenomena (function argument application as the analysis of theta role assignment, predicate modification, lambda-binding analyses of relativization, quantifier interpretation (including definiteness) and scope phenomena) using current semantic models. The course begins with verbal and nominal argument relations, analysing these through functional application, and then develops these core theoretical ideas in a systematic fashion to cover other topics, specifically predicate modification, lambda-binding analyses of relativization, quantifier interpretation (including definiteness) and scope phenomena).

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Software Technologies

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms V Amaradasa
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Progress in software development over the past decade has been driven largely by the emergence of object-oriented techniques. Most recently, the Java programming language, which has close connections with the Internet, has emerged as the main language for software development in the early 21st century. The commercial imperatives driving the Internet have given Java great importance as a software development platform, but crucially, it also has much to commend it from an academic standpoint. The aim of this module is therefore to use Java as a platform for investigating advanced techniques for software development. This module is aimed at students with object-oriented or Java programming experience and builds on this prior knowledge.

Assessment: 35.0% Practical, 65.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Software Technologies

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms V Amaradasa
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Progress in software development over the past decade has been driven largely by the emergence of object-oriented techniques. Most recently, the Java programming language, which has close connections with the Internet, has emerged as the main language for software development in the early 21st century. The commercial imperatives driving the Internet have given Java great importance as a software development platform, but crucially, it also has much to commend it from an academic standpoint. The aim of this module is therefore to use Java as a platform for investigating advanced techniques for software development. This module is aimed at students with object-oriented or Java programming experience and builds on this prior knowledge.

Assessment: 35.0% Practical, 65.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 35.0% Practical, 65.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Spanish

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar These modules are for students who have studied Spanish up to intermediate level. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of Spanish and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. You will be able to choose from a range of topics which include study abroad, professional visits, jobs, media, advertising, the world of communications, ecology, etc and will be studied from different angles according to your interests. You will be able to work on individual and group projects according to your interests. Level(s): 4

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Level: 4

Advanced Spanish I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar These modules are for students who have studied Spanish up to Further level II or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of Spanish at an advanced level and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). They will also extend your knowledge of the world of business and industry in the countries where Spanish is spoken. The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. These topics include study abroad, professional visits, jobs, meetings etc. You will be able to work on individual and group projects according to your interests. Level(s): 4

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Advanced Spanish I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Higher-further level or similar These modules are for students who have studied Spanish up to Further level II or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of Spanish at an advanced level and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). They will also extend your knowledge of the world of business and industry in the countries where Spanish is spoken. The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. These topics include study abroad, professional visits, jobs, meetings etc. You will be able to work on individual and group projects according to your interests. Level(s): 4

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Advanced Spanish II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar These modules are designed for students who have studied Spanish up to Advanced level I or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of Spanish at an advanced level and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). They will also extend your knowledge of the world of business and industry in the countries where Spanish is spoken. The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. You will be able to choose from a range of topics which include media, advertising, the world of communications, ecology, etc and will be studied from different angles according to your interests. Level(s): 4

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Advanced Spanish II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: Advanced level or similar These modules are designed for students who have studied Spanish up to Advanced level I or similar. Their aim is to improve your performance and confidence in your use of Spanish at an advanced level and develop the different language skills equally (speaking, writing, reading and listening). They will also extend your knowledge of the world of business and industry in the countries where Spanish is spoken. The courses are practical and have a core language component for social situations, and also include language and topics for specific professional purposes. You will be able to choose from a range of topics which include media, advertising, the world of communications, ecology, etc and will be studied from different angles according to your interests. Level(s): 4

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Advanced Structure-Property Relationships in Materials

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Asa Barber
Overlap: MTRM065
Prerequisite: None

The module introduces the advantages of producing complex materials consisting of constituents of relatively small size (nanomaterials). The physical properties of nanomaterials are considered and justification on using nanomaterials within composite design made. Complex materials produced synthetically and those found in nature (such as bone, teeth and shell) are examined. The production of complex materials using biomineralization in nature and synthetic routes are defined. In addition, developing an understanding of the relationship between structure and function is enhanced using practical work.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Structure-Property Relationships in Materials

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Asa Barber
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module introduces the advantages of producing complex materials consisting of constituents of relatively small size (nanomaterials). The physical properties of nanomaterials are considered and justification on using nanomaterials within composite design made. Complex materials produced synthetically and those found in nature (such as bone, teeth and shell) are examined. The production of complex materials using biomineralization in nature and synthetic routes are defined. In addition, developing an understanding of the relationship between structure and function is enhanced using practical work.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Syntactic Theory

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof David Adger
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This course takes students through the analysis of fundamental syntactic phenomena (clause structure, case, extended projection, nominal structure, clausal complementation, long distance dependencies, locality) using current minimalist feature checking models. It shares a lecture slot with LIN039 (the advanced undergraduate syntax course) but goes beyond the material covered there in seminar classes which discuss the motivations for the particular theoretical implementations, and the challenges that arise in applying these ideas to languages other than English (while the undergraduate course is focussed on having students understand the model, rather than being able to improve it). The course begins with the hierarchical functional structure of clauses, implementing this via extended projection (Grimshaw 1991) combined with feature valuation (Chomsky 2001), and then develops these core theoretical ideas in a systematic fashion to cover the other topics mentioned above.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tina Chowdhury
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This specialised module covers a range of topics in Tissue Engineering. It will develop the knowledge base of the student with emphasis on the current research directions of this rapidly emerging topic supported by skills developed in the laboratory. The students will understand the multidisciplinary principles underpinning tissue engineering, They will appreciate principles that underlie behind a series of strategies to repair both tissues and organs. They will be able to apply their engineering background to biological systems. They will develop skills to enable them to be fully conversant with current research.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Topics in Aerodynamics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Fariborz Motallebi
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

To examine advanced concepts of incompressible and compressible boundary layers, viscous and inviscid flows and formulate modern tools that can be used in a variety of applications. To consider the effects of compressibility and investigate techniques that can be applied to analyse aeronautical flows. To understand flow over wings and the techniques to control the flow. Design of the wind turbines and some aspects of computational fluid dynamics will be part of the lectures.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Topics in Biomaterials

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Himadri Gupta
Overlap: MTRM021
Prerequisite: None

This module gives an in depth analysis of several aspects of modern biomaterials. Topics change year by year but will include tissue engineering, drug delivery systems and bioactive materials. Specific applications of these technologies are also described. Bio-compatibility testing and regulatory affairs are also covered along with quality systems. Topics are covered in a series of lectures followed by a student led seminar concentrating on a particular aspect.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Topics in Biomaterials

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ray Smith
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module gives an in depth analysis of several aspects of modern biomaterials. Topics change year by year but will include tissue engineering, drug delivery systems and bioactive materials. Specific applications of these technologies are also described. Bio-compatibility testing and regulatory affairs are also covered along with quality systems. Topics are covered in a series of lectures followed by a student led seminar concentrating on a particular aspect.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Topics in Dental Materials (Dental Materials III)

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Andy Bushby
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to provide advance knowledge of dental materials covering a wide and in-depth knowledge of new developments in dental materials. Advance topics such as; Biocompatibility issues related to Dental Materials, Bio-interactions, Bioactivity, Ethical issues, Processing routes and importance of characterisation of dental materials in relation to dentistry, Quality control and assurance and also requirements for FDA approval, ISO9001 registration and CE marking, Review of physical and chemical structural and mechanical properties of dental materials and relate this knowledge to dental applications will be covered in detail. Recent advances in the field of Polymers, ceramics and their composites, Clinical performance of dental materials (dental implants), Bioactive materials, Nano-ceramics as fillers, Biocompatibility and bio-interactions, toxicity, cytotoxicity, foreign body reactions and carcinogenicity will also be covered.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Transform Methods

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ioannis Patras
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module introduces transform and sub-band techniques as a pre-cursor to compression and other applications. It is the first step beyond the fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing. The module highlights the time-frequency trade-off and students will learn to understand the relative merits of different time to frequency mappings. Students will also be a exposed to joint time-frequency transforms and will learn to utilize and develop skills in high performance mathematical visualization software.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Transform Methods

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ioannis Patras
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module introduces transform and sub-band techniques as a pre-cursor to compression and other applications. It is the first step beyond the fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing. The module highlights the time-frequency trade-off and students will learn to understand the relative merits of different time to frequency mappings. Students will also be a exposed to joint time-frequency transforms and will learn to utilize and develop skills in high performance mathematical visualization software.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 7

Advanced Transform Methods

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ioannis Patras
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module introduces transform and sub-band techniques as a pre-cursor to compression and other applications. It is the first step beyond the fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing. The module highlights the time-frequency trade-off and students will learn to understand the relative merits of different time to frequency mappings. Students will also be a exposed to joint time-frequency transforms and will learn to utilize and develop skills in high performance mathematical visualization software.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Advanced Translation for French Erasmus and Associate Students

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Elsa Petit
Overlap: FRE452
Prerequisite: Native competence in French

This module is intended for full-year Erasmus or Associate students from French-speaking countries. It offers advanced training in translation skills both from French into English (semester 1) and English into French (semester 2). A variety of challenging literary and journalistic texts will be used.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 6

Advanced Translation Into German, and Precis

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Elaine Morley
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Near Native Competence in German

This module is intended for Erasmus or Associate Students from German-speaking countries. It offers practice and translation of linguistically and intellectually challenging literary texts and précis in English of substantial German texts.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Aeroelasticity

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ranjan Vepa
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: DEN211

The module aims to provide an insight and understanding of, complex structural dynamic and aeroelastic phenomenon, by use of the standard bending-torsion vibration paradigm to model the aircraft wing. The module will provide a phenomenological understanding of aeroelastic problems such as control reversal, wing divergence and wing flutter and associated structural dynamic aspects. It will give qualitative understanding of the analytical models of the coupled rigid and flexible body dynamics of future aerospace structures and introduce the dynamics of highly flexible aircraft.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 7

Aeroelasticity

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ranjan Vepa
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module aims to provide an insight and understanding of, complex structural dynamic and aeroelastic phenomenon, by use of the standard bending-torsion vibration paradigm to model the aircraft wing. The module will provide a phenomenological understanding of aeroelastic problems such as control reversal, wing divergence and wing flutter and associated structural dynamic aspects. It will give qualitative understanding of the analytical models of the coupled rigid and flexible body dynamics of future aerospace structures and introduce the dynamics of highly flexible aircraft.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 7

Aerospace Design

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Fariborz Motallebi
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: DEN118

This module is concerned the design and performance of a broad range of aerospace vehicles including fixed-wing aeroplanes (subsonic and supersonic), helicopters, hovercraft, airships, and launch vehicles. Coursework and tutorial materials involve use of spreadsheets, but the module is primarily assessed by a written exam.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 6

Aerospace Research Project

Credits: 60.0

Contact: Dr Eldad Avital
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The project consists of an individual piece of work, under the supervision of an academic member of staff. It can take either one, or a combination, of the following forms: (i) an experimental investigation; (ii) a computational exercise; (iii) the development of a piece of experimental apparatus; (iv) a design study; (v) a theoretical analysis; (vi) a review of a topic of current interest. Not open to Associate Students.

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

Aerospace Structures

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Pihua Wen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: DEN108 and DEN201

This module will provide the student with the basic tools of structural analysis including the structure idealization, analysis of the thin-walled cellular type of structure peculiar to the aircraft, stress calculations of composite structures, fundamentals of elasticity and buckling analysis of plate.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 6

Aestheticism and Fin de Siecle Literature

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Prof Catherine Maxwell
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module introduces students to developments in the literature of the late Victorian period with an eye to its possible influences on modernist writing. Students are encouraged to explore such issues as the construction of the self and personality, representation of the body, the role of the artist with reference to gender and sexuality, Decadence, and the 'New Woman', as well as making a more general survey of aesthetics, style, and the visual and literary imagination in the writings of the period. Students study a variety of different kinds of writing including poetry, drama, art and literary criticism, and the novel. Writers included are Swinburne, Pater, Wilde, and Hardy, and lesser known figures such as Vernon Lee and Charlotte Mew.

Assessment: .0% Practical, 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Africa in Europe, 1440 - 1650: Renaissance Encounters

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Prof Katherine Lowe
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The focus will be on sub-Saharan Africa, and the module will concentrate on three major elements. It will examine the gamut of African peoples, animals, material and artefacts transported to Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, from slaves to ambassadors, from giraffes to carved ivory horns. It will also analyse the levels of knowledge and understanding about various parts of Africa within Europe by (for example) looking at maps, influential classical and medieval sources, and Renaissance travel journals and reports. Finally, it will investigate visual representations of Africa and Africans across Europe and assess the gaps between the visual, the textual and the documentary.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Africa in Europe, 1440 - 1650: Renaissance Encounters

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Katherine Lowe
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The focus will be on sub-Saharan Africa, and the module will concentrate on three major elements. It will examine the gamut of African peoples, animals, material and artefacts transported to Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, from slaves to ambassadors, from giraffes to carved ivory horns. It will also analyse the levels of knowledge and understanding about various parts of Africa within Europe by (for example) looking at maps, influential classical and medieval sources, and Renaissance travel journals and reports. Finally, it will investigate visual representations of Africa and Africans across Europe and assess the gaps between the visual, the textual and the documentary.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Africa in Europe, 1440 - 1650: Renaissance Encounters

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Katherine Lowe
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The focus will be on sub-Saharan Africa, and the module will concentrate on three major elements. It will examine the gamut of African peoples, animals, material and artefacts transported to Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, from slaves to ambassadors, from giraffes to carved ivory horns. It will also analyse the levels of knowledge and understanding about various parts of Africa within Europe by (for example) looking at maps, influential classical and medieval sources, and Renaissance travel journals and reports. Finally, it will investigate visual representations of Africa and Africans across Europe and assess the gaps between the visual, the textual and the documentary.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

African Literary and Textual Cultures

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Andrew Van Der Vlies
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module introduces students to themes and practices in the study of African literary and cultural production, with an emphasis on post-1945 anglophone fiction and prose non-fiction, poetry, pamphlets and ephemera, and film - from or about the continent (or its diasporas). Material is considered in the context of the history and cultural politics of Africa and the field of postcolonial studies. Students are encouraged to apply a range of theoretical and methodological frameworks - including concern with their material, ideological, textual and institutional mediation(s) and effects.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

A History of Terror in the Modern Age 1858-2008

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Martyn Frampton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

"Terrorism" has become a defining phenomenon of the modern era. In the "war on terror" politicians and commentators alike have argued that we face a "new kind" of threat and that the "rules of the game" have changed. This module will consider the truth of such assertions by examining the history of terrorism in the modern age. The process of modern state formation since the middle of the nineteenth century has been accompanied by violent challenges to the status quo from non-state actors who have deployed terrorist methods in pursuit of their goals. From international anarchists to Irish "rebels", from anti-imperialist "revolutionaries" to the Islamist-inspired millenarians of today, this module will examine the methods and ideologies of "terrorism", exploring the milieu and mindset of some of its most prominent perpetrators.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 6

Aircraft Propulsion

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Eldad Avital
Overlap: DEN427, DENM022
Prerequisite: DEN107, DEN205

The aims of this module are to introduce the basic concepts of propulsion and to show how thrust and fuel consumption can be calculated for a variety of engines under design conditions. It will provide an understanding of the way in which materials constraints and aerodynamics limit gas-turbine and aero-engine performance, particularly of turbines and compressors and will introduce the basic principles of turbine, compressor and nozzle design

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 6

Algebraic Structures I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Leonard Soicher
Overlap: MAS201
Prerequisite: MTH4104

The modern axiomatic approach to mathematics is demonstrated in the study of the fundamental theory of abstract algebraic structures. Group theory, subgroups, generators, Lagrange's theorem. Normal subgroups, homomorphisms, isomorphism theorems. Ring theory, integral domains. Ideals, homomorphisms and isomorphism theorems. Polynomial rings, Euclidean algorithm, fields of fractions.

Assessment: 10.0% Coursework, 90.0% Examination
Level: 5

Algebraic Structures II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Matthew Fayers
Overlap: MAS305
Prerequisite: MTH5100

This is a second module in algebraic structures, covering more advanced aspects of group theory and ring theory as well as introducing the theory of modules. There is a strong emphasis on abstract thinking and proof. The group theory portion includes the basics of group actions, finite p-groups, Sylow theorems and applications, and the Jordan-Holder theorem. In ring theory, matrix rings and Noetherian rings are studied. After studying the basic theory of modules, the structure of finitely generated modules over Euclidean domains is determined.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Algorithmic Graph Theory

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Robin Whitty
Overlap: MAS210, MAS236
Prerequisite: Essential: Appropriate level-5 mathematical background; consult the module organiser for details.

This module uses an algorithmic approach to introduce basic concepts and results on graphs and networks. It also shows how fundamental optimisation problems on graphs and networks, such as finding shortest paths or maximum flows, can be solved efficiently.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 6

Algorithms and Complexity

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Soren Riis
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This is a theoretical module, which introduce is concerned with reasoning about algorithms and their complexity. A large part of the course will focus on the NP versus P problem. This is a very famous unsolved problem in Computer Science. To understand this problem we consider the issue of how one programming problem can be disguised as another apparently very different problem. This idea is very important in designing algorithms and plays a crucial role in the theory of NP-completeness.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 7

Algorithms and Complexity

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Soren Riis
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This is a theoretical module, which is concerned with reasoning about algorithms. Using sorting algorithms and graph algorithms as examples, the module introduces methods for proving the correctness of algorithms and for analysing their complexity. The module then introduces the theory of NP-completeness, and attempts to solve NP-complete problems in practice, including approximate and heuristic algorithms.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Algorithms and Data Structures in an Object-Oriented Framework

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Matthew Huntbach
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Algorithms are "ways of doing something", data structures are ways of combining collections of data to form a coherent whole. Many algorithms are about processing collections of data; an obvious example being to re-arrange a collection to put it in some sorted order. This module will introduce the basic concepts of algorithms and data structures expressed using the Java programming language.Java is an object-oriented language, and the object-oriented style is recognised as a good way of both breaking down a program into coherent parts, and generalising these parts so they may be re-used in a variety of contexts. This module introduces algorithms and data structures in an object-oriented framework. A key theme is the idea of "abstraction": being able to separate out the way a program component works in interaction with other components from what goes on underneath to make it work.The module is intended for those who have already covered the basics of programming, and wish to move on to use and develop their programming skills for designing and constructing components of programs of a larger scale.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Credits: 45.0

Contact: Ms T Kyselova
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Knowledge: The purpose of this module is to familiarise you with a wide range of dispute resolution processes alternative to conventional forms of adjudication and their impact on legal system. Skills: The module is NOT designed to train you as a mediator or negotiator. If you are interested in mastering these skills you should take specially designed skills based training modules. Instead the module will equip you with basic tools which can help you in representing your client in ADR process, primarily in mediation. Attitudes: It is not the goal of this module to persuade you in inherited superiority of ADR over traditional court system or settlement, but rather to form your own attitude so that you can help your clients and society select and employ the most effective, just, and humane methods of dispute resolution.

Assessment: 20.0% Practical, 80.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Credits: 45.0

Contact: Ms T Kyselova
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Knowledge: The purpose of this module is to familiarise you with a wide range of dispute resolution processes alternative to conventional forms of adjudication and their impact on legal system. Skills: The module is NOT designed to train you as a mediator or negotiator. If you are interested in mastering these skills you should take specially designed skills based training modules. Instead the module will equip you with basic tools which can help you in representing your client in ADR process, primarily in mediation. Attitudes: It is not the goal of this module to persuade you in inherited superiority of ADR over traditional court system or settlement, but rather to form your own attitude so that you can help your clients and society select and employ the most effective, just, and humane methods of dispute resolution.

Assessment: 20.0% Practical, 80.0% Coursework
Level: 7

American Romanticism

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Sam Halliday
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

When the United States declared its independence from Great Britain, in 1776, it was felt to have no "national" literature. Just decades later, it had one of the most vibrant and innovative literatures in the English-speaking world. This module examines how this happened by reading some of America's most influential and significant authors, including Emerson, Dickinson, Douglass, Hawthorne, Jacobs, Melville, Thoreau and Whitman. The module will show how American literature developed by adapting key themes of European Romanticism - the cultivation of the self; the grandeur and significance of nature; the critique of industrial modernity; and sexual radicalism - to the distinct circumstances of the United States, including racial slavery, and the presence of Native Americans.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

An Age of Revolution: Europe 1750-1820

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Colin Jones
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The French Revolution of 1789 is widely viewed as a founding moment in the making of the modern world. Yet events in France were only part of a wider range of dramatic developments across Europe. The module will track the different forms that revolution took in the period between 1750 and 1820, focussing not only on political upheavals but also on social transformations (the abolition of the slave trade, the industrial revolution) and on intellectual and cultural shifts (Enlightenment, Romanticism).

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Analogue Electronics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Hazel Screen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to provide a rapid introduction to analogue electronics, to bring students from different backgrounds to an equivalent level, followed by a more detailed look at specific aspects of electronics of importance to medical applications

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Analysing Geographical and Environmental Data

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Kathryn Cassidy
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module introduces students to the analysis of geographical and environmental data. It provides hands on training in quantitative research methods, including basic descriptive and inferential statistics. Weekly lectures provide understanding of the theory behind different methods of analysis and offer geographical and environmental examples of their application. These are paralleled by weekly practical sessions where students work with their own data to undertake analysis and deploy different approaches and techniques. As part of this practical training, students learn how to use Microsoft Excel and SPSS, software widely used in both universities and the work place, to manipulate and analyse data.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Practical
Level: 4

Analytical Chemistry

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tippu Sheriff
Overlap: SBC371
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to introduce the basic principles of chemical analysis, from both a theoretical and practical view, and to cover methods of data analysis. It is important to cover principles of chemical equilibrium, accuracy of measurement, and simple methods of analysis in solution in order to introduce the importance of accuracy in analysis and measurement. You will also cover more modern, and therefore more accurate methods, such as high performance liquid chromatography. These basic principles should be widely applicable to all scientific modules in the chemistry programmes, and generally applicable to those in biological, environmental and materials sciences.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 4

Anglo-American Relations 1945-70

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr James Ellison
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: HST4306 or HST4302

This module examines Anglo-American relations from 1945 to 1970 and analyses the nature of the special relationship. Set within the rich historiography of this subject, the module considers how US and UK governments responded to major events in world history from 1945 to 1970. Throughout, particular reference will be made to Anglo-American relations in the political, diplomatic, economic, defence and intelligence arenas and to the importance of personalities in strengthening and weakening the alliance.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Anglo-German Travel Writing

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Astrid Kohler
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module is to explore the mutual perception of identity and culture of Germany and Britain as reflected by the various modes of travel writing (essay, letter, diary, literary journal etc.) since the Enlightenment. It offers a close study of this important means of literary communication and exploration of `otherness¿. It also addresses the aesthetic and socio-cultural function of Anglo-German travel writing and examines its historical development.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Animal Cognition

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Nathan Emery
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module builds on themes developed in Cognition, Evolution and Behaviour (year 1) to an advanced level covering cognitive abilities in non-human animals in an evolutionary and ecological context. This is an area of major research strength at Queen Mary and lectures are given by experts in the field. Topics covered include introduction and history of animal cognition research; fundamental conceptual and evolutionary issues in animal cognition; discrimination and concepts; memory; social cognition; meta-cognition and theory of mind; space and time; number cognition; visual and spatial cognition; and physical cognition.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 6

Animal Physiology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Peter Skorupski
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

An introduction to the organisation of nervous systems and endocrine systems in vertebrates and invertebrates, this module covers the principles of action potential generation and propagation in neurons, and the principles of synaptic transmission. You will also cover the physiology of contraction in striated and smooth muscle, and the comparative physiology of circulatory systems, gas-exchange mechanisms, energy metabolism, osmoregulation and excretion. The physiology of sensory systems including comparative biology of eye design, colour vision, sound and hearing, mechanoreception, olfaction and taste, and the neural control of whole-animal behaviour will also be considered.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Animal Physiology Project

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Prof Richard Pickersgill
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

30-unit research projects require prior SBCS approval. All students wishing to graduate with a degree from the School of Biological and Chemical sciences must undertake a project in their final year of study. In the case of biology related projects, students have three choices: a research project (worth 30 credits), which can encompass laboratory based experimental investigations, field studies, field experiments and so on; an investigative project (worth 15 credits), which can include analysis of previously acquired epidemiological data, nutritional surveys and analysis, mathematical modelling of biological processes and so on; as an alternative, students can take the Project skills in the life sciences module (worth 30 credits).

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

An Independent Geographical Study

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Geraldene Wharton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

All third year single honours geography students are required to submit an Independent Geographical Study, (IGS) which counts towards the final class of their degree. The IGS aims to develop skills in conducting a research-based project. It requires students to formulate a research question within an appropriate theoretical context and methodology, to subsequently carry out the research and finally to analyse and write up the results in a dissertation no more than 10,000 words long. Not available to associate students.

Assessment: .0% Coursework, 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

An Introduction to Medieval Islam

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Yossef Rapoport
Overlap: HST4100
Prerequisite: None

This module offers an introduction to the history of medieval Islamic societies, from the rise of Islam up to 1500. It will follow the major political events in the history of the Muslim community, and the development of of key religious trends, concepts and insititutions within the context of distinct cultural and social structures. The module will also highlight the range of literary, artistic and scientific achievement of medieval Islamic civilisations. By using critical historical tools for examination of the Islamic past, it will seek to draw a multi-dimensional picture of complex and dynamic societies.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

An Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tim Brown
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module seeks to familiarise students with qualitative research methods. It will provide students with a basic understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of qualitative approaches and of their application within geography and the humanities and social sciences more broadly. The module will be practically based and will provide the basic skills that students require to carry out such research and to evaluate critically the work of others. The module will focus on depth interviews, textual analysis, and visual methodologies and will provide the students with opportunities to put their understanding of these methods into practice.

Assessment: 45.0% Practical, 55.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Antennas for Mobile Applications

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Yang Hao
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is designed to introduce the antennas and antenna requirements applicable to mobile applications. The module covers all aspects of antennas for mobile from the background theory through their design and testing to their application in real world systems.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 7

Antennas for Mobile Applications

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Yang Hao
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is designed to introduce the antennas and antenna requirements applicable to mobile applications. The module covers all aspects of antennas for mobile from the background theory through their design and testing to their application in real world systems.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 7

Antisemitism and the Holocaust

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Daniel Wildmann
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Applied Aerodynamics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Fariborz Motallebi
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: DEN233, DEN242

To introduce and estimate the effects of the boundary layer flows in aeronautical applications. Flow separation and stall, boundary layer transition and the current flow control methods in order to improve the performance of aeroplanes will be discussed. Current European research initiatives in relation to greening the air transport, reduction of CO2 and the role of aerodynamics in aeronautical and non-aeronautical applications will be part of the lectures. High speed flows, wave drag , formation of shock and expansion waves around supersonic vehicles including supersonic jet engine inlets and nozzles will be discussed.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Applied Biomedical Materials

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Himadri Gupta
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will develop an awareness of the concept of biocompatibility and the interactions that occur between implanted materials and the host, and introduce the spectrum of materials used in medicine through discussion of the scientific basis behind the formulation and use of these materials, their attributes and limitations, and the special considerations and challenges that arise, associated with working alongside or within the living body and replacing or augmenting functional living tissue and organs.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 4

Applied Dental Materials

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ihtesham Rehman
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will provide an understanding of the interrelationships that exist between different dental materials and that dictate their usage in clinical practice in order to develop depth and applied knowledge of the key specialist dental materials including the science that underpins their technical usage.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Applied Econometrics I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Andrea Pinna
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides you with hands-on environment in which you will learn how to analyse real economic data by applying economic theories and econometric methods in combination. The module also aims to develop your abilities in data collection, information gathering from a wide range of reading and critical evaluation of what is taught in textbooks. The module is assessed by coursework only.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Applied Forensic Biology for Crime Scene Practitioners I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: null null
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides information on applied biology for crime scene and forensic practitioners, for students reading the first year of the Foundation Degree in Crime Scene and Forensic Investigation. The forensic biology module describes the principles and practices, collection and analysis of common biological types of evidence found at the crime scene using a number of forensic techniques. Students will develop the knowledge and skills to identify and process a range of biological examples of evidence from the crime scene and at post mortem. The module is laboratory based, where the underlying theory of biological crime scene and forensic investigation is learnt and practiced before being applied to the crime scene in the work based learning module. The lessons are a combination of lecture-based theory and practical classes and are complemented by a number of guest talks given by biological forensic specialists.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 3

Applied Forensic Chemistry

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Bernardeta Parkin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: SBC371

This module is limited to students who register on the Forensic programmes of study. Prerequisite - Introduction to Forensic Chemistry (SBC371). This module aims to build on Techniques in Forensic Chemistry, with particular emphasis on the use of modern techniques encountered in forensic chemistry in solving particular problems. The module will include a detailed discussion of the problems encountered in tackling the source, identity and purity of illicit drugs, and the problems encountered in forgery of documents, banknotes and fine art. It will also introduce spectroscopic methods of analysis tacking problems in ballistics (eg the neutron activation method in the analysis of bullets), as well as molecular spectroscopic techniques, such as infrared and Raman spectroscopy, particularly applied to the characterisation of substances of abuse and explosives. You will also be introduced to thanatochemistry (the chemistry of death), the applications of mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis to forensically based problems, as well as a detailed examination of the techniques used in analysing both breath and blood alcohol levels.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Applied Performance

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Caoimhe Mcavinchey
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will explore through performance practice the techniques of Applied Performance and their potential for enabling non-professional groups in the community to create performance events which celebrate lives not normally seen and stories not usually told, in places where performance is unexpected. We will be working with a range of community groups in a series of Creative Encounters, all of which involve enabling others to use performance as a way of not just looking at but of changing the world. Some of this work will take place in designated class time, either at Queen Mary or in local venues. Other opportunities will be timetabled and negotiated by the group as they arise. Much of the practice-based research including your exploration of themes and questions of personal interest will be conducted in this way, and most of your reading will be available in the Course Pack with supplementary materials provided. In addition to the assessment requirements for the module, students will draft a personal practice-based research question (approx 500 words) to be handed in during Week 8 and which will inform the process of editing and selection of documentation of group work as part of the evidencing of that question. Also non-assessed will be the portfolio from which this evidence will be derived. Module assessment: Group practice (50%); 3,000 word essay (50%).

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Applied Risk Management

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Giles Spungin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module is aimed at MSc Banking and Finance and MSc Investment and Finance programmes as an optional module, and fills the gap in the school's current MSc curriculum by addressing one of the most important "hot topics" in the post-financial crisis financial industry - identification, measurement and management if risks faced by financial institutions.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 7

Applied Sociophonetics and Phonology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Esther De Leeuw
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

In this module students will be trained in the phonetic and phonemic transcription of various European and non-European languages using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Knowledge of transcribing sounds in isolation as well as in connected speech, considering prosodic features, will develop. Additionally, we will consider socially significant pronunciation norms, as shared by groups of speakers. We will discuss how and why such norms affect our understanding of what it means to speak "correctly" in English and other languages. Throughout, we will pay particular attention to the different ways in which the phonetic and phonological knowledge we develop can be applied to practical data gathering and analysis situations.

Assessment: 20.0% Practical, 80.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Applied Statistics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Heiko Grossmann
Overlap: MAS421
Prerequisite: Essential: MTH5120; Helpful: MTH6116, MTH6134 and MTH6139

The semester will be divided into three four-week periods. In each a genuine application of statistics will be studied, led by a different lecturer with at most two lectures per period. The list of topics will vary from year to year and you should obtain the current list from the module organiser. You can find out more about this module on the Maths website

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Applied Statistics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Heiko Grossmann
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The semester will be divided into three four-week periods. In each a genuine application of statistics will be studied, led by a different lecturer with at most two lectures per period. The list of topics will vary from year to year and you should obtain the current list from the module organiser. You can find out more about this module on the Maths website

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Approaches to African Cinema

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Lorraine Blakemore
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module provides students with a broad-based understanding of and reflection on historical and current debates in African cinema. Through an examination of the transnational and the idea of a `borderless¿ cinema, the nature of the relationship between Africa as origin and African diasporic communities will be explored, and notions of authenticity interrogated. The political consciousness-raising cinema of the earlier generation of filmmakers will be studied alongside developments of the past twenty years of new forms and modes of production, distribution and exhibition. Questions concerning the real versus the fantastic; the aesthetics of populism and its relationship to the canon of African film `classics¿; and the difficulties of establishing genealogies of styles and genres will be discussed. Traditions of orality in African film and literature are to be re-conceptualised around a greater sense of the diversity of Africa, its film languages and of the linguistic variety of the continent in general. Using the idea of a cultural citizenship as its starting point, an attempt will also be made to address the vexed question of indigenization and the audience for African cinema.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Approaches to Applied Performance

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Anne Smith
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module will introduce students to skills and approaches used by theatre artists working in educational, community and socially engaged contexts. Students will gain a unique working knowledge of the project cycle with equal emphasis on theatre practice, project management, documentation and evaluation.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Approaches to Fairy Tales

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Andreas Schonle
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module offers an introduction to the study of fairy tales in a broad comparative context. We will study the various forms and media in which fairy tales have been handed down to us from oral transmission to film; the differences between national variants of tales; some of the key types of tales; and reasons for the modern world's infatuation with them. Most importantly we will discuss major critical approaches to the fairy tale including psychoanalytical and feminist interpretations of meaning and of impact on readers and audience.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Aquatic Biology Investigative Project

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Jon Grey
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

30-unit research projects require prior SBCS approval. All students wishing to graduate with a degree from the School of Biological and Chemical sciences must undertake a project in their final year of study. In the case of biology related projects, students have three choices: a research project (worth 30 credits), which can encompass laboratory based experimental investigations, field studies, field experiments and so on; an investigative project (worth 15 credits), which can include analysis of previously acquired epidemiological data, nutritional surveys and analysis, mathematical modelling of biological processes and so on; as an alternative, students can take the Project skills in the life sciences module (worth 30 credits).

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Aquatic Biology Research Project

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Jon Grey
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

All students wishing to graduate with a degree from the School of Biological and Chemical sciences must undertake a project in their final year of study. In the case of biology related projects, students have three choices: a research project (worth 30 credits), which can encompass laboratory based experimental investigations, field studies, field experiments and so on; an investigative project (worth 15 credits), which can include analysis of previously acquired epidemiological data, nutritional surveys and analysis, mathematical modelling of biological processes and so on; as an alternative, students can take the Project skills in the life sciences module (worth 30 credits).

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Aquatic Ecosystems: Structure and Function

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Jon Grey
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) has called for an integrative understanding of aquatic systems, including river basins, lakes, estuaries and coastal ecosystems. This new module will introduce ecological concepts from an aquatic perspective, developing ideas introduced in the more general ecology modules you will have taken previously. This module will introduce you to the dynamic biological, physical and chemical attributes of aquatic ecosystems (ie both marine and freshwater) and thus unite these often separately taught disciplines to produce a more holistic insight into the structure and functioning of such systems. Particular emphasis will be placed upon the linkages and subsidies between aquatic and terrestrial systems, particularly in response to the EU WFD.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 5

Aquatic Ecosystems: Structure and Function

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Jon Grey
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) has called for an integrative understanding of aquatic systems, including river basins, lakes, estuaries and coastal ecosystems. This new module will introduce ecological concepts from an aquatic perspective, developing ideas introduced in the more general ecology modules you will have taken previously. This module will introduce the student to the dynamic biological, physical and chemical attributes of aquatic ecosystems (i.e., both marine and freshwater) and thus unite these often separately taught disciplines to produce a more holistic insight into the structure and functioning of such systems. Particular emphasis will be placed upon the linkages and subsidies between aquatic and terrestrial systems, particularly in response to the EU WFD.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Aquatic Systems: Field Course

Credits: 0.0

Contact: Dr Jon Grey
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The field module provides students with the opportunity to put theory into practice. Students are introduced to a variety of freshwater and coastal habitats (including rivers, shallow lakes, ponds, estuaries, rocky shores and nearshore marine environments) and a range of aquatic organisms (including protests, macrophytes, macroinvertebrates, fishes, wading birds and waterfowl). 'Hands-on' experience and training is given in field survey and monitoring techniques and in basic taxonomy.

Assessment: 100.0% Final Mark
Level: 7

Aquatic Systems: Hydrological, Hydrochemical and Geomorphological Processes

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Kate Heppell
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module will comprise a selection of topics such as: Catchment and hillslope hydrology. Fluvial and coastal geomorphology. Aquatic and wetland biogeochemistry (carbon and nutrient cycling). Physical and chemical processes in the estuarine zone. Sediment characterisation and dynamics with emphasis on the biogeomorphic approach to understanding fluvial landscape change. Sedimentary processes (physical, chemical and biologically influenced). Sediments as archives of past environmental change (cf. saltmarsh pollution history). A range of practical skills will be covered including: Geomorphological survey techniques that are widely used by the EA and consultancies (e.g.River Habitat Survey, River Corridor Surveys) with their scientific underpinning (to link geomorphology and ecology). Laboratory analysis techniques such as Risk assessment and COSHH, quality assurance including precision and accuracy, basic instrument theory and operation (chromatography and colorimetric techniques).

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Aquatic Systems: Hydrological, Hydrochemical and Geomorphological Processes

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Kate Heppell
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module will comprise a selection of topics such as: Catchment and hillslope hydrology. Fluvial and coastal geomorphology. Aquatic and wetland biogeochemistry (carbon and nutrient cycling). Physical and chemical processes in the estuarine zone. Sediment characterisation and dynamics with emphasis on the biogeomorphic approach to understanding fluvial landscape change. Sedimentary processes (physical, chemical and biologically influenced). Sediments as archives of past environmental change (cf. saltmarsh pollution history). A range of practical skills will be covered including: Geomorphological survey techniques that are widely used by the EA and consultancies (e.g.River Habitat Survey, River Corridor Surveys) with their scientific underpinning (to link geomorphology and ecology). Laboratory analysis techniques such as Risk assessment and COSHH, quality assurance including precision and accuracy, basic instrument theory and operation (chromatography and colorimetric techniques).

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Aquatic Systems: Science, Policy and Management

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Mark Trimmer
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Aquatic Ecosystems: Structure and Function (SBC212)

This module concerns applications in marine and freshwater biology, combined with hands-on experience and direct contact with employers in the aquatic sciences. It introduces a broad spectrum of human impacts on aquatic systems, including pollution (e.g. organics, inorganics, acidification, nitrogen deposition and the concept of critical loads) and habitat alteration, and how these can be mitigated (river restoration, coastal management). National and international legislation and directives are considered (e.g. EU Water Framework Directive; Habitats Directive; Urban Waste Water Treatment; Marine Protected Areas; Nitrate Vulnerable Zones). 'Case Studies' will be used to look at the link between successful science and policy: for example, the recovery of freshwaters from acidification, restoration of coastal salt marshes and the development of marine and freshwater nature reserves. Contemporary aspects of the EU Water Framework Directive will be considered, including underlying methodology behind bioassessment and biomonitoring (e.g. RIVPACS). This module is designed to bring the student 'face to face' with the regulators, policies and their science base, as these potential employers (e.g. CEFAS, Defra, EA, Natural England) will give lectures on these issues and also provide information on possible career paths.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Aquatic Systems: Science, Policy and Management

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Mark Trimmer
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module concerns applications in marine and freshwater biology, combined with hands-on experience and direct contact with employers in the aquatic sciences. It introduces a broad spectrum of human impacts on aquatic systems, including pollution (e.g. organics, inorganics, acidification, nitrogen deposition and the concept of critical loads) and habitat alteration, and how these can be mitigated (river restoration, coastal management). National and international legislation and directives are considered (e.g. EU Water Framework Directive; Habitats Directive; Urban Waste Water Treatment; Marine Protected Areas; Nitrate Vulnerable Zones). 'Case Studies' will be used to look at the link between successful science and policy: for example, the recovery of freshwaters from acidification, restoration of coastal salt marshes and the development of marine and freshwater nature reserves. Contemporary aspects of the EU Water Framework Directive will be considered, including underlying methodology behind bioassessment and biomonitoring (e.g. RIVPACS). This module is designed to bring the student 'face to face' with the regulators, policies and their science base, as these potential employers (e.g. CEFAS, Defra, EA, Natural England) will give lectures on these issues and also provide information on possible career paths.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Architecture in London I 1600 - 1837

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Stewart Abbott
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is suitable for students with no previous knowledge of Architectural History. Emphasis is placed on the social, historical and political context of the works. On-site seminars and guided visits are an important part of the module. It is designed to enable students to make the most of what London has to offer in historic sites and buildings.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Architecture in London II 1837 - to the Present

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Stewart Abbott
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is suitable for students with no previous knowledge of Architectural History. Emphasis is placed on the social, historical and political context of the works. On-site seminars and guided visits are an important part of the module It is designed to enable students to make the most of what London has to offer in historic sites and buildings.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Architexts

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Katie Fleming
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module allows students to explore systematically both the work of three influential thinkers - Marx, Nietzsche and Freud - and also the responses to and effects of their work in the thought of twentieth century intellectuals and theorists. Students will read a number of seminal theoretical texts, tracing critical genealogies of modern thought.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Architexts I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Katie Fleming
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module allows students to explore systematically both the work of three influential thinkers - Marx, Nietzsche and Freud - and also the responses to and effects of their work in the thought of twentieth century intellectuals and theorists. Students will read a number of seminal theoretical texts, tracing critical genealogies of modern thought.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Art, Performance and the City

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr David Pinder
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module centres on projects by artists and cultural practitioners in London and particularly its East End. It involves critical reading, background research, and engaging with practices and sites through documentation, excursions and discussions with artists. The module begins with sessions on cultural practices of urban exploring and walking. Sessions then introduce and discuss particular cases that form the basis for research and seminar discussion. These may include historical walking tours in East London; artistic walking projects by Francis Alys, Tim Brennan, Janet Cardiff and Iain Sinclair; cinematic representations by Patrick Keiller; controversies about place and politics involved in Rachel Whiteread's House, completed in 1993 at a site on Grove Road next to Queen Mary; and contemporary artistic engagements with the Olympics site. Through these materials, the module explores geographical and political issues concerned the art and the city, and aspects of the changing nature and practice of urban cultures in London and its East End.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Art and Revolution

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Elza Adamowicz
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will explore the relations between art and revolution across Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. The following art movements will be examined in their relation to revolutionary ideals and realities: Expressionism (Kandinsky, Meidner), Cubism (Picasso and anarchism), Futurism (Marinetti, Sonia Delaunay), Dada (Grosz, Haussman), the Russian avant-garde of the 1920s (Maiakovsky, Malevich), art of the Weimar Republic (Hoch, Heartfield), art of the Spanish Civil War, (Miró, Masson), totalitarian art. Students will analyse painting, sculpture, architecture, photomontage, political posters, avant-garde journals, manifestos and contemporary critical reviews of the artworks. Issues explored will include: concepts of the avant-garde, art and politics, art and propaganda, aesthetics and revolution, the role of the artist as revolutionary, women artists and the revolution, socialist realism versus abstraction.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Level: 5

Art Histories: an Introduction to the Visual Arts in London

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ann Matchette
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is based around the rich visual resources of London. Through lectures and visits to monuments and national museums such as Westminster Abbey, the National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, The British Museum and the Tate Galleries, as well as to local collections such as the Whitechapel Gallery and contemporary art galleries in the East End, we will explore the histories of art from the medieval period to the present day by focusing on a selected group of objects, images or buildings. This will allow you to develop skills of visual analysis and provide an understanding of the historical context in which the object or building in question was originally made. At the same time we will examine issues of how these objects are presented today, considering the questions of museology, curatorial practice, and the contemporary art market. Topics covered may vary according to exhibitions and temporary displays that are open to the public during the Semester.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Artificial Intelligence

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr John Bigham
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module introduces the student to techniques used in Artificial Intelligence including problem formulation, search, logic, probability and decision theory. The module aims to provide the participants with a basic knowledge of artificial intelligence; an understanding of how to design an intelligent agent; and knowledge of basic AI tools.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 6

Art in France: Manet to Early Picasso

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Elza Adamowicz
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module proposes a history of early modernist painting in France from Manet to the beginnings of Cubism. It will focus mainly on the work of Manet (from Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe 1863), Monet, Morison, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Picasso's early paintings (up to Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1906-7). Paintings will be discussed both as an aesthetic and a social practice: the pictorial principles of modernism will be related to the socio-historical issues of modernity and modernisation. Topics to be studied include: the spectacle of modernity, gender and representation, the dialogue between art and literature, the influence of non-European art forms, art and politics. You will study works from the collections at the National Gallery, the Courtauld Institute and Tate Modern.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Arts Application Programming

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Karen Shoop
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will introduce programming to students through designing and building arts applications. Students will learn to build graphics-based applications using Processing and audio applications using Java. By focussing on the range of applications that can be built, students will learn programming skills. The focus on this module is as much on the creativity of ideas as on how to write code to realise these ideas.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 4

Art since 1965: from the Rejection of Modernism to Post Modernism

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Giovanni Aloi
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is an introduction to the socio-historical context and artistic production from 1965 to the rise and fall of Saatchi's Young British Art and today's contemporary art. As the influence of Abstract Expressionism waned in the 1960s, artists came to question the very philosophy underlying modernism, causing a variety of new movements and styles to dominate the art world. The module will follow the development of painting and sculpture and explore a variety of new artistic media including video, performance, photography and installation, through a focus on art movements like Arte Povera, Minimalism, Pop Art, Conceptual and Performance Art, Environmental Art, and Feminist Art. Individual art objects will be discussed in detail within their social, religious, intellectual, and historical contexts, and their public reception. Visits to Tate Modern, and other venues in London will constitute integral part of the program.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Aspects of Meaning

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Paul Elbourne
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LIN040

When you say a sentence, that sentence somehow evokes a new thought in the mind of the person you are talking to. This is because words of human languages have meanings, and the ways that those words combine also has an effect on meaning. This module looks at all the different aspects of meaning that contribute to the process of understanding, and explores a number of different ways that linguists have tried to theorize about meaning. This module is a pre-requisite for LIN301 Formal Semantics and for LIN601 Philosophy of Language.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 5

Aspects of Medical Engineering 2

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Dan Bader
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: DEN117

The module provides material in the development of the themes running through the Medical Engineering programme. It provides relevant applications for the core engineering subjects, whilst introducing new and innovative concepts, based around the focused topic of the spine in health, trauma and congenital disease. In particular, it describes medical engineering solutions to support the functional requirements of subjects with spinal conditions, particularly those who become wheelchair-bound.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Level: 5

Aspects of Medical Engineering 3

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Wen Wang
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: DEN101, MAT306

This module covers fundamentals on physiological fluid mechanics, including the cardiovascular and lymphatic circulations, transcapillary exchange mechanisms and vascular endothelial physiology. It uses examples such as oedema and urine concentrating mechanism to explain the concept of the Starling Principle and heat and solute transport in soft tissues in the body.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Asset Management

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Marcelo Fernandes
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The purpose of this module is to provide students with practical application of modern portfolio theory and asset pricing, including active portfolio management, portfolio performance evaluation, portfolio insurance, and international portfolio diversification. On the successful completion of the module students will know how to practically implement modern portfolio management strategies and will be familiar with the practical aspects of asset valuation. Prerequisites: ECOM050 or ECOM043

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 7

Astrophysical Plasmas

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof David Burgess
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

A plasma is an ionized gas where the magnetic and electric field play a key role in binding the material together. Plasmas are present in almost every astrophysical environment, from the surface of pulsars to the Earth's ionosphere. This module explores the unique properties of plasmas, such as particle gyration and magnetic reconnection. The emphasis is on the plasmas found in the Solar System, from the solar corona and solar wind to the outer reaches of the heliosphere and the interstellar medium. Fundamental astrophysical processes are explored, such as the formation of supersonic winds, magnetic energy release, shock waves and particle acceleration. The module highlights the links between the plasmas we can observe with spacecraft and the plasmas in more distant and extreme astrophysical objects.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Astrophysical Plasmas

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof David Burgess
Overlap: MAS429
Prerequisite: Appropriate level-6 mathematical background; consult the module organizer for details

A plasma is an ionized gas where the magnetic and electric field play a key role in binding the material together. Plasmas are present in almost every astrophysical environment, from the surface of pulsars to the Earth's ionosphere. This module explores the unique properties of plasmas, such as particle gyration and magnetic reconnection. The emphasis is on the plasmas found in the Solar System, from the solar corona and solar wind to the outer reaches of the heliosphere and the interstellar medium. Fundamental astrophysical processes are explored, such as the formation of supersonic winds, magnetic energy release, and plasma coupling. The module highlights the links between the plasmas we can observe with spacecraft and the plasmas in more distant and extreme astrophysical objects.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Atomic, Molecular and Ionic Structures

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Isaac Abrahams
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

A basic introduction to atomic and molecular structures and shapes is presented. Simple ideas of bonding are elaborated and the concepts of molecular orbital theory and hybridisation introduced. These theories are developed further to account for the bonding in conjugated and isoelectronic systems, simple molecules and to explain the polar nature of bonds. The concept of electronegativity is introduced, followed by a discussion of weak bonding (ionic, hydrogen bonding, dipole-dipole interactions and London forces). A basic introduction to bonding in the solid state will then be presented including lattice structures, Pauling';s rules and the concept of lattice enthalpy.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Austrian Literature

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Marcela Pozarkova
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: A Level German or equivalent

In this module, we will consider major figures, themes, and genres of Austrian literature from the nineteenth century to the present day. An important element will be the incorporation of audio-visual materials.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

Auteur Direction

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Mr Eugene Doyen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module offers students the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge of film studies, in particular auteur theory, and consider this understanding through critical practice; where practical work is used to demonstrate, test and develop theoretical understanding in film. Students enrolled on the module will initially prepare an academic presentation setting out the features which characterize the director as an auteur, especially in relation to directing technique, and this will form the basis for a short production by the student which demonstrates or tests aspects of these features of authorship. Each student will shoot and edit their production with the co-operative support of their colleagues. The completed production and an essay will be submitted for assessment. The essay will be based on the research prepared for the presentation and discuss the completed production in an appropriate theoretical context. Students are not expected to have practical skills in production before starting this co

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Practical
Level: 7

Auteurism: the European Tradition

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Sue Harris
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: FLM100

The module will introduce you to the concept of the 'auteur', and to critical debates relating to auteurism. You will read texts by François Truffaut, VF Perkins, Andrew Sarris, Peter Wollen, Roland Barthes, Claude Levi-Strauss and Christian Metz, and will use your understanding of auteurism to evaluate the work of a range of major European directors.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Avionics Design

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ranjan Vepa
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Students of Third Year undergraduate degree programme leading to the Bachelor of Engineering degree in Avionics will undertake the task of designing an Avionics sub-system as part of the Avionics Design module. The module is centred on a group design, build and test project, carried out in Semester 6 in which an Avionics system or subsystem is designed, built and tested against a specification. The design activity is supervised by academic staff and/or a visiting industrial consultant. It involves using the knowledge gained from the remainder of the programme of study. During academic year 2009-10 it was decided that students on the DEN 317 module, would design build and test a model Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) driving a Synchronous Generator including the power converters to interface to a typical grid". The APU here is a simple variable speed wind turbine."

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Banking Law

Credits: 45.0

Contact: Prof George Walker
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Banking Law is concerned with the regulatory and private law aspects of banks and banking including both Commercial Banks and Investment Banks as well as Financial Conglomerates (or complex groups) made up of banking, securities and insurance firms. Banks are among the most important financial institutions within any economy, nationally and internationally, and the City of London is one of the foremost financial centres of the world. The course examines all relevant aspects of law concerning the structure, operation and function of banks and banking markets. The course is also taught on a comparative basis with reference to significant international standards as well as European and other national country models including the United States. This is not an exclusively UK course. The course is essentially in five parts and covers Bank Regulation (International, European and UK), Private Law, Financial Crime and Money Laundering, Bank Remedies and Civil Procedure (including ADR) and International Financial Crisis and Global Financial Stability (including Financial Conglomerates and Complex Groups).

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Banking Law

Credits: 45.0

Contact: Prof George Walker
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Banking Law is concerned with the regulatory and private law aspects of banks and banking including both Commercial Banks and Investment Banks as well as Financial Conglomerates (or complex groups) made up of banking, securities and insurance firms. Banks are among the most important financial institutions within any economy, nationally and internationally, and the City of London is one of the foremost financial centres of the world. The course examines all relevant aspects of law concerning the structure, operation and function of banks and banking markets. The course is also taught on a comparative basis with reference to significant international standards as well as European and other national country models including the United States. This is not an exclusively UK course. The course is essentially in five parts and covers Bank Regulation (International, European and UK), Private Law, Financial Crime and Money Laundering, Bank Remedies and Civil Procedure (including ADR) and International Financial Crisis and Global Financial Stability (including Financial Conglomerates and Complex Groups).

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Basic Biochemistry

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Bob Janes
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Chemistry at A-level or equivalent

This module will cover amino acids, the fundamentals of protein structure, isolation and purification of proteins, modification of proteins, and methods of determining protein conformation. You will also cover the basics of enzyme catalysis and kinetics with specific case studies. Other topics include ion transport, and other transport proteins, and the utilisation of proteins and soluble cofactors to generate and store metabolic energy. You will cover the basics of metabolism in glycolysis and the citric acid cycle, as well as ATP synthesis and membrane bound electron transfer in mitochondria. Chloroplasts in plants and algae, and molecular motors, such as muscles, that consume metabolic energy are also covered. A detailed module synopsis will be handed out in the first lecture, and summary outlines of subsequent lectures will be available on the school teaching website for guidance.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

Basic Immunology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Thomas Macdonald
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Basic Biochemistry (SBS017), Heredity and Gene Action (SBS008), The Diversity of Life (SBS005)

Prerequisites: Basic Biochemistry (SBS017), Heredity and Gene Action (SBS008), The Diversity of Life (SBS005). This module will cover the principles of innate and acquired immunity, as well as the structure and function of cells and organs of the immune system. Antigens, immunoglobins, complement, and immunoassays and the molecular basis of Bcell and Tcell responses are also covered. Other topics include major histocompatibility complex, antigen presentation, cellcell interactions and cytokines. Transplantation, tolerance, autoimmunity, infectious diseases, inflammation and hypersensitivity reactions are also considered.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 5

Basic Principles of English Law, Evidence and Practice

Credits: 0.0

Contact: Prof Johanna Gibson
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is for MSc students in IP following either professional or business stream.

Assessment: 100.0% Final Mark
Level: 7

Bayesian Statistics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Lawrence Pettit
Overlap: MAS442
Prerequisite: Essential: MTH6136 or MTH736U; Helpful: MTH5120

The module aims to introduce you to the Bayesian paradigm. The module will show you some of the problems with frequentist statistical methods, show you that the Bayesian paradigm provides a unified approach to problems of statistical inference and prediction, enable you to make Bayesian inferences in a variety of problems, and illustrate the use of Bayesian methods in real-life examples.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Bayesian Statistics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Lawrence Pettit
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module aims to introduce you to the Bayesian paradigm. The module will show you some of the problems with frequentist statistical methods, show you that the Bayesian paradigm provides a unified approach to problems of statistical inference and prediction, enable you to make Bayesian inferences in a variety of problems, and illustrate the use of Bayesian methods in real-life examples.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Bedouin, Fellahs and Sultans: History of the Islamic Countryside

Credits: 15.0

Contact: null null
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This is a unique introduction to the history of the majority of the population in the Muslim world, past and present: the peasantry. The readings for this module would bring together papers from the disciplines of history, archaeology, anthropology, geography and development economics. The module would proceed chronologically from the emergence of Islam up to the present day, and would also consider thematic issues, with focus on the peasantry and their relations with the state and transhumant communities.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Beginners' French

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of French, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using French and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Level: 3

Beginners' French I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of French, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using French and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' French I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of French, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using French and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' French II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LLU111

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: LLU111 Aimed at students with very basic knowledge of French, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using French and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' French II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LLU111

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: LLU111 Aimed at students with very basic knowledge of French, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using French and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' German

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of German, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using German and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Level: 3

Beginners' German I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of German, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using German and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' German I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of German, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using German and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' German II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LLU101

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: LLU101 Aimed at students with very basic knowledge of German, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using German and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' German II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LLU101

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: LLU101 Aimed at students with very basic knowledge of German, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using German and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' Italian

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of Italian, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Italian and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Level: 3

Beginners' Italian I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of Italian, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Italian and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' Italian I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of Italian, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Italian and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' Italian II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LLU131

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: LLU131 (or similar level) Aimed at students with a basic knowledge of Italian, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Italian and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' Italian II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LLU131

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: LLU131 (or similar level) Aimed at students with a basic knowledge of Italian, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Italian and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' Japanese

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of Japanese, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Japanese and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials, and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of Japan. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Level: 3

Beginners' Japanese I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of Japanese, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Japanese and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials, and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of Japan. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Beginners' Japanese I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of Japanese, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Japanese and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials, and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of Japan. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Beginners' Japanese II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LLU241

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: LLU141 or similar Aimed at students with no knowledge of Japanese, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Japanese and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials, and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of Japan. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' Japanese II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LLU241

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: LLU141 or similar Aimed at students with no knowledge of Japanese, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Japanese and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials, and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of Japan. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' Spanish

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of Spanish, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Spanish and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Level: 3

Beginners' Spanish I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of Spanish, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Spanish and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' Spanish I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: None Aimed at students with no knowledge of Spanish, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Spanish and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' Spanish II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LLU121

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: LLU121 Aimed at students with very basic knowledge of Spanish, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Spanish and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Beginners' Spanish II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Rosa Martin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: LLU121

Overlap: None. Prerequisite: LLU121 Aimed at students with very basic knowledge of Spanish, these are practical, general modules which will develop the various communication skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will build your competence and confidence in using Spanish and will help you to enjoy your language learning through the use of authentic materials and multimedia packages (taking individual interests and needs into consideration), and by presenting a broad picture of the culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken. Level(s): 3

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Coursework
Level: 3

Behavioural Ecology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof John Gurnell
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: The Diversity of Life (SBS005), Evolution (SBS110), Statistical Methods in Biology (SBS020)

Prerequisites: The Diversity of Life (SBS005), Evolution (SBS110), Statistical Methods in Biology (SBS020) This module will cover concepts in animal behaviour which underpin ideas about more complex behaviours, including communication, ritualisation, homeostasis, instinct and learning. Decision-making and the evolution of adaptive strategies of individuals, optimal strategy sets and habitat selection are also included. Comparative socio-ecology including sexual and kin selection, reproductive strategies and social structure is considered. You will also look at resource patchiness, predictability and productivity as determinants of individual and social behaviour.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Behavioural Finance

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Daniela Tavasci
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The purpose of this module is to develop students understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of behavioural finance, the empirical research surveyed in this area and the implementation of investment strategies based on the behavioural finance approach. To compare and contrast the assumptions behind modern financial economics with behavioural finance. Prerequisites: ECOM 050 Investment Management

Assessment: 25.0% Practical, 75.0% Examination
Level: 7

Benthic and Planktonic Processes

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Rob Hughes
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Through lectures, practicals and field work, students will be taught about marine benthic and marine and freshwater planktonic systems. A major emphasis will be on the ecological processes in these systems and the major biological and physical processes which structure them. Distribution of intertidal organisms on rocky, sandy and muddy shores, saltmarshes and sea grass beds will be covered. With respect to planktonic systems the students will come away with an understanding of the major life-history attributes and physiological rates of the most important planktonic taxa (and the role of body size and temperature across the globe). They will learn aspects of seasonality in different planktonic aquatic systems, together with the role of zooplankton in food webs and supply of materials to the benthos and ocean interior. Aspects of the impacts of climate change will be considered.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Level: 7

Beyond Acting

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Martin Welton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is about things you can do on stage without acting. Since the 1960s, among many serious attempts to reinvigorate the work of the performer, some artists have tried to avoid acting altogether. This module will explore how we might make theatre out of such behaviour: task-based activities, durational work, working from audio and video feeds, building systems and making mistakes, using transcripts, following stage directions to the letter, doing nothing, flirting and listening to music.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Bilingualism

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Esther De Leeuw
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will provide an introduction to the field of bilingualism from a linguistic, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspective. Topics to be covered include the definition of bilingualism and types of language contact, bilingual interaction and code-switching, bilingual education and policy, cognitive aspects of bilingual ability, and bilingual language development.

Assessment: 10.0% Practical, 90.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Bilingualism

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Devyani Sharma
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will explore the consequences of simultaneous use of two (or more) languages in an individual or a community. The module covers aspects of societal bilingualism, including language planning, attitudes, language change through contact, codeswitching, and bilingual identity. It also covers individual bilinguality, including experimental research in neurocognition, cognitive advantages or disadvantages of bilingualism, formal models of bilingual mental representations, debates over a critical age for language learning, effects of early and late bilingualism, and language attrition. Throughout the course, the interaction of cognitive and social forces will be emphasised, as will links to linguistic and sociolinguistic theory.

Assessment: 20.0% Practical, 80.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Biochemistry Project

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Prof Richard Pickersgill
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

30-unit research projects require prior SBCS approval. All students wishing to graduate with a degree from the School of Biological and Chemical sciences must undertake a project in their final year of study. In the case of biology related projects, students have three choices: a research project (worth 30 credits), which can encompass laboratory based experimental investigations, field studies, field experiments and so on; an investigative project (worth 15 credits), which can include analysis of previously acquired epidemiological data, nutritional surveys and analysis, mathematical modelling of biological processes and so on; as an alternative, students can take the Project skills in the life sciences module (worth 30 credits).

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Biogeochemistry: Carbon, Nutrients and Pollutants in Aquatic Systems

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Kate Spencer
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module explores biogeochemical processes at the catchment level, with reference to the broader context of global climate and land use change. Major themes include interactions among the biogeochemical cycles; the linkages of biogeochemistry with sediment dynamics and hydrological processes; and climate change and land use effects on biogeochemical processes in floodplains, rivers and estuaries. The module introduces methods of field sample collection and laboratory analysis; and approaches to controlling pollutants, nutrient levels and greenhouse gas emissions in aquatic systems.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Biogeochemistry: Carbon, Nutrients and Pollutants in Aquatic Systems

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Kate Spencer
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module explores biogeochemical processes at the catchment level, with reference to the broader context of global climate and land use change. Major themes include interactions among the biogeochemical cycles; the linkages of biogeochemistry with sediment dynamics and hydrological processes; and climate change and land use effects on biogeochemical processes in floodplains, rivers and estuaries. The module introduces methods of field sample collection and laboratory analysis; and approaches to controlling pollutants, nutrient levels and greenhouse gas emissions in aquatic systems.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Bioinformatics Project

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Prof Richard Pickersgill
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

30-unit projects require prior approval from SBCS. All students wishing to graduate with a degree from the School of Biological and Chemical sciences must undertake a project in their final year of study. In the case of biology related projects, students have three choices: a research project (worth 30 credits), which can encompass laboratory based experimental investigations, field studies, field experiments and so on; an investigative project (worth 15 credits), which can include analysis of previously acquired epidemiological data, nutritional surveys and analysis, mathematical modelling of biological processes and so on; as an alternative, students can take the Project skills in the life sciences module (worth 30 credits).

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Biological and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Mike Watkinson
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: CHE512

Prerequisites: Contemporary Inorganic Chemistry (CHE512). This module seeks to provide a coherent introduction into the roles that metals play in biological and medicinal systems. The first six lectures of the module focus on electron transfer and will include an introduction to basic terms (redox potential and its tuning in biological systems, excited-state electron transfer) and elements of the Marcus theory, followed by a discussion of electron transfer processes in biology, including light-energy harvesting and conversion in photosynthetic reaction centre, long-range electron transfer in metalloproteins, DNA and molecular wires. Application in molecular devices will be discussed as well. Molecular redox chemistry and electrochemistry including redox catalysis is surveyed.The next set of lectures detail the role that metal plays in a range of biological systems and in medical applications. Initially the focus will be on electron transport in naturally occurring systems such as in the oxygen evolving centre within PS2 of the photosynthetic apparatus, nitrogenase enzymes and the role of iron-porphyrin complexes in biological electron transfer. There will then follow a discussion of the roles metals play as Lewis acids in a range of biological systems covering metalloenzymes such as carbonic anhydrase, liver alcohol dehrdrogenase and nickel urease. The final lectures in this part of the module will focus on the roles metal play in medicine eg anti-ageing drugs, anti-cancer drugs and in imaging agents.The final four lectures of the module will begin with an introduction to the important area of biomaterials, which will then be followed by an overview of selected topics from the areas of metallic biomaterials, ceramic biomaterials and bioglasses. The final lecture will consider implant/host interactions and the factors affecting long-term performance of a biomaterial.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 7

Biological and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Mike Watkinson
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module seeks to provide a coherent introduction into the roles that metals play in biological and medicinal systems. The first six lectures of the module focus on electron transfer and will include an introduction to basic terms (redox potential and its tuning in biological systems, excited-state electron transfer) and elements of the Marcus theory, followed by a discussion of electron transfer processes in biology, including light-energy harvesting and conversion in photosynthetic reaction centre, long-range electron transfer in metalloproteins, DNA and molecular wires. Application in molecular devices will be discussed as well. Molecular redox chemistry and electrochemistry including redox catalysis is surveyed.The next set of lectures detail the role that metal plays in a range of biological systems and in medical applications. Initially the focus will be on electron transport in naturally occurring systems such as in the oxygen evolving centre within PS2 of the photosynthetic apparatus, nitrogenase enzymes and the role of iron-porphyrin complexes in biological electron transfer. There will then follow a discussion of the roles metals play as Lewis acids in a range of biological systems covering metalloenzymes such as carbonic anhydrase, liver alcohol dehrdrogenase and nickel urease. The final lectures in this part of the module will focus on the roles metal play in medicine eg anti-ageing drugs, anti-cancer drugs and in imaging agents.The final four lectures of the module will begin with an introduction to the important area of biomaterials, which will then be followed by an overview of selected topics from the areas of metallic biomaterials, ceramic biomaterials and bioglasses. The final lecture will consider implant/host interactions and the factors affecting long-term performance of a biomaterial.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 7

Biological Sciences Psychology Research Project

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Qazi Rahman
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

30-unit research projects require prior SBCS approval. All students wishing to graduate with a degree from the School of Biological and Chemical sciences must undertake a project in their final year of study. In the case of biology related projects, students have three choices: a research project (worth 30 credits), which can encompass laboratory based experimental investigations, field studies, field experiments and so on; an investigative project (worth 15 credits), which can include analysis of previously acquired epidemiological data, nutritional surveys and analysis, mathematical modelling of biological processes and so on; as an alternative, students can take the Project skills in the life sciences module (worth 30 credits).

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Biology for Psychologists

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tiina Eilola
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

To provide psychology students with a scientific overview of biology, especially the central notions of variation in whole organism biology, as relevant to behaviour. This supports the distinctiveness of QMUL psychology as a natural and experimental science and introduces students to the growing notion of psychology as a branch of the biological sciences (e.g., that "behaviour" is the end product of whole organism biology). It will also introduce students to the integrative scientific thinking skills required to study subsequent psychological topics (e.g., how the study of micro-organisms and plants has contributed to our understanding of gene-environment interactions which are now routinely studied in behaviour genetics). Students will be introduced to empirical findings and will critically evaluate the range of methods in the field. Topics covered include basic genetics, origins and diversity of life, phylogeny, development, eukaryotes, prokaryotes and plants, microbiology, invertebrates and vertebrates, biodiversity, body size and life history strategies.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

Biology Project

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Richard Pickersgill
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

30-unit projects require prior approval from SBCS. All students wishing to graduate with a degree from the School of Biological and Chemical sciences must undertake a project in their final year of study. In the case of biology related projects, students have three choices: a research project (worth 30 credits), which can encompass laboratory based experimental investigations, field studies, field experiments and so on; an investigative project (worth 15 credits), which can include analysis of previously acquired epidemiological data, nutritional surveys and analysis, mathematical modelling of biological processes and so on; as an alternative, students can take the Project skills in the life sciences module (worth 30 credits).

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Biomechanics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Peter Dabnichki
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: DEN102

The module covers particular aspects of biomechanics related to human motion and related functions of the musculo-skeletal structure. These topics are considered both theoretically and experimentally utilising variety of techniques such as kinetic and kinematic analysis and EMG.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Biomechanics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Peter Dabnichki
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module covers particular aspects of biomechanics related to human motion and related functions of the musculo-skeletal structure. These topics are considered both theoretically and experimentally utilising variety of techniques such as kinetic and kinematic analysis and EMG.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 6

Biomedical Engineering in Urology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Martin Knight
Overlap: DENM016
Prerequisite: None

The module explores a broad range of medical engineering associated with the areas of urology and nephrology. Topics will include surgical instrumentation, imaging and diagnostics, tissue engineering, implantable devices, functional electrical stimulators, dialysis and lithotripsy. Initially the module covers the basic anatomy, physiology of the urinary tract in health and disease, with particular reference to clinical incontinence. The course will utilize tissue and fluid mechanics to examine the biomechanics of the bladder and urodynamic clinical assessment. Specialist information will be provided by outside lecturers including clinicians and NHS clinical engineerings.

Assessment: 45.0% Coursework, 55.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Biomedical Engineering in Urology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Martin Knight
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module explores a broad range of medical engineering associated with the areas of urology and nephrology. Topics will include surgical instrumentation, imaging and diagnostics, tissue engineering, implantable devices, functional electrical stimulators, dialysis and lithotripsy. Initially the module covers the basic anatomy, physiology of the urinary tract in health and disease, with particular reference to clinical incontinence. The course will utilize tissue and fluid mechanics to examine the biomechanics of the bladder and urodynamic clinical assessment. Specialist information will be provided by outside lecturers including clinicians and NHS clinical engineerings.

Assessment: 45.0% Coursework, 55.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Biomedical Engineering Research Project

Credits: 60.0

Contact: Prof David Lee
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The project consists of an individual piece of work, under the supervision of an academic member of staff. It can take either one, or a combination, of the following forms: (i) an experimental investigation; (ii) a computational exercise; (iii) the development of a piece of experimental apparatus; (iv) a design study; (v) a theoretical analysis; (vi) a review of a topic of current interest. Not open to Associate Students.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Biomedical Pharmacology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Robin Whelpton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: SBS022 Biomedical Physiology I

This module is only available to students who enter under the B990 programme. Prerequisites: Biomedical Physiology I (SBS022). This module is only open to students on the Biomedical Sciences degree programme and to suitably qualified associate students. The module aims to show how, from an understanding of biochemical and physiological processes, putative drug targets can be identified and therapeutic agents developed. You will also cover the reasons for prototypical drugs being refined to provide more suitable drugs with regard to route of administration; bioavailability; duration of action; selectivity; and reduction of adverse effects. All the above will be exemplified by consideration of the pharmacological properties of drugs used for the treatment of well known medical diseases/conditions.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Biomedical Physiology I - Exchange, Movement and Integration

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Rachel Jane Ashworth
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides an introduction to major non-cardiovascular/respiratory physiological systems involved in human homeostasis for students reading for the degree in Biomedical Science. Topics covered will include: microanatomy and histology of the major human tissues; feedback control, temperature regulation, cell exchange processes; function and integration of nervous, muscle, gastrointestinal, excretory, endocrine and reproductive systems. The module will describe some of the major human physiological diseases, disorders and dysfunctions of these systems, and some parasitic diseases.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

Biomedical Physiology II - Cardiovascular and Respiratory

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Rachel Jane Ashworth
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Human Anatomy (SBC102), The Human Cell (SBC100)

This module is for students who enter under the B990 programme only. Prerequisites: Human Anatomy (SBC102), The Human Cell (SBC100). This module provides an introduction to the human cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Topics covered will include: structure, function and regulation of cardiovascular activity and respiration. It will include descriptions of some of the major diseases, conditions, abnormalities anddysfunctions of the human cardiovascular and respiratory systems and problems associated with aerospace travel and diving.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 5

Biomedical Research Project

Credits: 60.0

Contact: Prof Dan Bader
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The project consists of an individual piece of work, under the supervision of an academic member of staff. It can take either one, or a combination, of the following forms: (i) an experimental investigation; (ii) a computational exercise; (iii) the development of a piece of experimental apparatus; (iv) a design study; (v) a theoretical analysis; (vi) a review of a topic of current interest. Not open to Associate Students.

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

Biomedical Science Case Approach to Problem Solving

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Kelvin Smith
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: CHE043 or similar introductory module

B990 students only. The SBS320(X) modules comprise 6 Biomedical Science clinical case histories at both levels 5 and 6. The case histories will be analysed in group tutorials with subsequent self-directed learning and 6 one hour assessment sessions. The clinical case histories studied will be chosen from a bank of histories and will embrace, over the entirety of the SBS320(X) modules in years 2 and 3, the disciplines of human physiology, anatomy and development, metabolism, molecular biology and genetics and pharmacology. The tutorial will comprise a 1 hour problem analysis and tutor facilitation session. Assessment of the case history will follow a 3 week period of self directed learning founded on the learning objectives defined in the tutorials. The module is examined in SBS320 year 3 and the 2nd year coursework marks will comprise 10% of the coursework marks for SBS320 3rd year.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Level: 6

Biomedical Science Case Approach to Problem Solving

Credits: 0.0

Contact: Dr Kelvin Smith
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

B990 students only. This module is a pre-requisite for the 3rd year SBS320. The SBS320(X) modules comprise 6 Biomedical Science clinical case histories at both levels 5 and 6. The case histories will be analysed in group tutorials with subsequent self-directed learning and 6 one hour assessment sessions. The clinical case histories studied will be chosen from a bank of histories and will embrace, over the entirety of the SBS320(X) modules in years 2 and 3, the disciplines of human physiology, anatomy and development, metabolism, molecular biology and genetics and pharmacology. The tutorial will comprise a 1 hour problem analysis and tutor facilitation session. Assessment of the case history will follow a 3 week period of self directed learning founded on the learning objectives defined in the tutorials. The module is examined in SBS320 year 3 and the 2nd year coursework marks will comprise 10% of the coursework marks for SBS320 3rd year.

Assessment: 100.0% Final Mark
Level: 5

Biomedical Sciences Investigative Project

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Richard Pickersgill
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

30-unit research projects require prior SBCS approval. All students wishing to graduate with a degree from the School of Biological and Chemical sciences must undertake a project in their final year of study. In the case of biology related projects, students have three choices: a research project (worth 30 credits), which can encompass laboratory based experimental investigations, field studies, field experiments and so on; an investigative project (worth 15 credits), which can include analysis of previously acquired epidemiological data, nutritional surveys and analysis, mathematical modelling of biological processes and so on; as an alternative, students can take the Project skills in the life sciences module (worth 30 credits).

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Biomedical Sciences Research Project

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Prof Richard Pickersgill
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: 30-unit research projects require prior SBCS approval.

30-unit research projects require prior SBCS approval. All students wishing to graduate with a degree from the School of Biological and Chemical sciences must undertake a project in their final year of study. In the case of biology related projects, students have three choices: a research project (worth 30 credits), which can encompass laboratory based experimental investigations, field studies, field experiments and so on; an investigative project (worth 15 credits), which can include analysis of previously acquired epidemiological data, nutritional surveys and analysis, mathematical modelling of biological processes and so on; as an alternative, students can take the Project skills in the life sciences module (worth 30 credits).

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Biomolecules of Life

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr James Sullivan
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module offers a grounding in a good range of biochemical topics including the structure function relationship of protein, carbohydrates and lipids; fundamentals of enzyme catalysis and kinetics; transport of molecules across biomembranes; biochemical reactions involved in the generation and storage of metabolic energy; in glycolysis and tricarboxylic acid cycle; mitochondrial electron transfer and ATP synthesis; and molecular motors.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

Biosciences 2

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Paul Hurd
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides essential information on biosciences appropriate for second-year foundation degree students training to become crime scene practitioners. This module will describe the fundamental anatomy and physiology of the human body. Building on from cellular and tissue level organisation, this module will focus on organ and system-level human biology. In addition, this module will describe the structure, function and life cycles of forensically important microorganisms and arthropods.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 5

Black Writing in Britain

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Rachael Gilmour
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will examine a selection of works (from slave narratives to dub/rap/performance poetry) by black (African, Caribbean and Asian) poets and novelists published in Britain from the 1780s to the present day. Drawing on contemporary cultural, post-colonial and feminist theories, this module focuses on the ways in which authors such as Olaudah Equiano, Edward Brathwaite, Hanif Kureishi, Jackie Kay and Patience Agbabi present their views on British society in the context of immigration, assimilation and cultural difference.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Body Health and Society

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Isabel Dyck
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module examines a variety of contemporary health and care issues and their distinct geographies. The tension between biomedical and alternative knowledges of healthy and ill bodies is an underlying theme informing the module and the body is a lens through which to explore such tension. Topical themes of the module are used to examine how health and care experience is constructed, interpreted, managed and represented within relations of power and social, cultural, and economic change. The module will draw on a number of theoretical influences to consider the gendered, classed and raced dimensions of health, illness and care and their shaping by political economy, globalisation and the politics of medical knowledge. Specific topics include the construction and impacts of the ideal body on understandings and enactment of health, the contribution of feminist and anti-racist critiques to understanding health behaviour, the politics of the body in public health, the transformation of health knowledge and care through global flows of knowledge and people, the construction of disability and the management and experiences of those defined as mentally ill and the therapeutic landscape concept in explaining health and place relationships.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 6

Brain and Behaviour

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Qazi Rahman
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is intended for students studying BSc Psychology (C800). This module builds on the theme of psychology as a biological science in parallel with the 'Exploring Psychology' module by specifying the proximate biological mechanisms involved in psychological phenomena. The module will focus on basic principles of biological psychology predominantly, and then introduce psychological processes to illustrate these.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

Brand Management

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Yasmin Ibrahim
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module will focus on the strategic role that brands play in the successful marketing of products and services. It aims to introduce current academic thinking and business practice of contemporary branding to students introducing key concepts such as brand equity, brand identity and corporate branding. In addition the course aims to introduce and show the actual process of brand management and the issues and dilemmas that contemporary brand managers and stewards have to face. It aims to comprehensively cover these areas and will deal with topics such as brand identity, brand development, brand strategy, organisational support for branding, brand features and personality, brand portfolios and the internet and branding. The focus of the course will be a final presentation and report that students both in groups and as individuals will have to prepare on analysing a failing brand and proposing ideas to reposition and revitalise it. The brand itself will be taken from the contemporary business world and so will provide the students with opportunities to carry out challenging and relevant research.

Assessment: 30.0% Practical, 70.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Brazilian Cinema: the Social Tradition

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Else Vieira
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Why would a Brazilian director depict not the guerrilla Che Guevara but the young doctor developing his social awareness? Walter Salle's Motorcycle Diaries will set the tone for the discussion of Brazil's emphasis on the social agenda as its major contribution to world cinema. This module will approach the evolution of this genre, beginning with Cinema Novo, the shift towards the commercial film (Pixote, Central Station), the development of a new aesthetics (City of God) and of recent radical experimentations such as prisoners and favela (shantytown) inhabitants making their own film. Discussions will include the tensions between aesthetics and ethics, and the achievement of the commercial film and of the documentary as social action.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Brazilian Cinematic Cities: Regional and Historical Diversity

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Else Vieira
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module introduces students to the way cinema represents four Brazilian cities: a) Rio de Janeiro: its wonders, exoticism and the spectacle of its Carnival contrasting with the over-sensationalized violence on the screen; its unique status as the seat of the Portuguese monarchy and colony in the 19th Century; b) São Paulo: social mobility and stagnation in the complexity of a city the size of Lebanon; the impact of technology and traffic on its social networks; the Gardens and financial high-rises of the epicentre of an emerging global power contrasting with underclass pockets; its industrialization in the 1950s and 1960s, and the rise of the Labour Unions' political power; c) Salvador: its vibrant Afro-Brazilian culture contrasting with Cinema Novo's depiction of power hierarchies and cultural conflicts; d) Brasília: projections of utopia in the urban planning of Brazil's Modernist capital. No previous knowledge of Portuguese is required, as all the films studied are available in English or with English subtitles.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Bridging Arts and Technology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Karen Shoop
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module investigates the relevance of creativity to computers and their applications. Students will develop ideas through a range of artistic practices to see how creativity informs technological development. Student writing will be developed through exploring narratives of technology, such as science fiction, using this as a springboard to understand the protocols and algorithms that underpin the technologies used in the digital world.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Practical
Level: 4

Brief Encounters: Short Stories and Tall Tales

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Will Mcmorran
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides an introduction to that most adaptable of literary forms: the short story. It explores texts ranging from the comic to the disturbing, and from the early modern to the post-modern, by major European and Latin American Authors. Texts will be studied in translation.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Britain and Europe 1945-1973

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr James Ellison
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module examines the development of Britain's policy towards Europe from 1945 to 1963. It focuses in particular on the decision-making of British governments and Britain's international relations during a period which saw Europe divided in the Cold War and Britain attempt to reconcile its foreign policy traditions with the growing power of the European Community. As this subject has become a significant theme in the historiography of post-war British and European history, the module is set within the historiographical debates and exposes students to the most recent research.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 5

Britain and the Middle East, 1900-1960

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr David Brooks
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides an essential grounding in modern intellectual history and political thought. It introduces students to the most important kinds of methodology practised in the field of intellectual history since the nineteenth century, and some of the most influential thinkers and themes in the history of political thought since antiquity. It is divided into two parts, corresponding to semesters one and two respectively. The first part covers a variety of key philosophical, historical, political and sociological theorists whose work has inspired a range of approaches in the history of ideas in Anglo-American and European scholarship. The second part involves in-depth exploration of the thought of a selection of major authors and thematic concerns in the history of European political thought, considering them in the light of the different methodologies surveyed in the first part.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

British Cinema from the 1960's New Wave to the Arrival of Channel 4

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Charles Drazin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module examines the hybrid and diverse nature of the British cinema from the New Wave of the early 1960s to the collapse of Goldcrest in 1987.The module will explore two key themes in the British cinema's long quest for a sustainable model of film-making: the tensions between the indigenous and the international; and the recurring pattern of boom and bust in British production. Topics covered include: the emergence of the New Wave and the Swinging London films of the 1960s; the relationship between British cinema and Hollywood; the British film renaissance of the early 1980s; state of the nation cinema in the Thatcher era; the advent of Channel 4; British auteur film-makers (Peter Greenaway, Derek Jarman, Terence Davies, Bill Douglas); and British genre from horror to heritage.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

British Horror: Film, Television and Literature

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Matthew Jacobsen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

British cinema has made widely influential contributions to the Horror and Science Fiction film genres that have significantly shaped the module of cinema history worldwide. This module will consider seminar examples of British film, from an historical as well as theoretical viewpoint. It will focus particularly on the Golden Age of British Horror in the 60s and 70s, with considerations of the conditions of production of Hammer Studios and the BBC.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

British Politics

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Catherine Woodham
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: POL100

This module will provide students with an advanced knowledge of the British Political system. It is divided into two principal parts: the study of the institutions of British politics, and the study of political culture, behaviour and participation within those institutions. Topics covered include: constitutional reform, Parliament, Prime Minister and the Cabinet system, civil service devolution, role of the judiciary, representation, political engagement, electoral and party systems, political parties, electoral behaviour and pressure groups. Associate student registration: Autumn Semester POL/243A; Spring Semester POL/243B.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Level: 5

British Politics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Catherine Woodham
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: POL100

This module will provide students with an advanced knowledge of the British Political system. It is divided into two principal parts: the study of the institutions of British politics, and the study of political culture, behaviour and participation within those institutions. Topics covered include: constitutional reform, Parliament, Prime Minister and the Cabinet system, civil service devolution, role of the judiciary, representation, political engagement, electoral and party systems, political parties, electoral behaviour and pressure groups. Associate student registration: Autumn Semester POL/243A; Spring Semester POL/243B.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

British Politics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Catherine Woodham
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: POL100

This module will provide students with an advanced knowledge of the British Political system. It is divided into two principal parts: the study of the institutions of British politics, and the study of political culture, behaviour and participation within those institutions. Topics covered include: constitutional reform, Parliament, Prime Minister and the Cabinet system, civil service devolution, role of the judiciary, representation, political engagement, electoral and party systems, political parties, electoral behaviour and pressure groups. Associate student registration: Autumn Semester POL/243A; Spring Semester POL/243B.

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Level: 5

Broadcasting Regulation

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Gavin Sutter
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Since the early days, the broadcast media has been subject to sector specific regulation. In the modern world, broadcasting is regulated both at the level of the right to broadcast, and the content which is broadcast. Recent years have also seen the increasing proliferation of on-demand audio-visual content, delivered in a non-linear manner via the internet. Such technological development poses new challenges for regulation: the content, and so, inevitably, the impetus for regulation, may be similar or the same, however the context has changed. Traditional devices such as limiting the time of day at which certain content is allowed to be made available are inapplicable in this context. As ever, the cross-border nature of the internet raises difficulty. This module will consider from an international perspective the challenges posed to regulation of the contemporary broadcast media, and how they may be overcome.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Building the American Nation: the United States, 1763-1917

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Joanna Cohen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

How did a collection of small British Atlantic colonies become a continental nation, capable of suppressing a massive internal rebellion and of absorbing tens of millions of immigrants? Why through this transformation was the idea of freedom so powerful and yet so contested? This module will examine the development of the American nation from the time of the Revolution against British authority to its emergence after the Civil War as a major economic power. Topics covered will include: the Revolution, the building of the new republic, slavery, Native Americans, abolitionism, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Westward expansion, the rise of big business, immigration and religion. Suggested reading: James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom (OUP: New York, 1988) Peter Kolchin, American Slavery (Penguin: London, 1993) Gordon S. Wood, The Radicalism of the American Revolution (Random House: New York, 1991).

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

Building the American Nation: the United States, 1763-1917

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Joanna Cohen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

How did a collection of small British Atlantic colonies become a continental nation, capable of suppressing a massive internal rebellion and of absorbing tens of millions of immigrants? Why through this transformation was the idea of freedom so powerful and yet so contested? This module will examine the development of the American nation from the time of the Revolution against British authority to its emergence after the Civil War as a major economic power. Topics covered will include: the Revolution, the building of the new republic, slavery, Native Americans, abolitionism, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Westward expansion, the rise of big business, immigration and religion. Suggested reading: James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom (OUP: New York, 1988) Peter Kolchin, American Slavery (Penguin: London, 1993) Gordon S. Wood, The Radicalism of the American Revolution (Random House: New York, 1991)

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Building the American Nation: the United States, 1763-1917

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Joanna Cohen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

How did a collection of small British Atlantic colonies become a continental nation, capable of suppressing a massive internal rebellion and of absorbing tens of millions of immigrants? Why through this transformation was the idea of freedom so powerful and yet so contested? This module will examine the development of the American nation from the time of the Revolution against British authority to its emergence after the Civil War as a major economic power. Topics covered will include: the Revolution, the building of the new republic, slavery, Native Americans, abolitionism, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Westward expansion, the rise of big business, immigration and religion. Suggested reading: James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom (OUP: New York, 1988) Peter Kolchin, American Slavery (Penguin: London, 1993) Gordon S. Wood, The Radicalism of the American Revolution (Random House: New York, 1991)

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

Business and Social Approaches to Social Media - Opportunities and Issues

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Yasmin Ibrahim
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This optional module seeks to familiarise students with social media as a business and social platform. It locates social media through the changes in the communication frameworks and explores the different and diverse opportunities, challenges and issues created by social media in an inter-connected world. The lectures will apply theoretical and conceptual issues to real life contexts and phenomena in different cultural contexts.

Assessment: 30.0% Practical, 70.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Business and Society

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Stephen Harney
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will explore the relationship between business and society, and management and the self. It is designed to set the stage for an undergraduate education in business and management by placing such an education in the context of choices, structures, subjectivities, and the struggles and challenges of contemporary capitalist society. It provides a broad introduction to the consolidation of business as a determining and structuring force in both the West and the Global South. It charts the tensions, contradictions and alternatives of this continuing rise to dominance in society, while examining the core assumptions and theoretical advances in management thought. Students will complete the module able to ask who business can address the issues of society, and how they can be responsible to the societies in which they work. This module will be followed by Markets and Society in the second semester, which offer students the chance to place the relationship between business and society in historical, geographical, and anthropological perspective by contextualising this rise in the naturalisation and normalisation of the firm, the market, and the individual.

Assessment: 40.0% Practical, 60.0% Coursework
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Business Cycles

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ana Galvao Soares Ferreira
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module aims to evaluate how business cycle theories perform when confronted with business cycles stylised facts. The theories are presented based on a micro-founded intertemporal model of the economy that provides understanding on how different types of shocks cause macroeconomic fluctuations.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 6

Business Finance

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Giles Spungin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to develop an understanding of how firms raise external finance and design their capital structure. We will examine the assumption that a firm's cash flows are exogenous with respect to financial decisions. Also studied are the Modigliani-Miller theorems stating which conditions make capital structure irrelevant, and derive the optimal debt/equity mix in the presence of taxes and costly bankruptcy. The rest of the module addresses the issue of how a firm's financial and governance structure affects its value once information problems between firms' insiders and investors are taken into account.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 7

Business Information Systems

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tony Stockman
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module will cover: Introduction to information systems; Types of information system; Uses of Information systems Information systems in e-commerce and e-business; Information system design and development; Technical aspects of information systems; Case studies of business information systems; The human factor in information systems; Legal and ethical issues in Information systems.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 7

Business Information Systems

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tony Stockman
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module will cover: Introduction to information systems; Types of information system; Uses of Information systems Information systems in e-commerce and e-business; Information system design and development; Technical aspects of information systems; Case studies of business information systems; The human factor in information systems; Legal and ethical issues in Information systems.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 7

Business Information Systems

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tony Stockman
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module covers the basics of business information systems, with emphasis on the technical, ethical and human factors in successful information system deployment. You will study how organisations use information systems as well as the basic concepts, methods and terminology used during the design and development stages of business information systems. The module reviews the typical hardware, software, data and telecommunications used in business systems and their strategic importance.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 5

Business Law

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Barry Heard
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This unit provides an understanding of: the English legal system, the principles of the law of contract and of the tort of negligence as they apply to business. The unit also provides an understanding of the part law plays in enabling the conduct of business generally; its regulation, and the achievement of commercial aims.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Business Management

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Ron Holland
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to provide an introduction to business management and administration. It develops understanding of the external and internal business environment, the different contexts of business, an analysis of markets and issues within business management.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 3

Business Management Dissertation

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Dorota Bourne
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

In order to take this module students must have attained 65% or over in module BUS007. A dissertation is a piece of independent research carried out by the student under the supervision of an academic member of staff. Research can be carried out in any area of business and management, broadly defined, as long as there is sufficient expertise in the School of Business and Management to supervise the research. The student is expected to identify and review the relevant literature, identify a research problem and conduct original empirical research on primary data, or conduct original analysis of secondary data.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Business Studies

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Cathrine Seierstad
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module examines the political, economic and legal context in which business operates, people and resources, the structure of firms and organizations, management and leadership, marketing, strategic management and development, organisation management and control, organisational communication, Human Resource Management, motivation, business ethics, and globalization. Students will analyse and comment on management in both written work and seminar discussions to the level that will lead to potential success on taught masters degrees with the School of Business and Management.

Assessment: 10.0% Practical, 30.0% Examination, 60.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Business Technology Strategy

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mrs Rachel Appleton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module focuses on strategic management within the technology industries, specifically in the Electronic Engineering sectors, which includes telecommunications. The module aims to apply the theoretical knowledge to real-world examples, using case studies from the international business environment.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 7

Business Technology Strategy

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mrs Rachel Appleton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module focuses on strategic management within the technology industries, specifically in the Electronic Engineering sectors, which includes telecommunications. The module aims to apply the theoretical knowledge to real-world examples, using case studies from the international business environment.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 7

C++ for Image and Audio Processing

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Pengwei Hao
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 7

C++ for Image Processing

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Pengwei Hao
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module gives students a practical introduction to C++ and uses this programming language to examine applications in low level image processing. Areas covered include image representation examining perception, sampling and display, and image transforms and image enhancement using point and spatial operations. Also considered are image processing methods such as convolution, frequency filtering and image restoration, compression and segmentation.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 7

C++ for Image Processing

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Pengwei Hao
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module gives students a practical introduction to C++ and uses this programming language to examine applications in low level image processing. Areas covered include image representation examining perception, sampling and display, and image transforms and image enhancement using point and spatial operations. Also considered are image processing methods such as convolution, frequency filtering and image restoration, compression and segmentation.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 7

C++ for Image Processing

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Pengwei Hao
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module gives you a practical introduction to C++ and uses this programming language to examine applications in low-level image processing. Areas covered include image representation, examining perception, sampling and display, and image transforms and image enhancement using point and spatial operations. Also considered are image processing methods such as convolution, frequency filtering and image restoration, compression and segmentation.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Cabinet, Premiership and the Conduct of Central Government since 1945

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Jon Davis
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will cover the style of Cabinet Government under post-war premiers, their management of party, Parliament and media, the changing nature of the job and the traditional Cabinet versus prime ministerial government debate. It will also examine Cabinet as the engine room of the Whitehall machine, the stress upon ministers and civil servants, official secrecy and the extent to which the use of the royal prerogatives has made the British Prime Minister and cabinet the strongest executive in the democratic world.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 5

Cabinet, Premiership and the Conduct of Central Government since 1945

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Jon Davis
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Assessment: 100.0% Final Mark
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Final Mark
Level: 5

CAD Techniques for RF Electromagnetics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Robert Donnan
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides students with a detailed understanding of basic microwave engineering concepts such as transmission line equations, the Smith Chart, Scattering networks, modern microwave components and systems. Experimental experience of standard microwave measurement methods are provided along with experience in using a microwave CAD tool. Computational electromagnetics covers the fundamentals of electromagnetics, Maxwell's Equations and various numerical methods for solving the equations. Students completing the module will be able to design and measure RF and microwave systems with the help of smart CAD tools.

Assessment: 35.0% Coursework, 65.0% Examination
Level: 7

CAD Techniques for RF Electromagnetics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Robert Donnan
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides students with a detailed understanding of basic microwave engineering concepts such as transmission line equations, the Smith Chart, Scattering networks, modern microwave components and systems. Experimental experience of standard microwave measurement methods are provided along with experience in using a microwave CAD tool. Computational electromagnetics covers the fundamentals of electromagnetics, Maxwell's Equations and various numerical methods for solving the equations. Students completing the module will be able to design and measure RF and microwave systems with the help of smart CAD tools.

Assessment: 35.0% Coursework, 65.0% Examination
Level: 7

Calculus I

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Karim Malik
Overlap: ECN114, MAS115
Prerequisite: A-level Mathematics or equivalent

This is the first of three calculus modules, whose collective aim is to provide the basic techniques and background from calculus for the pure, applied and applicable mathematics modules that follow. This module develops the concepts and techniques of differentiating and integrating with supporting work on algebra, coordinate transformations and curve sketching.

Assessment: 10.0% Coursework, 90.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Calculus II

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Rainer Klages
Overlap: ECN114, ECN124
Prerequisite: MTH4100

This module is the second of three calculus modules, whose collective aim is to provide the basic techniques from calculus for the pure, applied and applicable mathematics modules that follow. This module introduces complex numbers, infinite series including power series, and develops techniques of differential and integral calculus in the multivariate setting.

Assessment: 10.0% Coursework, 90.0% Examination
Level: 4

Calculus III

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr William Sutherland
Overlap: MAS204, PHY122
Prerequisite: MTH4101 and MTH4103

The module develops the elements of vector calculus and advanced topics in ordinary and partial differential equations, such as special functions, Fourier series and Laplace's equation, for application in subsequent applied mathematics modules.

Assessment: 10.0% Coursework, 90.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Cancer Biology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr David Prowse
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is only available to students who enter under the B990, C431 and with Forensic programmes. This module will define neoplasia, describe the macro and microscopic appearance of range of specific tumours and current ideas on the molecular and genetic basis of their pathogenesis. Specifically, the causes of the transformation from normal to malignant tissue will be described together with the manner in which tumours grow and spread. The module will end with an overview of tumour diagnosis and general methods of treatment (pharmacological, radiotherapeutic and surgical).

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 6

Cancer Chemotherapy

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Peter Wyatt
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: CHE322 or CHE422

Prerequisites: CHE322 Constructing Organic Molecules and CHE422 Chemistry of Biological Molecules An introduction to current cancer research and the treatment of cancer by chemotherapy. Topics may include: DNA lesions, oncogenes, short term assays, multistage carcinogenesis, classes of anticancer drugs and their modes of action.

Assessment: 15.0% Coursework, 85.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Cancer Chemotherapy

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Peter Wyatt
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module covers the main themes in cancer and current cancer chemotherapy, especially concepts and methods of current therapies and the structures and mechanisms of action of chemotherapeutic agents.

Assessment: 15.0% Coursework, 85.0% Examination
Level: 6

Capital Markets 1

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Andrea Pinna
Overlap: BUS306
Prerequisite: None

The aim of this module is to provide a rigorous training in the theory of investment and capital markets and a good understanding of its central concepts. More specifically, its purpose is to show how firms, individuals and institutions take decisions about optimal investment, and to examine the behaviour of the capital markets in which these decisions are taken.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 5

Case Studies in British Policymaking

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Peter Catterall
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to provide detailed analysis of policymaking in practice to supplement the theoretical training received in the core module. The object is to enrich understanding of the nature and practicalities of the policymaking process, using British case studies, and enhance awareness of how the political environment helps to shape the policymaking process. After a preliminary survey of the policymaking environment the module will focus each week on a detailed case study of British policymaking in practice, with an accent on topicality. Students will be encouraged to discuss and evaluate current issues and the way in which policymakers are addressing them. In the process students will acquire a detailed knowledge of the policymaking environment and process in Britain and also, to some extent, a comparative perspective on how different kinds of policymaking machinery will shape different outcomes.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Case Studies in Ethnic Conflict: Northern Ireland

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Brendan O'Duffy
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: POL100

Assessment: 40.0% Coursework, 60.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Catalan Cinema

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Ms Consuelo Sanmateu-Martinez
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module focuses on a number of key Catalan films from 1975 to the present day. It reflects on the concept of 'national' cinema in the context of globalisation; it provides critical tools for discussing and writing about the specificities of Catalan cinema as well as for setting it in a Western context; it studies film adaptations of Catalan and/or non-Catalan literary texts; it examines film (re-) constructions of the historical past; it analyses filmic discourses on identity, illness and trauma; and it looks into the relationship between Catalan cinema and Catalan/Spanish/European history and society. No previous knowledge of Catalan is required, as all the films studied are available in English or with English subtitles.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Catalan Culture: History, Language, Art

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Jordi Larios
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module offers a general introduction to modern Catalan culture (nineteenth and twentieth century). Topics covered include: nationalism; the politics of language; the city of Barcelona and the architecture of Antoni Gaudí; the avant-garde art of Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí; popular and traditional culture. The module also aims to help students identify the strengths and weaknesses of their writing skills and improve the quality of their essay writing. Please note that there is no language requirement for this module, and therefore it is suitable for students with no knowledge of Catalan or Spanish.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Catalan II Intensive

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Ms Ester Pou
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: CAT103, CAT104

This module is aimed at students who already have a basic knowledge of Catalan. Its focus is on developing oral fluency, improving aural and reading comprehension skills, learning new structures and vocabulary, and writing skills.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 50.0% Examination
Level: 5

Catchment Hydrogology: Managing Water Resources

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Angela Gurnell
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module will cover four broad themes, which are each explored from the perspectives of estimation, risk assessment and the legislative framework: (1) Implications of global changes in climate and land use for catchment hydrology (2) The catchment water balance: measurement and estimation of precipitation, evapotranspiration and river flow. (3) Flood estimation, flood risk management and the EU Floods Directive (4) Managing low flows and groundwater resources

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Catchment Hydrogology: Managing Water Resources

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Angela Gurnell
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module will cover four broad themes, which are each explored from the perspectives of estimation, risk assessment and the legislative framework: (1) Implications of global changes in climate and land use for catchment hydrology (2) The catchment water balance: measurement and estimation of precipitation, evapotranspiration and river flow. (3) Flood estimation, flood risk management and the EU Floods Directive (4) Managing low flows and groundwater resources

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Catholics and Politics in England c1558-1603

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Michael Questier
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Angelika Stollewerk
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is designed to provide you with detailed up-to-date knowledge of cell biological techniques, the structural organisation, development and differentiation of eukaryotic cells as well as key processes in development that are based on cell-cell interactions and cell movements. In the practicals you will learn standard cell biological techniques in histology and immunohistochemistry and you will be familiarised with the preparation of cell material from living organisms. The module provides an invaluable foundation for genetics, biochemistry, molecular, neurobiological, physiological and biomedical programmes.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Cell Biology Project

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Prof Richard Pickersgill
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

30-unit research projects require prior SBCS approval. All students wishing to graduate with a degree from the School of Biological and Chemical sciences must undertake a project in their final year of study. In the case of biology related projects, students have three choices: a research project (worth 30 credits), which can encompass laboratory based experimental investigations, field studies, field experiments and so on; an investigative project (worth 15 credits), which can include analysis of previously acquired epidemiological data, nutritional surveys and analysis, mathematical modelling of biological processes and so on; as an alternative, students can take the Project skills in the life sciences module (worth 30 credits).

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Cell Dynamics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Fanourios Missirlis
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module offers a resumé of cell biology and understanding of pro and eukaryotic cell structure based on microscopic techniques (transmission and scanning electron microscopy, freezing techniques, immunocytochemistry). You will study membrane structure and dynamics; and the roles and interactions between the cell membrane. Golgi, ER and nuclear envelope including endo- and exocytosis, cell recognition, functions and cell signalling are also covered. You will investigate the properties of cytoplasm, including a consideration of the structural and force-generating roles of the cytoskeleton. Other topics include nuclear structure, chromatin, nucleolus; how chromosomes move and the cell cycle; the biogenesis of mitochondria and chloroplasts; and the endosymbiotic theory of organelle evolution. Finally you will look at cell differentiation including apoptosis from STEM cells to examples of specialised cells, eg epithelial cells, neurons, erythrocytes, spermatozoids, sieve and vessel elements.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Cellular Pathology and Blood Science

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ronald Cutler
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: SBC101

This module is only available to those students who enter under the B990 programme. Prerequisites: Tissue Biology (SBC101). This module provides an overview of basic pathological mechanisms including cell injury, wound healing, inflammation and cell adaptations. The process of neoplasia and the characteristics of major solid tumours will be covered including a review of the mechanisms of tumour spread. The Haematology component will cover basic haematopoiesis, anaemia, haemaglobinophathies, thalassaemia, myelodysplasia, haematological malignancies, haemostasis and bleeding and thrombotic disorders of haemostasis. An overview of the history and basis of blood transfusion and its complications will also be provided.The practical sessions will build on the earlier Microanatomy, Histology and Cytology Module in providing exposure to the histological and cytological interpretation of disease.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 6

Ceramics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Mike Reece
Overlap: MTRM014
Prerequisite: None

Review to physical and structural origin of the mechanical, electrical and optical properties of ceramics. Relate this knowledge to their applications and commercial importance. Review the processing and characterisation of ceramics. (Particular reference will be made to the following structural ceramics: alumina; silicon nitride; zirconia; and silicon carbide.) Review of functional ceramics: varistors; ferroelectrics; piezoelectrics; pyroelectrics; optoelectronics; and ferrites. Throughout the module the students will develop their knowledge so that they can relate structure, properties and applications.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Ceramics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Mike Reece
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Review to physical and structural origin of the mechanical, electrical and optical properties of ceramics. Relate this knowledge to their applications and commercial importance. Review the processing and characterisation of ceramics. (Particular reference will be made to the following structural ceramics: alumina; silicon nitride; zirconia; and silicon carbide.) Review of functional ceramics: varistors; ferroelectrics; piezoelectrics; pyroelectrics; optoelectronics; and ferrites. Throughout the module the students will develop their knowledge so that they can relate structure, properties and applications.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Cervantes and the Nature of Fiction

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Elena Carrera
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: HSP141 or SML002; HSP633 or equivalent

One of the world's greatest writers of prose fiction, Miguel de Cervantes almost single-handedly created a new literary genre in the early seventeenth century. The module begins by looking at those works which have as their central concern the role of the individual in society, and then proceeds to examine one of Cervantes's recurring themes, the nature of fiction itself. The module consists of a series of seminars and discussion sessions built around (some of) the following texts: the short stories: El celoso extremeño, El licenciado Vidriera, Las dos doncellas, El casamiento engañoso, El coloquio de los perros; the plays: El retablo de las maravillas and El viejo celoso; the novel Don Quijote de la Mancha (Parts I and II).

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Challenging Europe's Political and Social Order: the 1848 Revolution

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Maurizio Isabella
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The 1848 revolutions represented a truly pan-European phenomenon, one which gave rise to several republican experiments, to an unprecedented development of the public sphere and to the politicisation of new sectors of Europe's society. The module will analyse the causes of the revolutionary wave in Europe and discuss both the commonalities and the regional or national peculiarities of these events. Attention will be devoted to specific case-studies in France, the Habsburg Empire, the Italian and German states. The module will also account for the influence of the European revolutions over British politics, and look at the consequences that the emigration of the revolutionary elites after 1848 had on the development of democratic and socialist ideas. Finally, it will discuss the historiography of the Revolution and the impact that this trans-national event had on European society, politics and political thought in the following decades.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Chaos and Fractals

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Franco Vivaldi
Overlap: MAS308
Prerequisite: MTH4101 and MTH4103

The main aims are twofold: to illustrate (rigorously) how simple deterministic dynamical systems are capable of extremely complicated or chaotic behaviour; to make contact with real systems by considering a number of physically motivated examples and defining some of the tools employed to study chaotic systems in practice. Discrete and continuous dynamical systems, repellers and attractors, Cantor sets, symbolic dynamics, topological conjugacy for maps, definition of chaos. Fractals, iterated function systems, Julia sets.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Chaucer

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Tamara Atkin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will introduce students to some of the foundational works of English literature, in examining the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer. It will cover a broad range of his work, including the majority of The Canterbury Tales, the dream visions, and his translations from canonical medieval French texts such as the Romance of the Rose. The first semester will deal with The Canterbury Tales in detail, covering ten different tales from a variety of genres. The lectures will offer a variety of ways of approaching the Tales, while the seminars will focus on both textual analysis, and the linguistic skills necessary for the reading of Middle English. The Tales will be used as a means of access to the themes of narrative genre, didacticism and parody, and social hierarchies and heterogeneity, with a focus upon contemporary English society and history. The second semester will broaden the scope of enquiry, looking beyond the Tales to Chaucer's lesser-known works, and placing them firmly in the context of western European medieval and classical literature. It will thus build on the foundations of the first semester, properly situating Chaucer as an author working within a vast literary inheritance and tradition.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Chaucer

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tamara Atkin
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will introduce students to some of the foundational works of English literature, in examining the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer. It will cover a broad range of his work, including the majority of The Canterbury Tales, the dream visions, and his translations from canonical medieval French texts such as the Romance of the Rose. The first semester will deal with The Canterbury Tales in detail, covering ten different tales from a variety of genres. The lectures will offer a variety of ways of approaching the Tales, while the seminars will focus on both textual analysis, and the linguistic skills necessary for the reading of Middle English. The Tales will be used as a means of access to the themes of narrative genre, didacticism and parody, and social hierarchies and heterogeneity, with a focus upon contemporary English society and history. The second semester will broaden the scope of enquiry, looking beyond the Tales to Chaucer's lesser-known works, and placing them firmly in the context of western European medieval and classical literature. It will thus build on the foundations of the first semester, properly situating Chaucer as an author working within a vast literary inheritance and tradition.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Chemical and Biological Sensors

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Steffi Krause
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

An understanding and appreciation of the principles and applications of chemical and biological sensors is introduced. The basic sensor technology is presented, and this is then augmented by considerations of practical applications and the interfaces in biological systems. The problems of sensing in a biological environment will be highlighted together with examples of the current state of the art and prospects for future development.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Chemical and Biological Sensors

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Steffi Krause
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

An understanding and appreciation of the principles and applications of chemical and biological sensors is introduced. The basic sensor technology is presented, and this is then augmented by considerations of practical applications and the interfaces in biological systems. The problems of sensing in a biological environment will be highlighted together with examples of the current state of the art and prospects for future development.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 7

Chemical Pharmacology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Robin Whelpton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: CHE361

Prerequisite: Introduction to Drug Action (CHE361). This module covers the major classes of drugs and their mechanisms of action, including: anti-hypertensives, antihistamines, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs, local and general anaesthetics, drugs for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease and asthma, opiates and opioids, anxyiolytics, neuroleptics, antidepressants. You will also consider the unwanted effects of drugs and drug-drug interactions, as well as the the rationale for developing, or prescribing, a particular drug.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 5

Chemical Research Project

Credits: 150.0

Contact: Prof Geoff Hawkes
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

Chemical Research Project

Credits: 150.0

Contact: Prof Geoff Hawkes
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
Level: 7

Chemistry for Biologists

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Tippu Sheriff
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Prerequisites: For students with A level Chemistry only. This is a level four module aimed at students who have previously studied Chemistry to A-level, but who would benefit from a more extended knowledge and understanding of chemical topics as part of a degree programme in the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences. The module will reinforce your understanding of fundamental concepts of chemistry, including structure and bonding, and chemical reactivity, as well as covering important aspects of chemistry from both the inorganic and organic fields. Topics are illustrated using examples which emphasise the biological and environmental context.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Chemistry Investigative Project

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Marina Resmini
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Projects are literature based and focus on investigation by means of original scientific works. The students work independently on topics set by their project supervisors. The work involves extensive searching, reviewing and critical evaluation of scientific literature. A final dissertation is prepared.

Assessment: 15.0% Coursework, 85.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Chemistry of Biological Molecules

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Nathalie Lebrasseur
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: CHE222

Prerequisites: Organic Functional Group Chemistry (CHE222). This module deals with the reactions of organic compounds which are of importance in biology, including amino acids, peptides, sugars, nucleosides, and nucleotides.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 5

Chemistry of Condensed Matter

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Isaac Abrahams
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module focuses on the structure and properties of condensed phases of matter (solids and liquids). Topics covered include: the crystal chemistry of inorganic solids, band structure and electrical properties of solids, techniques for structural characterisation, polymers, electronic/optical properties of materials, the nature of the liquid state and characteristics of liquids.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Chemistry Project

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Ali Zarbakhsh
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Prerequisites: Students with an average of 60% or above (combination of first year and second year results) are eligible to register for this module. Overall the module is expected to involve students for approximately 18h/week, for 12 weeks, spent on laboratory and library work, plus additional time spent on data analysis and on writing the dissertation.

Assessment: 10.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical, 65.0% Dissertation
Level: 6

Chinese Cinema

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Lorraine Blakemore
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will offer a broad overview of Chinese Cinema and its historical and cultural determinants, introducing students to an unfamiliar area of study using a variety of learning methods and critical approaches. Students will gain an understanding of the network of economic, cultural and political forces that have shaped Chinese cinema from the 1930s to the present, as well as an insight into Chinese visual culture and media as it continues to develop into the 21st century.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Chromosomes and Gene Functions

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Brendan Curran
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: A-Level biology or equivalent.

This module is only available to students who enter under the B990 programme. Pre-req - A-level Biology or equivalent. This module aims to provide Biomedical Sciences students with a basic understanding of genetic inheritance, chromosome structure and function, how the flow of biological information from DNA to RNA to protein gives rise to the recognisable, inherited attributes of living organisms and how genetic mutations affect these processes. It uses seminal experiments to introduce the students to basic classical and molecular genetics, and then expands on these themes to include genetic engineering and genomic approaches to these phenomena. By the end of the module the students should appreciate the power and limitations of genetics, understand how inherited information manifests as phenotypes, and be able to discuss the principles that underlie patterns of inheritance.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

Circuit Design and Applications

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Jonathan Pitts
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: ELE102

Provides an understanding of the constraints and objectives to be considered when designing electronic hardware, an ability to analyse simple electronic circuits, and knowledge of the processes used in the manufacture of electronic hardware.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 4

Cities, Empire and Modernity

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Prof Miles Ogborn
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module deals with two important sets of processes that have shaped cities and city life in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries: empire and modernity. It seeks to understand how urban forms and urban experiences are shaped by these processes, and how, in turn, cities are central to how empire and modernity (and indeed the end of empire and post-modernity) work and are understood and experienced. Often, in the past, this has been a matter of considering particular sorts of cities as paradigmatic of either empire or modernity: Calcutta as an imperial city for the British Empire, or Chicago as the key modern city of the early twentieth century. More recently, these designations have been complicated by exploring imperial urbanism across a range of sites - "at home" in London, as well as "out there" in the empire - and tracing a series of different modernities in different places. This has also meant asking questions about the intersections of empire and modernity - in London and Paris, but also in Calcutta and Chicago - and between the post-colonial and the post-modern: in London and in Los Angeles. This module approaches these questions by combining attention to theoretical approaches to the geographies of empire and modernity with a focus on particular cities at particular times. This works to ground the often abstract ideas of empire and modernity, post-colonialism and post-modernity in the monuments, gardens, streets, buildings, museums and public spaces of London, Calcutta, Paris, Chicago and Los Angeles, and in their representation in various media. The module also includes an engagement with museum professionals attempting to represent the contested urban past in the present.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Clinical Applications of Biomaterials

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr John Behiri
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module introduces the range of clinical biomaterial applications for different areas of the body including musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems, teeth and the oral cavity, skin, and the urinary tract. The module describes the structure and function of these body systems and tissues and the pathological / congenital / traumatic conditions which necessitate the need for different biomaterial devices.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 4

Clinical Measurements

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Hazel Screen
Overlap: DENM024
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to provide an understanding of biopotentials and other biological signals, and identify mechanisms by which they can be measured. It also aims to provide a detailed understanding of the fundamental principals associated with transducers, and comprehensive review of the most widely used techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of disease states

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 7

Clinical Measurements

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Hazel Screen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module aims to provide an understanding of biopotentials and other biological signals, and identify mechanisms by which they can be measured. It also aims to provide a detailed understanding of the fundamental principals associated with transducers, and comprehensive review of the most widely used techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of disease states

Assessment: 30.0% Practical, 70.0% Examination
Level: 7

Clinical Microbiology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ronald Cutler
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: SBC211

This module is only available to students who enter under the B990 programme. Prerequisites: The Microbial World and Humans (SBC211). In this module you will acquire a basic understanding of modern medical microbiology. You will study the processes by which microorganisms cause human disease, how the pathogens can be identified, and what steps can be taken for the prevention and treatment of infections. There will be a particular emphasis on the development of observational, practical and analytical skills through laboratory work and demonstrations. Your topics will include: pathogens and their interaction with the human host, covering bacteria, protists and viruses and including mechanisms of infection, mechanisms of defense, antibiotic action and antibiotic resistance, the transmission of disease, including public health microbiology, the prevention of infection in hospitals and in the community, and a review of newly emerging diseases. You will be provided with a catalogue of microbial diseases, including infections of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts, the nervous system and wounds.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 5

Clinical Problems in Biomedical Engineering and Materials

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Julia Shelton
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module is to provide a platform for the students in various disciplines of Medical Engineering, Medical Materials and Dental Materials to give them an insight to the range of disciplines at a fundamental level. These topics include understanding the range of clinical problems and the anatomy/structure and physiology/function of biological systems . The students will be expected to carry out group presentations assessed by SEMS academic staff, a PBL exercise and In-class short tests.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 4

Clinical Solutions in Biomedical Engineering and Materials

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Himadri Gupta
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module is to provide a platform for the students in various disciplines of Medical Engineering, Medical Materials and Dental Materials to give them an insight to those disciplines at a fundamental level. The topics covered include the use of materials in the body, the design of implants and their performance, and the analysis of solutions. The students will be expected to carry out group presentations, a PBL exercise and perform in-class short tests.

Assessment: 30.0% Coursework, 70.0% Examination
Level: 4

Coastal and Aquatic Management

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Kate Spencer
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: GEG5201 or GEG5205

This module will build on fundamental process based learning that students will have developed through either GEG5201 or GEG5205. The module will be based around a 10 day field trip to S. Florida with 2 of the seminars prior to departure. We will examine the physical, environmental, political and economic issues surrounding the hydrological restoration and management of S. Florida from the Kissimmee River to Florida Bay. This will include visits to the Kissimmee River Restoration project, the Everglades and Tampa Bay Estuary Programme with de-briefing sessions intended to give a political and economic context from a range of organisations including; the South Florida Water Management District, South Florida Marine Research Institute, NOAA and the US EPA.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Practical
Level: 6

Coding Theory

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Matthew Fayers
Overlap: MAS309
Prerequisite: MTH5112

The theory of error-correcting codes uses concepts from algebra, number theory and probability to ensure accurate transmission of information through noisy communication links. Basic concepts of coding theory. Decoding and encoding. Finite fields and linear codes. Hamming codes. Parity checks. Preliminary algebra on vector spaces and finite fields will be included in the module.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 6

Cognition, Evolution and Behaviour

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Nathan Emery
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is only available to students who enter under the C1C8 or C800 programme This module builds upon the theme of psychology as a biological science explored in previous modules. It develops this aspect further by specifying the evolutionary and comparative context of contemporary psychology. The module reviews areas such as animal cognition, animal behaviour, evolutionary psychology, developmental processes in the human infant and child, how comparative work may inform developmental psychology, and the extent to which it could be argued that humans are unique in the animal kingdom.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 4

Cognitive Psychology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Michael Proulx
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module is only available to students who enter under the C1C8 programme. This module builds upon themes developed in level 4 psychology modules and considers specific cognitive functions and properties of the human mind. The material covered will include traditional cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience and cognitive neuropsychology (the understanding of normal cognitive processes through unique case studies of human brain damage). Cognitive functions examined will include visual, object and spatial perception, psychophysics, memory processes, complex reasoning, language, face processing and the relationship between emotion and these processes. Experiments and studies from classical and modern cognitive psychology will be provided throughout.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Cold War America 1945-1975

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Mark White
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module examines the major developments in United States history from the end of the Second World War to Watergate. The issues to be covered include the onset of the Cold War, McCarthyism, civil rights, Vietnam, 1960s culture and the presidency. The debates amongst historians on these subjects will be addressed. Some primary sources will also be used to further understanding of this period in American history.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 6

Colloidal Chemistry

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ali Zarbakhsh
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: SBC702

Prerequisites: Molecules and Ions at Interfaces (SBC702). For F152 students only. This module will cover various advanced concepts of colloidal systems and their application. An overview of the concepts involved such as surface tension and surfactants, monolayers such as lipids will be given. We shall investigate the application of colloids and their structures and characterisation. Techniques such as light scattering, small angle X-ray and neutron scattering as well as rheology of these systems will be covered. Various examples of in pharmaceuticals and natural products design will be discussed.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Colloidal Chemistry

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Ali Zarbakhsh
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Prerequisites: Molecules and Ions at Interfaces (SBC702). For F152 students only. This module will cover various advanced concepts of colloidal system and their application. An overview of the concepts involved such as surface tension and surfactants, monolayers such as lipids will be given. We shall investigate the application of colloids and their structures and characterisation. Techniques such as light scattering, small angle X-ray and neutron scattering as well as rheology of these systems will be covered. Various examples of in pharmaceuticals and natural products design will be discussed.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 7

Colonialism and Culture in Latin America

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Patricia D'Allemand
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: HSP141, reading knowledge of Spanish

This module examines the cultural development of Latin America from the early colonial period to the 1960s in the light of a history of colonialism and social and ethnic conflict. It focuses on the ways in which such issues have been addressed in works ranging from European accounts of the encounter between conquerors and conquered, to approaches in recent Cuban film. The module will establish links between views which emerge from these works and the present make-up of the societies of the region

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

Combinatorics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Robert Wilson
Overlap: MAS219
Prerequisite: Essential: MTH5112; Helpful: MTH4107/MTH4108

Combinatorics involves reasoning about 'discrete' structures, particularly finite sets of objects where there are links or relationships among the objects. The module is largely concerned with concepts and theory, but this is a subject that has many practical applications. Counting, recurrence relations, permutations. Steiner triple systems: construction and properties. Ramsey's theorem and applications. Transversal theory.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Combustion Concepts and Modelling

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Alexander Vikhansky
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: DEN107

The module aims to integrate the basic results of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, fluid dynamics and heat and mass transfer into a single subject known as the theory of combustion. Using this approach the students consider flame propagation, ignition and self-ignition, performance of homogeneous reactor and stabilization of flames, turbulent combustion. The last part of the module is devoted to the modern numerical models of turbulent combustion.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Combustion Concepts and Modelling

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Alexander Vikhansky
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module aims to integrate the basic results of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, fluid dynamics and heat and mass transfer into a single subject known as the theory of combustion. Using this approach the students consider flame propagation, ignition and self-ignition, performance of homogeneous reactor and stabilization of flames, turbulent combustion. The last part of the module is devoted to the modern numerical models of turbulent combustion.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Combustion in Automotive Engines

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Dongsheng Wen
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: DEN101, DEN208, DEN313

This module introduce fundamentals of combustions in automotive engine. Topics included in the module cover the principles of operation of spark and compression ignition engines, energy and fuels, fuel properties for use in engines, combustion and flame development in CI and Si engines, gaseous and particle emission, and regulations.

Assessment: 20.0% Coursework, 80.0% Examination
Level: 6

Commercial and Consumer Law

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Mr Stephen Bishop
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will cover: Sale of goods: Nature of a sale of goods contract; Terms implied into the contract of sale by the Sale of Goods Act; Passing of property and risk in goods; Liability of a seller without the right to sell; Delivery obligations; Remedies of the buyer; Remedies of the seller. Consumer Credit: Classification of credit agreements under the Consumer Credit Act; Formalities for making regulated agreements; Liability of the creditor/credit broker /supplier to the debtor; Liability of the debtor to the creditor; Termination of regulated agreements; Judicial control of regulated agreements. Agency: Definition of agency; The agent's authority to bind his principal; The agent's rights and duties; Contractual relationships between the principal, agent, and third party; Termination of the agency.

Assessment: 100.0% Examination
Level: 6

Commercial and Consumer Law A

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Stephen Bishop
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Associate Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Commercial and Investment Banking

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr George Makedonis
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

In this module students will study the role of money in the macroeconomy, the behaviour of interest rates, banks and other intermediaries, the regulation of both money markets and the banking system and the operations of central banks. The focus is on the practical aspects of money and banking as experienced by practitioners in financial institutions.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 7

Communicating and Teaching Mathematics: the Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Craig Agnor
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: Acceptance based on academic record and an interview in Semester A; consult the module organiser for

This module allows undergraduates to gain valuable transferable skills whilst exploring the teaching profession first hand by working with a teacher in a local school. The key skills gained include communication and presentation of mathematics, team-working, active listening, time management and prioritisation. The module will be supported by regular classes and assessed by a combination of written reports and an oral presentation. Registration for this module requires validation; places will be limited and interviews to assess suitability will be held during Semester A.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 6

Communication in Science and Technology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Francesca Di Lodovico
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module addresses communication skills for scientists and engineers, and also seeks to reinforce other generic skills of a more technical nature. Topics covered include study skills, academic writing, data presentation and analysis, information retrieval, and oral communication skills. SEFP students who are non-native English speakers and who do not have at least IELTS 6.5 or equivalent must register for SEF009 in Semester 1, and then take this module in Semester 2.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Level: 3

Communication in Science and Technology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Dr Francesca Di Lodovico
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module addresses communication skills for scientists and engineers, and also seeks to reinforce other generic skills of a more technical nature. Topics covered include study skills, academic writing, data presentation and analysis, information retrieval, and oral communication skills. SEFP students who are non-native English speakers and who do not have at least IELTS 6.5 or equivalent must register for SEF009 in Semester 1, and then take this module in Semester 2.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Level: 3

Communication in Science and Technology

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Mr Alan Hart
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module addresses communication skills for scientists and engineers, and also seeks to reinforce other generic skills of a more technical nature. Topics covered include study skills, academic writing, data presentation and analysis, information retrieval, and oral communication skills. SEFP students who are non-native English speakers and who do not have at least IELTS 6.5 or equivalent must register for SEJ009 in the first semester, before taking this module in the second semester.

Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
Level: 3

Communication Systems Electronics

Credits: 15.0

Contact: Prof Jonathan Pitts
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

The module covers: RF SPECTRUM: Revision of basic RF spectrum. Radio transmission bands. Regulatory considerations. MODULATION & DEMODULATION: AM & FM modulation principles; basic modulation & demodulation circuits. Digital modulation principles; basic digital modulation & demodulation circuits. BEHAVIOUR OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AT RF: Behaviour of R, L and C at RF; use of reactance plots and reactance charts. Transistor equivalent circuits for RF applications. COUPLING NETWORKS & FILTERS: The design of RF coupling networks; design of basic Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Band Stop filters. AMPLIFIERS: Revision of basic amplifier circuits. Multi-stage small-signal linear amplifiers. Class B & C amplifiers; switching amplifiers. R.F. & wideband amplifiers. Noise in amplifiers. Principles of feedback & feedforward. Frequency response. MIXERS & OSCILLATORS: Mixer and oscillator theory; basic mixer and oscillator circuits. L.C. tanks, quartz crystals and ceramic resonators. Phase Locked Loops & Frequency Synthesizers.

Assessment: 25.0% Coursework, 75.0% Examination
Level: 6

Community Organising in Practice

Credits: 60.0

Contact: Prof Jane Wills
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will provide students with information and practical experience about the context in which community organising is practised today. The module includes seminars to explore the work of Saul Alinsky, the nature of contemporary citizenship, popular (dis)engagement with democracy, the structures of local politics and urban governance in the UK, urban regeneration, the nature of civil society, the traditions of the Abrahamic faith communities, the education system and the labour movement. These seminars will run alongside student placements as community organisers, working with Citizens UK. Students will work for approximately 10 hours a week (200 hours in total between November and March) with one of the organisations affiliated to Citizens UK. Students will be supported by a practice supervisor from Citizens UK and will attend seminars to explore the issues of leadership, building public relationships, collective action, evaluation and campaigning.

Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7

Company Law

Credits: 30.0

Contact: Dr Barnali Choudhury
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None