Module directory 2018-19
The Module Directory provides information on all taught modules offered by Queen Mary during the academic year 2018-19. The modules are listed alphabetically, and you can search and sort the list by title, key words, academic school, module code and/or semester. Full details about the module can then be found by clicking on the green plus icon.
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| Metabolic Pathways | BIO265 | Metabolic PathwaysCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites: Basic Biochemistry (SBS017). This module covers a range of topics including: Chemical reactions - Biochemical logic. Biochemistry of some vitamin and coenzyme catalysed reactions. Glycogen synthesis and degradation. Pentose phosphate pathway. Gluconeogenesis. Amino acid metabolism and the urea cycle. Fatty acid synthesis and breakdown. Prostaglandin and steroid biosynthesis. Purine, pyrimidine and deoxyribonucleotide synthesis. Control and regulation of metabolism. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Techniques for Biological and Chemical Sciences | BIO269 | Techniques for Biological and Chemical SciencesCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces the modern techniques used by the biochemist to study proteins and other macromolecules at the atomic level. The module is divided into the 3 broad themes: Techniques for purification and characterisation of macromolecules; Spectroscopic methods to study macromolecules; and Methods to determine 3D structures, crystallographic and NMR. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Marine and Animal Diversity | BIO291 | Marine and Animal DiversityCredits: 15.0 Description: This is a basic marine biology course that covers the biology of the marine animals at the phyletic level. The course will equip the students with an understanding of the taxonomy, phylogeny and basic biology of species from over 20 invertebrate phyla that they will experience directly on the field course. The module will also touch on some marine vertebrates (eg pinnipeds [seals], cetaceans [whales and dolphins] and birds). The module is entirely taught on a 10-day field course, with lectures covering functional morphology and evolutionary relationships complementing the practical work focussing on identification, classification, anatomy, ecology and behaviour. The field course will take place in the September preceding commencement of the level 5 taught modules. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination |
| Ecological Interactions | BIO293 | Ecological InteractionsCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module you will obtain knowledge of basic ecological principles and learn to integrate theory with empirical observations. You will develop understanding of (i) distribution, growth and regulation of single species populations; (ii) interacting species pairs such as competition, predation, herbivory, parasitism; and (iii) structure and dynamics of multitrophic systems such as food webs, ecological communities and ecosystems. The topics will also cover spatial aspect of ecological systems in the metapopulation and metacommunity context, highlighting relationships between biodiversity, stability and ecosystem function. The module includes lectures and a residential field course. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Field Ecology | BIO295 | Field EcologyCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module you will obtain knowledge of basic ecological practice and fieldwork, and learn to integrate theory with empirical observations and data collection. You will gain practical experience in the field and also observe researchers collecting scientific data for both terrestrial and freshwater aquatic ecosystems. This will build on, and relate to, the theoretical aspects covered directly in earlier ecology modules. Assessment: 85.0% Coursework, 15.0% Practical |
| Biochemistry Communication | BIO301 | Biochemistry CommunicationCredits: 15.0 Description: Most of the teaching will be via small-group tutorials where students will develop an appreciation and experience in various aspects of communication in biochemical science. The module will focus on types and structure of scientific literature, as well as types of journals and the process of peer review. Tutorials will cover approaches to effective short essay writing and delivering scientific talks. Attendance at research seminars is required and a library workshop to developing literature search skills. Tutorials will require a high level of student participation. A number of essays and other course will set and assessment for the module will be Coursework (60%) Final Exam (40%). Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Examination
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| Research Methods and Communication II | BIO309 | Research Methods and Communication IICredits: 15.0 Description: In this module we look at advanced topics in experimental design, data analysis and science communication. Topics covered include the design of large-scale studies, advanced data analysis techniques in R, and statistics which build on Research Methods and Communications I from the year before. The tutorial component continues the theme from second year with further writing exercises, a mock exam essay and popular science writing practice. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Behavioural Ecology | BIO311 | Behavioural EcologyCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics | BIO321 | Ecological and Evolutionary GenomicsCredits: 15.0 Description: Research in ecology and evolution has addressed many important issues as empirical and theoretical levels. However, relatively little is known about the genomic basis underlying phenotypic change. This module will highlight recent developments in ecological and evolutionary genomics, including major research questions and approaches used to address them. Coursework will include formal lectures, extensive critical reading of primary literature (peer-reviewed publications) and extensive in-class contributions by students. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Practical
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| Human Genetics and Genomics | BIO323 | Human Genetics and GenomicsCredits: 15.0 Description: This course will introduce personal human genomics. We will examine the potential and pitfalls of applying human genetics and genomics to individual humans. The lectures will examine the structure and functions of the human genome, and technologies used to study these. We will survey methods for making inferences from genomic data about: ancestry, genealogy, genetically determined traits, drug efficacy, genome x environment interactions, and genetic diseases. The course will introduce concepts and methods of functional genomics and pharmacogenomics. Workshops will cover ethical aspects of personal genomics, the limitations of personal genomics, data interpretation and the need for model organisms. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Human Genetics and Genomics | BIO323N | Human Genetics and GenomicsCredits: 15.0 Description: This course will introduce personal human genomics. We will examine the potential and pitfalls of applying human genetics and genomics to individual humans. The lectures will examine the structure and functions of the human genome, and technologies used to study these. We will survey methods for making inferences from genomic data about: ancestry, genealogy, genetically determined traits, drug efficacy, genome x environment interactions, and genetic diseases. The course will introduce concepts and methods of functional genomics and pharmacogenomics. Workshops will cover ethical aspects of personal genomics, the limitations of personal genomics, data interpretation and visualisation, the need for model organisms, and bioinformatic methods. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework |
| Population and Chromosome Genetics | BIO325 | Population and Chromosome GeneticsCredits: 15.0 Description: Pre-requisite: Transmission genetics OR Genes and Bioinformatics This module will introduce strategies and methods for identifying the molecular genetic basis of inherited human disorders and other traits in particular how linkage disequilibrium (LD) is used to identify the loci involved. It will use examples from the current literature to better understand genetic variation at a population and species level. It will examine quantitative traits in humans and other species; in particular the heritability estimates to infer the relative contribution of genes and the environment to important quantitative traits and disorders. Together the information will lead to an understanding of genetic drift and natural selection acting on the DNA sequence, the chromosome and genome organisation. The module will explore the evolution of genomic sequences and of chromosomes. Particular attention is paid to evolutionary processes observed at repetitive DNA sequences and the role of chromosomes in transmitting genetic material through mitosis and meiosis. It explores the role and evolution of sex chromosomes, the evolution of sex and of sexual selection. The course should students to achieve a critical understanding of thinking and research in the genetic processes of evolution. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Functional Genomics and Epigenetics | BIO327 | Functional Genomics and EpigeneticsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is designed to provide students with an introduction into the variety of ways that genetics and genomics have been applied in biotechnology and functional genomics. The module covers a variety of topics including biotechnology, protein expression, microarrays, proteomics, systems biology, genome projects (assembly. annotation and comparison) and the identification and functional characterisation of non-coding sequences in vertebrate genomes Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Mammals and Evolution | BIO331 | Mammals and EvolutionCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites: The Diversity of Life (SBS005). This module covers the following: the fossil record, origin and evolution of mammal-like reptiles. Evolution of monotremes, marsupial adpative radiation. Evolution and classification of eutherian mammals, cladistics, molecular approaches to phylogeny reconstruction. Adaptation in the main orders of eutherian mammals. Evolution of hominids. Evolution of reproductive strategies and social evolution: the origins of societies; kinds of societies; evolution of cooperation; mammal vs complex insect societies; skew theory as a unified approach to social evolution; genetic, phylogenetic and environmental factors and social evolution. Recent controversies in mammalian evolution. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Essential Skills for Biologists | BIO100 | Essential Skills for BiologistsCredits: 10.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module covers some of the fundamental skills required by biologists. This QMUL Model module is structured around three main themes: Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Essential Skills for Biochemists | BIO101 | Essential Skills for BiochemistsCredits: 10.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module covers some of the fundamental skills required by biochemists. This QMUL Model module is structured around three main themes: Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Cell Biology | BIO111 | Cell BiologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an introduction to cell biology. It covers pro and eukaryotic cell structure, the structure and function of the cell membrane, the organelles, the nucleus and the cytoskeleton. Interactions between cell components, the cell cycle and cell differentiation from stem cells to specialised cells are all examined in detail. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Evolution | BIO113 | EvolutionCredits: 15.0 Description: This module covers essential topics of whole-organism biology, introducing the theory and mechanisms of evolution and speciation, the fossil record and human evolution. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Ecology | BIO123 | EcologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module covers the essentials and fundamental concepts of population and community ecology as well as applied issues such as conservation. There is an one-week residential field course where students will study organisms in their natural environments, rather than in the laboratory. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Physiology | BIO125 | PhysiologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an introduction to physiology. The structure and function of major systems including the nervous, digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems are surveyed in a variety of different taxa and physiological functioning including homeostasis, temperature regulation, gas exchange, digestion and the endrocrine systems are all reviewed. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Basic Biochemistry | BIO161 | Basic BiochemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Molecular Genetics | BIO163 | Molecular GeneticsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module consists of an introduction to genetics, a description of the process by which genetic information is converted into the molecules that make up living things, and a review of the essential properties of those molecules. Genetics topics covered include DNA structure, classical and molecular genetics and genomics. We then examine how information flows from DNA to RNA and then to protein to give the recognisable phenotypic features of living things. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Practical Molecular and Cellular Biology | BIO190 | Practical Molecular and Cellular BiologyCredits: 10.0 Description: This module teaches the practical and analytical skills required for molecular and cellular biology. The module will start by introducing basic laboratory safety and routine laboratory procedures, it will then move on through DNA extraction and purification to microbiological and physiological techniques. Assessment: 100.0% Practical
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| Practical Biology | BIO192 | Practical BiologyCredits: 10.0 Description: This module teaches the practical and analytical skills required for biologists. Starting with basic laboratory safety and routine laboratory procedures, the module then moves on through protein extraction and purification to microbiological and physiological techniques and finally studies involving whole multicellular organisms. Assessment: 100.0% Practical
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| Practical Biochemistry | BIO198 | Practical BiochemistryCredits: 10.0 Description: This module teaches the practical and analytical skills required for biochemists. Starting with basic laboratory safety and routine laboratory procedures, the module then move on through protein extraction and purification to microbiological and physiological techniques and techniques of practical chemistry. Assessment: 100.0% Practical
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| Professional Placement in Biochemistry | BIO200 | Professional Placement in BiochemistryCredits: 120.0 Description: This module involves an extended placement in a professional workplace and is a core module on the "Year in Industry/Research" programmes in the field of biochemistry offered by SBCS. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Practical |
| Biochemistry Communication | BIO201 | Biochemistry CommunicationCredits: 0.0 Description: Most of the teaching will be via small-group tutorials where students will develop an appreciation and experience in various aspects of communication in biochemical science. The module will focus on types and structure of scientific literature, as well as types of journals and the process of peer review. Tutorials will cover approaches to effective short essay writing and delivering scientific talks. Attendance at research seminars is required and a library workshop to developing literature search skills. Tutorials will require a high level of student participation. Assessment: 100.0% Final Mark
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| Research Methods and Communication | BIO209 | Research Methods and CommunicationCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module we look at how to design experiments, how to analyse and present the data obtained and how to communicate those results to others. The lecture and workshop component includes the principles of experimental design, statistical analysis including t-tests, correlation and regression, ANOVA, ANCOVA and non-parametric tests and discussion of how to interpret and present data. The tutorial component consists of a series of writing exercises designed to teach how to structure an argument and how to communicate ideas effectively. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Animal and Plant Diversity | BIO211 | Animal and Plant DiversityCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will consist of lectures and workshops. Collectively these will cover the diversity of organisms on Earth (with a primary emphasis on animals) including previous diversity (the fossil record) their relationships and key characteristics. During the semester there will be workshops consisting of trips to the Natural History Museum, Grant Museum and London Zoo to allow further study of extant and fossil animals. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics | BIO213 | Cell Biology and Developmental GeneticsCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Comparative & Integrative Physiology | BIO215 | Comparative & Integrative PhysiologyCredits: 15.0 Description: The following themes will be covered in this module:1). Comparative anatomy and evolution of nervous systems. 2). Molecular & cellular mechanisms of neuronal signalling. 3). Invertebrates as model systems for understanding mechanisms of neural control of behaviour. 4). An introduction to comparative endocrinology, including the evolution and functions of neuropeptides as regulators of physiological and behavioural processes. 5). Comparative physiology of muscle and connective tissue. 6). Comparative physiology of gas exchange. 7). Comparative physiology of circulatory systems 8). Comparative physiology of osmoregulation 9). Comparative physiology of excretion. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Evolutionary Genetics | BIO221 | Evolutionary GeneticsCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites: Evolution (SBS110) and Heredity and Gene Action (SBS008). This module provides an overview of the evolution of sex, and covers the following topics: Genetic diversity (eg cheetahs in Africa, gulls in Britain, Partula in the Pacific); reconstructing evolutionary history from genetic data; the geographic distribution of Cepaea genes (eg neutralism, frequency dependence in selection, founder events, environmental grain); pre- and post zygotic reproductive isolation, speciation illustrated by Hawaiian Drosophil; Polyploidy (eg occurrence, barriers and consequences); DNA amount (eg variability and ecological effects); meiotic and mitotic defects, tri and monosomies; B chromosomes; 'parasitic' chromosomes; and the evolution of the human genome. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Genes and Bioinformatics | BIO223 | Genes and BioinformaticsCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites:Heredity and Gene Action (SBS008) or Chromosomes and Gene Function (SBC210). Genes occupy most of a bacterial genome, but very little of the three million kb of DNA in the 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human genome, so what is a gene? This module provides a molecular view. Gene structure is illustrated in the context of how a gene is transcribed to produce RNA, how the RNA is processed and translated to produce protein and how these processes are regulated through other DNA sequences and proteins. An introduction to bioinformatics will explain how to recognise, compile and identify genes, and infer protein sequence, from DNA sequence, including procedures for interrogating public sequence databases and phylogenetic analysis. Assessment: 33.3% Coursework, 33.3% Practical, 33.3% Examination
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| Human Genetic Disorders | BIO227 | Human Genetic DisordersCredits: 15.0 Description: This module explores human hereditary disease in terms of genetics, pathogenesis, clinical features and clinical management. We will look at key examples of chromosomal abnormalities (i.e. Trisomy 21), monogenic disease (e.g. cystic fibrosis, Huntington's disease and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) and common disease (e.g. coronary artery disease). Students will be introduced to methods and techniques for identifying genetic loci associated with disease (e.g. homozygosity mapping, genome-wide association studies, DNA sequencing). Finally, we will discuss issues around genetic screening, testing and counselling. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Microbial Physiology and Growth | BIO231 | Microbial Physiology and GrowthCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites:EITHER General Microbiology (SBS758) OR Basic Biochemistry (SBS017) plus one Chemistry Year 1 option. Diversity of microbial metabolisms. Bacterial growth and replication, including organization and division of the chromosome, yield and responses to temperature and nutrient availability. Photolithotrophy, photoorganotrophy, chemilithotrophy and chemoorganotrophy. Fermentation and anaerobic respiration. Growth and extension metabolism of fungi. Nitrogen transformations by microorganisms in free-living and mutualistic settings. Microbiological standards in public health. Clean water processing and waste-water treatment. Practical work will cover prokaryote photosynthesis, bacterial fermentation, fungal digestion of wood and nitrogen transformations in sediments, and microbiological water quality. There will be a brief consideration of clean water processing and waste-water treatment. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Transmission Genetics | BIO241 | Transmission GeneticsCredits: 15.0 Description: The aim of this module is to provide the students with an understanding of how the gene paradigm has changed with time. By examining a number of seminal experiments in detail, and reviewing the development of genetics and reverse genetics in different model organisms, the first half of the module explains how classical approaches to genetics are gradually giving way to a genomics-based approach to this subject. The second half of the module explores the molecular mechanisms involved in ensuring that DNA, the repository of inherited information, achieves the difficult balance of change (mutation and recombination) and stability (repair) necessary for evolution to occur. The various techniques involved in modern genetic analysis are covered as the module progresses. These include plasmids, restriction enzymes, DNA sequencing, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Southern and Northern blots, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), cDNA and genomic libraries, and targeted gene knockout technologies. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Membrane and Cellular Biochemistry | BIO263 | Membrane and Cellular BiochemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites: Basic Biochemistry (SBS017). This module coves a range of topics: Membrane functions and subcellular organelles; lipid structures; membrane proteins; mobility in membranes and methods for its measurement; cell signalling.; membranes and cancer; endocytosis and exocytosis; protein import; building membranes; mitochondria and chloroplasts; oxidative phosphorylation; the chemiosmotic hypothesis; membrane transport; ion channels. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Exploring Neuroscience | BMD161 | Exploring NeuroscienceCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces leading topics of interest in neuroscience, through study of which students will gain essential skills in academic and scientific writing, reading scientific literature and writing short reports. An introduction to research methods and statistics will also be provided. The module will aim to give a historical and scientific overview of neuroscience from early anatomists studying the nervous system to the significant contribution to the discipline made by Nobel laureates. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 16.0% Practical, 9.0% Coursework
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| Functional Neuroanatomy | BMD163 | Functional NeuroanatomyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will introduce students to the development and anatomy of the nervous system. Topics will include the principles of nervous system development, axonal and dendritic growth. The anatomical organisation of the central and peripheral nervous systems, including blood supply and functionally important neural circuits will also be covered. Lectures will be accompanied by practical workshops designed to encourage accurate observation and annotation skills and mastery of functional neuroanatomy. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Practical
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| Introduction to Pharmacology | BMD171 | Introduction to PharmacologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will introduce to the students the concept of the interaction of drugs and other exogenous chemicals with living organisms. It will introduce students to the basic pharmacological principles and concepts which will define drug activity within the body including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. These introductory lectures will give students a broad overview into approaches used in drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, main drug targets, drug absorption and routes of administration, drug metabolism and elimination, phamacokinetics, drug treatment of major medical conditions and rationale for prescribing a particular drug, the role of biotechnology in drug discovery, preclinical pharmaceutical development, understanding of the use of animals in pharmacology and adverse drug reactions. Lectures will be delivered by experts in both academia and industry. In addition to formal lectures and interactive seminars, we will provide practical workshop sessions to reinforce the lectures. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 16.0% Coursework, 9.0% Practical
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| Research Skills for Pharmacologists | BMD175 | Research Skills for PharmacologistsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will cover some basic laboratory skills including experimental design and hands-on experience of a range of laboratory practical (such as quantification of drugs in biological fluids) techniques enabling them to develop skills of working safely and accurately in the laboratory. This module will also provide a basic knowledge of the appropriate statistical ideas and methods to use in the collection, presentation and analysis of pharmacological data, and the use of statistical software. Students will also learn about Informatics (finding the correct information online), bioinformatics (how computers can be used to analyse genomes, genes and gene products), general scientific reading and writing skills (including how to avoid plagiarism), ethics and drug trial design as well as presentation skills in a scientific context. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 16.0% Coursework, 9.0% Practical
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| Tissue Biology | BMD181 | Tissue BiologyCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module you will be introduced to the embryological development of the major organs and study the nature of different cell types, the structure of different organs and the structure-function relationship of major organs. Your work will include studies on connective tissue, muscle, blood vessels, circulatory system, skin, respiratory system gastrointestinal system, liver and pancreas, urinary system, endocrine system, male reproductive system, female reproductive system, central nervous system, skeletal system, lymphoreticular system, cytology and embryology. In practicals you will be using microscopes to learn the identification of normal tissues and organs. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Biomedical Science Case Approach to Problem Solving | BMD201 | Biomedical Science Case Approach to Problem SolvingCredits: 0.0 Description: 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
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| Human Molecular Biology | BMD211 | Human Molecular BiologyCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module you will look at the following: Structure and organisation of eukaryotic genes; replication and repair of DNA; gene transcription; RNA processing; translation and post-translational processing; control of eukaryotic gene expression; generation of antibody diversity; recombinant DNA technology; basic principles of human molecular genetics; the Human Genome Project; pharmacogenetics and pharmagogenomics; transgenic and knockout mice; and gene therapy. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Neuroscience: from Molecules to Behaviour | BIO333 | Neuroscience: from Molecules to BehaviourCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites: EITHER SBC502 Fundamentals of Neurobiology OR SBC402 Biomedical Pharmacology. This module provides a detailed survey of the molecular components that mediate neurotransmission in the nervous system and confer plasticity on neurons and nervous systems (e.g. ligand-gated ion channels, NMDA receptors, G-protein coupled receptors, second messengers, gaseous signalling molecules such as nitric oxide). This leads on to the role of such components in various aspects of nervous system function and in control of whole-animal behaviour. Topics covered include: mechanisms of learning and memory; mechanisms by which drugs of abuse (e.g. cannabis) affect brain function; mechanisms of phototransduction, olfaction, touch and hearing in animals; genetic and neural substrates of circadian clocks that regulate rhythmic behaviours. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Parasites and Infectious Diseases | BIO335 | Parasites and Infectious DiseasesCredits: 15.0 Description: Module cannot be taken with SBC325 (Topics in Public Health Microbiology) This module covers the following topics: Parasite diversity. Microparasites vs macroparasites. The evolution of complex life cycles. The evolution of virulence and the importance of transmission route. Host-parasite co-evolution. Distributions of parasites within host populations. Effects of parasites on host individuals and populations. Host-parasite population dynamics. Parasite effects on host evolution: the evolution of sexual reproduction, parasite mediated sexual selection. Parasite manipulation of host behaviour. Parasite control: using population biology to design treatment and vaccination strategies. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Reproductive and Development Biology | BIO337 | Reproductive and Development BiologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module reviews all aspects of reproductive and developmental biology (from molecular and cellular mechanisms to physiology, ecology and evolution). Topics to be addressed will include molecular gametogenesis, fertilization, embryo development, placentation, pregnancy, parturition, lactation, reproductive and parental strategies, reproductive suppression, courtship and sexual selection, and the evolution of reproductive-isolating mechanisms. The module will take a comparative approach to compare and contrast reproductive and developmental mechanisms across a range of vertebrate and invertebrate species. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Environmental Microbiology | BIO341 | Environmental MicrobiologyCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will consist of lectures, group discussions, a one-day fieldtrip, and lab practical sessions. Collectively these will cover aspects of microbial diversity, abundance, and function in a variety of both natural and man-made environments, with some emphasis on aquatic systems. The students will also learn about the microbial interactions and how this affects ecosystem services. The work will be both theoretical and practical, with emphasis on current research questions and methodologies in the primary literature. The content will cover methodological challenges, novel advances in the field, and environmental problem-solving. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical
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| Climate Change and Conservation Challenges | BIO343 | Climate Change and Conservation ChallengesCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will consist of lectures, group discussions, lab and computer-based practical sessions. These will cover aspects of climate change, ecosystem services and sustainability, impact of global warming on the ecosystems at different levels and the role of human activities. The students will also learn about the global conservation challenges such as deforestation and habitat fragmentation and modelling simulations in adaptation to climate change. Work will be both theoretical and practical, with emphasis on current research questions in global ecosystem conservation and methodologies in the primary literature. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 15.0% Coursework, 15.0% Practical
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| Membrane Proteins | BIO361 | Membrane ProteinsCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites: Membrane Biochemistry (SBS908). This module covers a wide range of topics, including: A detailed study of structure and function of a selection of membrane proteins. Examples will illustrate different mechanisms by which proteins achieve vectorial electron transfer, ion transport and the generation of electrochemical gradients, the coupling of electrochemical gradients to ATP synthesis and transmembrane signalling. Electron transfer through proteins (e.g. cytochrome c). Structure and function of redox centres and the proteins that contain them. Membrane proteins studied will include respiratory chain complexes, light-harvesting pigment-proteins, photosynthetic reaction centres, bacteriorhodopsin, rhodopsin, ATP synthase, tyrosine kinase reception. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Molecular Basis of Disease | BIO363 | Molecular Basis of DiseaseCredits: 15.0 Description: Module cannot be taken with SBC324 (Human and Medical Genetics). Prerequisites: Biochemistry background required. An introduction to a number of human diseases, with an emphasis on how these diseases are characterised at the molecular level. The module will include a study of the processes associated with the following amyloid formation in Mad Cow and Alzheimer's diseases, Bactorial Invasion, Flu, TB, Heart Disease, flavin deficiency and the role of metals in disease. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Enzyme Catalysis | BIO365 | Enzyme CatalysisCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites: Metabolic Pathways (SBS905). This module covers various aspects of enzyme catalysis including: enzymes as proteins; enzymes as catalysts; enzyme classification; and the role of molecular mobility in enzyme catalysis. You will also investigate the active site concept and the catalytic and substrate binding properties of amino acid residue sidechains. Binding energy, driving forces and free energy relationships; the use of kinetic analysis in the study of enzyme mechanism and inhibition; and recent theories on catalysis are also discussed. Several enzyme mechanisms will be described in detail to illustrate the applications of biophysical techniques (eg spectroscopy, crystallography) and site directed mutagenesis in the study of such mechanisms. you will be taught a number of important computer-based applications towards the study of enzymes, including the use of bioinformatics and molecular graphics programmes. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Protein Structure, Folding and Assemblies | BIO367 | Protein Structure, Folding and AssembliesCredits: 15.0 Description: In the first part this module will cover the processes of protein biosynthesis, folding and degradation, and assembly of large macromolecular complexes, as well as structure and function of the macromolecular complexes that are involved in these processes. These complexes include the nucleosome, the ribosome, chaperonins and the proteasome. The module will also cover the relationships between misfolding, formation of amyloid fibres and human disease. In the second part our present knowledge about structure and function of the following macromolecular assemblies will be presented: collagen, muscle proteins, and fatty acid synthase, as well as the different types of viruses. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Tropical Ecology and Conservation | BIO391 | Tropical Ecology and ConservationCredits: 15.0 Description: This module requires approval from SBCS. Desirable - Populations, Communities and Ecosystems (SBC209), Aquatic Ecosystems (SBC212), Global Change Biology (SBC203). This module is for students enrolled on the programmes C300, C100 and C3C1. In this module you will spend two weeks on field-location in Borneo. The module is designed to provide you with first-hand experience of ecological processes, biodiversity and conservation issues associated with humid tropical environments. Tropical rainforests are the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth and the loss of rainforest is of tremendous conservation concern, both due to loss of diversity as well as its consequences for global warming. You will spend time working in both terrestrial and aquatic systems, and there will be an emphasis on practical training in ecological survey and assessment methods. Topics will include: ecological processes in tropical rainforests and lakes including nutrient cycling, decomposition, pollination and seed dispersal; rainforest structure and defining characteristics and the importance of rainforests as centres of biodiversity; rainforest community ecology and tropical forests and lakes as centres of ecological diversification; practical training in survey methods for a range of terrestrial and aquatic taxonomic groups; anthropogenic factors affecting rainforests including disturbance, forest fragmentation, global warming, agriculture, development human-wildlife conflicts and wildlife management. Assessment: 85.0% Coursework, 15.0% Practical |
| Species: Dinosaurs to DNA | BIO397 | Species: Dinosaurs to DNACredits: 15.0 Description: Understanding the nature of the species and how they are defined is a crucial part of modern biology, especially in the context of biodiversity and conservation. This module will cover all aspects of the correct identification and naming of species and higher groups of organisms (taxonomy) and how these data are used in modern biological research. The work will be both theoretical and practical, with formal lectures and a fieldtrip. and will address both extinct and extant taxa. The content will cover challenges in describing biodiversity and advances in the field. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Advanced Biochemical Research Methods | BIO491 | Advanced Biochemical Research MethodsCredits: 30.0 Description: This module will provide an advanced training in techniques in biochemistry. In addition to lectures from members of staff and seminars from external speakers, there will be computer and practical workshops to teach methods in molecular biology, structural biology, biophysics and synthetic biology. Assessment will be 50% coursework and 50% examination.. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Biological Sciences Research Project | BIO600 | Biological Sciences Research ProjectCredits: 30.0 Description: An experimental investigation involving laboratory work and/or computational work in some aspect of Biological Sciences. The background, results and conclusions of the study to be reported in the form of an oral presentation (part-way through Sem B) and a dissertation (submitted toward the end of Sem B). The dissertation will not normally exceed 10,000 words, which includes a review of relevant literature, data presentation, analysis and discussion. Assessment: 60.0% Dissertation, 40.0% Coursework
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| Investigative Research Project | BIO601 | Investigative Research ProjectCredits: 15.0 Description: 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% Dissertation, 50.0% Coursework |
| Project Skills in the Life Sciences | BIO603 | Project Skills in the Life SciencesCredits: 30.0 Description: 30-unit project modules require prior SBCS approval. In this module students will: create a short, investigative project based on individual reading lists; give a presentation based on the above using Powerpoint; develop scientific writing and critical appraisal skills (referee a real but anonymous paper, write a referees report, redraft the paper); attend research seminars, research background to any two of them (by consulting web-site of speaker), and produce two reports discussing the research in non-technical language and explaining its likely significance for the layman. You will also have to either produce a website on a topical biological subject (eg environmental, health or ethical scientific issue), or produce a small portfolio of scientific images, either macroscopic or microscopic. Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Dissertation
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| Bioinformatics Research Project | BIO702P | Bioinformatics Research ProjectCredits: 90.0 Description: This module provides an opportunity to further develop and apply skills learned during the previous MSc Bioinformatics modules, by conducting a novel piece of bioinformatics work, typically within an active research group either within QMUL or at a partner organisation. The specific nature of each project will be determined through discussions between the student, the course organiser and the project supervisor but will always involve data analysis and/or software development in a cutting edge area of biological or biomedical research. This serves as excellent preparation for future employment or PhD. Assessment: 80.0% Dissertation, 20.0% Practical |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research Project | BIO703P | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research ProjectCredits: 90.0 Description: This module involves a novel piece of research, typically combining field sampling, experimentation, laboratory work, and data analysis. Most projects are offered to students so that they can benefit from close alignment with current PhD or Post-doctoral research within specific research groups, both at QMUL or in partner institutions within London. The diversity of expertise of lecturers involved with the programme means that good supervision can be found for a broad range of studies in ecology and evolutionary biology. Dissertations may be undertaken with the assistance and guidance of relevant external organisations with the proviso that a suitable SBCS supervisor is also identified. The dissertation aims to make a novel contribution to scientific knowledge. It should demonstrate familiarity with the relevant literature and current scientific / environmental management debates to which the research contributes. In undertaking such an extensive project, you are expected to demonstrate a sound understanding of project design, sample collection, data analysis, and the ability to produce a coherent and well structured piece of written reporting. During Semester A, you are encouraged to talk with potential supervisors and 'shadow' our current PhD students. From February through to the end of July, you should be undertaking lab or field work, and then writing up in August for an early September submission. At the beginning of August, each student will prepare and give a research seminar based upon their work to an audience of staff members & peers, during which there will be plenty of time for questions Assessment: 90.0% Dissertation, 10.0% Practical |
| Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics Research Project | BIO704P | Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics Research ProjectCredits: 90.0 Description: This module provides an opportunity to further develop and apply skills learned during the previous MSc EEG modules, by conducting a novel piece of genome analysis work, typically within an active research group either within QMUL or at partner organisation. The specific nature of each project will be determined through discussions between the student, the course organiser and the project supervisor but will always involve data analysis and/or software development in a cutting edge area of biological or biomedical research. This serves as excellent preparation for future employment or PhD. Assessment: 80.0% Dissertation, 20.0% Practical |
| Plant and Fungal Taxonomy, Diversity and Conservation Research Project | BIO709P | Plant and Fungal Taxonomy, Diversity and Conservation Research ProjectCredits: 90.0 Description: This module involves a novel piece of research, typically combining field sampling or use of Kew's biological collections, experimentation, laboratory work, and data analysis. Students can benefit from close alignment with current PhD or Post Doctoral research within specific research groups, both at QMUL and in RBG Kew. The diversity of expertise of lecturers involved with the programme means that high quality supervision can be found for a broad range of studies in plant and fungal biology, ecology and evolution. Assessment: 90.0% Dissertation, 10.0% Practical |
| Dissertation: Aquatic Ecology by Research | BIO712P | Dissertation: Aquatic Ecology by ResearchCredits: 120.0 Description: The research project is a substantial piece of original research involving empirical laboratory and/ or field based studies. Students will be encouraged to choose a project from a diverse range of subjects closely aligned to existing cutting edge research Assessment: 60.0% Dissertation, 30.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical |
| Genome Bioinformatics | BIO721P | Genome BioinformaticsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an introduction to bioinformatics, focusing specifically on the analysis of DNA sequence data. Lectures cover the bioinformatics methods, algorithms and resources used for tasks such as sequence assembly, gene finding and genome annotation, phylogenetics, analysis of genomic variance among populations, genome wide association studies and prediction of gene structure and function. Practical exercises are used to gain experience with relevant existing bioinformatics tools, data formats and databases. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Examination
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| Coding for Scientists | BIO723P | Coding for ScientistsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides a hands-on introduction to computer programming (popularly known as coding) using scripting languages popular in the field. The focus is on producing robust software for repeatable data-centric scientific work. Key programming concepts are introduced, and these concepts are then brought together in scientifically relevant applications to analyse data, interact with a database and create dynamic web content. Good coding practice, such as the importance of documentation and version control, is emphasised throughout. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Post-Genomic Bioinformatics | BIO725P | Post-Genomic BioinformaticsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an introduction to bioinformatics, focusing specifically on the management and analysis of data produced by so-called post-genomic methods such as transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Lectures cover the bioinformatics methods, algorithms and resources used for tasks such as the identification and quantitation of transcripts, proteins and metabolites, and analysis of the interactions between these key biological molecules. Practical exercises are used to gain experience with bioinformatics tools, data formats and databases that have been developed for this field. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Examination
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| Bioinformatics Software Development Group Project | BIO727P | Bioinformatics Software Development Group ProjectCredits: 30.0 Description: In this module, students are organised into small teams (~3-4 members per team). Each team is given the same written specification for a piece of software that must be delivered by the end of the module. Each team must design an appropriate software architecture and development plan, with specific tasks assigned to individual team members. The project involves elements from the previous bioinformatics modules (genomics, post-genomics, coding and statistics) as well as new topics that are introduced during the module. This module serves as a simulation of a real software development environment, providing invaluable experience for future employability. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Research Frontiers in Evolutionary Biology | BIO731P | Research Frontiers in Evolutionary BiologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will explore the frontiers of research in evolutionary biology. Topics covered will include: incongruence in phylogenetic trees, neutral versus selective forces in evolution, the origin of angiosperms, the origin of new genes, the evolution of sociality, the significance of whole genome duplication and hybridisation. Current method being used to tackle these areas will be taught, with an emphasis on DNA sequence analysis and bioinformatics. This module aims to inspire students to seek a career in scientific research, and equip them to choose areas of research that are of current interest. Whereas undergraduate degrees commonly focus on what we know, this Master's course will shift the focus onto what we don't know. Students will explore the current frontiers of knowledge, and the questions that currently lack answers, or whose answers are currently debated. Students will learn to ask relevant questions themselves, and design approaches to seeking answers to those questions Assessment: 90.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical
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| Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics Group Project | BIO733P | Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics Group ProjectCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module, students are organised into small teams (~3-4 members per team). Each team is given the same genomic or transcriptomic data set that must be analysed by the end of the module. Each team must design an appropriate analysis pipeline, with specific tasks assigned to individual team members. The project involves elements from the previous bioinformatics modules (genomics, post-genomics, coding and statistics) as well as new topics that are introduced during the module. This module serves as a simulation of a real data analysis environment, providing invaluable experience for future employability. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Ecological Theory and Applications | BIO735P | Ecological Theory and ApplicationsCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module we look at the theory behind our understanding of ecological systems and how that theory can be applied to ecological problems in the real world. Starting with populations of a single species we will progress to understanding twospecies interactions including predation, competition and parasitism and then to whole communities of interacting organisms. We will then study how ecological theory, used in concert with population genetics and evolutionary theory, can be applied to understanding ecological issues such as the conservation of small populations, harvesting natural populations and predicting responses to environmental change. Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Practical
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| Ecosystem Structure and Functioning | BIO737P | Ecosystem Structure and FunctioningCredits: 15.0 Description: While we have long appreciated the structure of ecosystems, the importance of ecosystem functioning has lagged behind somewhat. This module aims to redress the balance by exploring the use of modern tools which allow us to thoroughly integrate measures of ecological structure and functioning. Aspects of the Metabolic Theory of Ecology, body-size relationships, stable isotope analysis and DNA bar- coding will all be covered in relation to topics such as photosynthetic and chemosynthetic primary production; the impacts of invasive species; aquatic-terrestrial linkages and cross ecosystem boundary subsidies; biogeochemistry and nutrient dynamics; plankton dynamics and organismal physiology in a changing world. Assessment: 85.0% Coursework, 15.0% Examination
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| Science into Policy & Management | BIO739P | Science into Policy & ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: Without knowledge, there can be no application. This module is designed to bring you 'face to face' with the regulators, policies and their science base, as these potential employers (e.g. CEFAS, Defra, the Environment Agency, Natural England) will give lectures on topical issues. The focus is on human impacts upon ecosystems, including pollution and habitat alteration and how these can be mitigated. National and international legislation and directives are considered (e.g. EU Water Framework Directive). Guest lecturers will also include consultants who will be able to advise on career paths. As a detailed case study, you will visit the River Communities Group based in Dorset for one week and investigate the link between successful science and policy: for example, contemporary aspects of the EU Water Framework Directive will be considered, including underlying methodology behind bioassessment and biomonitoring (e.g. RIVPACS). This will be closely linked to how the Environment Agency is working with Defra Test Catchments (DTCs). Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Plant Taxonomy and Diversity | BIO741P | Plant Taxonomy and DiversityCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will provide an overview of global plant diversity, with a particular focus on flowering plants. It will be taught at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by leading botanists, affording students the opportunity to explore the outstanding collections and facilities housed there. Topics will range from taxonomic principles and methodology, plant systematics and comparative biology (including morphology, chemistry and genomics), phylogenetics, biogeography and evolution. The module will have a practical component, providing excellent hands-on experience for students. Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Practical |
| Fungal Taxonomy and Diversity | BIO743P | Fungal Taxonomy and DiversityCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will focus on fungal diversity and it will be taught at RBG, Kew by leading mycologists. Kew has the largest collection of fungal specimens in the world that will be available to the students during the course. The module will give an overview of the systematics and taxonomy of major fungal groups, of basic concepts in mycology, field collecting, and culturing and fungarium techniques. In addition, front-line research on the ecology of fungi (e.g., symbiosis, 'rotters and recyclers', pathogens), fungal biogeography, and fungal evolutionary genomics, will be explored through study of contemporary research. The module will have a practical component, providing excellent hands-on experience for students. Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Practical |
| Conservation and Ecosystem Science | BIO745P | Conservation and Ecosystem ScienceCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will explore the role and application of plant and fungal science in integrated conservation and management of biodiversity, in the delivery of ecosystem services and livelihoods, and in the development of mechanisms for their maintenance and restoration in the context of a changing planet. Drawing on the exceptional breadth of expertise, collections and facilities across Kew's sites, and building on the fundamental understanding of plant and fungal taxonomy and diversity, it will provide an essential introduction to a range of technical approaches including policy development, species and habitat prioritisation, protected area management, conservation genetics, ecosystem service research, seed banking and propagation, application of traditional knowledge, and integrated conservation for biodiversity and livelihoods. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Statistics and Bioinformatics | BIO781P | Statistics and BioinformaticsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is focussed on teaching data analysis using the statistical programming language R. The module covers the basics of using R; drawing publication-standard graphs with R; experimental design; exploratory data analysis; the fundamentals of statistical testing including t-tests and chi-square tests; ANOVA and Regression; fitting and interpreting general linear models; the basics of bioinformatic analysis in R. The module is taught with a mix of theory and practice, with a typical day including roughly two hours of theory instruction in the morning followed by a practical session in the afternoon, often involving hands-on analysis of real experimental data sets. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Examination
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| Statistics and Bioinformatics | BIO782P | Statistics and BioinformaticsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is focussed on teaching data analysis using the statistical programming language R. The module covers the basics of using R; drawing publication-standard graphs with R; experimental design; exploratory data analysis; the fundamentals of statistical testing including t-tests and chi-square tests; ANOVA and Regression; fitting and interpreting general linear models; the basics of bioinformatic analysis in R. The module is taught with a mix of theory and practice, with a typical day including roughly two hours of theory instruction in the morning followed by a practical session in the afternoon, often involving hands-on analysis of real experimental data sets. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Examination |
| Biochemistry MSci Research Project | BIO790 | Biochemistry MSci Research ProjectCredits: 90.0 Description: Students work independently on a topic in biochemistry in which their supervisor is a recognized expert. Original experimental or theoretical work is the principal component of this advanced research project. A thesis (dissertation) is written by the student describing the work undertaken, and placing it in context of other research in the field. The dissertation is defended in an oral examination, which includes a short oral presentation. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Field Course | BIO792P | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Field CourseCredits: 15.0 Description: The module comprises a residential field course lasting approximately 12 days, designed to allow students to develop their field skills in situ. Teaching will comprise a combination of lectures, demonstrations and practical assignments. These will span topics in taxonomy, ecology, biogeography, conservation and evolution. Students will also undertake their own mini-project. This field-based module will include coverage of ecological processes in tropical rainforests (decomposition, pollination and seed dispersal), rainforest structure and defining characteristics (including the importance of rainforests as centres of biodiversity), and anthropogenic factors affecting rainforests (including disturbance, forest fragmentation and agriculture). Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Marine Mammals and Turtles | BIO794P | Marine Mammals and TurtlesCredits: 15.0 Description: The module focuses on the diversity, behaviour, ecology, physiology, conservation and management of cetaceans (whales and dolphins), and marine turtles. It covers such issues as the life history and migrations of turtles, their diving ability and behaviours, the social behaviour of dolphins, and the conservation of whales. It also includes (even though they are not mammals or reptiles!) a brief look at the sea-birds and sharks that will likely also be seen during field excursions. For part of the module you will be taught in the archipelago of Cape verde, with boat trips for whales and shark observations, sea turtle monitoring. Mornings will be dedicated to lectures and workshops while afternoons and evening will be dedicated to hands-on practical experience Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Practical |
| Quantitative Techniques for Surveying and Monitoring in Ecology | BIO795P | Quantitative Techniques for Surveying and Monitoring in EcologyCredits: 15.0 Description: Through a series of lectures, workshops and data analyses classes in the first week, you will learn the theory behind designing and initiating surveys and monitoring campaigns for blue skies science, conservation & for management. In the subsequent week, you will be able to put the theory into practice at a field location such as Lake Windermere and environs, undertaking electric-fishing and hydroacoustic surveys for fish populations, a census for aquatic birds, and camera-trapping for aquatic mammals. Other skills like telemetry will be demonstrated. Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Practical
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| Field Study Skills in a Biodiversity Hotspot | BIO799P | Field Study Skills in a Biodiversity HotspotCredits: 15.0 Description: This Madagascar Field Course Module will provide an introduction to practical field work, including botanical surveys and flowering plant identification and how they can be applied to solving practical problems of conservation management as well as biodiversity research. It will be taught by botanists from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre (KMCC) in Antananarivo and local conservationists and researchers from collaborating institutions. Several site visits to conservation projects and some taught case studies will give an over-view of conservation in Madagascar. We reserve the right to change the location of this course if advice on travel to Madagascar from the Foreign Commonwealth Office changes, or for logistical reasons. For students unable to travel to Madagascar for this module, an alternative method of assessment will be undertaken. Assessment: 100.0% Practical |
| Essential Skills for Biomedical Scientists | BMD100 | Essential Skills for Biomedical ScientistsCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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| Chromosomes and Gene Functions | BMD111 | Chromosomes and Gene FunctionsCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Human Anatomy | BMD113 | Human AnatomyCredits: 15.0 Description: B990 students only. In this module you will cover human anatomy from a systems-based perspective. Human anatomy will be introduced through review of the major systems. You will study material relating to systemic anatomy, especially the lymphatic and integumentary systems. You will be introduced to comparative hominid anatomy, and the evolution of human anatomy, especially in relation to the skull, skeleton and dentition. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| The Human Cell | BMD115 | The Human CellCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module you will study the structure, functions and organisation of a generalised human cell based on microscopical techniques. You will study membrane structure and dynamics, mitochondria, Golgi, smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum, lysosomes and peroxisomes, the nuclear envelope, nuclear organisation, chromatin, nucleolus and the cell cycle. You will be introduced to endocytosis, exocytosis, cilial movement, the role of the cytoskeleton in cell shaping and motility, apotosis and cell differentiation from stem cells to examples of specialised cells. You will gain knowledge on how to use various microscopes and how to record visual information. You will use the Web to obtain and analyse ultrastructural images. The module work is designed to improve your planning, problem solving and organisational skills. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| The Microbial World and Humans | BMD117 | The Microbial World and HumansCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is only available to students who enter under the B990 programme The module is an introduction to microbiology and will provide a general knowledge of archaea, bacteria, fungi and protists. There are also selective discussions in greater detail, for example of motility, adherence and metabolic diversity, as well as the bases for methodologies for asepsis and infection control. Microbial ecology is presented as a discipline which explores the roles of microorganisms in natural processes and mutualistic associations. Practicals allow students to observe living bacteria, fungi and protists and to gain experience in the safe handling and culture of microorganisms. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Biomedical Physiology I - Exchange, Movement and Integration | BMD121 | Biomedical Physiology I - Exchange, Movement and IntegrationCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Biomolecules of Life | BMD123 | Biomolecules of LifeCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Causes and Prevention of Disease | BMD153 | Causes and Prevention of DiseaseCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: The most common causes of death and disease have changed dramatically over time. In this module you will explore how careful observation, experiment and analysis may eventually lead to improvement in health and in our ability to treat disease. Using examples of medical success stories you will look at the processes of scientific discovery and the many factors involved in moving from the discovery to the implementation of measures to prevent or treat disease. You will learn about the importance of statistical analysis in testing the effect of treatments or changes in behaviour. You will also look at the costs and benefits of medical research, who decides what research should be done, and who pays for it. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Managerial Accounting | BUS022 | Managerial AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: An intensive one semester module in managerial accounting. It examines how costs are identified and measured and explores differing views of the nature and definition of cost. Such considerations are important when managers are seeking to make decisions relating to cost determination, cost management, pricing, budgets and budgetary control, standard costing, and investment appraisal. These areas, together with aspects such as marginal and incremental costing and cost of capital and risk, are reflected within the considerations. The resultant financial information is placed in the context of the complexities of the business and economic environments of the world as managers seek to make to make appropriate decisions. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Fundamentals of Management (for Science & Engineering) | BUS024 | Fundamentals of Management (for Science & Engineering)Credits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module introduces students to the purpose, operations and implications of management by exploring the contexts within which management takes place. To put in a somewhat exaggerated way, it is not a "how to do business" module, but a module about the framework for understanding business as well as the environment and contexts in which it operates. We will reflect on management in relation to the social, economic and legal conditions within which it operates, as well as reflect on the political, cultural and environmental consequences of modern management. We will discuss how management practices are informed and, in some cases, defined by issues such as: the privatisation of public services, the environmental impact of technological change, the unequal distribution of the world's resources and the unequal influence of stakeholders on business practices. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Principles of Management Studies and Skills | BUS028 | Principles of Management Studies and SkillsCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students, except students from the Home School QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: The module will cover a wide variety of topics that will introduce students to management studies. Students will learn about key management theories, the nature of managerial work and related skills. This includes an understanding of what managerial work consists of, key theories from organisation and management studies that relate to managerial work, the skills required by managers to manage teams, how our perception of managerial work has changed over time and any implications in relation to responsible management practices. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Introduction to Marketing and Communications | BUS101 | Introduction to Marketing and CommunicationsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module forms a key building block which introduces the field of marketing to students and is compulsory for all students in the Business and Management (NN12) undergraduate programme. It introduces key concepts in marketing and forms the basis upon which students can build their knowledge of the field in marketing-related modules in the ensuing years. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Accounting for Business | BUS106 | Accounting for BusinessCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Business and Society | BUS107 | Business and SocietyCredits: 15.0 Description: The module covers the main aspects of the business environment. It covers: nature and types of business and other organisations; business and society: relationship between work organisations and society; business and governments: government as control, consumer, supplier; business and politics: managing influence; business and people: consumers, clients, employees, the public perceptions; business and the physical environment - sustainability in the business context; business and the technological environment; the social and ethical responsibilities of business; business in emerging economies; the and the international context ( regional economic blocs, World Trade Organization). Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Techniques in Biomedical Sciences | BMD219 | Techniques in Biomedical SciencesCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: Selected students on Biological Sciences programmes QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module is restricted to students on BSc Biomedical Sciences. In this module you will improve your ability to handle information, to conduct independent study and to extract information from the scientific literature. The work will lead you to better appreciate understand the principles that underlie the techniques used in biomedical science research and analysis laboratories in academia and the NHS. You will cover a wide range of current techniques. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Biomedical Physiology II - Cardiovascular and Respiratory | BMD221 | Biomedical Physiology II - Cardiovascular and RespiratoryCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Essential Biochemistry for Human Life | BMD223 | Essential Biochemistry for Human LifeCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites: Biomolecules of Life (SBC323). This module is only open to students on the Biomedical Sciences degree programme and to suitably qualified associates. The module aims to provide biochemical information on selected specialised structural and functional bulk proteins including: selected human physiological processes; monosaccharide, fatty acid, steroid, amino acid and nucleotide metabolic pathways; regulation of metabolic pathways; tissue specialisation; and metabolic diseases. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Biomedical Pharmacology | BMD225 | Biomedical PharmacologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an introduction to the subject of pharmacology, the study of drug action on biological systems. Initial lectures focus on important general pharmacological principles, including a consideration of how drugs are absorbed, distributed and then removed from the body. Subsequent lectures focus on the therapeutic action of drugs on example disease states of specific physiological systems. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Clinical Microbiology | BMD231 | Clinical MicrobiologyCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Basic Immunology | BMD251 | Basic ImmunologyCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | BMD261 | Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will develop students' understanding of electrical and chemical signalling in neurons and synaptic transmission. Students will learn about the mechanisms of excitability of nerve cells, voltage-dependent membrane permeability, ion channels and synaptic transmission. Neurotransmitters and their receptors will be covered and students will gain an understanding of intracellular signalling and synaptic modulation. The module will provide an critical understanding of the regulation of neuronal signalling, necessary for advanced study of neuronal circuitry/network function. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Practical
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| Systems Neuroscience | BMD265 | Systems NeuroscienceCredits: 15.0 Description: This module aims to provide an overview of integrated systems which control cognition and behaviour. Topics include the organisation and planning of movement, visual processing, smell and taste perception, cognition, learning and memory. Students will gain understanding of techniques used in systems neuroscience including tract tracing of interacting groups of neurons, immunohistochemistry and extra-cellular electrophysiology. Practical sessions and workshops will give students experience in designing experiments, using apparatus, collecting and interpreting data. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Practical
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| Infection, Immunology & Inflammation | BMD269 | Infection, Immunology & InflammationCredits: 15.0 Description: The module starts with an investigation of key characteristics of viruses, bacteria and other micro-organisms causing infections in humans. The mechanisms by which micro-organisms cause disease and evade the immune system are considered. It then explores the principle components of the immune system, describing the molecules and cells that protect against infection and cancer, and their contribution to innate and adaptive immune responses. The role of the immune system in disease is illustrated with examples of autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| The Business of Pharmacology | BMD271 | The Business of PharmacologyCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: Selected students on Biological Sciences programmes QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module will bring together pharmacology knowledge and apply it in the context of commercialisation. Students will examine and compare small and start up enterprises, including University spin outs alongside larger pharmaceutical companies. This module will also introduce aspects of finance, intellectual property rights, business law and marketing for business development. Assessment: 91.0% Coursework, 9.0% Practical
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| Clinical Pharmacology and the Assessment of Drug Safety | BMD273 | Clinical Pharmacology and the Assessment of Drug SafetyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will introduce students to the drugs that work on systems including the neurological, endocrine, immune, cardiovascular disorders and cancer and their mechanisms of action. It will also consider drugs of abuse including cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana and their harmful effects and post marketing safety of pharmaceuticals and pharmacovigilance. Introductory lectures will be followed by lectures in specialized areas of the subject given by experts in their field. In addition to formal lectures and interactive seminars, the course will provide tutorials with opportunities to critically-evaluate research papers. We will offer practical workshop sessions to reinforce the lectures. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 16.0% Coursework, 9.0% Practical
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| Drug Target and Identification | BMD275 | Drug Target and IdentificationCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will cover the main drug targets including receptors, enzymes and transporters and molecular therapeutic drug targets such as DNA, rRNA and mRNA. Lecture content will include, topics such as receptor theory, GPCR structure and function, nuclear receptor structure and function, ligand-gated ion channels, receptor tyrosine kinases, signalling pathways including Jak/STAT pathway, an overview of developmental signalling, hedgehog pathway, Wnt pathway, TGF beta/BMP, Notch and FGF pathways and crosstalk between these pathways. Lectures will be followed by interactive sessions in specialised areas of the subject given by experts in their field. In addition to formal lectures, the course will provide tutorials and seminars with opportunities to critically-evaluate research papers and reinforce the lectures. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 16.0% Practical, 9.0% Coursework
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| Biomedical Science Case Approach to Problem Solving | BMD301 | Biomedical Science Case Approach to Problem SolvingCredits: 15.0 Description: 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% Examination, 50.0% Coursework |
| Endocrine Physiology and Biochemistry | BMD311 | Endocrine Physiology and BiochemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module covers hormone definitions, including the range of structures and roles; methods in endocrinology; receptors, concept and significance of high affinity; hormone dynamics; hormone signalling; and modes of action. You will also look at mammalian endocrine glands and hormones: pituitary, thyroid, pancreas. The endocrinology of reproduction; the adrenal gland, and renin/angiotensin system; the paracrine and autocrine systems; growth factors; locally produced hormones; local regulation of hormonal action; and tissue differentiation are also covered. The relationship between hormones and cancer will be discussed. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Cellular Pathology and Blood Science | BMD321 | Cellular Pathology and Blood ScienceCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Infectious Diseases | BMD323 | Infectious DiseasesCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module we select a few topics related to infectious diseases to cover in depth. These will include topics that are currently causing public interest or concern in the UK and internationally. Some lectures will cover principles that apply to many microorganisms, while others will look in detail at particular microbial species. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Immunology | BMD351 | Advanced ImmunologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will build on the second year immunology teaching, to provide in-depth knowledge of fundamental immuneprocesses, of the ways in which these interact as a complex system that provides protection against infection disease but can alsocause disease when dysregulated and of the importance of immunology in modern medicine. There will be emphasis onmolecular immunology and the key signalling pathways that underpin immunological mechanisms. Lectures in specialised areas of the subject will be given by experts in their field, providing a sense of the frontiers of their subject. In addition to formal Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Oral Biology for Biomedical Sciences | BMD357 | Oral Biology for Biomedical SciencesCredits: 15.0 Description: This is a taught module and will be delivered through lectures and self-directed learning. The module will provide an in-depth knowledge of cell biology of oral tissues in health and diseases. Areas to be covered will include cell adhesion, apoptosis, cell cycle, angiogenesis, tissue engineering, oral implications of HIV and AIDS etc. Most of the content of these lectures given by staff members will be drawn from their current research interests. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Drug Design for Pharmacologists | BMD359 | Drug Design for PharmacologistsCredits: 15.0 Description: The search for new drugs to treat a wide range of human ailments remain a great challenge to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Students will be given a perspective on the history of drug discovery to the present challenges in drug design. The medicinal chemistry content will provide students with an understanding of the complex biological and chemical problems that are involved in the design and synthesis of novel therapeutic agents. They will be given an in-depth analysis of the principles of identifying new compounds with the potential to be drugs, and their development for therapeutic use. Students will also be given an understanding of preclinical testing of drugs including the use of animal models for safety testing, intra and inter-species variations, detecting carcinogenicity in experimental systems and man, strategies of new initiatives in pharmaceutical development and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals. Introductory lectures will be followed by lectures in specialized areas of the subject given by experts in their field. In addition to formal lectures and interactive seminars, the course will provide tutorials with opportunities to critically-evaluate research papers. We will offer practical workshop sessions to reinforce the lectures. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System | BMD361 | Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous SystemCredits: 15.0 Description: This module focuses on response of the nervous system to injury focusing on the peripheral nervous system and spinal cord. Detailed organisation of the peripheral nervous system, spinal cord including pathways and relevant higher brain structures will be covered. Pathological mechanisms and plasticity of the system will be examined. Topics will be covered in the context of experimental studies to develop understanding of current research strategies in the laboratory and clinic aiming to lessen effects of such injuries and facilitate neural regeneration and functional recovery. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine | BMD363 | Stem Cells and Regenerative MedicineCredits: 15.0 Description: This module aims to provide a comprehensive overview and foundation in stem cell biology, including applications in regenerative medicine. The module will cover topics including: developmental origin of stem cells, comparing/contrasting different types of stem cells, biological regulation of stem cells and tissue-specific functions. The module also will cover fundamental principles of tissue engineering and cellular reprogramming. Finally, the module will explore how these concepts can be applied in academic, industrial and clinical settings, towards the development of novel regenerative technologies and treatment of disease. Essential generic skills that will be developed on this module include critical thinking, organisation and communication. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 10.0% Practical, 10.0% Coursework
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| Biomarkers in Neuroscience | BMD365 | Biomarkers in NeuroscienceCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will provide a comprehensive understanding of biomarkers in both neurological and psychiatric disorders. The application of biomarkers for diagnosis, patient stratification, monitoring disease progression and establishing drug effects and safety will be discussed. Students will gain an appreciation of current genomic, proteomic and neuroimaging approaches to undertake biomarker discovery and validation. Neurological conditions such as Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's diseases and neurotrauma will be discussed as well as emerging biomarkers for psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, and depression. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Perspectives on Brain Disorders | BMD369 | Perspectives on Brain DisordersCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will focus on understanding the mechanisms underlying complex brain disorders and injury. Topic covered will include an integrated view of the major neurotransmitter systems and in-depth analysis of the mechanisms underlying the effects of drugs used in central nervous system. Neuronal pathways using excitatory and inhibitory amino acids and neuropeptides will be reviewed, with emphasis on their involvement in neuropathological processes underlying disorders such as Parkinson's disease, dementia, schizophrenia, mood disorders, pain, head injury, stroke, epilepsy and drug abuse. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Drug Discovery and Design | BMD371 | Drug Discovery and DesignCredits: 15.0 Description: Students will be given an introduction to the principles of drugs design. This will include an analysis of the principles of identification of new compounds with the potential to be drugs, and their development for therapeutic use, and quantification of drug efficacy. Students will develop the ability to critique the importance of drug-receptor affinity and selectivity. The economic, social and ethical aspects of drug discovery will be analysed and discussed. Lectures in specialised areas will be given by experts in their field, providing a sense of the frontiers of their subject. In addition to formal lectures, the course will provide seminars and tutorials with opportunities to critically examine research papers. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Clinical Pharmacology | BMD372 | Clinical PharmacologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will introduce to the students the mechanisms of action and clinical use of commonly used drugs in the context of the progression of diseases they are used to treat. Introductory lectures will be followed by lectures in specialized areas of the subject given by experts in their field. In addition to formal lectures and interactive seminars, the course will provide tutorials with opportunities to critically evaluate research methods and papers. We will offer practical workshop sessions to reinforce the lectures. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Practical
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| Receptors and Mechanisms of Cell Signalling | BMD373 | Receptors and Mechanisms of Cell SignallingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will consider the general properties of receptors, signal transduction pathway, and the regulation of their activity. Emphasis will be given to G-protein coupled receptors, receptor tyrosine kinases and nuclear receptors. Introductory lectures will be followed by interactive sessions in specialised areas of the subject given by experts in their field. In addition to formal lectures, the course will provide tutorials and seminars with opportunities to critically-evaluate research papers and reinforce the lectures. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Translational Pharmacology and Innovative Therapeutics | BMD375 | Translational Pharmacology and Innovative TherapeuticsCredits: 15.0 Description: Students will be exposed to innovative therapeutics in areas including vaccines, oncology, cardiovascular, metabolic diseases, pain and neuroscience, inflammation and immunology as well as rare disorders. Students will also gain awareness into challenges that the pharmaceutical industries face. Lectures will cover topics such as drug shortages, targeted/personalised drugs, use of biomarkers, clinical trial design, drug safety, risk/benefit assessments, collaboration between patient, academia, industry and the regulatory community, international collaborations, policy and bioethics, novel tools for scientific/clinical communication, sustainability of innovation/financial models of product development/pricing, marketing and licencing. Introductory lectures will be followed by lectures in specialized areas of the subject given by experts in both academia and industry. In addition to formal lectures and interactive seminars, the course will provide tutorials with opportunities to critically-evaluate research papers. We will offer practical workshop sessions to reinforce the lectures. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Classic Papers and Current Topics in Pharmacology | BMD377 | Classic Papers and Current Topics in PharmacologyCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module Students will carry out an exhaustive search of the scientific and medical literature which is relevant to their research project using the resources of the University, including appropriate databases and specialist search engines, as well as paper-based resources in the University Library. This module will provide PBL-like tutorials and seminars with opportunities to critically-evaluate research papers. Some students may further develop this work to include a meta analysis of multiple papers. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Clinical Trials and Regulatory Affairs | BMD378 | Clinical Trials and Regulatory AffairsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will introduce students to the whole spectrum of the clinical trials process from first-time-in-human-beings studies through to post-marketing studies that examine whether clinical trial promises translate to 'real-life' benefits for patients, with reliable evidence that benefits are likely to exceed their harms. The stringent processes for establishing and appraising the evidence with be critically discussed, together exploring the issues of the global market-place for medicines, the roles and challenges of regulators responsible for approving new drugs for public. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Cancer Biology | BMD381 | Cancer BiologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is only available to students who enter under the Biomedical Sciences (B990), Medical Genetics (C431), Pharmacology & Innovative Therapeutics (B211), 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: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Molecular Basis of Personalised Medicine | BMD383 | Molecular Basis of Personalised MedicineCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will build on basic information on the pathological processes and cancer biology provided in other modules to provide an in-depth analysis of the tools available to analyse heterogeneity in disease (gene expression arrays, SNP analysis, next generation sequencing), and how these can be used to stratify disease and then exploited to develop individualised treatment. It will examine strategies being developed to refine treatment programmes and also investigate how such analyses can be used to predict risk and so develop preventive strategies. It will be lecture based, delivered by experts in the field, and supplemented with seminar sessions describing approaches to analysing data and interrogating the literature. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Biomedical Sciences Research Project | BMD600 | Biomedical Sciences Research ProjectCredits: 30.0 Description: 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: 60.0% Dissertation, 20.0% Practical, 20.0% Coursework |
| Biomedical Sciences Investigative Project | BMD601 | Biomedical Sciences Investigative ProjectCredits: 15.0 Description: 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 |
| Research Project in Neuroscience | BMD650 | Research Project in NeuroscienceCredits: 30.0 Description: The aim of this module is to provide students with the opportunity to conduct an original research project in the field of neuroscience. This is a practical-based module wherein students conduct original research supervised by an academic member of staff through the academic year. Students are required to explore the background of the research and its rationale, construct hypotheses to be tested, learn necessary skills with which to conduct the work, compile results and analyse them. They will write a dissertation including critical analysis of literature, reporting of experimental design and results as well as their evaluation. Assessment: 60.0% Dissertation, 40.0% Practical |
| Fundamentals of Management | BUS001 | Fundamentals of ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This module aims to provide an introduction to Business Management and Administration. It offers an understanding of the external and internal business environment, the different contexts of business, an analysis of markets and issues within business management. The approach is informative but also seeks to provoke discussion and reflection and the desire to explore this area in depth. This module serves as a general introduction to the structure and functioning of business organisations. The internal and external environments of business are examined with particular emphasis on political, economic, sociological, technical, legal and ethical issues. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Operations Management | BUS002 | Operations ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: The module in Operations Management (BUS002) has been designed to provide students with a clear understanding of the most important issues in OM (such as process design, capacity planning and control, supply chain management, just in time and total quality management) through a blend of theoretical approaches and seminar-based activities. Students are also encouraged to analyse the relationship between the production of services and goods and the reproduction of technical and managerial knowledge, and the implications of such a relationship in terms of governance and strategic decisions. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Quantitative Research Methods for Business | BUS005 | Quantitative Research Methods for BusinessCredits: 15.0 Description: This module aims to develop an appreciation of the role and practice of research methods, both in business and in research about business, and to prepare students for subsequent project work. It provides a first understanding of probability and of statistical inference, and develops skills in presentation of quantitative information. A subsidiary aim is to enhance student's familiarity with the use of spreadsheets. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Research Methodology | BUS007 | Research MethodologyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module aims to provide students with an introduction to a range of methodologies and to help them conduct independent research whilst being sensitive to the scientific, political and cultural problems with different approaches. The course develops students' knowledge of research methods and the reliability of their outcomes, with an understanding of wider concerns with truth, logic and the sociology of knowledge. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Marketing | BUS011 | MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: An introduction to marketing, analysing the components which influence marketing decisions at the level of the firm and the process by which these components are used to develop strategies. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Human Resource Management | BUS014 | Human Resource ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will introduce you to the key processes concerned with the management of people within organisations. It will reveal the choices that managers are faced with when designing systems to regulate and control the use of human resources. It will assess the problems and difficulties with managing people and explore the variation in practice across different organisations. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Economics for Business | BUS017 | Economics for BusinessCredits: 15.0 Description: This module explains how firms, consumers and government interact in markets and how business decision-making is shaped by internal factors such as costs and by external market conditions. The unit examines the main concepts of economic theory and explores the importance of these within a business context, with emphasis on the applicability of economic theory to an understanding of the internal dynamics of business organisations. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Financial Accounting | BUS021 | Financial AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: This Course introduces you to and explores the purpose, nature and operation of the Financial Accounting function within businesses, particularly limited liability companies in the UK. It reveals, illustrates and explores how the financial accounting systems operate when tasked with measuring and recording the financial value of the transactions, events and activities of a business. In so doing, it examines the nature and scope of financial accounting and the underlying conceptual framework of accounting conventions and standards. It further looks at the ratio analysis and associated interpretation of published financial statements from the perspectives of a range of differing users of financial accounting information. Accordingly, the module seeks to equip you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to enable you to identify and record the financial value of business transactions, events and activities, and to generate financial information through the construction of Balance Sheets, Income Statements (Profit Statements) and Cash Flow Statements, and through the use of financial ratios. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Responsible Leadership | BUS243 | Responsible LeadershipCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in the School of Business and Management QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module covers principles, concepts and practices of Responsible Leadership. It focuses on the long-term 'footprint' of leadership and discusses what 'good' leadership is. The module builds on discussion from leadership literature such as virtues of ethical leaders, normative leadership theories such as Transformational Leadership and Servant Leadership, ethical/moral leadership, the 'dark side of leadership' and dealing with unethical practices as a leader and a follower. By doing this, the module uses an interdisciplinary approach and connects to discussions in Business Ethics and Philosophy (of Science). Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| European Business Context | BUS244 | European Business ContextCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will explore aspects of the European political, economic, social and cultural context that are relevant for managers doing business in Europe. It will begin with an introduction to Europe's institutional framework, and the history of European integration. It will then introduce students to key features of Europe's business environment such as the Single European Market, competition policy, labour policy and monetary union. Case studies will explore these trends in particular industries such as transport, energy and high tech. Students will also be engaged in discussions over Europe's place in the world and future structural changes. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Innovation and Entrepreneurship | BUS300 | Innovation and EntrepreneurshipCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines how to cultivate an entrepreneurial mind set and increase your awareness of the routes available to turning your ideas into business ventures. The module covers intellectual property rights, financial planning, business planning and how to sell yourself and your ideas. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Practical
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| Organisation and Identity | BUS302 | Organisation and IdentityCredits: 15.0 Description: This module takes up questions regarding the significance of dimensions of identity and meaning for dynamics of managing and organizing. The module also concerns itself with associated questions regarding knowledge and learning and their role in management education and wider organizational life. In pursuing these interests we draw upon an eclectic and innovative range of theory, literature and other media, including novels and films, as means by which to open up and explore the experiential and 'existential' dimensions that structure and deconstruct modern work organization. Course participants will also be encouraged to keep a personal learning diary and submit a (nonassessed) written piece of work during the term to support their development and engagement with module themes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| International Business | BUS304 | International BusinessCredits: 15.0 Description: This module offers a broad overview of the process of globalisation and changes in international business over time. The focus is on the multinational firm set in the context of trends in the world economy, with particular emphasis on the period since the 1970s. It provides a critical and comparative perspective on the nature and scope of international business, its origins and development, the theory, policy and practice of international trade and direct foreign investment, conceptualisations of international supply chains/global production networks and the logistics revolution, and the social and political effects of multinational activities. These issues will be illustrated through case studies in the areas of manufacturing, agri-business and intellectual property. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Managing Diversity | BUS305 | Managing DiversityCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines theories of equality and diversity and of occupational segmentation. It explores diversity and equality across the dimensions of gender, race, disability, age and sexual orientation and considers the organisational processes which produce and reproduce inequalities of outcome among diverse social groups. The module also considers national and European legislative frameworks; policy approaches and implications at organisational level. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Financial Management | BUS306 | Financial ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: Relationship between the financial manager and the capital markets; Investment appraisal, single and multi-period capital rationing, and risk analysis; Capital asset pricing model; Types of sources of finance and their characteristics; Efficient Markets Hypothesis; Dividend growth model and Business valuation; Weighted average cost of capital; Issues in capital structure and financial gearing. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Business Management Dissertation | BUS314 | Business Management DissertationCredits: 30.0 Description: 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
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| Economics for Business and Society | BUS108 | Economics for Business and SocietyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an overview of themes and results in both microeconomics and macroeconomics of relevance from the perspective of a first-year business and management student. In the first part of the module, the topics addressed include economics principles, market supply and demand, elasticities, firm behaviour and production, pricing and market structures. In the second part, on macroeconomics, the topics include aggregate demand and supply, unemployment, inflation, and fiscal, monetary and supply-side policies. The topics will be approached not only from a private, profit-maximisation perspective but also taking into account the public and social perspectives. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Work and Employment | BUS124 | Work and EmploymentCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces core ideas relating to work. It applies theories and concepts to the analysis of business situations. It makes use of perspectives drawn from sociology, social psychology, industrial relations, organisation theory and human relations. The dominant theme is to explore work and employment from the employee's point of view rather than that of management. Different perspectives are integrated by focussing on particular work situations and problems. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Organisational Behaviour | BUS127 | Organisational BehaviourCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will introduce students to basic psychological concepts in organizational behaviour including personality and intelligence, motivation and job design, perception and communication, learning, memory and training, decision making , attitudes and job satisfaction. Five metaphors of organizations including the organization as a machine, an organism, a brain, a psychic prison and instrument of domination will be considered in terms of what these offer to our understanding of their effects on individual and group behaviour in organizations. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Applied Economics | BUS128 | Applied EconomicsCredits: 15.0 Description: "This module provides an overview of themes and results in both microeconomics and macroeconomics of relevance from the perspective of a first-year business and management student. In the first part of the module, the topics addressed include economics principles, market supply and demand, elasticities, firm behaviour and production, pricing and market structures. In the second part, on macroeconomics, the topics include aggregate demand and supply, unemployment, inflation, and fiscal, monetary and supply-side policies. The topics will be approached not only from a private, profit-maximisation perspective but also taking into account the public and social perspectives." Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Marketing Theory and Practice | BUS129 | Marketing Theory and PracticeCredits: 15.0 Description: "This introductory module is designed to familiarise first year students with key concepts and theories of marketing by exploring its intimate relationship with communication platforms, consumer behaviour, strategies and markets in a connected world. The module will be delivered through a mix of lectures and seminars designed to engage students in the core concepts and theories. Through a combination of case studies from local and international contexts, the module seeks to move theory to empirical analysis of contexts and how other factors including indigenous cultures, values and beliefs can present different challenges in developed and developing countries. The incorporation of a mix of detailed case studies aims to move theory into application and deconstruction of both the strategies and challenges faced by organisations." Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Business in Social and Historical Context | BUS130 | Business in Social and Historical ContextCredits: 15.0 Description: "The module aims to introduce the idea that we are social rather than natural beings and this impacts upon how we produce, consume, labour, etc. It also means that there are different versions of whether we are collective, individualistic rational, or for how we should treat nature and that all of this shapes how a market society is organised and perceived and the role that the market can and should play within this framework. This directly links to how organisations, the state, management, etc. are encountered i.e. there are ways of viewing the market and its relationship to development, business, organisation, social cohesion, etc. which are important to any degree that purports to develop management education. It is also proposed that students would receive a reading pack and would be expected to make use of the library and develop their reading, interpretative and analytic skills." Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Management Studies and Skills For Specialist Managers | BUS131 | Management Studies and Skills For Specialist ManagersCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module introduces students to management development and careers. It allows students to gain experience in practising key organisational and life skills and introduces them to the conceptual frameworks which underlie and contextualise such skills. This module aims to give you an understanding of managerial work and managerial skills: how they are changing and how we can study and make sense of them. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical |
| Work and Employment in Context | BUS132 | Work and Employment in ContextCredits: 15.0 Description: "The module aims to provide an introduction to the study of the world of work and employment by giving insight into relevant conceptual and theoretical approaches. The course takes a multi-level approach to understanding work and employment. This means that we will be exploring work and employment relations at three levels. At the macro level, wider social, economic, political and cultural context of work nationally and internationally will be explored." Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Organisation Studies | BUS133 | Organisation StudiesCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will introduce students to basic psychological concepts in organizational behaviour including personality and intelligence, motivation and job design, perception and communication, learning, memory and training, decision making, attitudes and job satisfaction. Five metaphors of organizations including the organization as a machine, an organism, a brain, a psychic prison and instrument of domination will be considered in terms of what these offer to our understanding of their effects on individual and group behaviour in organizations Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Quantitative Analysis for Business | BUS135 | Quantitative Analysis for BusinessCredits: 15.0 Description: "This module focuses on some of the core skills required to succeed in this digital age: the course focuses on concepts needed to understand and undertake simple statistical analysis of data to extract insights hidden by randomness and the complexity of human interaction. The course provides a first understanding of probability, statistical inference and modelling, and develops skills in presentation of quantitative information. A secondary aim is to enhance student's familiarity with the use of spread sheets and statistical software." Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Marketing Principles | BUS136 | Marketing PrinciplesCredits: 15.0 Description: This introductory module is designed to familiarise first year students with key concepts and theories of marketing by exploring its intimate relationship with communication platforms, consumer behaviour, strategies and markets in a connected world. The module will be delivered through a mix of lectures and seminars designed to engage students in the core concepts and theories. Through a combination of case studies from local and international contexts, the module seeks to move theory to empirical analysis of contexts and how other factors including indigenous cultures, values and beliefs can present different challenges in developed and developing countries. The incorporation of a mix of detailed case studies aims to move theory into application and deconstruction of both the strategies and challenges faced by organisations. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Economics for Business Management | BUS137 | Economics for Business ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an overview of themes and results in both microeconomics and macroeconomics of relevance from the perspective of a first-year business and management student. In the first part of the module, the topics addressed include economics principles, market supply and demand, elasticities, firm behaviour and production, pricing and market structures. In the second part, on macroeconomics, the topics include aggregate demand and supply, unemployment, inflation, and fiscal, monetary and supply-side policies. The topics will be approached not only from a private, profit-maximisation perspective but also taking into account the public and social perspectives. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Principles of Financial Accounting | BUS138 | Principles of Financial AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will be offered at Level 4 as a compulsory module. 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 some accounting concepts in the context of financial reporting, decision-making, control and global governance. Key conventions and methods of financial accounting will be discussed by focusing on the reporting of the financial position and financial performance of business organisations, the analysis of the financial statements produced by business organisations. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Introduction to Financial Accounting | BUS139 | Introduction to Financial AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will be offered at Level 4 as a compulsory module and will provide the necessary foundation for the level 5 modules. 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 conventions and methods of accounting are discussed by focusing on the measuring and reporting of the financial position, the financial performance and cash flow of business organisations, the analysis of the financial statements produced by business organisations. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Introduction to Management Accounting | BUS140 | Introduction to Management AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will be offered at Level 4 as a compulsory module and will provide the necessary foundation for the level 5 modules. 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. It is intended to help students to understand area of management accounting. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Fundamentals of Management Studies and Skills | BUS141 | Fundamentals of Management Studies and SkillsCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: The module will cover a wide variety of topics in management studies and skills. It aims at helping students learn about the nature of managerial work and management skills: what does managerial work consist of, what are the key theories from organisation and management studies that relate to managerial work (e.g. power and politics, motivation and empowerment), what skills are required by managers (e.g. effective management of groups, communication skills), how has our understanding of managerial work changed over time and what are the implications in relation to responsible management practices? The revised module will cover some of the themes taught in the previous version of the module but also extend to a broader range of topics in management studies and skills that prepare our students for their role as (responsible) future managers. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Contemporary Legal Issues in Business Management | BUS142 | Contemporary Legal Issues in Business ManagementCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: The module is designed to introduce students to the business contexts in which law operates and how law shapes and is shaped by business. It will encourage students to think critically about the intersections of law and a series of key themes in the study of business. Topics will include law and corporate governance (e.g. shareholder v stakeholder theories), law and business strategy (e.g. outsourcing, intellectual property), law and industrial organisation (e.g. global value chains), law and competition (e.g. mergers & acquisitions), the intersection of standard setting and regulation with law-making (e.g. the growing role of private standards and their role as 'soft' law), and law and sustainable development. In addition to exploring these thematic issues, the module will equip students with resources and skills for thinking critically about the operation, structures and functions of legal systems across countries with differing levels of economic development, and different historical trajectories of legal development and how both shape and are shaped by the world of business. We will use a series of case studies to bring these themes to life, including focusing on particular business sectors, commodity chains, countries, and corporate governance scandals. Each will be used to illustrate the intersections between business and legal systems. Students will learn to make oral and written presentations, and how to manage teamwork, as well as to work independently. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Contemporary Legal Issues in Business Management | BUS143 | Contemporary Legal Issues in Business ManagementCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: The module is designed to introduce students to the business contexts in which law operates and how law shapes and is shaped by business. It will encourage students to think critically about the intersections of law and a series of key themes in the study of business. Topics will include law and corporate governance (e.g. shareholder v stakeholder theories), law and business strategy (e.g. outsourcing, intellectual property), law and industrial organisation (e.g. global value chains), law and competition (e.g. mergers & acquisitions), the intersection of standard setting and regulation with law-making (e.g. the growing role of private standards and their role as 'soft' law), and law and sustainable development. In addition to exploring these thematic issues, the module will equip students with resources and skills for thinking critically about the operation, structures and functions of legal systems across countries with differing levels of economic development, and different historical trajectories of legal development and how both shape and are shaped by the world of business. We will use a series of case studies to bring these themes to life, including focusing on particular business sectors, commodity chains, countries, and corporate governance scandals. Each will be used to illustrate the intersections between business and legal systems. Students will learn to make oral and written presentations, and how to manage teamwork, as well as to work independently. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Professional and Academic Development (PAD) | BUS144 | Professional and Academic Development (PAD)Credits: 0.0 Description: This NCM (Non-Credit Module) aims to enhance and develop certain aspects which are essential for the academic journey. The NCM will assist with the written academic work, practical problems with academic development (structure, plagiarism, collusion, etc). It also touches another aspect of professional development which is the familiarization with computerized analytical skills in the labs. Moreover classes on skills development, employability, appreciation of labour market trends, exam strategy, personal development, use of University resources are offered. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Financial Institutions | BUS201 | Financial InstitutionsCredits: 15.0 Description: Financial Institutions examines the function, characteristics and operation of various financial institutions e.g. banks, other deposit-taking institutions as well as non-deposit-taking institutions. This involves not only an examination of the nature and characteristics of their services or products they offer via different markets eg money markets, bond markets, equity markets, foreign exchange markets, derivative markets and the credit markets in order to meet the needs of different market participants, but also of why financial crises emerge in the operation of these markets. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Strategy | BUS204 | StrategyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module employs five strategic categories to introduce students to the historical and theoretical foundations of contemporary strategy. Those five categories are the future, regulation, growth, leadership, and choice. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Business Law | BUS205 | Business LawCredits: 15.0 Description: 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% Examination
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| Microeconomics for Managers | BUS208 | Microeconomics for ManagersCredits: 15.0 Description: The module applies microeconomics to problems confronting managers, in particular general managers. It focuses on markets, prices and market structure in two different situations, those in which markets are generally competitive, being large, impersonal and anonymous, and those in which identities matter. Examples of the latter are large firms in which the identities of competitors, suppliers, and sometimes customers matter, and more personal economic relations such as that between employer and employee in which identities always matter. Analysis of markets in which identities matter involves a focus on topics such as information, reciprocity, credibility, reputation and transactions costs. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Ethics and Business | BUS212 | Ethics and BusinessCredits: 15.0 Description: Ethics and Business introduces students to different understandings of ethics and its relation to business in society. Deontological and descriptive approaches to ethics are introduced and applied to analyses of a selection of case studies. These are organised around three main developments that affect contemporary business: changes in the labour market, the knowledge economy, and the environment. Amongst the issues covered are: value; rationality; self-interest; self-love and self-realisation; the gist economy; utilitarianism and hedonism; growth, wealth and sustainability. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Advertising | BUS213 | AdvertisingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module explores advertising as an evolving category of social communication within a convergent media landscape. A strategic managerial perspective is taken to generate insight into the development of advertising and the roles and processes so entailed. The consumer perspective is also considered in the light of advertising's role as a vehicle for cultural meaning. Media consumption issues are also important to consider given the rapid growth in expenditure on digital (especially mobile) advertising communication. The module takes a multi-disciplinary approach drawing on socio-cultural, psychological and anthropological perspectives. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Accounting for Business | BUS216 | Advanced Accounting for BusinessCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Persuasive Strategies in Marketing | BUS220 | Persuasive Strategies in MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module investigates the techniques adopted by professionals in marketing, sales, as well as general business negotiation environments in order to change stakeholder behaviour and attitudes, influence outcomes, and gain compliance. Students will explore, compare and integrate a variety of theories of persuasion grounded in research from the fields of linguistics, psychology, sociology, and rhetoric. Case studies and examples are used heavily throughout the module in order to highlight common practice and explore ethical dilemmas in the practice of persuasion across different business, national and ethnic cultures. Students are encouraged to recognise the techniques that they themselves use to gain compliance in common conversation as well as to analyse the ways in which commercial and public organisations attempt to influence their behaviour and attitudes. In addition to analytical proficiency, students are expected to demonstrate the creative and efficient use of various techniques of persuasion in negotiation and marketing simulations. The module considers the extent to which persuasion is a part of all communication interactions, the relationship between dialogue and influence, and the possible alternatives that exist to the persuasive paradigm in business. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Organisational Learning in the Workplace | BUS221 | Organisational Learning in the WorkplaceCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will explain various theoretical approaches used to explain what organisational learning and knowledge management is, the variety and types of organizational learning strategies adopted by firms and the markets they serve. We will examine a range of approaches for understanding organisational as both a 'natural' and designed activity within organisations. We will examine research studies of the implementation of such approaches and case studies which indicate how consultants and organisational learning professional present their knowledge and expertise and the claims they make for its efficacy. We will examine and explore different kinds of organizational context where organisational learning has been identified or designed: firms, public institutions, voluntary organisations and other organisational forms. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Strategic Management | BUS222 | Strategic ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will explore various theoretical to explain what markets managers choose to compete within, why and how. We will begin by examining the ""traditional"" competitive positioning and resource-based views, and critically evaluate their appropriateness in an increasingly networked, globalised, digitised and fluid competitive environment. We will then go on to consider more contemporary approaches to strategic management, such as the importance of strategy process, business ecosystems, cognitive approaches and strategy-as-practice. Throughout the course we will examine a variety of organisational contexts, assessing the extent to which firm strategy models may be applicable to public sector, voluntary, entrepreneurial or other types of organisations as well as firms. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| International Corporate Reporting | BUS224 | International Corporate ReportingCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module students would be expected to understand the evolution of international accounting standards and the contribution of pan national organizations such as the EU and International Accounting Standards Board IASB. Also how corporate reporting has evolved from nationally specific practices to a more convergence towards IASB standards and why and how this has been sponsored. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Corporate Finance and Strategy | BUS225 | Corporate Finance and StrategyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will develop a student's understanding of the nature of corporate finance in terms of the sources of finance and nature of internal calculations that are employed to allocate financial resources into strategic investment projects. Students will appreciate how the techniques of financing and allocation of financial resources have evolved. This understanding will be blended with an appreciation of the strategic management literature on how financial resources are deployed strategically to both create and capture value. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Strategic Marketing | BUS226 | Strategic MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module extends conceptually and operationally the core concepts of segmentation, targeting and positioning introduced in BUS101. Specifically, students will learn develop 'go to market' strategies, including the practice of, and critical evaluation of, the concepts and techniques that frame the process of marketing strategy development. An important part of this is applying and critically reflecting on the methods of analysing data to make marketing strategy decisions. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Quantitative Research Methods and Data Analytics | BUS229 | Quantitative Research Methods and Data AnalyticsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will provide an overview of quantitative methods in business and management research. Following a revision of descriptive statistics and inference, the focus will be on fitting models, synthesising and communicating the results. The module will then discuss different types and sources of quantitative data before advancing on more contemporary issues of data applications and analytics (e. g. government data, clickstreams, web and social media analytics). Emphasis will be placed on the use of statistical software with practical examples and interpretation of results. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Entrepreneurial Learning | BUS230 | Entrepreneurial LearningCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in the School of Business and Management QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: The module provides an integrated introduction to the processes and management of emerging businesses with a specific concentration upon entrepreneurial learning in the earlier stages of entrepreneurial activity. The taught component will introduce key perspectives on the recognition and nature of entrepreneurial opportunities, evaluation of resources and relations, and roles of entrepreneurial creativity and legitimation processes. The experiential learning component enables students to explore and evaluate different approaches to entrepreneurial learning and develop entrepreneurial skills through working in small-groups to collectively create, develop and legitimate their own entrepreneurial opportunities. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Creative Industries | BUS233 | Creative IndustriesCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is designed to engage students through a practically oriented overview of creative industries technical and media infrastructures and their histories, organisational behaviour of creative industry firms, legal and policy framework for developing creative industries, as well as the emerging frameworks in which culture and creativity is seen as a central site for creating new value. Throughout we will pay close attention to how marketing, management, and supply chain processes in the creative industries create value through cultural production. This introductory overview of creative industries takes a critical look at the tactics and strategies that define the history of capitalist cultural production. Interactive and socially engaged, this module requires good preparation and active involvement with the module content and case studies to achieve the learning goals. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| International Business Finance | BUS235 | International Business FinanceCredits: 15.0 Description: On completion of this course, students should have gained understanding of the following topics: the international financial systems, the opportunities in international FX investments, the relevance of hedging in the management of currency risk, country risk and international diversification. Students should be able to learn the importance of international financial theories to finance practitioners; acquire numerical and problem-solving skills required by managers in the context of globalization and the growing integration of the international economy. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Practical
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| Psychology of Leadership | BUS236 | Psychology of LeadershipCredits: 15.0 Description: This module explores leadership from a psychological perspective by critically reviewing theory development in this field: trait theory to transformational leadership, leader follower relationships, transformational/transactional leadership, leadership and power, leadership and diversity, and developing effective leadership. It looks at leadership in terms of how power and influence is exercised in organisations, raising questions about unitary versus pluralistic models of leadership. The module draws on social psychological theory and research that accounts for how leaders acquire and exercise social influence in a manner that contributes to their credibility and the motivation of their followers, plus how individual differences in leader behaviour acquire significance in different contexts. In particular, the module explores how diversity in terms of gender and culture shapes leadership processes. The emphasis of the module will be on comparing and contrasting ideas and perspectives on leadership, and application of leadership theory to case studies. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Practical
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| Corporations and Social Responsibility | BUS237 | Corporations and Social ResponsibilityCredits: 15.0 Description: Corporations and Social Responsibility will deliver a comprehensive introduction to students interested in issues of social justice and specifically in Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR. CSR is an applied field of management theory that is becoming increasingly important for both academics and managers to consider. It is an area of corporate self-regulation that integrates sustainability into the business model. Whereas in the past, there has been a clear distinction between the roles of government, the third sector and the corporate sector in responding to social issues (such as workers rights and the environment), today corporations exist in a business context where these sectors have not only merged, but also, actively impinge on each others responsibilities to society. CSR is a business policy response to this changing relation between the corporate sector and society and includes activities such as 'greening' management (reducing emissions, waste management, protecting biodiversity), workers rights (trade unions, ILO, outsourcing, supply-chains), sustainable consumption (ethical marketing, corporate lobbying, consumerism), and promoting democratic processes (governance, accountability, stakeholder dialogue). Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| International Financial Accounting | BUS238 | International Financial AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module extends the financial accounting component of BUS134 Introduction to Financial and Management Accounting (or BUS106 Accounting for Business) in Year 1 (Level 4) to introduce the preparation and analysis of corporate financial statements. The content includes the function and content of the main published statements under UK company law and International Financial Reporting Standards, the analysis of these statements to assess company performance, and discussion of a number of key reporting issues and the relevant Standards. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Management Accouting for Decision Making | BUS239 | Management Accouting for Decision MakingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module explores key aspects of Management Accounting in the context of its key pillars planning, control, internal decision making and governance. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Corporate Financial Reporting | BUS241 | Corporate Financial ReportingCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module students would be expected to understand the evolution of accounting standards and the contribution of pan national organizations such as the EU and International Accounting Standards Board IASB. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Evidence-Based Management | BUS242 | Evidence-Based ManagementCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in the School of Business and Management QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: The ultimate goal of evidence-based practice is to help practitioners become more effective through providing a framework for making decisions and taking actions which incorporate the best available evidence from multiple sources. This module will focus on evidence-based practice in management and to provide participants with hands-on experience of how to use different types of evidence and information including organizational/company data and scientific findings both to identify real management problems and their potential solutions. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Corporate Governance | BUSM060 | Corporate GovernanceCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces students to key theories, concepts and issues in corporate governance. It critically explores corporate governance as an embedded practice and provides insights into how local cultures and developments in local contexts have impacted upon and shaped the development of corporate governance systems and practices and how these local corporate governance systems and practices are challenged by globalisation. Within this broad framework case studies provide detailed insights into specific aspects of corporate governance. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Contemporary Issues in Accounting | BUSM061 | Contemporary Issues in AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces students to some of the key developments and issues in accounting currently discussed by policy makers, the profession, the media and academics. The specific issues addressed will change over time but could include: - On-line Reporting - Accounting and Globalisation - Accounting Regulation: The Convergence Project - Accounting and Poverty - Accounting and Indigenous Peoples - Sustainability Reporting - The Relevance of History - Accounting, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion - Accountants and the Financial Crisis - Accounting in the Community - NGOs and Accountability Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Dissertation for Accounting and Finance | BUSM066 | Dissertation for Accounting and FinanceCredits: 60.0 Description: The dissertation forms an important part of the assessment of the MSc Programmes, carrying a weighting of four modules i.e. one third of the entire Programme. The dissertation requires a demonstration of ability to carry out an original investigation into an area of interest. As such, the process should reflect skills of formulating research questions, synthesising and analysing data, drawing insights and conclusions, and written communication. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Advanced Management Accounting | BUSM067 | Advanced Management AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module identifies and explores challenges and issues facing organisations as they operate in a world of increasing competitiveness and change, requiring managers to combine management accounting ideas with those from other areas such as marketing, technology and HR. Accordingly it is interdisciplinary. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Organisational Behaviour | BUSM069 | Organisational BehaviourCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will provide an in-depth understanding of the broad range of theory, research, and practice in organizational behaviour for the adoption of appropriate policies and leadership styles. This will include understanding individual differences, motivational factors, ethics, group dynamics, patterns and negotiation practices which can mediate the functioning of an organisation. The module will analyse a range of case studies to illuminate the different work patterns, practices and behaviour both at individual, group and organisational levels. Students will gain an awareness and knowledge of contemporary issues and approaches to organisational change and development facing organizations. Beyond providing theoretical frameworks, the module will augment skills to prepare students for the work place through communication and team management skills, and through analytical and critical thinking skills . Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Social and Political Marketing | BUS316 | Social and Political MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module seeks to develop students understanding of effective social and political marketing. We tackle specific marketing problems facing today's political public sector: Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Consumer Psychology | BUS318 | Consumer PsychologyCredits: 15.0 Description: Building on a general understanding of marketing, this module develops a useful, conceptual understanding of psychological theories relevant to the study of consumer behaviour. We start with an overview of the scope of consumer psychology and consumer behaviour and position it against mainstream marketing. Subsequently, we will focus on cognitive and affective processes that drive consumer behaviour. Once an understanding of the basic psychological processes has been gained we will look at various factors that are able to influence these processes. Particular attention is paid to how marketing practice influences consumer perception, evaluation and behaviour. Throughout the module real world hands-on exercises will facilitate understanding and transferability of contents. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Business and Social Approaches to Social Media - Opportunities and Issues | BUS321 | Business and Social Approaches to Social Media - Opportunities and IssuesCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| The Management of Human Resources | BUS324 | The Management of Human ResourcesCredits: 15.0 Description: Organisations often claim that their most valuable resources are their employees, but one of the most difficult tasks of management is to ensure that employees feel valued. This module examines the main theories, concepts and processes that are considered central to the management of human resources. The course combines theoretical analysis with examples of practical application to encourage students to think critically about the management of people. The course draws upon a range of literature and illustrative case studies to engage students and provides them with an opportunity to assess their own experiences of work. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Global Supply Chains | BUS326 | Global Supply ChainsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module investigates companies' outsourcing strategies, i.e. the growing practice of parcelling out, delegating, or purchasing at least part of their activities from foreign suppliers, whether dependent or independent actors. The main focus is on primary sectors, namely energy, agriculture, non-energy minerals, and forestry/fisheries. It critically examines what value creating activities firms tend to outsource, how, why and to whom, and the relative implications. Outsourcing strategies are understood in a wider international context as characterised by multiple players, in particular global institutions, global private players, states, consumers, trade unions and social movements. For the analysis of global supply chains the module explores and applies different mainstream and non-mainstream theoretical frameworks from different disciplines, namely global supply chain management (business studies) and global value/commodity chains (economic sociology, development studies, economic geography). Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Corporate Law and Governance | BUS329 | Corporate Law and GovernanceCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will provide an understanding of the major principles of UK Company Law with particular reference to the legal and corporate governance rules imposed on the board of directors, the senior management and advisors. The module examines the nature and formation of companies, their constitution and the role of and legal responsibilities of management including the theoretical and practical issues involved in the direction and control of companies. The module considers agency theory and stakeholder theory upon which the modern UK and US corporate governance models are based. It will also review some of the most spectacular failures of governance mechanisms in recent years which led to the development of codes of best practice and legislation in the UK and the USA respectively. In addition specific criminal laws affecting businesses today will be considered such as The Bribery Act 2010 and the Fraud Act 2006 and the active management required of the issues raised as a consequence of such legislation. Learning is sustained by case studies and problem solving scenarios. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Macroeconomics Modelling and Policy | BUS330 | Macroeconomics Modelling and PolicyCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module, we will cover selected principles and policies that characterise the macroeconomy. The course will focus on theories and applications of economic growth and income inequality, unemployment and inflation, in particular. The theories will be tested using empirical methods popular in the literature. The student will be able to address questions popular in the new empirical macroeconomic literature such as, what causes a nation's economic activity to fluctuate, what causes unemployment, what are the new empirics of global income inequality, inflation, and unemployment, and what are the spatial distributions of economic growth and unemployment across the world. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Company Valuation | BUS331 | Company ValuationCredits: 15.0 Description: This module identifies and explores challenges and issues facing global managers and corporate consultants as they operate in a global world requiring them to know what an asset is worth and what determines its value where ever the asset is around the world. The postulate for sound investing is that a manager does not pay more for an asset than it is worth. In a global world and under competition managers assessments of value must be backed up by reality which implies that the price we pay should relate to realistic estimates of cash flows and uncertainties faced by global managers. Accordingly the module is arranged around: Estimating Discount Rates, Cash Flows and Growth Rates for Valuation purposes, Differences between firm and equity valuation, Real options corporate managers can come across and their valuation, Valuing companies in distress, Relative valuation , Biases in Valuation their manifestation and reduction, Imprecision and uncertainty in valuation, Payoffs to more versus less detail in valuation and cost of complexity, Principle of parsimony and different approaches to valuation Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Business Analysis and Financial Accounting | BUS333 | Business Analysis and Financial AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will develop a student's understanding of the nature of business analysis from a business models conceptual framework grounded in financial accounting. Business models have been conceptualized in the management strategy literature but increasingly employed to inform business analysis. Specifically this module will inform students as to how financial performance is the outcome of variable and contingent stakeholder relations and how these impact upon financial viability and a firms value proposition. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 20.0% Practical, 20.0% Coursework
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| Corporate Governance and Accountability | BUS334 | Corporate Governance and AccountabilityCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will develop a student's understanding of the evolution of corporate governance and its central focus on the management of risk and agency gap which theoretically and practically explores differences between the demands of investors and behaviour of senior management. This narrow concept of corporate governance for 'investors' will be contrasted with more broadly conceptualised understandings in terms of how to reconcile managerial interests with a wider group of stakeholders. Students will consider how corporate governance regulation and legislation has evolved and explore the difference between rules and principles based systems of corporate governance. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Business to Business and Relationship Marketing | BUS335 | Business to Business and Relationship MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: Firms in industrial (business to business) markets form a much larger percentage of GDP and operate in different ways to business to consumer markets. There are key differences in buyer decision-making (collective rather than individual), the nature of interactions between buyers and sellers (often relational rather than transactional) and the possibility for alliances to influence behaviour. Together these observations lead to a relationship and network centric understanding of industrial marketing practice. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Business Computing | BUS337 | Business ComputingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will broadly explore the impact of computing applications on organisations and individuals. Traditional themes in information systems management will first be examined such as the role of information and how it relates to decision making, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), e-commerce, IT planning and data applications. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Firm Governance and Strategy in the Institution Context | BUS338 | Firm Governance and Strategy in the Institution ContextCredits: 15.0 Description: This is an optional third year module for undergraduates enrolled in the BSc programmes in Business Management NN12, Marketing and Management 4G44, and Accounting and Management 4P20. The module introduces students to the concepts of governance and to the coevolution of governance, firms' strategies and structures, and institutions. It explores this theme for both developed countries and emerging markets, looking at both historical periods and the current period. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Financial Institutions Management | BUS339 | Financial Institutions ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This is an optional third year module for undergraduates enrolled in the BSc programmes in Business Management NN12, Marketing and Management 4G44, and Accounting and Management 4P20. The module introduces students to the concepts of governance and to the coevolution of governance, firms' strategies and structures, and institutions. It explores this theme for both developed countries and emerging markets, looking at both historical periods and the current period. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Financial Markets and Institutions | BUS340 | Financial Markets and InstitutionsCredits: 15.0 Description: Financial Markets and Institutions will help students make sense of the financial activity that is so widely and prominently reported in the media. The Module takes a practical, applied approach without neglecting the appropriate theory in order to help students understand events as they happen in the real world. This Module is updated every year to reflect the changes that have occurred in the financial system in recent years. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Corporate Financial Management | BUS341 | Corporate Financial ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will develop a students understanding of the nature of corporate finance in terms of the sources of finance and nature of internal calculations that are employed to allocate financial resources into strategic investment projects. Students will appreciate how the techniques of financing and allocation of financial resources have evolved. This understanding will be blended with an appreciation of the strategic management literature on how financial resources are deployed strategically to both create and capture value and how this impacts on risk, equity valuations and bond financing. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Startups and Incubators | BUS342 | Startups and IncubatorsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module provides an integrated introduction to the processes and management of emerging businesses at their final stages of entrepreneurial activity. This module follows a practise-based-experiential approach as students not only work in group but also produce several advanced aspects of both the Business Model and the business plan for their organisation derived from their innovative and entrepreneurial idea. However, the taught component introduces the theories of start-up and incubator and links them to practice by creating a framework in which innovative ideas are processed to evolve from business concepts to market readiness. The framework recognises the importance of time spending to access the right information as well as an efficient process that guides the students, with an objective of having the possibility to have a business ready to launch within a reasonable period of time, after completion of the module. The taught component also outlines the role played by the emergence of incubators, the impacts they have on innovation and their practical implications. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Practical
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| Evidence-Based Management Critically Appraised Topic Project | BUS343 | Evidence-Based Management Critically Appraised Topic ProjectCredits: 15.0 Description: The ultimate goal of evidence-based practice is to help practitioners become more effective through providing a framework for making decisions and taking actions which incorporate the best available evidence from multiple sources. This module focuses on collecting and using one particular source of evidence - scientific research - and using it to address a specific management practice problem. Students will conduct their own Rapid Evidence Assessment report which will review the body of scientific evidence relevant to a specific management practice problem or question. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Mentoring and Coaching | BUS344 | Mentoring and CoachingCredits: 15.0 Description: This model is a practical and theoretical introduction to coaching and mentoring in and around the workplace. Coaching is an intervention that helps management professionals' personal and leadership development in a sustainable way. Mentoring is an organisational practice that provides a support system whereby less experienced employees are partnered with more experienced employees to help them in their career development. The module will contribute to students' personal development as potential coaches and mentors drawing on multi-disciplinary approaches to leadership development practices. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Digital Marketing | BUS345 | Digital MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module has been designed to provide students with an introduction to the theoretical and practical fundamentals of contemporary digital marketing. The module takes a (broadly) relationship marketing (RM) approach and focuses upon the ways in which digital, interactive media can be used to build, maintain, and evolve dialogue between stakeholders in the marketing system. Students will explore the marketing potential of email, web commerce, mobile communications, social networking sites, search engine optimization, forums, blogs, and viral messaging through critical engagement with the marketing thinking behind them and the practical details of their implementation. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Social Network Analysis | BUS346 | Social Network AnalysisCredits: 15.0 Description: The module focuses on the field of complex networked systems in its infancy and presents the structure of networks and their dynamics as a key concept across disciplines. Examples of networked systems include the Internet, the World Wide Web, social networks of acquaintance or other connections between individuals, inter-organisational networks, neural networks, metabolic networks, food webs, and many others. There is increasing evidence that such diverse networks share common topological and dynamical features, indicating the existence of robust self-organising principles and evolutionary laws that govern many natural and social systems. The course aims to develop a unified theoretical framework for the analysis of these common properties shared by a wide range of networked systems. This framework will then be used for the discussion of sociologically relevant phenomena that exhibit complex network structures and dynamics, such as epidemics of disease, cultural fads, financial crises, organisational innovation and inter-firm coordination. If public health authorities want to minimise the danger of a viral epidemic, but have limited vaccinations, how should they be distributed throughout the population? If a firm wants to initiate a word-of-mouth campaign for a new product, but can hand out free samples to only a few people, who should they pick? How vulnerable are large infrastructure networks like the power grid or the Internet to random failure or even deliberate attacks? How do new ideas become crazes, or small shocks get blown out of all proportion in the form of cascades throughout a financial system? To address these and many other problems, the course will develop a highly interdisciplinary approach to social science by combining current research literature on complex systems and social networks with contributions of relevant organisational and sociological research. Assessment: 75.0% Coursework, 25.0% Examination
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| Marketing Group Project Involving an External Organisation | BUS347 | Marketing Group Project Involving an External OrganisationCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides a realistic experience of the work environment for marketing staff in various sectors and offers students the opportunity to gain hands-on industry-like experience by working on a project for an external client/company. It is open to students who are not registered for the Dissertation module. 2-3 clients will be identified by the module leader for each academic year and groups of 4-5 students will be formed by the module leader and assigned to one of the external companies/clients. A semi-structured learning approach is employed for this module, which incorporates: 1) group-based primary and secondary research for an external company/client in the form of a marketing project, 2) lectures from the module leader and group discussions in seminar style settings and computer labs, and 3) arranged company visits in London to learn about potential companies students could work for in the future and future job opportunities after graduation. Up to 25 students will be able to register for this module via a competitive application process assessing aptitude for this module. The student number cap is required given the learning approach required for this module and the number of clients available. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Creative Brand Marketing | BUS348 | Creative Brand MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: "Creating a true brand is one of the most powerful things any company can do to enhance its market power" (Elliott and Percy, 2007, preface). Successful brands contribute to financial value, sustain future sales, maintain high price points and margins, create a barrier to new competitors and can reduce risks for product and line extensions. When a product-commodity becomes a brand, its use value is imbued with symbolic value that consumers deploy in constructing and maintaining their identities. Hence, successful branding is a complex task as it involves a semiotic act of naming a product, and denoting authenticity, reassurance, differentiation, the development of its cultural meaning and the transformation of experience. The module draws on sociology, psychology, cultural studies, anthropology and social theory to understand current issues in brand management rather than merely relying on the cognitive, information-processing approach to branding. With a dynamic, global, diverse and fragmented media landscape and the ever-increasing significance of social media, this broad theoretical base is important to help the brand management subject move forward also to provide branding strategies that are rich in managerial applications. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Gender at Work | BUS349 | Gender at WorkCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines how gender impacts on management and work, resulting in men's and women's differential participation across occupations and in senior positions in the private and public sectors. We will critically analyse modern workplaces and the assumptions we carry into work from an intersectional and feminist perspective. The module will discuss theory as well as empirical evidence seeking to explain and understand the persistence of inequalities in the workplace, and effective strategies for change. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Quantitative Research Methods | BUSM014 | Quantitative Research MethodsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module provides a relatively non-technical overview of the use of statistical methods in business research. There is an emphasis on practical work and interpretation, and there will be extensive use of Stata, a leading statistics/econometrics package. The course covers the basic elements of: descriptive statistics, probability, sampling, inference, and multivariate regression analysis. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
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| Comparative Employment Relations | BUSM016 | Comparative Employment RelationsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will concentrate on the following key features: theoretical and conceptual approaches to the study of employment relations; the value and difficulties of a comparative approach; the role of the key actors in employment relations; power, conflict and bargaining; convergence and divergence - a consideration of the debates; the complexity of the trade union role from a comparative perspective; a consideration of international solidarity; impact of globalization and transnational companies on national and cross-national management employment strategies; employee involvement and industrial democracy; social partnership and participation; standards in international employment relations; regulation and voluntarism; examining comparative employment relations through a gender, equality and diversity lens; reappraising comparative employment relations. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Managing Diversity | BUSM017 | Managing DiversityCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines theories of equality and diversity and of occupational segmentation. It explores diversity and equality across the dimensions of gender, race, disability, age and sexual orientation and considers the organisational processes, which produce and reproduce inequalities of outcome among diverse social groups. The course also considers equality and diversity policy and practice at organisational level. Different national contexts are investigated. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Finance for Development | BUSM020 | Finance for DevelopmentCredits: 15.0 Description: This module focuses on the problems that developing countries face in the process of development, in particular, in financing their development programmes, and the measures they take in an attempt to overcome the difficulties. In order to study the problems closely and the respective strategies that are adopted by different developing countries, the primary focus of this course is on India, South Korea and China. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| The Global Economy | BUSM022 | The Global EconomyCredits: 15.0 Description: Introduction to the Global Economy; World Trade; International Factor Movements and the Multinational Enterprise; The Political Economy of Trade Policy; Controversies in Trade Policy ; The Global Capital Market; International Macroeconomic Policy; Economic Growth; Economic Inequality and Poverty; Role of the International Financial Institutions In the Global Economy. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| International Marketing Communications | BUSM024 | International Marketing CommunicationsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module focuses on the role of marketing communications in a global environment and the processes through which organisations can effectively communicate with their various publics in order to enhance both customer value and company returns. The course will start with an in-depth discussion of the integrated marketing communications mix (advertising, PR, personal selling, sales promotion, direct marketing). It moves on to a series of considerations such as the development of an effective marketing communications mix, the role of marketing communications in the establishment of long-term customer relationships and equitable brands. Throughout the module, the relationship between marketing communications and brand equity will be discussed with particular reference to problems faced by marketers in the context of a global economy. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Brand Management | BUSM026 | Brand ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Multinationals and Global Business | BUSM028 | Multinationals and Global BusinessCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines multinationals and global business in the era of globalization, offering a broad overview of the process of globalisation and the changing nature of global business over time. The course provides a dynamic and comparative perspective on the nature and scope of global business, its origins and development, the theories of multinational corporations, international trade, market selection and modes of entry. The course will examine the context of global business and the changing context of multinational operation through the changing nature Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical
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| Corporate Finance for Managers | BUSM030 | Corporate Finance for ManagersCredits: 15.0 Description: The focus of this module is the financing and investment decisions made by the managers of companies in pursuit of corporate goals. It examines how managers can obtain the greatest possible return on investments for the smallest amount of risk. You will acquire the knowledge and understanding of theories, models, tools and techniques to assist in making financial decisions to achieve corporate goals. These will include identification of the cost of capital/rates of return, dividend distribution, investment appraisal, portfolio theory, foreign exchange and interest rate issues. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| International Macroeconomics and Finance | BUSM041 | International Macroeconomics and FinanceCredits: 15.0 Description: Introduction to basic Concepts in Macroeconomics and Finance; Overview of the financial market, its institutions and instruments. Central banking and the Money supply process; conduct of monetary policy; Exchange rates and Monetary Policy; The International Financial System and Financial Crisis; The Euro and European Monetary policy. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| International Reward Management | BUSM049 | International Reward ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: Reward management is one of the key components of human resource management. It is one of the most sensitive and problematic areas of people management that poses additional issues when cast in an international setting. The module starts by giving students an international empirical and theoretical grounding before applying this knowledge to conceptual issues such as equality, fairness, performance and motivation. These issues are examined at a number of levels: internationally, nationally and organizationally by engaging with topical case studies and practical examples. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Managerial Economics | BUSM051 | Managerial EconomicsCredits: 15.0 Description: The primary aim of the module is to provide students with a sound understanding of some of the insights from economics with respect to business and management decisions. The module focuses on issues typically addressed in microeconomics, including marginal analysis, supply and demand, production theory, market structures, price discrimination, signalling and screening, and incentives in organisations. Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Examination
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| Financial Reporting | BUSM054 | Financial ReportingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines the financial reporting of companies, and how such reporting can be analysed to evaluate performance. No prior knowledge of accounting is assumed: students learn how accounts are constructed and analysed, then examine the impact of various issues on the reported numbers. These include the reporting of intangible assets; creative accounting; currency translation; and the use of share options to reward management. The module takes a global perspective and refers largely to the regulatory regime of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Understanding Consumer Behaviour | BUSM058 | Understanding Consumer BehaviourCredits: 15.0 Description: All marketing action is aimed at consumers. Without an understanding of the consumer the application of marketing tools is unlikely to yield the desired outcomes. This module develops a useful, conceptual understanding of consumer and market behaviour as a main consideration in marketing. The course offers a brief introduction into consumer research and then focuses on an understanding of the consumer from a mainly psychological perspective. Overall, the course provides frameworks that enable students to address the issue of understanding consumers responsibly, systematically, and creatively. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| International Accounting | BUSM059 | International AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module provides insights into the origins of accounting and its subsequent changes. Adopting this broader perspective, the module will attempt to trace the genealogy of accounting and its principles, standards and conventions. The module will discuss the historical developments in accounting by focusing on accounting issues created in the process of harmonisation. This approach will lead students to critically engage in the current debates on accounting, accountability and the responsibility of cross-border transactions. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Introduction to Marketing Management | BUSM137 | Introduction to Marketing ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is meant to provide an outlook on marketing as a sub-discipline of management studies. It is providing students on the MSc in Management and Management and Organizational Innovation with a theoretical foundation of theories and concepts of marketing management which allows them in their subsequent studies to understand and situate more specialised aspects of marketing (e.g. consumer behaviour, social and political marketing, or business relationships and networks). Special emphasis is given to understanding current academic debates in the field. This means students are expected to read articles independently in leading marketing journals. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Knowledge Innovation Learning and Organisation | BUSM138 | Knowledge Innovation Learning and OrganisationCredits: 15.0 Description: The Information Society is a growing global phenomenon. Related ideas such as Knowledge Economy, Learning Organization, Learning Community, Learning Region and Post-Industrial Knowledge Society are widely known. Knowledge Management, Innovation and Organizational Learning are all management and organizational practices that drive and shape this growing phenomenon and help us understand how it develops and where it might be heading. This module will look at these ideas through practical empirical studies and landmark theories, drawing implications for management and leadership. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Leadership Skills for Business Analytics | BUSM139 | Leadership Skills for Business AnalyticsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will familiarise students with the fundamentals of effective leadership in analytical initiatives and projects such as the difference between leading and managing initiatives/projects, dealing with resistance and different stakeholder interests, transactional leadership in teams and projects, building commitment for change, inspiring peers and subordinates, challenging others' assumptions and views, effective communication within teams/project groups and with other teams/projects, executives and stakeholder, building and nurturing relationships and social networks, presenting and pitching concepts and results, managing and mobilising the organisational energy of a team/project and dealing with acceleration and over-acceleration in analytical initiatives and projects. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Managing under Regulation | BUSM140 | Managing under RegulationCredits: 15.0 Description: This qualitative module introduces students to the management skills, frameworks, challenges, imperatives, organisational and inter-organisational processes involved in operating in an industry under regulation. All industries are regulated by generic regulators for health and safety, environment, information privacy, accounting standards, patenting, equality and diversity including physical access, etc; there are sector-specific regulators for financial services, utilities, transport, pharmaceuticals, health care, education, airlines, railways, food standards, print and broadcast media, primary extraction, gambling and many others. This module enables students who will become managers to understand their regulators, what inspectors do and want, how far they can legitimately lobby regulators, and how to operate across many countries each with their own national regulatory systems. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Project Management | BUSM141 | Project ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: The focus of the module will be on recent project management techniques that encourage the use of incremental delivery of projects. These techniques are appropriate to projects that deliver complex outcomes in a context of high uncertainty about the desired result. The course will also provide a grounding in traditional project management techniques that focus on projects that are concluded to a clear specification within a pre-specified time frame. Students will be encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to earn an accreditation for project management and the course will prepare students for this additional examination. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Research Methods for Accounting | BUSM143 | Research Methods for AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will provide a foundation in Research Methods for students for their dissertations. It will instruct them in how to put together a research proposal, how to draw out objectives of research, how to undertake literature reviews, how to assess suitable research methods to use. In terms of research methods, the course covers both qualitative methods such as case studies, questionnaires, surveys and interview techniques and an introduction to quantitative methods and data analysis. By the end of the course students will know how to put together their own research proposal and will have done some preliminary analysis of literature, assessment of data required and methods to be used. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Research Methods for Human Resources Management | BUSM144 | Research Methods for Human Resources ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces students to the nature of research in the field of business and management/ human resource management and to some of the techniques used in business research. The module is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and expertise to undertake a successful dissertation as part of the MSc. The module will introduce you to the fundamentals of research in business and management/ HRM, help you to design a relevant and rigorous dissertation project, and to identify suitable quantitative and/or qualitative research methods techniques. It will walk you through the entire research process from finding a research question to the final results including how to write-up your research. With a strong focus on the dissertation the module will also provide the fundaments for future research projects in academia and different business contexts. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Accounting for Business Models | BUSM070 | Accounting for Business ModelsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module conceptualizes business models within an accounting framework. There are three significant parts to this module. how we can structure business models, designate business models with a sense of financial purpose (liquidity, solvency and capitalization) and finally evaluate performance and outcomes. These financial objectives are explored and evaluated using accounting data for a range of business model types for example, banking, private equity and bio-pharma and 3rd /public sector organizations. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Accounting and Value Management | BUSM071 | Accounting and Value ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is framed with the context of managing for value and how managerial and investor interests are aligned and reflected in accounting information for value creation and market value added and value for money. This module is concerned with how accounting numbers are employed at operational, divisional and organizational levels to control and drive value creation for market value added or value for money. It is a module which is concerned with how accounting information is deployed to control and direct corporate and non-corporate organizations towards generating value on invested funds whether these are public, private or state sponsored agencies. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Financial Markets and Institutions | BUSM072 | Financial Markets and InstitutionsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is about how the increasingly complex relation between financial institutions, markets and firms has evolved over a period of time. A process of financial innovation and deregulation is impacting upon recorded accounting numbers and financial performance of firms much more volatile. In the corporate and non-corporate sectors the relation between financial markets and accounting is complex and inter-related. A large proportion of balance sheet values are now adjusted to reflect financial market values and these adjustments can be significant and volatile. Fair value reporting also requires significant external advisory support to inform accountants: actuaries, credit rating agencies and specialists is specific asset valuations. The development of more sophisticated financial products impacts upon a range of corporate and non-corporate institutions. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Economics of Development | BUSM073 | Economics of DevelopmentCredits: 15.0 Description: This course introduces contemporary theories and the empirical literature of the economics of developing countries with specific reference to public policy delivery. The course will address the problems with public policy delivery in developing countries and what solutions and strategies have been identified in the literature. The course will deal with debates such as centralised and decentralised delivery methods, political economy issues of corruption and state capture, and the role of incentives among politicians and bureaucrats in service delivery. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Public Financial Management and Accounting | BUSM076 | Public Financial Management and AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides understanding of the financial development and trajectory of central government finances in the advanced economies. The first half of this module will introduce students to the challenges facing governments in the advanced economies, and in particular, that of sustaining deficit financing. How have the components of central government revenues changed over time relative to expenditures in GDP and the nature of accumulated sovereign debt (roll-over timings and repayments schedule)? Students will examine the political context of public budgeting. We shall explore how the policy shift towards macro-prudential management of these economies has impacted not only on monetary policy, but also on public spending and cutback management, nationally and at regional and local levels of government. The module examines the link between changing budgetary politics and pressure to develop innovative financial vehicles, as well as exploring some of the medium-term financial risks to which these innovations can unintendedly give rise. The second half of this module will focus on the importance for public management of reforms in accounting systems which require a shift toward resource-based and accrual-based accounting. We examine the impact on managers' accountability for public expenditure of the convergence of public sector with corporate international financial reporting standards (IFRS) and role of resource-based auditing . What are some of the implications of adoption "corporate" financial accounting and performance key financial and non-financial KPIs? We examine public-private partnerships such as the UK's Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) for financing public sector capital projects, and issues of risk transfer and cost-effectiveness. We will consider changes financial practices and reporting in sub-national public agencies (local authorities, health care, policing, etc), the possibilities in some countries for bond-financing for sub-national agencies, and their implications on their financial stability and organisational dynamics. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Human Resource Management in the Public Services | BUSM077 | Human Resource Management in the Public ServicesCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides a critical evaluation of the issues, challenges and processes involved in managing employees in the public services. It does so by considering the unique financial, political and legal context within which public personnel practitioners operate as well as the distinct characteristics of public sector jobs and those attracted to work within them, and examines the constraints and opportunities these place on personnel policy and its implementation. Themes covered in this module include resourcing and selection, pay and executive compensation, performance management, employee relations, values and organisational ethics, managing change and the relationship between human resource management and public sector performance. A further element of the course involves exploring the characteristics of public sector labour markets including trends, labour market policy initiatives and their impact. The module draws on case study evidence from multi- country institutional and organisational contexts and encourages students to assess how past legacies and recent reforms impact on HRM strategy. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Dissertation - MPA | BUSM083 | Dissertation - MPACredits: 60.0 Description: The dissertation provides students with an opportunity to carry out independent research into a topic of their choice related to the aims of the MPA, subject to guidance from the dissertation supervisor. Each student will be required to have a registered dissertation topic and have been allocated a supervisor by the middle of the spring semester. NB. Students are prepared for the dissertation by taking the compulsory MPA module entitled ""Policy evaluation and research methods"" which includes lectures and classes on research design and methods. Additional methods support may be provided by dissertation supervisors in this module as required. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| New Product Development and Business Ecosystems | BUSM084 | New Product Development and Business EcosystemsCredits: 15.0 Description: The introduction and development of new products and processes is an essential drive of a firm's competitiveness. Yet, organizations do not operate in isolation but are a part of complex and increasingly globalized supply chains affecting innovation and new product development. The module Supply Chain and New Product Development enables students to analyze the innovation process within complex supply chains from the definition of a new product concept to the involvement of suppliers and partners in developing new product/process architectures. Students will address the organizational implications and challenges deriving from the involvement of partners and suppliers in new product development, through a blend of theoretical and case study based approaches. Students will be encouraged to critically evaluate issues of Governance and Strategic Management, by addressing the dynamics underpinning the emergence of new technological platforms and by investigating issues of outsourcing and knowledge ""hollowing out"", architectural knowledge and path dependent product development, open innovation and architectural innovation. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework, 15.0% Practical
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| Behavioural Finance and Decision Making | BUSM085 | Behavioural Finance and Decision MakingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module identifies and challenges modern theory of finance and covers the major issues in behavioural finance and decision making. These include biases, which frequently occur in financial decision-making such as optimism, mental framing, over-reaction, trend-chasing, conservatism and anchoring of expectations. Emphasis is on related work in psychology in terms of several theories of human behaviour that have policy implications in Finance. Accordingly the module is arranged around:Traditional Finance and Historical development of behavioural finance, Biases in Financial decision making, their manifestation and reduction, Prospect theory and loss aversion, Use of mental frames in financial decision making, Heuristics and biases in financial forecasting, Group decision making processes, Financial Crisis and human behaviour, Empirical regularities such as overreaction and momentum, Introduction to experimental and empirical methodologies in measuring biases in fiancial domains. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Strategic Management | BUSM086 | Strategic ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will explore various theoretical approaches used to explain what markets managers choose to compete within, why and how. We will begin by examining the ""traditional"" competitive positioning and resource-based views, and critically evaluate their appropriateness in an increasingly networked, globalised, digitised and fluid competitive environment. We will then go on to consider more contemporary approaches to strategic management, such as the importance of strategy process, business ecosystems, behavioural approaches and time/timing. Throughout the course we will examine a variety of organisational contexts, assessing the extent to which firm strategy models may be applicable to public sector, voluntary, entrepreneurial or other types of organisations as well as firms. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| International Business Strategy | BUSM089 | International Business StrategyCredits: 15.0 Description: The module aims to introduce students to concepts and practices related to managing in a globally volatile, complex, dynamic environment within which organisations, national and international institutions and individuals interact. The elective is designed to be an advanced global strategic management course presenting material that is highly contemporary. This course provides balanced global strategic insights along with proven practical business frameworks and prepares you to respond quickly to today's challenging global environment. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Practical
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| World Economy and Development | BUSM090 | World Economy and DevelopmentCredits: 15.0 Description: This module offers a broad overview of the process of economic 'globalisation' and changes in international business over time. The focus is on the multinational firm - set in the context of trends in the world economy, with particular emphasis on the period since the 1970s. It provides a critical and comparative perspective on the nature and scope of international business, its origins and development, theories of international trade and its regulation, conceptualisations of international supply chains, and attempts to reform and resist multinationals. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Global Supply Chain Management | BUSM091 | Global Supply Chain ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: Over the last few decades the business world has become more complex, fragmented, and geographically scattered. As firms outsource a growing portion of the activities and functions that were previously carried out in-house, they become one element of a multifaceted and intricate process of value creation and capture that cut across firms' and states' borders: the supply chain. As value-creating activities and functions are shared between ever more players their linkages increase as well as their interdependence. The study of global supply chains and their management looks at this scattered environment: the linkages and relationships among firms, and among firms and other actors; and focuses on how leading firms attempt to drive this complexity in multiple ways, whether by increasing coherence, consistency and unity in the supply chain, or by shifting costs to other chain members and increasing competitive pressures among them. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| MRes Dissertation | BUSM093 | MRes DissertationCredits: 60.0 Description: The module is available to MRes Business and Management students only. Given that the programme is a Masters by research, it is appropriate to have a longer length dissertation (15,000 words) than the standard SBM PG dissertation (10,000 words). This will enable students to bring together the learning from the taught methods modules and the taught subject modules into an independent piece of work that will act as a springboard for a research career and/or PhD study. The module is core. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| Introduction to Marketing Theory and Concepts | BUSM094 | Introduction to Marketing Theory and ConceptsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will provide an overview of marketing across national boundaries and within countries in foreign markets. It will focus on the opportunities to be gained from international marketing, and also its dangers and the challenges that marketers face when they operate in foreign markets. The course will begin by examining the reasons and rationale behind firms deciding to market overseas. It then goes on to analyse the decision making processes behind which markets firms should enter, examining political, economic, social, legal and technological factors. Following this, market entry strategies will be discussed and then the integrated marketing mix of product, price, place and promotion will be taught from an international perspective. Implementation, customer relations and the increasingly important role of e-marketing will also be discussed. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Social and Political Marketing | BUSM095 | Social and Political MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: Our perspective is that marketing is a dynamic tool and a potent agent of change that can civilise or de-civilise society. The design of the module: the course explores five major themes. Collectively they cover the universe of social/civic/ political persuasion via methods of partial commercial derivation. These themes are analysed both via descriptive approaches, case studies and theoretical constructs: Cause marketing (single-issue groups); Civic marketing (health and safety campaigns etc); Party political marketing - Selling Barack Obama Abuse of marketing - selling war A theory of propaganda and persuasion: myth, symbolism, rehetoric The claim is that marketing has shaped, and continues to shape, the culture we live in today. Examination is via oral presentation and project; however the project will be integrative across the whole course so that it discourages over-specialisation. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Relationship and Network Marketing | BUSM096 | Relationship and Network MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module Relationship and Network Marketing provides students with an overview of important aspects of business-to-business marketing. For this purpose, students will explore crucial underlying concepts of relationships and networks as well as develop a sense of business marketing practices. Thus, the module covers both relationship marketing and network marketing theory and practice and thereby fosters an understanding of how organisations are embedded in a net of business exchanges, which create interdependencies between business actors. Using collaborative and cooperative relational management provides firms within such nets with the possibility to mobilise important external resources via business partners in the supply and customer network. The module will use case studies and practical example throughout. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Research Methods for Marketing | BUSM098 | Research Methods for MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will introduce students to the concepts and practices of scholarly and practitioner marketing research. It will introduce students to research design, address the breadth of research methods used in the field, and the underlying logic (methodology) of those methods. The following will be covered: Key quantitative techniques (e.g., descriptive statistics and methods of hypotheses testing), qualitative methods (e.g., content analysis and contemporary anthropological methods such as netography), key data gathering methods (e.g., surveys, interviews and focus groups), as well as secondary sources. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Digital Marketing | BUSM099 | Digital MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: Welcome to one of the most evolving topics in the marketing literature. The development of the Internet and digital technologies have transformed marketing and has impacted every industry from retail to health. Now more than ever, companies and managers face the challenge of developing and maintaining their business operations and customer engagement in a constantly evolving digital space. The key question is not whether to pursue digital marketing strategies but how to successfully deploy them. What are the techniques that companies need to master to make effective use of digital marketing? This module aims to provide students with a comprehensive guide to the concepts, strategies, and best practice to support all the digital marketing processes. This module empowers students with skills and knowledge needed to work as the digital marketing professional after graduation. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Dissertation for Management | BUSM100 | Dissertation for ManagementCredits: 60.0 Description: The dissertation forms an important part of the assessment of the MSc Programmes, carrying a weighting of four modules i.e. one third of the entire Programme. The dissertation requires a demonstration of ability to carry out an original investigation into an area of interest. As such, the process should reflect skills of formulating research questions, synthesising and analysing data, drawing insights and conclusions, and written communication. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Dissertation for International Financial Management | BUSM101 | Dissertation for International Financial ManagementCredits: 60.0 Description: The dissertation forms an important part of the assessment of the MSc Programmes, carrying a weighting of four modules i.e. one third of the entire Programme. The dissertation requires a demonstration of ability to carry out an original investigation into an area of interest. As such, the process should reflect skills of formulating research questions, synthesising and analysing data, drawing insights and conclusions, and written communication. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Dissertation for International HRM & Employment Relations | BUSM102 | Dissertation for International HRM & Employment RelationsCredits: 60.0 Description: The dissertation forms an important part of the assessment of the MSc Programmes, carrying a weighting of four modules i.e. one third of the entire Programme. The dissertation requires a demonstration of ability to carry out an original investigation into an area of interest. As such, the process should reflect skills of formulating research questions, synthesising and analysing data, drawing insights and conclusions, and written communication. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Dissertation for International Business | BUSM103 | Dissertation for International BusinessCredits: 60.0 Description: The dissertation forms an important part of the assessment of the MSc Programmes, carrying a weighting of four modules i.e. one third of the entire Programme. The dissertation requires a demonstration of ability to carry out an original investigation into an area of interest. As such, the process should reflect skills of formulating research questions, synthesising and analysing data, drawing insights and conclusions, and written communication. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Dissertation for Accounting and Management | BUSM105 | Dissertation for Accounting and ManagementCredits: 60.0 Description: The dissertation forms an important part of the assessment of the MSc Programmes, carrying a weighting of four modules i.e. one third of the entire Programme. The dissertation requires a demonstration of ability to carry out an original investigation into an area of interest. As such, the process should reflect skills of formulating research questions, synthesising and analysing data, drawing insights and conclusions, and written communication. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Dissertation for Marketing | BUSM106 | Dissertation for MarketingCredits: 60.0 Description: The dissertation forms an important part of the assessment of the MSc Programmes, carrying a weighting of four modules i.e. one third of the entire Programme. The dissertation requires a demonstration of ability to carry out an original investigation into an area of interest. As such, the process should reflect skills of formulating research questions, synthesising and analysing data, drawing insights and conclusions, and written communication. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Financial Analysis and Management Accounting | BUSM107 | Financial Analysis and Management AccountingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is concerned with how accounting numbers are reported and disclosed at operational, divisional and organizational levels to control resource allocations and generate performance evaluation, credit ratings and monitor shareholder value. It is a module which is concerned with how accounting information is deployed to control and manage corporate organizations towards generating income for liquidity and capitalizations for solvency where both are essential and maintain a reporting entity as a going concern. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Leading Organisational Change | BUSM108 | Leading Organisational ChangeCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will investigate and discuss leading change in organisations from a theoretical sound and practical perspective. Marrying theory and practice will allow students to critically reflect on organisational change processes and to apply their knowledge directly to real world cases and practices. Furthermore, understanding and challenging practices of leading change will contribute to students' employability and their personal development. More specifically, the module will focus Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Examination
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| Organisational Development & Transformation | BUSM109 | Organisational Development & TransformationCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is designed to equip students with the skills and resources for thinking critically about human behaviour in organisational change and development. Students will be introduced to - and encouraged to critically interrogate - a range of perspectives dealing with core problems of organizational change and transformation. Drawing on psychological and organizational behaviour research, the module will focus on micro-level topics in particular, aiming to provide an understanding of how individual, interpersonal and group dynamics shape transformation processes in organizations. The module will also explore the role of organizational cultures, the meaning, purposes and interests underlying processes of change, the role of various change agents, as well as sources of power and resistance. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Human Resource Management | BUSM110 | Human Resource ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides learners with a critical understanding of the internal and external contexts of contemporary organisations, including the managerial, business, regulatory, labour market and institutional contexts. It further examines the role of the HR function, HR strategy and the link between HR and organisational performance. The module also introduces the major functions of HRM including resourcing, performance management, learning and development and explores the applications in professional practice in different types of organisational scenarios (large, small, global, national, public, private). This is further achieved through additional skills workshops that engage learners in the analysis of case studies, role play and problem solving exercises. Finally, the module seeks to understand the impact of globalisation on employment and its implications for HR strategy and practice. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Management Consulting | BUSM111 | Management ConsultingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will explain various theoretical approaches used to explain what management consultancy is, the variety and types of consulting firms and the markets they serve. We will examine a range of approaches to consultancy as a process of diagnosing management and organisational problems, designing implementing and evaluating organisational interventions. We will examine studies of some of these interventions and case studies we will examine how consultants present their knowledge and expertise, the claims they make for its efficacy and the role of ethics in this. We will examine and explore different kinds of organisational context where management consultancy has been used: firms, public institutions, voluntary organisations and other organisational forms. We will also practise skills critical for consultancy such as diagnosis, intergroup facilitation and evaluation. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Applied Empirical Methods | BUSM112 | Applied Empirical MethodsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module provides a non-technical overview of quantitative methodologies frequently used in finance and international business research. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
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| Corporate Reporting | BUSM113 | Corporate ReportingCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module students would be expected to understand the evolution of accounting standards and the contribution of pan national organizations such as the EU and International Accounting Standards Board IASB. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| International Business Analysis | BUSM114 | International Business AnalysisCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module students would be expected to understand the nature of international business and key analytical techniques for the operation of a business in a global setting. This module will involve developing a critical understanding of the key techniques that can be employed to support the allocation of corporate resources within an international sphere of operation. It will introduce you to the notion of resource and regulatory arbitrage. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| International Finance | BUSM115 | International FinanceCredits: 15.0 Description: As the international company becomes the norm rather than the exception, the need to internationalize the tools of financial analysis is apparent. We now live in a highly integrated world economy, and it is crucial that businesses understand both the risks and opportunities that globalization brings. This module is designed to immerse student in the international dimension of financial issues. It specifically focuses on the international aspects of financial management so you are able to appreciate the issues that international investments and money management that international operation involves. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Management Control | BUSM116 | Management ControlCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module students would be expected to understand the evolution of management control in relation to: the nature of corporate governance and the importance of resource stewardship. Corporate governance is concerned with the stewardship of resources and risk management techniques. This module will cover the nature of corporate governance and obligations of managers to manage resources, controls costs and returns on investment whilst taking into account risks Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Risk and Crisis Management | BUSM117 | Risk and Crisis ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: This qualitative module introduces students to the distinctive features of risk and crisis management. Core concepts of probability, severity, uncertainty, anticipation, resilience, robustness and bias are explored as the module examines, in turn, managerial varieties of bias among managers and regulators in risk perception, assumptions underpinning approaches to assessment and contrasting approaches to the management of risk. It focuses on operational risk, risks of external shock, risks of system failure, risk to customers and clients, and political risk. Throughout the module, regulatory requirements and imperatives for risk management are given full attention. The final weeks will introduce students to decision-making and public relations issues during crises and dealing with regulatory and government bodies when company crises escalate to become matters of wider public concern. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Group Project in Business Analytics | BUSM130 | Group Project in Business AnalyticsCredits: 30.0 Description: This module is the capstone module for the MSc in Business Analytics. Students will work in groups and will be required to provide analysis of a problem or question using complex data from a business context. Each group will be assigned a mentor who will guide the group through the process of structuring the analytical problem, obtaining and organising the data, data analysis and presentation of results. Students will present initial results as a group to an audience consisting of mentors and practitioners. Final assessment of the module will then be based on individual essays which cover specific aspects of the case and in which the students will be required to reflect on their work in the light of the methods and theories which their learning in the MSc has touched upon. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Masterclass in Business Analytics | BUSM131 | Masterclass in Business AnalyticsCredits: 30.0 Description: The module will be split across two terms. There will be six sessions in each term at which outside speakers will present cases on business analytics in companies or cases on the context of business analytics in society or a specific business analytics tool. Each case study will be preceded by student self study on the main topics and will be followed by a seminar in which students summarize insights and the case study. The course will be assessed through students' presentations and through individual coursework in which students elaborate on one of the topics presented by the outside speakers. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Complex Networks and Innovation | BUSM132 | Complex Networks and InnovationCredits: 15.0 Description: The module focuses on the structure and dynamics of a variety of complex networks, including the Internet, the World Wide Web, online social networks, inter- and intra-organisational networks, and import-export trade networks among countries. The module aims to develop a unified theoretical framework for the analysis of sociologically relevant phenomena that exhibit complex network structures and dynamics, such as information diffusion, cultural fads, financial crises, and viral marketing. Special emphasis will be placed on innovation, with a view to uncovering the structural foundations of knowledge creation, transfer, sharing, and diffusion in various empirical domains. To this end, the module will develop an interdisciplinary perspective by combining current research on complex networks with contributions from relevant organisational and sociological research. Assessment: 75.0% Dissertation, 25.0% Examination
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| Entrepreneurship | BUSM134 | EntrepreneurshipCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will provide a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of entrepreneurship. It combined rigorous theory and concepts with practical applications of entrepreneurship, e.g. business plan writing. The module will begin with establishing a connection between strategy and the realities of innovation in organisations. It will then explore different sources of entrepreneurship and initiation strategies (e.g. open innovation, commercialisation, incubators, business networks). The module will then focus on the core aspects of value conceptualisation and creation with the help of the business model concept. This will lead to translating business models into business plans with emphasis on building a convincing case for different audiences (e.g. lenders, investors, crowd funders, resource partners). Finally, the module will consider the broader dimensions of entrepreneurship and its relationship with social benefits and economic value. Throughout the module, students will engage in a practical entrepreneurial learning exercise that will lead to the creation of a business plan. This activity will be supported by seminar sessions, individual mentoring and the use of business planning software in tutorials. As such, the module will interweave two strands: theory and concepts of entrepreneurship on the one hand, and entrepreneurial practice exercises on the other. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Environmental Change: Economics and Policy | BUSM135 | Environmental Change: Economics and PolicyCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces to the phenomenon of environmental degradation with an emphasis on economic analysis, albeit taught in a non-technical style. The course will provide students with the theoretical and empirical tools to understand the determinants and consequences of global environmental change. The course will analyze the policy tools available to policymakers to tackle environmental degradation and climate change. The course will then discuss the effects of environmental policy on businesses and the barriers to environmental policy implementation with a focus on developing countries and an emphasis on political economy factors such as corruption. Finally the course will analyze the implications of global environmental change in developing countries focusing on prominent phenomena such as migration and conflict. The module will also teach how to empirically assess environmental policy using STATA (an econometrics software). Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Evidence-based Human Resource Management | BUSM136 | Evidence-based Human Resource ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: The ultimate goal of evidence-based practice is to help practitioners become more effective through providing a framework for making decisions and taking actions which incorporate the best available evidence from multiple sources including scientific evidence. This module will focuses on a practical project in order to provide participants with hands-on experience of how to use different types of evidence and information both to identify real HRM problems and their potential solutions. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Alternative Dispute Resolution | CCDD002 | Alternative Dispute ResolutionCredits: 45.0 Description: 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: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical |
| International Construction - Contracts and Arbitration | CCDD003 | International Construction - Contracts and ArbitrationCredits: 45.0 Description: This module has two main objectives: Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| International Trade and Investment Dispute Settlement | CCDD005 | International Trade and Investment Dispute SettlementCredits: 45.0 Description: The aim of the module is to highlight the changing legal regime and for students to be able to identify the rights an investor may have in a given circumstance and to be aware of any relevant public international law principles. The second aim is to focus on the sui juris trade dispute settlement within the World Trade Organisation and NAFTA which is a corollary of the autonomous law of international trade generated by WTO and NAFTA respectively. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| International Commercial Litigation | CCDD006 | International Commercial LitigationCredits: 45.0 Description: The objectives of the module are to examine the general principles of English Conflicts of Laws rules as they relate to litigation arising from commercial agreements. The course involves a detailed exploration of matters relevant to all commercial transactions, including choice of law, the jurisdiction of the English courts over international contracts, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and awards. The significant impact of EU-generated rules on the conflicts process is examined in depth. Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Examination |
| Dissertation | CCDD007 | DissertationCredits: 45.0 Description: Write a 15,000 word dissertation on a topic area within either Arbitration or Mediation. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| International Commercial Law | CCDD008 | International Commercial LawCredits: 45.0 Description: This module aims to familiarise the module participants with various aspects of International Trade Law. The topic of Trade is a very large and very diverse one, so it is not possible to cover all aspects in a course such as this. The areas we will focus on will allow insight into the negotiation of a sales contract, the conflicts laws surrounding it, and its regulation and financing mechanisms on a global scale as well as in English Law. While the focus on international regulation and harmonisation is strong, the inclusion of the laws of England, which is often the commercial law of choice, will serve to provide a comparative backdrop for the analysis of the uniform laws and regulations, as well as the opportunity to investigate some singular aspects. Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Examination |
| Research Methods for Management | BUSM145 | Research Methods for ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will provide a foundation in Research Methods for students for their dissertations. It will instruct them in how to put together a research proposal, how to draw out objectives of research, how to undertake literature reviews, how to assess suitable research methods to use. In terms of research methods, the course covers both qualitative methods such as case studies, questionnaires, surveys and interview techniques and an introduction to quantitative methods and data analysis. By the end of the course students will know how to put together their own research proposal and will have done some preliminary analysis of literature, assessment of data required and methods to be used. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Social and Sustainable Innovation | BUSM146 | Social and Sustainable InnovationCredits: 15.0 Description: Global challenges such as environmental pollution, inequality or climate change, have driven an increasing need and demand for products or services that contribute value through enhancing environmental performance (e.g. low-carbon or renewable energy) or alleviating social issues (e.g. for the socially excluded, or to enhance social justice). This module has been developed to address these important trends. The module is designed to equip students with the skills and resources for thinking critically about the role of innovation in social justice and sustainable development. It provides a rigorous conceptual understanding of sustainable and social innovation, and of the practical challenges of innovation management. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Strategic Analysis | BUSM147 | Strategic AnalysisCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will explore various theoretical approaches used to explain what markets managers choose to compete within, why and how. We will begin by examining the traditional competitive positioning and resource-based views, and critically evaluate these analytical approaches and their appropriateness in an increasingly networked, globalised, digitised and fluid competitive environment. We will then go on to examine the challenges of strategy implementation, including analysing structural, cultural and functional issues. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Leadership in the Social and Public Sectors | BUSM149 | Leadership in the Social and Public SectorsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will investigate and discuss leadership in the social and pubic sectors from a theoretical sound and practical perspective. Marrying theory and practice will allow students to critically reflect on leadership processes and to apply their knowledge directly to real world cases from and practices in this sector. Furthermore, understanding and challenging leadership practices in social and public organisations will contribute to students' employability and their personal development. More specifically, this module this module explores principal theories, typologies (e.g. transactional and transformational) and styles of individual and collective leadership at all levels of social and public organisations. Includes research evidence on the effectiveness and otherwise of leadership on performance in social and public sector organisations, often in politically- or resource-constrained environments. Particular attention is given to crisis leadership. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops: Public Management in Practice | BUSM150 | Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops: Public Management in PracticeCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of Professional Development workshops designed to inspire new thinking and develop immediate, practical behaviour changes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc Accounting and Finance | BUSM151 | Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc Accounting and FinanceCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of Professional Development workshops designed to inspire new thinking and develop immediate, practical behaviour changes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc Accounting And Management | BUSM152 | Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc Accounting And ManagementCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of Professional Development workshops designed to inspire new thinking and develop immediate, practical behaviour changes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc International Business | BUSM153 | Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc International BusinessCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of Professional Development workshops designed to inspire new thinking and develop immediate, practical behaviour changes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc International Business and Politics | BUSM154 | Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc International Business and PoliticsCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of Professional Development workshops designed to inspire new thinking and develop immediate, practical behaviour changes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc International Financial Management | BUSM155 | Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc International Financial ManagementCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of Professional Development workshops designed to inspire new thinking and develop immediate, practical behaviour changes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc International Human Resource Management & Emplo | BUSM156 | Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc International Human Resource Management & EmploCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of Professional Development workshops. These workshops include a mixture of knowledge dissemination, interactive discussion, and the use of worked examples and role plays (including a number of case studies based on actual organisations) to provide students with practical insight and initial development of the necessary skills to become effective in addressing issues that arise in various areas of HR including: recruitment and selection, performance management, negotiation and bargaining, career development and talent management. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc Management | BUSM157 | Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc ManagementCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of Professional Development workshops designed to inspire new thinking and develop immediate, practical behaviour changes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc Management and Organisational Innovation | BUSM158 | Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc Management and Organisational InnovationCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of Professional Development workshops designed to inspire new thinking and develop immediate, practical behaviour changes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc Marketing | BUSM159 | Continued Professional Development and Academic Skills Workshops for MSc MarketingCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of Professional Development workshops designed to inspire new thinking and develop immediate, practical behaviour changes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Experiments for Business and Analytics | BUSM160 | Experiments for Business and AnalyticsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is compulsory and will be taught in term B. The module builds on statistical methods covered in the Data Analytics module in term A. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Practical
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| Funding and Financing in the Creative and Cultural Industries | BUSM161 | Funding and Financing in the Creative and Cultural IndustriesCredits: 15.0 Description: This module focuses on the theory and practice of financing creative and cultural projects and organisations. The module will give students a grounding in the landscape of funding streams as well as technical aspects of understanding and intelligently interrogating financial accounts and project budgets. It will cover how accounting numbers are generated and reported at project, site, organisational and sectoral levels, and will develop students' critical analysis of how financial information is deployed to control and manage organisational resources. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Examination
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| Heritage: History, Theory and Practice | BUSM162 | Heritage: History, Theory and PracticeCredits: 30.0 Description: This module will provide the theoretical basis for understanding heritage from a range of cross-disciplinary perspectives. It will address the relationships between heritage, history and memory in theory and practice, exploring heritage on personal and collective scales, the politics of heritage, and the materiality of heritage sites and objects alongside intangible heritage in the form of testimony and stories. The module will explore the ways in which different understandings of heritage inform practice in the heritage sector, from community archives and heritage projects to museums, historic houses and palaces. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| History of Cultural Industries | BUSM163 | History of Cultural IndustriesCredits: 15.0 Description: This module focuses on the social and economic history of the formation of cultural production networks in different historical and global contexts. It asks us, what are the overlapping histories of media technologies, organizational form, accumulation strategies, and value generating activities in the creative industries and arts and cultural sector? This module will provide students with key historical knowledge to be able to engage critically with creative industries practice and organisations. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Managing Heritages at Historic Royal Palaces | BUSM164 | Managing Heritages at Historic Royal PalacesCredits: 30.0 Description: The MA in Heritage Management combines academic rigour with applied professional theory and expertise to introduce students to the actual practice of heritage management at historically renowned sites. This compulsory module, which introduces the practice of heritage management, will be taught and coordinated by Historic Royal Palace's Programme Director with masterclass sessions by other specialists from within HRP and, on occasion, possible visits to other heritage organisations. A combination of classroom-based discussion based on readings, site visits and masterclasses with HRP staff will take a 'critical practice' approach that will connect QMUL compulsory module themes to HRP case studies. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Organising in the Creative and Cultural Industries | BUSM165 | Organising in the Creative and Cultural IndustriesCredits: 15.0 Description: This module explores the multiple organisational forms in the creative and cultural industries. The purpose is to give students critical and practical tools to organise in the creative economies. Rooted in the ethical mission of the School of Business and Management, the organising methods and organisational forms and behaviours common and emergent in the creative inddustries and cultural sector will be explored through an interdisciplinary understanding of creative ecologies and networks. This module will students with the relevant organising methods, conceptual tools and factual information necessary for critical understanding of the multi-scalar institutional contexts of the creative economies. The module makes use of contemporary examples and case studies to draw out practical and theoretical implications for organising in creative economies. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Professional Practice in Heritage Management | BUSM166 | Professional Practice in Heritage ManagementCredits: 15.0 Description: The Professional Work Experience module will be delivered at at least two of HRP's London sites: Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace. This is a key feature of the programme. Students will be given the necessary training to begin to develop the skills and 'real work' experience that will enable them to make informed decisions about their own future career development within the heritage sector and make them competitive in the job market. Students will be assessed on a reflective piece of writing, responding to the challenges in heritage management, conservation and engagement that they have experienced during the placement. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Leadership Seminar | BUSM167 | Leadership SeminarCredits: 0.0 Description: This module consists of professional development seminars within the theme of creative industries and cultural sector leadership designed to inspire new thinking and develop immediate, practical behaviour changes through practitioners willing to come share their experiences, and also their contacts. The seminars will provide students with professional skills and networking opportunities within different industries delivered by a diverse group of professionals and practitioners from the creative and cultural sectors. Seminar or workshop sessions can include a mixture of knowledge dissemination, interactive discussion, and the use of worked examples and case studies to provide students with practical insight and initial development of the necessary skills to become effective in addressing issues that arise in various areas of relevant organisations. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Dissertation in Heritage Management | BUSM168 | Dissertation in Heritage ManagementCredits: 45.0 Description: The dissertation forms an important part of the assessment of the university's MA programmes, carrying a weighting of three 15-credit modules i.e. one quarter of the entire programme. The dissertation requires a demonstration of ability to carry out an original investigation into an area of interest. As such, the process should reflect skills of formulating research questions, synthesising and analysing data, drawing insights and conclusions, and written communication. Students will be required to conduct an investigation of an issue relevant to the content of the Heritage Management programme. Students will be guided through the dissertation process by one or more supervisor/s. Members of academic staff at Historic Royal Palaces may co-supervise dissertation projects. To prepare you for the dissertation, students are required to take the compulsory Research design and methods module, GEG7135. Information about the Dissertation will be provided on the dedicated module area on QMPlus. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Dissertation in Creative Industries and Arts Organisation | BUSM169 | Dissertation in Creative Industries and Arts OrganisationCredits: 45.0 Description: The dissertation forms an important part of the assessment of the university's MA programmes, carrying a weighting of three 15-credit modules i.e. one quarter of the entire programme. The dissertation requires a demonstration of ability to carry out an original investigation into an area of interest. As such, the process should reflect skills of formulating research questions, synthesising and analysing data, drawing insights and conclusions, and written communication. Students will be required to conduct an investigation of an issue relevant to the content of the Creative Industries and Arts Organisation programme. Students will be guided through the dissertation process by one or more supervisor/s. Students may also need to draw on work conducted as part of the Professional Practice in Creative Industries and Arts Organisation module for their dissertation. To prepare you for the dissertation, students are required to take the compulsory Applied Methods Masterclass. Information about the Dissertation will be provided on the dedicated module area on QMPlus. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Applied Methods (Master Class) | BUSM170 | Applied Methods (Master Class)Credits: 15.0 Description: This module focuses on the relevant methods of analysis and applied research into the organisation history of the creative industries. What are the interdisciplinary methods that generate innovation and leadership in the creative industries and arts and cultural sector, and which methods are more or less appropriate for engaging these different sectors of society? This module will provide students key methodological knowledge to be able to engage critically with creative industries practice and organization, and prepares students to undertake dissertation and practice-based projects in the third semester. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Introduction to Creative Industries and Arts Organisation | BUSM171 | Introduction to Creative Industries and Arts OrganisationCredits: 15.0 Description: This module explores the foundational concepts and theories of the creative industries. This module provides students with the relevant theories, conceptual tools and factual information necessary to gain an understanding of, and be able to engage critically with, the realities of managing, working and progressing within the cultural and creative industries. Specifically, this module aims to give you a theoretical and practical understanding of the specific characteristics of the creative sector in terms of how it is organised, intra- and inter-organisational behavior, relationship management in creative industries value chains, different business models and the major challenges creative industries firms face in the current media and competitive environment, as well as an examination into how creative sector work and development (locally and internationally) might inform each other. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical |
| Professional Practice in Creative Industries and Arts Organisation | BUSM172 | Professional Practice in Creative Industries and Arts OrganisationCredits: 15.0 Description: The professional practice module runs throughout the year, in collaboration with partner organisations and with degrees of co-supervision as and when possible where students will work individually or in small groups with QMUL academics and sector practitioners. This module will allow students to get practical experience in business and public engagement strategy, organisational behavior, and global value chain ecologies in arts and cultural organisations in London. Students will form groups and co-create a specific research brief for one organisation, this assessment to be submitted in the summer term. This research work will additionally feed into students' dissertations project submissions, which are also conducted over the third semester. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Organisational Analysis in the Public Sector | BUSM173 | Organisational Analysis in the Public SectorCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides students with a strong understanding of how organisations work in the public sector across policy-making, regulatory, commissioning and service providing bodies, including in the voluntary sector. It examines organisations from a range of different perspectives, analysing them as having distinct cultures, structures, human relations practices and political systems. It will include relations between elected and appointed officials, managers and professionals, and the role of "street level bureaucrats". It also examines the internal organisational processes arising under intensive performance management and league table competition and under conditions of fiscal stress and cutback management. It will take a critical view of recent claims for "public value", "coproduction" and greater "entrepreneurship" in the public sector as well as a review of the recent austerity literature on how public sector cutbacks are designed and implemented. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Principles of Persuasion in Marketing | BUSM174 | Principles of Persuasion in MarketingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module is based on the realization that persuasion is a part of all communication interactions and represents the conceptual bridge between dialogue and influence. Masters students will evaluate with theories regarding the responsible and reflective use and consumption of persuasive marketing communications. The module is constructed to immerse students in theoretical insights and applications of actual persuasion in marketing and prepare them for the possible pursuit of a career in marketing and related professions. Assessment: 70.0% Coursework, 30.0% Practical
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| Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics | BUSM175 | Corporate Social Responsibility and Business EthicsCredits: 15.0 Description: Corporate Social Responsibility will offer students an introductory and in-depth module unpacking the sensitive relationship between corporations and issues of social justice, environmental destruction (animal, climate, pollution, ecologies) and labour rights. At a time when globalisation is perceived as a threat to international business addressing inequalities across the global North and South, this module will provide postgraduate students with indispensable knowledge about key issues facing corporations today. The module will also address both philosophical issues that include ethical theories, moral debates and social scientific perspectives as well as a grounding in real life case studies and access to a local stakeholder engagement project with charities in Tower Hamlets and Poplar. Specific modules will cover a wide-range of subjects including: 'greening' management (reducing emissions, waste management, protecting biodiversity), workers rights (trade unions, ILO, outsourcing, supply-chains), sustainable consumption (ethical marketing, corporate lobbying, consumerism), and promoting democratic processes (governance, accountability, stakeholder engagement). Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Examination
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| Public Management and Governance | BUSM176 | Public Management and GovernanceCredits: 15.0 Description: This module focuses on the political context for public management, the complex accountability pressures which public managers face, the roles they play in policy-making, as well as some of the trends in public management reform. Increasingly public services are delivered by for-profit firms and non-profit organisations. The module examines the trade-offs and implementation challenges of these arrangements. Of great interest are strategies for e-government, and we'll examine the challenges involved. The module will introduce students to key issues in budgeting which affect the work of all public managers during periods of 'austerity'. We'll explore the deepening relationships between local, national and international tiers of governance. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Innovation and Global Competition | BUSM177 | Innovation and Global CompetitionCredits: 15.0 Description: Technological and organisational innovation is the main source of competitive advantage and, therefore, one of the core elements of entrepreneurship and economic leadership. Thus, education in entrepreneurship would not be complete without an understanding of the industry and firm dynamics of technological innovation. This module addresses innovation issues within the context of globalisation, development and digitalisation. We will approach innovation as a strategic process, beginning with assessing the context, and then moving on to address the formulation and implementation of innovation strategies. We will address several strategic dilemmas within innovation, such as standards battles and design dominance, timing of entry, choosing innovation projects, collaborative innovation strategies and the benefits of protecting or opening up innovation for competitive strategy. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical
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| Graduate Professional and Academic Skills | BUSM178 | Graduate Professional and Academic SkillsCredits: 0.0 Description: The NCM (Non-Credit Module) will assist with the written academic work, practical problems with academic development (structure, plagiarism, collusion, etc). All these initiatives are expected to pave the way to a smoother transition to Post-Graduate setting and the expectation set by the University. The Module aims to boost the skills associated with quantitative analysis and computer lab exposures using both quantitative and qualitative inputs. Moreover classes on skills development, employability, appreciation of labour market trends, exam strategy, personal development, use of University resources are offered. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Catalan Culture: Art, Literature and Football | CAT4011 | Catalan Culture: Art, Literature and FootballCredits: 15.0 Description: This module offers a general introduction to modern and contemporary Catalan culture from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. Topics covered include: nationalism; the politics of language; the avant--garde art of Salvador Dalà and Miró; literature; football. There is no language requirement for this module; therefore it is suitable for students with no knowledge of Catalan and Spanish. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Introductory Catalan | CAT4200 | Introductory CatalanCredits: 30.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module should be chosen by students wishing to take a full academic year of Introductory Catalan. Successful students will complete Level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFRL). Teaching materials are selected with a view to introducing students to Catalan culture and society. Students are expected to actively participate in and contribute to the learning process in the classroom. They must attend five hours of teaching per week and expect to spend a further five hours per week on private study. The entire module counts towards the QMUL Model. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Introduction to Translation Studies: Catalan, Spanish and English | CAT5008 | Introduction to Translation Studies: Catalan, Spanish and EnglishCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces some fundamental concepts of translation theory, overviews the history of translation paying special attention to Catalan and Spanish texts translated into English. It explores the translation of different genres such as poetry, drama, narrative, films and advertising by comparing narrative techniques and textual conventions in Catalan, Spanish and English. This module will also be an introduction to specialised translation and will explore the use of computer assisted translation tools and subtitling tools. Assessment: 85.0% Coursework, 15.0% Practical
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| Catalan II Intensive | CAT5200 | Catalan II IntensiveCredits: 30.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: 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: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework |
| Catalan III | CAT6200 | Catalan IIICredits: 30.0 Description: This module is for students who have completed Catalan II Intensive. The focus will be on fluency, expansion of vocabulary, grammatical accuracy, advanced oral and reading comprehension, and development of writing skills. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| LLM Law and Economics Dissertation | CCLE016 | LLM Law and Economics DissertationCredits: 45.0 Description: The chosen topics should relate to a relevant issue within the academic fields of Law and Economics. The particular subject area is the student's own choice, guided and agreed by their supervisor. It is expected that students will undertake primary research and/or secondary research based in the sources where the data has not been already subjected to a relevant analysis. Assessment: 90.0% Dissertation, 10.0% Coursework |
| Accounting for Lawyers | CCLE030 | Accounting for LawyersCredits: 22.5 Description: This module is designed to introduce fundamental management accounting concepts to non-accountants. This will include applying various techniques to evaluate business decisions in both the long and short term. Students will be able to employ a range of control methods within a business and analyse its performance. The module is designed for students to gain an appreciation of the concepts while having an insight into their practical application. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Derivatives in the Legal Context | CCLE031 | Derivatives in the Legal ContextCredits: 22.5 Description: This course introduces complex concepts in finance at a level that is appropriate for law students to master them . The focus of this course is on the analysis of "derivative" instruments, their application in different economic situations, and the benefits/consequences of helping clients set up contracts employing them when investing or conducting business, both locally and globally. Derivative instruments will be analyzed from two separate points of view: speculative and hedging. Tools and basic models that help in understanding the appropriate usage of different derivatives in different situations will also be introduced and examined. Through the course analysis, students will develop a thorough understanding of the models that influence and eventually determine the relationships among different derivative instruments. Legal cases are used to analyze actual situations and explore different possible solutions using financial models and derivatives, facilitating an acceptable legal determination as to the best selection for every particular exposure. The course will be taught on the assumption that the students have no prior knowledge of these financial instruments. Assessment: % Coursework |
| Risk Management in Law | CCLE033 | Risk Management in LawCredits: 22.5 Description: This course introduces complex concepts in finance at a level that is appropriate for law students to master them . The focus of this course is on the analysis of valuation models, their application in different economic situations, and the benefits/consequences when investing or conducting business, both locally and globally. Tools and basic models that help in understanding the appropriate usage of different valuation models as used in different situations will be introduced and examined. The CAPM model and WACC will be taught in great details Through the course analysis, students will develop a thorough understanding of the models that influence and eventually determine the relationships between risk and return when evaluating assets. Legal cases are used to analyze actual situations and explore different possible solutions using those models and other financial concepts, facilitating an acceptable legal determination as to the best selection for various risk exposure. The course will be taught on the assumption that the students have no prior knowledge of these financial concepts. Assessment: % Coursework |
| Law and Finance in Practice | CCLE035 | Law and Finance in PracticeCredits: 15.0 Description: This course introduces concepts in Financial Law at a level that is appropriate for students with various backgrounds . The first part of the course introduces the student with historical perspectives of law and finance. The focus quickly turns to specific fields in Financial Theory and its application to different legal situations. The course will illustrate how legal argumentation can be informed by financial analysis in a range of contexts including IPOs, M&As, bankruptcy, etc. Through the course analysis, students will develop a thorough understanding of the models that influence and eventually determine the interaction among economic agents and entities. Specific case studies are used to analyse actual situations and explore different possible solutions using both legal and financial analysis. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Law and Finance Dissertation | CCLE202 | Law and Finance DissertationCredits: 45.0 Description: Law and Finance Dissertation Assessment: 90.0% Dissertation, 10.0% Practical |
| Law and Finance Dissertation | CCLE202 | Law and Finance DissertationCredits: 45.0 Description: Law and Finance Dissertation Assessment: 90.0% Dissertation, 10.0% Practical |
| International Commercial Arbitration Theory and Context | CCDD201 | International Commercial Arbitration Theory and ContextCredits: 30.0 Description: The aim of this course is to establish students' knowledge and critical understanding as well as provide an Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework |
| On-Line Banking and Financial Services | CCDM008 | On-Line Banking and Financial ServicesCredits: 15.0 Description: The aim of the module is to educate students in the law and regulation of banking and financial services with specific relevance to their provision on-line. It examines the law relating to on-line payment services and on-line investment, the consumer protection issues which arise, the authorisation and supervision of on-line financial activities and the legal issues of cross-border provision of financial services. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Privacy and Data Protection Law | CCDM014 | Privacy and Data Protection LawCredits: 15.0 Description: Privacy is a growing concern in today's society, where the power of computers and the growth of the Internet have combined to make it possible to collect and disseminate more information about an individual than ever before. This module explores different aspects of privacy: privacy as a theoretical concept, a social norm or value and a legal right. The primary module focus, however, is the current legal infrastructure that governs the protection of data in various jurisdictions, (including the EU, the UK, the US, Canada and Australia) and its practical implications for global business. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Intellectual Property: Foundation | CCDM016 | Intellectual Property: FoundationCredits: 15.0 Description: This module aims to give you a firm foundation in the law of Intellectual Property, as it relates to computer and communications law. It should assist you to gain the maximum benefit from other module modules. It should also help you to understand the basic principles of national and international Intellectual Property law; to establish why aspects of information technology and the Internet pose problems in the applications of these principles; and to be able to analyse critically the solutions which have been put forward at a national and international level. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Information Security and the Law | CCDM019 | Information Security and the LawCredits: 15.0 Description: Protecting their critical information systems and data is a serious concern for businesses and governments. This module aims to teach you the key legal aspects and principles surrounding electronic security, authentication and authorisation, and will illustrate these principles in relation to both the legal framework of England and Wales, of the European Union and pursuant to internationally agreed standards such as ISO 17799. On completing this module, you will have an understanding of what legal and commercial factors drive information security; the legal issues that arise in relation to information security; and, most importantly, what technical issues are involved and how the law affects them. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| European Telecommunications Law | CCDM021 | European Telecommunications LawCredits: 15.0 Description: Communication systems and services remain a key part of the information society and the delivery platform for other sectors. How these are regulated impacts their take up and development. This module aims to teach you a key aspect of communications law: the European legal framework governing the markets for telecommunications equipment network and services. It should also help you to understand: the historical development of European telecommunications law within the broader context of European Union law and policy; as well as key principles, obligations and operational implications of the current EU regulatory regime for the markets in telecommunications equipment, services and networks. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| 10,000 Word Dissertation | CCDM023 | 10,000 Word DissertationCredits: 30.0 Description: 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 |
| 10,000 Word Dissertation | CCDM023 | 10,000 Word DissertationCredits: 30.0 Description: 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 |
| 10,000 Word Dissertation | CCDM023 | 10,000 Word DissertationCredits: 30.0 Description: 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 |
| 20,000 Word Dissertation | CCDM024 | 20,000 Word DissertationCredits: 60.0 Description: Write a 20,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within a subject area of the computer and communications programme. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| 20,000 Word Dissertation | CCDM024 | 20,000 Word DissertationCredits: 60.0 Description: Write a 20,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within a subject area of the computer and communications programme. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| 20,000 Word Dissertation | CCDM024 | 20,000 Word DissertationCredits: 60.0 Description: Write a 20,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within a subject area of the computer and communications programme. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| International Telecommunications Law | CCDM026 | International Telecommunications LawCredits: 15.0 Description: Telecommunications is an inherently transnational technology. As such, the development of telecommunications has always required substantial co-operation and agreement between nation states. Historically, the need for on-going co-operation between states has meant the establishment of inter-governmental organisations, of which the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the oldest. In addition, the nature of the industry demands the construction of communications links across jurisdictions subject to both domestic and international law. As such, the telecommunications industry has been subject to treaties and conventions established under public international law for the treatment and use of common natural resources, specifically the law of the sea and outer space law. This module broadly examines four substantive aspects of international telecommunications law: (a) The construction of international telecommunications network infrastructure, both satellites and submarine cables; (b) the standards and operating rules established under the framework of the International Telecommunications Union; (c) the impact of the World Trade Organisation and associated trade agreements on national telecommunication markets and legal regimes and (d) issues for developing countries. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| e-Commerce Law | CCDM027 | e-Commerce LawCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines the legal issues pertaining to e-commerce and is addressed to lawyers wishing to act for and advise e-businesses (and other information society service providers), whether in private practice or as in-house counsel. The course takes a practical, transactional and multi-jurisdictional perspective while maintaining academic rigour. The aim is to provide an in-depth analysis and examination of the ways in which the legal framework deals with the practical issues raised by e-commerce. In particular, this course will examine gaps, conflicts and compliance issues within the current and developing legal framework on e-commerce and to what extent the existing legal framework impacts on new and emerging technologies. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Online Media Regulation | CCDM028 | Online Media RegulationCredits: 15.0 Description: A key element in the development of the world wide web over the past decade has been its increasing colonisation by commercial interests, including commercial provision of content online. In particular, the media has actively embraced the online world; for instance, the Newspaper Society estimates that in the UK alone, 90% of regional newspapers now have an online presence with at least some degree of archival material available via that route. As technologies converge, the web has become an integral part of content delivery, with not only newspapers but also organisations such as the BBC providing online content which supplements their other services. This module will examine the issues which arise when a number of traditional legal concepts are brought into this online context - in particular, it will consider the application of the law on libel, contempt of court, and copyright as relates to the online delivery of content by the media, as well as looking at the Press Complaints Commission self-regulatory system employed by the press in the UK, which applies equally to online press content. The module will primarily use UK / EU law as a case-study, however, where relevant examples from other jurisdictions will be considered for comparative analytical purposes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Research Seminar | CCDM030 | Research SeminarCredits: 15.0 Description: Students are to prepare power point presentation on a topic with in the programme area and present this at the Residential Weekend. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Research Seminar | CCDM030 | Research SeminarCredits: 15.0 Description: Students are to prepare power point presentation on a topic with in the programme area and present this at the Residential Weekend. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Internet Governance | CCDM039 | Internet GovernanceCredits: 15.0 Description: The Module critically analyses internet governance and the role of different agents in governance and the UN Internet Governance Forum, discussing different modes of international governance (eg intergovernmental institutions, self-regulation). It examines ICANN's role, function and operations in particular in respect of the Domain Name System. The Module critically evaluates the nature and significance of domain names, in terms of technology, commercial interests and law (are domain names a form of property?). In this context the Module very briefly and by way of background examines the nature of the conflict between domain names and trademarks (without discussing trademark law in great detail). The Module critically assesses the Uniform Dispute Resolution Procedure and the wider issues related to domain name dispute resolution. It analyses the issue of identifying the person registering a domain name (WHOIS) and the role of registrars and registries in law enforcement and in respect of policy-making. One aspect of policy making in the domain name space is whether certain types of internet activities (gambling, pornography) should be limited to certain types of domains in order to achieve important policy goals such as child protection. The Module also compares governance in respect of the generic TLDs with CC TLDs to compare different models of internet governance in order to assess their effectiveness. Finally the Module examines the new generic TLDs and their impact on trademarks, policy, dispute resolution and law enforcement. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Online Trademarks | CCDM040 | Online TrademarksCredits: 15.0 Description: The Module focuses trademark infringement on the internet and in particular the conflict between trademarks and domain names and the use of trademarks in the metatags of websites and the use of trademarks in keyword advertising (search engines, online marketplaces). This involves an overview of trademark law from a comparative perspective (English, EU, French, German and US Federal trademark law). The Module assess the function and role of trademarks and compares this to the use on the internet. It evaluates the different types of consumer confusion on the internet and their legal assessment. It examines the role of internet service providers such as search engines, marketplaces, advertisers and how they relate to the trademark use. The Module assesses primary and secondary liability in the trademark context and the various immunities granted to internet intermediaries. The Module examines the relevant jurisprudence before the English, French, German, US Courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Negotiation and Mediation Workshop | CCDM042 | Negotiation and Mediation WorkshopCredits: 30.0 Description: This is a core module for our Postgraduate Diploma in International Dispute Resolution- Mediation accredited by the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (CIArb). This course is aimed at candidates who wish to become better negotiators and who seek to develop mediation skills on a pathway to become mediators, and it is aimed at those who want to represent clients in negotiations and mediations. It is also beneficial to those who wish to develop and use mediation and negotiation skills in their current profession. The module aims to: Deliver three full days of skills-based learning before assessment Build confidence and competence to negotiate and mediate real cases. Provide 1-to-1 coaching and feedback to maximise learning Encourage active involvement in and ownership of your own learning This course is designed to build a very high level of knowledge at a rather fast pace so candidates are both competent and confident to mediate or negotiate in a variety of situations. Candidates will gain practical experience of the skills and techniques required to manage a mediation or a negotiation from initial instruction to conclusion. Candidates will be equipped with the advanced knowledge and skills and understanding in depth of what is involved in mediation and negotiation, including the various phases of negotiation and mediation, planning, understanding interests, working with emotion. The module also looks at all related legal and ethical issues and equips the students with necessary academic and practical understanding to deal with them. Assessment: 75.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical |
| Cloud Computing Law | CCDM043 | Cloud Computing LawCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will provide a foundation for understanding and analysing cloud computing structures and contracts for private and public sector cloud services, including standard terms and contract negotiations; the application of data protection law to the storage and other processing of information in cloud environments, including what is regulated, who is responsible, which laws apply and the circumstances in which law enforcement authorities access information; and the subsistence and ownership of proprietary rights in data stored, processed and generated in cloud environments. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Research Seminar | CCDM044 | Research SeminarCredits: 15.0 Description: The student will be assigned or choose a research topic on which they will prepare a power point presentation followed by the submission of a 5000 words essay, under supervision. The student will be expected to give a 40 minute presentation followed by a question and answer discussion session for a further 20 minutes at the Residential Weekend. Students will also be required to listen to presentations from fellow students and engage in the discussion session. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Research Seminar | CCDM044 | Research SeminarCredits: 15.0 Description: The student will be assigned or choose a research topic on which they will prepare a power point presentation followed by the submission of a 5000 words essay, under supervision. The student will be expected to give a 40 minute presentation followed by a question and answer discussion session for a further 20 minutes at the Residential Weekend. Students will also be required to listen to presentations from fellow students and engage in the discussion session. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Pre Sessional Legal Systems, Research Skills and Writing for IT Law | CCDM045 | Pre Sessional Legal Systems, Research Skills and Writing for IT LawCredits: 0.0 Description: This module will cover: Legal Systems (national law, EU law, international law; public-private law; common-civil law; law-making; layers & hierarchies of law), Legal Sources (eg different types of legislation and case-law; how to read a case; the system of precedents in the common law etc); Legal Research Skills (where & how to find legal sources; primary & secondary sources; how to use legal sources in an argument; how to quote legal resources in a dissertation); and Legal Writing (how to construct a legal argument; how to carry out an in-depth legal argument; definitions and concepts; how to interpret the law). This module will focus on the computer and communications law field. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Cyber Crime | CCDM046 | Cyber CrimeCredits: 15.0 Description: Computers have made it possible for people to commit old crimes in new ways as well as new crimes such as hacking, the dissemination of computer viruses and other misuses of computers and networks. This module examines how the criminal law has had to adapt to both scenarios as well as the evidentiary and cross-border challenges that these present to law enforcement. The primary focus will be on UK law but the module will address the international response to such issues, as well as such jurisdictions as the US and Canada. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and the Law | CCDM047 | Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and the LawCredits: 15.0 Description: While the use of robots creates arguably more efficient, precise and innovative outcomes, it also presents a number of questions with regards to liability, responsibility and legal personhood in criminal law, contractual obligations, and torts. The use of cognitive features allowing robots to interact with their environment inevitably raises issues of data protection and privacy. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| 10,000 Word Dissertation | CCDM090 | 10,000 Word DissertationCredits: 30.0 Description: Write a 10,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within an appropriate subject area. A Supervisor will be allocated according to topic. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| 10,000 Word Dissertation | CCDM090 | 10,000 Word DissertationCredits: 30.0 Description: Write a 10,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within an appropriate subject area. A Supervisor will be allocated according to topic. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| 10,000 Word Dissertation | CCDM090 | 10,000 Word DissertationCredits: 30.0 Description: Write a 10,000 word dissertation on a particular topic within an appropriate subject area. A Supervisor will be allocated according to topic. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| Research Seminar | CCDM091 | Research SeminarCredits: 15.0 Description: Research Seminar Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| Research Seminar | CCDM091 | Research SeminarCredits: 15.0 Description: Research Seminar Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| Dissertation (10,000 words) | CCDM092 | Dissertation (10,000 words)Credits: 30.0 Description: Dissertation (independent research), an advanced, in depth examination of a particular area of law: the chosen topic should relate to a relevant issue within the academic field of Computer and Communications Law. The particular subject area within this field is the student's own choice, guided and agreed by their allocated supervisor. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| Dissertation (10,000 words) | CCDM092 | Dissertation (10,000 words)Credits: 30.0 Description: Dissertation (independent research), an advanced, in depth examination of a particular area of law: the chosen topic should relate to a relevant issue within the academic field of Computer and Communications Law. The particular subject area within this field is the student's own choice, guided and agreed by their allocated supervisor. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| Dissertation (10,000 words) | CCDM092 | Dissertation (10,000 words)Credits: 30.0 Description: Dissertation (independent research), an advanced, in depth examination of a particular area of law: the chosen topic should relate to a relevant issue within the academic field of Computer and Communications Law. The particular subject area within this field is the student's own choice, guided and agreed by their allocated supervisor. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| Multiparty Negotiation and Mediation | CCDM112 | Multiparty Negotiation and MediationCredits: 22.5 Description: This module will focus on complex, multi-party negotiations as well as disputes that can be managed and resolved through the combination of basic processes (negotiation, mediation, arbitration) and more complex ones, such as consensus building, reg-neg or med-arb. The course will start with a review of basic negotiation theory and skills, and will progresses to apply theoretical and behavioural approaches to negotiation, mediation, facilitation and other dispute resolution processes involving multiple parties. Assessment: 75.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical |
| Labour Disputes | CCDM113 | Labour DisputesCredits: 22.5 Description: The purpose of this module is to provide you with knowledge of Alternative Dispute Resolution in labour and also corporate disputes. When talking about labour disputes, the focus will be on disputes between employer and employees, employer and works council and employer and unions. When talking about corporate disputes, the focus will be on disputes within the management who acts according to certain jurisdictions also in the field of labour law, as well as between management and supervisory bodies. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Legal Principles and Concepts in Computer and Communications Law | CCDM116 | Legal Principles and Concepts in Computer and Communications LawCredits: 15.0 Description: This Module will provide non law students with the fundamental principles and concepts of the core legal subjects of tort, contract, criminal law, administrative/constitutional and property law. The Module will introduce these subjects to the students and also explain the connections and differences between different areas of law (eg private-public law) and the wider legal system (eg the national and international layers; civil law and case law). The principles and concepts will be explained by using examples and cases from the Computer and Communications Law field. The students will learn to apply and critically analyse the legal principles in these fields to the subject area of computer and communications law. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Banking Law: International | CCLD360 | Banking Law: InternationalCredits: 22.5 Description: The purpose of the course is to examine the nature and content of banking law and regulation at the international, European and UK levels with reference to US law as well. Banking markets are key drivers in any national, regional or global economy with banks carrying out a number of essential services without which no economy could operate. Banking markets are nevertheless unstable and prone to significant crisis and collapse which was confirmed by the severity and damaging impact of the recent financial crises in global, European and national financial markets. Many difficult problems still arise with regard to the causes of the crises and most appropriate responses going forward. All of the relevant issues that arise in this exciting area are examined in this course. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Banking Law | CCLD361 | Banking LawCredits: 22.5 Description: The purpose of the course is to examine the nature and content of private banking law at the UK, European and international levels. Banking Law is concerned with the private law aspects of banks and banking including both Commercial Banking and Investment Banking. 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. This module examines all aspects of the law governing the structure, operation and function of banks and banking markets from a UK as well as European and international perspective. The course is essentially private law based although it also examines recent areas of significant law reform especially following the recent financial crises in banking markets. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| International Finance Law | CCLD362 | International Finance LawCredits: 22.5 Description: The purpose of the course is to examine the principal markets and main professional documentation used in the international finance and capital markets. International finance markets are key drivers in national and international economies and the new global economy. The City of London remains one of the key financial centres in the world for all of these markets and activities. This course examines the nature, function, structure, operation and importance of all of the key financial markets involved. This is essentially a private law, contract or transactional and documentation course which provides professional preparation in designing, structuring and executing all of the principal separate financial contracts involved Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| International Finance Law Applied | CCLD363 | International Finance Law AppliedCredits: 22.5 Description: The purpose of the course is to examine the principal markets and main professional documentation used in more specialist international finance and capital markets. International finance markets are key drivers in national and international economies and the new global economy. The City of London remains one of the key financial centres in the world for all of these markets and activities. The course examines the nature, function, structure, operation and importance of all of the key financial markets involved. This is essentially a private law, contract or transactional and documentation course which provides professional preparation in designing, structuring and executing all of the principal separate financial contracts involved. The course can be taken with International Finance Law or as a free standing module. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Law and Finance in Emerging Economies | CCLD364 | Law and Finance in Emerging EconomiesCredits: 22.5 Description: Developing and emerging countries vary in size, resource endowments and income levels, but they face similar challenges to access capital for financing development and put it to good use. The module examines the legal framework underpinning the mobilisation of domestic public and private financial resources in developing countries. It discusses the relationship between legal institutions, financial markets, economic growth and development. It considers practical measures for ensuring a financial system capable of channelling domestic private savings into productive investment and the effective and efficient mobilisation of domestic public resources. Topics covered include financial law reform, capital markets finance, microfinance, infrastructure finance, pension system reform and the mobilisation of public financial resources in developing and emerging economies. This module will be particularly attractive to students interested in career paths in international financial institutions, development organizations, consulting firms, government bodies, law firms, commercial banks and NGOs concerned with development finance. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Legal Aspects of Financing Development | CCLD365 | Legal Aspects of Financing DevelopmentCredits: 22.5 Description: Developing countries vary in size, resource endowments and income levels, but they face similar challenges to access capital for financing development and put it to good use. The module examines the legal framework underpinning the flow of different sources of external capital to developing countries, the terms and conditions upon which capital is provided and its development impact. Topics covered include private sources of capital (debt financing, foreign investment, remittances) and public sources of capital (IMF lending, Development Banks' lending, official development assistance). The module discusses contentious issues on international development finance such as the conditionality attached to financial assistance provided by international financial institutions, sovereign debt restructure, the policy space conferred by international investment agreements to maximise the development impact of foreign direct investment and aid effectiveness. This module will be particularly attractive to students interested in career paths in international financial institutions, development organizations, consulting firms, government bodies, law firms, commercial banks and NGOs concerned with development finance. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Regulation of Financial Markets | CCLD366 | Regulation of Financial MarketsCredits: 22.5 Description: The purpose of this module is to examine the structure and regulation of financial markets, with emphasis on the legal aspects of money, banking and central banking. The module provides an overview of monetary and financial regulation drawing on a comparative study of the law in relevant financial centres in the US, UK, EU and Japan as well as on the increasing corpus of international financial 'soft law' (such as the Basel capital rules) and considers the dynamics of financial regulation in emerging economies. The module goes beyond the description of the black letter law and explains the underlying economic and political forces which bring that law into being, analyzing the interaction between law and finance. Focus is on regulatory issues, and not on contractual or transactional aspects. It is an essential module for any student wishing to specialise in financial law and/or in international finance. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| International Financial Regulation | CCLD367 | International Financial RegulationCredits: 22.5 Description: The purpose of this module is to examine the regulation of non bank financial institutions and markets, in particular securities firms, insurance companies, fund managers, financial derivatives, financial infrastructures, clearing and settlement. Te module also considers the sources and evolution of international financial regulation and the competing demands between prudential regulation and financial services liberalization. Focus is on regulatory issues, and not on contractual or transactional aspects. It is an essential module for any student wishing to specialise in financial law and/or in international finance. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Corporate Finance Law | CCLD372 | Corporate Finance LawCredits: 22.5 Description: Primarily the course aims to contribute to a critical understanding of the subject matter through the combined study of theories of regulation in general and the corporate dynamics in particular, with a special focus on the different stakeholders involved in international corporate finance. The module will focus on providing an introduction to the different corporate financing options, methods and techniques, with special emphasis on the use of debt and equity. The course is strongly committed to presenting a global and comparative perspective highlighting the contemporary principles and international trends of corporate finance rather than the pointillist and ephemeral details of national rule books. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As) | CCLD373 | Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As)Credits: 22.5 Description: This module is a corporate and financial regulation module analyzing transactions using sophisticated methodologies. The module will focus on issues such as: due diligence, purchase sale agreements and contractual governance; the role of the board of directors in an acquisition/financing transaction; the permissibility and regulation of takeover defenses in the UK, the US and the EU; the protection of minority shareholders in common law and civil law jurisdictions; the protection of other constituencies such as employees affected by control transactions; and financial assistance regulation in the UK, US and the EU. The course is strongly committed to presenting a global and comparative perspective highlighting the contemporary principles and trends of corporate finance rather than the pointillist and ephemeral details of national rule books. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| EU Financial and Monetary Law | CCLD377 | EU Financial and Monetary LawCredits: 22.5 Description: The purpose of this module is to analyze the institutions of EMU (economic and monetary union), in particular the law of the ECB and the law of the euro, and the pillars of banking union (single supervision, single resolution, single deposit insurance). The course also examines the law relating to economic governance in the EU and eurozone, and the road to economic union, and provides an introduction to Capital Markets Union. The relationship between the single market and the European financial architecture on the one hand and banking union on the other hand are also critically considered, in the light of the challenges that Europe faces in its process of integration. This is an essential course for any student that wishes to practise financial law in the EU. It is a highly recommended module for anyone specializing in financial law, international finance or in European law. It provides an excellent background for anyone aspiring to work in European institutions, such as the European Central Bank or the European Commission and in national or European regulatory agencies and for students from other regions in the World that wishto understand better the process of European financial integration. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Securities Regulation | CCLD378 | Securities RegulationCredits: 22.5 Description: This module examines the law and regulation of conduct of business/market conduct aspects of financial intermediation seeing from the angle of investor protection in primary and secondary capital markets. It covers a wide range of issues including the reform of the regulation of financial intermediation in the aftermath of the 2008 credit crisis, conduct of business rules, financial mis-selling, market abuse, the regulation of credit rating agencies, hedge funds regulation, and the regulation of financial resilience. The module covers policy issues, statutory materials and case law. UK regulation is examined within the context of EU law and regulation. Where appropriate specific themes are discussed with reference to international harmonization initiatives and/or comparative analysis with parallel developments in the US. The module also places emphasis on the practical problems, which arise in capital markets and consider ways in which these may be addressed in the future. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Law and Economics I (for Lawyers) | CCLE001 | Law and Economics I (for Lawyers)Credits: 22.5 Description: This course introduces concepts in Economics at a level that is appropriate for students with a legal background to master them . The first part of the course introduces the student to basic understanding of Economics as a social science subject. The focus eventually turns to specific fields in Economics and their application in different economic situations. Tools and basic Microeconomics and Macroeconomics models will also be introduced and examined. Through the course analysis, students will develop a thorough understanding of the models that influence and eventually determine the interaction among economic agents and entities. Specific examples are used to analyze actual situations and explore different possible solutions using economic models. The course will be taught on the assumption that the students have no prior knowledge of Economics. Assessment: % Coursework
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| Law and Economics I (for Economists) | CCLE002 | Law and Economics I (for Economists)Credits: 22.5 Description: This course introduces concepts in Law to non-lawyers to be able to comprehend legal reasoning and the dynamics behind the law. The course will start at a level that is appropriate for students with an economic background enabling them to master the understanding of the law. It will start with the basic building blocks, i.e. the function of the law, sources etc. It will build into legal methods, legal reasoning and the importance of precedents and even more complex issues around the financial markets. Assessment: % Coursework
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| Law and Economics II | CCLE003 | Law and Economics IICredits: 22.5 Description: This course introduces concepts in Economics at a level that is appropriate for students in the programme. The first part of the course introduces the student to basic understanding of what the Economic Analysis of Law is. The focus eventually turns to specifying economic efficiency in a legal context. Then externalities and strategic behavior is analysed within a legal context.Tools and basic models in Microeconomics will be examined within a legal framework. Through the course analysis, students will develop a thorough understanding of the economic reasoning behind regulations. Specific applications are used to analyze actual situations and explore different possible solutions using economic models. Assessment: % Coursework
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| Drug Design and Development | CHE406U | Drug Design and DevelopmentCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is designed for students in the fourth year of the F152 MSci programme in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and will be offered as an option. Pre-requisite 18 modules passed in F152. The aim of the module is to introduce you to the approaches currently employed in the pharmaceutical industry for drug discovery and development using a number of recent case studies as exemplars. The module will introduce you to the physical and chemical approaches used in the design and development of new drugs and will make them aware of the physiological/pharmacological issues that need to be considered before a drug can be used clinically. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Chemistry Research Project | CHE600 | Chemistry Research ProjectCredits: 30.0 Description: 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: 60.0% Dissertation, 20.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Chemistry Investigative Project | CHE601 | Chemistry Investigative ProjectCredits: 30.0 Description: Students work independently on topics set by their project supervisors. The work involves extensive searching, reviewing and critical evaluation of a specific area of the scientific literature. A final dissertation is prepared, based upon the investigative work that has been undertaken. Students are also required to present their work in a variety of other forms, including a poster and seminar appropriate for a specialist audience, and in an alternative format in which the topic is made more accessible to the general public. Assessment: 60.0% Dissertation, 20.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Literature Project in Chemistry | CHE602 | Literature Project in ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: Students work independently on topics set by their project supervisors. The work involves searching, reviewing and critical evaluation of a well-defined area of the scientific literature. A final dissertation is prepared, based upon the investigative work that has been undertaken. Students are also required to present their work in a seminar, at a level appropriate for a specialist audience. Assessment: 80.0% Dissertation, 20.0% Practical
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| Chemical Research Project | CHE700P | Chemical Research ProjectCredits: 150.0 Description: This module involves students carrying-out an original piece of experimental or computational research on projects agreed with their academic supervisor. Projects are in the areas of biological, organic, inorganic, physical, materials or theoretical/computational chemistry; or a combination thereof. The work also involves an in-depth and critical evaluation and dissemination of the relevant literature associated with the topic and methodologies employed. Assessment: 60.0% Practical, 40.0% Dissertation |
| Chemistry MSci Research Project | CHE750 | Chemistry MSci Research ProjectCredits: 60.0 Description: 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: 50.0% Dissertation, 30.0% Practical, 20.0% Coursework
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| Pharmaceutical Chemistry MSci Research Project | CHE751 | Pharmaceutical Chemistry MSci Research ProjectCredits: 60.0 Description: Students work independently on a research topic in pharmaceutically-related chemistry, set by their project supervisors. Original experimental or theoretical work is the principal component of this advanced project. The work also involves critical evaluation of previously published results. A dissertation is prepared describing the research work undertaken, and placing it in the context of other research in the field. The dissertation is defended in an oral examination; students also present their work in the form of a poster and as a short oral presentation. Assessment: 50.0% Dissertation, 27.5% Coursework, 22.5% Practical
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| Introduction to Literature: Texts and Contexts | COM101 | Introduction to Literature: Texts and ContextsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an accessible but challenging introduction to the study of literature. It offers students an opportunity to exploreboth literary texts and the critical and theoretical contexts that shape our interpretation of them. Through the close analysis of a whole range of short texts and extracts, this module considers the literary in relation to popular culture, and examines critical concepts such as genre, period, influence, and the canon. No language requirement. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| The Scene of Reading | COM200 | The Scene of ReadingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module explores the theme of reading in literature, film, and the visual arts, and in theoretical writings past and present. Literary texts will range from the early modern to the post-modern novel, and will be taken from European and other literatures. The figure of the reader in film and the visual arts will also be examined, while recent theories of narrative, reading and reception will allow students to reflect upon their own processes as readers and spectators. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Essential Skills for Chemists | CHE100 | Essential Skills for ChemistsCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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| Foundations of Practical Chemistry | CHE101 | Foundations of Practical ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is appropriate to first-year students undertaking degree programmes in the chemical sciences. It provides training in the principles and practice of key techniques of practical chemistry - including analytical methods, synthetic procedures, methods of purification, and the use of a range of instrumental techniques. Topics such as good laboratory practice, health and safety in the laboratory, the preparation of laboratory reports amd data analysis techniques are also covered. Assessment: 90.0% Practical, 10.0% Coursework
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| Foundations of Practical Chemistry (Sem A) | CHE101A | Foundations of Practical Chemistry (Sem A)Credits: 15.0 Description: This module is for associate (study-abroad) students only. It provides training in the principles and practice of techniques of practical chemistry - including analytical methods, basic synthetic procedures, methods of purification and various instrumental techniques. Topics such as good laboratory practice, health and safety in the laboratory, the preparation of laboratory reports and data analysis techniques are also covered. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Foundations of Practical Chemistry (Sem B) | CHE101B | Foundations of Practical Chemistry (Sem B)Credits: 15.0 Description: This module is for associate (study-abroad) students only. It provides training in the principles and practice of techniques of practical chemistry - including analytical methods, basic synthetic procedures, methods of purification and various instrumental techniques. Topics such as good laboratory practice, health and safety in the laboratory, the preparation of laboratory reports and data analysis techniques are also covered. Students wishing to register for this module must be able to demonstrate some prior experience of the basic techniques of practical chemistry, equivalent to that provided by the CHE101A module. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | CHE102A | Fundamentals of Organic ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is designed to introduce first year students to the fundamental principles underpinning organic chemistry. A substantial introduction, covering topics such as stucture, bonding, stereochemistry, acidity and curved arrow formalism will provide students with basic tools required to explain and predict the structure and reactivity of organic molecules. Focus is then given to reactivity, using a mechanistic approach to discuss topics such as nucleophillic substitution, elimination reactions, electrophillic addition, aromatic chemistry and carbonyl chemistry. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | CHE102B | Fundamentals of Organic ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is designed to introduce first year students to the fundamental principles underpinning organic chemistry. A substantial introduction, covering topics such as stucture, bonding, stereochemistry, acidity and curved arrow formalism will provide students with basic tools required to explain and predict the structure and reactivity of organic molecules. Focus is then given to reactivity, using a mechanistic approach to discuss topics such as nucleophillic substitution, elimination reactions, electrophillic addition, aromatic chemistry and carbonyl chemistry. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Fundamentals of Spectroscopy | CHE104 | Fundamentals of SpectroscopyCredits: 15.0 Description: Spectroscopic techniques have revolutionised our understanding of matter at the molecular level and are essential tools in chemical research and in the development of the subject. This module aims to provide students with a coherent and rigorous introduction to the principles and applications of spectroscopic techniques, in a way that spans the traditional fields of chemistry. It covers the more common techniques, including IR, UV-VIS and NMR spectroscopy, and lays the foundations for more detailed coverage of spectroscopic techniques in subsequent years of the degree programme. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| States of Matter and Analytical Chemistry | CHE108 | States of Matter and Analytical ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is designed to introduce first year students to the properties of the different phases of matter (gases, liquids and solids), and to the theory and practise of analytical chemistry viewed from a physical and inorganic chemistry perspective. The module considers the various types of interactions that occur between atoms and molecules, and how these influence the molecular behaviour and the characteristics of the various phases of matter. The review of solid structures includes an introduction to crystallography and diffraction. The introduction to analytical chemistry will cover topics such as sample preparation, qualitative tests, gravimetric and combustion analysis, electroanalytical chemistry, an introduction to mass spectrometry and the basics of separation science, including GC and HLPC. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry | CHE113 | Fundamentals of Inorganic ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is designed to introduce first year students to fundamental principles underpinning physical and inorganic chemistry. The first section of the module will give detailed consideration to theories of atomic structure, and the nature of bonding in molecules and inorganic complexes. The second section of the module focusses on factors controlling chemical reactivity - specifically chemical thermodynamics, reaction equilibria, and the kinetics of chemical processes. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry | CHE114 | Fundamentals of Physical ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is designed to introduce first year students to fundamental principles underpinning physical and inorganic chemistry. The first section of the module will give detailed consideration to theories of atomic structure, and the nature of bonding in molecules and inorganic complexes. The second section of the module focusses on factors controlling chemical reactivity - specifically chemical thermodynamics, reaction equilibria, and the kinetics of chemical processes. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Professional Placement in Chemistry | CHE200 | Professional Placement in ChemistryCredits: 120.0 Description: This module involves an extended placement in a professional workplace and is a core module on the "Year in Industry/Research" programmes in the field of chemistry offered by SBCS. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Practical |
| Structure and Reactivity in Organic Chemistry (Sem A) | CHE202A | Structure and Reactivity in Organic Chemistry (Sem A)Credits: 15.0 Description: This module aims to provide a wide understanding of the occurrence, synthesis and behaviour of organic compounds. Topics to be covered include: enolate chemistry, introduction to radical chemistry, oxidation and reduction reactions. The use of spectroscopic techniques as a tool for structure determination in organic chemistry will also be considered. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Structure and Reactivity in Organic Chemistry (Sem B) | CHE202B | Structure and Reactivity in Organic Chemistry (Sem B)Credits: 15.0 Description: This course aims to provide a wide understanding of the occurrence, synthesis and behaviour of organic compounds. Topics to be covered include: reactivity of conjugated systems, pericyclic reactions and introduction to heterocyclic chemistry. The use of spectroscopic techniques as a tool for structure determination in organic chemistry will also be considered. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry (Sem A) | CHE203A | Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry (Sem A)Credits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces key aspects of inorganic chemistry, including crystal chemistry, crystallography, electronic structure of solids and main group chemistry. Periodic trends in the p-block are considered. Synthesis, structure and bonding are discussed, with emphasis on aluminosilicates and boron hydrides. In addition, characterisation techniques such as X-ray diffraction and multi-nuclear NMR are introduced. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry (Sem B) | CHE203B | Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry (Sem B)Credits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces key aspects of transition metal chemistry. Periodic trends in the transition metals are considered. Synthesis, structure and bonding are discussed in transition metal complexes. In addition, characterisation techniques such as optical absorption spectroscopy are introduced, and d-d transitions and spectroscopic term symbols discussed. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Physical & Quantum Chemistry (Sem A) | CHE204A | Physical & Quantum Chemistry (Sem A)Credits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces key concepts of quantum mechanics in a chemical context, explaining how the theories of quantum mechanics can be applied to atoms and molecules so as to rationalise the structure, properties and chemical reactivity of such entities. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Physical & Quantum Chemistry (Sem B) | CHE204B | Physical & Quantum Chemistry (Sem B)Credits: 15.0 Description: This module considers the fundamental role of molecular symmetry in bonding and in determining molecular properties. A range of spectroscopic techniques are then considered in detail, with emphasis on developing understanding of the theoretical principles and the applications of the techniques in studying molecular structure and chemical reactivity. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Sem A) | CHE206A | Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Sem A)Credits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an introduction to the action of medicinal drugs. The topics covered include receptors, concentration-response relationships, drug disposition and pharmacokinetics and elementary structure-activity relationships. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Sem B) | CHE206B | Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Sem B)Credits: 15.0 Description: Major classes of drugs, and their mechanism of actions in treating disease, are reviewed in this module. Prototypical drugs and those developed to refine the properties of earlier examples are also considered. The rationale for developing, or prescribing, a particular drug is presented. Undesireable effects of drugs and drug-drug interactions are also discussed. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Practical Chemistry | CHE211 | Practical ChemistryCredits: 10.0 Description: This module is designed for second-year students undertaking degree programmes in the chemical sciences. It provides training at an intermediate-level in the principles and application of techniques of practical chemistry, and spans the traditional disciplines of organic, inorganic, physical and theoretical chemistry. Students will gain experience in a range of analytical methods, synthetic procedures, instrumental techniques and computational techniques. The module also includes training in the preparation of laboratory reports and data analysis techniques, as well as aspects relating to health and safety in the laboratory. Assessment: 90.0% Practical, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Practical Chemistry 1 | CHE301 | Advanced Practical Chemistry 1Credits: 15.0 Description: 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 |
| Organic Synthesis | CHE302P | Organic SynthesisCredits: 15.0 Description: This module covers the techniques used to plan the syntheses of organic compounds, together with a selection of reaction types that may be used in organic synthesis. The aim is to provide you with sufficient knowledge and experience to analyse and evaluate the design of syntheses of molecules of pharmaceutical relevance. The second half is specifically designed to give students an understanding of advanced heterocyclic chemistry, again covering examples that are appropriate to the pharmaceutical industry. The aim here is to enable you to design syntheses of a range of types of heterocyclic compounds and to predict the reactivity of these compounds with a variety of common reagents. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Organic Synthesis | CHE302U | Organic SynthesisCredits: 15.0 Description: The module aims to provide a wide understanding of the occurrence, synthesis and behaviour of organic compounds. Topics to be covered include: theory and application of retrosynthetic analysis, modern heteroatom chemistry, reactive intermediates & aromatic chemistry. The use of spectroscopic techniques as a tool for structure determination in organic chemistry will be embedded within the course. The module builds upon the knowledge of structure and reactivity of organic molecules gained in CHE202. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Topics in Inorganic Chemistry | CHE303P | Topics in Inorganic ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module covers aspects of modern inorganic chemistry. It is essentially divided into two parts viz: modern solid state chemistry and aspects of modern organometallic chemistry. A basic introduction to each topic is given before specialist topics are discussed. The specialist topics vary from year to year. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Topics in Inorganic Chemistry | CHE303U | Topics in Inorganic ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: Prerequisites: Atomic, Molecular and Ionic Structure (CHE111), Transition Metal Chemistry (CHE312). This module covers aspects of modern inorganic chemistry. It is essentially divided into two parts viz: modern solid state chemistry and aspects of modern organometallic chemistry. A basic introduction to each topic is given before specialist topics are discussed. The specialist topics vary from year to year. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Topics in Physical Chemistry | CHE304P | Topics in Physical ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will explore the theory of ionic solutions, the properties of interfaces and the behaviour of molecules at interfaces, and experimental methods for the investigation and characterisation of such systems. This will include discussion of topics such as the conductivity and electrochemistry of ionic solutions, molecular adsorption at interfaces and self-assembly, the structure of solid surfaces and experimental techniques such as atomic force microscopy. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Topics in Physical Chemistry | CHE304U | Topics in Physical ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will explore the theory of ionic solutions, the properties of interfaces and the behaviour of molecules at interfaces, and experimental methods for the investigation and characterisation of such systems. This will include discussion of topics such as the conductivity and electrochemistry of ionic solutions, molecular adsorption at interfaces and self-assembly, the structure of solid surfaces and experimental techniques such as atomic force microscopy. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Computational Chemistry | CHE305P | Computational ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module discusses key approaches in modern theoretical and computational chemistry, including HF, post-HF and DFT methods, and considers the application of such methods to study of the structure, properties and chemical reactivity of individual molecules, and further extended to the study of condensed matter. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
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| Computational Chemistry | CHE305U | Computational ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module discusses key approaches in modern theoretical and computational chemistry, including HF, post-HF and DFT methods, and considers the application of such methods to study of the structure, properties and chemical reactivity of individual molecules, and further extended to the study of condensed matter. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
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| Advanced Pharmaceutical Chemistry | CHE306P | Advanced Pharmaceutical ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is concerned with the principles of drug design, drug discovery and the relationship between the molecular structure of drugs and their biological activity. Topics to be covered include: how candidate drug structures are selected for synthesis, structure activity relationships, physico-chemical properties of compounds and how these may be employed to assist in the selection of drug candidates, organic synthetic methods that are of particular relevance to the preparation of drug-like molecules. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Pharmaceutical Chemistry | CHE306U | Advanced Pharmaceutical ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is concerned with the principles of drug design, drug discovery and the relationship between the molecular structure of drugs and their biological activity. Topics to be covered include: how candidate drug structures are selected for synthesis, structure activity relationships, physico-chemical properties of compounds and how these may be employed to assist in the selection of drug candidates, organic synthetic methods that are of particular relevance to the preparation of drug-like molecules. The module will build upon the knowledge and understanding of pharmaceutical chemistry gained in CHE206, and examines applications of the drug discovery process by focusing on specific disease areas such as cancer, where concepts and methods of current therapies and the structures and mechanisms of action of chemotherapeutic agents are studied. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Bioorganic Chemistry | CHE307 | Bioorganic ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module reviews the chemistry of some important biomolecules, including: peptide chemistry (the synthesis, properties and reactions of aminoacids, and their combination to give peptides); sugar chemistry (sugar nomenclature, sugar protection protocols and synthetic manipulations); nucleosides and nucleotides (representation of DNA and RNA structures, the significance of the purine and pyrimidine ring systems noncovalent interactions, and an introduction to the synthesis and sequencing of oligonucleotides). Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy | CHE308P | Advanced Analytical Chemistry and SpectroscopyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides advanced coverage of topics in instrumental analysis, with illustrations of the applications of such techniques. Topics to be covered include: atomic spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy, separation sciences - gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and hyphenated techniques e.g. GC-MS, LC-MS-MS, ICP-MS, that combine two or more methods to provide improved detection of analytes. There will a strong emphasis on problem-solving in analytical chemistry. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy | CHE308U | Advanced Analytical Chemistry & SpectroscopyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides advanced coverage of topics in instrumental analysis, with illustrations of the applications of such techniques. Topics to be covered include: atomic spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy, separation sciences - gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and hyphenated techniques e.g. GC-MS, LC-MS-MS, ICP-MS, that combine two or more methods to provide improved detection of analytes. There will a strong emphasis on problem-solving in analytical chemistry. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Practical Chemistry 2 | CHE311 | Advanced Practical Chemistry 2Credits: 15.0 Description: This is a level 6 module, but is only available to third year students registered on a four year chemistry-based MSci programme. The module provides experience of advanced methodology in practical chemistry, including experience of using more advanced (research-level) analytical and preparative instrumentation. Students undertake a series of extended experimental procedures and investigations, and are required to produce a detailed report for each. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Professional Skills for Chemists | CHE401 | Professional Skills for ChemistsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module aims at developing students' awareness of the role of chemistry in contemporary societal and global issues and at equipping final year students with the key skills required to address some of the challenges that they are likely to encounter as professional chemists. Topics such as green chemistry, industrial safety, intellectual property and ethical issues arising during professional practice of chemistry will be discussed. This module will particularly focus on developing communication skills that will allow students to evaluate, interpret, synthesise and discuss chemical information effectively and present scientific material to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Biological Chemistry | CHE402 | Advanced Biological ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module focuses on the role of organic compounds in the natural world, with particular reference to biological and pharmaceutical systems. The role of synthetic models for biological systems is examined critically. The aim is to rationalise the properties and reactivity of the principal classes of natural products and to demonstrate the fundamental chemistry behind biochemical reactions in biosynthetic pathways. Major biosynthetic pathways leading to the formation of secondary metabolites are examined from the mechanistic point of view. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Biological Chemistry | CHE402P | Advanced Biological ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: This module focuses on the role of organic compounds in the natural world, with particular reference to biological and pharmaceutical systems. The role of synthetic models for biological systems is examined critically. The aim is to rationalise the properties and reactivity of the principal classes of natural products and to demonstrate the fundamental chemistry behind biochemical reactions in biosynthetic pathways. Major biosynthetic pathways leading to the formation of secondary metabolites are examined from the mechanistic point of view. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework |
| Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry | CHE403P | Advanced Topics in Inorganic ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry | CHE403U | Advanced Topics in Inorganic ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry | CHE404P | Advanced Topics in Physical ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry | CHE404U | Advanced Topics in Physical ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry | CHE405P | Advanced Topics in Organic ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: The module is designed to give you a detailed understanding of stereochemistry, an appreciation of the relevance of this topic to the activity and regulatory requirements of small-molecule pharmaceuticals, and a detailed knowledge of the methods available to generate single enantiomers of pharmaceutical relevance. Furthermore the module will provide you with an overview of the principles, practicalities and applications of contemporary catalytic methodology of relevance to drug discovery and manufacture within the pharmaceutical industry. The aim is to furnish you with sufficient knowledge that you will be able to appraise and develop synthetic strategies for the synthesis of complex organic molecules using catalytic methodology. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry | CHE405U | Advanced Topics in Organic ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: The module is designed to give you a detailed understanding of stereochemistry, an appreciation of the relevance of this topic to the activity and regulatory requirements of small-molecule pharmaceuticals, and a detailed knowledge of the methods available to generate single enantiomers of pharmaceutical relevance. Furthermore the module will provide you with an overview of the principles, practicalities and applications of contemporary catalytic methodology of relevance to drug discovery and manufacture within the pharmaceutical industry. The aim is to furnish you with sufficient knowledge that you will be able to appraise and develop synthetic strategies for the synthesis of complex organic molecules using catalytic methodology. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Drug Design and Development | CHE406P | Drug Design and DevelopmentCredits: 15.0 Description: The aim of the module is to focus on drug discovery and development using a number of case studies and the most recent advances in the pharmaceutical chemistry approaches. At the end of this module students should be able to discuss the physical and chemical approaches to the design and development of new drugs and be aware of the physiological/pharmacological issues that need to be considered before a drug can be used clinically. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| The Rise and Fall of the Hero(ine) | COM7032 | The Rise and Fall of the Hero(ine)Credits: 15.0 Description: From Ariosto's epos Orlando furioso to Mario Vargas Llosa's A discreet hero, modernism in literature and literary theory has been conditioned by critical appreciations of what might constitute the heroic. Today, in the age of the star-cult and media-assisted idolatry as secular forms of worship, questions about the status of the heroic in society and its artistic representation have again been raised by literary scholars, cultural theorists, sociologists, and psychologists alike. How appropriate a conception is the heroic in our time? Should in our time social engagement, Zivilcourage and bravery in military action be regarded as equally fit for being labelled 'heroic¿. Likewise, modern discourses on the anti-heroic have dominated literature since the emergence of the fool as a credible protagonist in the Renaissance. The anti-heroic is often associated with the `crisis of subjectivity¿ and the disintegration of the Ich. This seminar is to examine exemplary texts and cultural phenomena linked with this dual approach to the heroic. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical |
| Cultures of Comparison | COM7200 | Cultures of ComparisonCredits: 30.0 Description: This core module looks at the history of the discipline, important debates during its existence, and recent interventions about its place in the Humanities today. Comparison leads to numerous questions of cross-cultural expression - literary, cultural and theoretical: the tensions of identity and difference, the nature of texts, the rôle of the author, mythology, post-colonial theory, gender studies, philosophical issues, translation studies, and other art forms such as music and fine art. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Mapping Twentieth-Century Latin American Fiction | COM7202 | Mapping Twentieth-Century Latin American FictionCredits: 30.0 Description: "The material covered in this Cultural History course is approached from a trans-Latin American comparative perspective. The module explores the various paths to literary modernisation which the Latin American novel undertook in the second half of the twentieth century, across the historically defined Caribbean, Andean, River Plate and Brazilian cultural regions. Focusing upon major landmarks of modern Latin American fiction, the course provides students with an understanding of these texts in the light of both the specific socio-political processes and the theoretical and aesthetic debates to which they are articulated." Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Postcolonial Studies Today | COM7203 | Postcolonial Studies TodayCredits: 30.0 Description: Why, after having such a massive impact on the study of literature, is postcolonial studies now thought by some to be obsolete? This module will consider multiple explanations for the so-called crisis in postcolonial studies today. We will examine the views of scholars who have taken the field to task for its restricted canon and capitulation to the global marketplace (Lazarus, Huggan, Brouillette). In addition, we will study alternative models such as "world literature" and environmental studies (Moretti, Nixon). Are these approaches more suited to address the economic, cultural and ecological disparities thrown up by globalisation? We will meditate these questions with the help of a range of postcolonial literary works by Amitav Ghosh, Derek Wacott, Mahasweta Devi and J.M. Coetzee, among others. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture I (a) | CON4061 | Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture I (a)Credits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module is available under the 'QMUL Model'. It is designed for students who have an interest in Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture. The module emphasises the global importance of Mandarin Chinese language and culture and is intended for beginner learners. It develops students' ability to operate practically and effectively in the target language and is suitable for students following the QMUL Model. The QMUL Model builds on the existing QMUL Graduate Attributes, which include an aspiration that QM graduates 'should be able to operate in more than one language' alongside the aspiration to optimize the employability of our graduates.The challenge of learning a language develops the greater cultural and political awareness, which is a crucial aspect of being an educated 'global citizen'. The overall aims for this Module are to help students to develop a sound foundation in Mandarin Chinese language alongside an ability to communicate in a confident and competent manner. The syllabus is liberally supplemented with authentic listening and reading material against a backdrop of a carefully designed and progressive grammar syllabus. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical
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| Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture I (b) | CON4062 | Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture I (b)Credits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module is available under the 'QMUL Model'. It is designed for students who have an interest in Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture. The module emphasises the global importance of Mandarin Chinese language and culture and is intended for students with a basic user knowledge of the language. It develops the ability of students to operate practically and effectively in the target language and is suitable for students following the QMUL Model. The QMUL Model builds on the existing QMUL Graduate Attributes, which include an aspiration that QM graduates 'should be able to operate in more than one language' alongside the aspiration to optimize the employability of our graduates. The challenge of learning a language develops the greater cultural and political awareness, which is a crucial aspect of being an educated 'global citizen'. The overall aims for this Module are to help students to develop a sound foundation in Mandarin Chinese language alongside an ability to communicate in a confident and competent manner. The syllabus is liberally supplemented with authentic listening and reading material against a backdrop of a carefully designed and progressive grammar syllabus. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 25.0% Practical, 25.0% Coursework
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| Madness, Past and Present | COM210 | Madness, Past and PresentCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in HSS QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module examines how madness has been constructed and represented in western culture from the late Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. It looks at the medical and popular notions of madness prevailing at crucial historical moments, and analyses the ways in which the main themes related to madness (fragmentation, folly, lovesickness, alienation, melancholy, delusion, derangement) have been explored and exploited in a wide selection of genres, such as autobiography, diary writing, the novel, the short story, epic poetry, theatre and film. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| The Scene of Writing | COM300 | The Scene of WritingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module aims to acquaint students with a varied corpus of fictional and theoretical writings around the theme of the author. There are two main aims: to explore the ways in which authorship is thematized and represented in literature, film and the visual arts, and to examine changes in the ways authors have been perceived in critical and theoretical writings about literature and cinema. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Kleist and Kafka: The Stories & Letters | COM4002 | Kleist and Kafka: The Stories & LettersCredits: 15.0 Description: Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) and Franz Kafka (1883-1924) are arguably two of the most iconic writers in German language literature. In fact, both the 'Kleistian' style of writing and the `Kafkaesque' as an atmospheric indicator have acquired a proverbial status. Kafka repeatedly paid homage to Kleist as one of his literary `models¿. This module will focus on Kleist¿s prose, including some of his letters, comparing his achievement in both genres with that of Kafka and his most important prose. Some of their common themes like justice, guilt, and the obscure will be considered in their respective contexts. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| German Romanticism in its European Context | COM4004 | German Romanticism in its European ContextCredits: 15.0 Description: Romanticism was one of the defining periods in modern cultural history. Religious, philosophical and (para-)scientific phenomena were hotly debated, psychology was established and an awareness of politics became a dominant fact of life. Given wide-spread censorship the literary journal and the salon emerged as most important fora for debate. Aesthetically, a particular attraction of Romanticism was the sharing of closely related artistic experiences, such as the affirmation of sensuality and the eternal yearning for temporary fulfilment, throughout Europe for some five decades. Structured round a series of themes, this course will put German examples into the context of the European movement as a whole. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Catalan Culture: Art, Literature and Football | COM4011 | Catalan Culture: Art, Literature and FootballCredits: 15.0 Description: This module offers a general introduction to modern and contemporary Catalan culture from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. Topics covered include: nationalism; the politics of language; the avant--garde art of Salvador Dalà and Miró; literature; football. There is no language requirement for this module; therefore it is suitable for students with no knowledge of Catalan and Spanish. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Paris in Art | COM4023 | Paris in ArtCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces students to the historical, political, social and artistic life of Paris (19th - 21st century), through the study of a range of visual media, including painting, photography, film, posters, bande dessinée, as well as related texts. Topics will include: representations of Paris by artists from Impressionism to Surrealism; International Exhibitions; Paris as spectacle; Paris and revolution (1848, 1968); imagining Paris tomorrow. Students will acquire analytical tools to discuss visual documents in relation to historical and cultural issues. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Brief Encounters: Short Stories and Tall Tales | COM4200 | Brief Encounters: Short Stories and Tall TalesCredits: 15.0 Description: 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
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| The Scene of Learning | COM4201 | The Scene of LearningCredits: 15.0 Description: "We will be comparing and contrasting a range of texts drawn from a number of different cultural contexts in which the processes of teaching and learning figure prominently. You will be encouraged to reflect on your status as learners and on learning experiences more generally, considering your experiences to date as well as your expectations as to what a university education can offer and provide." Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Understanding Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Theory | COM4202 | Understanding Culture: An Introduction to Cultural TheoryCredits: 15.0 Description: "Building on your knowledge of literature, art, history, and science - and at the same time expanding this knowledge and challenging its certainties - this course will give you insight into all the major approaches to culture since the nineteenth century. It analyses various definitions of culture and explores the historical contexts in which they were formulated and gained currency, always with an eye on current developments and issues. The course is highly interactive, taught as one two-hour unit per week (consisting of a lecture followed immediately by discussion)." Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| The Opposite of Science. How to analyse poems | COM4204 | The Opposite of Science. How to analyse poemsCredits: 15.0 Description: The aim of the module is to introduce students to the art of poetry analysis in a comparative context. To this end, we will work together on a series of poems in a variety of languages, some of which will have been chosen by the module teacher and others by the students. The module will be divided into three three-week blocks, concerned respectively with sound, shape and sense. For each block, students will be required to demonstrate what they have learned either by giving a class presentation or by writing a commentary exercise on a suitable poem of their choice. By the end of the module, then, students will have given one class presentation, which will be worth 10 percent of the final mark, and written two commentary exercises of not more than 1500 words, worth 20 per cent each. These will be due in weeks 4, 8 and 11 respectively. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical
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| European Literature and its Contexts | COM4205 | European Literature and its ContextsCredits: 30.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in HSS QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: "This module introduces students to a variety of key literary and cultural figures, periods and movements that have influenced the development of literature and culture across Europe over the centuries. We begin in the first semester with classical Greece, before moving on, via the medieval period, the renaissance, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, to the enlightenment and Romanticism. In the second semester, the focus is upon twentieth-century developments in particular: Modernism, Existentialism, feminism, Structuralism and post-modernism. Through the study of texts from a wide range of genres (philosophical writings, short stories, poetry, drama, essays and film) and originating not only from a variety of eras but also locations (for example, Greece, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, England, Russia), an overview of the contexts and developments of European literature will be provided." Assessment: 90.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical
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| European Literature and its Contexts | COM4205A | European Literature and its ContextsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces students to a variety of key literary and cultural figures, periods and movements that have influenced the development of literature and culture across Europe over the centuries. We begin in the first semester with classical Greece, before moving on, via the medieval period, the renaissance, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, to the enlightenment and Romanticism. In the second semester, the focus is upon twentieth-century developments in particular: Modernism, Existentialism, feminism, Structuralism and post-modernism. Through the study of texts from a wide range of genres (philosophical writings, short stories, poetry, drama, essays and film) and originating not only from a variety of eras but also locations (for example, Greece, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, England, Russia), an overview of the contexts and developments of European literature will be provided. Assessment: 90.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical |
| European Literature and its Contexts | COM4205B | European Literature and its ContextsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces students to a variety of key literary and cultural figures, periods and movements that have influenced the development of literature and culture across Europe over the centuries. We begin in the first semester with classical Greece, before moving on, via the medieval period, the renaissance, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, to the enlightenment and Romanticism. In the second semester, the focus is upon twentieth-century developments in particular: Modernism, Existentialism, feminism, Structuralism and post-modernism. Through the study of texts from a wide range of genres (philosophical writings, short stories, poetry, drama, essays and film) and originating not only from a variety of eras but also locations (for example, Greece, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, England, Russia), an overview of the contexts and developments of European literature will be provided. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Introduction to Comparison | COM4206 | Introduction to ComparisonCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module builds on the knowledge acquired in Introduction to Literature. It aims to familiarise you with Comparative Literature as an academic discipline and to help you develop key comparatist skills such as comparative commentary writing and passage selection. Drawing on a corpus of primary texts centring on Robinson Crusoe, the module aims to explore the various ways in which texts can be connected and compared, as well as the reasoning behind such endeavours. In addition to activities traditionally associated with Comparative Literature such as reception and influence studies, the module will also examine recent developments in the discipline, notably theories of intertextuality, translation studies and postcolonial/area studies. The entire module counts towards the QMUL Model. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Memories of WWII In French Literature, Film and Art | COM5001 | Memories of WWII In French Literature, Film and ArtCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces you to French experiences of the 'annees noires' (the 'dark years') of the German Occupation of France and more especially to the ways in which these have been remembered, represented and interpreted in the art, film and literature of post-war France. It examines the reasons for this period's uneasy status as 'unfinished history' and explores some of the creative representations and reinterpretations of events that have been produced from the aftermath of war through to the present day. The module also involves the study of contemporary theories about cultural memory, from France and elsewhere. It considers how these theories have evolved and explores productive ways of drawing upon them to interpret the primary works studied. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Art in France: Manet to Early Picasso | COM5003 | Art in France: Manet to Early PicassoCredits: 15.0 Description: This module explores early modernist painting in France from Manet to the beginnings of Cubism. It focuses mainly on the works of Manet (from his Déjeuner sur l'herbe 1863), Monet, Morisot, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Picasso's early paintings (including Les Demoiselles d¿Avignon, 1906-7). Paintings will be discussed both as an aesthetic and a social practice. Topics studied include: the spectacle of the modern city, gender and representation, the dialogue between art and literature, the influence of non-European art forms, realism v modernism. No prior knowledge of art history is needed. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
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| German Romanticism in its European Context | COM5004 | German Romanticism in its European ContextCredits: 15.0 Description: Romanticism was one of the defining periods in modern cultural history. Religious, philosophical and (para-)scientific phenomena were hotly debated, psychology was established and an awareness of politics became a dominant fact of life. Given wide-spread censorship the literary journal and the salon emerged as most important fora for debate. Aesthetically, a particular attraction of Romanticism was the sharing of closely related artistic experiences, such as the affirmation of sensuality and the eternal yearning for temporary fulfilment, throughout Europe for some five decades. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| German Thought I: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud | COM5008 | German Thought I: Marx, Nietzsche, FreudCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces students to three of the major thinkers in nineteenth- and twentieth-century German thought, all of whom have exerted a global impact: Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud. Topics explored will include Marx's theories of political economy, ideology, and culture; Nietzsche's philosophy of language and his critique of religion; and Freud's ideas about the unconscious in their relation to both psychoanalytic practice and to broader theories of culture. Texts will be taught in English translation. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Grand Tours: Nineteenth-Century Adventure Stories and Their Twentieth-Century Afterlives | COM5010 | Grand Tours: Nineteenth-Century Adventure Stories and Their Twentieth-Century AfterlivesCredits: 15.0 Description: "This comparative module will introduce students to the immensely popular and influential form of the nineteenth-century adventure story. Through detailed examination of both European and American works, we will consider the ways in which the adventure story fulfills the traditional imperatives of works for young readers (i.e. to both educate and entertain) through its combination of fantasy and realist modes. The extent to which such stories justify their widespread reputation as imperialist and misogynistic will also be considered. We will also study subsequent adaptations (especially film versions) of the texts, which both reflect and contribute to the reception of the original works as well as providing insights into twentieth-century preoccupations and attitudes. Texts will be studied in translation and associate students are welcome." Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Latin America: Key Concepts | COM5012 | Latin America: Key ConceptsCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in HSS QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This course examines, from a global perspective, the historical processes that gave rise to modern Latin America and shaped its diverse societies. Focusing on a range of seminal texts, the module explores the intellectual debates that have accompanied the building of the nation-states we know today, and provides an insight into the multiple political, ethnic and cultural traditions that characterise the countries of the region. The course also provides key theoretical and analytical concepts specific to the study of Latin American cultural history. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Russian Short Stories: The Twentieth Century | COM5021 | Russian Short Stories: The Twentieth CenturyCredits: 15.0 Description: While the novel has enjoyed a privileged status for much of the twentieth century, for important periods the short story dominated Russian culture. After defining and analyzing the specific features of the short story form, its theorizations, long critical neglect and the prejudice against it as a fragmentary form, this course focuses on periods where short stories came to the fore in Russia: the beginning and end of the century and the period of World War Two. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Experiments in Contemporary Women's Writing | COM503 | Experiments in Contemporary Women's WritingCredits: 15.0 Description: The module examines contemporary women's writing, focusing on experimental works across genres and cultures (mainly UK, US, Europe, Europe's former colonies). It explores within a comparative framework the interweaving of women's writing with culturally specific debates about identity, society, feminism / post-feminism. Themes are selected each year froma range including: life-writing; trauma and testimony; women and language; women and genre; magic realism, myth and the fantastic; exile and migration; bodies, sexuality and desire; mothering; monstrosity and the abject. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Homeward Bound: From The Odyssey to O Brother Where Art Thou? | COM504 | Homeward Bound: From The Odyssey to O Brother Where Art Thou?Credits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in HSS QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module explores the extraordinary influence of Homer's Odyssey upon a rich collection of texts from different genres, periods, and cultures. Students will develop an understanding of themes of travel, hospitality, and storytelling, and literary modes including the epic, the realist and the comic. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Witnessing: Positioning Yourself in the Present | COM509 | Witnessing: Positioning Yourself in the PresentCredits: 30.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in HSS QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: If you're interested in commenting on the contemporary world, or fancy yourself as a writer or journalist, 'Witnessing' offers you the chance to engage with the present while exploring how it relates to the past. Class study will examine the theory and practice of witnessing across a range of texts (journalism, theory, literature and poetry) and cultures (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Questions of subjectivity/objectivity, cultural perspective, political and historical context and ethical stance feed into your writing of your own witnessing text - you choose what you want to focus on. Learning is structured around the questions that you bring to seminar discussion; your writing opens up your enquiry. Assessment: 85.0% Coursework, 15.0% Practical
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| Colonial Literatures, Post Colonial Perspectives | COM5200 | Colonial Literatures, Post Colonial PerspectivesCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in HSS QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module will introduce students to a selection of novels and short fiction written within the context of the European colonisation of South Asia, South East Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas (within any given year a maximum of three of these regions will be studied). The focus of the module will be upon non-European authors, and by extension upon the experience of colonialism from a non-European perspective. Texts will be contextualised in relation to the history of European colonisation within the relevant regions, and will also involve some consideration of post-colonial theory and its broader relevance to the discipline of Comparative Literature. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Facts and Fictions of Climate Change | COM5205 | Facts and Fictions of Climate ChangeCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: Selected HSS students from the following Schools: School of Languages, Linguistics and Film, School of Geography, and School of English and Drama (Department of English only). QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module studies climate change through a humanistic lens, and questions how humans attempt to know, experience, and express the phenomenon of climate change. Focusing on a variety of genres (climate fiction novels, journalism, political documents, documentary films), the module investigates the construction of "fact" in cultural engagements with climate change. How do we attempt to know climate change, and more broadly, to imagine the ends of the earth and of geological time? Through an exploration of such questions, students will consider how literary study and humanistic thought can contribute to current political and scientific conversations on the issue of climate change. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| To Be Continued: Adaptations of Global Literary Classics | COM5206 | To Be Continued: Adaptations of Global Literary ClassicsCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in HSS QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module explores the diverse ways in which canonical texts from around the world have been adapted for new audiences into a wide range of media including graphic novels, theatre, fashion and film. We challenge common assumptions about the inferiority of adaptations, which are shown instead to offer considerable insights into the contexts from which they emerge and the source texts from which they are derived. A theoretical overview is followed by examination of three case studies based on works such as 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and Chinese classic 'Journey to the West'. Students will apply their knowledge to a real-world setting by devising an exhibition. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Photography the Self and its Image | COM6001 | Photography the Self and its ImageCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines how photographic images and processes are used to understand and give accounts of the self. Focusing on experimental self-narratives and specific image types (e.g. self-portraits, family photography, art photography, phototexts), it considers the shifting meanings of photography as a tool of self-knowledge. It explores tensions between self-documentary and self-invention, and the ways in which these tensions are inflected as photographic technologies change. Students will be introduced to key theories and concepts for the analysis of photography in self-narrative and to practitioners from a range of cultural backgrounds. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Constellations: Online Anthology Group Project | COM6002 | Constellations: Online Anthology Group ProjectCredits: 30.0 Description: Working in groups, students will design and build an online anthology on a theme (or other organisational principle) of their choosing. Students will analyse existing anthologies in both academic and commercial contexts, and receive necessary IT training before going on to create their own anthology. This will include an introduction, a series of extracts in a range of media and commentaries on those extracts. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Proust | COM6004 | ProustCredits: 15.0 Description: Proust is one of the major European novelists of the last century, whose work 'In Search of Lost Time' has been a constant inspiration to readers, other writers, and thinkers about literature. The module will concentrate on the first volume ('The Way by Swann's') and the last ('Finding Time Again'), initially offering a general presentation of these main subdivisions and considering a number of major themes and patterns that recur from one volume to another, such as love, desire, and sexuality; history; and social structures. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| German Thought II: Political Thought in the Twentieth Century | COM6005 | German Thought II: Political Thought in the Twentieth CenturyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will investigate some of the major developments and tendencies in twentieth-century German thought, paying particular attention to political thought and its relation to twentieth century German history and cultural production. Key subjects studied may include a selection of the following: German-Jewish thought and Zionism, Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School, Phenomenology, Philosophical Anthropology, Constitutional Theory. Texts will be studied in translation. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| The Mexican Revolution and its Aftermath | COM6009 | The Mexican Revolution and its AftermathCredits: 15.0 Description: This course examines the historical background to the Revolution and the profound impact that this first major revolution of the twentieth century (1910-1917) had on the society and culture of modern Mexico. It focuses on the ways in which Mexican artists, writers and intellectuals responded to and engaged with the processes the revolution unchained. The course will look at Mexican Muralism and the writings of authors such as José Vasconcelos, Octavio Paz, Juan Rulfo, Elena Poniatowska and Carlos Fuentes. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Grand Tours: Nineteenth-Century Adventure Stories and Their Twentieth-Century Afterlives | COM6010 | Grand Tours: Nineteenth-Century Adventure Stories and Their Twentieth-Century AfterlivesCredits: 15.0 Description: This comparative module will introduce students to the immensely popular and influential form of the nineteenth-century adventure story. Through detailed examination of both European and American works, we will consider the ways in which the adventure story fulfills the traditional imperatives of works for young readers (i.e. to both educate and entertain) through its combination of fantasy and realist modes. The extent to which such stories justify their widespread reputation as imperialist and misogynistic will also be considered. We will then study subsequent adaptations (especially film versions) of the texts, which Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Surrealism | COM6029 | SurrealismCredits: 15.0 Description: This interdisciplinary module focuses on the art, literature, politics and theory of Dada and Surrealism. Students will study surrealist painting (Dali, Magritte, Kahlo), collage (Ernst), photography (Man Ray, Cahun), film (Dalà and Buñuel, Artaud, Dulac), poetry (Desnos, Eluard), and politics (Breton). Topics to be studied include: art and psychoanalysis, art and politics, art and revolution, gender identity, and representation. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Sotsgorod: Cities in Russia and Eastern Europe | COM6039 | Sotsgorod: Cities in Russia and Eastern EuropeCredits: 15.0 Description: During the 20th and 21st centuries, Russian and Eastern European cities have been characterized by radical upheavals and reconfigurations: most dramatically, by wartime annihilations of human beings and built fabrics; and most lastingly, by the attempt to build and to unbuild something known as the 'socialist city'. This module will explore the urban experience of Eastern Europe through the prism of socialism and post-socialism. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Migrant Words: Language Communities Translating Latinx Culture in the US | COM6043 | Migrant Words: Language Communities Translating Latinx Culture in the USCredits: 30.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students in HSS at Level 6 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: Through a range of genres, we will think critically about Latinxs and the cultural production of this fastest-growing demographic group in the US. We will do so at the intersection of multiple fields (including Latinx, Hispanic, American, ethnic studies; comparative literature; translation, multilingualism, and migration studies), taking into account intersectionality in terms of language-based identities, race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality when constructing subjectivities in light of power relations and global cultural hegemonies. No prior knowledge of Spanish is needed. Assessment: 80.0% Coursework, 20.0% Practical
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| Schools for Scandal: Sexual Fictions from Venus in the Cloister to Venus in Furs | COM606 | Schools for Scandal: Sexual Fictions from Venus in the Cloister to Venus in FursCredits: 15.0 Description: This module explores a range of erotic, libertine and pornographic texts from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. It includes so-called 'whore dialogues' (Venus in the Cloister), best-selling novels (Fanny Hill, and Thérèse philosophe), and some well-known works by the Marquis de Sade, and Sacher-Masoch. It will examine the ways in which sex, gender, and sexuality are represented within these and other texts from the period, and explore past and present constructions of pornography and literature. Warning: this module contains sexually explicit material. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Migration in Contemporary European Literature and Film | COM607 | Migration in Contemporary European Literature and FilmCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines contemporary works of literature and film revolving around the topics of migration and transcultural experiences. It is designed to familiarize students with some key themes and concepts in the field, such as displacement and diaspora, memory and belonging, language and identity, cultural hybridity and third space. By exploring texts and films originally produced in English, French and German , it will take a comparative stance, considering the differences and similarities between the migration experiences - and their artistic manifestations - in different western European countries. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Comparative Literature Research Project | COM6201 | Comparative Literature Research ProjectCredits: 30.0 Description: Entry to this module will not be automatic. All students wishing to take this module must meet the entry requirements, present an approved topic and have an agreed supervisor. It is designed to enable suitably qualified final-year students to pursue a sustained piece of individual or group research on an agreed topic which may not necessarily be covered in the taught modules. Introductory group sessions on research methods will be followed by individual supervision. You should note that failure to provide evidence of satisfactory progress will lead to de-registration. Assessment: 90.0% Dissertation, 10.0% Coursework
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| Comparative Modernisms: The Case of China and India | COM6203 | Comparative Modernisms: The Case of China and IndiaCredits: 15.0 Description: 'Make it new!' Ezra Pound famously urged, coining a slogan for the literary movement of Modernism. As Western writers attempted to remake literature in the early 20th century, many turned East, to Asia, for innovation. At the same time, Asian writers also sought literary newness as they navigated changing socio-political tides. This module introduces Modernism as a comparative transnational movement, exploring imaginations of "China" and "India" in Euro-American texts alongside major Chinese and Indian works. Students will gain an understanding of Modernism, 20th century Chinese and Indian literatures, and theories of cross-cultural comparison and world literature. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Representations of Consciousness in Modern British and American Literature | COM6205 | Representations of Consciousness in Modern British and American LiteratureCredits: 15.0 Description: The module examines the legacy of the modernist thematic concern with interiority and subjectivity, and specifically with the literary presentation and representation of consciousness in post-war British and American literature. It begins by looking at two short, monologic plays by Samuel Beckett, 'Krapp's Last Tape' (1958), and 'Not I' (1973), and considers how B.S. Johnson's experimental novel 'The Unfortunates' (1969) and James Kelman's short story 'Not Not While the Giro' (1983), are continuations of, and departures from, Beckett's literary representation of self, consciousness and memory. The module also discusses the philosophical influences on this body of literature, and the influence of Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialism in particular, and considers how a strand of late twentieth-century American fiction shares the concern with the representation of consciousness evinced by Beckett, Johnson and Kelman. It contrasts these writers' focus on memory and consciousness, with the postmodernist preoccupation with solipsism, apparent in two short stories, Lydia Davis' 'Break It Down' (1986) and David Foster Wallace's 'Good Old Neon' (2004), and in David Markson's novel 'Wittgenstein's Mistress' (1988). Students will attend a weekly lecture and seminar; in addition, there will be screenings of alternative versions of the two plays by Samuel Beckett. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| On the Subject of Sex II: Queen to Queer | COM626 | On the Subject of Sex II: Queen to QueerCredits: 15.0 Description: Queer offers exciting, challenging and virulently contested new ways of understanding sex, gender and sexuality. In this module we shall examine the phenomenon in its historical context, exploring in particular its relationship with gay and lesbian studies, feminism, and postmodernism, and tracing its influence in and through various cultural artefacts. We shall also be engaging with core texts of queer theory and seeking to apply its tenets to contemporary culture. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Engineering Materials for Design | DEN5002 | Engineering Materials for DesignCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: Selected students on Engineering programmes in SEMS QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module provides an introduction to engineering materials, providing the student with an understanding of how the structure of materials (metals, polymers, ceramics and composites) influences their properties and performance when used in products and how these properties can be improved. It will cover how to structure business and financial plans and how to produce them, as well as providing an understanding of project management methodologies. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Design For Manufacture | DEN5101 | Design For ManufactureCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will develop strategies to identify product requirements, identify design constraints, think creatively, solve problems and identify solutions. It will examine how 3D CAE can be used to create detailed design drawings, create simple assemblies, manufacture prototypes, real parts and also how analytical models such as finite element analysis can be used to evaluate designs. A wide range of different processing techniques will be examined. Various strategies such as failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) that can be used to evaluate the design risk, will be described to determine 'safe' design. The role of inspection and statistical process control techniques in ensuring a robust design and manufacturing process will be examined. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
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| Solid Mechanics | DEN5102 | Solid MechanicsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module further develops material taught in the first year with respect to stresses and strains in components and how they may be designed to prevent failure. It considers plane stress and strain conditions, using matrix notation to describe these conditions and the failure criteria that may be applied to these systems. It also considers complex bending conditions in asymmetric and composite beams and the stability of struts. Examples will be drawn from applications in aerospace, mechanical and medical engineering. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Energy Conversion Analysis | DEN5107 | Energy Conversion AnalysisCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will develop the ideas introduced in DEN4006 Energy Conversion Systems and study how energy conversion systems can be analysed quantitatively. To do this it will use many of the concepts and fundamental laws introduced in DEN107. It will also analyse reacting flows with particular reference to combustion and their application to the analysis of internal combustion engines. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Engineering Instrumentation | DEN5109 | Engineering InstrumentationCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is focused on transducers and their uses in engineering control systems. It studies methods of taking measurements, and motor and actuator theory, reviewing important transducer characteristics and the methodology for selecting an appropriate transducer. In relation to this, the module also covers methods of acquiring data from transducers, and effectively processing electronic signals. All aspects of the module content are brought together in a problem based learning exercise, involving the control of a robotic arm. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Grad, div and curl: Vector Calculus for Engineering | DEN5122 | Grad, div and curl: Vector Calculus for EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: This module builds on DEN4122/4123 Mathematics and Computing 1/2 to provide students with knowledge of more advanced mathematical and computing techniques that are essential for Engineering students. Topics covered are basics of vector calculus, vector and scalar fields, gradient of scalar fields, optimisation, div and curl of vector fields, vector integration, integral theorems, curvilinear coordinates, application to derivation of the Navier-Stokes Equations. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Control Systems Analysis and Design | DEN5200 | Control Systems Analysis and DesignCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is focused on the basic principles of control systems analysis and design and its application to engineering systems in relation to mechanical, medical, electro-mechanical and aerospace systems. The students will acquire the skill of designing a control system for a particular application. They will also gain practical experience in analysis and design of a typical control system with MATLAB using the theoretical knowledge gained in lectures and problem solving sessions. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics I | DEN5208 | Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics ICredits: 15.0 Description: The role of chemical kinetics and thermodynamics in materials science. The module will begin wilth derivation and description of some fundamental kinematics and thermodynamic phenomena such as Gibbs free energy, rate equations, equilibria etc. The effect of variables such as temperature and pressure will be examined. The module will go and to demonstrate with examples how these can be applied to solve problems for gas, solution, and solid phase scenarios with a particular emphasis on polymer synthesis. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture II (a) | CON5061 | Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture II (a)Credits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module is available under the 'QMUL Model'. It is designed for students who have an interest in Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture. The module emphasises the global importance of Mandarin Chinese language and culture and is intended for low intermediate learners. It develops students' ability to operate practically and effectively in the target language and is suitable for students following the QMUL Model. The QMUL Model builds on the existing QMUL Graduate Attributes, which include an aspiration that QM graduates 'should be able to operate in more than one language' alongside the aspiration to optimize the employability of our graduates. The challenge of learning a language develops the greater cultural and political awareness, which is a crucial aspect of being an educated 'global citizen'. The overall aims for this Module are to help students to develop a growing foundation in Mandarin Chinese language alongside an ability to communicate in a confident and competent manner. The syllabus is liberally supplemented with authentic listening and reading material against a backdrop of a carefully designed and progressive grammar syllabus. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical
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| Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture II (b) | CON5062 | Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture II (b)Credits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module is available under the 'QMUL Model'. It is designed for students who have an interest in Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture. The module emphasises the global importance of Mandarin Chinese language and culture and is intended for intermediate learners. It develops students' ability to operate practically and effectively in the target language and is suitable for students following the QMUL Model. The QMUL Model builds on the existing QMUL Graduate Attributes, which include an aspiration that QM graduates 'should be able to operate in more than one language' alongside the aspiration to optimize the employability of our graduates. The challenge of learning a language develops the greater cultural and political awareness, which is a crucial aspect of being an educated 'global citizen'. The overall aims for this Module are to help students to develop a growing foundation in Mandarin Chinese language alongside an ability to communicate in a confident and competent manner. The syllabus is liberally supplemented with authentic listening and reading material against a backdrop of a carefully designed and progressive grammar syllabus. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical
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| Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture III (a) | CON6061 | Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture III (a)Credits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: The module is suitable for students with a low intermediate level (CEFR level B1) in Mandarin Chinese. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 25.0% Practical, 25.0% Coursework
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| Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture III (b) | CON6062 | Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture III (b)Credits: 15.0 QMUL Model Available to: All students QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: The module is suitable for students with a low intermediate level (CEFR level B1) in Mandarin Chinese. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical
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| Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture III (a) | CON6066 | Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture III (a)Credits: 0.0 Description: The module is suitable for students with a low intermediate level (CEFR level B1) in Mandarin Chinese. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 25.0% Practical, 25.0% Coursework
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| Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture III (b) | CON6067 | Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture III (b)Credits: 0.0 Description: The module is suitable for students with a low intermediate level (CEFR level B1) in Mandarin Chinese. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework, 25.0% Practical
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| Thermodynamics I | DEN107 | Thermodynamics ICredits: 15.0 Description: This module formally introduces the fundamental principles of general non-equilibrium thermodynamics; it examines applications of single-constituent fluids, and provides background for all applications in engineering. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Studio Practice Year 1 | DEN126 | Studio Practice Year 1Credits: 30.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module seeks to investigate themes within design and engineering that relate to socio cultural and engineering analysis of "Purpose and Performance". It is intended to introduce students to important aspects of design and engineering as a starting point for the synthesis of ideas and innovations in design and engineering. The briefs set out a framework within which the students generate ideas, rather than being directed toward a conventional design outcome or specialist area. This module will run in parallel with the Context module, and encourage students to engage with and understand the value of discourse within design practice which is an interdisciplinary activity of technical and socio cultural creative thinking. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Studio Practice Module Year 2 Human and Machine | DEN212 | Studio Practice Module Year 2 Human and MachineCredits: 30.0 Description: The second year studio practice " Human and Machine " explores how the contemporary designer and engineer can negotiate a changing social, cultural, technological, environmental and political terrain to contextually locate their design activity. It encourages students to adopt a personal, ethical and ideological stance in tackling projects that place their concern within a design and an engineering territory. The module encourages the student to synthesize knowledge and understanding gained from previous modules on the programme including; Studio practice, History and theories, Design and meaning, Aspect of engineering and analysis, Methods and processes and Technical studies. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Low Speed Aerodynamics | DEN233 | Low Speed AerodynamicsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module builds on the concepts introduced in Mechanics of Fluids I to study inviscid, incompressible flow over aircraft wings. The concepts of stream function, velocity potential, vorticity and circulation are developed and exact solutions of flow over some simple two-dimensional bodies are discussed. From this basis, methods are developed for calculating forces and moments on thin wing sections and finite-span wings in low-speed flow. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Stability and Control of Aircraft | DEN303 | Stability and Control of AircraftCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces the classical theory for the stability and control of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft including both the static trim conditions and the dynamic response to symmetrical and asymmetrical control inputs and other disturbances. It provides the student with some of the analytic tools needed to contribute to the design of a safe aircraft. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Aircraft Propulsion | DEN306 | Aircraft PropulsionCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 85.0% Examination, 15.0% Practical
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| Aerospace Structures | DEN307 | Aerospace StructuresCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Third Year Project (BEng/MEng) | DEN318 | Third Year Project (BEng/MEng)Credits: 30.0 Description: The purpose of the project is to provide an in depth knowledge of a particular area of Engineering. The project may typically involve experimentation or computational modelling which will be carried out in an subject area developed together with an academic member of staff (the supervisor). Emphasis will be placed on the analysis, interpretation and discussion of the results or data obtained. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Third Year Project (BEng/BSc(Eng)) | DEN319 | Third Year Project (BEng/BSc(Eng))Credits: 15.0 Description: A 15 credit project specific to BSc(Eng) programmes. The purpose of the project will be to provide knowledge of a particular research area. There will be no set rules concerning format, which will depend on the nature of the subject and personal choice. The project will typically involve experimentation which will be carried out in an associated subject area chosen by a member of academic staff (supervisor). Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| Third Year Project (BEng/BSc(Eng)) | DEN319 | Third Year Project (BEng/BSc(Eng))Credits: 15.0 Description: A 15 credit project specific to BSc(Eng) programmes. The purpose of the project will be to provide knowledge of a particular research area. There will be no set rules concerning format, which will depend on the nature of the subject and personal choice. The project will typically involve experimentation which will be carried out in an associated subject area chosen by a member of academic staff (supervisor). Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation |
| Environmental Engineering | DEN320 | Environmental EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: The module aims to equip students with an appreciation of the impacts of engineering activity on the environment. It provides them with the basic professional skills to recognise, analyse and minimise adverse impacts. The students will be made aware of the variety of impacts that pollution and engineering works can have upon the environment, e.g. air quality, water quality, waste disposal, noise and vibration, transportation. They will be able to analyse and construct predictive models of the processes which control the level and extent of these impacts. They will apply these, working either individually or in multi-disciplinary groups, to realistic case studies involving engineering problems. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Principles and Applications of Medical Imaging | DEN324 | Principles and Applications of Medical ImagingCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides a comprehensive review of the most widely-used methods of imaging in medical and biological science. After an introduction to the parameters that define image quality, modalities, such as MRI and Ultrasound, are considered from the viewpoint of (i) their basic principles (ii) associated instrumentation, (ii) the method of image extraction from the raw data and (iii) the information revealed about the object. A more detailed consideration of image reconstruction is then followed by a discussion of some specialist non-conventional imaging techniques Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Combustion in Automotive Engines | DEN326 | Combustion in Automotive EnginesCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Studio Practice Year 3 GDP Industry Related Design Project | DEN327 | Studio Practice Year 3 GDP Industry Related Design ProjectCredits: 30.0 Description: This module offers a live industrial project in industrial design. This design project is a crucial component of the programme emulates the industrial context of design and engineering whilst exposing the student to the realities of the multidisciplinary group design project. This will provide the opportunity for the student to work alongside practising designers and engineers. The design project brief is generated in collaboration with industry and academic staff to deliver a realistic experience of the live project. The intention is to provide knowledge and understanding of the expectations of professional designers and the engineers, while simultaneously supporting the student in an academic context. Assessment: 60.0% Dissertation, 40.0% Practical
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| Studio Practice Year 3 Individual Design Project Joie de Vivre | DEN329 | Studio Practice Year 3 Individual Design Project Joie de VivreCredits: 30.0 Description: This module offers students the opportunity to work on a complex design project from the initiation of the project to completion of design proposal. The student will experience the critical decision making stages in the design development process and learn to synthesize knowledge and understanding gained from previous modules in design and engineering. They will also learn project management and how creative design work is produced. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Computer Aided Engineering for Solids and Fluids | DEN331 | Computer Aided Engineering for Solids and FluidsCredits: 15.0 Description: This is an introductory module in computational modelling. It covers both computational solids and computational fluids. The most widely used methods such the finite element method are covered. The emphasis is on engineering applications with students being exposed to hands on experience of both solids and fluids commercial packages. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Exploring Aerospace Engineering | DEN4005 | Exploring Aerospace EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: The module aims to engage students in various topics closely associated with aerospace engineering with emphasis on the application of materials. These topics include development, flight testing, aerodynamics, structures, failure, reliability, control, propulsion, maintaining operations, environmental impact. Examples will be used from current and future activities within the aerospace sector. A number of group projects will be undertaken by the students to give them a practical understanding of some of the important aspects of aerospace engineering. Lectures delivered by specialists in the School and elsewhere will be given in many of the specialised topic areas listed above. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Energy Conversion Systems | DEN4006 | Energy Conversion SystemsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module provides an introduction to the role of the Mechanical Engineer. It sets out the basic concepts of engineering science including statics, dynamics, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics and their application to simple engineering systems. It includes an introduction to energy generation from conventional and renewable / sustainable sources, methods of heating and cooling, and the application of the above ideas to an integrated engineering system (the automobile). Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Computational Engineering | DEN401 | Computational EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: This is an advanced module in computational modelling focusing on computational solids. Both finite element method and boundary element method are covered together with applications to medical, aeronautical and mechanical engineering. Hands on experience in solving engineering problems using commercial packages is an important part of the module. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Computational Fluid Dynamics | DEN403 | Computational Fluid DynamicsCredits: 15.0 Description: Following on from an introduction to CFD in DEN331, in this module we deepen our knowledge in various areas. We learn to analyse the properties of discretisations and apply these to simple model equations. We discuss the various aspects of modelling turbulence. In the accompanying laboratory, we learn to generate meshes, solve viscous flow problems on these meshes and perform the relevant analysis of the quality of our simulations. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Clinical Measurements | DEN406 | Clinical MeasurementsCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Robotics | DEN408 | RoboticsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces robotics as an integral part of modern automation, provides an introductory insight into the engineering design and application of robot manipulator systems. It also provides an understanding of kinematics, dynamics and trajectory planning of robotic manipulators, actuators and sensors, principles and roles in robotics. It introduces various aspects of robot modelling and control and problems encountered in robot programming and their remedies. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Aeroelasticity | DEN410 | AeroelasticityCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Mechanics of Fluids I | DEN4101 | Mechanics of Fluids ICredits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: Fluid Dynamics is one of the underpinning sciences in Engineering. Most engineering process involve fluid flow, including flow over aircraft, through combustion engines or cardiovascular flow. In this module we work from first principles to describe the hydrostatic pressure variation, then move on to analyse moving flow using the mass conservation, energy conservation and momentum balance equations. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Engineering Mechanics: Statics | DEN4102 | Engineering Mechanics: StaticsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of stress analysis for linearly elastic materials and their application to simple structures. It focuses on the behaviour of structures in particular beams and shafts, and provides underpinning knowledge for a range of analyses on applications relevant to aerospace, mechanical and medical engineering. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics | DEN4108 | Engineering Mechanics: DynamicsCredits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module provides an introduction to the modelling and analysis of one-degree-of-freedom mechanical systems. It includes analysis of the motion (kinematics) of particles. It then goes on to deal with the forces causing these motions (kinetics) by the application of Newton's laws of motion. After this methods for the solution of the differential equation describing the equation of motion and one-degree-of-freedom vibrations will be studied and this will be applied to the description of vibrations of onedegree-of-freedom mechanical systems. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Vehicular Crashworthiness | DEN411 | Vehicular CrashworthinessCredits: 15.0 Description: The module aims to provide an in-depth description of all aspects related to the design of vehicles with respect to their crashworthiness. Here within are included technical aspects, social aspects and economical aspects, which are finally placed in the context of the total product development processes of current industries. Main parts are: history of crashworthiness, crash tests, structural aspects, material selection and modelling, numerical methods for crash, biomechanics, restraint systems and special aspects related to aerospace and automotive. Assessment: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Examination
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| Surgical Techniques and Safety | DEN412 | Surgical Techniques and SafetyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces students to a wide range of equipment for use in surgery. It looks at the importance of electrical safety within the medical environment, and the rules governing equipment. It also aims to cover the principles of operation of a number of important monitoring devices and some of the major electronic equipment used within a surgical environment. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Mathematics and Computing for Engineers 1 | DEN4122 | Mathematics and Computing for Engineers 1Credits: 15.0 Description: This module provide students with knowledge of basic mathematical and computing techniques that are essential for Engineering students. Topics covered are matrices, linear equations, differentiation, integration, complex numbers and eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Students are introduced to command prompt applications of the numerical and symbolic toolboxes of Matlab. Assessment: 91.0% Examination, 9.0% Coursework
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| Mathematics and Computing for Engineers 2 | DEN4123 | Mathematics and Computing for Engineers 2Credits: 15.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module builds on DEN4122 Mathematics and Computing for Engineers 1 to provide students with knowledge of more advanced mathematical and computing techniques that are essential for Engineering students. Topics covered are basic vector algebra, sequences and series, functions of several variables, ordinary differential equations and multiple integration. Students are introduced to programming techniques using Matlab. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 15.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical
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| Design and Innovation Year 4 Major Design Project | DEN419 | Design and Innovation Year 4 Major Design ProjectCredits: 60.0 Description: Students will be engaged in a self-initiated project of some weight; evolving their own practice and producing new and meaningful design work. Students will be expected to produce design work, which is appropriately contextualised and also produced to high professional standard. The student will experience the critical decision making in the design development process and learn to synthesize knowledge and understanding gained from previous modules in design and engineering. They will also demonstrate project management skills and how creative design work is produced. Assessment: 100.0% Dissertation
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| Advanced Environmental Engineering | DEN420 | Advanced Environmental EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Combustion in Reciprocating Engines | DEN426 | Advanced Combustion in Reciprocating EnginesCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Biomedical Engineering in Urology | DEN430 | Biomedical Engineering in UrologyCredits: 15.0 Description: The course explores a broad range of medical engineering associated with the areas of urology. Topics will include surgical instrumentation, imaging and diagnostics, tissue engineering, catheters, pads and implantable devices and materials. Initially the course 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 NHS clinical engineerings. Assessment: 55.0% Examination, 45.0% Coursework
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| Economics and Management of Sustainable Energy | DEN433 | Economics and Management of Sustainable EnergyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will equip you with the fundamental tools of economics and management principles. You will learn about their application to conventional and sustainable energy conversion powerplants; systems and their components; and life cycle analyses of energy systems. In addition to understanding the key aspects of international energy supply and demand economics, (and their effect on fuel prices and energy sources), you will also consider the effects of national and international energy policy and emissions regulations on the overall energy scene, analyse developments in the energy markets, and assess the overall impact on environmental issues. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Renewable Energy Sources | DEN438 | Renewable Energy SourcesCredits: 15.0 Description: The module aims to equip students with an appreciation of the global energy scene and the impacts of energy production and consumption on the environment. The module provide the students with an understanding of the origin and nature of various renewable/sustainable energy resources, the assessment of their ability to meet our future energy demands, and the design of renewable energy systems. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Engineering Chemistry | DEN4401 | Engineering ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: In this module we build a basic understanding of physical and organic chemistry relevant to chemical Engineering, with particular emphasis on atomic and molecular structure, molecular shape, and chemical bonding. It further builds an understanding of organic chemistry and organic reaction mechanisms with an appreciation for the influence of acids, bases and pH. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Student Centred Learning for Chemical Engineers | DEN4402 | Student Centred Learning for Chemical EngineersCredits: 30.0 QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module provides the essential scientific, practical and design skills for Chemical Engineers. The module material is delivered by means of a combination of brief lectures, hands-on lab sessions, design exercises and group-based problem based learning tasks. Assessment: 45.0% Coursework, 40.0% Examination, 15.0% Practical
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| Introduction to Chemical Reaction Design | DEN4403 | Introduction to Chemical Reaction DesignCredits: 15.0 Description: This module introduces and develops an understanding of reaction rate kinetics of chemical systems and applies this understanding to design of a typical chemical reactor. The module discusses example application areas and basic definitions of Chemical Reaction Engineering, general mole balance for ideal reactors, rate laws and stoichiometry, theories of reaction rates, collection and analysis of batch reactor data, complex reactions, reactor design and sizing, biotechnological applications of reaction kinetics. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Advanced Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics | DENM208 | Advanced Heat Transfer and Fluid MechanicsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module covers advanced topics in heat transfer and fluid mechanics. It develops and builds on ideas in heat transfer commonly found in undergraduate mechanical and energy degree programmes. The following topics will be covered: transient heat conduction; heat exchanger theory and design; phase change; heat transfer in turbulent flows; heat transfer in compressible flows. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Aircraft Design | DENM305 | Advanced Aircraft DesignCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is concerned with the design and performance of a typical aircraft. It covers mission based subsonic aircraft design methodology, areodynamic design, engine design, and noise in propeller and jet driven aircraft, structural design and materials selection. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Computer Aided Engineering for Solids and Fluids | DENM331 | Computer Aided Engineering for Solids and FluidsCredits: 15.0 Description: This is an introductory module in computational modelling. It covers both computational solids and computational fluids. The most widely used methods such the finite element method are covered. The emphasis is on engineering applications with students being exposed to hands on experience of both solids and fluids commercial packages. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Spacecraft Design: Manoeuvring and Orbital Mechanics | DENM335 | Advanced Spacecraft Design: Manoeuvring and Orbital MechanicsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces students to the factors which influence spacecraft design and highlights the need for a systems engineering approach. The module will provide students with a suitable mathematical description of orbital motion in order to understand spacecraft trajectories about the earth and simplified techniques for planning interplanetary space missions. Underlying principles of all spacecraft propulsion technologies are described, with some detailed focus on electric propulsion. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Whole System Design in Sustainable Engineering | DENM433 | Whole System Design in Sustainable EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines the nature of sustainability and various sustainability models before examining the role of national and international government agencies on environmental management. The role of technology is examined, primarily through life cycle analysis, and includes design of products, energy supply, and personal consumption. A particular emphasis will be placed on life cycle analysis of wind, solar and nuclear. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Energy Conversion Analysis | DENM510 | Energy Conversion AnalysisCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will develop the ideas introduced in DEN4006 Energy Conversion Systems and study how energy conversion systems can be analysed quantitatively. To do this it will use many of the concepts and fundamental laws introduced in DEN107. It will also analyse reacting flows with particular reference to combustion and their application to the analysis of internal combustion engines. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Grad, div and curl: Vector Calculus for Engineering | DENM512 | Grad, div and curl: Vector Calculus for EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: This module builds on DEN4122/4123 Mathematics and Computing 1/2 to provide students with knowledge of more advanced mathematical and computing techniques that are essential for Engineering students. Topics covered are basics of vector calculus, vector and scalar fields, gradient of scalar fields, optimisation, div and curl of vector fields, vector integration, integral theorems, curvilinear coordinates, application to derivation of the Navier-Stokes Equations. Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
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| Energy Storage Engineering | DENM600 | Energy Storage EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will give students a thorough understanding of the importance of energy storage in the field of Sustainable Energy Engineering and provide them with an advanced understanding of key processes in the area of electrochemical storage such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells etc. The module will also address fundamental aspects of electrochemistry associated with energy storage devices and introduce the concepts of hydrogen economy, storage and utilisation. It will also cover mechanical and thermal energy storage technologies and discuss aspects related to system integration, with a particular focus on their use for the integration of renewable energy into low-carbon power systems. The module will be delivered through a series of lectures, as well as sessions focused on laboratory practicals and will feature guest lecture from industrial practitioners. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical |
| Introduction to Solar Energy | DENM601 | Introduction to Solar EnergyCredits: 15.0 Description: Solar Energy is an important aspect of Sustainable Energy Engineering. The understanding of key processes within solar energy will provide students with the knowledge needed to progress further within the relevant industry. The module will focus on the following aspects of solar energy: solar insolation, physical background for semi-conductor materials, photovoltaic devices and applications , photocatalysis, learning from nature and photosynthesis, future solutions. The module will be delivered through a series of lectures, as well as sessions focused on laboratory practicals and will feature guest lectures from industrial practitioners. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Aerothermodynamics of Fluid Flows | DEN5242 | Aerothermodynamics of Fluid FlowsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module reviews fundamentals of thermodynamics and introduces compressible flows, formation of waves, Mach number and Mach Wave, Shock-Waves, effect of area change and back pressure on the flow of gases and its application to jet engines and wind tunnels, flow measurement and flow visualization in compressible flows. Students will develop knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of compressible aerodynamics and its implication in aerospace engineering. The second part of the module provides students with a basic knowledge of viscous flows and boundary layers and drag. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Practical
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| Fluid Mechanics of the Cardiovascular System | DEN5300 | Fluid Mechanics of the Cardiovascular SystemCredits: 15.0 Description: This module further develops material taught in the first year about fluid mechanics. It introduces more complex concepts including the role of the boundary layer and the transition from laminar to turbulent flow. It will describe the non-Newtonian nature of blood, haemodynamics and pulsatile flows. It will consider flow in the context of the human cardiovascular system, including the structure of the vascular network and blood vessels, the heart anatomy and cardiac cycle, flow through bifurcations and bypass grafts. It will consider the clinical relevance of the endothelial cell and their function. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Neuromuscular Bioelectricity and Biomechanics | DEN5302 | Neuromuscular Bioelectricity and BiomechanicsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module proposal results from a review of the Undergraduate Engineering programmes in Aerospace / Mechanical / Medical Engineering and is a compulsory module for the Medical Engineering programme. It broadens the programme with topics not previously disucssed at level 5, with the capacity available as a result of delivering more materials content in year 1 of the programme Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Chemical Reaction Engineering 1 | DEN5401 | Chemical Reaction Engineering 1Credits: 15.0 Description: Volumetric efficiency of batch, plug flow, completely mixed flow and recycle reactors; effect of reactor type on product distribution in multiple reactions; design of adiabatic and non-adiabatic reactors; optimum temperature progression for reversible exothermic reactions; reactor stability, pressure effects, feed composition effects, reactor safety; examples will demonstrate the use of these principles on process and bioprocess engineering. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Student Centred Learning for Chemical Engineers 2 | DEN5402 | Student Centred Learning for Chemical Engineers 2Credits: 30.0 QMUL Model Available to: Selected students on Engineering programmes in SEMS QMUL Model themes supported:
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Description: This module provides the essential scientific, practical and design skills for Chemical Engineers. The module material is delivered by means of a combination of brief lectures, hands-on lab sessions, design exercises and group-based problem based learning tasks. Assessment: 85.0% Coursework, 15.0% Practical
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| Industrial Chemistry | DEN5405 | Industrial ChemistryCredits: 15.0 Description: The module will cover aspects of Chemical Process Technology, Surfaces, Adsorption and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Polymeric Materials, Colloids and Surfactants. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Mass Transfer and Separation Processes 1 | DEN5406 | Mass Transfer and Separation Processes 1Credits: 15.0 Description: The module will cover the fundamental concepts in mass transfer and separation processes. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Integrated Chemical Engineering Design | DEN5410 | Integrated Chemical Engineering DesignCredits: 15.0 Description: The learning within this module has been structured around two sections, a first half of the module will be dedicated to general aspects of chemical engineering design and project management such as Health and safety, environmental and economical sustainability. The second half will consist of a 5 week design exercise that is related to the current energy technology challenges and in particular to the renewable energy field. The design exercise will provide students with direct opportunities to apply the concepts learnt during the first half of the module. Working in small groups, students will learn how to to integrate the experimental methods and simulations while training their critical thinking/problem solving, effective team-working, self-directed learning and communication skills. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Practical
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| Engineering Industrial Experience | DEN616 | Engineering Industrial ExperienceCredits: 120.0 Description: Students will be helped to secure a work placement through a range of new initiatives in a company appropriate to the programme. The work placement will normally be a year in length but not less than 6 months. Successful students with a placement will each be allocated a tutor, a SEMS academic in a relevant field, who will wherever practical visit the student twice in the year. Where a visit is not possible the tutor will ensure that there is email and telephone contact with the student. SEMS will also identify a mentor in the workplace at each employer. This person is likely to be their line manager and will be expected to support as well as line-manage the student. Students completing the module will be required to work on a project that will allow them to follow a pathway toward CEng registration approximately three years after graduation; maintain a training diary to be reviewed by their tutor during and after the placement is completed; attend at least one Industrial Liaison Forum to share their experience with other SEMS students; deliver one seminar at QMUL to promote future opportunities at their sponsor; complete a final report on the placement. Assessment: 100.0% Coursework |
| Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics 2 | DEN6208 | Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics 2Credits: 15.0 Description: This module covers more advanced topics in heat transfer, developing the ideas introduced in DEN5208 Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics 1. The following topics will be covered: transient heat conduction; fins; heat exchangers; phase change; turbulent flows; compressible flow. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Aircraft Design | DEN6305 | Aircraft DesignCredits: 15.0 Description: 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. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Tissue Mechanics | DEN6311 | Tissue MechanicsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is concerned with natural biological materials and how design is optimised for appropriate function. It reviews the structure and composition of natural biological materials and their resulting mechanical properties, before covering how these build to make the wide range of biological structures we see in nature. The methods by which structures are able to function effectively within their natural load environment are also covered, in addition to how they may change with age, disease or damage. It brings this together considering the current methods for characterizing and investigating structure-function in tissues and the latest understanding and thinking which is driving the field. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Spacecraft Design: Manoeuvring and Orbital Mechanics | DEN6335 | Spacecraft Design: Manoeuvring and Orbital MechanicsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces students to the factors which influence spacecraft design and highlights the need for a systems engineering approach. The module will provide students with a suitable mathematical description of orbital motion in order to understand spacecraft trajectories about the earth and simplified techniques for planning interplanetary space missions. Underlying principles of all spacecraft propulsion technologies are described, with some detailed focus on electric propulsion. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| High Speed Aerodynamics | DEN6405 | High Speed AerodynamicsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module reviews fundamentals of thermodynamics and introduces compressible flows and moves towards more advanced topics in compressible flows. Oblique shock waves, expansion waves, shock-expansion theory, wave interactions and wave drag will be discussed. Design of supersonic inlets and nozzles in aircraft and rocket propulsion including method of characteristics , design of high speed test facilities including shock tubes will be addressed. Effects of heat and friction on gas flows. Design aspects of high speed aeroplanes and viscous effects will be discussed and analysed including fundamentals of hypersonic flows and high temperature gas dynamics. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Practical
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| Intercalated Research Project | DEN6407 | Intercalated Research ProjectCredits: 60.0 Description: 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 |
| Industrial Robotics and Mechatronics | DEN6408 | Industrial Robotics and MechatronicsCredits: 15.0 Description: This is a comprehensive module covering the fundamental areas of mechatronics and robotics technology. The aims of this module are to introduce robotics as an integral part of modern automation, to provide an introductory insight into the engineering design and application of robot manipulator systems, to provide an understanding of kinematics, dynamics and trajectory planning of robotic manipulators, to explain the actuator and sensor principles and roles in robotics, to introduce various aspects of robot modelling and control and to introduce problems encountered in robot programming and their remedies. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical |
| Medical Robotics Techniques | DEN6409 | Medical Robotics TechniquesCredits: 15.0 Description: This module covers the fundamental areas of medical robotics techniques. The aims of the module are to introduce various medical robotic systems and their applications. These include surgical robots and robotic devices, prosthetics, assistive and rehabilitative robots and endoscopic robots. An insight into the engineering design, fabrication, control and comprehensive operation will be provided through this module. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical |
| Implant Design | DEN6437 | Implant DesignCredits: 15.0 Description: The module includes a review of the design process concept and its application to implantable medical devices, as well as reviewing materials for use in the body. Issues related to biomaterial evaluation will be covered including biocompatibility, material response to the physiological environment, matching the mechanical environment and preparation of devices for clinical use. It will consider the relevant stakeholders in the design of medical devices. It will use the design methods and evaluation tools appropriately in a hands-on approach for each of the key steps to support the overall design process of medical implants. Assessment: 50.0% Coursework, 50.0% Examination
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| Advanced Flight Control and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicles | DEN7001 | Advanced Flight Control and Simulation of Aerospace VehiclesCredits: 15.0 Description: 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. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Medical Ethics and Regulatory Affairs | DEN7020 | Medical Ethics and Regulatory AffairsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module provides an introduction to applied medical ethics and law related to the development of new products in the field of bioengineering. It provides knowledge of the regulatory mechanisms of approval of products for clinical use in the UK, the EU and the US, risk management and design processes. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Numerical Optimisation in Engineering Design | DEN7026 | Numerical Optimisation in Engineering DesignCredits: 15.0 Description: 1. Introduction. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics | DEN7208 | Advanced Heat Transfer and Fluid MechanicsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module covers advanced topics in heat transfer and fluid mechanics. It develops and builds on ideas in heat transfer commonly found in undergraduate mechanical and energy degree programmes. The following topics will be covered: transient heat conduction; heat exchanger theory and design; phase change; heat transfer in turbulent flows; heat transfer in compressible flows. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Aircraft Design | DEN7305 | Advanced Aircraft DesignCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is concerned with the design and performance of a typical aircraft. It covers mission based subsonic aircraft design methodology, areodynamic design, engine design, and noise in propeller and jet driven aircraft, structural design and materials selection. Assessment: 100.0% Examination
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| Advanced Tissue Mechanics | DEN7311 | Advanced Tissue MechanicsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module is concerned with natural biological materials and how design is optimised for appropriate function. It reviews the structure and composition of natural biological materials and their resulting mechanical properties, before covering how these build to make the wide range of biological structures we see in nature. Assessment: 65.0% Examination, 35.0% Coursework |
| Advanced Spacecraft Design: Manoeuvring and Orbital Mechanics | DEN7335 | Advanced Spacecraft Design: Manoeuvring and Orbital MechanicsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces students to the factors which influence spacecraft design and highlights the need for a systems engineering approach. The module will provide students with a suitable mathematical description of orbital motion in order to understand spacecraft trajectories about the earth and simplified techniques for planning interplanetary space missions. Underlying principles of all spacecraft propulsion technologies are described, with some detailed focus on electric propulsion. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Advanced High Speed Aerodynamics | DEN7405 | Advanced High Speed AerodynamicsCredits: 15.0 Description: This module reviews fundamentals of thermodynamics and introduces compressible flows and moves towards more advanced topics in compressible flows. Oblique shock waves, expansion waves, shock-expansion theory, wave interactions and wave drag will be discussed. Design of the supersonic inlets and nozzles in aircraft and rocket propulsion including method of characteristics, design of high speed test facilities including shock tubes will be addressed. Effects of heat and friction on gas flows. Design aspects of high speed aeroplanes and viscous effects will be discussed and analysed including fundamentals of hypersonic flows and high temperature gas dynamics. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Practical
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| Whole System Design in Sustainable Engineering | DEN7433 | Whole System Design in Sustainable EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: This module examines the nature of sustainability and various sustainability models before examining the role of national and international government agencies on environmental management. The role of technology is examined, primarily through life cycle analysis, and includes design of products, energy supply, and personal consumption. A particular emphasis will be placed on life cycle analysis of wind, solar and nuclear. Assessment: 75.0% Examination, 25.0% Coursework
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| Energy Storage Engineering | DEN7600 | Energy Storage EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will give students a thorough understanding of the importance of energy storage in the field of Sustainable Energy Engineering and provide them with an advanced understanding of key processes in the area of electrochemical storage such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells etc. The module will also address fundamental aspects of electrochemistry associated with energy storage devices and introduce the concepts of hydrogen economy, storage and utilisation. It will also cover mechanical and thermal energy storage technologies and discuss aspects related to system integration, with a particular focus on their use for the integration of renewable energy into low-carbon power systems. The module will be delivered through a series of lectures, as well as sessions focused on laboratory practicals and will feature guest lecture from industrial practitioners. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Practical |
| Introduction to Solar Energy | DEN7601 | Introduction to Solar EnergyCredits: 15.0 Description: This module will give students a thorough understanding of the importance of energy storage in the field of Sustainable Energy Engineering and provide them with an advanced understanding of key processes in the area of electrochemical storage such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells etc. The module will also address fundamental aspects of electrochemistry associated with energy storage devices and introduce the concepts of hydrogen economy, storage and utilisation. It will also cover mechanical and thermal energy storage technologies and discuss aspects related to system integration, with a particular focus on their use for the integration of renewable energy into low-carbon power systems. The module will be delivered through a series of lectures, as well as sessions focused on laboratory practicals and will feature guest lecture from industrial practitioners. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework |
| Advanced Flight Control and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicles | DENM001 | Advanced Flight Control and Simulation of Aerospace VehiclesCredits: 15.0 Description: 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. Assessment: 80.0% Examination, 20.0% Coursework
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| Aerospace Research Project | DENM003 | Aerospace Research ProjectCredits: 60.0 Description: 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 |
| Computational Engineering | DENM004 | Computational EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: This is advanced module in computational modelling focusing on computational solids. Both finite element method and boundary element method are covered together with applications to medical, aero and mechanical engineering. Hands on experience in solving engineering problems using commercial packages is an important part of the module. Assessment: 50.0% Examination, 50.0% Coursework
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| Biomedical Research Project | DENM006 | Biomedical Research ProjectCredits: 60.0 Description: 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 |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics | DENM010 | Computational Fluid DynamicsCredits: 15.0 Description: Following on from an introduction to CFD in DEN331, in this module we deepen our knowledge in various areas. We learn to analyse the properties of discretisations and apply these to simple model equations. We discuss the various aspects of modelling turbulence. In the accompanying laboratory, we learn to generate meshes, solve viscous flow problems on these meshes and perform the relevant analysis of the quality of our simulations. Assessment: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Robotics | DENM011 | RoboticsCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces robotics as an integral part of modern automation, provides an introductory insight into the engineering design and application of robot manipulator systems. It also provides an understanding of kinematics, dynamics and trajectory planning of robotic manipulators, actuators and sensors, principles and roles in robotics. It introduces various aspects of robot modelling and control and problems encountered in robot programming and their remedies. Assessment: 70.0% Examination, 30.0% Coursework
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| Advanced Environmental Engineering | DENM012 | Advanced Environmental EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: 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: 60.0% Examination, 40.0% Coursework
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| Research Methods and Experimental Techniques in Engineering | DENM014 | Research Methods and Experimental Techniques in EngineeringCredits: 15.0 Description: The module introduces MSc students to design of research projects, use of equipment and analysis of the collected data. After a completion of the module the students will be able to devise and plan research projects, conduct research of their own and achieve optimal results from the equipment in use. The link between mathematical models, experimental design, experimental results and validation tests will be made clear Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
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| Biomedical Engineering in Urology | DENM016 | Biomedical Engineering in UrologyCredits: 15.0 |