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SOC4002
Social Identities and Inequalities 20 credits

This module explores how and why social inequalities influence lived experience and social identities. It focuses on a range of substantive issues, such as poverty, social class and hierarchies, health, gender and sexuality, family and kinship, neo-colonialism and 'race', and violence and ethnicity. This module explores how these influence culture, social identities and lived experience throughout the life-course.

SOC4004
Introduction to Social Theory 20 credits

This module introduces students to key features of classical social theory. These features are placed within the context of the Enlightenment, Modernity, the emergence of modern science and social science, and their use for contemporary social analyses.

SOC4006
Key Concepts and Skills for Sociology 20 credits

This core Sociology module provides a foundation for the development of transferable conceptual, methodological and study skills. Students engage with contrasting sources of knowledge about the social world, undertake a mini-fieldtrip, and learn about organisations working with local communities. Qualitative and quantitative data is applied to ���real world��� social issues that are understood through the theoretical lens of the sociological imagination and lived experience.

ANT4007
Becoming Human

This module introduces students to interdisciplinary approaches concerned with ���how we became human���. The module examines the unique characteristics of Homo Sapiens, focusing on evolutionary changes, tool use, mythology, social organisation, equality and inequality, intersubjectivity and symbolic culture (art, ritual, language and myth). Students will be introduced to key theories on human evolution, the evolution of language and its relationship with symbolic thought, while investigating social structures, behaviour, and gender dynamics. Practically, the students will be taught key study skills in bibliographic research, interdisciplinary methods, academic research, writing and presentations.

ANT4008
Monsters, Mods, and Magic: An Anthropology of the Body

This module draws on sociological and anthropological sources to examine how societies perceive, transform, control and use the human body. The module explores topics such as the disciplining and surveillance of bodies, the development of ���habitus���, bodily adornment and transformation, gender and sexuality, biopolitics, the commercialisation of the human body, and the body as a window on wider symbolic-cultural orders.

SSR4000
Into the Field, Researching Crime and Society

This module introduces students to the theory and practice of social research. Students also gain introductory knowledge of the social research process, particularly in relation to formulating a research question and conducting literature reviews. With an emphasis on matching research questions to appropriate methods, students also learn about core qualitative and quantitative social research methodologies.

SOC5011
Contemporary Theories of Society and Culture

The module introduces current theoretical disputes framed within the context of classical and early modern theories of society and culture. These debates are linked to historical events and social and cultural research that reciprocally influence contemporary theoretical change. Foundational disciplinary questions are broached, and formative critical workshops assist in developing theoretical analysis and evaluation.

SOC5012
Food, Culture and Society

This module aims to provide a critical understanding of sociological issues relating to food and foodways, (the beliefs and behaviours surrounding the production, distribution and consumption of food both on an individual and collective level). The module encourages critical reflection and practical experience of research in the area of food and foodways, with a focus on lived experience.

SSR5000
Designing Research from Questions to Proposals

In this module, students develop their knowledge and practical skills in qualitative and quantitative social research methodologies. The students also learn how to use computer software packages to help with the collection and analysis of data. In addition, students gain knowledge of how to create a research proposal.

SOC5005MX
Globalisation and Social Justice 20 credits

This module investigates the key debates of globalisation and critically evaluates, in terms of its economic, political, socio-cultural and legal dimensions, the causes and consequences of a globalising world. It furthermore explores a range of international social justice issues to examine the relationships (causative and ameliorative) between policies and (in)justice

ANT5012MX
Worlds Otherwise: Science Fiction, Digital Realms and the Anthropology of the Future

This module teaches students how to use ethnographic methods to make sense of the internet, which we now increasingly inhabit. Students learn how to navigate and analyse platforms such as Facebook or TikTok. They study how these technologies transform our relationships, identities, and ideas of truth. The module also examines the socio-cultural and ethical aspects of digital worlds (e.g. Second life).

ARH5009MX
Politics of Renaissance Art

This module offers historically based study in the art and culture of Europe c.1300 - 1600. It uses focused treatments of particular periods/regions/groupings to analyse the relationship between power, patronage and ideology. Attention will be paid especially to closely focused studies of selected historical instances of art practice and/or historiographical and methodological issues of relevance.

CRM5011MX
Crime, Criminology and Film

The module aims to provide students with a critical appreciation of harm and crime by exploring relevant issues from film, television, music, fiction literature and art. By applying a criminological lens to different forms of popular culture, students will be able to examine a variety of media forms in terms of its content and its contemporary political, social and economic context using different theories and concepts.

ENG5020MX
World Literatures

This module examines literatures written in English from around the world, explore what literature can tell us about cultural imaginaries of world, globe and planet in an era in which global interactions have increasingly come to shape our lives.

HIS5017MX
Land of the��Samurai:��Japan - 1450-1800

This module introduces the history of early modern Japan (c.16th-19th centuries). At one level, it explores key questions shaping the histories of the late Sengoku (���Warring States���) and Tokugawa Japan. Building on these questions, it then situates the Japanese experience in a trans-regional perspective with reference to early modern China, Korea, Ryukyu, as well as Europe.

LHSS5000
Stage 2 Professional Development, Placement Preparation and identifying opportunities

This module is for students in the School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences who are interested in undertaking an optional placement in the third year of their programme. It supports students in their search, application, and preparation for the placement, including developing interview techniques and effective application materials (e.g. CVs, portfolios, and cover letters).

SOC5013
The Politics of Wasted Lives

The module explores contemporary theories of surplus populations and how aspects of Modernity actively ���wastes��� or makes superfluous the lives of outcast communities (eg. refugees, slum communities, segregated, concentrated and incarcerated peoples). Students critically reflect upon the political and ethical dimensions of social science for its part in Modernity���s processes and the wider impact of social research.

SOC5014
Theories and Practices of Punishment and Rehabilitation

This module focuses on punishment and rehabilitation in the context of criminal justice in the 21st century, namely the purpose of the justice system in a contemporary context, punishment and/or rehabilitation? The module places a critical emphasis on the experience of learning about crime and justice within a CJS context and working collaboratively to create a critical and reflective dialogue on crime and justice issues.

SOC5015
Inner Worlds: The Sociology of Emotions and Mental Health

Why do we feel the way we do? This module examines how culture, power, and relationships shape emotion and mental health. Drawing on sociology, therapeutic traditions and philosophy, it explores phenomena such as distress, empathy, privacy and our feeling of self, to develop new ways for thinking about our inner worlds.

LHSS6000
School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Placement Year

Students have the opportunity to gain work experience that will set them apart in the job market when they graduate by undertaking an optional flexible placement year. The placement must be a minimum of 24-weeks (which can be split between a maximum of two different placement providers) and up to a maximum of 48-weeks over the course of the academic year. The placement is flexible and can be undertaken virtually, part or full time and either paid or voluntary. Students will have the option to undertake their placement year abroad. This year allows them to apply and hone the knowledge and skills acquired from the previous years of their programme in the real world.

SOC6002
Food, Culture and Society 20 credits

This module aims to provide a critical understanding of sociological issues relating to food and foodways, (the beliefs and behaviours surrounding the production, distribution and consumption of food both on an individual and collective level). The module encourages critical reflection and practical experience of research in the area of food and foodways, with a focus on lived experience.

SSR6000
Dissertation

This module provides students with the opportunity to undertake their own sociological, criminological, professional policing or anthropological research project, working independently but under the supervision of an academic member of staff from the relevant discipline.

SOC6004MX
Health, Medical Power and Social Justice 20 credits

This module considers a range of issues concerning health, illness and medical power in contemporary society. The module seeks to develop an understanding of the impact of ���medicalisation��� on everyday life, as well as the importance of social divisions, such as age, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic status. There will be a focus on a range of sociological perspectives on health with an opportunity to focus upon areas of particular interest.

ARH6009MX
Politics of Renaissance Art

This module offers historically based study in the art and culture of Europe c.1300 - 1600. It uses focused treatments of particular periods/regions/groupings to analyse the relationship between power, patronage and ideology. Attention will be paid especially to closely focused studies of selected historical instances of art practice and/or historiographical and methodological issues of relevance.

HIS6017MX
The Secret Cold War: Culture, Espionage, and Identity, 1945-1991

This module examines Cold War competition through cultural, intelligence, and ideological dimensions. Topics include cultural diplomacy, propaganda systems, espionage operations, proxy conflicts, and the weaponisation of race and gender identities. Students analyse primary sources to understand how soft power and covert operations shaped superpower rivalry between 1945-1991 and beyond.

PIR6013MX
Foreign Policy: Issues, Actors and Explanations

This module introduces students to the study of foreign policy. It explores a range of theories to explain how and why foreign policy decisions are made, and it then seeks to apply them to case studies drawn from international politics. The aim is to improve understanding of how foreign policy decisions are made, and to subsequently provide explanations.

SOC6006
The Politics of Wasted Lives

The module explores contemporary theories of surplus populations and how aspects of Modernity actively ���wastes��� or makes superfluous the lives of outcast communities (eg. refugees, slum communities, segregated, concentrated and incarcerated peoples). Students critically reflect upon the political and ethical dimensions of social science for its part in Modernity���s processes and the wider impact of social research.

SOC6007
Theories and Practices of Punishment and Rehabilitation

This module focuses on punishment and rehabilitation in the context of criminal justice in the 21st century, namely the purpose of the justice system in a contemporary context, punishment and/or rehabilitation? The module places a critical emphasis on the experience of learning about crime and justice within a CJS context and working collaboratively to create a critical and reflective dialogue on crime and justice issues.

SOC6008
Inner Worlds: The Sociology of Emotions and Mental Health

Why do we feel the way we do? This module examines how culture, power, and relationships shape emotion and mental health. Drawing on sociology, therapeutic traditions and philosophy, it explores phenomena such as distress, empathy, privacy and our feeling of self, to develop new ways for thinking about our inner worlds.