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MEDI6241

Allergic Skin Disease

During this module, you will explore all aspects of allergic skin disease in depth. The module teaches about the immunological basis for skin diseases which can have an allergic component including eczema (atopic dermatitis), allergic contact dermatitis, photoallergic dermatitis, urticaria, angioedema, and systemic allergies affecting the skin. The sessions will include detail on pathogenesis, diagnosis, investigations and management. In addition, the module covers how to clinically distinguish allergic skin disease from other similar differential diagnoses. This module comprehensively covers both paediatric and adult disease and throughout, you will explore topics by interpreting clinical scenarios to reinforce your learning.

Our online module is delivered using a blend of live teaching sessions and pre-recorded sessions. You are expected to attend live sessions is strongly encouraged as it allows you to engage with our expert teachers and your fellow students and benefit from rich discussions. Our recorded sessions allow you to learn at your convenience within each teaching week. Most of our students continue to work while studying and benefit from this flexibility. Engaging with our blended learning each teaching week allows you to build on and synthesise your learning as you go.

This module is taught once a year and typically involves approximately 10 hours of student engagement per week. The module will take place during the following weeks (exact timetable to be confirmed):

• Teaching & guided learning: 18/11-09/12/24
• Self-directed learning: 10/12/24-15/01/25
MEDI6241

Allergic Skin Disease

During this module, you will explore all aspects of allergic skin disease in depth. The module teaches about the immunological basis for skin disea...
MEDI6078

Allergy Dissertation

The dissertation module offers the opportunity for you to apply your Masters level knowledge to solve an allergy problem. You can choose either a professional project or a research project, both of which can be based around your work and should be aimed at improving clinical care for people with allergies. Professional projects include a service evaluation, clinical audit or needs assessment based around allergy clinical services. Research projects generate new knowledge where there is no or limited research evidence available or can systematically review the literature to answer a research question. You will use your knowledge gained from the Clinical Research Skills module to design and conduct your dissertation project. The dissertation is the final step in your MSc Allergy journey. It is exciting, challenging, and ultimately can be very rewarding.

Our online module includes live sessions which you should attend. These allow you to engage with our expert teachers and your fellow students and benefit from rich discussions. Tutorials and workshops take place during our live sessions which allow you to explore various aspects of project design in a supported environment. Engaging with live sessions allows you to gain support from your peers and the module leads, synthesise your learning and reflect on your progress as you go.
MEDI6078

Allergy Dissertation

The dissertation module offers the opportunity for you to apply your Masters level knowledge to solve an allergy problem. You can choose either a p...
SESM6055

Alloys for additive manufacturing: production, processing, design, and sustainability

The module aims to provide students with an introduction to alloys additive manufacturing (AM) incorporating four aspects: production, processing, design, and sustainability. With a focus on metallic powder technologies, the module will introduce the key production technologies for the production of advanced powders for AM, reviewing the different families of alloys commercially available for AM. The majority of these alloys were specifically designed wrought technologies, so their microstructure is a direct response to hot and cold working schemes. The AM microstructures are then reviewed with a focus on the challenges to design new alloys to satisfy the growing demand for metal products AM, which is one of the fastest growing manufacturing industries in the UK and the world. Such alloy design space offers the opportunity to transform the emerging AM technology into sustainable, the parameters of such transformation are outlined in the module.

Students will be taught the course material in lectures, where production and processing principles will be introduced, as well as the sustainability challenges. Video presentations of UK-based production facilities will be used to illustrate those facilities. Computational thermodynamics will be adopted to describe the microstructures resulting from AM, and to explore the compositional additions and process parameters to attain sustainable AM alloys. The modelling tools presented will provide the student with the ability to predict the microstructure and some mechanical properties for new 3D printed products. A design and modelling project will be provided to students, and the assessment will be made in groups.

This module is linked to SESG3024 and SESM6044 Manufacturing and Materials, and to SESG6042 Materials Engineering for Transport Applications. Those courses provide a complementary overview of related microstructures, alloy families, alloy production and manufacturing processes. See comments above.
SESM6055

Alloys for additive manufacturing: production, processing, design, and sustainability

The module aims to provide students with an introduction to alloys additive manufacturing (AM) incorporating four aspects: production, processing, design, and sustainability. With a focus on metallic powder technologies, the module will introduce the key production technologies for the production of advanced powders for AM, reviewing the different families of alloys commercially available for AM. The majority of these alloys were specifically designed wrought technologies, so their microstructure is a direct response to hot and cold working schemes. The AM microstructures are then reviewed with a focus on the challenges to design new alloys to satisfy the growing demand for metal products AM, which is one of the fastest growing manufacturing industries in the UK and the world. Such alloy design space offers the opportunity to transform the emerging AM technology into sustainable, the parameters of such transformation are outlined in the module.

Students will be taught the course material in lectures, where production and processing principles will be introduced, as well as the sustainability challenges. Video presentations of UK-based production facilities will be used to illustrate those facilities. Computational thermodynamics will be adopted to describe the microstructures resulting from AM, and to explore the compositional additions and process parameters to attain sustainable AM alloys. The modelling tools presented will provide the student with the ability to predict the microstructure and some mechanical properties for new 3D printed products. A design and modelling project will be provided to students, and the assessment will be made in groups.

This module is linked to SESG3024 and SESM6044 Manufacturing and Materials, and to SESG6042 Materials Engineering for Transport Applications. Those courses provide a complementary overview of related microstructures, alloy families, alloy production and manufacturing processes. See comments above.
SESM6055

Alloys for additive manufacturing: production, processing, design, and sustainability

The module aims to provide students with an introduction to alloys additive manufacturing (AM) incorporating four aspects: production, processing, ...
SESM6055

Alloys for additive manufacturing: production, processing, design, and sustainability

The module aims to provide students with an introduction to alloys additive manufacturing (AM) incorporating four aspects: production, processing, design, and sustainability. With a focus on metallic powder technologies, the module will introduce the key production technologies for the production of advanced powders for AM, reviewing the different families of alloys commercially available for AM. The majority of these alloys were specifically designed wrought technologies, so their microstructure is a direct response to hot and cold working schemes. The AM microstructures are then reviewed with a focus on the challenges to design new alloys to satisfy the growing demand for metal products AM, which is one of the fastest growing manufacturing industries in the UK and the world. Such alloy design space offers the opportunity to transform the emerging AM technology into sustainable, the parameters of such transformation are outlined in the module.

Students will be taught the course material in lectures, where production and processing principles will be introduced, as well as the sustainability challenges. Video presentations of UK-based production facilities will be used to illustrate those facilities. Computational thermodynamics will be adopted to describe the microstructures resulting from AM, and to explore the compositional additions and process parameters to attain sustainable AM alloys. The modelling tools presented will provide the student with the ability to predict the microstructure and some mechanical properties for new 3D printed products. A design and modelling project will be provided to students, and the assessment will be made in groups.

This module is linked to SESG3024 and SESM6044 Manufacturing and Materials, and to SESG6042 Materials Engineering for Transport Applications. Those courses provide a complementary overview of related microstructures, alloy families, alloy production and manufacturing processes. See comments above.
SESM6055

Alloys for additive manufacturing: production, processing, design, and sustainability

The module aims to provide students with an introduction to alloys additive manufacturing (AM) incorporating four aspects: production, processing, design, and sustainability. With a focus on metallic powder technologies, the module will introduce the key production technologies for the production of advanced powders for AM, reviewing the different families of alloys commercially available for AM. The majority of these alloys were specifically designed wrought technologies, so their microstructure is a direct response to hot and cold working schemes. The AM microstructures are then reviewed with a focus on the challenges to design new alloys to satisfy the growing demand for metal products AM, which is one of the fastest growing manufacturing industries in the UK and the world. Such alloy design space offers the opportunity to transform the emerging AM technology into sustainable, the parameters of such transformation are outlined in the module.

Students will be taught the course material in lectures, where production and processing principles will be introduced, as well as the sustainability challenges. Video presentations of UK-based production facilities will be used to illustrate those facilities. Computational thermodynamics will be adopted to describe the microstructures resulting from AM, and to explore the compositional additions and process parameters to attain sustainable AM alloys. The modelling tools presented will provide the student with the ability to predict the microstructure and some mechanical properties for new 3D printed products. A design and modelling project will be provided to students, and the assessment will be made in groups.

This module is linked to SESG3024 and SESM6044 Manufacturing and Materials, and to SESG6042 Materials Engineering for Transport Applications. Those courses provide a complementary overview of related microstructures, alloy families, alloy production and manufacturing processes. See comments above.
MANG3081

Alternative Investments

Alternative investment strategies became increasingly popular among investors to achieve better returns. This module looks beyond the traditional investments such as shares and bonds. It covers a range of topics that introduce the world of alternative investment strategies; in particular hedge funds, private equity and real estate investment trusts. Lectures are followed by in-depth practical examples using statistical packages, discussions and tools that show the real world implications.
MANG3081

Alternative Investments

Alternative investment strategies became increasingly popular among investors to achieve better returns. This module looks beyond the traditional investments such as shares and bonds. It covers a range of topics that introduce the world of alternative investment strategies; in particular hedge funds, private equity and real estate investment trusts. Lectures are followed by in-depth practical examples using statistical packages, discussions and tools that show the real world implications.
MANG3081

Alternative Investments

Alternative investment strategies became increasingly popular among investors to achieve better returns. This module looks beyond the traditional investments such as shares and bonds. It covers a range of topics that introduce the world of alternative investment strategies; in particular hedge funds, private equity and real estate investment trusts. Lectures are followed by in-depth practical examples using statistical packages, discussions and tools that show the real world implications.
MANG3081

Alternative Investments

Alternative investment strategies became increasingly popular among investors to achieve better returns. This module looks beyond the traditional investments such as shares and bonds. It covers a range of topics that introduce the world of alternative investment strategies; in particular hedge funds, private equity and real estate investment trusts. Lectures are followed by in-depth practical examples using statistical packages, discussions and tools that show the real world implications.
MANG3081

Alternative Investments

Alternative investment strategies became increasingly popular among investors to achieve better returns. This module looks beyond the traditional ...
MANG3081

Alternative Investments

Alternative investment strategies became increasingly popular among investors to achieve better returns. This module looks beyond the traditional investments such as shares and bonds. It covers a range of topics that introduce the world of alternative investment strategies; in particular hedge funds, private equity and real estate investment trusts. Lectures are followed by in-depth practical examples using statistical packages, discussions and tools that show the real world implications.
HIST3257

America and the world, 1945-2000: technology, conflict and the lives of others (Part 1)

The history of the post-war world has been powerfully shaped by the decisions and actions of American political and military leaders, and by the deployment of American defense technologies. This module considers the significance of humanitarian concerns within US national security discourse from the fire-bombing of Germany and Japan during the Second World War through to the start of the Vietnam War. It also examines the actual impacts of American war-making and war-fighting technologies upon the lives of others, including the population of Hiroshima, the victims of napalm in Korea, those exposed to radioactive fallout from US nuclear tests, and the inhabitants of strategic hamlets in Vietnam.
HIST3257

America and the world, 1945-2000: technology, conflict and the lives of others (Part 1)

The history of the post-war world has been powerfully shaped by the decisions and actions of American political and military leaders, and by the deployment of American defense technologies. This module considers the significance of humanitarian concerns within US national security discourse from the fire-bombing of Germany and Japan during the Second World War through to the start of the Vietnam War. It also examines the actual impacts of American war-making and war-fighting technologies upon the lives of others, including the population of Hiroshima, the victims of napalm in Korea, those exposed to radioactive fallout from US nuclear tests, and the inhabitants of strategic hamlets in Vietnam.
HIST3257

America and the world, 1945-2000: technology, conflict and the lives of others (Part 1)

The history of the post-war world has been powerfully shaped by the decisions and actions of American political and military leaders, and by the de...
HIST3258

America and the world, 1945-2000: technology, conflict and the lives of others (Part 2)

This module continues the exploration of the impact of defense technologies and humanitarian concerns upon US foreign policy from the escalation of US involvement in the Vietnam War into the post-Cold War era. It will examine the US approach to fighting the Vietnam War, including the strategy of attrition, the use of napalm, instances of atrocity, and the use of strategic bombing. It will also consider the role played by the United States in instances of genocide or regime change in Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Chile, and its efforts to explicitly integrate a concern with human rights into its foreign policy from the mid-1970s onwards. The module will conclude with sessions devoted to the dilemmas confronting American foreign policy in the post-Cold War eras, looking at the first Gulf War, the intervention in Somalia and the Rwandan genocide.
HIST3258

America and the world, 1945-2000: technology, conflict and the lives of others (Part 2)

This module continues the exploration of the impact of defense technologies and humanitarian concerns upon US foreign policy from the escalation of US involvement in the Vietnam War into the post-Cold War era. It will examine the US approach to fighting the Vietnam War, including the strategy of attrition, the use of napalm, instances of atrocity, and the use of strategic bombing. It will also consider the role played by the United States in instances of genocide or regime change in Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Chile, and its efforts to explicitly integrate a concern with human rights into its foreign policy from the mid-1970s onwards. The module will conclude with sessions devoted to the dilemmas confronting American foreign policy in the post-Cold War eras, looking at the first Gulf War, the intervention in Somalia and the Rwandan genocide.
HIST3258

America and the world, 1945-2000: technology, conflict and the lives of others (Part 2)

This module continues the exploration of the impact of defense technologies and humanitarian concerns upon US foreign policy from the escalation of...
FILM3006

American Cinema Since 1965

The module offers a history of American cinema since 1965, covering the decline of the Hollywood studio system and the moment, from 1968 to 1975, when a new wave of directors produced a number of key films sometimes known as constituting the Hollywood art-house period, through the rise of the blockbuster in the mid-1970s, to the reinvigorated New Hollywood of the 80s and 90s.

It explores whether this can be called the Hollywood post-classical period, the inter-relationship of studio and independent cinema, and historical issues such as changes in marketing and exhibition practices, and how the film industry survived the rise of television and exploited the rise of new home viewing technologies such as video, DVD, and laserdisc.
FILM3006

American Cinema Since 1965

The module offers a history of American cinema since 1965, covering the decline of the Hollywood studio system and the moment, from 1968 to 1975, when a new wave of directors produced a number of key films sometimes known as constituting the Hollywood art-house period, through the rise of the blockbuster in the mid-1970s, to the reinvigorated New Hollywood of the 80s and 90s.

It explores whether this can be called the Hollywood post-classical period, the inter-relationship of studio and independent cinema, and historical issues such as changes in marketing and exhibition practices, and how the film industry survived the rise of television and exploited the rise of new home viewing technologies such as video, DVD, and laserdisc.
FILM3006

American Cinema Since 1965

The module offers a history of American cinema since 1965, covering the decline of the Hollywood studio system and the moment, from 1968 to 1975, when a new wave of directors produced a number of key films sometimes known as constituting the Hollywood art-house period, through the rise of the blockbuster in the mid-1970s, to the reinvigorated New Hollywood of the 80s and 90s.

It explores whether this can be called the Hollywood post-classical period, the inter-relationship of studio and independent cinema, and historical issues such as changes in marketing and exhibition practices, and how the film industry survived the rise of television and exploited the rise of new home viewing technologies such as video, DVD, and laserdisc.
FILM3006

American Cinema Since 1965

The module offers a history of American cinema since 1965, covering the decline of the Hollywood studio system and the moment, from 1968 to 1975, w...
ENGL3091

American Dreams? Monetized Bodies, Terror, and Trauma in American Drama

What constitutes the experience of being American, or of America itself? America has been referred to as simultaneously a colony and a colonizer; the first democracy thus representing one of the first populist and anti-colonialist revolutions (1776), but also the most destructive Empire in modern history (Spanos); not only a utopia envisaged as ‘a city upon a hill’ (John Winthrop) arising from the Puritan’s ‘errand in wilderness’ of the Americas, but also a ‘utopia achieved’ ambivalently designated thus by Baudrillard (1988) to emphasize the paradoxes embodied by America as a new world order. Henry Luce, in 1941, called the 20th century the “American Century,” urging the United States to relinquish her isolationism for a missionary's role, acting as the world's Good Samaritan. Countering Luce’s imperialist idea, Henry Wallace called the American 20th century “the century of common man”. Such conflictual moves, however, paved the way for the emergence of such problematic ideas as “American Imperialism” and “American Exceptionalism”. However, the pivotal idea mobilizing all these diverse policies and narratives about what America essentially is or should be is the “American Dream”. This module takes the idea of "American Dream" as its focal point by exploring its social, cultural, psychological and existential manifestations and interpretations in dramatic-theatrical works written from 1950 to present.
ENGL3091

American Dreams? Monetized Bodies, Terror, and Trauma in American Drama

What constitutes the experience of being American, or of America itself? America has been referred to as simultaneously a colony and a colonizer; the first democracy thus representing one of the first populist and anti-colonialist revolutions (1776), but also the most destructive Empire in modern history (Spanos); not only a utopia envisaged as ‘a city upon a hill’ (John Winthrop) arising from the Puritan’s ‘errand in wilderness’ of the Americas, but also a ‘utopia achieved’ ambivalently designated thus by Baudrillard (1988) to emphasize the paradoxes embodied by America as a new world order. Henry Luce, in 1941, called the 20th century the “American Century,” urging the United States to relinquish her isolationism for a missionary's role, acting as the world's Good Samaritan. Countering Luce’s imperialist idea, Henry Wallace called the American 20th century “the century of common man”. Such conflictual moves, however, paved the way for the emergence of such problematic ideas as “American Imperialism” and “American Exceptionalism”. However, the pivotal idea mobilizing all these diverse policies and narratives about what America essentially is or should be is the “American Dream”. This module takes the idea of "American Dream" as its focal point by exploring its social, cultural, psychological and existential manifestations and interpretations in dramatic-theatrical works written from 1950 to present.
ENGL3091

American Dreams? Monetized Bodies, Terror, and Trauma in American Drama

What constitutes the experience of being American, or of America itself? America has been referred to as simultaneously a colony and a colonizer; ...
ENGL3105

American Gothic

As the Puritan colonialist John Winthrop said at Holyrood Church in Southampton before embarking for Boston, American was to be ‘as a city upon a hill’, a beacon of progress and enlightenment for the world. But from the beginning, America has been shadowed by an opposite set of possibilities. Poised on the cusp between rationalism and madness, freedom and claustrophobia, progress and decay, inclusivity and violence, the American dream has always had the potential to turn into a nightmare. This module investigates the anxieties that produced American Gothic literature, at its apex in the nineteenth century, exploring themes such as religious fanaticism, landscape, normativity and monstrosity, experiments in democracy, and reckoning with race and racism. We will consider not only the distinctive characteristics of American terror in literature, but also what those fears can tell us about what it means to be an American.
ENGL3105

American Gothic

As the Puritan colonialist John Winthrop said at Holyrood Church in Southampton before embarking for Boston, American was to be ‘as a city upon a...
ENGL3105

American Gothic

As the Puritan colonialist John Winthrop said at Holyrood Church in Southampton before embarking for Boston, American was to be ‘as a city upon a hill’, a beacon of progress and enlightenment for the world. But from the beginning, America has been shadowed by an opposite set of possibilities. Poised on the cusp between rationalism and madness, freedom and claustrophobia, progress and decay, inclusivity and violence, the American dream has always had the potential to turn into a nightmare. This module investigates the anxieties that produced American Gothic literature, at its apex in the nineteenth century, exploring themes such as religious fanaticism, landscape, normativity and monstrosity, experiments in democracy, and reckoning with race and racism. We will consider not only the distinctive characteristics of American terror in literature, but also what those fears can tell us about what it means to be an American.
ENGL3105

American Gothic

As the Puritan colonialist John Winthrop said at Holyrood Church in Southampton before embarking for Boston, American was to be ‘as a city upon a hill’, a beacon of progress and enlightenment for the world. But from the beginning, America has been shadowed by an opposite set of possibilities. Poised on the cusp between rationalism and madness, freedom and claustrophobia, progress and decay, inclusivity and violence, the American dream has always had the potential to turn into a nightmare. This module investigates the anxieties that produced American Gothic literature, at its apex in the nineteenth century, exploring themes such as religious fanaticism, landscape, normativity and monstrosity, experiments in democracy, and reckoning with race and racism. We will consider not only the distinctive characteristics of American terror in literature, but also what those fears can tell us about what it means to be an American.
PAIR2011

American Political Thought

For many people, the phrase “American political thought” either has an obvious meaning – some version of liberal democracy, surely – or it is a contradiction in terms – America has politics, but seems to exercise little thought. This module sets the record straight. We will dive into a unique blend of cultural and political history, contemporary politics, political ideas – a blend that, as we shall see, allowed an improbable candidate like Donald Trump to win a presidential election. This module will refute the sceptic and show that American political thought is a significant intellectual tradition that actually goes back to the 17th Century. However, as we will see, this tradition is never developed through abstract scholarly theorising. It is developed by flesh and blood political actors in actual political circumstances. This is a political theory module for those who like their theory to be genuinely political. We will study ideas in action – how they emerge through political action and how they continue to be shaped and transformed by the challenges of political events and changing social circumstances.
PAIR3063

American Political Thought

For many people, the phrase “American political thought” either has an obvious meaning – some version of liberal democracy, surely – or it is a contradiction in terms – America has politics, but seems to exercise little thought. This module sets the record straight. We will dive into a unique blend of cultural and political history, contemporary politics, political ideas – a blend that, as we shall see, allowed an improbable candidate like Donald Trump to win a presidential election. This module will refute the sceptic and show that American political thought is a significant intellectual tradition that actually goes back to the 17th Century. However, as we will see, this tradition is never developed through abstract scholarly theorising. It is developed by flesh and blood political actors in actual political circumstances. This is a political theory module for those who like their theory to be genuinely political. We will study ideas in action – how they emerge through political action and how they continue to be shaped and transformed by the challenges of political events and changing social circumstances.
PAIR2011

American Political Thought

For many people, the phrase “American political thought” either has an obvious meaning – some version of liberal democracy, surely – or it ...
PAIR3063

American Political Thought

For many people, the phrase “American political thought” either has an obvious meaning – some version of liberal democracy, surely – or it ...
PAIR3063

American Political Thought

For many people, the phrase “American political thought” either has an obvious meaning – some version of liberal democracy, surely – or it is a contradiction in terms – America has politics, but seems to exercise little thought. This module sets the record straight. We will dive into a unique blend of cultural and political history, contemporary politics, political ideas – a blend that, as we shall see, allowed an improbable candidate like Donald Trump to win a presidential election. This module will refute the sceptic and show that American political thought is a significant intellectual tradition that actually goes back to the 17th Century. However, as we will see, this tradition is never developed through abstract scholarly theorising. It is developed by flesh and blood political actors in actual political circumstances. This is a political theory module for those who like their theory to be genuinely political. We will study ideas in action – how they emerge through political action and how they continue to be shaped and transformed by the challenges of political events and changing social circumstances.
PAIR2011

American Political Thought

For many people, the phrase “American political thought” either has an obvious meaning – some version of liberal democracy, surely – or it is a contradiction in terms – America has politics, but seems to exercise little thought. This module sets the record straight. We will dive into a unique blend of cultural and political history, contemporary politics, political ideas – a blend that, as we shall see, allowed an improbable candidate like Donald Trump to win a presidential election. This module will refute the sceptic and show that American political thought is a significant intellectual tradition that actually goes back to the 17th Century. However, as we will see, this tradition is never developed through abstract scholarly theorising. It is developed by flesh and blood political actors in actual political circumstances. This is a political theory module for those who like their theory to be genuinely political. We will study ideas in action – how they emerge through political action and how they continue to be shaped and transformed by the challenges of political events and changing social circumstances.
PAIR2011

American Political Thought

For many people, the phrase “American political thought” either has an obvious meaning – some version of liberal democracy, surely – or it is a contradiction in terms – America has politics, but seems to exercise little thought. This module sets the record straight. We will dive into a unique blend of cultural and political history, contemporary politics, political ideas – a blend that, as we shall see, allowed an improbable candidate like Donald Trump to win a presidential election. This module will refute the sceptic and show that American political thought is a significant intellectual tradition that actually goes back to the 17th Century. However, as we will see, this tradition is never developed through abstract scholarly theorising. It is developed by flesh and blood political actors in actual political circumstances. This is a political theory module for those who like their theory to be genuinely political. We will study ideas in action – how they emerge through political action and how they continue to be shaped and transformed by the challenges of political events and changing social circumstances.
PAIR3063

American Political Thought

For many people, the phrase “American political thought” either has an obvious meaning – some version of liberal democracy, surely – or it is a contradiction in terms – America has politics, but seems to exercise little thought. This module sets the record straight. We will dive into a unique blend of cultural and political history, contemporary politics, political ideas – a blend that, as we shall see, allowed an improbable candidate like Donald Trump to win a presidential election. This module will refute the sceptic and show that American political thought is a significant intellectual tradition that actually goes back to the 17th Century. However, as we will see, this tradition is never developed through abstract scholarly theorising. It is developed by flesh and blood political actors in actual political circumstances. This is a political theory module for those who like their theory to be genuinely political. We will study ideas in action – how they emerge through political action and how they continue to be shaped and transformed by the challenges of political events and changing social circumstances.
PAIR2011

American Political Thought

For many people, the phrase “American political thought” either has an obvious meaning – some version of liberal democracy, surely – or it is a contradiction in terms – America has politics, but seems to exercise little thought. This module sets the record straight. We will dive into a unique blend of cultural and political history, contemporary politics, political ideas – a blend that, as we shall see, allowed an improbable candidate like Donald Trump to win a presidential election. This module will refute the sceptic and show that American political thought is a significant intellectual tradition that actually goes back to the 17th Century. However, as we will see, this tradition is never developed through abstract scholarly theorising. It is developed by flesh and blood political actors in actual political circumstances. This is a political theory module for those who like their theory to be genuinely political. We will study ideas in action – how they emerge through political action and how they continue to be shaped and transformed by the challenges of political events and changing social circumstances.
PAIR3063

American Political Thought

For many people, the phrase “American political thought” either has an obvious meaning – some version of liberal democracy, surely – or it is a contradiction in terms – America has politics, but seems to exercise little thought. This module sets the record straight. We will dive into a unique blend of cultural and political history, contemporary politics, political ideas – a blend that, as we shall see, allowed an improbable candidate like Donald Trump to win a presidential election. This module will refute the sceptic and show that American political thought is a significant intellectual tradition that actually goes back to the 17th Century. However, as we will see, this tradition is never developed through abstract scholarly theorising. It is developed by flesh and blood political actors in actual political circumstances. This is a political theory module for those who like their theory to be genuinely political. We will study ideas in action – how they emerge through political action and how they continue to be shaped and transformed by the challenges of political events and changing social circumstances.
HLTH6160

Amputation Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Use

This module is designed to provide students from a range of multidisciplinary backgrounds, such as Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Prosthetists and Engineers with the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of rehabilitation following an amputation and prosthetics use. The module has currently been developed as a standalone/option module within the MSc Health Sciences programme, but will be drawn together with a second module to provide a specific MSc in Amputee Rehabilitation pathway.

This module is likely to attract professionals who are currently working in the field amputee rehabilitation or prosthetic use or those who would like to move into a career in this area. The module will therefore undertake a flexible route for working professionals and will be taught in two weekly blocking involving weekend work. The module is currently endorsed by the British Association of Chartered Physiotherapist in Amputee Rehabilitation (BACPAR). The module takes an innovative approach and be linked to a wide range of prosthetic industrial partners through the inclusion of a student conference and industry day.
HLTH6160

Amputation Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Use

This module is designed to provide students from a range of multidisciplinary backgrounds, such as Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurse...
FREN3025

An ambivalent asylum: the histories and memories of refugees in early twentieth-century France

Where does the idea of a stateless person come from? Why did France become one of the foremost nations for refugee reception? How were refugees fleeing from persecution in other parts of Europe treated in France? Why did France establish a system of ‘concentration camps’ for refugees? This module offers you the opportunity to gain an in-depth awareness of how asylum was offered, compromised and refused during an era of mass forced displacement.

You will be able to follow the experiences of various groups of refugees from the First World war through to the end of the Second World War. You will then explore the dynamics underlying the inclusion and exclusion of refugees from the commemorative practices of WWII in contemporary France. This module will appeal to students with an interest in France and European history more generally as well as those who wish to gain an understanding of how basic refugees’ rights developed during a key phase of mass forced displacement.
FREN3025

An ambivalent asylum: the histories and memories of refugees in early twentieth-century France

Where does the idea of a stateless person come from? Why did France become one of the foremost nations for refugee reception? How were refugees fleeing from persecution in other parts of Europe treated in France? Why did France establish a system of ‘concentration camps’ for refugees? This module offers you the opportunity to gain an in-depth awareness of how asylum was offered, compromised and refused during an era of mass forced displacement.

You will be able to follow the experiences of various groups of refugees from the First World war through to the end of the Second World War. You will then explore the dynamics underlying the inclusion and exclusion of refugees from the commemorative practices of WWII in contemporary France. This module will appeal to students with an interest in France and European history more generally as well as those who wish to gain an understanding of how basic refugees’ rights developed during a key phase of mass forced displacement.
FREN3025

An ambivalent asylum: the histories and memories of refugees in early twentieth-century France

Where does the idea of a stateless person come from? Why did France become one of the foremost nations for refugee reception? How were refugees fleeing from persecution in other parts of Europe treated in France? Why did France establish a system of ‘concentration camps’ for refugees? This module offers you the opportunity to gain an in-depth awareness of how asylum was offered, compromised and refused during an era of mass forced displacement.

You will be able to follow the experiences of various groups of refugees from the First World war through to the end of the Second World War. You will then explore the dynamics underlying the inclusion and exclusion of refugees from the commemorative practices of WWII in contemporary France. This module will appeal to students with an interest in France and European history more generally as well as those who wish to gain an understanding of how basic refugees’ rights developed during a key phase of mass forced displacement.
FREN3025

An ambivalent asylum: the histories and memories of refugees in early twentieth-century France

Where does the idea of a stateless person come from? Why did France become one of the foremost nations for refugee reception? How were refugees fleeing from persecution in other parts of Europe treated in France? Why did France establish a system of ‘concentration camps’ for refugees? This module offers you the opportunity to gain an in-depth awareness of how asylum was offered, compromised and refused during an era of mass forced displacement.

You will be able to follow the experiences of various groups of refugees from the First World war through to the end of the Second World War. You will then explore the dynamics underlying the inclusion and exclusion of refugees from the commemorative practices of WWII in contemporary France. This module will appeal to students with an interest in France and European history more generally as well as those who wish to gain an understanding of how basic refugees’ rights developed during a key phase of mass forced displacement.
FREN3025

An ambivalent asylum: the histories and memories of refugees in early twentieth-century France

Where does the idea of a stateless person come from? Why did France become one of the foremost nations for refugee reception? How were refugees fle...
ISVR1035

An Introduction to Acoustical Engineering

Acoustical engineers play a vital role in almost every field of technology, from the built environment to transport, from audio systems to green energy production, from underwater communication to medical imaging and treatment.

Acoustical engineers need to understand the physical mechanisms of sound wave generation, propagation, but they also need to understand the way we hear and respond to sound, the way acousticians quantify and measure sounds. Beyond that acoustical engineers need to know how their role addresses the needs of society, how to communicate, both with engineers from other disciplines and the public, and what their professional and ethical responsibilities are.

This module will be the first step in your journey to becoming a professional acoustical engineer. It consists of four inter-related themes.

The ACOUSTICAL ENGINEERING theme explores the questions of what an acoustical engineer does, who employs them, and how they benefit society. It surveys the wide range of engineering undertakings to which acoustical engineers can contribute, and deals with the ethical and societal responsibilities of a professional engineer.

The SOUND PERCEPTION theme introduces the human auditory system and how we assess hearing. It explores the relationship between objective measures such as amplitude and frequency to subjective phenomena, such as loudness and pitch. It explores how we quantify and regulate noise.

The PHYSICAL ACOUSTICS theme deals with mathematical models for the physical processes involved in acoustic wave motion. It shows how wave motion arises from the fundamental laws of fluid motion and develops the relationship between pressure fluctuations (which we hear as sound) and the associated fluid motion, making use of analytical techniques learnt in your Mathematics module, and drawing on concepts from your Thermofluids module.

In the DATA PROCESSING theme, you will be taught to use the Python programming language to process, visualize and (since this is an acoustics course) auralize data. You will learn to create and play audible sounds, analyse recorded sounds and make animations of wave motions to deepen your understanding of acoustical processes.