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Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology Modules 2023/4

Please note, details for interdisciplinary modules within the HASS faculty can be found here.

Stage One Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
PHL1002A Knowledge and Reality 1151
PHL1002B Knowledge and Reality 2152
PHL1004 Philosophical Problems 1152
PHL1005A Evidence and Argument 1151
PHL1006 Introduction to Philosophical Analysis152
PHL1007 Philosophical Reading 1151
PHL1009 Philosophies of Art151
PHL1010 Introduction to Asian Philosophy152
PHL1013 Philosophy of Morality152
PHL1112 Philosophy of Film152
POL1017 Globalisation of World Politics151
POL1018 The Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century152
POL1019 Power and Democracy151
POL1020 Politics in Europe151
POL1025 Classical Political Thought151
POL1026 Early Modern Political Thought152
POL1028 Introduction to Strategic Studies152
POL1029 Introduction to Comparative Politics152
POL1044 Introduction to Public Policy152
POL1045 International Politics of the Global South152
POL1046 The State of the UK: Identifying Marginalised Identities and Addressing Inequalities151
POL1047 Global Sustainability Governance and Policy151
SOC1001 Social Analysis30
SOC1028 Media and Society152
SOC1039 Social Issues: Part I - Introducing Crime and Deviance151
SOC1045 Introduction to Criminal Justice151
SPA1001 Animal Politics152

Stage Two Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ANT2009 Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities152
ANT2014 Cultures: Food152
ANT2023 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation151
ANT2041 How Organisations Work: Ethnography in Institutions152
ANT2042 Gardening, Wellbeing and Community151, 2 and 3
ANT2089 Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism151
ANT2090 Sound and Society151
ANT2097 Environment and Society151
ANT2107 Culture and Wellbeing152
ANT2110 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics151
ANT2114 The Anthropology of Prisons152
ANT2115 Emotions, the Body and the Social151
ANT2116 Animals and Society151
ANT2117 Dogs and Cats: Anthropological Subjects152
PHL2010A Philosophy of Mind 1151
PHL2015 Body and Mind152
PHL2016 Metaphysics152
PHL2018 Philosophy of Language151
PHL2020 Virtues and Vices151
PHL2021 Symbolic Logic152
PHL2026 Philosophy of Science152
PHL2038 The Self151
PHL2040 Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Communicative Capitalism151
PHL2041 Feminist Philosophy: Gender, Race and Class152
PHL2042 Philosophical Frontiers152
PHL2045 Aesthetics152
PHL2052 Epistemology152
PHL2053 History of Philosophy151
PHL2054 Philosophy of Psychiatry152
PHL2056 The Nature of Normativity152
PHL2061 Philosophy of Law151
PHL2096 Cyborg Studies151
PHL2111 The Deep Past, History and Humanity151
PHL2112 Practical Ethics151
PHL2114 Aristotle's Ethics152
PHL2117 Philosophy and Psychedelics151
PHL2118 Moral agency in social context151
PHL2119 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics151
PHL2120 Philosophy and Sociology of Race151
PHL2123 Philosophy of Medicine152
PHL2126 Mind and World in Contemporary Japanese Philosophy151
PHL2127 Hidden Voices in Early Modern Philosophy151
POL2020 Contemporary Theories of World Politics151
POL2025 Health Policy in Comparative Perspective151
POL2026 Political Analysis: Behaviour, Institutions, Ideas151
POL2027 The Politics of the World Economy152
POL2046 The Economics of Politics151
POL2047 American Politics152
POL2050 Political Philosophy151
POL2057 Security Studies152
POL2059 Political Thought of Modernity152
POL2076 Rising Powers, Peace and Conflict152
POL2079 Contemporary Public Debate in an Age of 'Anti-Politics'152
POL2081 Thinking about Race: Perspectives from the Biological and Social Sciences152
POL2082 Changing Character of Warfare151
POL2098 What is Law? Jurisprudence from Stone Tablet to Brain Imaging151
POL2102 Explaining Public Policies151
POL2104 Party Politics and Democracy151
POL2106 America in the World151
POL2112 Politics and Its Discontents151
POL2113 Parliamentary Studies152
POL2114 Issues in Modern British Politics152
POL2115 British Foreign Policy151
POL2116 Political Economy of Armed Conflicts152
POL2117 Great Power Politics151
POL2120 Democratic Innovations, Deliberation and Public Policy151
POL2121 Politics and Conflict in Deeply Divided Societies 152
POL2122 The Politics and Policies of Youth Engagement152
POL2124 The Politics of the Body 151
POL2126 Environmental policy in times of crisis152
POL2127 Electoral Politics151
POL2128 Introduction to Research Design in Politics and International Relations152
SOC2005 Theoretical Sociology301 and 2
SOC2009 Deviance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives152
SOC2025 Current Themes in the Sociology of Sport151
SOC2030 Sociology of Art and Culture152
SOC2034 Gender and Society 1152
SOC2035 International Criminal Justice: Comparative Criminology152
SOC2036 International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime151
SOC2037 Pharmaceutical Cultures152
SOC2038 On Violence151
SOC2039 Sociology of Family and Gender152
SOC2068 Race, Ethnicity and Criminalisation151
SOC2087 Disability and Society152
SOC2103 Senses and Society152
SOC2110 Consumption and Society151
SOC2116 Sociology and Demography of Religion151
SOC2121 Cybercrime151
SOC2122 Digital Society151
SOC2131 Social Media, Disinformation and Authoritarianism151
SOC2134 Emotions, the Body and the Social151
SOC2135 Forensic Cultures151
SPA2005 Asking the Right Question: Surveys in the Social Sciences152
SPA2006 Understanding Social Inequalities151

Stage Three Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ANT3004 Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities152
ANT3014 Cultures: Food152
ANT3023 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation151
ANT3025 Social Movements and Collective Action152
ANT3040 Anthropology Dissertation301 and 2
ANT3053 How Organisations Work: Ethnography in Institutions152
ANT3054 Gardening, Wellbeing and Community151, 2 and 3
ANT3089 Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism151
ANT3090 Sound and Society151
ANT3096 The Anthropology of Prisons152
ANT3097 Environment and Society151
ANT3099 Animals and Society151
ANT3100 Dogs and Cats: Anthropological subjects152
PHL3013 Virtues and Vices151
PHL3014 Symbolic Logic152
PHL3026 Philosophy of Science152
PHL3038 The Self151
PHL3040 Philosophy Dissertation301 and 2
PHL3045 Aesthetics152
PHL3052 Epistemology152
PHL3053 History of Philosophy151
PHL3054 Philosophy of Psychiatry152
PHL3056 The Nature of Normativity152
PHL3061 Philosophy of Law151
PHL3078 Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Communicative Capitalism151
PHL3079 Feminist Philosophy: Gender, Race and Class152
PHL3080 Philosophical Frontiers152
PHL3096 Cyborg Studies151
PHL3111 The Deep Past, History and Humanity151
PHL3113 Practical Ethics151
PHL3114 Aristotle's Ethics152
PHL3117 Philosophy and Psychedelics151
PHL3118 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics151
PHL3119 Philosophy and Sociology of Race151
PHL3122 Philosophy of Medicine152
PHL3125 Mind and World in Contemporary Japanese Philosophy151
PHL3126 Hidden Voices in Early Modern Philosophy151
POL3000 Deadly Words: The Language of Political Violence152
POL3040 Dissertation301 and 2
POL3051 The Media in Europe301 and 2
POL3054 Nuclear Weapons in International Relations151
POL3069 Globalisation and the Politics of Resistance301 and 2
POL3120 War and Public Opinion301 and 2
POL3136 Political Psychology301 and 2
POL3156 Central Asian Politics301 and 2
POL3168 War and its Aftermath: Interventions and Contemporary Conflict301 and 2
POL3174 International Security and US Foreign Policy301 and 2
POL3180 Latin American Parties, Politics and Elections301 and 2
POL3193 Women in the Criminal Justice System: Law, Policy and Institutions301 and 2
POL3194 Rethinking the Politics of Communities301 and 2
POL3196 Democracy in the European Union301 and 2
POL3202 China in World Affairs301 and 2
POL3206 The Political Economy of the State301 and 2
POL3217 Feminist Political Theory301 and 2
POL3226 Money, Lobbying and Policymaking301 and 2
POL3231 Research Experience151
POL3247 Politics of Biology151
POL3248 Marxism(s) and International Relations151
POL3256 Trumping the Mainstream: The Populist Radical Right and Democratic politics301 and 2
POL3259 Climate Justice301 and 2
POL3260 Russian Foreign Policy152
POL3264 International Relations in Global History151
POL3267 Misinformation, Misperceptions and Conspiracy Theories152
POL3277 Developments in British Politics: Institutions and Behaviour152
POL3282 World Orders: Past, Present and Future301 and 2
POL3288 Political Science and the Real World301 and 2
POL3291 Disrupting Western and Neo-Liberal Policing of the Global and the Local301 and 2
POL3292 LGBTQ+ Policies and Politics in the UK152
POL3293 The Political Economy of Chinese Development152
POL3294 Land, Power and Politics: a critical problem-based approach152
POL3295 Security, Society and Algorithms152
POL3296 Political Economy of Populism152
POL3297 Comparative Political Economy: Varieties of Capitalism151
POL3298 Studies of Terrorism152
POL3300 Securitisation of Migration301 and 2
POL3301 Freedom, Creativity and Life301 and 2
SOC3002 On Violence151
SOC3013 Gender and Society 1152
SOC3030 Sociology of Art and Culture152
SOC3035 Deviance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives152
SOC3036 International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime151
SOC3040 Dissertation301 and 2
SOC3080 Pharmaceutical Cultures152
SOC3087 Disability and Society152
SOC3097 Environment and Society151
SOC3103 Senses and Society152
SOC3107 Culture and Wellbeing152
SOC3110 Consumption and Society151
SOC3118 Sociology and Demography of Religion151
SOC3129 Cybercrime151
SOC3130 Digital Society151
SOC3139 Social Media, Disinformation and Authoritarianism151
SOC3141 The Anthropology of Prisons152
SOC3144 Security, Society and Algorithms152
SOC3146 Forensics in Policing152
SPA3003 Data Justice and Surveillance Capitalism151

Masters Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ANTM003 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation151
ANTM006 Gardening, Wellbeing and Community151, 2 and 3
ANTM021 Food, Body and Society151
ANTM100 The Animal Mirror: Representations of Animality153
ANTM101 Animals, Health and Healing152
ANTM102 Anthrozoology: Theory and Method301
ANTM103 Applied Anthrozoology301 and 2
ANTM105 Humans and Wildlife: Conflict and Conservation153
ANTM107 Anthrozoology Residential153
ANTM109 Animal Criminology152
ANTM111 Animal Ethics151
ANTM112 Animals and Religion152
ANTM904 Dissertation603
PHLM006 Contemporary Ethics302
PHLM007 Current Issues in Mind and Cognition301
PHLM008 Mind, Body and World302
PHLM009 Dissertation603
PHLM010 Introduction to Philosophical Methods301
PHLM011 Data Governance and Ethics151 and 2
PHLM013 Philosophy and Psychedelics152
PHLM014 Philosophy and Psychedelics302
PHLM015 Contemporary Ethics152
POLM013M MPA Dissertation602 and 3
POLM014M MPA Applied Studies601, 2 and 3
POLM016 Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks and Ethical Consumption152
POLM022 Challenges and Opportunities in Global Security301
POLM023 Capstone in Global Security Studies302 and 3
POLM024 Security, Society and Algorithms302
POLM057 Understanding and Interpretation in Political Thought301
POLM063 Qualitative Methods in Social Research152
POLM082 International Relations of the Middle East302
POLM084 Conflict, Security and Development in World Politics301
POLM085 Work Placement in Conflict, Security and Development301 and 2
POLM088 State-building after Civil War301
POLM140 Qualitative Methods in Social Research302
POLM144 The West, Civilisations and World Order301
POLM148 Brexit: Causes, Interpretation and Implications301
POLM156 The Transformation of Politics in the Global Age302
POLM158 Digital Politics and Policy302
POLM167 Global Governance: Institutions and Challenges301
POLM168 From Oppression to Resistance: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class and Gender302
POLM173 Theories of International Development302
POLM174 Tools, Policy and Practice of International Development 301
POLM217 Conflict, Security and Development in Eurasia301
POLM220M Management and Governance: Comparing Public Administration around the World301
POLM222M The Politics, Policy and Practice of Sustainable Development 302
POLM231 State Crime301
POLM237M Collaborative and Participatory Governance302
POLM239 International Organisation302
POLM502 International Relations: Power and Institutions301
POLM503 Foreign Policy Decision-Making302
POLM651 State and Society in the Middle East302
POLM803 Sources in Modernity and Post-Modernity302
POLM809 Applied Quantitative Data Analysis151
POLM886 Dissertation601, 2 and 3
POLM887 Public Policy Process301
POLM891DA Introduction to Systems Thinking302
POLM892DA Organisational Viability and Sustainability303
POLM893DA Equality, Diversity and Leadership302
POLM894DA Systemic Intervention302
POLM895DA Work-Based Project 1303
POLM896DA Work-Based Project 2303
POLM897 Surveys and Experiments: Design, Implementation and Analysis151
SECM026 Modern Warfare: Law and Ethics151
SECM027 The Changing Nature of Conflict and Instability: Trends, Challenges and Responses151
SECM028 Open Source Intelligence Training (OSINT)151
SECM030 Leadership Matters: Contemporary Debates152
SOCM002A Philosophy of the Social Sciences 1152
SOCM002B Philosophy of the Social Sciences302
SOCM019 Research Methods in the Social Sciences151
SOCM021 Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks and Ethical Consumption302
SOCM022 Food, Body and Society301
SOCM023 Social Theory152
SOCM027 Social Theory302
SOCM033 Data Governance and Ethics151 and 2
SOCM044 Food and Sustainability: Economy, Society and Environment 152
SOCM045 Food and Sustainability: Economy, Society and Environment 302
SOCM046 Meaning, Making Consuming 301
SOCM047 Understanding Media301
SOCM904 Dissertation603