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| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00009 | Basic Numerical and Computational Skills | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module aims to equip students with the necessary basic mathematical and IT skills to support their studies in the Foundation Year. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00008 | Numerical Skills for Business and Finance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module follows on from CHE-00018 and covers mathematical techniques relevant to the study of economics and finance. The topics covered include: probability and statistics, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing and confidence limits, logarithms and exponentials, factorisation and quadratic equations, arithmetic and geometric series, linear programming, matrices, and the use of spreadsheets for the analysis of data. One lecture and one problems class per week. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00009 | Basic Numerical and Computational Skills | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module aims to equip students with the necessary basic mathematical and IT skills to support their studies in the Foundation Year. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00008 | Numerical Skills for Business and Finance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module follows on from CHE-00018 and covers mathematical techniques relevant to the study of economics and finance. The topics covered include: probability and statistics, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing and confidence limits, logarithms and exponentials, factorisation and quadratic equations, arithmetic and geometric series, linear programming, matrices, and the use of spreadsheets for the analysis of data. One lecture and one problems class per week. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00009 | Basic Numerical and Computational Skills | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module aims to equip students with the necessary basic mathematical and IT skills to support their studies in the Foundation Year. | ||||||
| FYO-00061 | The employment lifecycle | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module concerns the employment lifecycle from the perspective of an employer and an employee. It covers current patterns and trends in employment, recruitment and selection, employment law, tribunals and dismissal, industrial relations, complaints and grievance, and the role of managers in personnel issues. The module will be delivered through a series of 2-hour workshops delivered primarily by external employers. Assessment is via a workbook completed during the workshops and a final examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00009 | Basic Numerical and Computational Skills | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module aims to equip students with the necessary basic mathematical and IT skills to support their studies in the Foundation Year. | ||||||
| FYO-00061 | The employment lifecycle | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module concerns the employment lifecycle from the perspective of an employer and an employee. It covers current patterns and trends in employment, recruitment and selection, employment law, tribunals and dismissal, industrial relations, complaints and grievance, and the role of managers in personnel issues. The module will be delivered through a series of 2-hour workshops delivered primarily by external employers. Assessment is via a workbook completed during the workshops and a final examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00033 | Crime, Science and Investigation (Foundation Year) | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| For non-science students this module will give increased knowledge of and confidence in scientific principles and their application while for science students it will demonstrate how science may be applied for the benefit of society. | ||||||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CRI-00001 | Study Skills in Criminology | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00033 | Crime, Science and Investigation (Foundation Year) | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| For non-science students this module will give increased knowledge of and confidence in scientific principles and their application while for science students it will demonstrate how science may be applied for the benefit of society. | ||||||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CRI-00001 | Study Skills in Criminology | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00033 | Crime, Science and Investigation (Foundation Year) | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| For non-science students this module will give increased knowledge of and confidence in scientific principles and their application while for science students it will demonstrate how science may be applied for the benefit of society. | ||||||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CRI-00001 | Study Skills in Criminology | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00018 | Understanding Poetry | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables students to read poetry with knowledge of its basic formal structures, devices and meaning, and to write about it clearly. Topics covered include, for example, imagery, rhythm and personal identity. Students will read widely in an anthology of poems and a course text. Teaching is via two residential weekends off-campus and a workshop at Keele. | ||||||
| FYO-00019 | Understanding Narrative | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables students to read short stories and longer fiction with basic knowledge of narrative structure and techniques, and to write about them clearly. Students will read widely in an anthology of short stories, one short novel and a course text. Teaching is via two residential weekends off-campus and a workshop at Keele. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00009 | Basic Numerical and Computational Skills | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module aims to equip students with the necessary basic mathematical and IT skills to support their studies in the Foundation Year. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00008 | Numerical Skills for Business and Finance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module follows on from CHE-00018 and covers mathematical techniques relevant to the study of economics and finance. The topics covered include: probability and statistics, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing and confidence limits, logarithms and exponentials, factorisation and quadratic equations, arithmetic and geometric series, linear programming, matrices, and the use of spreadsheets for the analysis of data. One lecture and one problems class per week. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00009 | Basic Numerical and Computational Skills | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module aims to equip students with the necessary basic mathematical and IT skills to support their studies in the Foundation Year. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00008 | Numerical Skills for Business and Finance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module follows on from CHE-00018 and covers mathematical techniques relevant to the study of economics and finance. The topics covered include: probability and statistics, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing and confidence limits, logarithms and exponentials, factorisation and quadratic equations, arithmetic and geometric series, linear programming, matrices, and the use of spreadsheets for the analysis of data. One lecture and one problems class per week. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00060 | Insight into Education | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module provides an overview of educational practice in the context of public policy and epistemological and pedagogical theory. Areas introduced specifically include primary and secondary education, further and higher education, adult education, education in prisons, education and disability, the role of technology in education, inclusivity, widening participation, and faith schools. The module will be delivered through a series of workshops led by experts in their own field and culminate in a debate. Assessment will be through a workbook completed in the workshops and a final open note examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| FYO-00076 | Education in Practice | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables you to learn about teaching and learning within classroom and more informal settings. The module includes five days of placement in a secondary school, together with the opportunity to build mentoring relationships with young learners through e-mentoring. You will also be able to shadow an experienced mentor during a campus-based event. Training will be provided before the practical elements begin. Assessment is through reflection on your school placement and mentoring experience, as well as a final essay drawing on the taught elements of the module. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00060 | Insight into Education | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module provides an overview of educational practice in the context of public policy and epistemological and pedagogical theory. Areas introduced specifically include primary and secondary education, further and higher education, adult education, education in prisons, education and disability, the role of technology in education, inclusivity, widening participation, and faith schools. The module will be delivered through a series of workshops led by experts in their own field and culminate in a debate. Assessment will be through a workbook completed in the workshops and a final open note examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| FYO-00076 | Education in Practice | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables you to learn about teaching and learning within classroom and more informal settings. The module includes five days of placement in a secondary school, together with the opportunity to build mentoring relationships with young learners through e-mentoring. You will also be able to shadow an experienced mentor during a campus-based event. Training will be provided before the practical elements begin. Assessment is through reflection on your school placement and mentoring experience, as well as a final essay drawing on the taught elements of the module. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00060 | Insight into Education | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module provides an overview of educational practice in the context of public policy and epistemological and pedagogical theory. Areas introduced specifically include primary and secondary education, further and higher education, adult education, education in prisons, education and disability, the role of technology in education, inclusivity, widening participation, and faith schools. The module will be delivered through a series of workshops led by experts in their own field and culminate in a debate. Assessment will be through a workbook completed in the workshops and a final open note examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| FYO-00076 | Education in Practice | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables you to learn about teaching and learning within classroom and more informal settings. The module includes five days of placement in a secondary school, together with the opportunity to build mentoring relationships with young learners through e-mentoring. You will also be able to shadow an experienced mentor during a campus-based event. Training will be provided before the practical elements begin. Assessment is through reflection on your school placement and mentoring experience, as well as a final essay drawing on the taught elements of the module. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00018 | Understanding Poetry | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables students to read poetry with knowledge of its basic formal structures, devices and meaning, and to write about it clearly. Topics covered include, for example, imagery, rhythm and personal identity. Students will read widely in an anthology of poems and a course text. Teaching is via two residential weekends off-campus and a workshop at Keele. | ||||||
| FYO-00019 | Understanding Narrative | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables students to read short stories and longer fiction with basic knowledge of narrative structure and techniques, and to write about them clearly. Students will read widely in an anthology of short stories, one short novel and a course text. Teaching is via two residential weekends off-campus and a workshop at Keele. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00018 | Understanding Poetry | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables students to read poetry with knowledge of its basic formal structures, devices and meaning, and to write about it clearly. Topics covered include, for example, imagery, rhythm and personal identity. Students will read widely in an anthology of poems and a course text. Teaching is via two residential weekends off-campus and a workshop at Keele. | ||||||
| FYO-00019 | Understanding Narrative | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables students to read short stories and longer fiction with basic knowledge of narrative structure and techniques, and to write about them clearly. Students will read widely in an anthology of short stories, one short novel and a course text. Teaching is via two residential weekends off-campus and a workshop at Keele. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00018 | Understanding Poetry | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables students to read poetry with knowledge of its basic formal structures, devices and meaning, and to write about it clearly. Topics covered include, for example, imagery, rhythm and personal identity. Students will read widely in an anthology of poems and a course text. Teaching is via two residential weekends off-campus and a workshop at Keele. | ||||||
| FYO-00019 | Understanding Narrative | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables students to read short stories and longer fiction with basic knowledge of narrative structure and techniques, and to write about them clearly. Students will read widely in an anthology of short stories, one short novel and a course text. Teaching is via two residential weekends off-campus and a workshop at Keele. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00009 | Basic Numerical and Computational Skills | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module aims to equip students with the necessary basic mathematical and IT skills to support their studies in the Foundation Year. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00008 | Numerical Skills for Business and Finance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module follows on from CHE-00018 and covers mathematical techniques relevant to the study of economics and finance. The topics covered include: probability and statistics, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing and confidence limits, logarithms and exponentials, factorisation and quadratic equations, arithmetic and geometric series, linear programming, matrices, and the use of spreadsheets for the analysis of data. One lecture and one problems class per week. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00009 | Basic Numerical and Computational Skills | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module aims to equip students with the necessary basic mathematical and IT skills to support their studies in the Foundation Year. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00008 | Numerical Skills for Business and Finance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module follows on from CHE-00018 and covers mathematical techniques relevant to the study of economics and finance. The topics covered include: probability and statistics, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing and confidence limits, logarithms and exponentials, factorisation and quadratic equations, arithmetic and geometric series, linear programming, matrices, and the use of spreadsheets for the analysis of data. One lecture and one problems class per week. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00065 | Introduction to Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00019 | Understanding Narrative | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables students to read short stories and longer fiction with basic knowledge of narrative structure and techniques, and to write about them clearly. Students will read widely in an anthology of short stories, one short novel and a course text. Teaching is via two residential weekends off-campus and a workshop at Keele. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00065 | Introduction to Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00019 | Understanding Narrative | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module enables students to read short stories and longer fiction with basic knowledge of narrative structure and techniques, and to write about them clearly. Students will read widely in an anthology of short stories, one short novel and a course text. Teaching is via two residential weekends off-campus and a workshop at Keele. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| HIS-00004 | Anglo-Saxon England | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| The history of Britain in the period from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in the early 400s AD to the mid 900s witnessed the eventual, but not inevitable, creation (from several different political units) of the twin kingdoms of England and Scotland, with residual native British rule in Wales. Concentrating on the resultant Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, the course explores the ways in which the migrant Germanic tribes gained political and cultural control of southern Britain and how their conversion from paganism to Christianity contributed to that process. The Viking attacks of the mid 800s and consequent Scandinavian settlement, together with renewed invasion in the early 1000s, for a time brought England closer to Scandinavia, but that development was halted by the Norman Conquest of 1066. Sources of historical information for the period are varied, such as documents, place-names, and archaeological finds, and these provide the student with opportunities for evaluation and analysis. The module is taught through linked weekly lectures and seminars, for which there is a course book, handouts, and online sites. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00066 | Peace and War: 1890 - 1941 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| The period from 1890 - 1941 was one of great political, economic and social change. It saw the demise of long-established Empires only for them to be replaced by new military dictatorships. Technology and industrial production developed at an alarming rate - often to be put to military use. Economically, the period was one of boom and bust - from the 'roaring 20's' to the Great Depression. Socially, the old class systems virtually disappeared and the proletariat became much more influential. The module traces these themes: international relations and alliances before the Great War, the impact and aftermath of the 'war to end wars', and international diplomacy in the inter-war years. It will be taught through linked weekly lectures and seminars. | ||||||
| FYO-00069 | The making of landscape | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module seeks to introduce students to the concept of landscape, a central theme in geographical studies. With reference to England, it demonstrates the range and diversity of forces and processes at work in producing landscape. Largely from the human perspective, it illustrates how landscape may act as a focal point for examining major aspects of human geography - colonization, demographic changes, environmental change, farming systems, and settlement and urban growth. It seeks to introduce students to a number of the sources which may be used in tracing landscape development. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| HIS-00004 | Anglo-Saxon England | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| The history of Britain in the period from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in the early 400s AD to the mid 900s witnessed the eventual, but not inevitable, creation (from several different political units) of the twin kingdoms of England and Scotland, with residual native British rule in Wales. Concentrating on the resultant Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, the course explores the ways in which the migrant Germanic tribes gained political and cultural control of southern Britain and how their conversion from paganism to Christianity contributed to that process. The Viking attacks of the mid 800s and consequent Scandinavian settlement, together with renewed invasion in the early 1000s, for a time brought England closer to Scandinavia, but that development was halted by the Norman Conquest of 1066. Sources of historical information for the period are varied, such as documents, place-names, and archaeological finds, and these provide the student with opportunities for evaluation and analysis. The module is taught through linked weekly lectures and seminars, for which there is a course book, handouts, and online sites. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00066 | Peace and War: 1890 - 1941 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| The period from 1890 - 1941 was one of great political, economic and social change. It saw the demise of long-established Empires only for them to be replaced by new military dictatorships. Technology and industrial production developed at an alarming rate - often to be put to military use. Economically, the period was one of boom and bust - from the 'roaring 20's' to the Great Depression. Socially, the old class systems virtually disappeared and the proletariat became much more influential. The module traces these themes: international relations and alliances before the Great War, the impact and aftermath of the 'war to end wars', and international diplomacy in the inter-war years. It will be taught through linked weekly lectures and seminars. | ||||||
| FYO-00069 | The making of landscape | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module seeks to introduce students to the concept of landscape, a central theme in geographical studies. With reference to England, it demonstrates the range and diversity of forces and processes at work in producing landscape. Largely from the human perspective, it illustrates how landscape may act as a focal point for examining major aspects of human geography - colonization, demographic changes, environmental change, farming systems, and settlement and urban growth. It seeks to introduce students to a number of the sources which may be used in tracing landscape development. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| HIS-00004 | Anglo-Saxon England | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| The history of Britain in the period from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in the early 400s AD to the mid 900s witnessed the eventual, but not inevitable, creation (from several different political units) of the twin kingdoms of England and Scotland, with residual native British rule in Wales. Concentrating on the resultant Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, the course explores the ways in which the migrant Germanic tribes gained political and cultural control of southern Britain and how their conversion from paganism to Christianity contributed to that process. The Viking attacks of the mid 800s and consequent Scandinavian settlement, together with renewed invasion in the early 1000s, for a time brought England closer to Scandinavia, but that development was halted by the Norman Conquest of 1066. Sources of historical information for the period are varied, such as documents, place-names, and archaeological finds, and these provide the student with opportunities for evaluation and analysis. The module is taught through linked weekly lectures and seminars, for which there is a course book, handouts, and online sites. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00066 | Peace and War: 1890 - 1941 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| The period from 1890 - 1941 was one of great political, economic and social change. It saw the demise of long-established Empires only for them to be replaced by new military dictatorships. Technology and industrial production developed at an alarming rate - often to be put to military use. Economically, the period was one of boom and bust - from the 'roaring 20's' to the Great Depression. Socially, the old class systems virtually disappeared and the proletariat became much more influential. The module traces these themes: international relations and alliances before the Great War, the impact and aftermath of the 'war to end wars', and international diplomacy in the inter-war years. It will be taught through linked weekly lectures and seminars. | ||||||
| FYO-00069 | The making of landscape | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module seeks to introduce students to the concept of landscape, a central theme in geographical studies. With reference to England, it demonstrates the range and diversity of forces and processes at work in producing landscape. Largely from the human perspective, it illustrates how landscape may act as a focal point for examining major aspects of human geography - colonization, demographic changes, environmental change, farming systems, and settlement and urban growth. It seeks to introduce students to a number of the sources which may be used in tracing landscape development. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00061 | The employment lifecycle | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module concerns the employment lifecycle from the perspective of an employer and an employee. It covers current patterns and trends in employment, recruitment and selection, employment law, tribunals and dismissal, industrial relations, complaints and grievance, and the role of managers in personnel issues. The module will be delivered through a series of 2-hour workshops delivered primarily by external employers. Assessment is via a workbook completed during the workshops and a final examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| SOC-00001 | Sociology across the life course | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will draw on the experiences of different age groups to demonstrate the value of a sociological perspective for understanding social processes. It will be concerned with the ways that social structure shapes people's personal biographies and with the different opportunities and choices that are open to individuals. Through focusing critically on everyday life course phases such as childhood, young adulthood, mid-life and old age, the module will help students recognize the importance of questioning common-sense understandings of the social world. By the end of the module, students will have a fuller understanding of what sociology as a discipline offers. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00061 | The employment lifecycle | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module concerns the employment lifecycle from the perspective of an employer and an employee. It covers current patterns and trends in employment, recruitment and selection, employment law, tribunals and dismissal, industrial relations, complaints and grievance, and the role of managers in personnel issues. The module will be delivered through a series of 2-hour workshops delivered primarily by external employers. Assessment is via a workbook completed during the workshops and a final examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| SOC-00001 | Sociology across the life course | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will draw on the experiences of different age groups to demonstrate the value of a sociological perspective for understanding social processes. It will be concerned with the ways that social structure shapes people's personal biographies and with the different opportunities and choices that are open to individuals. Through focusing critically on everyday life course phases such as childhood, young adulthood, mid-life and old age, the module will help students recognize the importance of questioning common-sense understandings of the social world. By the end of the module, students will have a fuller understanding of what sociology as a discipline offers. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| HIS-00004 | Anglo-Saxon England | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| The history of Britain in the period from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in the early 400s AD to the mid 900s witnessed the eventual, but not inevitable, creation (from several different political units) of the twin kingdoms of England and Scotland, with residual native British rule in Wales. Concentrating on the resultant Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, the course explores the ways in which the migrant Germanic tribes gained political and cultural control of southern Britain and how their conversion from paganism to Christianity contributed to that process. The Viking attacks of the mid 800s and consequent Scandinavian settlement, together with renewed invasion in the early 1000s, for a time brought England closer to Scandinavia, but that development was halted by the Norman Conquest of 1066. Sources of historical information for the period are varied, such as documents, place-names, and archaeological finds, and these provide the student with opportunities for evaluation and analysis. The module is taught through linked weekly lectures and seminars, for which there is a course book, handouts, and online sites. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00069 | The making of landscape | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module seeks to introduce students to the concept of landscape, a central theme in geographical studies. With reference to England, it demonstrates the range and diversity of forces and processes at work in producing landscape. Largely from the human perspective, it illustrates how landscape may act as a focal point for examining major aspects of human geography - colonization, demographic changes, environmental change, farming systems, and settlement and urban growth. It seeks to introduce students to a number of the sources which may be used in tracing landscape development. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| HIS-00004 | Anglo-Saxon England | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| The history of Britain in the period from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in the early 400s AD to the mid 900s witnessed the eventual, but not inevitable, creation (from several different political units) of the twin kingdoms of England and Scotland, with residual native British rule in Wales. Concentrating on the resultant Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, the course explores the ways in which the migrant Germanic tribes gained political and cultural control of southern Britain and how their conversion from paganism to Christianity contributed to that process. The Viking attacks of the mid 800s and consequent Scandinavian settlement, together with renewed invasion in the early 1000s, for a time brought England closer to Scandinavia, but that development was halted by the Norman Conquest of 1066. Sources of historical information for the period are varied, such as documents, place-names, and archaeological finds, and these provide the student with opportunities for evaluation and analysis. The module is taught through linked weekly lectures and seminars, for which there is a course book, handouts, and online sites. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00069 | The making of landscape | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module seeks to introduce students to the concept of landscape, a central theme in geographical studies. With reference to England, it demonstrates the range and diversity of forces and processes at work in producing landscape. Largely from the human perspective, it illustrates how landscape may act as a focal point for examining major aspects of human geography - colonization, demographic changes, environmental change, farming systems, and settlement and urban growth. It seeks to introduce students to a number of the sources which may be used in tracing landscape development. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| HIS-00004 | Anglo-Saxon England | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| The history of Britain in the period from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in the early 400s AD to the mid 900s witnessed the eventual, but not inevitable, creation (from several different political units) of the twin kingdoms of England and Scotland, with residual native British rule in Wales. Concentrating on the resultant Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, the course explores the ways in which the migrant Germanic tribes gained political and cultural control of southern Britain and how their conversion from paganism to Christianity contributed to that process. The Viking attacks of the mid 800s and consequent Scandinavian settlement, together with renewed invasion in the early 1000s, for a time brought England closer to Scandinavia, but that development was halted by the Norman Conquest of 1066. Sources of historical information for the period are varied, such as documents, place-names, and archaeological finds, and these provide the student with opportunities for evaluation and analysis. The module is taught through linked weekly lectures and seminars, for which there is a course book, handouts, and online sites. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00069 | The making of landscape | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module seeks to introduce students to the concept of landscape, a central theme in geographical studies. With reference to England, it demonstrates the range and diversity of forces and processes at work in producing landscape. Largely from the human perspective, it illustrates how landscape may act as a focal point for examining major aspects of human geography - colonization, demographic changes, environmental change, farming systems, and settlement and urban growth. It seeks to introduce students to a number of the sources which may be used in tracing landscape development. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00009 | Basic Numerical and Computational Skills | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module aims to equip students with the necessary basic mathematical and IT skills to support their studies in the Foundation Year. | ||||||
| FYO-00061 | The employment lifecycle | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module concerns the employment lifecycle from the perspective of an employer and an employee. It covers current patterns and trends in employment, recruitment and selection, employment law, tribunals and dismissal, industrial relations, complaints and grievance, and the role of managers in personnel issues. The module will be delivered through a series of 2-hour workshops delivered primarily by external employers. Assessment is via a workbook completed during the workshops and a final examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00009 | Basic Numerical and Computational Skills | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module aims to equip students with the necessary basic mathematical and IT skills to support their studies in the Foundation Year. | ||||||
| FYO-00061 | The employment lifecycle | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module concerns the employment lifecycle from the perspective of an employer and an employee. It covers current patterns and trends in employment, recruitment and selection, employment law, tribunals and dismissal, industrial relations, complaints and grievance, and the role of managers in personnel issues. The module will be delivered through a series of 2-hour workshops delivered primarily by external employers. Assessment is via a workbook completed during the workshops and a final examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00057 | Introduction to politics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will describe a variety of political ideologies and aspects of democracy, such as liberalism, socialism, conservatism, facism, anarchism and pluralism. It will then look in more detail at party systems, elections and voting behaviour. A range of political issues will be briefly discussed, e.g. the economy, social welfare, health, education, law and order, criminal justice, the environment, and foreign policy. The roles and effects of pressure groups will also be explained. Comparisons will be drawn between political systems and policies in the UK and the USA. The basic concepts will be covered in lectures and tutorials will be used for deeper discussion of selected topics. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00064 | Introduction to International Relations: From Cold War to Global Governance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with a broad historical understanding of the development of global politics since WWII and the various mainstream and critical approaches employed in International Relations to analyse the key processes and events during this era. It will examine the role of the US, Britain and the United Nations in the post-war international settlement with a focus on the institutional arrangements for military security, economic development, decolonisation, human rights, environmental regulation etc. In doing so, it will also examine the role of a range of relatively new transnational actors such as multinational corporations, NGO's and global social movements. As such the module will critically analyse contemporary processes and problems of poverty, war, terrorism and climate change in emerging contexts of regional integration 'globalisation', global governance and the supposed declining sovereignty of the nation-state. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00057 | Introduction to politics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will describe a variety of political ideologies and aspects of democracy, such as liberalism, socialism, conservatism, facism, anarchism and pluralism. It will then look in more detail at party systems, elections and voting behaviour. A range of political issues will be briefly discussed, e.g. the economy, social welfare, health, education, law and order, criminal justice, the environment, and foreign policy. The roles and effects of pressure groups will also be explained. Comparisons will be drawn between political systems and policies in the UK and the USA. The basic concepts will be covered in lectures and tutorials will be used for deeper discussion of selected topics. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00064 | Introduction to International Relations: From Cold War to Global Governance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with a broad historical understanding of the development of global politics since WWII and the various mainstream and critical approaches employed in International Relations to analyse the key processes and events during this era. It will examine the role of the US, Britain and the United Nations in the post-war international settlement with a focus on the institutional arrangements for military security, economic development, decolonisation, human rights, environmental regulation etc. In doing so, it will also examine the role of a range of relatively new transnational actors such as multinational corporations, NGO's and global social movements. As such the module will critically analyse contemporary processes and problems of poverty, war, terrorism and climate change in emerging contexts of regional integration 'globalisation', global governance and the supposed declining sovereignty of the nation-state. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00057 | Introduction to politics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will describe a variety of political ideologies and aspects of democracy, such as liberalism, socialism, conservatism, facism, anarchism and pluralism. It will then look in more detail at party systems, elections and voting behaviour. A range of political issues will be briefly discussed, e.g. the economy, social welfare, health, education, law and order, criminal justice, the environment, and foreign policy. The roles and effects of pressure groups will also be explained. Comparisons will be drawn between political systems and policies in the UK and the USA. The basic concepts will be covered in lectures and tutorials will be used for deeper discussion of selected topics. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00064 | Introduction to International Relations: From Cold War to Global Governance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with a broad historical understanding of the development of global politics since WWII and the various mainstream and critical approaches employed in International Relations to analyse the key processes and events during this era. It will examine the role of the US, Britain and the United Nations in the post-war international settlement with a focus on the institutional arrangements for military security, economic development, decolonisation, human rights, environmental regulation etc. In doing so, it will also examine the role of a range of relatively new transnational actors such as multinational corporations, NGO's and global social movements. As such the module will critically analyse contemporary processes and problems of poverty, war, terrorism and climate change in emerging contexts of regional integration 'globalisation', global governance and the supposed declining sovereignty of the nation-state. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00033 | Crime, Science and Investigation (Foundation Year) | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| For non-science students this module will give increased knowledge of and confidence in scientific principles and their application while for science students it will demonstrate how science may be applied for the benefit of society. | ||||||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00061 | The employment lifecycle | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module concerns the employment lifecycle from the perspective of an employer and an employee. It covers current patterns and trends in employment, recruitment and selection, employment law, tribunals and dismissal, industrial relations, complaints and grievance, and the role of managers in personnel issues. The module will be delivered through a series of 2-hour workshops delivered primarily by external employers. Assessment is via a workbook completed during the workshops and a final examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| LAW-00001 | Introduction to Law | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module is for Foundation Year students intending to progress to the principal course in Law. It introduces students to some of the central concepts, characteristics and principles of the English legal system. Students will become familiar with legal teminology and concepts in the context of core areas of law, including legal method, public law, property law, contract law and crime. One 2-hour seminar per week. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00053 | Elementary Mathematical Methods 1 | F | M | 10 | 20 | |
| This module is designed to equip students with the necessary mathematical skills to support their studies at level zero and prepare them for the study of mathematics at level one. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| MAT-00006 | Making Sense of Statistics (FY) | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module provides an introduction into some of the more common techniques for exploring, summarising and modelling data and also explains the rationale behind some of the more commonly used statistical tests. Emphasis is placed on understanding the meaning behind these statistics and on the importance of the correct presentation of findings. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00036 | Applied Mathematics l | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00037 | Applied Mathematics ll | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00054 | Elementary Mathematical Methods II | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module is designed to equip students with the necessary mathematical skills to support their studies at level zero and prepare them for the study of mathematics at level one. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00053 | Elementary Mathematical Methods 1 | F | M | 10 | 20 | |
| This module is designed to equip students with the necessary mathematical skills to support their studies at level zero and prepare them for the study of mathematics at level one. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| MAT-00006 | Making Sense of Statistics (FY) | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module provides an introduction into some of the more common techniques for exploring, summarising and modelling data and also explains the rationale behind some of the more commonly used statistical tests. Emphasis is placed on understanding the meaning behind these statistics and on the importance of the correct presentation of findings. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00036 | Applied Mathematics l | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00037 | Applied Mathematics ll | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00054 | Elementary Mathematical Methods II | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module is designed to equip students with the necessary mathematical skills to support their studies at level zero and prepare them for the study of mathematics at level one. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00053 | Elementary Mathematical Methods 1 | F | M | 10 | 20 | |
| This module is designed to equip students with the necessary mathematical skills to support their studies at level zero and prepare them for the study of mathematics at level one. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| MAT-00006 | Making Sense of Statistics (FY) | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module provides an introduction into some of the more common techniques for exploring, summarising and modelling data and also explains the rationale behind some of the more commonly used statistical tests. Emphasis is placed on understanding the meaning behind these statistics and on the importance of the correct presentation of findings. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00036 | Applied Mathematics l | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00037 | Applied Mathematics ll | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00054 | Elementary Mathematical Methods II | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module is designed to equip students with the necessary mathematical skills to support their studies at level zero and prepare them for the study of mathematics at level one. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00065 | Introduction to Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00065 | Introduction to Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PIR-00004 | Introduction to Media in America | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00061 | The employment lifecycle | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module concerns the employment lifecycle from the perspective of an employer and an employee. It covers current patterns and trends in employment, recruitment and selection, employment law, tribunals and dismissal, industrial relations, complaints and grievance, and the role of managers in personnel issues. The module will be delivered through a series of 2-hour workshops delivered primarily by external employers. Assessment is via a workbook completed during the workshops and a final examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00061 | The employment lifecycle | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module concerns the employment lifecycle from the perspective of an employer and an employee. It covers current patterns and trends in employment, recruitment and selection, employment law, tribunals and dismissal, industrial relations, complaints and grievance, and the role of managers in personnel issues. The module will be delivered through a series of 2-hour workshops delivered primarily by external employers. Assessment is via a workbook completed during the workshops and a final examination. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| CHE-00035 | Entrepreneurship Level 0 | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new, innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business, and this is best acquired by looking at both successful and unsuccessful case studies. This module aims to introduce you to business and commerce, the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and making a presentation to staff involved in running or promoting successful business ventures. | ||||||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| MUS-00003 | Foundation Music Theory | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will introduce students to elements of pitch and pitch class; beat; meter and rhythm; scales and diatonic modues and pitch intervals. This module involves a number of learning environments, including plenary sessions, lab classes, tutorial support, and WebCT support, learning and testing. This module provides a solid basis in music theory for any student interested in taking music modules at level 1, as part of the Music or Music Technology degrees. It will also suit students who wish to brush up on their theory so that they can take music modules as electives. It is an excellent foundation for those embarking on further music theory training during their degree. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| MUS-10029 | Orchestral Studies | F | C | 7.5 | 15 | |
| This module enables students to develop instrumental skills within an orchestral or concert band framework. It encourages students to reflect and develop their ensemble playing skills, and gives them the opportunity to work towards large-scale public concerts. The module opens up the opportunity to work at a high level with a professional conductor to all students with the appropriate skills and experience. | ||||||
| MUS-10036 | Choral Studies | F | C | 7.5 | 15 | |
| This module enables students to develop vocal skills within a choral framework. It encourages students to reflect and develop their ensemble skills, and gives them the opportunity to work towards large-scale public concerts. The module opens up the opportunity to work at a high level with a professional conductor to all students with the appropriate skills and experience. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| MUS-00003 | Foundation Music Theory | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will introduce students to elements of pitch and pitch class; beat; meter and rhythm; scales and diatonic modues and pitch intervals. This module involves a number of learning environments, including plenary sessions, lab classes, tutorial support, and WebCT support, learning and testing. This module provides a solid basis in music theory for any student interested in taking music modules at level 1, as part of the Music or Music Technology degrees. It will also suit students who wish to brush up on their theory so that they can take music modules as electives. It is an excellent foundation for those embarking on further music theory training during their degree. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| MUS-10029 | Orchestral Studies | F | C | 7.5 | 15 | |
| This module enables students to develop instrumental skills within an orchestral or concert band framework. It encourages students to reflect and develop their ensemble playing skills, and gives them the opportunity to work towards large-scale public concerts. The module opens up the opportunity to work at a high level with a professional conductor to all students with the appropriate skills and experience. | ||||||
| MUS-10036 | Choral Studies | F | C | 7.5 | 15 | |
| This module enables students to develop vocal skills within a choral framework. It encourages students to reflect and develop their ensemble skills, and gives them the opportunity to work towards large-scale public concerts. The module opens up the opportunity to work at a high level with a professional conductor to all students with the appropriate skills and experience. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| MUS-00003 | Foundation Music Theory | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will introduce students to elements of pitch and pitch class; beat; meter and rhythm; scales and diatonic modues and pitch intervals. This module involves a number of learning environments, including plenary sessions, lab classes, tutorial support, and WebCT support, learning and testing. This module provides a solid basis in music theory for any student interested in taking music modules at level 1, as part of the Music or Music Technology degrees. It will also suit students who wish to brush up on their theory so that they can take music modules as electives. It is an excellent foundation for those embarking on further music theory training during their degree. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| MUS-10029 | Orchestral Studies | F | C | 7.5 | 15 | |
| This module enables students to develop instrumental skills within an orchestral or concert band framework. It encourages students to reflect and develop their ensemble playing skills, and gives them the opportunity to work towards large-scale public concerts. The module opens up the opportunity to work at a high level with a professional conductor to all students with the appropriate skills and experience. | ||||||
| MUS-10036 | Choral Studies | F | C | 7.5 | 15 | |
| This module enables students to develop vocal skills within a choral framework. It encourages students to reflect and develop their ensemble skills, and gives them the opportunity to work towards large-scale public concerts. The module opens up the opportunity to work at a high level with a professional conductor to all students with the appropriate skills and experience. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| MUS-00003 | Foundation Music Theory | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will introduce students to elements of pitch and pitch class; beat; meter and rhythm; scales and diatonic modues and pitch intervals. This module involves a number of learning environments, including plenary sessions, lab classes, tutorial support, and WebCT support, learning and testing. This module provides a solid basis in music theory for any student interested in taking music modules at level 1, as part of the Music or Music Technology degrees. It will also suit students who wish to brush up on their theory so that they can take music modules as electives. It is an excellent foundation for those embarking on further music theory training during their degree. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PHY-00010 | Audio Electronics | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This level 0 module run in the first semester. The material introduces the physical and theoretical properties of sound waves, DC and AC circuits, amplifiers and oscillators, and specialised circuits that can be found in modern Audio-frequency reproduction equipment. The methods used in the practical laboratory sessions would be useful to students intending to take Music Technology modules as part of their studies. The module is also suitable for students who wish to acquire an understanding of audio-frequency electronics as applied to domestic and professional sound systems. No prior experience or knowledge in electronics is assumed. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| MUS-00003 | Foundation Music Theory | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will introduce students to elements of pitch and pitch class; beat; meter and rhythm; scales and diatonic modues and pitch intervals. This module involves a number of learning environments, including plenary sessions, lab classes, tutorial support, and WebCT support, learning and testing. This module provides a solid basis in music theory for any student interested in taking music modules at level 1, as part of the Music or Music Technology degrees. It will also suit students who wish to brush up on their theory so that they can take music modules as electives. It is an excellent foundation for those embarking on further music theory training during their degree. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PHY-00010 | Audio Electronics | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This level 0 module run in the first semester. The material introduces the physical and theoretical properties of sound waves, DC and AC circuits, amplifiers and oscillators, and specialised circuits that can be found in modern Audio-frequency reproduction equipment. The methods used in the practical laboratory sessions would be useful to students intending to take Music Technology modules as part of their studies. The module is also suitable for students who wish to acquire an understanding of audio-frequency electronics as applied to domestic and professional sound systems. No prior experience or knowledge in electronics is assumed. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| MUS-00003 | Foundation Music Theory | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will introduce students to elements of pitch and pitch class; beat; meter and rhythm; scales and diatonic modues and pitch intervals. This module involves a number of learning environments, including plenary sessions, lab classes, tutorial support, and WebCT support, learning and testing. This module provides a solid basis in music theory for any student interested in taking music modules at level 1, as part of the Music or Music Technology degrees. It will also suit students who wish to brush up on their theory so that they can take music modules as electives. It is an excellent foundation for those embarking on further music theory training during their degree. | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| PHY-00010 | Audio Electronics | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This level 0 module run in the first semester. The material introduces the physical and theoretical properties of sound waves, DC and AC circuits, amplifiers and oscillators, and specialised circuits that can be found in modern Audio-frequency reproduction equipment. The methods used in the practical laboratory sessions would be useful to students intending to take Music Technology modules as part of their studies. The module is also suitable for students who wish to acquire an understanding of audio-frequency electronics as applied to domestic and professional sound systems. No prior experience or knowledge in electronics is assumed. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00058 | Introduction to Philosophy | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will survey some of the big issues in various areas of philosophy. In metaphysics it will consider the mind and identity, as well as time. Epistemology pertains to knowledge and this module will look in particular at scepticism and induction. Political philosophy will centre on punishment and rights. In aesthetics philosophers' relationship with art will be studied and moral philosophy will investigate the nature of moral judgement. The philosophy of religion will focus on the nature of divinity. The sort of questions that will be considered include: how do you know that you are reading this and not dreaming? does the fact that lightning has been followed by thunder in the past guarantee that it will happen in the future? how do we justify punishment? what does it mean to have rights? what is an aesthetic judgment and what is good taste? how are we to make sense of moral pronouncements? does God exist? how do we reconcile evil with the idea of divinity? | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00059 | Introduction to Ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module is concerned with key topics in moral philosophy. It will cover a range of ethical theories and topics including consequentialism, utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, egoism, altruism and applied ethics. Comparisons will be drawn between them and students will be encouraged to develop, assess and defend relevant moral/ethical positions in various contexts. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00058 | Introduction to Philosophy | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will survey some of the big issues in various areas of philosophy. In metaphysics it will consider the mind and identity, as well as time. Epistemology pertains to knowledge and this module will look in particular at scepticism and induction. Political philosophy will centre on punishment and rights. In aesthetics philosophers' relationship with art will be studied and moral philosophy will investigate the nature of moral judgement. The philosophy of religion will focus on the nature of divinity. The sort of questions that will be considered include: how do you know that you are reading this and not dreaming? does the fact that lightning has been followed by thunder in the past guarantee that it will happen in the future? how do we justify punishment? what does it mean to have rights? what is an aesthetic judgment and what is good taste? how are we to make sense of moral pronouncements? does God exist? how do we reconcile evil with the idea of divinity? | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00059 | Introduction to Ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module is concerned with key topics in moral philosophy. It will cover a range of ethical theories and topics including consequentialism, utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, egoism, altruism and applied ethics. Comparisons will be drawn between them and students will be encouraged to develop, assess and defend relevant moral/ethical positions in various contexts. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00058 | Introduction to Philosophy | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will survey some of the big issues in various areas of philosophy. In metaphysics it will consider the mind and identity, as well as time. Epistemology pertains to knowledge and this module will look in particular at scepticism and induction. Political philosophy will centre on punishment and rights. In aesthetics philosophers' relationship with art will be studied and moral philosophy will investigate the nature of moral judgement. The philosophy of religion will focus on the nature of divinity. The sort of questions that will be considered include: how do you know that you are reading this and not dreaming? does the fact that lightning has been followed by thunder in the past guarantee that it will happen in the future? how do we justify punishment? what does it mean to have rights? what is an aesthetic judgment and what is good taste? how are we to make sense of moral pronouncements? does God exist? how do we reconcile evil with the idea of divinity? | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00059 | Introduction to Ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module is concerned with key topics in moral philosophy. It will cover a range of ethical theories and topics including consequentialism, utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, egoism, altruism and applied ethics. Comparisons will be drawn between them and students will be encouraged to develop, assess and defend relevant moral/ethical positions in various contexts. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00057 | Introduction to politics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will describe a variety of political ideologies and aspects of democracy, such as liberalism, socialism, conservatism, facism, anarchism and pluralism. It will then look in more detail at party systems, elections and voting behaviour. A range of political issues will be briefly discussed, e.g. the economy, social welfare, health, education, law and order, criminal justice, the environment, and foreign policy. The roles and effects of pressure groups will also be explained. Comparisons will be drawn between political systems and policies in the UK and the USA. The basic concepts will be covered in lectures and tutorials will be used for deeper discussion of selected topics. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00064 | Introduction to International Relations: From Cold War to Global Governance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with a broad historical understanding of the development of global politics since WWII and the various mainstream and critical approaches employed in International Relations to analyse the key processes and events during this era. It will examine the role of the US, Britain and the United Nations in the post-war international settlement with a focus on the institutional arrangements for military security, economic development, decolonisation, human rights, environmental regulation etc. In doing so, it will also examine the role of a range of relatively new transnational actors such as multinational corporations, NGO's and global social movements. As such the module will critically analyse contemporary processes and problems of poverty, war, terrorism and climate change in emerging contexts of regional integration 'globalisation', global governance and the supposed declining sovereignty of the nation-state. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00057 | Introduction to politics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will describe a variety of political ideologies and aspects of democracy, such as liberalism, socialism, conservatism, facism, anarchism and pluralism. It will then look in more detail at party systems, elections and voting behaviour. A range of political issues will be briefly discussed, e.g. the economy, social welfare, health, education, law and order, criminal justice, the environment, and foreign policy. The roles and effects of pressure groups will also be explained. Comparisons will be drawn between political systems and policies in the UK and the USA. The basic concepts will be covered in lectures and tutorials will be used for deeper discussion of selected topics. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00064 | Introduction to International Relations: From Cold War to Global Governance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with a broad historical understanding of the development of global politics since WWII and the various mainstream and critical approaches employed in International Relations to analyse the key processes and events during this era. It will examine the role of the US, Britain and the United Nations in the post-war international settlement with a focus on the institutional arrangements for military security, economic development, decolonisation, human rights, environmental regulation etc. In doing so, it will also examine the role of a range of relatively new transnational actors such as multinational corporations, NGO's and global social movements. As such the module will critically analyse contemporary processes and problems of poverty, war, terrorism and climate change in emerging contexts of regional integration 'globalisation', global governance and the supposed declining sovereignty of the nation-state. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00057 | Introduction to politics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will describe a variety of political ideologies and aspects of democracy, such as liberalism, socialism, conservatism, facism, anarchism and pluralism. It will then look in more detail at party systems, elections and voting behaviour. A range of political issues will be briefly discussed, e.g. the economy, social welfare, health, education, law and order, criminal justice, the environment, and foreign policy. The roles and effects of pressure groups will also be explained. Comparisons will be drawn between political systems and policies in the UK and the USA. The basic concepts will be covered in lectures and tutorials will be used for deeper discussion of selected topics. | ||||||
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00064 | Introduction to International Relations: From Cold War to Global Governance | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with a broad historical understanding of the development of global politics since WWII and the various mainstream and critical approaches employed in International Relations to analyse the key processes and events during this era. It will examine the role of the US, Britain and the United Nations in the post-war international settlement with a focus on the institutional arrangements for military security, economic development, decolonisation, human rights, environmental regulation etc. In doing so, it will also examine the role of a range of relatively new transnational actors such as multinational corporations, NGO's and global social movements. As such the module will critically analyse contemporary processes and problems of poverty, war, terrorism and climate change in emerging contexts of regional integration 'globalisation', global governance and the supposed declining sovereignty of the nation-state. | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00065 | Introduction to Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| SOC-00001 | Sociology across the life course | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will draw on the experiences of different age groups to demonstrate the value of a sociological perspective for understanding social processes. It will be concerned with the ways that social structure shapes people's personal biographies and with the different opportunities and choices that are open to individuals. Through focusing critically on everyday life course phases such as childhood, young adulthood, mid-life and old age, the module will help students recognize the importance of questioning common-sense understandings of the social world. By the end of the module, students will have a fuller understanding of what sociology as a discipline offers. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00065 | Introduction to Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| SOC-00001 | Sociology across the life course | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will draw on the experiences of different age groups to demonstrate the value of a sociological perspective for understanding social processes. It will be concerned with the ways that social structure shapes people's personal biographies and with the different opportunities and choices that are open to individuals. Through focusing critically on everyday life course phases such as childhood, young adulthood, mid-life and old age, the module will help students recognize the importance of questioning common-sense understandings of the social world. By the end of the module, students will have a fuller understanding of what sociology as a discipline offers. | ||||||
| Semester 1 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00011 | Introduction to Writing for Humanities and Social Science students | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on either the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Science Foundation Year. In this module students will develop the skills necessary to address and carry out essay assignments at a suitable standard using appropriate resources, language and structural and rhetorical devices. | ||||||
| FYO-00065 | Introduction to Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| FYO-00077 | Word processing, presentations and the web | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides a basic understanding of the use of computer based information technology for communicating information. The module includes an introduction to information technology, fundamentals of computing, and the use of Microsoft Windows, email, the world-wide web, word processing, presentation packages and html | ||||||
| PHI-00004 | Critical Thinking | F | E | 5 | 10 | |
| Can you tell a good argument from a bad one? This is not always an easy or a clear-cut issue. Science, statistics and rhetorical ploys can all be used to confuse you and convince you to accept erroneous conclusions. This module will help you to understand the nature and structure of arguments, and to improve your ability in constructing your own arguments and critically assessing those of others. The module is about developing and improving the skills needed to tackle arguments in general. You will learn how to properly analyse arguments and avoid common mistakes and fallacies. In doing so we will be drawing on examples from everyday life, such as the media, as well as those from philosophy. | ||||||
| Semester 1-2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| FYO-00023 | Learning Skills | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will provide students with an opportunity to develop their learning and study skills. It will involve sessions including: Time Management, Revision and Exam Technique, Learning Styles, Critical Reflection, Debating Skills, and Employability. This is a core module for students on the Science, Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and runs over both Semesters 1 and 2. Teaching is via lectures, workshops and individual tutorials. | ||||||
| Semester 2 | C/O | TYP | ECTS | CATS | ||
| ENL-00012 | Seminar Skills (10) | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core module for students enrolled on the Humanities Foundation Year or the Social Sciences Foundation Year. This module will prepare students in two key areas of academic performance: academic seminar discussions and academic oral presentations. Small group academic discussions are at the heart of university learning, yet to the uninitiated they can be an intimidating experience. Training and practice sessions will guide students to better understand the purposes of these informed discussions and how to get the most out of them and will provide strategies for participating meaningfully in them. Students will plan and lead their own seminar on a topic of their choosing with a group of classmates. The ability to prepare and deliver with confidence an engaging and informative academic presentation is a skill increasingly called upon not only at university but in the world of work and civic involvement. Through lecture input, activities and practice sessions students will develop the skills and confidence necessary to prepare and deliver an effective team oral academic presentation on a topic related to one of their chosen principal subjects. On successful completion of the module, students will have an improved ability to: - participate meaningfully in a group seminar discussion - co-lead a seminar discussion - plan, research and deliver an effective 15-minute team academic presentation - work as a member of a team to prepare and execute the above - provide constructive and practical feedback to their peers | ||||||
| FYO-00078 | Spreadsheets, databases and computer ethics | F | M | 5 | 10 | |
| This is a core skills module for the Social Science and Humanities Foundation Year programmes and an option for the other foundation years. It provides an introduction to the use of computer based information technology for handling and processing data. The module includes an introduction to databases, entity-relationship modelling, the use of spreadsheets, and computer ethics. | ||||||
| SOC-00001 | Sociology across the life course | F | C | 5 | 10 | |
| This module will draw on the experiences of different age groups to demonstrate the value of a sociological perspective for understanding social processes. It will be concerned with the ways that social structure shapes people's personal biographies and with the different opportunities and choices that are open to individuals. Through focusing critically on everyday life course phases such as childhood, young adulthood, mid-life and old age, the module will help students recognize the importance of questioning common-sense understandings of the social world. By the end of the module, students will have a fuller understanding of what sociology as a discipline offers. | ||||||