Your Course
The BA in Liberal Arts combines depth and breadth of study, and places particular emphasis on the use of inter-disciplinary methods of enquiry. Liberal Arts is a highly flexible degree programme, enabling students to shape their course according to their own interests and enthusiasms whilst also developing skills and expertise in a specific discipline.
Each year, a student will take modules worth 120 credits.
The course has three strands that run through each year of study: Core, Major and Topic.
[1] In each year, students take a Liberal Arts core module which in Year 1 and 2 comprises 20 credits, and in Year 3, 40 credits. The Liberal Arts core modules support the development of a strong Liberal Arts identity for students, promoting the intellectual benefits of the cross-disciplinary character of the programme and emphasise the development of core skills. For example, the Level 1 core module introduces students to the idea and practice of cross-disciplinary study, the history and idea of disciplines, and the role of the Liberal Arts. The Level 2 core module provides an opportunity to get involved with cutting-edge research, working in a small group with an academic supervisor, and creating impactful research outputs in a structured and supported way. The Level 3 core module is an interdisciplinary final year independent research project, developed and progressed by the student with the support of a subject-specific supervisor.
[2] Students choose a concentration of modules in one of the traditional academic disciplines in the Humanities or Social Sciences (English, History, Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Politics). This strand constitutes the students major. In Year 1, 40 credits will be from a student's major. In Year 2 and 3, 60 credits will be from their major. Liberal Arts students are therefore guaranteed a thorough formation in the methods and practices of one discipline and will be exposed to internationally recognised research and innovation.
[3] Students choose a combination of modules drawn from Liberal Arts Topic areas. The Topic structure gives students the freedom to follow their interests across diverse subject areas and equips them with skills of cross-disciplinary enquiry. Topic modules are grouped into thematic multi-disciplinary baskets, and students are allowed to choose topic modules from one basket or more than one basket. They are permitted to choose from different topic baskets each year, should they wish, providing an exciting, flexible, and individually tailored programme. In Year 1, students take 60 credits of topic modules. In Year 2, students take 40 credits of topic modules. In Year 3, students take 20 credits of topic modules.
The programme has an optional international variant, which includes a study abroad year at Level 3, and an industrial variant, which includes a work placement year at Level 3.
Your Future
The programme equips students with the transferrable skills and confidence they need to address diverse audiences across all levels of the programme, and in support of a variety of different career paths, including further study. Liberal Arts students develop key skills in communication, critical thinking and analysis, advanced synthesis of ideas across disciplinary boundaries, team-working, and independent research skills. The major subject enables students to develop in-depth specialist knowledge in one discipline but complement this with topic modules from a wide range of disciplines, tailored to the students' own interests but curated to provide robust intellectual pathways through complex ideas, themes and theories in the humanities and social sciences. The Liberal Arts core modules provide focused training in varied skills of communication and inter-disciplinary critical thinking, giving students the opportunity to investigate a focal question and thoughtfully disseminate the findings of their research to diverse audiences.
O
ur World
The Liberal Arts programme aims to provide a rigorous intellectual formation that runs broad and deep, that ranges across disciplines in a thematically coherent way, and that enables students to acquire the adaptivity and independent critical thinking they will need to engage with the world beyond the University. There are opportunities for external engagement in Leeds and beyond, undertaking impactful, real-world research tasks. Through a varied suite of carefully curated modules, tailored to individual interest, students will have the chance to engage in research-based learning to consider the relationships between academic study and the wider world, and, importantly, think about their place within it and how they might best shape the world for the present and future.
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following core compulsory module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH1000 | Introducing Liberal Arts | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
Candidates must study and pass 40 credits from ONE of the following lists of modules. Each list corresponds to one MAJOR subject.
Major Subject: Philosophy
Candidates majoring in Philosophy are required to study and pass 40 credits of Level 1 Philosophy modules from the following list:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL1080 | The Good, The Bad, The Right, The Wrong | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL1090 | Knowledge, Self and Reality | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL1121 | Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Major Subject: English
Candidates majoring in English are required to study and pass 40 credits of Level 1 English modules from the following list:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1065 | Reading Between the Lines | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| ENGL1110 | Literature, Culture and Critique | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Major Subject: Politics
Candidates majoring in Politics are required to study and pass 40 credits of Level 1 Politics modules from the following list:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIED1110 | Comparative Politics | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
| PIED1601 | Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
Major Subject: Sociology
Candidates majoring in Sociology are required to study and pass 40 credits of Level 1 Sociology modules from the following list:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLSP1201 | Making Sense of Society: Reading Social Theory | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
| SLSP1213 | Formations of Coloniality and Modernity | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
Major Subject: History
Candidates majoring in History are required to study and pass 40 credits of Level 1 History modules from the following list:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST1000 | Exploring History | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| HIST1065 | Diverse Histories of Britain | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
Major Subject: Cultural Studies
Candidates majoring in Cultural Studies will be required to study and pass 40 credits of Level 1 Cultural Studies modules, from the following list:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF1101 | Introduction to Cultural Analysis 1 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF1102 | Introduction to Cultural Analysis 2 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
TOPIC MODULES
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following Topic Modules. Candidates can choose modules from one or more of the themed baskets, but they cannot choose a topic module from the discipline of their major subject. This is to ensure students have sufficient interdisciplinarity across their modules.
Creativity and Change
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF1300 | Ways of Seeing | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL1017 | English Variation, Creativity and Use | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL1070 | Drama: Text and Performance | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| FOAH1100 | Creative Africas: Culture and the Arts in Modern Africa | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| IDEA1000 | Professional Ethics: Challenges and Crises | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LLLC1412 | Exploring the Digital World | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS1132 | Film Music | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS1231 | Film Music | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI1110 | Performance Matters | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI1240 | Introduction to Musical Theatre | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PSYC1601 | Introduction to Psychology | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO1122 | Introduction to the Study of Religions | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will not be permitted to take both MUS1132 Film Music (Semester 1) and MUS1231 Film Music (Semester 2) as these two modules are mutually exclusive.
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Global Citizenship and Communication
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1110 | Literature, Culture and Critique | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| FREN1120 | Upper Intermediate French (B2) | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG1500 | Global Geopolitics, Migration and Uneven Development | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| GERM1160 | Upper Intermediate German (B2) | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST1520 | Global Decolonization | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL1022 | Philosophy Meets the World | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SPPO1260 | Upper Intermediate Spanish (B2) | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| THEO1002 | Christian and Muslim Cultures: Global Religious Practice | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO1177 | Religion, Politics and Society in the Modern World | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Disruption and Social Transformation
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF1049 | Art History as Practice | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL1221 | Modern Fictions in English: Conflict, Liminality, Translation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HPSC1050 | Darwin, Germs and the Bomb | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS1131 | Talking About Pop Music: Discourse and Debates in Popular Music | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS1232 | Talking About Pop Music: Discourse and Debates in Popular Music | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED1601 | Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP1181 | Crime and Society | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will not be permitted to take both MUS1131 Talking About Pop Music (Semester 1) and MUS1232 Talking About Pop Music (Semester 2) as these two modules are mutually exclusive.
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Visions of the Past, Present and Future
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF1027 | Cultural History | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL1855 | Race, Writing and Decolonization | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST1060 | Faith, Knowledge and Power, 1500-1750 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PHIL1015 | Thinking About Race | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL1121 | Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PSYC1618 | Psychology in the Media | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP1191 | Identities and Inequalities | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO1001 | Bible and Theology: Texts and Traditions | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following core compulsory module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH2002 | Student Research Partnerships | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
Candidates must study and pass 60 credits from ONE of the following lists of modules. Each list corresponds to one MAJOR subject.
Major Subject: Philosophy
Candidates majoring in Philosophy are required to study and pass 60 credits from the following list of Philosophy modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL2525 | Past Thinkers: History of Modern Philosophy | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL2605 | Why Trust Science? Topics in Philosophy of Science | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2615 | How Do You Know? Topics in Epistemology | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL2631 | God, Thought and the World: Topics in Philosophy of Religion | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2906 | Do the Right Thing: Topics in Moral Philosophy | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL2915 | How to Live Together: Topics in Political Philosophy | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2925 | Reality Check: Topics in Metaphysics | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PRHS2000 | Human Rights and Religion | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Major Subject: English
Candidates majoring in English are required to study and pass the following modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2030 | Writing Environments: Literature, Nature, Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| ENGL2045 | Body Language: Literature and Embodiment | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Candidates majoring in English must study and pass a further 20-credit module from the following list:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2023 | Power of Language | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2051 | Language in Society | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2055 | American Words, American Worlds | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2065 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2080 | Contemporary Literature | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2090 | Modern Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2095 | Other Voices: Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Literature | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2096 | The World Before Us: Literature 1660–1830 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2144 | Life, Love and Death from Chaucer to Marlowe | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Major Subject: Politics
Candidates majoring in Politics are required to study and pass ONE of the following modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| PIED2602 | Justice, Community and Conflict | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
Candidates majoring in Politics must study and pass 40 credits from the following modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIED2139 | The Labour Party Since 1945 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2161 | Media and Democracy | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED2251 | Britain in flux: crisis and change in UK political economy | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2301 | Politics and Policy in the EU | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED2463 | United States Politics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Major Subject: Sociology
Candidates majoring in Sociology must study and pass the following module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLSP2181 | The Sociology of Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates majoring in Sociology must study and pass 40 credits from the following modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLSP2021 | Crime, Law and Regulation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP2052 | Gender and Society | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP2731 | Central Problems in Sociology | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLSP2933 | Sociology and the Climate Crisis | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Major Subject: History
Candidates majoring in History must study and pass the following module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST2025 | History in Practice | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates majoring in History must study and pass 40 credits from the following modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST2037 | Dread and Despair? Living with Disability in the Middle Ages | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2073 | Most Christian Kings: France, 1515-1715 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2170 | Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2301 | The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, 1921-1993 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2353 | America and the Sixties | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2360 | Bass Culture in Modern Britain | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2430 | The History of Africa since 1900 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Major Subject: Cultural Studies
Candidates majoring in Cultural Studies are required to study and pass 60 credits from the following list of Cultural Studies modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF2047 | Image, Music, Text: Reading Roland Barthes | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| ARTF2049 | The State of Utopia | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF2051 | Seeing in Asia | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| ARTF2052 | Showing Asia | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF2064 | Live Issues and Contemporary Art Practice | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| ARTF2092 | The Museum | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF2140 | Earth and Environment in Nineteenth-century British Art | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF2142 | Cinema/Post-Cinema | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF2145 | Bodies of Difference | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
TOPIC MODULES
Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following Topic Modules. Candidates can choose modules from one or more of the themed baskets. They do not need to follow the same baskets from previous years. Students cannot choose a topic module from the discipline of their major subject.
Creativity and Change
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF2092 | The Museum | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2090 | Modern Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL2250 | Digital Communications Across Cultures | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUS2331 | Opera North: Opera in Practice | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PECI2708 | Exploring Musical Theatre | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI2711 | Critical Arts Marketing | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PRHS2000 | Human Rights and Religion | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Global Citizenship and Communication
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF2208 | African Art: Context, Representation, Signification | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2095 | Other Voices: Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Literature | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG2020 | Political and Development Geographies | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GERM2010 | German Language Skills in Context | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUS2232 | Music and Meaning | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SPPO2010 | Practical Language Skills in Spanish 2 | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Disruption and Social Transformation
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAS2450 | Screening Antiquity | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2065 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| IDEA2002 | Should Scientists Be Activists?: Values, Science and Society | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL2015 | Black Europe | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUS2132 | Cultures of Performance | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS2133 | Music and Politics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PECI2714 | Politics, Identity and Performance | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP2933 | Sociology and the Climate Crisis | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO2024 | Religion and Culture in Postcolonial Worlds | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO2025 | Religion, Gender and Sexuality | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO2251 | Sociology of Religion | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Visions of the Past, Present and Future
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF2140 | Earth and Environment in Nineteenth-century British Art | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2055 | American Words, American Worlds | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HPSC2400 | History of Psychiatry and Mental Illness | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL2075 | Global Environmental Humanities | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP2052 | Gender and Society | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study and pass the following compulsory module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH3000 | Independent Research Project in Liberal Arts | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
Candidates must study and pass 60 credits from ONE of the following lists of modules. Each list corresponds to one MAJOR subject.
Major Subject: Philosophy
Candidates majoring in Philosophy must study and pass 60 credits from the following list of Philosophy modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL3011 | Philosophy of Language | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3013 | Bioethics | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3015 | Non-Western Philosophy | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3016 | Philosophy of Work and Play | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| PHIL3125 | Continental Philosophy | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| PHIL3310 | Philosophy of Sex and Relationships | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3322 | Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL3700 | Feminist Philosophy | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL3723 | War, Terror and Justice | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL3855 | Philosophical Issues in Technology | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PRHS3170 | Religion, Belief and Ethics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Major Subject: English
Candidates majoring in English must study and pass 60 credits from the following list of English modules. They may select from either basket:
English A
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL3073 | Turks, Moors and Jews: Race and Identity in Early Modern Drama | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3477 | Cursing and Courtesy: (im)politeness in English | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3484 | Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| ENGL3579 | Law and Literature: Transgression, Justice, and Interpretation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| FOAH3001 | Global African Writing | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
English B
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL3008 | Writing Modern Sexualities | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3037 | Speech Acts: Contemporary Approaches to Text and Performance | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3062 | Charles Dickens Then & Now | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| ENGL3181 | Digital Discourse: language, social media, AI | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3394 | Bowie, Reading, Writing | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3462 | Slavery and Antislavery in the Atlantic Imagination | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3480 | Global English: Colonialism, Postcolonialism, and Decolonisation | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| ENGL3485 | Trial Discourse: The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Major Subject: Politics
Candidates majoring in Politics must study and pass 60 credits from the following list of Politics modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIED3171 | The Politics of national identity in the UK | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3343 | Gender, Violence and Security | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3590 | The Global Politics of Climate Change | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3612 | Rethinking Resistance | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3640 | Ethics and Politics of Human Rights | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Major Subject: Sociology
Candidates majoring in Sociology must study and pass 60 credits from the following Sociology modules.
Candidates wishing to take their Dissertation in Sociology must study SLSP3097 Research Skills for Your Dissertation.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLSP3097 | Research Skills for your Dissertation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3212 | Crimes of States and Powerful Elites | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3221 | Children, Young People and Life Course Perspectives | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3231 | Global Terrorism and Violence | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3501 | Gender, Technologies and the Body | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3996 | Ethnicity and Popular Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Major Subject: History
Candidates majoring in History must study and pass 40 credits from the following Special Subject modules. These modules will vary year on year.
Basket 1 Medieval & Early Modern History
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3001 | Conquest, Convivencia and Conflict: Christian and Muslim Spain, 711-1212 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3071 | An Animal History of Byzantium, c. 1000-1200 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3498 | Early Modern Media: Printing and the People in Europe c.1500-c.1800 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3687 | The Later Elizabethan Age: Politics and Empire | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Basket 2 Modern History – International
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3235 | Dividing India: The Road to Democracy in South Asia, 1939-1952 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3330 | Europe in an Age of Total Warfare | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3332 | The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3590 | White Africans: Intimacy, Race and Power | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3695 | The Korean War | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3930 | The First World War: A Global Conflict | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Basket 3 Modern British History
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3076 | Bodies on Display: Histories and Ethics of Human Exhibition in Britain | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3392 | Eastern Subjects: British Attitudes to India, 1757-1857 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3440 | The Photographic Age: Photography, Society and Culture in Britain, 1839-1945 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3685 | Georgians at War | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Basket 4 Modern World History
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3018 | Pieces of A Man: the art, politics and life of Gil Scott-Heron (1949 – 2011) | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3220 | Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3240 | The Harlem Renaissance | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3390 | The Soviet Sixties: Politics and Society in the USSR, 1953-1968 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Candidates majoring in History must study and pass one 20-credit module from the following list of History Optional Modules. These optional modules will vary year on year.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3074 | The Slave Trade, Slavery and Britain’s Atlantic Empire | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST3100 | Colonial Bodies: Life and Death in British India, 1757-1900 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3450 | American History, American Historians | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3530 | Mapping the Middle Ages: Space and Representation from the Pacific to the Atlantic | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MEDV3010 | Medieval Origin Stories: From the Trojans to the Turks | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MEDV3411 | Medieval Women Mystics: Visionaries, Saints and Heretics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Major Subject: Cultural Studies
Candidates majoring in Cultural Studies must study and pass 60 credits from the following list of modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF3003 | Deconstruction Reading Politics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3034 | From Trauma to Cultural Memory: The Unfinished Business of Representation and the Holocaust | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3042 | Cultural Diversity in Museum and Material Culture - Case Study | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3054 | Anthropology, Art and Representation | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF3056 | Unmaking Things: Materials and Ideas in the European Renaissance | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3059 | Critical approaches to photography | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3064 | Art, Ecology and Empire | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3109 | Prehuman to Post-Anthropocene | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF3168 | Africa and the Atlantic World: History, Historiography and the Visual Arts | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3215 | Engendering East Asia: Feminisms and Contemporary Art | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
TOPIC MODULES
Candidates are required to study 20 credits from the following Topic Modules. Candidates can choose modules from one of the themed baskets. They do not need to follow the same baskets as previous years. Candidates cannot choose a topic module from the discipline of their major subject.
Candidates wishing to take their Dissertation in Sociology must study SLSP3097 Research Skills for Your Dissertation’.
Creativity and Change
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF3099 | Antique Dealers: The Market for 'Decorative Art' from Curiosities to Retro | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3481 | Keywords: the words we use and the ways we use them | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUS3132 | Cultures of Performance | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS3231 | Music, Sound, and Media | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI3708 | Contemporary Theatre Makers | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3322 | Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3097 | Research Skills for your Dissertation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3996 | Ethnicity and Popular Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Global Citizenship and Communication
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL3046 | Parts, Periodicals, Newspapers: Literature and the Nineteenth-Century Press | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| GEOG3981 | Spaces of Migration and Encounter | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HPSC3200 | Science Communication: History & Theory | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3630 | Social Movements across Cultures | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUS3232 | Music and Meaning | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI3705 | Arts and Cultural Management | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3640 | Ethics and Politics of Human Rights | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| THEO3000 | Religion and Media | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO3190 | Religions and Global Development | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Disruption and Social Transformation
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF3102 | After Authoritarianism | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL32111 | Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| IDEA3000 | Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MEDV3411 | Medieval Women Mystics: Visionaries, Saints and Heretics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3620 | Decolonial Approaches | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS3133 | Music and Politics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PRHS3300 | Religion and Mental Health | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3212 | Crimes of States and Powerful Elites | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Visions of the Past, Present and Future
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF3034 | From Trauma to Cultural Memory: The Unfinished Business of Representation and the Holocaust | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3064 | Art, Ecology and Empire | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3174 | Collecting and Curating Popular Culture | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS3220 | Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| ENGL3073 | Turks, Moors and Jews: Race and Identity in Early Modern Drama | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3728 | The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| PIED3612 | Rethinking Resistance | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO3280 | Religion, Politics and the Future | 20 | Not running in 202627 |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
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