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School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies units in 2016/17

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Level of study Open unit status Teaching Block
A Sociology of Crime and Justice SOCI20073 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Advanced Qualitative Research SOCIM3132 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Advanced Quantitative Methods for Social and Policy Research POLIM0021 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Advanced Quantitative Research SOCIM3133 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Advanced Quantitative Research project SPAIM0039 40 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Apocalypse or Ecotopia? Green Political Thought POLI20008 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Approaches to the study of Political Science POLI11104 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Belief in Contemporary Society SOCI30078 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Britain and the European Union POLI31565 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Care, Labour and Gender SOCIM0004 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
China's International Relations POLIM0023 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Class and Social Divisions SOCI20045 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Climate Change and International Security POLIM0004 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Co-operation and Integration In Europe POLI21214 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction POLI11103 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Conceptual Issues in Security, Conflict, and Justice POLIM0009 15 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Conceptualising the Social SOCI20016 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Conducting a Research Project using Secondary Data POLI20001 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Conflict, Security and Development POLIM1007 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1,TB-2
Contemporary Feminist Thought: Debates and Issues POLI30001 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Contemporary Identities and Inequalities SOCIM0015 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Contemporary International Relations POLI20002 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Contemporary Political Theory POLI22202 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Contemporary Sociological Theory SOCIM3101 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Critical Security Studies POLI31384 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Cultural Representation SOCI30063 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Democracy and US Government POLI21226 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Democracy, Dictatorship and Post-Communism POLI31383 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Development Studies POLI21213 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Discourse Analysis: Research Methods for Politics and International Relations POLIM3024 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Dissertation SOCI30050 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation SOCIM1000 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation POLIM1001 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation POLI31555 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation CEASM0015 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (SWDTC) POLIM0010 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (SWDTC) POLIM0008 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Politics) POLI30011 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Sociology) SOCI30065 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Doing Social Research SOCI10005 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
East Asia and Global Development POLIM0006 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
East Asian Societies SOCI20059 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Empire POLI30004 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Environment and Society SOCI20049 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Ethnic Politics POLI30019 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Ethnicity and Racism SOCI20017 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Ethnography SOCI30099 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Ethnography SOCIM0017 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Europe in Crisis: Global, Regional and Domestic Perspectives POLI30015 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
European Foreign Policy POLI30014 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
European Security POLIM0019 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Europeanisation POLIM3028 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Faith and Development POLIM0003 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Feminisms and International Relations POLIM3013 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Feminisms, Gender and International Relations POLI30021 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Feminist Politics SOCI30064 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Foreign Policy Analysis POLIM3017 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Gender and Development POLIM2032 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Gender and Migration SOCI30091 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Gender, Masculinity/ies and International Relations POLIM3016 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Global Civil Society POLIM0022 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Global Justice POLIM0005 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Global transformations: Issues and Trajectories POLIM0007 15 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Goffman, the Self and Interaction SOCI20032 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
How to Win a Political Argument POLI30020 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
India: An Emerging Power POLIM0017 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Inside Science SOCIM0024 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Inside Science SOCI30096 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
International Development Organisations POLIM2048 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
International Human Rights POLIM3030 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
International Organisations and Global Governance POLI20003 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
International Political Economy POLIM3015 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
International Security POLIM3012 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Interpreting Gender SOCIM3103 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Intimacy, Families and Personal Life SOCI30076 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences SOCIM0013 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Introduction to the Sociology of Culture SOCI10009 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Investigating the Social SOCI20064 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Issues in World Politics POLI10001 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Japan and East Asia: Socio-Economic Development POLIM0027 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Justice between generations POLI30005 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Key Social Thinkers SOCI10006 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Managing and Evaluating Development POLIM2036 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Militarisation, Militarism and War POLIM3022 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Mind, body, spirit? Critical approaches to contemporary belief SOCIM0022 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Modern Slavery: Issues and Debates SOCI30097 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
NGO Development & Practice POLI20004 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Narrating the Self SOCIM2127 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Nations & Nationalism SOCIM0003 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Nations and Nationalism SOCI30082 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
New Labour and After POLI30012 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Northern Ireland: A case study in ethno-national conflict and resolution POLIM0031 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Pathway Unit: Supervised Individual Study POLIM1009 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Peacebuilding: Theory and Practice POLI31557 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Philosophy and Research Design in the Social Sciences SOCIM0012 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Political Concepts POLI11101 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Political Violence POLI30006 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Politics and Policy-Making in the UK POLI21222 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Politics of Contemporary India POLI31563 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Politics of South Asia POLI29003 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Politics of the Environment POLI31556 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Popular Culture and World Politics POLI31378 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Popular Music and Society SOCIM3135 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Power Politics and International Relations of East Asia POLI29008 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Principles of Quantitative Social Science SOCI20069 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Public Opinion and Democracy SOCI30072 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Rational Choice POLI21203 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Religion and Politics in the West SOCI30074 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Religion, Ethnicity and Value Change SOCIM0010 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Risk, Danger and Disaster SOCI30098 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Secrecy, The State and Me POLI30018 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Security Governance POLIM1006 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Sexuality and Society SOCI20072 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Small Business Development POLIM2030 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Social Identities and Divisions SOCI10007 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Social Networks SOCIM0020 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Social Networks SOCI30100 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Sociologies of Everyday Life SOCI20070 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Sociology in a Global Context SOCI10008 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Sociology of Health and Illness SOCI20035 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
States and Markets POLI31559 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Study Abroad A SPAI20007 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Study Abroad B SPAI20008 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Study Abroad C SPAI20009 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Study Abroad D SPAI20010 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Study Abroad E SPAI20011 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Study Abroad F SPAI20012 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Supervised Individual Study SPAIM0038 10 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Supervised Individual Study SOCIM2129 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
The Contemporary British Parliament POLI31336 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
The European Union: Theory and Institutions POLIM3027 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
The History of Western Political Thought POLI20007 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
The Military in Everyday Life POLI31382 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
The Political Economy of China POLI30009 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
The Politics of (Un)sustainability POLIM0028 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Politics of Gender POLI31351 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
The Politics of HIV / AIDS in Africa POLIM2042 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Politics of Insecurity POLIM0020 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Politics of Post Apartheid South Africa POLI31381 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa POLI21231 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
The Politics of the Global South POLI10004 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
The Sociology of Gender SOCI20042 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
The Sociology of Popular Music SOCI30048 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Theory and Politics of Multiculturalism SOCIM3026 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Theoretical Approaches to Security POLIM0029 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Theories of Capitalism and Postcapitalism SOCIM0021 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Theories of Development POLIM3018 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Theories of Ethnicity and Racism SOCIM3107 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Theories of International Relations POLIM3014 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Theories of International Relations POLI10003 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Theories of Violence POLIM0018 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Theory and Politics of Multiculturalism SOCI30070 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Thinking Sociologically SOCI10004 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
US Foreign Policy POLI30017 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Understanding Culture SOCIM0014 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Understanding Genocide POLI20005 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Understanding Popular Culture in/and World Politics POLIM0002 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Year Abroad (L301) SOCI25000 120 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR

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