Course Content
Year 1
Core modules in this year include:
- Critical Thinking and Professional Identity - 40 credits
- Global Development - 20 credits
- The Making of the Global South - 20 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- French Grade 1 and 2 - Language In Use - 20 credits
- Mandarin Grade 1 and 2 - Language In Use - 20 credits
- Spanish Grade 1 and 2 - Language In Use - 20 credits
- French Grade 1 and 2 - General Language - 20 credits
- Mandarin Grade 1 and 2 - General Language - 20 credits
- Spanish Grade 1 and 2 - General Language - 20 credits
- Language Project (French) - 20 credits
- Language Project (Spanish) - 20 credits
- French General Language Grade 3 - 20 credits
- Spanish General Language Grade 3 - 20 credits
Year 2
Core modules in this year include:
- Climate Crises - 20 credits
- The Geopolitics and Geo-Economics of Africa - 20 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- French General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 1) - 20 credits
- Mandarin General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 1) - 20 credits
- Spanish General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 1) - 20 credits
- French General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 2) - 20 credits
- Mandarin General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 2) - 20 credits
- Spanish General Language Grade 3 and 4 (Part 2) - 20 credits
- French General Language Grade 4 - 20 credits
- Spanish General Language Grade 4 - 20 credits
- Language For Professional Communication (French) - 20 credits
- Language For Professional Communication (Spanish) - 20 credits
- Analysing Foreign Policy - 20 credits
- Development and Democracy in Latin America - 20 credits
- East Asian States and Societies - 20 credits
- Introduction to Teaching - 20 credits
- Introduction to Translation - 20 credits
- Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe and Africa - 20 credits
- Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences - 20 credits
- Global Security - 20 credits
- Intercultural Perspectives on Communication - 20 credits
- Marketing and Communication - 20 credits
- Modernity and Globalisation - 20 credits
- Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday - 20 credits
- News, Discourse and Media - 20 credits
- Principles of Economic Crime Investigation - 20 credits
- Puritans to Postmodernists: American Literature - 20 credits
- Transitional Justice and Human Rights - 20 credits
- Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response - 20 credits
- Gender and Social Justice - 20 credits
- Managing Across Cultures - 20 credits
- Professional Experience - 20 credits
- Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship - 20 credits
- Working With Languages Today - 20 credits
Optional placement year
- work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years
- Year abroad
Year 4
Optional modules in this year include:
- French General Language Grade 6 - 20 credits
- Mandarin General Language Grade 6 - 20 credits
- Spanish General Language Grade 6 - 20 credits
- Translation Theory and Practice - 20 credits
- Translation Theory and Practice (Chinese) - 20 credits
- Interpreting 1 - 20 credits
- Interpreting - 20 credits
- Research Project - 20 credits
- Global Capitalism: Past, Present and Future - 20 credits
- NGOs and Social Movements - 20 credits
- Professional Development: Recruiters and Candidates - 20 credits
- Race, Rights and Development: Global Perspectives on Inequality and Social Justice - 20 credits
- Rethinking Aid and Development - 20 credits
- Advanced Language Project - 20 credits
- Independent Project (International Development) - 20 credits
- Decolonial Politics and Theory in International Relations - 20 credits
- Global Health - 20 credits
- Professional Experience - 20 credits
- Religion and Politics in Global Perspective - 20 credits