Updated undergraduate course and programme information 2019/20 - for future students

The following information provides future undergraduate students with a summary of new course and programme information being offered in the 2019/20 session:

Undergraduate programmes

New programmes for 2019/20
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2019/20.

Language Centre

BSc in International Relations and Chinese
BSc in Language, Culture and Society

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science

Department of Social Policy

BSc in Criminology
BSc in International Social and Public Policy
BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics
BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics

 

Substantive changes to Programme regulations from 2019/20
The following programmes will change their structure, course options and/or other elements of the programme regulations from the 2019/20 session.

Department of Economic History

BSc in Economic History  (First year students in 2019/20)
BSc in Economics and Economic History (First year students in 2019/20)
BSc in Economics History with Economics (First year students in 2019/20)

 

Undergraduate courses

New courses for 2019/20
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2019/20:  

Department of Accounting:

AC200 Accounting Theory and Practice (1.0)

 

Department of International Relations

IR476 Gender and Political Violence (1.0)

 

Language Centre:

LN115 Intercultural Communication and Management (1.0)

 

Department of Mathematics:

MA321 Measure Theoretic Probability (0.5)

MA322 Mathematics of Finance and Valuation (0.5)

MA323 Computational Methods in Financial Mathematics (0.5)

MA332 Programming in C++ (0.0)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science:

PB100 Foundations of Behavioural Science (1.0)

PB110 Introductory Research Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

Department of Social Policy:

SP101 Social Research for Understanding Social Needs and Problems (1.0)

SP112 Politics of Social Policy Making (1.0)

SP170 Crime and Society: Representations and Realities (1.0)

SP171 Identities, Crime and Criminal Justice (1.0)

SP172 Policing and Security (0.5)

SP173 Politics and Crime (0.5)

Department of Statistics:

ST117 Introductory Quantitative Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5)

 

Course title changes from 2019/20
The following courses have changed title for the 2019/20 session. 

Old title

New title

Department of International History courses:

HY116  International History since 1890 (1.0)

HY116 International Politics since 1914: Peace and War (1.0)

 

Course code changes from 2019/20
The following courses have changed department codes for the 2019/20 session.  Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

Old code

New code

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science:

PS111 Foundations of Behavioural Science (1.0)

PB100 Foundations of Behavioural Science (1.0)

PS115 Introductory Research Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

PB110 Introductory Research Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

ST117 Introductory Quantitative Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

PB111 Introductory Quantitative Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

Department of Social Policy:

SA100 The Foundations of Social Policy (1.0)

SP100 The Foundations of Social Policy (1.0)

SA101 Sociology and Social Policy (1.0)

SP110 Sociology and Social Policy (1.0)

SA104 Social Economics, Politics and Policy (1.0)

SP111 Social Economics, Politics and Policy (1.0)

SA201 Research Methods for Social Policy (1.0)

SP201 Research Methods for Social Policy (1.0)

SA204 Education Policy (1.0)

SP230 Education Policy (1.0)

SA217 Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice (1.0)

SP271 Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice (1.0)

SA218 Criminological Perspectives (1.0)

SP270 Criminological Perspectives (1.0)

SA219 Comparative and International Social Policy (1.0)

SP200 Comparative and International Social Policy (1.0)

SA221 Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Change (1.0)

SP231 Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Change (1.0)

SA223 Health and Social Care Policy (1.0)

SP232 Health and Social Care Policy (1.0)

SA224 Introduction to Global Population Change (1.0)

SP233 Introduction to Global Population Change (1.0)

SA302 Assessing Social Progress (1.0)

SP330 Assessing Social Progress (1.0)

SA303 Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy (1.0)

SP331 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (0.5)

SA349 Dissertation (1.0)

SP399 Dissertation (1.0)