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Flexible Combined Honours

FCH modules Streatham/St Lukes

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

FCH3888E (30 Credits) / FCH3888B (15 credits) Independent Study is an optional final year module that can be chosen as an interdisciplinary alternative to subject dissertations.

Work Abroad and UK Work Experience variants

If you are studying the Work Abroad or UK Work Experience variants, you will need to take the 0-credit preparatory modules HAS1905 and HAS2905.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code Module Credits
HAS1905 Employment Experience HASS 0

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code Module Credits
HAS2905 Employment Experience HASS 0

Accounting

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BEA1008 Introduction to Financial Accounting 15
BEA1009 Introduction to Management Accounting 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Accounting in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BEA2017 Intermediate Management Accounting 15
BEA2019 Financial Accounting A 15
BEA2020 Financial Accounting B 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Accounting in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

Select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BEA3017 Advanced Management Accounting 15
BEA3020 Advanced Financial Reporting 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Accounting in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BEA1008 Introduction to Financial Accounting 15
BEA1009 Introduction to Management Accounting 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Accounting for details of optional modules available for Accounting in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BEA2017 Intermediate Management Accounting 15
BEA2019 Financial Accounting A 15
BEA2020 Financial Accounting B 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Accounting for details of optional modules available for Accounting in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

Select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BEA3017 Advanced Management Accounting 15
BEA3020 Advanced Financial Reporting 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Accounting for details of optional modules available for Accounting in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Ancient History

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

No First year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Ancient History in Year 1.

First year and Second year follow two themes:

  • Greek and Roman History
  • Greek and Roman Historical Writers
  • Greek and Roman Society
  • Politics

Each of the themes alternates between Greek and Roman in consecutive years, i.e. according to when you start, you will either follow 'Greek then Roman' or 'Roman then Greek' modules in years 1 and 2 respectively.

This lets you study the main issues of Greek and Roman history, society and political life and to explore the ways in which Greeks and Romans thought about their own past.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Ancient History in Year 2.

Follow two themes - continues the two themes you began in your first year:

  • Greek and Roman History
  • Greek and Roman Historical Writers
  • Greek and Roman Society
  • Politics

Each of the themes alternates between Greek and Roman in consecutive years, i.e. according to when you start, you will either follow 'Greek then Roman' or 'Roman then Greek' modules in years 1 and 2 respectively.

This lets you study the main issues of Greek and Roman history, society and political life and to explore the ways in which Greeks and Romans thought about their own past.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Ancient History in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

No First year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Ancient History for details of optional modules available for Ancient History in Year 1.

First year and Second year follow two themes:

  • Greek and Roman History
  • Greek and Roman Historical Writers
  • Greek and Roman Society
  • Politics

Each of the themes alternates between Greek and Roman in consecutive years, i.e. according to when you start, you will either follow 'Greek then Roman' or 'Roman then Greek' modules in years 1 and 2 respectively.

This lets you study the main issues of Greek and Roman history, society and political life and to explore the ways in which Greeks and Romans thought about their own past.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Ancient History for details of optional modules available for Ancient History in Year 2.

Follow two themes - continues the two themes you began in your first year:

  • Greek and Roman History
  • Greek and Roman Historical Writers
  • Greek and Roman Society
  • Politics

Each of the themes alternates between Greek and Roman in consecutive years, i.e. according to when you start, you will either follow 'Greek then Roman' or 'Roman then Greek' modules in years 1 and 2 respectively.

This lets you study the main issues of Greek and Roman history, society and political life and to explore the ways in which Greeks and Romans thought about their own past.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Ancient History for details of optional modules available for Ancient History in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Anthropology

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

You may take a maximum of 60 credits in this subject per year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

SPA1000 Imagining Social Worlds 30
ANT1000 Introduction to Social Anthropology 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Anthropology for details of optional modules available for Anthropology in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ANT2000

Current Debates in Anthropology 30

If you are intending to take the level 3 module ANT3040: Anthropology Dissertation then you are strongly advised to take SPA2000 Knowing the Social World (30 credits).

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Anthropology for details of optional modules available for Anthropology in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Anthropology for details of optional modules available for Anthropology in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

You may take a maximum of 60 credits in this subject per year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

SPA1000 Imagining Social Worlds 30
ANT1000 Introduction to Social Anthropology 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Anthropology for details of optional modules available for Anthropology in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ANT2000

Current Debates in Anthropology 30

If you are intending to take the level 3 module ANT3040: Anthropology Dissertation then you are strongly advised to take SPA2000 Knowing the Social World (30 credits).

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Anthropology for details of optional modules available for Anthropology in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Anthropology for details of optional modules available for Anthropology in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Arabic

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

To continue studying Arabic language, students must pass pre-requisite modules. If a language module is failed, students will be transferred to Middle Eastern Studies to continue their studies with non-language ARA modules.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ARA1015 Arabic for Beginners I 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Arabic in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Note – a year abroad in an Arabic-speaking country does not form part of the study of Arabic through Flexible Combined Honours. If you want a year abroad of this type you can only do so through the undergraduate Masters in Arabic and Islamic Studies degree. You can of course spend a year abroad in your third year elsewhere - see study abroad.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ARA2148 Arabic for Beginners II 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Arabic in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Note – a year abroad in an Arabic-speaking country does not form part of the study of Arabic through Flexible Combined Honours. If you want a year abroad of this type you can only do so through the undergraduate Masters in Arabic and Islamic Studies degree. You can of course spend a year abroad in your third year elsewhere - see study abroad.

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ARA3160 Intermediate Arabic language I 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Arabic in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

To continue studying Arabic language, students must pass pre-requisite modules. If a language module is failed, students will be transferred to Middle Eastern Studies to continue their studies with non-language ARA modules.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ARA1015 Arabic for Beginners I 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Arabic for details of optional modules available for Arabic in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Note – a year abroad in an Arabic-speaking country does not form part of the study of Arabic through Flexible Combined Honours. If you want a year abroad of this type you can only do so through the undergraduate Masters in Arabic and Islamic Studies degree. You can of course spend a year abroad in your third year elsewhere - see study abroad.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ARA2148 Arabic for Beginners II 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Arabic for details of optional modules available for Arabic in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Note – a year abroad in an Arabic-speaking country does not form part of the study of Arabic through Flexible Combined Honours. If you want a year abroad of this type you can only do so through the undergraduate Masters in Arabic and Islamic Studies degree. You can of course spend a year abroad in your third year elsewhere - see study abroad.

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ARA3160 Intermediate Arabic language I 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Arabic for details of optional modules available for Arabic in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Archaeology

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ARC1010 Themes in World Archaeology 15
ARC1020 Essential Archaeological Methods 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Archaeology in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

ARC2003 Archaeological Fieldwork Project OR 30
ARC2004 Archaeological Fieldschool 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Archaeology in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Archaeology in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ARC1010 Themes in World Archaeology 15
ARC1020 Essential Archaeological Methods 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Archaeology for details of optional modules available for Archaeology in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

ARC2003 Archaeological Fieldwork Project OR 30
ARC2004 Archaeological Fieldschool 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Archaeology for details of optional modules available for Archaeology in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Archaeology for details of optional modules available for Archaeology in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Art History & Visual Culture

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

AHV1011 Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture 30

AND select 30 credits from the following modules:

AHV1005 Inside the Museum
15
AHV1009 Topics in Art History and Visual Culture II 15
AHV1012 Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Art History & Visual Culture in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

AHV2015 Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning 30

AND select one of the following modules:

AHV2002 Debates and Contestations in Art History OR 15

AHV2007 Contemporary Visual Practices 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Art History & Visual Culture in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Art History & Visual Culture in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

AHV1011 Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture 30

AND select 30 credits from the following modules:

AHV1005 Inside the Museum
15
AHV1009 Topics in Art History and Visual Culture II 15
AHV1012 Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Art History & Visual Culture for details of optional modules available for Art History & Visual Culture in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

AHV2015 Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning 30

AND select one of the following modules:

AHV2002 Debates and Contestations in Art History OR 15

AHV2007 Contemporary Visual Practices 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Art History & Visual Culture for details of optional modules available for Art History & Visual Culture in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Art History & Visual Culture for details of optional modules available for Art History & Visual Culture in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Biochemistry

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note: FCH Biochemistry students are eligible for BIO Industrial Experience and Work Placement, but NOT BIO Study Abroad.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1332 Biochemistry 15
BIO1333 Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists non-credit bearing module
BIO1339 Cells 15
BIO1345 Structure and Reactivity of Organic Compounds 1 15

AND select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1334 Genetics 15
BIO1347 General Chemistry 30

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2086 Metabolism 15
BIO2088 Advanced Cell Biology 15
BIO2090 Analytical Techniques in Biochemistry 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2071 Research Skills and Bioethics (compulsory if research project (BIO3096) is taken in final year) 15
BIO2085 Structure and Reactivity of Organic Compounds 2 15
BIO2089 Molecular Biology of the Gene 15
BIO2091 Bioinorganic Chemistry  15
BIO2092 Genomics and Introductory Bioinformatics 15
BIO2093

Modern Theories of Evolution

15

Final year

Compulsory modules

Select one of the following modules:

Note: A further 30 credits of Level 3 BIO modules must be selected if BIO3096 is selected.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3096 Biosciences Research Project OR 45
FCH3888B Dissertation 15

AND select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3085 Horizons in Biochemical Research 15
BIO3093 Energy Metabolism 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3041 Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry   15
BIO3073 Specialist Topics in Chemical Sciences 15
BIO3077 Frontiers in Molecular Cell Biology 15
BIO3078 Cellular Basis of Immunity 15
BIO3086 Cell Biology of Disease 15
BIO3089 Organic Synthesis and Drug Design 15
BIO3090 Secondary Metabolites 15
BIO3092 Bioinformatics 15

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note: FCH Biochemistry students are eligible for BIO Industrial Experience and Work Placement, but NOT BIO Study Abroad.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1332 Biochemistry 15
BIO1333 Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists non-credit bearing module
BIO1339 Cells 15
BIO1345 Structure and Reactivity of Organic Compounds 1 15

AND select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1334 Genetics 15
BIO1347 General Chemistry 30

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2086 Metabolism 15
BIO2088 Advanced Cell Biology 15
BIO2090 Analytical Techniques in Biochemistry 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2071 Research Skills and Bioethics (compulsory if research project (BIO3096) is taken in final year) 15
BIO2085 Structure and Reactivity of Organic Compounds 2 15
BIO2089 Molecular Biology of the Gene 15
BIO2091 Bioinorganic Chemistry  15
BIO2092 Genomics and Introductory Bioinformatics 15
BIO2093

Modern Theories of Evolution

15

Final year

Compulsory modules

Select one of the following modules:

Note: A further 30 credits of Level 3 BIO modules must be selected if BIO3096 is selected.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3096 Biosciences Research Project OR 45
FCH3888B Dissertation 15

AND select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3085 Horizons in Biochemical Research 15
BIO3093 Energy Metabolism 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3041 Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry   15
BIO3073 Specialist Topics in Chemical Sciences 15
BIO3077 Frontiers in Molecular Cell Biology 15
BIO3078 Cellular Basis of Immunity 15
BIO3086 Cell Biology of Disease 15
BIO3089 Organic Synthesis and Drug Design 15
BIO3090 Secondary Metabolites 15
BIO3092 Bioinformatics 15

Biological Sciences

This information is only for registered students currently completing Biological Sciences modules through this pathway. From 2024/5 new students will be registered on one of the two new pathways below.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note: FCH students have the option to study modules that align with molecular biology, cellular biology, microbiology and infectious disease, but NOT with animal biology or ecology.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1332 Biochemistry 15
BIO1333 Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists non-credit bearing module
BIO1334 Genetics 15
BIO1337 Microbiology 15
BIO1339 Cells 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select four of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2071 Research Skills and Bioethics (compulsory if biosciences research project (BIO3096) is taken in final year) 15
BIO2088 Advanced Cell Biology 15
BIO2089 Molecular Biology of the Gene 15
BIO2092 Genomics and Introductory Bioinformatics 15
BIO2093 Modern Theories of Evolution 15
BIO2101 Advanced Microbiology 15

Final year

Compulsory modules

If you have taken at least 5 Biological Sciences modules in previous years, you are encouraged to do some form of independent study or dissertation through Biological Sciences.

You are encouraged to do some form of independent study or dissertation:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3096 Biosciences Research Project OR 45
FCH3888B Independent Study 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites: Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3096 (plus two other BIO3XXX modules) Biosciences Research Project 45
BIO3078 Cellular Basis of Immunity 15
BIO3086 Cell Biology of Disease 15
BIO3077 Frontiers in Molecular Cell Biology 15
BIO3092 Bioinformatics 15

Biological Sciences: Animal Biology and Ecology

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note: FCH students are eligible for BIO Industrial Experience and Work Placement, but NOT BIO Study Abroad.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1331 Animals 15
BIO1333 Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists non-credit bearing module
BIO1336 Ecology 15
BIO1338 Plants 15
BIO1334 Genetics 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking into account pre-and co-requisites:

Note: Numbers on field course modules are capped and enrolment is not guaranteed. Optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2071 Research Skills and Bioethics (compulsory if BIO3096 Biosciences Research Project is taken in final year) 15
BIO2074 Marine Biology 15
BIO2076 Ecology and Environment 15
BIO2081 Coral Reef Field Course 15
BIO2082 Animal Ecophysiology 15
BIO2089 Molecular Biology of the Gene 15
BIO2092 Genomics and Introductory Bioinformatics 15
BIO2093 Modern Theories of Evolution 15
BIO2096 Practical Skills in Field Ecology 15
BIO2099 Molecular Plant Science 15

Final year

Compulsory modules

Note:  A further 30 credits of BIO3xxx option modules must be selected if BIO3096 is selected.

Select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3096 Biosciences Research Project OR 45
FCH3888B Independent Study 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3037 Ecology of Environmental Change 15
BIO3046 Frontiers in Plant Biology 15
BIO3047 Advanced Applications of Physiology 15
BIO3067 Ecotoxicology 15
BIO3082 Science Communication 15
BIO3083 Current Issues in Marine Biology 15
BIO3092 Bioinformatics 15
BIO3097 Living in a Microbial World 15
BIO3098 Biology of Marine Vertebrates 15

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note: FCH students are eligible for BIO Industrial Experience and Work Placement, but NOT BIO Study Abroad.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1331 Animals 15
BIO1333 Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists non-credit bearing module
BIO1336 Ecology 15
BIO1338 Plants 15
BIO1334 Genetics 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking into account pre-and co-requisites:

Note: Numbers on field course modules are capped and enrolment is not guaranteed. Optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2071 Research Skills and Bioethics (compulsory if BIO3096 Biosciences Research Project is taken in final year) 15
BIO2074 Marine Biology 15
BIO2076 Ecology and Environment 15
BIO2081 Coral Reef Field Course 15
BIO2082 Animal Ecophysiology 15
BIO2089 Molecular Biology of the Gene 15
BIO2092 Genomics and Introductory Bioinformatics 15
BIO2093 Modern Theories of Evolution 15
BIO2096 Practical Skills in Field Ecology 15
BIO2099 Molecular Plant Science 15

Final year

Compulsory modules

Note:  A further 30 credits of BIO3xxx option modules must be selected if BIO3096 is selected.

Select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3096 Biosciences Research Project OR 45
FCH3888B Independent Study 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3037 Ecology of Environmental Change 15
BIO3046 Frontiers in Plant Biology 15
BIO3047 Advanced Applications of Physiology 15
BIO3067 Ecotoxicology 15
BIO3082 Science Communication 15
BIO3083 Current Issues in Marine Biology 15
BIO3092 Bioinformatics 15
BIO3097 Living in a Microbial World 15
BIO3098 Biology of Marine Vertebrates 15

Biological Sciences: Cellular and Microbiology

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note: FCH students are eligible for BIO Industrial Experience and Work Placement, but NOT BIO Study Abroad.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1332 Biochemistry 15
BIO1333 Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists non-credit bearing module
BIO1334 Genetics 15
BIO1337 Microbiology 15
BIO1339 Cells 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select from the following optional modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2071 Research Skills and Bioethics (compulsory if biosciences research project (BIO3096) is taken in final year) 15
BIO2086 Metabolism 15
BIO2088 Advanced Cell Biology 15
BIO2089 Molecular Biology of the Gene 15
BIO2090 Analytical techniques in Biochemistry 15
BIO2092 Genomics and Introductory Bioinformatics 15
BIO2093 Modern Theories of Evolution 15
BIO2099 Molecular Plant Science 15
BIO2101 Advanced Microbiology 15

Final year

Compulsory modules

Note: A further 30 credits of BIO3xxx option modules must be selected if BIO3096 is selected.

Select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3096 Biosciences Research Project OR 45
FCH3888B Independent Study 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3041 Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry 15
BIO3046 Frontiers in Plant Biology 15
BIO3077 Frontiers in Molecular Cell Biology 15
BIO3078 Cellular Basis of Immunity 15
BIO3082 Science Communication  15
BIO3085 Horizons of Biochemical Research 15
BIO3086 Cell Biology of Disease 15
BIO3092 Bioinformatics 15
BIO3093 Energy Metabolism 15
BIO3097 Living in a Microbial World 15

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note: FCH students are eligible for BIO Industrial Experience and Work Placement, but NOT BIO Study Abroad.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1332 Biochemistry 15
BIO1333 Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists non-credit bearing module
BIO1334 Genetics 15
BIO1337 Microbiology 15
BIO1339 Cells 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select from the following optional modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2071 Research Skills and Bioethics (compulsory if biosciences research project (BIO3096) is taken in final year) 15
BIO2086 Metabolism 15
BIO2088 Advanced Cell Biology 15
BIO2089 Molecular Biology of the Gene 15
BIO2090 Analytical techniques in Biochemistry 15
BIO2092 Genomics and Introductory Bioinformatics 15
BIO2093 Modern Theories of Evolution 15
BIO2099 Molecular Plant Science 15
BIO2101 Advanced Microbiology 15

Final year

Compulsory modules

Note: A further 30 credits of BIO3xxx option modules must be selected if BIO3096 is selected.

Select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3096 Biosciences Research Project OR 45
FCH3888B Independent Study 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3041 Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry 15
BIO3046 Frontiers in Plant Biology 15
BIO3077 Frontiers in Molecular Cell Biology 15
BIO3078 Cellular Basis of Immunity 15
BIO3082 Science Communication  15
BIO3085 Horizons of Biochemical Research 15
BIO3086 Cell Biology of Disease 15
BIO3092 Bioinformatics 15
BIO3093 Energy Metabolism 15
BIO3097 Living in a Microbial World 15

Biomedical and Medical Sciences

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules may be available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note – To avoid duplication of existing combined programmes, Medical Sciences cannot be combined with Exercise and Sports Science or Biosciences. Instead, these subjects can be studied as Sport and Exercise Medical Sciences and single honours Medical Sciences respectively.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CSC1004

Fundamental Skills for Medical Scientists

30
CSC1005 Integrated Human Physiology 30

Note – FCH Medical Sciences students are able to take the four-year programme which includes the 120 credit CSC3003 Professional Training year.

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Medical Sciences in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CSC2012 Disease, Diagnostics and Therapeutics 30

Note – FCH Medical Sciences students are able to take the four-year programme which includes the 120 credit CSC3003 Professional Training year.

Note – because nearly all level 2 modules have level 1 prerequisites, students cannot enter this particular FCH stream at level 2, unless they are transferring from a Medical Sciences degree into FCH.

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Medical Sciences in Year 2.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Medical Sciences in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note – FCH students cannot take CSC3028 Literature Review or CSC3029 Research Project and should consider FCH Independent Study as dissertation option.

Note - Unlike single honours Medical Sciences it is not possible for FCH students to obtain a pathway specialism within Medical Sciences e.g. Medical Sciences (neuroscience), Medical Sciences (health research) etc.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules may be available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note – To avoid duplication of existing combined programmes, Biomedical Sciences cannot be combined with Exercise and Sports Science or Biosciences. Instead, these subjects can be studied as Sport and Exercise Medical Sciences and single honours Biomedical Sciences respectively.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CSC1004

Fundamental Skills for Medical Scientists

30
CSC1005 Integrated Human Physiology 30

Note – FCH Medical Sciences students are able to take the four-year programme which includes the 120 credit CSC3003 Professional Training year.

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Medical Sciences for details of optional modules available for Biomedical Sciences in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CSC2012 Disease, Diagnostics and Therapeutics 30

Note – FCH Biomedical Sciences students are able to take the four-year programme which includes the 120 credit CSC3003 Professional Training year.

Note – because nearly all level 2 modules have level 1 prerequisites, students cannot enter this particular FCH stream at level 2, unless they are transferring from a Biomedical Sciences degree into FCH.

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Medical Sciences for details of optional modules available for Biomedical Sciences in Year 2.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Medical Sciences for details of optional modules available for Biomedical Sciences in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note – FCH students cannot take CSC3028 Literature Review or CSC3029 Research Project and should consider FCH Independent Study as dissertation option.

British Sign Language (minor)

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

British Sign Language is only available through the Language Centre, where you are able to study 30 credits of language modules each year. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in' the language into your degree title. 

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

30 credits of British Sign Language can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLB1115A British Sign Language for Beginners (Part 1) 15
FLB1115B British Sign Language for Beginners (Part 2) 15

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but British Sign Language will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

You can choose to study these modules in Year 2 and then the intermediate module in Final year.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

30 credits of British Sign Language can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLB2230 British Sign Language Intermediate 30

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but British Sign Language will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

You can choose to study this module in Final year, providing you have already taken the beginners module in previous years.

Final year

Optional modules

30 credits of British Sign Language can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

You can choose to study this module in Final year, providing you have already taken the beginners module in previous years.

Code

Module

Credits

FLB2230 British Sign Language Intermediate 30

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

British Sign Language is only available through the Language Centre, where you are able to study 30 credits of language modules each year. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in' the language into your degree title. 

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

30 credits of British Sign Language can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLB1115A British Sign Language for Beginners (Part 1) 15
FLB1115B British Sign Language for Beginners (Part 2) 15

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but British Sign Language will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

You can choose to study these modules in Year 2 and then the intermediate module in Final year.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

30 credits of British Sign Language can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLB2230 British Sign Language Intermediate 30

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but British Sign Language will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

You can choose to study this module in Final year, providing you have already taken the beginners module in previous years.

Final year

Optional modules

30 credits of British Sign Language can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

You can choose to study this module in Final year, providing you have already taken the beginners module in previous years.

Code

Module

Credits

FLB2230 British Sign Language Intermediate 30

Chemistry

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note: FCH Chemistry students are eligible for BIO Industrial Experience and Work Placement, but NOT BIO Study Abroad.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1332 Biochemistry 15
BIO1333 Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists non-credit bearing module
BIO1345 Structure and Reactivity of Organic Compounds 1 15
BIO1347 General Chemistry 30

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2085 Organic Compounds 2 15
BIO2091 Bioinorganic Chemistry 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2071 Research Skills and Bioethics (compulsory if Research Project BIO3096 is taken in final year) 15
BIO2086 Metabolism 15
BIO2090 Analytical techniques in Biochemistry 15

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3089 Organic Synthesis and Drug Design 15
BIO3090 Secondary Metabolites 15

You are encouraged to do some form of independent study or dissertation. Note: A further 30 credits of Level 3 BIO modules must be selected if BIO3096 is selected.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3096 Bioscience Research Project OR 45
FCH3888B Dissertation 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3041 Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry 15
BIO3073 Specialist Topics in Chemical Sciences 15
BIO3085 Horizons of Biochemical Research 15
BIO3093 Energy Metabolism 15

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note: FCH Chemistry students are eligible for BIO Industrial Experience and Work Placement, but NOT BIO Study Abroad.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO1332 Biochemistry 15
BIO1333 Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists non-credit bearing module
BIO1345 Structure and Reactivity of Organic Compounds 1 15
BIO1347 General Chemistry 30

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2085 Organic Compounds 2 15
BIO2091 Bioinorganic Chemistry 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO2071 Research Skills and Bioethics (compulsory if Research Project BIO3096 is taken in final year) 15
BIO2086 Metabolism 15
BIO2090 Analytical techniques in Biochemistry 15

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3089 Organic Synthesis and Drug Design 15
BIO3090 Secondary Metabolites 15

You are encouraged to do some form of independent study or dissertation. Note: A further 30 credits of Level 3 BIO modules must be selected if BIO3096 is selected.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3096 Bioscience Research Project OR 45
FCH3888B Dissertation 15

Optional modules

Select from the following optional modules, taking account of any pre-requisites:

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and timetable constraints.

Code

Module

Credits

BIO3041 Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry 15
BIO3073 Specialist Topics in Chemical Sciences 15
BIO3085 Horizons of Biochemical Research 15
BIO3093 Energy Metabolism 15

Classical Studies

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

No First year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Classical Studies in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

If you want to learn Greek or Latin, or develop your existing abilities, simply choose the appropriate language module (30 credits).

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Classical Studies in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

If you want to learn Greek or Latin, or develop your existing abilities, simply choose the appropriate language module (30 credits).

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Classical Studies in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

No First year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Classical Studies for details of optional modules available for Classical Studies in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

If you want to learn Greek or Latin, or develop your existing abilities, simply choose the appropriate language module (30 credits).

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Classical Studies for details of optional modules available for Classical Studies in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

If you want to learn Greek or Latin, or develop your existing abilities, simply choose the appropriate language module (30 credits).

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Classical Studies for details of optional modules available for Classical Studies in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Classics

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Latin A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA1254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30
CLA1025 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek I (A - Term 1) 15
CLA1026 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek I (B - Term 2) 15

 Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA1204 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek III 30
CLA1027 Classical Language and Texts: Latin I (A - Term 1) 15
CLA1028 Classical Language and Texts: LatinI (B - Term 2) 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Latin A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA2254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV 30
CLA2202 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek II 30

Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA2205 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek IV 30
CLA2252 Classical Language and Texts: Latin II 30

Final year

Compulsory modules

Latin A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA3251 Classical Language and Texts: Latin V 30
CLA3204 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek III 30

Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA3059 Classical Language and Texts: Greek V: Imperial Greek Prose 30
CLA3254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Latin A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA1254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30
CLA1025 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek I (A - Term 1) 15
CLA1026 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek I (B - Term 2) 15

 Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA1204 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek III 30
CLA1027 Classical Language and Texts: Latin I (A - Term 1) 15
CLA1028 Classical Language and Texts: LatinI (B - Term 2) 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Latin A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA2254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV 30
CLA2202 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek II 30

Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA2205 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek IV 30
CLA2252 Classical Language and Texts: Latin II 30

Final year

Compulsory modules

Latin A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA3251 Classical Language and Texts: Latin V 30
CLA3204 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek III 30

Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA3059 Classical Language and Texts: Greek V: Imperial Greek Prose 30
CLA3254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30

Computer Science

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Computer Science modules often have compulsory prerequisites in year 1 and/or year 2. Please speak with the FCH Coordinator in Computer Sciences if you have a particular path through the subject in mind, and want to check you will have the prerequisites for modules in later years.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ECM1400 Programming 15
ECM1410 Object-Oriented Programming 15
ECM1413 Computers and the Internet 15
COM1011 Fundamentals of Machine Learning 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ECM2414 Software Development 15
ECM2434 Group Software Engineering Project 15
ECM2419 Database Theory and Design 15
ECM2426 Network and Computer Security 15

Final year

You are encouraged to take the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

ECM3401 Individual Literature Review and Project 45
ECM3408 Enterprise Computing 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Computer Science in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note – some level 2 Computer Science modules can be taken, provided you still have a minimum of 90 level 3 credits in your degree programme (ECM2425, ECM2427 and ECM2433).

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ECM1400 Programming 15
ECM1410 Object-Oriented Programming 15
ECM1413 Computers and the Internet 15
COM1011 Fundamentals of Machine Learning 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ECM2414 Software Development 15
ECM2434 Group Software Engineering Project 15
ECM2419 Database Theory and Design 15
ECM2426 Network and Computer Security 15

Final year

You are encouraged to take the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

ECM3401 Individual Literature Review and Project 45
ECM3408 Enterprise Computing 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Computer Science for details of optional modules available for Computer Science in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Note – some level 2 Computer Science modules can be taken, provided you still have a minimum of 90 level 3 credits in your degree programme (ECM2425, ECM2427 and ECM2433).

Criminology

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

SOC1039 Social Issues: Part I - Introducing Crime and Deviance 15
SOC1040 Social Issues: Part II - Themes in Criminology 15

AND select 15-30 credits of the following modules:

SOC1000 Contemporary Society: Themes, Perspectives and Case studies
30   
SOC1045 Introduction to Criminal Justice 15
SSI1005 Introduction to Social Data 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Criminology for details of optional modules available for Criminology in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

SOC2000 Knowing the Social World 30
SOC2036 International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Criminology for details of optional modules available for Criminology in Year 2.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study 15
FCH3888E Independent Study 30
PHL3061 Philosophy of Law 15
PSY3411 Psychology and Law 15
SOC3033 Addiction 15
SSI3003 Data Analysis in Social Science III 15
SOC3121 Policy Analysis in Criminology 15
SOC3101 Police and Policing 15
SOC3111 Evidence-Based Policing 15
SOC3126 Race, Ethnicity and Criminalisation 15
SOC3127 Crimes of the Powerful 15
SOC3134 Forensic Science, Conflict and Justice 15
SOC3098 Sociology of Imprisonment 15
SOC3141 The Anthropology of Prisons 15
SOC3143 Forensic Cultures 15
SOC3104 Victimology 15
SOC3149 Organised Crime and Criminal Network 15

Please visit Criminology for details of optional modules available for Criminology in Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

SOC1039 Social Issues: Part I - Introducing Crime and Deviance 15
SOC1040 Social Issues: Part II - Themes in Criminology 15

AND select 15-30 credits of the following modules:

SOC1000 Contemporary Society: Themes, Perspectives and Case studies
30   
SOC1045 Introduction to Criminal Justice 15
SSI1005 Introduction to Social Data 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Criminology for details of optional modules available for Criminology in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

SOC2000 Knowing the Social World 30
SOC2036 International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Criminology for details of optional modules available for Criminology in Year 2.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study 15
FCH3888E Independent Study 30
PHL3061 Philosophy of Law 15
PSY3411 Psychology and Law 15
SOC3033 Addiction 15
SSI3003 Data Analysis in Social Science III 15
SOC3121 Policy Analysis in Criminology 15
SOC3101 Police and Policing 15
SOC3111 Evidence-Based Policing 15
SOC3126 Race, Ethnicity and Criminalisation 15
SOC3127 Crimes of the Powerful 15
SOC3134 Forensic Science, Conflict and Justice 15
SOC3098 Sociology of Imprisonment 15
SOC3141 The Anthropology of Prisons 15
SOC3143 Forensic Cultures 15
SOC3104 Victimology 15
SOC3149 Organised Crime and Criminal Network 15

Please visit Criminology for details of optional modules available for Criminology in Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Drama

Please note that you may take a maximum of 60 credits of Drama in each year. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Term 1

Select one of the following Term 1 modules:

*Note that DRA1018 is compulsory for students wishing to take subsequent practical, studio-based modules.

Code

Module

Credits

DRA1015 Theatre Histories 30
DRA1018 The Creative Actor 30

Term 2

The following Term 2 module is compulsory:

Code

Module

Credits

DRA1016 Performance Analysis  30

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No compulsory modules.

Optional modules

You must choose 30-60 credits. View details of optional modules available for Drama in Year 2.

Final year

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Choose 30-60 credits from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Drama in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Please note that you may take a maximum of 60 credits of Drama in each year. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Term 1

Select one of the following Term 1 modules:

*Note that DRA1018 is compulsory for students wishing to take subsequent practical, studio-based modules.

Code

Module

Credits

DRA1015 Theatre Histories 30
DRA1018 The Creative Actor 30

Term 2

The following Term 2 module is compulsory:

Code

Module

Credits

DRA1016 Performance Analysis  30

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No compulsory modules.

Optional modules

You must choose 30-60 credits. Please visit Drama for details of optional modules available for Drama in Year 2.

Final year

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Choose 30-60 credits from optional modules available. Please visit Drama for details of optional modules available for Drama in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Economics

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Please note that modules are currently under review and are subject to change.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BSD1000 Business School Development zero-credit core employability module

AND

With Maths A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

BEE1036 Economics I 15
BEE1037 Economics II 15
BEE1024  Mathematics for Economists  15
BEE1025 Statistics for Business and Management 15

No Maths A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

BEE1029 Economic Principles 30
BEE1025 Statistics for Business and Management 15
BEE1035  Basic Quantitative Methods  15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (BEE1xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for Economics in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

There are two pathways available, according to which Economics modules you studied in your first year.

Compulsory modules

1. Year one was Economics I and Economics II (BEE1036 and BEE1037) and you have passed Mathematics for Economists (BEE1024) 

Select one or both of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BEE2025 Microeconomics II AND/OR 30
BEE2026 Macroeconomics II 30

OR select:

Code

Module

Credits

BEE2038 Intermediate Microeconomics 15
BEE2039 Intermediate Macroeconomics  15

 2. Year one was Economic Principles (BEE1029)

Code

Module

Credits

BEE2038 Intermediate Microeconomics 15
BEE2039 Intermediate Macroeconomics 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (BEE2xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for Economics in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (BEE3xxx / BUS3001) available. View details of optional modules available for Economics in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Please note that modules are currently under review and are subject to change.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BSD1000 Business School Development zero-credit core employability module

AND

With Maths A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

BEE1036 Economics I 15
BEE1037 Economics II 15
BEE1024  Mathematics for Economists  15
BEE1025 Statistics for Business and Management 15

No Maths A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

BEE1029 Economic Principles 30
BEE1025 Statistics for Business and Management 15
BEE1035  Basic Quantitative Methods  15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (BEE1xxx) available. Please visit Economics for details of optional modules available for Economics in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

There are two pathways available, according to which Economics modules you studied in your first year.

Compulsory modules

1. Year one was Economics I and Economics II (BEE1036 and BEE1037) and you have passed Mathematics for Economists (BEE1024) 

Select one or both of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

BEE2025 Microeconomics II AND/OR 30
BEE2026 Macroeconomics II 30

OR select:

Code

Module

Credits

BEE2038 Intermediate Microeconomics 15
BEE2039 Intermediate Macroeconomics  15

 2. Year one was Economic Principles (BEE1029)

Code

Module

Credits

BEE2038 Intermediate Microeconomics 15
BEE2039 Intermediate Macroeconomics 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (BEE2xxx) available. Please visit Economics for details of optional modules available for Economics in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (BEE3xxx / BUS3001) available. Please visit Economics for details of optional modules available for Economics in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

English

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Select at least one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

EAS1032 Approaches to Criticism 30
EAS1035 Beginnings: English Literature before 1800 30

You are allowed to take both EAS1032 and EAS1035 to make up your 60 credits in English. 

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for English in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

An FCH student taking 30 credits of English at Level 2 can choose any 30 credit module.

An FCH student taking 60 credits of English at level 2 must comply with the following guidance:

English modules at level 2 are divided into three groups:

  • modules concerned with pre-1750 literature;
  • modules concerned with post-1750 literature;
  • modules not concerned with a particular historical period.

FCH students may not take more than one module from each group.

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for English in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.   

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for English in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Select at least one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

EAS1032 Approaches to Criticism 30
EAS1035 Beginnings: English Literature before 1800
30

You are allowed to take both EAS1032 and EAS1035 to make up your 60 credits in English.

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit English for details of optional modules available for English in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

An FCH student taking 30 credits of English at Level 2 can choose any 30 credit module.

An FCH student taking 60 credits of English at level 2 must comply with the following guidance:

English modules at level 2 are divided into three groups:

  • modules concerned with pre-1750 literature;
  • modules concerned with post-1750 literature;
  • modules not concerned with a particular historical period.

FCH students may not take more than one module from each group.

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit English for details of optional modules available for English in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.   

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit English for details of optional modules available for English in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Exercise and Sports Science

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ESS1006 Human Anatomy and Kinanthropometry 15
ESS1007 Human Physiology 15
ESS1204 Foundations of Biomechanics 15
ESS1605 Foundations of Exercise and Sport Psychology 15

Note – Exercise and Sport Sciences combined with Mathematics cannot be applied for through UCAS. This is because the timetable may make this combination unviable.

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Exercise and Sports Science in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Exercise and Sports Science in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 3

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Exercise and Sports Science in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

ESS1006 Human Anatomy and Kinanthropometry 15
ESS1007 Human Physiology 15
ESS1204 Foundations of Biomechanics 15
ESS1605 Foundations of Exercise and Sport Psychology 15

Note – Exercise and Sport Sciences combined with Mathematics cannot be applied for through UCAS. This is because the timetable may make this combination unviable.

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Exercise and Sports Science in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Exercise and Sports Science in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 3

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Exercise and Sports Science in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Film & Television Studies

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Select the following Term 1 module:

Code

Module

Credits

EAF1506 Interrogating Screens
30

AND take the following Term 2 module:

Code

Module

Credits

EAF1501 Major Debates in Film Theory
30

Note - FCH students can take a maximum of 60 credits of Film & Television Studies modules each year (i.e. with a module code starting EAFxxxx). There may also be Film-related modules in other departments (e.g. Modern Languages, Art History & Visual Culture, Media & Communications, Sociology) which can be taken in addition to the 60.

Note that EAF1507, The Contemporary Film and Television Industries, is NOT available to FCH students.

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Film & Television Studies in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Film & Television Studies in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note - FCH students can take a maximum of 60 credits of Film & Television Studies modules each year (i.e. with a module code starting EAFxxxx). There may also be Film-related modules in other departments (e.g. Modern Languages, Art History & Visual Culture, Media & Communications, Sociology) which can be taken in addition to the 60.

Note that EAF2513, Filmmaking, is NOT available to any Combined Honours students.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Film & Television Studies in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Note - FCH students can take a maximum of 60 credits of Film & Television Studies modules each year (i.e. with a module code starting EAFxxxx). There may also be Film-related modules in other departments (e.g. Modern Languages, Art History & Visual Culture, Media & Communications, Sociology) which can be taken in addition to the 60.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Select the following Term 1 module:

Code

Module

Credits

EAF1506 Interrogating Screens
30

AND take the following Term 2 module:

Code

Module

Credits

EAF1501 Major Debates in Film Theory
30

Note - FCH students can take a maximum of 60 credits of Film & Television Studies modules each year (i.e. with a module code starting EAFxxxx). There may also be Film-related modules in other departments (e.g. Modern Languages, Art History & Visual Culture, Media & Communications, Sociology) which can be taken in addition to the 60.

Note that EAF1507, The Contemporary Film and Television Industries, is NOT available to FCH students.

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Film & Television Studies in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Film & Television Studies in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note - FCH students can take a maximum of 60 credits of Film & Television Studies modules each year (i.e. with a module code starting EAFxxxx). There may also be Film-related modules in other departments (e.g. Modern Languages, Art History & Visual Culture, Media & Communications, Sociology) which can be taken in addition to the 60.

Note that EAF2513, Filmmaking, is NOT available to any Combined Honours students.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Film & Television Studies in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Note - FCH students can take a maximum of 60 credits of Film & Television Studies modules each year (i.e. with a module code starting EAFxxxx). There may also be Film-related modules in other departments (e.g. Modern Languages, Art History & Visual Culture, Media & Communications, Sociology) which can be taken in addition to the 60.

French

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study French as a substantial part of your degree, with French featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including French. If you complete 60 credits or more you add 'with proficiency in French' or ‘with proficiency in advanced French’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules 

French A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLF1001 French Language 30

No French A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLF1052 French Language for Beginners 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLF1xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for French in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

All students must take non-credit bearing module MLX2001 which includes preparation for the placement year abroad.

French A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLF2001 French Language, Written and Oral 30

No French A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLF2152 Intermediate French 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLF2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for French in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Year 3

Compulsory modules

In stage 3, all Modern Languages students are expected to complete a study abroad or employment abroad placement.

Depending on your choice of placement and the country you will reside in, you will take one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

SML3010 Work and Study Abroad 120
SML3020 Study Abroad at a Partner University 120
SML3025 Internship Abroad Combined with Study at a Partner University Abroad 120

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLF3111 Advanced French Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLF3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for French in Year 3

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study French as a substantial part of your degree, with French featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including French. If you complete 60 credits or more you add 'with proficiency in French' or ‘with proficiency in advanced French’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules 

French A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLF1001 French Language 30

No French A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLF1052 French Language for Beginners 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLF1xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for French in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

All students must take non-credit bearing module MLX2001 which includes preparation for the placement year abroad.

French A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLF2001 French Language, Written and Oral 30

No French A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLF2152 Intermediate French 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLF2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for French in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Year 3

Compulsory modules

In stage 3, all Modern Languages students are expected to complete a study abroad or employment abroad placement.

Depending on your choice of placement and the country you will reside in, you will take one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

SML3010 Work and Study Abroad 120
SML3020 Study Abroad at a Partner University 120
SML3025 Internship Abroad Combined with Study at a Partner University Abroad 120

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLF3111 Advanced French Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLF3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for French in Year 3

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Geography

Please note that in every year of study optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. Some modules have co-requisites (modules you must take alongside that module) or pre-requisites (modules you must have taken previously). Details of these can be found on the Geography undergraduate study site.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

GEO1309 Study Skills for Human Geographers OR 15
GEO1311 Study Skills for Physical Geographers 15

Optional modules

You may choose from the optional modules available. Please visit Geography for details. If you wish to take GEO1312 Fieldwork in Physical Geography you must take GEO1311 Study Skills for Physical Geographers and GEO1316 Concepts in Geography. If you wish to take GEO1313 Learning through Place: Doing Human Geography you must take GEO1309 Study Skills for Human Geographers and GEO1316 Concepts in Geography.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

There are no second year compulsory modules.

Optional modules

You may choose from the optional modules available. Please visit Geography for details.

Important: Final year Geography Field Course Modules

If you intend to enrol on to a Human Geography Field Course module in your final year of study, you must select GEO2329 Geographies of Consumption: Doing Human Geography Research OR GEO2465/GEO2338 Doing Human Geography Research. Please note that these are both 30-credit modules.

If you intend to enrol on to a Physical Geography Field Course module in your final year of study, you must select GEO2334 (Research Design in Physical Geography). Please note that GEO2334 is a 30-credit module.

Important: Final year Geography Dissertation

If you wish to take a 45-credit Geography Dissertation (GEO3311 / GEO3321) or a 30-credit Geography Dissertation (GEO3312 / GEO3322), you must have taken the following pre-requisites:

For GEO3311 / GEO3312: BA Dissertation: GEO2329 Geographies of Consumption: Doing Human Geography Research OR GEO2465 Doing Human Geography Research

For GEO3321 / GEO3322: BSc Dissertation: GEO2334 Research Design in Physical Geography.

 

Final year

Compulsory modules

There are no final year compulsory modules.

Optional modules

You may choose from the optional modules available. Please visit Geography for details.

Please see the notes for year 2 in relation to final year field course modules, or the Geography dissertation.

Please note that in every year of study optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. Some modules have co-requisites (modules you must take alongside that module) or pre-requisites (modules you must have taken previously). Details of these can be found on the Geography undergraduate study site.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

GEO1309 Study Skills for Human Geographers OR 15
GEO1311 Study Skills for Physical Geographers 15

Optional modules

You may choose from the optional modules available. Please visit Geography for details. If you wish to take GEO1312 Fieldwork in Physical Geography you must take GEO1311 Study Skills for Physical Geographers and GEO1316 Concepts in Geography. If you wish to take GEO1313 Learning through Place: Doing Human Geography you must take GEO1309 Study Skills for Human Geographers and GEO1316 Concepts in Geography.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

There are no second year compulsory modules.

Optional modules

You may choose from the optional modules available. Please visit Geography for details.

Important: Final year Geography Field Course Modules

If you intend to enrol on to a Human Geography Field Course module in your final year of study, you must select GEO2329 Geographies of Consumption: Doing Human Geography Research OR GEO2338 Doing Human Geography Research. Please note that these are both 30-credit modules.

If you intend to enrol on to a Physical Geography Field Course module in your final year of study, you must select GEO2334 (Research Design in Physical Geography). Please note that GEO2334 is a 30-credit module.

Important: Final year Geography Dissertation

If you wish to take a 45-credit Geography Dissertation (GEO3311 / GEO3321) or a 30-credit Geography Dissertation (GEO3312 / GEO3322), you must have taken the following pre-requisites:

For GEO3311 / GEO3312: BA Dissertation: GEO2329 Geographies of Consumption: Doing Human Geography Research OR GEO2465 Doing Human Geography Research

For GEO3321 / GEO3322: BSc Dissertation: GEO2334 Research Design in Physical Geography.

 

Final year

Compulsory modules

There are no final year compulsory modules.

Optional modules

You may choose from the optional modules available. Please visit Geography for details.

Please see the notes for year 2 in relation to final year field course modules, or the Geography dissertation.

German

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study German as a substantial part of your degree, with German featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including German. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in German’ or ‘with proficiency in advanced German’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules 

German A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLG1001 German Language 30

No German A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLG1052 German Language for Beginners 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLG1xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for German in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Year 2

Compulsory modules

German A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLG2001 German Language Written and Oral 30

No German A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLG2052 Intermediate German 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLG2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for German in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLG3111 Advanced German Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLG3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages.. View details of optional modules available for German in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study German as a substantial part of your degree, with German featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including German. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in German’ or ‘with proficiency in advanced German’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules 

German A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLG1001 German Language 30

No German A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLG1052 German Language for Beginners 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLG1xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for German in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Year 2

Compulsory modules

German A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLG2001 German Language Written and Oral 30

No German A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLG2052 Intermediate German 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLG2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for German in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLG3111 Advanced German Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLG3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages.. View details of optional modules available for German in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Greek (Ancient)

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules 

Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA1204 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek III 30

No Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA1025 Classical Language and Texts Greek I (A) 15
CLA1026 Classical Language and Texts Greek I (B) 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Greek in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA2205 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek IV 30

No Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA2202 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek II 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Greek in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Final year

Compulsory modules 

Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA3059 Classical Language and Texts: Greek V: Imperial Greek Prose 30

No Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA3204 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek III 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Greek in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules 

Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA1204 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek III 30

No Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA1025 Classical Language and Texts Greek I (A) 15
CLA1026 Classical Language and Texts Greek I (B) 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Classics and Ancient History for details of optional modules available for Greek in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA2205 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek IV 30

No Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA2202 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek II 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Classics and Ancient History for details of optional modules available for Greek in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules 

Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA3059 Classical Language and Texts: Greek V: Imperial Greek Prose 30

No Ancient Greek A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

CLA3204 Classical Language and Texts: Ancient Greek III 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Classics and Ancient History for details of optional modules available for Greek in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

History

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Whether you are taking 30 or 60 credits in History, you must take the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH1137 Becoming a Historian (core) 15
HIH1XXX Sources and Skills 15

In addition:

If you are taking 60 credits in History in Stage 1, you must select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH1421 Understanding Medieval and Early Modern History 30
HIH1422 Understanding Modern History 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for History in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Students taking 30 credits in History

Compulsory modules

There are no compulsory modules for students taking 30 credits in History.

Students taking 30 credits in History are NOT allowed to choose HIH2001 Doing History (if starting before 2023/4) or HIH2237 Doing History in the Digital Age (if starting History from 2023/4 onwards).

Optional modules

Choose one optional module OR HIH2002 Uses of the Past (30 credits).

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for History in Stage 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Students taking 60 credits in History

We recommend that you choose your modules according to one of the following pathway choices:

  1. If you would like to develop your skills in independent historical research, and want to write a History Dissertation or the FCH Independent Study on a historical subject in your final year.
  2. If you would like to develop your historiographical knowledge.
  3. If you would like to study the application of History outside of academia.

Compulsory modules 

1. If you would like to write a History Dissertation or the FCH Independent Study on a historical subject in your final year:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH2001 Doing History: Perspectives on Sources (if started FCH History before 2023/4) 30
HIH2237 Doing History in the Digital Age (if started FCH History from 2023/4 onwards) 30

(However, if you do decide to take one of the above you are not required to do a History Dissertation or the FCH Independent Study on a historical subject in your final year).

Otherwise, there are no compulsory modules.

Optional modules

We recommend that you choose your modules according to one of the following pathway choices:

2. If you would like to develop your historiographical knowledge, we recommend taking two optional modules.

3. If you would like to study the application of History outside of academia, we recommend:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH2002 Uses of the Past 30

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for History in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Students taking 30 credits in History

Compulsory modules

Choose a Comparatives or Concepts module:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH3XXX Comparatives Module (if started FCH History before 2023/4) 30
HIH3XXX Concepts Module (if started FCH History from 2023/4 onwards) 30

Students taking 30 credits in History are NOT allowed to choose:

  • HIH3005 General Third-Year Dissertation (30 credits)
  • HIH3006 Research Project Dissertation (30 credits)
  • Special Subject: Sources (30 credits)
  • Special Subject: Context (30 credits)

Optional modules

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

There are two Independent Study modules available to all FCH Final year students, which allow you to write a dissertation on a specific area of one of your subjects, or look at something that 'overarches' them. This can be taken instead of a departmental dissertation.

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study Dissertation 15
FCH3888E Independent Study Dissertation 30

Please visit the FCH website for more information on Independent Study modules.

View details of optional modules available for History in Final year.

Students taking 60 credits in History

Compulsory modules

If doing 60 credits in History, we recommend that you follow one of the three following “pathways”:

Pathway 1

Select one of the following:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH3005 General Third-Year Dissertation 30
HIH3006 Research Project Dissertation (if started FCH History from 2023/4 onwards) 30

FCH students doing a Dissertation in History may take either the HIH3005 Dissertation or the HIH3006 Research Project Dissertation.

In addition:

Select a Comparatives or Concepts module:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH3XXX Comparatives Module (if started FCH History before 2023/4) 30
HIH3XXX Concepts Module (if started FCH History from 2023/4 onwards) 30

Pathway 2

Select a Special Subject module:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH3XXX Special Subjects 60

 

Pathway 3

If you would like to write a dissertation on a specific area of one of your subjects, especially without having taken the prerequisite module for the History dissertation:

You must take the following:

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888E Independent Study Dissertation 30

In addition, select a Comparatives or Concepts module:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH3XXX Comparatives Module (if started FCH History before 2023/4) 30
HIH3XXX Concepts Module (if started FCH History from 2023/4 onwards) 30

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Whether you are taking 30 or 60 credits in History, you must take the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH1137 Becoming a Historian (core) 15
HIHXXXX Sources and Skills 15

In addition:

If you are taking 60 credits in History in Stage 1, you must select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH1421 Understanding Medieval and Early Modern History 30
HIH1422 Understanding Modern History 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit History for details of optional modules available for History in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Students taking 30 credits in History

Compulsory modules

There are no compulsory modules for students taking 30 credits in History.

Students taking 30 credits in History are NOT allowed to choose HIH2001 Doing History (if starting before 2023/4) or HIH2237 Doing History in the Digital Age (if starting History from 2023/4 onwards).

Optional modules

Choose one optional module OR HIH2002 Uses of the Past (30 credits).

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for History in Stage 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Students taking 60 credits in History

We recommend that you choose your modules according to one of the following pathway choices:

  1. If you would like to develop your skills in independent historical research, and want to write a History Dissertation or the FCH Independent Study on a historical subject in your final year.
  2. If you would like to develop your historiographical knowledge.
  3. If you would like to study the application of History outside of academia.

Compulsory modules 

1. If you would like to write a History Dissertation or the FCH Independent Study on a historical subject in your final year:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH2237 Doing History in the Digital Age 30

(However, if you do decide to take one of the above you are not required to do a History Dissertation or the FCH Independent Study on a historical subject in your final year).

Otherwise, there are no compulsory modules.

Optional modules

We recommend that you choose your modules according to one of the following pathway choices:

2. If you would like to develop your historiographical knowledge, we recommend taking two optional modules.

3. If you would like to study the application of History outside of academia, we recommend:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH2002 Uses of the Past 30

(However, if you do decide to take one of the above you are not required to do a History Dissertation or the FCH Independent Study on a historical subject in your final year).

Otherwise, there are no compulsory modules.

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit History for details of optional modules available for History in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Students taking 30 credits in History

Compulsory modules

Choose a Comparatives or Concepts module:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH3XXX Concepts Module 30

Students taking 30 credits in History are NOT allowed to choose:

  • HIH3005 General Third-Year Dissertation (30 credits)
  • HIH3006 Research Project Dissertation (30 credits)
  • Special Subject: Sources (30 credits)
  • Special Subject: Context (30 credits)

Optional modules

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

There are two Independent Study modules available to all FCH Final year students, which allow you to write a dissertation on a specific area of one of your subjects, or look at something that 'overarches' them. This can be taken instead of a departmental dissertation.

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study Dissertation 15
FCH3888E Independent Study Dissertation 30

Please visit the FCH website for more information on Independent Study modules.

View details of optional modules available for History in Final year.

Students taking 60 credits in History

Compulsory modules

If doing 60 credits in History, we recommend that you follow one of the three following “pathways”:

Pathway 1

Select one of the following:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH3005 General Third-Year Dissertation 30
HIH3006 Research Project Dissertation 30

FCH students doing a Dissertation in History may take either the HIH3005 Dissertation or the HIH3006 Research Project Dissertation.

In addition:

Select a Comparatives or Concepts module:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH3XXX Concepts Module 30

Pathway 2

Select a Special Subjects module:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH3XXX Special Subjects 60

 

Pathway 3

If you would like to write a dissertation on a specific area of one of your subjects, especially without having taken the prerequisite module for the History dissertation:

You must take the following:

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888E Independent Study Dissertation 30

In addition, select a Comparatives or Concepts module:

Code

Module

Credits

HIH3XXX Concepts Module 30

Please visit the FCH website for more information on Independent Study modules.

Please visit History for details of optional modules available for History in Final year.

International Relations

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

You may take up to 60 credits of Politics modules per year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

POL1017 Globalisation of World Politics 15
POL1018 The Challenges of World Politics in the 21st Century 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for International Relations in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

POL2020 Contemporary Theories of World Politics 15
POL2057 Security Studies 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for International Relations in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for International Relations in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

You may take up to 60 credits of Politics modules per year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

POL1017 Globalisation of World Politics 15
POL1018 The Challenges of World Politics in the 21st Century 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit International Relations for details of optional modules available for International Relations in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

POL2020 Contemporary Theories of World Politics 15
POL2057 Security Studies 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit International Relations for details of optional modules available for International Relations in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit International Relations for details of optional modules available for International Relations in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

Italian

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study Italian as a substantial part of your degree, with Italian featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including Italian. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in Italian’ or ‘with proficiency in advanced Italian’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules 

Italian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLI1001 Italian Language, Written and Oral 30

No Italian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLI1052 Italian Language for Beginners 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Italian in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Year 2

Compulsory modules 

Italian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLI2001 Italian Language 30

No Italian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLI2051 Italian Language 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLI2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Italian in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Final year

Compulsory modules 

Code

Module

Credits

MLI3111 Advanced Italian Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLI3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Italian in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study Italian as a substantial part of your degree, with Italian featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including Italian. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in Italian’ or ‘with proficiency in advanced Italian’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules 

Italian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLI1001 Italian Language, Written and Oral 30

No Italian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLI1052 Italian Language for Beginners 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Italian in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Year 2

Compulsory modules 

Italian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLI2001 Italian Language 30

No Italian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLI2051 Italian Language 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLI2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Italian in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Final year

Compulsory modules 

Code

Module

Credits

MLI3111 Advanced Italian Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLI3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Italian in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Japanese (minor)

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Japanese is only available through the Language Centre, where you are able to study 30 credits of language modules each year. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in' the language into your degree title. 

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

30 credits of Japanese can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLJ1130 Japanese Beginners 30

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but Japanese will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

You can choose to study this module in Year 2 and then the intermediate module in Final year.

If your current level of Japanese is beyond this, contact us to check that we can offer a sufficiently advanced level for you.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

30 credits of Japanese can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLJ2230 Japanese Intermediate 1 30

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but Japanese will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

You can choose to study this module in Final year, providing you have already taken the beginners module in previous years.

If your current level of Japanese is beyond this, contact us to check that we can offer a sufficiently advanced level for you. 

Final year

Optional modules

30 credits of Japanese can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

You can choose to study this module in Final year, providing you have already taken the beginners module in previous years.

Code

Module

Credits

FLJ2230 Japanese Intermediate 1 30
FLJ2330 Japanese Intermediate 2 30

If your current level of Japanese is beyond this, contact us to check that we can offer a sufficiently advanced level for you.

he modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Japanese is only available through the Language Centre, where you are able to study 30 credits of language modules each year. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in' the language into your degree title. 

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

30 credits of Japanese can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLJ1130 Japanese Beginners 30

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but Japanese will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

You can choose to study this module in Year 2 and then the intermediate module in Final year.

If your current level of Japanese is beyond this, contact us to check that we can offer a sufficiently advanced level for you.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

30 credits of Japanese can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLJ2230 Japanese Intermediate 1 30

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but Japanese will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

You can choose to study this module in Final year, providing you have already taken the beginners module in previous years.

If your current level of Japanese is beyond this, contact us to check that we can offer a sufficiently advanced level for you. 

Final year

Optional modules

30 credits of Japanese can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

You can choose to study this module in Final year, providing you have already taken the beginners module in previous years.

Code

Module

Credits

FLJ2230 Japanese Intermediate 1 30
FLJ2330 Japanese Intermediate 2 30

If your current level of Japanese is beyond this, contact us to check that we can offer a sufficiently advanced level for you.

Korean (minor)

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Korean is only available through the Language Centre, where you are able to study 30 credits of language modules each year. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in' the language into your degree title. 

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

30 credits of Korean can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLK1130 Korean Beginners 30

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but Korean will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

You can choose to study these modules in Year 2 and then the intermediate module in Final year.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

30 credits of Korean can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLK2230 Korean Intermediate One 30

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but Korean will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

Final year

Optional modules

30 credits of Korean can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

The successful completion of the 60 credits will allow you to have "with Proficiency in Korean" as part of your degree title.

Code

Module

Credits

FLK2230 Korean Intermediate One 30

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Korean is only available through the Language Centre, where you are able to study 30 credits of language modules each year. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in' the language into your degree title. 

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

30 credits of Korean can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLK1130 Korean Beginners 30

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but Korean will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

You can choose to study these modules in Year 2 and then the intermediate module in Final year.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

30 credits of Korean can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

Code

Module

Credits

FLK2230 Korean Intermediate One 30

Note – this pathway is only for beginners. If you are a post-beginner, you may be able to take the intermediate level module, but Korean will not be mentioned in your degree title as you will have less than the required 60 credits for a subject to be mentioned in a FCH degree title.

Final year

Optional modules

30 credits of Korean can be studied at beginner's level and 30 credits at intermediate level. Currently there are no modules offered at advanced level.

The successful completion of the 60 credits will allow you to have "with Proficiency in Korean" as part of your degree title.

Code

Module

Credits

FLK2230 Korean Intermediate One 30

Latin

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CLA1254 Latin III 30

Optional modules

And if required, one CLA1xxx module is chosen from those named Ancient Sources or Ancient World

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CLA2254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV 30

AND one CLA2xxx module is selected from those named Text and Contexts

Optional modules

And if required, one module is chosen from the groups Ancient Sources or Ancient World

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CLA3251 Classical Language and Texts: Latin V 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Latin in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CLA1254 Latin III 30

Optional modules

And if required, one CLA1xxx module is chosen from those named Ancient Sources or Ancient World

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CLA2254 Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV 30

AND one CLA2xxx module is selected from those named Text and Contexts

Optional modules

And if required, one module is chosen from the groups Ancient Sources or Ancient World

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CLA3251 Classical Language and Texts: Latin V 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Latin in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Leadership

This information is only for registered students currently completing Leadership modules through FCH - Leadership is no longer available to FCH new entrants.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BEM1021 Leadership and Teams 15
BEM1022 Introduction to Leadership Studies 15
BSD1000 Business School Development (non-credit bearing employability module) n/a

Optional modules

Remaining credits made up of optional modules, which include:

Code

Module

Credits

BEM1015 Marketing and Society 15
BEM1018 Business and Society 15
BEM1019 Fundamentals of Marketing 15
BEM1023 Discovering Management 30

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BEM2036 Thinking Entrepreneurially 15
BEM2037 Leadership: Challenges and Practices 15
BEM2035 Leading in International Contexts 15

Optional modules

Remaining credits made up of optional modules, which include:

Code

Module

Credits

BEM2007

Operations Management

15
BEM2016 Consumer Behaviour 15
BEM2021 Human Resource Management 15
BEM2025 Marketing Communications: Strategies and Applications 15
BEM2027 Information Systems 15
BEM2031 Introduction to Business Analytics 15
BEM2047 Organisational Behaviour 30

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BEM3047 Contemporary Leadership Issues 15

Optional modules

Remaining credits made up of optional modules, which include: 

Code

Module

Credits

BEM3022 Purchasing and Supply Management 15
BEM3030 International Business History 15
BEM3033 Strategic Management 15
BEM3038 Co-operative Enterprise 15
BEM3041 Marketing Management and Strategy 15
BEM3046 Managing Human Resources: Advanced Issues 15
BEM3051 Organisational Development 15
BEM3052 Managing Change and Crisis in Organizations 15
BEM3055 Ethics and Responsible Innovation 15
BEM3056 Business and Climate Change 15
BEM3057 Employment Law for Managers 15

Management

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BEM1023 Discovering Management 30
BSD1000 Academic Induction non-credit bearing employability module

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Management in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Students must choose at least 15 credits of BEM2xxx modules alongside BEM2021, to meet the FCH subject minimum of 30 credits per year.

Code

Module

Credits

BEM2021 Human Resource Management 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (BEM2xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for Management in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (BEM3xxx / BUS3001) available. View details of optional modules available for Management in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

BEM1023 Discovering Management 30
BSD1000 Academic Induction non-credit bearing employability module

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Management in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Students must choose at least 15 credits of BEM2xxx modules alongside BEM2021, to meet the FCH subject minimum of 30 credits per year.

Code

Module

Credits

BEM2021 Human Resource Management 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (BEM2xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for Management in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (BEM3xxx / BUS3001) available. View details of optional modules available for Management in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Mandarin Chinese

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The Mandarin Chinese pathway is intended for either complete beginners or post-beginners with GCSE (or equivalent). If your current level of Mandarin Chinese is beyond this, contact us to check that we can offer a sufficiently advanced level for you.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study Mandarin Chinese as a substantial part of your degree, with Mandarin Chinese featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including Mandarin Chinese. If you complete 60 credits or more you add 'with proficiency in Mandarin Chinese' or ‘with proficiency in advanced Mandarin Chinese’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLM1052 Beginners Chinese 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLM1xxx) available. Relevant SML1xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Mandarin Chinese in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLM2052 Mandarin Chinese Intermediate 1 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLM2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Mandarin Chinese in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLM3111 Advanced Chinese Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLM3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Mandarin Chinese in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The Mandarin Chinese pathway is intended for either complete beginners or post-beginners with GCSE (or equivalent). If your current level of Mandarin Chinese is beyond this, contact us to check that we can offer a sufficiently advanced level for you.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study Mandarin Chinese as a substantial part of your degree, with Mandarin Chinese featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including Mandarin Chinese. If you complete 60 credits or more you add 'with proficiency in Mandarin Chinese' or ‘with proficiency in advanced Mandarin Chinese’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLM1052 Beginners Chinese 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLM1xxx) available. Relevant SML1xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Mandarin Chinese in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLM2052 Mandarin Chinese Intermediate 1 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLM2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Mandarin Chinese in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLM3111 Advanced Chinese Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLM3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Mandarin Chinese in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Mathematics

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MTH1000 Foundations n/a
MTH1001 Mathematical Structures 30
MTH1002 Mathematical Methods 30

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select 30 credits from the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

MTH2003 Differential Equations 15
MTH2004 Vector Calculus and Applications 15
MTH2008 Real Analysis 15
MTH2009 Complex Analysis * 15
MTH2010 Groups, Rings and Fields 15
MTH2011 Linear Algebra 15

AND 30 credits from the following modules:

MTH2003  Differential Equations 15
MTH2004 Vector Calculus and Applications 15
MTH2005 Modelling: Theory & Practice 30
MTH2006 Statistical Modelling & Inference 30
MTH2008 Real Analysis 15
MTH2009 Complex Analysis * 15
MTH2010 Groups, Rings and Fields 15
MTH2011 Linear Algebra 15

* Note: In order to take MTH2009 Complex Analysis in Term 2 you must take MTH2008 Real Analysis in Term 1.

Final year

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules but students must take at least 30 credits of modules at level 6.

Choose from optional modules (MTH3xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for Mathematics in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MTH1000 Foundations n/a
MTH1001 Mathematical Structures 30
MTH1002 Mathematical Methods 30

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select 30 credits from the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

MTH2003 Differential Equations 15
MTH2004 Vector Calculus and Applications 15
MTH2008 Real Analysis 15
MTH2009 Complex Analysis * 15
MTH2010 Groups, Rings and Fields 15
MTH2011 Linear Algebra 15

AND 30 credits from the following modules:

MTH2003  Differential Equations 15
MTH2004 Vector Calculus and Applications 15
MTH2005 Modelling: Theory & Practice 30
MTH2006 Statistical Modelling & Inference 30
MTH2008 Real Analysis 15
MTH2009 Complex Analysis * 15
MTH2010 Groups, Rings and Fields 15
MTH2011 Linear Algebra 15

* Note: In order to take MTH2009 Complex Analysis in Term 2 you must take MTH2008 Real Analysis in Term 1.

Final year

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules but students must take at least 30 credits of modules at level 6.

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Mathematics for details of optional modules available for Mathematics in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Media & Communications

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Select one or both of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

CMM1001 Perspectives on Communications 30 Yes
CMM1002 Communications Challenges 30 Yes

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

EAS1032 Approaches to Criticism 30 Yes
EAS1040 Academic English 15 Yes
EAF1506 Interrogating Screens 30 Yes
EAS1044 Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing 15 Yes
HAS1001 Enter the Matrix: Digital Perspectives on the Humanities 15 Yes

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Please visit the Study Information site for further details of optional modules available for Communications in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Important: CMM2008 is a compulsory Year 2 pre-requisite for students wishing to select CMM3002: Communications Dissertation or CMM3003: Research Project in their final year.

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

CMM2008 Communications Research Methods 30 Yes

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

CMM2002 Communications in the Workplace 30 Yes
CMM2010 Professional Writing 30 Yes
CMM2011 History of Communications 30 Yes
CMM2012 Communications and the Climate Crisis 30 Yes
CMM2013 Introduction to Games Studies 30 Yes

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Please visit the Study Information site for further details of optional modules available for Communications in Year 2.

Final year

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules.

You cannot choose more than one module from the following group.

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

CMM3002* Communications Dissertation 30 Yes
CMM3003* Communications Practical Research Project 30 Yes

*Important: CMM2008 is a pre-requisite for students wishing to select the Communications Dissertation or Research Project in their final year.

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

CMM3004 Social Media and Society 30 Yes
CMM3005 Gender, Sexuality and Media  30 Yes
CMM3006 Digital Inequalities 30 Yes
EAF3515 Something to See: War and Visual Media 30 Yes
EAF3519 Cinema and the Anthropocene 30 Yes
EAF3106 Female Screens 30 Yes
EAF3521 Film Audiences 30 Yes
EAS3128 Writing the Short Film 30 Yes
HUM3003A Hacking the Humanities: How to Plan and Run Successful Digital Projects 15 Yes
SML3026 Corporate Language and Communication: When Sharks Work with Dolphins 15 Yes

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Please visit the Study Information site for further details of optional modules available for Communications in Final Year.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Select one or both of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

CMM1001 Perspectives on Communications 30 Yes
CMM1002 Communications Challenges 30 Yes

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

EAS1032 Approaches to Criticism 30 Yes
EAS1040 Academic English 15 Yes
EAF1506 Interrogating Screens 30 Yes
EAS1044 Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing 15 Yes
HAS1001 Enter the Matrix: Digital Perspectives on the Humanities 15 Yes

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Please visit the Study Information site for further details of optional modules available for Communications in Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Important: CMM2008 is a compulsory Year 2 pre-requisite for students wishing to select CMM3002: Communications Dissertation or CMM3003: Research Project in their final year.

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

CMM2008 Communications Research Methods 30 Yes

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

CMM2002 Communications in the Workplace 30 Yes
CMM2010 Professional Writing 30 Yes
CMM2011 History of Communications 30 Yes
CMM2012 Communications and the Climate Crisis 30 Yes
CMM2013 Introduction to Games Studies 30 Yes

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Please visit the Study Information site for further details of optional modules available for Communications in Year 2.

Final year

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules.

You cannot choose more than one module from the following group.

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

CMM3002* Communications Dissertation 30 Yes
CMM3003* Communications Practical Research Project 30 Yes

*Important: CMM2008 is a pre-requisite for students wishing to select the Communications Dissertation or Research Project in their final year.

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

Condonable?

CMM3004 Social Media and Society 30 Yes
CMM3005 Gender, Sexuality and Media  30 Yes
CMM3006 Digital Inequalities 30 Yes
EAF3515 Something to See: War and Visual Media 30 Yes
EAF3519 Cinema and the Anthropocene 30 Yes
EAF3106 Female Screens 30 Yes
EAF3521 Film Audiences 30 Yes
EAS3128 Writing the Short Film 30 Yes
HUM3003A Hacking the Humanities: How to Plan and Run Successful Digital Projects 15 Yes
SML3026 Corporate Language and Communication: When Sharks Work with Dolphins 15 Yes

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Please visit the Study Information site for further details of optional modules available for Communications in Final Year.

Medical Humanities

In each year, students must take 60 credits of CSC modules and 60 credits of Humanities and Social Sciences modules. The HASS modules can be requested from such disciplines as Theology, Classics, History, Anthropolgy, Philosophy etc. 

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules may be available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note – FCH Medical Humanities students are able to take the four-year programme which includes the 120 credit CSC3003 Professional Training year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CSC1004

Fundamental Skills for Medical Scientists

30
CSC1005 Integrated Human Physiology 30

Plus 60 credits of optional Humanities/Social Sciences modules.

Year 2

60 credits CSC (Medical Sciences) plus 60 credits Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences modules.

Note – FCH Medical Sciences students are able to take the four-year programme which includes the 120 credit CSC3003 Professional Training year.

Note – because nearly all level 2 modules have level 1 prerequisites, students cannot enter this particular FCH stream at level 2. 

Optional modules

60 credits of HASS modules.

Final year

60 credits CSC (Medical Sciences) plus 60 credits Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences modules.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Note – FCH students cannot take CSC3028 Literature Review or CSC3029 Research Project and should consider FCH Independent Study as dissertation option.

Note - Unlike single honours Medical Sciences it is not possible for FCH students to obtain a pathway specialism within Medical Sciences e.g. Medical Sciences (neuroscience), Medical Sciences (health research) etc.

In each year, students must take 60 credits of CSC modules and 60 credits of Humanities and Social Sciences modules. The HASS modules can be requested from such disciplines as Theology, Classics, History, Anthropolgy, Philosophy etc. 

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules may be available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note – FCH Medical Humanities students are able to take the four-year programme which includes the 120 credit CSC3003 Professional Training year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CSC1004

Fundamental Skills for Medical Scientists

30
CSC1005 Integrated Human Physiology 30

Plus 60 credits of optional Humanities/Social Sciences modules.

Year 2

60 credits CSC (Medical Sciences) plus 60 credits Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences modules.

Note – FCH Medical Sciences students are able to take the four-year programme which includes the 120 credit CSC3003 Professional Training year.

Note – because nearly all level 2 modules have level 1 prerequisites, students cannot enter this particular FCH stream at level 2. 

Optional modules

60 credits of HASS modules.

Final year

60 credits CSC (Medical Sciences) plus 60 credits Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences modules.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Note – FCH students cannot take CSC3028 Literature Review or CSC3029 Research Project and should consider FCH Independent Study as dissertation option.

Note - Unlike single honours Medical Sciences it is not possible for FCH students to obtain a pathway specialism within Medical Sciences e.g. Medical Sciences (neuroscience), Medical Sciences (health research) etc.

Mediterranean Studies

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

No First year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

ARA1010 Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East 15
ARA1018 Introduction to Islam 15
ARA1030 Introduction to Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA1036 Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E. 15
ARC1010 Themes in World Archaeology 15
CLA1002 Roman History: Problems and Sources 30
CLA1005 Greek and Roman Narrative 30
CLA1508 Ancient World: Roman Philosophy 15
CLA1029 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Hellenistic-Roman Syria 15
CLA1514 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence) - Pompeii: Destruction, Discovery, and Afterlife 15
POL1018

The Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century

15
POL1020 Politics in Europe 15
POL1025 Classical Political Thought 15
SML1207 Introduction to Film 15
SML1208 Language, Culture, and International Relations 15
THE1109 Introduction to the History and Literatures of the Bible 15
THE1110 The History of Early Christianities 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

ARA2016 Magic and the Abrahamic Religions 15
ARA2014 Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA2118 Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East 15
ARA2132 Islamic Law and Society 15
ARA2134 Ethnography of the Middle East 15
ARA2135 Conflict and Peacemaking Palestine/Israel 15
ARA2147 Classical Islamic History 15
ARA2170 A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 15
ARA2171 A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 (same as ARA2170 but for 30 credits) 30
CLA2002  Roma History: Problems and Sources 30
CLA2005  Greek and Roman Narratve 30
CLA2030 Ancient World: Racecraft 15
CLA2354 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus 15
CLA2508 Ancient World: Roman Philosophy  
EAF2500 European Cinemas: Art, Industry, Entertainment 30
HUM2005 Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence 15
PHL2114 Aristotle's Ethics 15
MLI2004 From Page to Screen: The Italian Female Detective in Literature, Film, and Television 15
SML2246 Intercultural Communication 15
THE2230 Conflicts and Encounters between Religions: War, Peace, Politics and the Quest for Dialogue 30

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study 15
FCH3888E Independent Study 30
ARA3129 Nationalisms in the Middle East 15
ARA3158 Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond 15
ARA3198 European and US Democracy Assistance in the Middle East and North Africa 15
AHV3002 Understanding Space in Renaissance Italy 15
CLA3007 The Crisis of the Athenian Polis 30
CLA3008 The Age of Cicero 30
CLA3033 Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds 30
CLA3274 The Persians in a Near Eastern Context 30
CLA3113 Art in Greek Society 15
MLI3199 Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend 15
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

No First year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

ARA1010 Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East 15
ARA1018 Introduction to Islam 15
ARA1030 Introduction to Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA1036 Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E. 15
ARC1010 Themes in World Archaeology 15
CLA1002 Roman History: Problems and Sources 30
CLA1005 Greek and Roman Narrative 30
CLA1508 Ancient World: Roman Philosophy 15
CLA1029 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Hellenistic-Roman Syria 15
CLA1514 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence) - Pompeii: Destruction, Discovery, and Afterlife 15
POL1018

The Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century

15
POL1020 Politics in Europe 15
POL1025 Classical Political Thought 15
SML1207 Introduction to Film 15
SML1208 Language, Culture, and International Relations 15
THE1109 Introduction to the History and Literatures of the Bible 15
THE1110 The History of Early Christianities 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

ARA2016 Magic and the Abrahamic Religions 15
ARA2014 Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA2118 Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East 15
ARA2132 Islamic Law and Society 15
ARA2134 Ethnography of the Middle East 15
ARA2135 Conflict and Peacemaking Palestine/Israel 15
ARA2147 Classical Islamic History 15
ARA2170 A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 15
ARA2171 A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 (same as ARA2170 but for 30 credits) 30
CLA2002  Roma History: Problems and Sources 30
CLA2005  Greek and Roman Narratve 30
CLA2030 Ancient World: Racecraft 15
CLA2354 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus 15
CLA2508 Ancient World: Roman Philosophy  
EAF2500 European Cinemas: Art, Industry, Entertainment 30
HUM2005 Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence 15
PHL2114 Aristotle's Ethics 15
MLI2004 From Page to Screen: The Italian Female Detective in Literature, Film, and Television 15
SML2246 Intercultural Communication 15
THE2230 Conflicts and Encounters between Religions: War, Peace, Politics and the Quest for Dialogue 30

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Optional modules include:

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study 15
FCH3888E Independent Study 30
ARA3129 Nationalisms in the Middle East 15
ARA3158 Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond 15
ARA3198 European and US Democracy Assistance in the Middle East and North Africa 15
AHV3002 Understanding Space in Renaissance Italy 15
CLA3007 The Crisis of the Athenian Polis 30
CLA3008 The Age of Cicero 30
CLA3033 Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds 30
CLA3274 The Persians in a Near Eastern Context 30
CLA3113 Art in Greek Society 15
MLI3199 Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend 15
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Middle Eastern Studies

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

No First year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (ARA1xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for Middle Eastern Studies in Year 1.

Optional modules include:

Code Module Credits
ARA1010 Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East 15
ARA1018 Introduction to Islam 15
ARA1021 Introduction to Persian History and Culture 15
ARA1030 Introduction to Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA1036 Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E. 15
ARA1037 The Politics of Development 15
ARA1041 Religious Communities of the Middle East: Culture, Endangerment and Survival 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Note - Persian or Turkish, can be taken from Beginner level through the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. To progress to Advanced Persian in Final year you must have completed the Year 1 and 2 modules. No student can study more than one Beginner’s language in the same academic year.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (ARA2xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for Middle Eastern Studies in Year 2.

Optional modules include:

Code Module Credits
ARA2028 Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State 15
ARA2014 Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA2118 Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East 15
ARA2016 Magic and the Abrahamic Religions 15
ARA2132 Islamic Law and Society 15
ARA2134 Ethnography of the Middle East 15
ARA2135 Conflict and Peace making Palestine/Israel 15
ARA2147 Classical Islamic History 15
ARA2150 Muslims in Britain 15
ARA2162 Political Economy of Development in the Middle East 15
ARA2170 A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 15
ARA2171 A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 (30 credit version of ARA2170) 30

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note - Persian or Turkish, can be taken from Beginner level through the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. To progress to Advanced Persian in Final year you must have completed the Year 1 and 2 modules. No student can study more than one Beginner’s language in the same academic year. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Middle Eastern Studies in the Final year.

Optional modules include:

Code Module Credits
FCH3888B Independent Study 15
FCH3888E Independent Study 30
ARA3106 Dissertation 30
ARA3045 War, Violence and Revolution in the Modern Middle East 30
ARA3129 Nationalisms in the Middle East 15
ARA3200 Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Palestine/Israel 15
ARA3050 Race, Racism, Racialization (a view from the MENA) 15
ARA3043 From "Home Lands" to "Host States": Migration, Displacement and Diaspora in the Middle East 15
ARA3158 Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond 15
ARA3197 The Arabian Nights: Perception and Reception 15
ARA3108 The Politics of Authoritarian Rule  

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note - Persian or Turkish, can be taken from Beginner level through the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. To progress to Advanced Persian in Final year you must have completed the Year 1 and 2 modules. No student can study more than one Beginner’s language in the same academic year.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

No First year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (ARA1xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for Middle Eastern Studies in Year 1.

Optional modules include:

Code Module Credits
ARA1010 Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East 15
ARA1018 Introduction to Islam 15
ARA1021 Introduction to Persian History and Culture 15
ARA1030 Introduction to Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA1036 Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E. 15
ARA1037 The Politics of Development 15
ARA1041 Religious Communities of the Middle East: Culture, Endangerment and Survival 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Note - Persian or Turkish, can be taken from Beginner level through the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. To progress to Advanced Persian in Final year you must have completed the Year 1 and 2 modules. No student can study more than one Beginner’s language in the same academic year.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (ARA2xxx) available. View details of optional modules available for Middle Eastern Studies in Year 2.

Optional modules include:

Code Module Credits
ARA2028 Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State 15
ARA2014 Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA2118 Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East 15
ARA2016 Magic and the Abrahamic Religions 15
ARA2132 Islamic Law and Society 15
ARA2134 Ethnography of the Middle East 15
ARA2135 Conflict and Peace making Palestine/Israel 15
ARA2147 Classical Islamic History 15
ARA2150 Muslims in Britain 15
ARA2162 Political Economy of Development in the Middle East 15
ARA2170 A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 15
ARA2171 A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 (30 credit version of ARA2170) 30

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note - Persian or Turkish, can be taken from Beginner level through the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. To progress to Advanced Persian in Final year you must have completed the Year 1 and 2 modules. No student can study more than one Beginner’s language in the same academic year. 

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Middle Eastern Studies in the Final year.

Optional modules include:

Code Module Credits
FCH3888B Independent Study 15
FCH3888E Independent Study 30
ARA3106 Dissertation 30
ARA3045 War, Violence and Revolution in the Modern Middle East 30
ARA3129 Nationalisms in the Middle East 15
ARA3200 Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Palestine/Israel 15
ARA3050 Race, Racism, Racialization (a view from the MENA) 15
ARA3043 From "Home Lands" to "Host States": Migration, Displacement and Diaspora in the Middle East 15
ARA3158 Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond 15
ARA3197 The Arabian Nights: Perception and Reception 15
ARA3108 The Politics of Authoritarian Rule  

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Note - Persian or Turkish, can be taken from Beginner level through the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. To progress to Advanced Persian in Final year you must have completed the Year 1 and 2 modules. No student can study more than one Beginner’s language in the same academic year.

Philosophy

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

You may take a maximum of 60 credits in this subject per year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Select at least 45 credits from the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

PHL1002A Knowledge and Reality 1 15
PHL1002B Knowledge and Reality 2 15
PHL1005A Evidence and Argument 1 15
PHL1006 Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 15
PHL1013 Philosophy of Morality 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Philosophy for details of optional modules available for Philosophy in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select 45 credits from the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

PHL2010A Philosophy of Mind 1 15
PHL2043 Philosophical Research 15
PHL2015 Body and Mind 15
PHL2016 Metaphysics 15
PHL2018 Philosophy of Language 15
PHL2118 Moral Agency in Social Context 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Philosophy for details of optional modules available for Philosophy in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Philosophy for details of optional modules available for Philosophy in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

You may take a maximum of 60 credits in this subject per year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Select at least 45 credits from the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

PHL1002A Knowledge and Reality 1 15
PHL1002B Knowledge and Reality 2 15
PHL1005A Evidence and Argument 1 15
PHL1006 Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 15
PHL1013 Philosophy of Morality 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Philosophy for details of optional modules available for Philosophy in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Select 45 credits from the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

PHL2010A Philosophy of Mind 1 15
PHL2043 Philosophical Research 15
PHL2015 Body and Mind 15
PHL2016 Metaphysics 15
PHL2018 Philosophy of Language 15
PHL2118 Moral Agency in Social Context 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Philosophy for details of optional modules available for Philosophy in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Philosophy for details of optional modules available for Philosophy in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Politics

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

You may take up to 60 credits of Politics modules per year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

The way you study Politics in the first year depends on the subject you are studying it with.

Compulsory modules

1. If you are combining Politics with a subject from Social Sciences (e.g. Anthropology, Arabic), Sciences or is Business-related, two compulsory Politics modules are taken during the first year:

Code

Module

Credits

POL1019 Power and Democracy 15
POL1029 Introduction to Comparative Politics 15

2. If you are combining Politics with a subject from Humanities (e.g. Archaeology, Classical Studies, Theology) the two compulsory Politics modules are:

Code

Module

Credits

POL1025 Classical Political Thought 15
POL1026 Early Modern Political Thought 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Politics in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

Year 2

The way you study Politics in the second year depends on the subject you are studying it with.

Compulsory modules

1. If you are combining Politics with a subject from Social Sciences (e.g. Anthropology, Arabic), Sciences or is Business-related, two compulsory Politics modules are taken during the first year:

Code

Module

Credits

POL2102 Explaining Public Policies 15
POL2046 The Economics of Politics 15

2. If you are combining Politics with a subject from Humanities (e.g. Archaeology, Classical Studies, Theology) the two compulsory Politics modules are:

Code

Module

Credits

POL2102 Explaining Public Policies 15
POL2059 Political Thought of Modernity 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Politics in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Politics in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

You may take up to 60 credits of Politics modules per year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

The way you study Politics in the first year depends on the subject you are studying it with.

Compulsory modules

1. If you are combining Politics with a subject from Social Sciences (e.g. Anthropology, Arabic), Sciences or is Business-related, two compulsory Politics modules are taken during the first year:

Code

Module

Credits

POL1019 Power and Democracy 15
POL1029 Introduction to Comparative Politics 15

2. If you are combining Politics with a subject from Humanities (e.g. Archaeology, Classical Studies, Theology) the two compulsory Politics modules are:

Code

Module

Credits

POL1025 Classical Political Thought 15
POL1026 Early Modern Political Thought 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Politics for details of optional modules available for Politics in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

Year 2

The way you study Politics in the second year depends on the subject you are studying it with.

Compulsory modules

1. If you are combining Politics with a subject from Social Sciences (e.g. Anthropology, Arabic), Sciences or is Business-related, two compulsory Politics modules are taken during the first year:

Code

Module

Credits

POL2102 Explaining Public Policies 15
POL2046 The Economics of Politics 15

2. If you are combining Politics with a subject from Humanities (e.g. Archaeology, Classical Studies, Theology) the two compulsory Politics modules are:

Code

Module

Credits

POL2102 Explaining Public Policies 15
POL2046 The Economics of Politics 15

2. If you are combining Politics with a subject from Humanities (e.g. Archaeology, Classical Studies, Theology) the two compulsory Politics modules are:

Code

Module

Credits

POL2102 Explaining Public Policies 15
POL2059 Political Thought of Modernity 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Politics for details of optional modules available for Politics in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Politics for details of optional modules available for Politics in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.

Portuguese

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study Portuguese as a substantial part of your degree, with Portuguese featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits of 'language only' modules each year, as a third subject. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in' the language into your degree title.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLP1052 Portuguese Language for Beginners 30
MLP1XXX / SML1XXX e.g.
Introduction to the Lusophone World;
Constructing Nature: Stories we Live By;
Language, Culture, International Relations
15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLP1xxx) available. Relevant SML1xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View optional modules available for Portuguese in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLP2052 Intermediate Portuguese 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLP2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Portuguese in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLP3111 Advanced Portuguese language skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLP3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Portuguese in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study Portuguese as a substantial part of your degree, with Portuguese featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits of 'language only' modules each year, as a third subject. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in' the language into your degree title.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLP1052 Portuguese Language for Beginners 30
MLP1XXX / SML1XXX e.g.
Introduction to the Lusophone World;
Constructing Nature: Stories we Live By;
Language, Culture, International Relations
15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLP1xxx) available. Relevant SML1xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View optional modules available for Portuguese in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLP2052 Intermediate Portuguese 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLP2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Portuguese in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLP3111 Advanced Portuguese language skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLP3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Portuguese in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Psychology

This information is only for registered students currently completing Psychology modules through FCH - Psychology is no longer available to FCH new entrants.

The Psychology pathways offered are only available to those students already registered on it, with no transfers onto it available.

Final year

Psychology is offered as two pathways through Flexible Combined Honours: 

1. Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

PSY3401 Research Project 45
PSY3402 Methods and Statistics in Psychology 3 15

AND the module below that was not taken during your second year:

PSY2203 Social Psychology II 15
PSY2205 Personality and Individual Differences 15
PSY2303 Cognition and Emotion 15
PSY2304 Biological Basis of Behaviour 15
PSY2306 Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology 15

OR, if the above is not possible, a Psychology module in the same area as the 'missing' Second year module 

2. Non-accredited pathway

No Final year Compulsory modules unless you are taking the Psychology Project.

Psychology Project* compulsory modules:

Code

Module

Credits

PSY3401 Research Project 45
PSY3402 Methods and Statistics in Psychology 3 15

* You must have taken a module in your first or second year in the subject area of your project

Note – this FCH Psychology pathway does not lead to professional accreditation by the British Psychological Society. One-year postgraduate programmes are available elsewhere for this. 

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Psychology in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

There are two Independent Study modules available to all FCH Final year students, which allows you to write a dissertation on a specific area of one of your subjects, or look at something that 'overarches' them. This can be taken instead of a departmental dissertation. Click here for more information on Independent Study.

Code

Module

Credits

xxx3888B Independent Study Dissertation 15

Religion

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

THE1076 Religion in the Modern World 15
THE1106 Philosophy of Religion Christian Ethics 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available:

Code

Module

Credits

ARA1018 Introduction to Islam 15
ARA1030 Introduction to Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA1036 Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E. 15 15
ARA1041 Religious Communities of the Middle East: Culture, Endangerment and Survival 15
ARA1021 Introduction to Persian History and Culture 15
CLA1508 Ancient World: Roman Philosophy 15
PHL1010 Introduction to Asian Philosophy 15
THE1101 The Bible: Past and Present 15
THE1103 Introducing Christian Theologies 15
THE1109 Introduction to the History and Literatures of the Bible 15
THE1110 The History of Early Christianities 15
THE1072 Introducing Biblical Hebrew 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

Optional modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Choose from optional modules available:

Code

Module

Credits

ARA2014 Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA2016 Magic and the Abrahamic Religions 15
ARA2028 Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State 15
ARA2132 Islamic Law and Society 15
ARA2134 Ethnography of the Middle East 15
ARA2147 Classical Islamic History 15
ARA2150 Muslims in Britain 15
THE2026 Postcolonial Theology 30
THE2231 History of Encounters Between Philosophy and Theology 30
THE2218 The Invention of God 30
THE2219 Religion and Holocaust Memory in Public Life 30
THE2228 Criminal Justice in Religious and Philosophical Perspectives 30
THE2229 Syriac Christianity: Monks, Monasteries and Mimre 30
THE2230 Conflicts and Encounters between Religions: War, Peace, Politics and the Quest for Dialogue 30
PHL2130 Plato's Dialogues 15
PHL2053 History of Philosophy 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 3

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Choose from optional modules available:

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study 15
FCH3888E Independent Study 30
ARA3140 The Kurds: History and Politics 15
ARA3158 Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond 15
ARA3146 Iranian History, 1500 - the Present 15
CLA3033 Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds 30
PHL3053 History of Philosophy 15
PHL3129 The Philosophy of Nature 15
THE3044 Reading New Testament Letters 30
THE3219 Religion and Holocaust Memory in Public Life 30
THE3218 The Invention of God 30
THE3228 Criminal Justice in Religious and Philosophical Perspectives 30
THE3229 Syriac Christianity: Monks, Monasteries and Mimre 30
THE3230 Conflicts and Encounters between Religions: War, Peace, Politics and the Quest for Dialogue 30

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

THE1076 Religion in the Modern World 15
THE1125 Religion, Philosophy and Ethics 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available:

Code

Module

Credits

ARA1018 Introduction to Islam 15
ARA1030 Introduction to Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA1036 Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E. 15 15
ARA1041 Religious Communities of the Middle East: Culture, Endangerment and Survival 15
ARA1021 Introduction to Persian History and Culture 15
CLA1508 Ancient World: Roman Philosophy 15
PHL1010 Introduction to Asian Philosophy 15
THE1101 The Bible: Past and Present 15
THE1120 What is Religion? 30
THE1121 Religion and Material Culture 15
THE1122 Introducing Social-Scientific Approaches to Religion 15
THE1123 Reform, Retreat and Reinvention: A History of Christianity 15
THE1124 God and the World: Constructive Christian Theology 15
THE1072 Introducing Biblical Hebrew 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

Optional modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Choose from optional modules available:

Code

Module

Credits

ARA2014 Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology 15
ARA2016 Magic and the Abrahamic Religions 15
ARA2028 Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State 15
ARA2132 Islamic Law and Society 15
ARA2134 Ethnography of the Middle East 15
ARA2147 Classical Islamic History 15
ARA2150 Muslims in Britain 15
THE2026 Postcolonial Theology 30
THE2231 History of Encounters Between Philosophy and Theology 30
THE2218 The Invention of God 30
THE2219 Religion and Holocaust Memory in Public Life 30
THE2228 Criminal Justice in Religious and Philosophical Perspectives 30
THE2229 Syriac Christianity: Monks, Monasteries and Mimre 30
THE2230 Conflicts and Encounters between Religions: War, Peace, Politics and the Quest for Dialogue 30
PHL2130 Plato's Dialogues 15
PHL2053 History of Philosophy 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 3

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Choose from optional modules available:

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study 15
FCH3888E Independent Study 30
ARA3140 The Kurds: History and Politics 15
ARA3158 Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond 15
ARA3146 Iranian History, 1500 - the Present 15
CLA3033 Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds 30
PHL3053 History of Philosophy 15
PHL3129 The Philosophy of Nature 15
THE3044 Reading New Testament Letters 30
THE3219 Religion and Holocaust Memory in Public Life 30
THE3218 The Invention of God 30
THE3228 Criminal Justice in Religious and Philosophical Perspectives 30
THE3229 Syriac Christianity: Monks, Monasteries and Mimre 30
THE3230 Conflicts and Encounters between Religions: War, Peace, Politics and the Quest for Dialogue 30

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Russian

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study Russian as a substantial part of your degree, with Russian featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including Russian. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in Russian' or ‘with proficiency in advanced Russian’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Russian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLR1001 Contemporary Russian Written and Oral 30

No Russian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLR1030 Russian Language for Beginners 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLR1xxx) available. Relevant SML1xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Russian in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules 

Russian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLR2001 Russian Language Written and Oral 30

No Russian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLR2030 Intermediate Russian 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLR2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Russian in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLR3111 Advanced Russian Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLR3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Russian in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study Russian as a substantial part of your degree, with Russian featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including Russian. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in Russian' or ‘with proficiency in advanced Russian’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Russian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLR1001 Contemporary Russian Written and Oral 30

No Russian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLR1030 Russian Language for Beginners 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLR1xxx) available. Relevant SML1xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Russian in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules 

Russian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLR2001 Russian Language Written and Oral 30

No Russian A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLR2030 Intermediate Russian 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLR2xxx) available. Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Russian in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLR3111 Advanced Russian Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLR3xxx) available. Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Russian in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Sociology

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

You may take a maximum of 60 credits in this subject per year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

SOC1000

Contemporary Society: Themes, Perspectives and Case studies

30
SOC1001 Social Analysis 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Sociology for details of optional modules available for Sociology in the Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

SOC2005 Theoretical Sociology 30
SPA2000 Knowing the Social World 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Sociology for details of optional modules available for Sociology in the Year 2.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Sociology for details of optional modules available for Sociology in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

You may take a maximum of 60 credits in this subject per year.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

SOC1000

Contemporary Society: Themes, Perspectives and Case studies

30
SOC1001 Social Analysis 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Sociology for details of optional modules available for Sociology in the Year 1.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

SOC2005 Theoretical Sociology 30
SPA2000 Knowing the Social World 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Sociology for details of optional modules available for Sociology in the Year 2.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Sociology for details of optional modules available for Sociology in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Spanish

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study Spanish as a substantial part of your degree, with Spanish featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including Spanish. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in Spanish' or ‘with proficiency in advanced Spanish’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules 

Spanish A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLS1001 Spanish Language 30

No Spanish A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLS1056 Spanish Language for Beginners 30

 

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Spanish A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLS2001 Spanish Language Written and Oral 30

No Spanish A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLS2156 Spanish Language (ex-beginners) 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLS2xxx) available.Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Spanish in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLS3111 Advanced Spanish Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLS3xxx) available.Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Spanish in Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Note - the pathway below is intended if you wish to study Spanish as a substantial part of your degree, with Spanish featured in your degree title as 'and/with'. However, you can take 30 credits each year in a language, as a third subject, through the Language Centre. There are a number of languages available, including Spanish. If you complete 60 credits or more you can add 'with proficiency in Spanish' or ‘with proficiency in advanced Spanish’ into your degree title (see degree title rules for languages).

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules 

Spanish A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLS1001 Spanish Language 30

No Spanish A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLS1056 Spanish Language for Beginners 30

 

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Spanish A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLS2001 Spanish Language Written and Oral 30

No Spanish A Level or equivalent:

Code

Module

Credits

MLS2156 Spanish Language (ex-beginners) 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLS2xxx) available.Relevant SML2xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Spanish in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

MLS3111 Advanced Spanish Language Skills 30

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules (MLS3xxx) available.Relevant SML3xxx modules may also be available, which you can discuss with the FCH Coordinator for Modern Languages. View details of optional modules available for Spanish in Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Sustainability

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

GEO1310 Geographies of Environment and Sustainability 15

Optional modules

Remaining credits made up of optional modules, which must cover a range of subjects/module codes, which include:

Code

Module

Credits

ARA1010 Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East 15
ARA1037 The Politics of Development 15
BEM1022 Introduction to Leadership Studies 15
BEM1027 The International Business Context 15
BIO1336 Ecology 15
GEO1106 Geographies of Global Change 15
GEO1213 Earth System Science: Our Changing Planet 15
HUM1005 Climate Emergency - An Introduction to Environmental Humanities 15
POL1018 The Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty‐First Century 15
POL1045 International Politics of the Global South 15
POL1047 Global Sustainability Governance and Policy 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CMM2012 Communications and the Climate Crisis 15

Optional modules

Remaining credits made up of optional modules, which must cover a range of subjects/module codes, which include:

Code

Module

Credits

ANT2014 Cultures: Food 15
ANT2023 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation 15
ANT2111 Climate Change in Global and Local Perspectives 15
ANT2112 When Things Fall Apart: Social Infrastructures 15
ANT2116 Animals and Society 15
ANT2097 Environment and Society 15
ARA2162 Political Economy of Development in the Middle East 15
BEM2007 Operations Management 15
BEM2016 Consumer Behaviour 15
BEM2037 Leadership: Challenges & Practices 15
BEM2048 International Business 15
BIO2076 Ecology and Environment 15
BIO2096 Practical Skills in Field Ecology 15
EAS2113 Culture, Crisis and Ecology in a Postcolonial World 30
GEO2131 Nature, Development and Justice 15
GEO2132 Global Urban Futures 15
GEO2317 Climate Change: Science and Society 15
GEO2233 Landscape Response to Environmental Change: from Source to Sink 15
GEO2235 Ecosystems of the future: climate change, terrestrial feedbacks and nature-based solutions 15
POL2116 Political Economy of Armed Conflicts 15
POL2027 The Politics of the World Economy 15
POL2126 Environmental policy in times of crisis 15
SSI2004 Research Design in the Social Sciences 15
SSI2005 Data Analysis in Social Science II 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Credits made up of optional modules, which must cover a range of subjects/module codes, which include:

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study 15
FCH3888E Independent Study 30
ANT3014 Cultures: Food 15
ANT3023 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation 15
ANT3093 Climate Change in Global and Local Perspectives 15
ANT3094 When Things Fall Apart: Social Infrastructures 15
ANT3099 Animals and Society 15
ARA3163 Politics and Reform in the Gulf 15
BEM3022 Purchasing & Supply Management 15
BEM3038 Co‐operative Enterprise 15
BEM3047 Contemporary Leadership Issues 15
BEM3055 Ethics and Responsible Innovation 15
BEM3056 Business and Climate Change 15
BEM3059 Circular Economy Business and Enterprise 15
BEM3060 Managing Entrepreneurially 15
BEM3067 Innovation for Urgent Global Challenges 15
BIO3037 Ecology of Environmental Change 15
GEO3147 Literature, Environment, Activism 15
GEO3225 Climate Change and its Impacts 15
GEO3230 Tropical Forests in a Changing World 15
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures 15 
SOC3097 Environment and Society 15
SOC3137 Climate Change in Global and Local Perspectives 15
SSI3003 Data Analysis in Social Science 3 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

GEO1310 Geographies of Environment and Sustainability 15

Optional modules

Remaining credits made up of optional modules, which must cover a range of subjects/module codes, which include:

Code

Module

Credits

ARA1010 Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East 15
ARA1037 The Politics of Development 15
BEM1022 Introduction to Leadership Studies 15
BEM1027 The International Business Context 15
BIO1336 Ecology 15
GEO1106 Geographies of Global Change 15
GEO1213 Earth System Science: Our Changing Planet 15
HUM1005 Climate Emergency - An Introduction to Environmental Humanities 15
POL1018 The Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty‐First Century 15
POL1045 International Politics of the Global South 15
POL1047 Global Sustainability Governance and Policy 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

CMM2012 Communications and the Climate Crisis 15

Optional modules

Remaining credits made up of optional modules, which must cover a range of subjects/module codes, which include:

Code

Module

Credits

ANT2014 Cultures: Food 15
ANT2023 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation 15
ANT2111 Climate Change in Global and Local Perspectives 15
ANT2112 When Things Fall Apart: Social Infrastructures 15
ANT2116 Animals and Society 15
ANT2097 Environment and Society 15
ARA2162 Political Economy of Development in the Middle East 15
BEM2007 Operations Management 15
BEM2016 Consumer Behaviour 15
BEM2037 Leadership: Challenges & Practices 15
BEM2048 International Business 15
BIO2076 Ecology and Environment 15
BIO2096 Practical Skills in Field Ecology 15
EAS2113 Culture, Crisis and Ecology in a Postcolonial World 30
GEO2131 Nature, Development and Justice 15
GEO2132 Global Urban Futures 15
GEO2317 Climate Change: Science and Society 15
GEO2233 Landscape Response to Environmental Change: from Source to Sink 15
GEO2235 Ecosystems of the future: climate change, terrestrial feedbacks and nature-based solutions 15
POL2116 Political Economy of Armed Conflicts 15
POL2027 The Politics of the World Economy 15
POL2126 Environmental policy in times of crisis 15
SSI2004 Research Design in the Social Sciences 15
SSI2005 Data Analysis in Social Science II 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints. 

Final year

Optional modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Credits made up of optional modules, which must cover a range of subjects/module codes, which include:

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study 15
FCH3888E Independent Study 30
ANT3014 Cultures: Food 15
ANT3023 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation 15
ANT3093 Climate Change in Global and Local Perspectives 15
ANT3094 When Things Fall Apart: Social Infrastructures 15
ANT3099 Animals and Society 15
ARA3163 Politics and Reform in the Gulf 15
BEM3022 Purchasing & Supply Management 15
BEM3038 Co‐operative Enterprise 15
BEM3047 Contemporary Leadership Issues 15
BEM3055 Ethics and Responsible Innovation 15
BEM3056 Business and Climate Change 15
BEM3059 Circular Economy Business and Enterprise 15
BEM3060 Managing Entrepreneurially 15
BEM3067 Innovation for Urgent Global Challenges 15
BIO3037 Ecology of Environmental Change 15
GEO3147 Literature, Environment, Activism 15
GEO3225 Climate Change and its Impacts 15
GEO3230 Tropical Forests in a Changing World 15
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures 15 
SOC3097 Environment and Society 15
SOC3137 Climate Change in Global and Local Perspectives 15
SSI3003 Data Analysis in Social Science 3 15

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (minor)

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

One TESOL module is available:

Code

Module

Credits

ELC1801 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

One TESOL module is available:

Code

Module

Credits

ELC2800 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 30

Final year

Compulsory modules

One TESOL module is available:

Code

Module

Credits

ELC3800 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 30

Note – Final year students coming back from their year abroad who want to add some TESOL to their degree can take ELC3800 if they have been teaching during their year abroad and ELC2800 if they have not.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

One TESOL module is available:

Code

Module

Credits

ELC1801 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 15

Year 2

Compulsory modules

One TESOL module is available:

Code

Module

Credits

ELC2800 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 30

Final year

Compulsory modules

One TESOL module is available:

Code

Module

Credits

ELC3800 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 30

Note – Final year students coming back from their year abroad who want to add some TESOL to their degree can take ELC3800 if they have been teaching during their year abroad and ELC2800 if they have not.

Theology

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

THE1103 Introducing Christian Theologies 15

AND select one of the following modules:

Code

Module

Credits

THE1109 Introduction to the History and Literatures of the Bible 15
THE1110 The History of Early Christianities 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Theology in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Theology in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.  

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. View details of optional modules available for Theology in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

There are two Independent Study modules available to all FCH Final year students, which allows you to write a dissertation on a specific area of one of your subjects, or look at something that 'overarches' them. This can be taken instead of a departmental dissertation.

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study Dissertation 15
FCH3888E Independent Study Dissertation 30

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

FCH1001

All FCH students must take FCH1001 as part of their first year studies. FCH1001 is a zero credit core module.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Code

Module

Credits

THE1124 God and the World: Constructive Christian Theology 15
THE1101 Bible Past and Present 15

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Theology and Religion for details of optional modules available for Theology in Year 1.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Year 2

Compulsory modules

No Second year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Theology and Religion for details of optional modules available for Theology in Year 2.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

Final year

Compulsory modules

No Final year Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Choose from optional modules available. Please visit Theology and Religion for details of optional modules available for Theology in the Final year.

Please note that optional modules are subject to change and not all modules are available to FCH students, due to timetable constraints.

There are two Independent Study modules available to all FCH Final year students, which allows you to write a dissertation on a specific area of one of your subjects, or look at something that 'overarches' them.

Code

Module

Credits

FCH3888B Independent Study Dissertation 15
FCH3888E Independent Study Dissertation 30