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Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology Modules 2021/2

Please note, details for interdisciplinary modules within the HASS faculty can be found here.

Stage One Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
PHL1002A Knowledge and Reality 1151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL1002B Knowledge and Reality 2152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL1004 Philosophical Problems 1152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL1005A Evidence and Argument 1151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL1006 Introduction to Philosophical Analysis152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL1007 Philosophical Reading 1151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL1008 Philosophical Reading 2152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL1009 Philosophies of Art151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL1010 Introduction to Asian Philosophy151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL1013 Philosophy of Morality152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL1112 Philosophy of Film151View on ELE (current students only)
POL1017 Globalisation of World Politics151View on ELE (current students only)
POL1018 The Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century152View on ELE (current students only)
POL1019 Power and Democracy151View on ELE (current students only)
POL1025 Classical Political Thought151View on ELE (current students only)
POL1026 Early Modern Political Thought152View on ELE (current students only)
POL1028 Introduction to Strategic Studies152View on ELE (current students only)
POL1029 Introduction to Comparative Politics152View on ELE (current students only)
POL1044 Introduction to Public Policy151View on ELE (current students only)
POL1045 International Politics of the Global South152View on ELE (current students only)
POL1046 The State of the UK: Identifying Marginalised Identities and Addressing Inequalities151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC1039 Social Issues: Part I - Introducing Crime and Deviance151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC1045 Introduction to Criminal Justice152View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Two Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ANT2009 Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2014 Cultures: Food151View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2016 Anthropology of the State151View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2017 Anthropology of Islam151View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2021 Anthropology of the Middle East152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2023 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation151View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2041 How Organisations Work: Ethnography in Institutions152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2042 Gardening, Wellbeing and Community151, 2 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2089 Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2090 Sound and Society152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2097 Environment and Society152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2107 Culture and Wellbeing152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT2109 Anthropology of Forced Migration152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2001 Phenomenology152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2010A Philosophy of Mind 1152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2015 Body and Mind151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2016 Metaphysics152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2018 Philosophy of Language151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2020 Virtues and Vices152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2021 Symbolic Logic152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2026 Philosophy of Science152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2040 Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Communicative Capitalism151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2041 Feminist Philosophy: Gender, Race and Class152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2042 Philosophical Frontiers151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2045 Aesthetics151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2052 Epistemology152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2053 History of Philosophy151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2054 Philosophy of Psychiatry151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2056 The Nature of Normativity151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2061 Philosophy of Law151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2096 Cyborg Studies151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2111 The Deep Past, History and Humanity151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2112 Practical Ethics151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2114 Aristotle's Ethics152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2117 Philosophy and Psychedelics152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL2118 Moral agency in social context151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2020 Contemporary Theories of World Politics151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2026 Political Analysis: Behaviour, Institutions, Ideas151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2027 The Politics of the World Economy152View on ELE (current students only)
POL2046 The Economics of Politics152View on ELE (current students only)
POL2047 American Politics151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2050 Political Philosophy151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2057 Security Studies152View on ELE (current students only)
POL2059 Political Thought of Modernity152View on ELE (current students only)
POL2079 Contemporary Public Debate in an Age of 'Anti-Politics'151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2081 Thinking about Race: Perspectives from the Biological and Social Sciences152View on ELE (current students only)
POL2082 Changing Character of Warfare152View on ELE (current students only)
POL2098 What is Law? Jurisprudence from Stone Tablet to Brain Imaging151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2102 Explaining Public Policies151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2104 Party Politics and Democracy151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2106 America in the World152View on ELE (current students only)
POL2113 Parliamentary Studies151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2114 Issues in Modern British Politics152View on ELE (current students only)
POL2116 Political Economy of Armed Conflicts151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2117 Great Power Politics152View on ELE (current students only)
POL2120 Democratic Innovations, Deliberation and Public Policy151View on ELE (current students only)
POL2127 Electoral Politics152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2005 Theoretical Sociology301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2009 Deviance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2030 Sociology of Art and Culture152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2035 International Criminal Justice: Comparative Criminology152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2036 International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2037 Pharmaceutical Cultures152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2038 On Violence151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2039 Sociology of Family and Gender152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2068 Race, Ethnicity and Criminalisation152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2087 Disability and Society151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2105 Contemporary Capitalism, Critique and Resistance151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2110 Consumption and Society151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2115 Deception152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2121 Cybercrime151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2122 Digital Society151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC2124 Surveillance, Security and the State151View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Three Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ANT3004 Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3014 Cultures: Food151View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3016 Anthropology of the State151View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3017 Anthropology of Islam151View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3021 Anthropology of the Middle East152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3023 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation151View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3024 Anthropology of Forced Migration152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3040 Anthropology Dissertation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3053 How Organisations Work: Ethnography in Institutions152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3054 Gardening, Wellbeing and Community151, 2 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3089 Cultures of Race, Ethnicity and Racism152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3090 Sound and Society152View on ELE (current students only)
ANT3097 Environment and Society152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3001 Phenomenology152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3002 Existentialism152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3013 Virtues and Vices152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3014 Symbolic Logic152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3026 Philosophy of Science152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3040 Philosophy Dissertation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3045 Aesthetics151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3052 Epistemology152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3053 History of Philosophy151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3054 Philosophy of Psychiatry151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3056 The Nature of Normativity151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3061 Philosophy of Law151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3077 Bioethics: DNA-technologies, Ethics and Human Identity151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3078 Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Communicative Capitalism151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3079 Feminist Philosophy: Gender, Race and Class152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3080 Philosophical Frontiers151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3096 Cyborg Studies151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3111 The Deep Past, History and Humanity151View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3114 Aristotle's Ethics152View on ELE (current students only)
PHL3117 Philosophy and Psychedelics152View on ELE (current students only)
POL3000 Deadly Words: The Language of Political Violence152View on ELE (current students only)
POL3040 Dissertation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3054 Nuclear Weapons in International Relations152View on ELE (current students only)
POL3069 Globalisation and the Politics of Resistance301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3120 War and Public Opinion301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3124 Anarchism and World Ordering301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3132 Globalisation and Democratic Politics: the End of the Nation State?301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3136 Political Psychology301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3156 Central Asian Politics301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3168 War and its Aftermath: Interventions and Contemporary Conflict301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3193 Women in the Criminal Justice System: Law, Policy and Institutions301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3194 Rethinking the Politics of Communities301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3196 Democracy in the European Union301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3202 China in World Affairs301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3206 The Political Economy of the State301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3217 Feminist Political Theory301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3227 Politics, Elections and the State in Africa301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3231 Research Experience151View on ELE (current students only)
POL3242 Political Representation UK-Style 301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3247 Politics of Biology152View on ELE (current students only)
POL3248 Marxism(s) and International Relations151View on ELE (current students only)
POL3250 Environmental Policy in Times of Crisis152View on ELE (current students only)
POL3256 Trumping the Mainstream: The Populist Radical Right and Democratic politics301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3257 Understanding Terrorism and Counterterrorism301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3258 The Politics of Humour301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3259 Climate Justice301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
POL3260 Russian Foreign Policy151View on ELE (current students only)
POL3263 Political Economy of Development152View on ELE (current students only)
POL3264 International Relations in Global History151View on ELE (current students only)
POL3267 Misinformation, Misperceptions and Conspiracy Theories151View on ELE (current students only)
POL3274 Money, Lobbying, and Policymaking151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3002 On Violence151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3030 Sociology of Art and Culture152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3035 Deviance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3036 International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3040 Dissertation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3080 Pharmaceutical Cultures152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3087 Disability and Society151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3097 Environment and Society152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3107 Culture and Wellbeing152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3109 Contemporary Capitalism, Critique and Resistance151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3110 Consumption and Society151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3115 Deception152View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3129 Cybercrime151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3130 Digital Society151View on ELE (current students only)
SOC3132 Surveillance, Security and the State151View on ELE (current students only)

Masters Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
ANTM003 Theory and Methods of Food Preservation151View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM006 Gardening, Wellbeing and Community151, 2 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM021 Food, Body and Society151View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM100 The Animal Mirror: Representations of Animality153View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM101 Animals, Health and Healing152View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM102 Anthrozoology: Theory and Method301View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM103 Applied Anthrozoology301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM105 Humans and Wildlife: Conflict and Conservation153View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM107 Anthrozoology Residential153View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM109 Animal Criminology152View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM111 Animal Ethics151View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM112 Animals and Religion152View on ELE (current students only)
ANTM904 Dissertation603View on ELE (current students only)
PHLM006 Contemporary Ethics302View on ELE (current students only)
PHLM007 Current Issues in Mind and Cognition301View on ELE (current students only)
PHLM008 Mind, Body and World302View on ELE (current students only)
PHLM009 Dissertation603View on ELE (current students only)
PHLM010 Introduction to Philosophical Methods301View on ELE (current students only)
PHLM011 Data Governance and Ethics152View on ELE (current students only)
PHLM012 Data Governance and Ethics302View on ELE (current students only)
PHLM013 Philosophy and Psychedelics151View on ELE (current students only)
PHLM014 Philosophy and Psychedelics301View on ELE (current students only)
PHLM015 Contemporary Ethics152View on ELE (current students only)
POLM013M MPA Dissertation602View on ELE (current students only)
POLM014M MPA Applied Studies601, 2 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
POLM016 Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks and Ethical Consumption152View on ELE (current students only)
POLM030 Mathematics and Programming Skills for Policy Analytics151View on ELE (current students only)
POLM057 Understanding and Interpretation in Political Thought301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM063 Qualitative Methods in Social Research152View on ELE (current students only)
POLM082 International Relations of the Middle East302View on ELE (current students only)
POLM084 Conflict, Security and Development in World Politics301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM085 Work Placement in Conflict, Security and Development302View on ELE (current students only)
POLM088 State-building after Civil War301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM140 Qualitative Methods in Social Research302View on ELE (current students only)
POLM148 Brexit: Causes, Interpretation and Implications301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM152 Post-Conflict Human Rights and Transitional Justice301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM156 The Transformation of Politics in the Global Age302View on ELE (current students only)
POLM167 Global Governance: Institutions and Challenges301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM168 From Oppression to Resistance: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class and Gender302View on ELE (current students only)
POLM217 Conflict, Security and Development in Eurasia301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM220M Management and Governance: Comparing Public Administration around the World301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM222M The Politics, Policy and Practice of Sustainable Development 302View on ELE (current students only)
POLM227M Behavioural Public Policy and Administration302View on ELE (current students only)
POLM228M Leadership, Equality and Diversity301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM502 International Relations: Power and Institutions301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM503 Foreign Policy Decision-Making302View on ELE (current students only)
POLM651 State and Society in the Middle East301View on ELE (current students only)
POLM803 Sources in Modernity and Post-Modernity302View on ELE (current students only)
POLM806 Problems and Texts in Social and Political Thought152View on ELE (current students only)
POLM809 Applied Quantitative Data Analysis151View on ELE (current students only)
POLM886 Dissertation601, 2 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
SOCM002A Philosophy of the Social Sciences 1152View on ELE (current students only)
SOCM002B Philosophy of the Social Sciences302View on ELE (current students only)
SOCM019 Research Methods in the Social Sciences151View on ELE (current students only)
SOCM021 Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks and Ethical Consumption302View on ELE (current students only)
SOCM022 Food, Body and Society301View on ELE (current students only)
SOCM023 Social Theory152View on ELE (current students only)
SOCM027 Social Theory302View on ELE (current students only)
SOCM033 Data Governance and Ethics152View on ELE (current students only)
SOCM045 Food and Sustainability: Economy, Society and Environment 302View on ELE (current students only)
SOCM904 Dissertation603View on ELE (current students only)