School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies units in 2009/10

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Level of study Open unit status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
A Sociology of Crime and Justice SOCI30047 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
A Sociology of Crime and Justice SOCI20047 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Advanced Qualitative Research SOCIM3132 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Advanced Quantitative Research SOCIM3133 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Approaches to the study of Political Science POLI11104 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Asian Security POLIM2051 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
China in Transition: Development Strategies and Reform CEASM0016 15 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
China: From Empire to State CEAS10003 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Class and Social Divisions SOCI30045 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Class and Social Divisions SOCI20045 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Co-operation and Integration In Europe POLI21214 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-1
Comparative European Politics POLIM3026 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction POLI11103 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Comparative Research Design POLIM3025 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Conflict, Security and Development POLIM1007 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Contemporary Feminist Thought: Debates and Issues POLI30001 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Contemporary Political Theory POLI22202 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Contemporary Political and Social Action SOCIM3134 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Contemporary Social Inequalities SOCI20039 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Contemporary Sociological Theory SOCIM3101 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Contemporary World Politics POLI22211 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-2
Critical Security Studies POLI31384 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Culture and Global Violence SOCIM2111 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Culture, Postmodernity and Religion SOCIM2113 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Democracy and US Government POLI21226 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Development Skills in Practice POLIM2037 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Development Studies POLI21213 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Discourse Analysis: Research Methods for Politics and International Relations POLIM3024 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Dissertation POLIM1001 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation CEASM0015 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation SOCI30050 40 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation POLI31555 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation SOCIM1000 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (East Asian Studies) SPOLM4100 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Diversity and Citizenship in Europe SOCIM2109 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Doing Social Research SOCI10005 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
East Asia and Europe SPOLM4001 30 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
East Asia and Global Development CEASM0010 30 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
East Asia, Europe and Global Integration CEASM0013 15 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Environment and Society SOCI20049 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Environment and Society SOCI30049 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Ethnicity and Racism SOCI20017 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Ethnicity and Racism SOCI30055 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Europeanisation POLIM3028 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Feminisms and International Relations POLIM3013 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Foreign Policy Analysis POLI31363 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Foreign Policy Analysis POLIM3017 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Gender Relations SOCI20019 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Gender Relations SOCI30056 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Gender, Masculinity/ies and International Relations POLIM3016 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Global Society SOCI20037 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Globalisation and Culture SOCIM2106 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Goffman, the Self and Interaction SOCI20032 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Goffman, the Self and Interaction SOCI30057 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Governing the Borderlands POLIM2044 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
International Development Organisations POLIM2048 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
International Human Rights POLIM3030 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
International Political Economy POLIM3015 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
International Political Theory POLI31560 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
International Security POLIM3012 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Interpreting Gender SOCIM3103 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Introduction to Research Methods SPOLM4002 15 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Introduction to World Politics POLI11102 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Japanese and East Asian Economy and Society CEASM0012 15 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Key Social Thinkers SOCI10006 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Managing and Evaluating Development POLIM2036 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Media / Culture / Society SOCI20038 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Modern Sociological Theories SOCI20030 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Narrating the Self SOCIM2127 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Old and New China: Beijing City Lights CEASM1001 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Pathway Unit: Supervised Individual Study POLIM1009 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Peacebuilding: Theory and Practice POLI31557 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Philosophy of Social Science SOCIM3125 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Political Concepts POLI11101 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Political Research Methods POLIM3021 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Politics and Policy-Making in the UK POLI21222 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Politics of South Asia POLI29003 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-2
Politics, Business and the State in Pacific Asia POLIM2046 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Popular Culture and World Politics POLI31378 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Post-Modern Political Theories POLI31367 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Qualitative Social Research SOCIM3130 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Quantitative Social Research SOCIM3131 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Religion, Fundamentalism and Conflict in International Relations POLIM2045 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Research Methods SOCI20015 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Rethinking the State in Global Politics POLI31380 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Security Governance POLIM1006 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Sino-US Relations in Global Politics POLIM3033 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Small Business Development POLIM2030 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Social Identities and Divisions SOCI10007 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Social Policy and Social Change in East Asia SPOLM4003 15 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Sociology of Religion SOCI30060 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Sociology of Religion SOCI20023 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Sociology of Sexuality SOCI30017 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Sociology of Sexuality SOCI20052 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
States and Markets POLI31559 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Supervised Individual Study SOCIM2129 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Supervised Individual Study CEASM0014 15 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
The American Presidency POLI31379 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Contemporary British Parliament POLI31336 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The European Union in the World POLI31562 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
The European Union: Theory and Institutions POLIM3027 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
The Fall of Old Labour POLI31371 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
The Foreign Policies of Developing States POLIM2038 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Founding of Modern South Asia POLI31337 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Military in Everyday Life POLI31382 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Politics of Genocide. Causes, Cases, Consequences POLIM3034 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Politics of HIV / AIDS in Africa POLIM2042 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Politics of Latin America POLIM3032 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Politics of Modern Vietnam POLIM3035 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Politics of Post Apartheid South Africa POLI31381 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa POLI21231 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
The Politics of The European Union POLI31353 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Politics of Violence in Contemporary Africa POLIM3031 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Rise of New Labour POLI31372 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Sociology of Popular Music SOCI30048 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
The Sociology of Popular Music SOCI20048 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
The Sociology of Sport SOCI30089 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Sociology of Sport SOCI20089 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
The Theory and Politics of Multiculturalism SOCIM3026 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Theories of Development POLIM3018 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Theories of Ethnicity and Racism SOCIM3107 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Theories of International Relations POLIM3014 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Theories of Securitisation POLIM1008 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Thinking Sociologically SOCI10004 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
US Security Policy POLIM3029 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Understanding Contemporary China CEAS10001 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Understanding Japanese Society CEAS10002 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Utopian Representations SOCIM2115 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Year Abroad (L301) SOCI25000 120 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR