undergraduate study abroad module catalogue 2016

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDY ABROAD MODULE CATALOGUE 2016 - 17
SEMESTER OR FULL YEAR 3 MODULE PROGRAMME
This module catalogue is for those students who are choosing or are required to study on the 3 Module per
semester of study Undergraduate Study Abroad Programme.
Module Choices

Within the module catalogue the undergraduate modules offered to Study Abroad Students are
detailed by:
 Subject area and location of teaching
 Level of Module: first year (Level 4), second year (level 5) or third year (level 6)*
 Semester of study

 If you have chosen to take the 3 module programme, you must take the equivalent of up to 60 UK (12
US/Japanese or 30 ECTS) credits in one semester which normally equates to 3 classes. There are some
exceptions to this. The credit value of each module is displayed in the catalogue.

Please note: The Study Abroad Module Catalogue is issued on the express condition that all matters in it are subject
to change from time to time. In particular, while the University of Westminster will use all reasonable endeavours to
deliver courses, programmes of study and other educational services, circumstances may change. The University of
Westminster reserves the right at any time to vary the content and delivery of courses, to change the location of
courses and modules, to discontinue or combine courses, or to discontinue services, if such action is reasonably
considered necessary by the University of Westminster.

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Contents
Social Sciences and Humanities
– taught at the Regent Campus, Central London

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Subject Areas:
Semester 1 5 – 36
English, Linguistics & Cultural Studies
History, Sociology & Criminology

Law
Modern Languages & Cultures
Politics & International Relations Semester 2 91 - 119

Business
– taught at the Marylebone Campus, Central London

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Subject Areas:
Semester 1 37 – 49
Accounting, Finance & Governance
Business Information Management &

Operations
Economics & Quantitative Methods
Human Resource Management Semester 2 120 - 137
Leadership & Professional
Development
Marketing & Business Strategy

Media, Arts and Design –
taught at the Harrow Campus, Harrow (Travel Zone 4)

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Subject Areas:
Semester 1 50 – 69
Animation
Contemporary Media Practice

Fashion
Graphic Communication Design
Illustration Semester 2 138 - 152
Imaging Art and Science
Journalism, PR & Advertising
Mixed Media Fine Art
Music Industry
Radio & Digital Production
Television

Science and Technology –
taught at the Cavendish Campus, Central London

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Subject Areas:
Semester 1 70 – 85
Biomedical Science
Computer Science
Semester 2 153 - 160
Life Sciences
Psychology
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Architecture and the Built Environment
– taught at the Marylebone Campus, Central
London

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Subject Areas:
Semester 1 86 – 89
Property & Construction
Tourism
Semester 2 161 - 164

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Social Sciences and Humanities Semester 1 Undergraduate Study Abroad Modules

Module Code Module Title Level Semester UK Credit Value Credit Equivalency
English, Linguistics & Cultural Studies
4CREW002W Beginnings in Writing 4 Full Year 40 US Credits 8 / ECTS Credits 20 *
4CREW003X Writing London 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4ELIT003W What Is Literature? Genre Form History 4 Full Year 40 US Credits 8 / ECTS Credits 20 *
4ELIT004W Keywords For Literary Studies 4 Full Year 40 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4ELIT005W Shakespeare and Performance 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4ELIT009X Photography in London 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4ELIT010X Art and Society 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4ELIT011X London Theatre Studies 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4ENGL002W Words Meaning and Texts 4 Full Year 40 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4ENGL003W Introduction to Language and Literature 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4LING001W Exploring Language 4 Full Year 40 US Credits 8 / ECTS Credits 20 *
5CREW002W Forms of Writing 5 Full Year 40 US Credits 8 / ECTS Credits 20 *
5ELIT003W The Novel 5 Full Year 40 US Credits 8 / ECTS Credits 20 *
5ELIT004W The Nineteenth Century 5 Full Year 40 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5ELIT005W Writing Revolutions 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5ELIT007W Making Memory: Culture History and Representation 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5ENGL002W History and Discourse 5 Full Year 40 US Credits 8 / ECTS Credits 20 *
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5LING001W Literary Linguistics 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5LING002W Language Structure and Meaning 5 Full Year 40 US Credits 8 / ECTS Credits 20 *
1CRW602 Writing the Self 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1CRW603 Writing for Children 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Englishes of the British Isles: Scots and Other Regional and
1ELG603 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Ethnic Varieties
1ENL660 Writing Sexuality 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1ENL662 Modern British Theatre: Plays, Performances and Practices 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1ENL664 Tragedy: Ancient to Modern 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1ENL667 The Uses of Memory: The Novel in English from 1980 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1ENL669 Romantic Explorations 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LIN607 First Language Acquisition 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LIN632 Advanced Syntax 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LLT600 Language Teaching: From Theory to Practice 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
SELG600 Principles of Language Change 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
4CRIM002W Justice and Human Rights 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
History, Sociology & Criminology
4CRIM006W Researching Crime and Justice I 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Imperial Capital World City: London 1750-1914. Sources
4HIST002W 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
and Methodology
Conflict and Commemoration: War and Memory in
4HIST004W 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Twentieth-century Europe
4HIST006W The Blitz: Image Impact Legacy 1940-1951 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4SOCL001W Thinking Sociologically 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
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4SOCL006W Introducing Media and Cultural Studies 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5CRIM001W Radical Criminology 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5CRIM003W Race Crime and Justice 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5CRIM005W Youth Crime and Justice 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Democracy and Dictatorship. The Making of the Modern
5HIST001W 5 Full Year 40 US Credits 8 / ECTS Credits 20 *
World Part Two: 1914-1990
5HIST002W New Liberals to New Labour: British Politics 1906-2010 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5HIST004W Jack the Ripper: Myth Reality Culture and Popular History 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Fenians to Free State: the Making of Modern Ireland 1868-
5HIST007W 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
1923
5SOCL001W Modern Social Theory 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5SOCL002W Education Now 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5SOCL005W Sexualities 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5SOCL006W Emotional Life 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
1HIS604 Divided Society: Britain between the Wars 1918-1939 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1HIS605 The Russian Revolution 1917-1921 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1HIS655 Britain and the Experience of the Great War 1914-1918 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
The Origins of the Second World War: Diplomatic History,
1HIS661 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1919-1941
SSLC602 International Criminal Justice 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
SSLC604 Policing and Global Security 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
SSLC607 Issues in State Crime 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
SSLC608 Victims of Crime 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
SSOC602 Making the News 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
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SSOC604 Gender, Education and Identity Work 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Contemporary Gender Studies: Feminist Theory and
SSOC605 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Beyond
SSOC609 Consuming Race 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
SSOC610 Perils and Pleasures: A London Sociology of Leisure 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Modern Languages & Cultures
4ARAB001W The Arabic World and the Word 1 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4CHIN001W The Chinese World and the Word 1 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Interpersonal Global Communication: Concepts and
4COMM001W 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Strategies
4FRNC001W The French World and the Word 1 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4SPAN001W The Spanish World and the Word 1 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4TRSL001W Introduction to Translation 1 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5ARAB001W Expressions of Arabic Culture 1 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5CHIN001W Expressions of Chinese Culture 1 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Culture(s) and Conflict(s): Representations of War Conflict
5CLST001W 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
and Revolution across World Cultures
5CLST002W Screening memory through food music and childhood 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Talking with the World: Mediating Misunderstandings
5COMM002W 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Facilitating Clarity
5FRNC001W Expressions of French Culture 1 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5SPAN001W Expressions of Spanish Culture 1 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5TRSL001W Building Translation Competence 1 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Politics and Ideology in the Contemporary Arab World:
1ARA670 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Towards New Identities
1ARA685 Arabic Language in Practice 5 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
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1ARA687 Arabic Language for Work 5 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1CHI671 China and the World: From Mao Zedong to Hu Jintao 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1CHI687 Chinese Language for Work 5 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1FRE687 French Language for Work 5 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1SPA672 US-Latin American Relations, from Monroe to the Present 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1SPA687 Spanish Language for Work 5 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
World War, Memory and Identity in Twentieth Century
SFRE600 Europe: France and Germany in the First and Second World 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Wars
Politics & International Relations
4PIRS001W British Politics 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
4PIRS003W Dilemmas of International Development 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Asia, Africa and Latin America: Dynamism and Change in
5PIRS001W 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
the Global South
5PIRS004W Environmental Politics 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5PIRS006W Global Political Economy 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5PIRS010W Middle East Politics 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5PIRS013W Politics and Society in 21st century America 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5PIRS015W Questioning Rights: History Theory and Practice 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5PIRS017W Theorising Politics and International Relations 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
1POL683 American Power in the 21st Century US Foreign Policy 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1POL684 Politics and Media Freedom 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
SDEV610 Globalisation, States and NGOs in Developing Countries 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
SINR600 Sovereignty and Intervention after the Cold War 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
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Citizenship and Democratic Politics: Trends and
SPIR602 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Transformations
SPIR612 Protest, Politics and the State: Social Movements Today 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
SPIR613 Post-colonial Politics: India and China 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Law
1LWX600 Issues in Company Law 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX602 Issues in Criminal Procedure and Evidence (p) 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX603 Issues in Disability Law 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX604 Issues in Entertainment Law 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX605 Issues in Family Law 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX606 Issues in Human Rights Law in UK 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX607 Issues in International Trade Law (p) 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX608 Issues in Employment Law 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX609 Issues in Law of Intellectual Property 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX610 Issues in Media Law 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX611 Principles of Taxation 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX612 Issues in Public International Law 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX613 Issues in Competition Law 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1LWX614 Issues in Law and Religion 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Issues relating to the UN System for the Protection of
1LWX616 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Human Rights
Westminster Professional Language Centre
3ALDS001W Academic Language for Disciplinary Study - Foundation 3 Full Year 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
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4ALDS001W Academic Language for Disciplinary Study 4 4 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
5ALDS001W Academic Language for Disciplinary Study 5 5 1 20 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 10 *
Politics and Ideology in the Contemporary Arab World:
1ARA670 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Towards New Identities
1ARA685 Arabic Language in Practice 5 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1ARA687 Arabic Language for Work 5 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1CHI671 China and the World: From Mao Zedong to Hu Jintao 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1CHI687 Chinese Language for Work 5 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1FRE687 French Language for Work 5 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1SPA672 US-Latin American Relations, from Monroe to the Present 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
1SPA687 Spanish Language for Work 5 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
World War, Memory and Identity in Twentieth Century
SFRE600 Europe: France and Germany in the First and Second World 6 1 15 US Credits 4 / ECTS Credits 7.5
Wars

*All transcripts are issued in UK credits.
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