Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
Unit Index 2011/12 |
| Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies in 2011/12. Follow the links to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function. |
Important information regarding changes to codes for programmes and units belonging to the Department of European Studies & Modern Languages (now Politics, Languages & International Studies) in 2011/12
| PL00408 | German-English translation for SOCRATES students A | 3 Credits |
| PL00409 | German-English translation for SOCRATES students B | 3 Credits |
| PL10621 | French written and spoken language 1 | 12 Credits |
| PL10626 | German written and spoken language 1 | 12 Credits |
| PL10631 | Italian written and spoken language 1 (ab initio) | 12 Credits |
| PL10632 | Italian written & spoken language 1 (advanced entry) | 12 Credits |
| PL10638 | Spanish written and spoken language 1 | 12 Credits |
| ZZ10007 | Approved 12 credit language option | 12 Credits |
| PL10082 | Russian written & spoken language 1A (ab initio) | 12 Credits |
| PL10103 | Introduction to European studies | 6 Credits |
| PL10115 | French business environment 1: economic & industrial environment | 6 Credits |
| PL10118 | German business environment 1: economic and industrial environment | 6 Credits |
| PL10453 | Spanish business environment 1: economic and industrial environment | 6 Credits |
| PL10505 | Key concepts in politics | 6 Credits |
| PL10712 | Comparative politics | 6 Credits |
| PL10713 | International history 1815-1991 | 6 Credits |
| PL10787 | Introduction to French culture: form and genre | 6 Credits |
| PL10788 | Spain 1898 - 1975 | 6 Credits |
| PL10790 | From unification to facism: history of Italy 1815 - 1945 | 6 Credits |
| PL10792 | Deutschland 1871 - 1945 | 6 Credits |
| PL10085 | Russian written & spoken language 1B (ab initio) | 6 Credits |
| PL10086 | Russian cultural studies 1B: Introduction to Russian culture (ab initio) | 3 Credits |
| PL10088 | Russian politics & society 1B: Russia before 1917 | 3 Credits |
| PL10104 | Europe since 1945 | 6 Credits |
| PL10120 | French business environment 2: legal environment | 6 Credits |
| PL10123 | The German business environment 2: legal environment | 6 Credits |
| PL10410 | Political ideologies | 6 Credits |
| PL10454 | Spanish business environment 2: legal environment | 6 Credits |
| PL10616 | International relations and global politics | 6 Credits |
| PL10774 | La France des années 1930 à 1981 | 6 Credits |
| PL10789 | Spanish political and cultural studies 1975 - present | 6 Credits |
| PL10791 | Italian cultural studies 1 | 6 Credits |
| PL10793 | Die Bundesrepublik vom Wirtschaftswunder zur Wende | 6 Credits |
| PL20622 | French written & spoken language 2 | 12 Credits |
| PL20624 | French written and oral communication in the business context | 12 Credits |
| PL20627 | German written & spoken language 2 | 12 Credits |
| PL20629 | German written and oral communication in the business context | 12 Credits |
| PL20633 | Italian written and spoken language 2 | 12 Credits |
| PL20636 | Russian written and spoken language 2 | 12 Credits |
| PL20639 | Spanish written and spoken language 2 | 12 Credits |
| PL20641 | Spanish written and oral communication in the business context | 12 Credits |
| PL20754 | Study year abroad | 60 Credits |
| ZZ20008 | Approved 12 credit language option | 12 Credits |
| PL20385 | European political thought | 6 Credits |
| PL20414 | American politics | 6 Credits |
| PL20466 | Comparative employee relations (Spanish) | 6 Credits |
| PL20721 | International organisation | 6 Credits |
| PL20725 | Conflict and international security | 6 Credits |
| PL20726 | European integration | 6 Credits |
| PL20757 | Die DDR: Geschichte, Politik. Gesellschaft, Kultur | 6 Credits |
| PL20775 | Violence and disintegration in text and image in modern France | 6 Credits |
| PL20780 | Soviet and post-Soviet Russia | 6 Credits |
| PL20782 | Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin American culture | 6 Credits |
| XX20086 | French comparative employee relations | 6 Credits |
| XX20087 | German comparative employee relations | 6 Credits |
| PL20405 | Perspectives on Europe - France | 6 Credits |
| PL20406 | Perspectives on Europe - Germany | 6 Credits |
| PL20407 | Border crossings: memory and identity in contemporary Europe | 6 Credits |
| PL20416 | Totalitarian politics | 6 Credits |
| PL20424 | Introduction to the teaching of English as a foreign language (TEFL) | 6 Credits |
| PL20428 | Film, politics & society | 6 Credits |
| PL20461 | Multiple perspectives on Europe - Spain | 6 Credits |
| PL20720 | Foreign policy-making and its analysis | 6 Credits |
| PL20722 | International political economy | 6 Credits |
| PL20724 | Policies and policy-making in the EU | 6 Credits |
| PL20731 | A history of international relations theory | 6 Credits |
| PL20776 | La France depuis 1981 | 6 Credits |
| PL20777 | Germany divided and reunited | 6 Credits |
| PL20779 | Italian culture in the 20th Century | 6 Credits |
| PL20781 | Russian culture and society from Chekhov to the death of Stalin | 6 Credits |
| PL20783 | Introduction to contemporary Latin American politics | 6 Credits |
| PL20784 | Theories of democracy | 6 Credits |
| PL30623 | French written and spoken language 4 | 12 Credits |
| PL30628 | German written & spoken language 4 | 12 Credits |
| PL30634 | Italian written and spoken language 4 | 12 Credits |
| PL30637 | Russian written and spoken language 4 | 12 Credits |
| PL30640 | Spanish written and spoken language 4 | 12 Credits |
| PL30670 | Politics dissertation | 12 Credits |
| PL30717 | French written & oral communication in the international business context | 12 Credits |
| PL30718 | German written & oral communication in the international business context | 12 Credits |
| PL30719 | Spanish written & oral communication in the international business context | 12 Credits |
| ZZ30009 | Approved 12 credit language option | 12 Credits |
| PL30017 | French national option F3: La femme en France au vingtième siècle | 6 Credits |
| PL30019 | French national option F5: French comedies from Molière to Beaumarchais | 6 Credits |
| PL30020 | French national option F6: French autobiography | 6 Credits |
| PL30059 | German national option G9: Die Massenmedien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Großbritannien | 6 Credits |
| PL30078 |
Italian national option IT3: Scrittrici Italiane del ventesimo secolo |
6 Credits |
| PL30099 | Russian national option R2: Literature & society in modern Russia | 6 Credits |
| PL30101 | Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika | 6 Credits |
| PL30107 | Culture & national identity | 6 Credits |
| PL30294 | In search of Europe (1) - the cold war 1945 - 1989 | 6 Credits |
| PL30374 | French Language for Engineers 5 | 6 Credits |
| PL30376 | German language for Engineers 5 | 6 Credits |
| PL30429 | French national option F15: Le leadership contemporain | 6 Credits |
| PL30468 | Transitions to democracy | 6 Credits |
| PL30548 | Italian national option IT9: organised crime & democracy in Italy | 6 Credits |
| PL30568 | The politics of democracy & development in Latin America | 6 Credits |
| PL30595 | International marketing communications (French) | 6 Credits |
| PL30596 | International marketing communications (German) | 6 Credits |
| PL30597 | International marketing communications (Spanish) | 6 Credits |
| PL30675 | In search of Latin America: diversity and the dream of unity | 6 Credits |
| PL30732 | The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism | 6 Credits |
| PL30741 | US global politics | 6 Credits |
| PL30755 | Film and international relations | 6 Credits |
| PL30759 | German national option G14: Heimat und Identität | 6 Credits |
| PL30794 | In the shadow of Franco: repression, denial and memory | 6 Credits |
| PL30027 | French national option F11: La persuasion et la propagande | 6 Credits |
| PL30029 | French national option F13: Culture et identité dans la France contemporaine | 6 Credits |
| PL30077 |
Italian national option IT2: The novel, the cinema & Italian society |
6 Credits |
| PL30102 | Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia | 6 Credits |
| PL30108 | European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era? | 6 Credits |
| PL30295 | In search of Europe 2: nationalism, regionalism and convergence in Europe since 1989 | 6 Credits |
| PL30384 | Russian national option R3: modern Russian cinema | 6 Credits |
| PL30528 | French national option F16: les scandales politiques en France | 6 Credits |
| PL30549 | Italian national option IT10: Italy & migration | 6 Credits |
| PL30569 | The post-Franco party political system in Spain | 6 Credits |
| PL30592 | Germany in the global economy | 6 Credits |
| PL30593 | Spain & Latin America in the global economy | 6 Credits |
| PL30594 | France in the global economy | 6 Credits |
| PL30644 | German national option G12: Protest und Widerstand | 6 Credits |
| PL30660 | French national option F19: Travelling identities: postcolonial culture in literature and the visual arts | 6 Credits |
| PL30671 | Italian national option IT11: Political terrorism and its legacy in Italy | 6 Credits |
| PL30728 | The international relations of Latin America | 6 Credits |
| PL30744 | Anti-politics and direct action | 6 Credits |
| PL30745 | Culture and religion in international relations | 6 Credits |
| PL30756 | The politics of Latin America | 6 Credits |
| PL30760 | Latin American visual cultures | 6 Credits |
| PL30795 | Europe and the Second World War: strategy, politics and society | 6 Credits |
| PL30796 | Multikulturelles Deutschland | 6 Credits |
| PL30842 |
Italian politics and society II: the Berlusconi years (1994-2012) |
6 Credits |
| PL50310 | English to Russian consecutive interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50324 | English to Japanese consecutive interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50393 | English to Chinese consecutive interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50469 | French to English consecutive interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50471 | Russian to English consecutive interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50473 | Italian to English consecutive interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50475 | German to English consecutive interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50478 | Japanese to English consecutive interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50489 | Spanish to English consecutive interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50494 | Chinese to English consecutive interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50582 | Editing & revision | 12 Credits |
| PL50797 | Chinese to English simultaneous interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50798 | English to Chinese simultaneous interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50799 | French to English simultaneous interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50800 | German to English simultaneous interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50801 | Italian to English simultaneous interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50802 | Japanese to English simultaneous interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50803 | English to Japanese simultaneous interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50804 | Russian to English simultaneous interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50805 | English to Russian simultaneous interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50806 | Spanish to English simultaneous interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50807 | Chinese/English liaison and public service interpreting | 12 Credits |
| PL50809 | Japanese/English liaison and public service interpreting | 12 Credits |
| PL50588 | Dissertation/Project | 30 Credits |
| PL50665 | MA in contemporary European politics dissertation | 30 Credits |
| PL50685 | MA in International Politics dissertation | 30 Credits |
| PL50770 | MA in International Security dissertation | 30 Credits |
| PL50729 | Description of the English language | 12 Credits |
| PL50730 | Teaching the English language | 12 Credits |
| PL40375 | French language for Engineers 6 | 3 Credits |
| PL40377 | German language for Engineers 6 | 3 Credits |
| PL50352 | Institutions of the European Union | 0 Credits |
| PL50435 | Comparative European politics | 6 Credits |
| PL50436 | European union politics & policy-making | 6 Credits |
| PL50437 | Societal modernisation and the transformation of democracy | 6 Credits |
| PL50506 | Concepts and theories in the study of contemporary European politics | 6 Credits |
| PL50585 | Translation management | 6 Credits |
| PL50607 | Multilevel governance and multilayered citizenship in Europe | 6 Credits |
| PL50729 | Description of the English language | 12 Credits |
| PL50749 | Power, order and institutions in world politics | 6 Credits |
| PL50750 | International terrorism | 6 Credits |
| PL50751 | International relations theories | 6 Credits |
| PL50763 | International security: theories and concepts | 6 Credits |
| PL50766 | European security | 6 Credits |
| PL50785 | Memory culture - memory politics | 6 Credits |
| PL50786 | The politics of belonging | 6 Credits |
| PL50811 | French/English public service interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50812 | German/English public service interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50813 | Italian/English public service interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50814 | Russian/English public service interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50815 | Spanish/English public service interpreting | 6 Credits |
| PL50816 | Chinese to English translation I | 6 Credits |
| PL50818 | English to Chinese translation I | 6 Credits |
| PL50820 | French to English translation I | 6 Credits |
| PL50822 | German to English translation I | 6 Credits |
| PL50824 | Italian to English translation I | 6 Credits |
| PL50826 | Japanese to English translation I | 6 Credits |
| PL50828 | English to Japanese translation 1 | 6 Credits |
| PL50830 | Russian to English translation I | 6 Credits |
| PL50832 | English to Russian translation I | 6 Credits |
| PL50834 | Spanish to English translation I | 6 Credits |
| PL50838 | Economics and globalisation | 0 Credits |
| PL50586 | Précis writing for the United Nations | 6 Credits |
| PL50587 | Enterprise skills for linguists | 6 Credits |
| PL50605 | The politics of migration | 6 Credits |
| PL50663 | Organised crime in Europe: threats and challenges | 6 Credits |
| PL50686 | Europe in global politics | 6 Credits |
| PL50730 | Teaching the English language | 12 Credits |
| PL50764 | International security: the contemporary agenda | 6 Credits |
| PL50768 | Britain and Europe | 6 Credits |
| PL50771 | MA in Contemporary European Studies (Euromasters) dissertation | 30 Credits |
| PL50817 | Chinese to English translation II | 6 Credits |
| PL50819 | English to Chinese translation II | 6 Credits |
| PL50821 | French to English translation II | 6 Credits |
| PL50823 | German to English translation II | 6 Credits |
| PL50825 | Italian to English translation II | 6 Credits |
| PL50827 | Japanese to English translation II | 6 Credits |
| PL50829 | English to Japanese translation II | 6 Credits |
| PL50831 | Russian to English translation II | 6 Credits |
| PL50833 | English to Russian translation II | 6 Credits |
| PL50835 | Spanish to English translation II | 6 Credits |
| PL50837 | Using technology in the T & I industry | 6 Credits |
| PL50839 | Resilience and national security | 6 Credits |
Foundation (FHEQ level 3) level units (e.g. units coded PL0*) 