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Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
Unit Index 2012/13

Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies in 2012/13. Follow the links on the unit codes 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.


# Foundation (FHEQ level 3) level units (e.g. units coded PL0*)
# Certificate (FHEQ level 4) level units (e.g. units coded PL1*)
# Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) level units (e.g. units coded PL2*)
# Honours (FHEQ level 6) level units (e.g. units coded PL3*)
# Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) level units (e.g. units coded PL4* or PL5*)

Level: Foundation (FHEQ level 3)

Semester 1

PL00408 German-English translation for SOCRATES students A 3 Credits
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Semester 2

PL00409 German-English translation for SOCRATES students B 3 Credits
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Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)

Academic Year

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
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Semester 1

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
PL10788 Spain 1898 - 1975 6 Credits
PL10790 From unification to facism: history of Italy 1815 - 1945 6 Credits
PL10792 Deutschland 1871 - 1945 6 Credits
PL10871 1789-1914: Revolutions in the long nineteenth century 6 Credits
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Semester 2

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
PL10417 British politics 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
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Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)

Academic Year

PL20300 Year abroad 60 Credits
PL20413 Work placement 60 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
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Semester 1

PL20385 European political thought 6 Credits
PL20414 American politics 6 Credits
PL20415 Media 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
PL20778 Italy since 1945 6 Credits
PL20780 Soviet and post-Soviet Russia 6 Credits
PL20782 Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin American culture 6 Credits
PL20872 La France et le monde, la France dans le monde 6 Credits
XX20086 French comparative employee relations 6 Credits
XX20087 German comparative employee relations 6 Credits
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Semester 2

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 European Union politics 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
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Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)

Academic Year

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
PL30643 European film 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
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Semester 1

PL30017 French national option F3: La femme en France au vingtième siècle 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
PL30864 Europe in global politics 6 Credits
PL30873 La pensée politique en France 6 Credits
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Semester 2

PL30027 French national option F11: La persuasion et la propagande 6 Credits
PL30028 French national option F12: Environnement, société, développement 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: borders, regions and migration in Europe since 1989 6 Credits
PL30384 Russian national option R3: modern Russian cinema 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
PL30865 French national option F20: The rise of the Far Right in France 6 Credits
PL30875 Comparative elections and voting 6 Credits
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Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)

Academic Year

PL50310 English to Russian 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
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
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
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Dissertation period

PL50588 Dissertation/Project 30 Credits
PL50665 MA in International Relations and European Politics dissertation 30 Credits
PL50685 MA in International Relations dissertation 30 Credits
PL50770 MA in International Security dissertation 30 Credits
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Modular

PL50729 Description of the English language 12 Credits
PL50730 Teaching the English language 12 Credits
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Semester 1

PL40375 French language for Engineers 6 3 Credits
PL40377 German language for Engineers 6 3 Credits
PL50352 Working for EU institutions and UN 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
PL50584 Proofreading 6 Credits
PL50585 Translation management 6 Credits
PL50729 Description of the English language 12 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
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
PL50830 Russian to English translation I 6 Credits
PL50832 English to Russian translation I 6 Credits
PL50834 Spanish to English translation I 6 Credits
PL50836 Public speaking 6 Credits
PL50838 Economics and globalisation 0 Credits
PL50866 Foreign policy analysis 6 Credits
PL50869 Scopes and methods of politics and international relations 6 Credits
PL50870 Contemporary Transatlantic Studies S1 (study at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) 30 Credits
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Semester 2

PL50586 Précis writing for the United Nations 6 Credits
PL50587 Enterprise skills for linguists 6 Credits
PL50604 The politics of sustainability: environmental security and international relations 6 Credits
PL50663 Organised crime in Europe: threats and challenges 6 Credits
PL50686 European foreign policy 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
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
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
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
PL50868 International organisations in world politics 6 Credits
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