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English

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Level 4
Module Title	Credits	Semester
University English Literature: An Introduction	20	1
Pandemic Prose in the Viral Village	20	1
Writing Matters	20	1
Theory and Other Monsters	20	2
Genres of Writing	20	2
Literature and Society in Ireland: An Introduction	20	2

Level 5
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Early Modern English Culture, 1509-1659: Poetry, Prose, Drama	20	1
Tales of the Familiar and the Exotic: The Beginnings of Modern Fiction in English	20	1
Rhymes of Passion: A Brief History of Love Poetry	20	1
Sex and the City of God	20	1
Samuel Beckett Studies	20	1
Writing and Publishing	20	1
Modern Drama and Its Influences	20	2
Contemporary World Fiction in English	20	2
Adaptation and Historical Fiction	20	2
Gothic and Romantic Writing	20	2
Eighteenth-Century Literature	20	2
Detective Fiction	20	2

Level 6
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Nineteenth Century Literature	20	1
The Moderns, 1910-1930	20	1
Dissertation	20	1
Nineteenth Century American Literature	20	1
From the Vote to the Pill: Contemporary Women's Writing	20	1
Black Lives Recovered and Remade	20	1
The Impact of Translation	20	1
Twentieth-Century Literature	20	2
Dissertation	20	2
Bonnets, Beards and Bastards: The Fiction of the Victorian Period	20	2
Twentieth-Century American Literature	20	2
Writing Ireland: Ulysses to Normal People	20	2
Shakespeare	20	2

History

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Level 4
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Defining America: Themes in American History, Seventeenth and Twentieth Century	20	1
Revolutionary Russia	20	1
The Making of Modern Britain, 1750-1945	20	2
Disenchanted Land? Culture and Society in Early Modern Europe	20	2
The Age of Extremes: International History, 1914-2014	20	2

Level 5
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Film and the Vietnam Conflict	20	1
Ireland and the European Union, 1957 - 2016	20	1
The Myth and Reality of Imperial Spain, 1492 - 1700	20	1
War and Peace: the Ying and Yang of Human History	20	1
Politics and Society in Early Modern Britain and Ireland	20	1
Death, Disease and Medicine in Britain, 1800-1914	20	2
Family, Sexuality and the State, 1850-1925	20	2
'Good Trouble': Struggle, Resistance and the African American Experience	20	2
The Great Powers and the Middle East since 1880	20	2

Level 6
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Imperial Retreat: The Decline and Fall of the European Overseas Empires	20	1
Late Soviet Communism, 1953-1991	20	1
The Troubles 1	20	1
The Post-War Body: Medicine and Society in Britain and America, c 1945-1990	20	1
United States Foreign Policy Since 1945	20	2
Witchcraft and Magic in Early Modern Europe and Colonial New England, c.1550-1780	20	2
'Changed, Changed Utterly': The Irish Revolution, 1913-1923	20	2
Saints and Sinners: Women in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Ireland	20	2

Media

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Level 4
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Fundamentals of Digital Design	20	1
Media, Culture, Politics	20	1
Cinematic Practice for Emerging Platforms	20	2
Visual Cultures	20	2
Public Affairs for Journalists	20	2

Level 5
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Designing with Data	20	1
Media Law and Regulation	20	1
Transmedia Narratives and Experience Design	20	2
Journalism, Society and International Conflict	20	2

Level 6
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Audio/Visual Journalism (Limited Availability)	20	1
Interactive Media Inquiry (Limited Availability)	20	1
Creativity, Innovation and Enterprise (Limited Availability)	20	2

Biomedical Sciences

Faculty of Life and Health Sciences

Level 4
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Ecology and Biodiversity	20	1
Biochemistry	20	2
Human, Animal and Plant Physiology	20	2

Level 5
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Immunology	10	1
Microbiology	20	1
Pathophysiology	10	1
Pharmacology, Genetics and Microbiology	20	1
Applied Genetics	20	1
Biotechnology	20	2
Haematology and Transfusion Science	20	2

Geography and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Life and Health Sciences

Level 4
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Environmental Systems	20	1
EGM Skills Toolbox	20	1
Society, Environment and Sustainability	20	1
Key Concepts in Human Geography	20	2
The Biosphere	20	2
The Hydrosphere	20	2
The Lithosphere	20	2

Level 5
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Skills for Sustainable Planning	20	1
Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems	20	1
The Atmosphere	20	1
Coastal & Marine Processes	20	2
Geopolitics, Environment and Development	20	2
Ecology and Biogeography	20	2
Research Methods and Field School - Environmental Science	20	2
Freshwater Systems	20	2

Level 6
Module List	Credits	Semester
Advanced Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems	20	1
Environmental Change	20	1
Geographies of Transnationalism	20	1
Research and Professional Skills	20	1
Water Resources Management	20	2
Environmental Challenges and Management	20	2
Physical and Biological Oceanography	20	2

Psychology

Faculty of Life and Health Sciences

Level 4
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Introduction to Psychology 1	20	1
Introduction to Research Methods	20	1
Psychology Applied to Health	20	2
Introduction to Psychology 2	20	2
Professional Practice and Applications in Psychology	n/a	2
Research Procedures in the Behavioural Sciences	20	2

Level 5
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Advanced Research Methods	20	1
Individual Differences	20	1
Social Psychology	20	1
Cognitive Psychology	20	2
Developmental Psychology	20	2
Psychobiology	20	2

Level 6
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Developmental Psychology Applied to Learning: From Home to Classroom	20	1
Behaviourism & Social Issues	20	1
Occupational Psychology	20	1
Psychopharmacology	20	1
Applied Psychology: Mental Health Practice	20	1
Applied Behaviour Analysis	20	2
Behavioural Neuroscience	20	2
Development of Social Behaviour	20	2
Evolutionary Psychology	20	2
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations	20	2
Forensic Psychology and Crime	20	2

Consumer and Food Innovation

Ulster University Business School

Level 4
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Consumer Law	20	1
Food Studies and Nutrition	20	1
Media, Creativity and Experience	20	1
Food Tourism, Festival and Events	20	2
Food Sensory Science	20	2
Management in Action	20	2

Level 5
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Product Development (WIT students only)	20	1
Health and Consumer Lifestyle	20	2

Level 6
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Applied Sensory Science and Quality Control	20	1
Food Innovation	20	2

Tourism and Event Management

Ulster University Business School

Level 4
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Global Travel Destinations	20	1
Introduction to Leisure and Tourism *	20	1
Media, Creativity and Experience	20	1
21st Century Leisure *	20	2
Contemporary Tourism *	20	2
Food Tourism, Festival and Events	20	2
Management in Action	20	2

Level 5
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Leisure and Sports Events	20	1
Contemporary Marketing Practice	20	1
Transportation Operations in Tourism *	20	1
Landscape Change and Tourism *	20	2
People Management	20	2

Level 6
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Contemporary Issues in Leisure, Tourism and Events *	20	1

*Includes an exam (student will be required to remain after teaching term finishes)

Nutrition

Faculty of Life and Health Sciences

Level 4
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Food Choice and Consumer Behaviour	20	2

Level 5
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Biosciences for Nutrition	20	1
Practical Application of Nutrition in the Food Industry	20	1
Food Science	20	2

Level 6
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Clinical Nutrition	20	1
Food Product Development	20	1
Biochemistry and Molecular Nutrition	20	1
Health Promotion and Nutrition Education	20	2
Sport and Exercise Nutrition	20	2
Diet and Clinical Medicine	20	2

Pharmacy

Faculty of Life and Health Sciences

Level 4
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Pharmaceutical Biosciences 2	40	2
Practical and Laboratory Skills	20	2

Level 5
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Pharmaceutical Analysis	20	1
Pharmacology, Genetics and Microbiology	20	1
Physical Pharmacy	20	1

Level 6
Module Title	Credits	Semester
Analytical Methodology	10	1
Biomolecular Therapeutics and Immunology for Pharmaceutical Biosciences	20	1
Quality Processes and Control	10	1
Pharmaceutical Technology	20	2
Research Project	40	2