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All courses on the University Course List are available as electives, subject to timetable, pre-requisites, and availability. Electives provide students with the opportunity to create a bespoke programme of studies. Students can choose to use their electives to delve further into their degree subject(s) or to expand into wider areas.

Electives

All courses on the University Course List are available as electives, subject to timetable, pre-requisites, and availability*. Electives provide students with the opportunity to create a bespoke programme of studies.

Anthropology

  • Global market Local Cultures

Art History

  • Visual Intelligence

Business

  • Introduction to Marketing
  • Financial Accounting and Reporting
  • International Business and Global Responsibility
  • Profit Analysis for Managers and Advisors

Communications

  • Public Speaking

Computer Science

  • Fundamentals of Computer Science I
  • Fundamentals of Computer Science II

Creative Writing

  • Exploring Creative Nonfiction: Tell it Slant

Data Science

  • Programming with Data
  • Intermediate Programming with Data

Economics

  • Introduction to Economics
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Principles of Microeconomics

English

  • British Drama and the London Stage
  • Criticism: Practice

History

  • In the Shadow of the Tower, Crusade, Plague and Persecution in the Middle Ages
  • The World Since 1945

Interdisciplinary

  • Experiential Project (Sustainability)

Languages

  • Introduction to the Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures I
  • Introduction to the Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures II
  • Citizenship and Social Justice in Hispanic Cultures

Law

  • Contract Law
  • Contract Law in Context

Maths

  • Mathematical Methods I
  • Mathematical Methods II
  • Calculus for Business

Philosophy

  • Introduction to Philosophy
  • Introduction to Logic
  • Technology and Human Values

Politics & IR

  • Introduction to Politics & International Relations
  • Comparative Politics
  • Foundations of Western Political Thought

Psychology

  • Foundations of Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology

Sociology

  • Introduction to Sociology

Pathways

A pathway is an approved combination of at least three courses in a specific subject or theme, studied across multiple years of the degree. Pathways are optional. At graduation, students will earn recognition for any pathways they have completed. Pathways are available in:

  • Art History
  • Business
  • Computer Science
  • Creative Writing
  • Data Science
  • Economics
  • English
  • History
  • Law
  • Mathematics
  • Philosophy
  • Politics and International Relations
  • Psychology
  • Political Thought
  • Sustainability
  • Technology and Ethics

*University Courses List Condition

The optimal/elective courses that run in each academic year are subject to change in line with faculty availability and student demand, and may be capped or be unavailable in the timetable, so there is no guarantee every optional/elective course will be available every year. Where a course is set to run, students for whom it is an option will typically be given priority over students for whom it is only an elective.

Electives

All courses on the University Course List are available as electives, subject to timetable, pre-requisites, and availability*. Electives provide students with the opportunity to create a bespoke programme of studies.

Anthropology

  • Global Market Local Cultures

Art History

  • Visual Intelligence

Business

  • Introduction to Marketing
  • Financial Accounting and Reporting 
  • International Business and Global Responsibility
  • Profit Analysis for Managers and Advisors

Computer Science

  • Algorithms and Data
  • Object-Oriented Design
  • Database Design

Creative Writing

  • Electric Frontiers: Digital Creative Writing
  • Directed Study

Data Science

  • Advanced Programming with Data
  • Experimental Data Science Project
  • Foundations of Data Science

Economics

  • Economic History
  • Advancing Global Progress

English

  • Literature and Decolonisation
  • Shakespeare: Seven Plays

History

  • Global Fascism

Interdisciplinary

  • Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Intermediate In-the-Field Experiential Project
  • Creating Impact Experiential Project

Law

  • Tort law
  • Tort Law in Context

Philisophy

  • Philosophy of the Mind
  • AI and Data Ethics

Politics & IR

  • Decolonising International Relations
  • Foundations of Critical Thought
  • Political Arguments in Action

Psychology

  • Psychology of Individual Differences
  • Social Psychology

*University Courses List Condition

The optimal/elective courses that run in each academic year are subject to change in line with faculty availability and student demand, and may be capped or be unavailable in the timetable, so there is no guarantee every optional/elective course will be available every year. Where a course is set to run, students for whom it is an option will typically be given priority over students for whom it is only an elective.

Electives

All courses on the University Course List are available as electives, subject to timetable, pre-requisites, and availability*. Electives provide students with the opportunity to create a bespoke programme of studies.

Art & Design

  • Special Topics in Art and Design
  • Directed Study

Business

  • Innovation!
  • Fintech and Financial Innovation
  • Supply Chain and Operations Management
  • Sustainability in the Business Environment
  • Strategic Analysis and Decision Making
  • Directed Study

Computer Science

  • Fundamentals of Software Engineering
  • Human Computer Interaction 
  • Directed Study

Creative Writing

  • New Realities Professional Nonfiction
  • Radical Writers
  • Directed Study

Data Science

  • Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Machine Learning and Data Mining I
  • Machine Learning and Data Mining II
  • Advanced Information Presentation and Visualisation
  • Directed Study

Economics

  • Social and Heterodox Economics
  • Econometrics and Forecasting
  • Political Economy and Globalisation
  • Political Economy in Action
  • Corporate Finance
  • Directed Study

English

  • Contemporary Writing: 2000-Now
  • Literature, Land and the Environment 
  • North American Narratives/Counternarratives 
  • London: Literature, Culture, Identity
  • Directed Study

History

  • Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Early Modern World
  • Culture and Revolt in the Age of Richard III and Chaucer
  • Political Thought Beyond Europe
  • The History of War: The World Wars
  • The Long Civil Rights Movement
  • Victorians and Edwardians Class, Gender and Imperialism 
  • Directed Study

Interdisciplinary

  • Neuroethics and Law
  • Special Topics in Environmental Sustainability
  • Experiential Project
  • Directed Study

Law

  • Antitrust and Competition Law in the Global Economy
  • Criminology
  • Employment Law in an International Context
  • European Union Law Post Brexit
  • Jurisprudence and Contemporary Legal Theory
  • Property Law
  • Law and Innovation: Digital, Online and Technology Law
  • Directed Study

Philosophy

  • Advanced Ethics
  • Aesthetics
  • Feminism 
  • Kant and Post-Kantian Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Logic and Language
  • Political Philosophy
  • Directed Study

Politics & IR

  • Sustainable Development
  • Security Studies
  • International Political Economy
  • International Organisations
  • Green Political Thought 
  • Development of Asia
  • Contemporary Politics of Latin America and Spain
  • Comparative Regionalism
  • Directed Study

Psychology

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Directed Study

*University Courses List Condition

The optimal/elective courses that run in each academic year are subject to change in line with faculty availability and student demand, and may be capped or be unavailable in the timetable, so there is no guarantee every optional/elective course will be available every year. Where a course is set to run, students for whom it is an option will typically be given priority over students for whom it is only an elective.