Non-language open option courses available 2012-13
The following list of courses are available in principle as open options. Click on the link(s) below for full details of whether the course is running/not running and information on pre-requisites (if any) that are needed to take the course. Some courses will need the permission of the course convenor. Please ensure that you have this permission before choosing the course. This is normally requested through email. Some courses will have a limit on numbers.
Africa
Year 1 courses
Year 2/3/4 courses
- Religion in African 15 590 1151
- History in African and Caribbean literature 15 590 1013
- African Philosophy 15 590 1397 (0.5)
- African Language Literatures (Oral and Written) 15 590 0677
- Afrophone Philosophies 15 590 1398
- Contemporary African Literature 15 590 0839
- Representations and Transformations: South African Drama and Film 15 590 1165
- The Structure of Bantu Languages 15 590 1257
- Perspectives on an African Experience 15 590 0933
Anthropology and Sociology
- Introduction to Social Anthropology 15 180 1001 (normally mandatory prior to taking any other open options in 2nd/3rd years)
History of Art and Archaeology
Year 1 courses
- Introduction to the Art and Archaeology of East Asia 15 490 0163 (0.5)
- Introduction to the Art and Archaeology of Africa 15 490 0100 (0.5)
- Introduction to the Art and Archaeology of the Near and Middle East 15 490 0101 (0.5)
- Introduction to the Art and Archaeology of South and Southeast Asia 15 490 0156 (0.5)
- Theory and Method in the Study of Asian and African Art 15 490 0104 (0.5)
Year 2/3 courses
- African Art I: Context and Representation 15 490 0105
- African Art II: West African and the Atlantic World; History, Historiography and the Visual Arts 15 490 0124
- African Art III: the Art and Architecture of North Eastern Africa 15 490 0132
- Africans in the Americas: Identities and Representation 15 490 0166 (0.5)
- Angkor and Khmer Art in Southeast Asia 15 490 0146 (0.5)
- Archaeology of Early Imperial China 15 490 0142 (0.5)
- Architecture of Tibet & the Himalayas 15 490 0165 (0.5)
- Art & Archaeology Essay on an approved topic 15 190 0031 (0.5)
- Art and Archaeology of Ancient China 15 490 0143 (0.5)
- Art and Culture in Imperial China 15 490 0140 (0.5)
- Art and Material Culture of the Islamic World: 7th to 14th Centuries 15 490 0138
- Art and Ritual in Buddhist South Asia 15 490 0147 (0.5)
- Arts of the Buddha in Southeast Asia 15 490 0148 (0.5)
- Arts of Tibet 15 490 0164 (0.5)
- Buddhist Arts of Korea 15 490 0158 (0.5)
- Chinese Art and Modernity 15 490 0167
- Contemporary Arts in Southeast Asia 15 490 0149 (0.5)
- Contemporary Korean Arts in East Asia 15 490 0150 (0.5)
- Hindu Art in Medieval India 15 490 0162 (0.5)
- Islamic Architecture 15 490 0107
- Independent Study Project in History of Art/Archaeology 15 490 0123
- Island Arts of South East Asia 15 490 0145 (0.5)
- Japanese Art 15 490 0110
- Mosaics, Manuscripts, and Wall Painting in Islamic art 15 490 0134
- Paintings of Korea 15 490 0157 (0.5)
- Royal Arts of Korea 15 490 0152 (0.5)
- Selected Sites in Asian and African Art and Archaeology 15 190 0038
- Temple, City and Empire in South India 1300-1500 15 490 0153 (0.5)
- The Decorative Arts of Islam 15 490 0109
- The Sources of Islamic Art and Architecture 15 490 0108
- Traditional Art and Modern South Asia 15 490 0161 (0.5)
China and Inner Asia
Year 1/2 courses
DeFiMS (Department of Financial and Management Studies)
Please note:
• There will be a limit of 10 Non-DeFiMS Open Option students per course. E-mail notification will be sent to those whose selection is not approved due to limited places. These students will then need to re-select.
• A number of courses have pre-requisites as noted.
• When selecting two half unit open options, the number of courses taken in each term would be expected to remain equal e.g. one would not take two Term 2 open options leading to three courses being taken in Term 1 and five in Term 2.
• Students are strongly advised to sign up for DeFiMS Open Options as soon as possible due to limited places.
Year 1 courses – available to year 1 and year 2 students
- Introduction to Accounting 15 103 0001 (Term 1 - 0.5 unit)
- Management in China: Domestic and International Developments 15 103 0003 (1 unit)
- Management in Japan & Korea: Domestic and International Developments 15 103 0023 (1 unit)
- Management in MENA: Domestic and International Developments 15 103 0024 (1 unit)
- Principles and Management of Marketing 15 103 0004 (Term 1 - 0.5 unit)
- Quantitative and Analytical Techniques for Managers 15 103 0005 (Term 2 - 0.5 unit)
- Understanding Company Accounts and Reports 15 103 0002 (Term 2 - 0.5 unit) Pre-requisite 15 103 0001
Year 2 courses - available to year 2 and year 3/final year students
- Corporate Finance and Financial Accounting 15 103 0006 (Term 2 - 0.5 unit) Pre-requisites 15 103 0001, 15 103 0002 & 15 1030007
- International Business Strategy 15 103 0008 (Term 1 - 0.5 unit)
- International Marketing 1: the environment 15 103 0010 (Term 1 - 0.5 unit) Pre-requisite 15 103 0004
- Managerial Accounting 15 103 0007 (Term 1 - 0.5 unit) Pre-requisites 15 103 0001 & 15 103 0002
- Managerial Economics 15 103 0009 (Term 2 - 0.5 unit)
- Qualitative and Case Study Research 15 103 0011 (Term 2 - 0.5 unit)
Year 3 courses – only available to year 3rd / final year students
- Financial Strategy 15 1030012 (Term 1 - 0.5 unit)
- Finance in China 15 103 0013 (Term 2 - 0.5 unit) Pre-requisite 15 103 0012
- International Marketing 2: Global Markets 15 103 0015 (Term 2 - 0.5 unit) Pre-requisite 15 103 0004 & 15 103 0010
- Corporate Governance 15 103 0017 (Term 2 - 0.5 unit)
- International Human Resource Management 15 103 0018 (Term 1 - 0.5 unit)
Development Studies
Year 1 courses
Year 2 courses
- Introduction to Global Forced Migration Studies 15 101 0020
- Land, Natural Resources, Development and Environmental Change 15 101 0039 (0.5)
- Non-Governmental Organisations, Change and Development 15 101 0034 (0.5)
- Political Economy of Finance, Debt and Development 15 101 0038 (0.5)
- Theory and Evidence in Contemporary Development 15 101 0022 (0.5)
- Development and Conflict 15 101 0041 (0.5)
Year 3 courses
- Issues in Gender and Development 15 101 0021 (0.5)
- Issues in Industrial Globalisation and Development 15 101 0032 (0.5)
- Issues of the Working Poor and Development 15 101 0037 (0.5)
- Themes in Contemporary Development: Civil Society and Social Movements 15 101 0024 (0.5)
- 'Tigers' and 'Dragons': East Asian Development Revisited 15 101 0033 (0.5)
Economics
Year 1 courses
- Comparative Growth in Asia and Africa 15 340 0102
- Introduction to Economic Analysis 15 340 0003
- Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Economists 15 340 0120 (for those students without A level mathematics or equivalent)
- Quantitative Methods for Economists 15 340 0121 (for those students with A level mathematics or equivalent)
Year 2 courses
- Banking and Finance in Economics Development 15 340 0100
- Econometrics 15 340 0103
- Economics of Developing Countries 15 340 0032
- Foreign Trade and Development 15 340 0106
- Intermediate Economic Analysis 15 340 0107
Year 3 courses
- Advanced Economic Analysis 15 340 0108
- Economics of Developing Countries 15 340 0109
- Economic Development of Africa 15 340 0101
- Economic Development of Japan since 1868 15 340 0013
- Economic Development of Modern China 15 340 0025
- Economic Development of South Asia 15 340 0011
- Economic Development of South East Asia 15 340 0012
History
Year 1 courses
- H101 Approaches to History 15 480 0166
- H110 Introduction to the History of Africa 15 480 0228
- H120 Introduction to the History of East Asia 15 480 0229
- H130 Introduction to the History of the Near and Middle East 15 480 0230
- H140 Introduction to the History of South Asia 15 480 0231
- H150 Introduction to the History of South East Asia 15 480 0232
Second and third year students may take one of the following intermediate courses (subject to the approval of the course convenor and the course running).
Year 2/3 courses
- H234 Culture and Identity in Modern south Asia 1800 - 2000 15 480 0264
- H335 Gandhi and Gandhiism 15 480 0103
- H341 The Middle East in the Period of the Crusades, 1050 - 1291 15 480 0254
- H346 Cities of Paradise and Empire 15 480 0211
- H347 Turks, Mongols and Mamluks 1054 - 1500 15 480 0222
- H348 The Making of the Modern Middle East 15 480 0227
- H353 Islamic Reformism in South East Asia 1760s - 1960s 15 480 0212
- H370 Society and Culture in Twentieth-Century Africa 15 480 0244
- H375 Race, Class and Culture in the History of Southern Africa 15 480 0221
- H380 Atlantic Slavery and Its Legacies: Western Africa Ca 1500 - 2000 15 480 0247
- H383 Modern Japan 15 480 0233
- H397 Modern China 15 480 0281
- H398 Manchu Society and Culture: An Alternative History of China (1600-1997) 15 480 0267
Advanced courses can only be taken if the student has taken a relevant introductory or intermediate course (please see Departmental handbook for listing).
Japan and Korea
Year 1 courses
- Culture and Society in Twentieth Century Korea 15 590 0809
- Introduction to the Study of Language Learning 1 15 590 1197 (0.5)
- Introduction to the Study of Language Learning II 15 590 1198 (0.5)
- Survey of Modern Japanese Literature in Translation 15 590 1214 (0.5)
- Aspects of Japanese Culture 1 15 590 1199 (0.5)
- Aspects of Japanese Culture 2 15 590 1200 (0.5)
Year 2 courses
- Survey of Pre-Modern Japanese Literature in Translation 15 590 1213 (0.5)
- Japanese Cinema: A Critical Survey 15 590 1181
Year 3/4 courses
- Literary Traditions and Culture of Korea 15 590 1389 (0.5)
- Trajectories of Modernity in 20th Century Korean Literature 15 590 1390 (0.5)
- The other Korea: North Korea since 1945 15 590 1356 (0.5)
- 1990's South Korean cinema: A critical survey 15 590 1401
Law
Year 1 courses
Law courses are no longer available to first year non-law students
Year 2 courses
- Chinese Law 15 520 0055
- Islamic Law 15 520 0037
- Law and Society in Africa 15 520 0033
- Law and Society in South Asia 15 520 0032
- Law of property 15 520 0019
Year 3 courses
- Environmental Law 15 520 0063
- Law and Development 15 520 0030
- Law of Islamic Finance 15 520 0060 (This course will require the convenors permission)
- Public International Law 15 520 0025
Linguistics
Year 1 courses
- General Linguistics 15 290 0069
- Introduction to Phonology 15 290 0070
- Introduction to Grammatical Structure 15 290 0071
Year 2/3 courses
Music
Year 1 courses
- Introduction to Music Analysis 15 580 0070 (0.5)
- Music and Culture 15 580 0060 (0.5)
- Sounds and Cultures 1: Africa, the Jewish World, West and Central Asia 15 580 0071 (0.5)
- Sounds and Cultures 2: East, Southeast and South Asia 15 580 0072 (0.5)
- Performance 1a 15 580 0061 (0.5)
- Performance 1b 15 580 0062 (0.5)
Year 2
Year 3
Area Coures
- Music and Religion in South East Asia 15 580 0080 (0.5)
- Popular and Fusion Music in South East Asia 15 580 0081 (0.5)
- Music of Korea 15 580 0035
- Musical Traditions of East Asia 15 580 0078 (0.5)
- Pop and Politics in East Asia 15 580 0077 (0.5)
- Indian Classical Music 15 580 0046
- Music in the Cultures of South Asia 15 580 0036
- Music of Central Asia 15 580 0059 (0.5)
- Popular Music and Politics in Israel 15 580 0075 (0.5)
- Klezmer Music: Roots and Revival 15 580 0074 (0.5)
- Music of the Middle East and North Africa 15 580 0068
- Music in Africa 15 580 0022
- Music in the Mande Cultural World 15 580 0056
- Atlantic Africa: (P)Layers of Mediation in African Popular Music 15 580 0079
- The World of Cuban Music 15 580 0058 (0.5)
General Courses
- Composition (BA) (0.5)
- Gender and Music 15 580 0073 (0.5)
- Introduction to Sound Recording 15 580 0069 (0.5)
- Music in Religion 15 580 0054 (0.5)
- Music, Shamanism and Healing 15 580 0055 (0.5)
- Presenting World Music on Radio 15 580 0076 (0.5)
- The Music Business 15 580 0053 (0.5)
- Extended Essay in Music 1 15 580 0066 (0.5)
- Extended Essay in Music 2 15 580 0067 (0.5)
- Independent Study Project in Music 15 580 0026
Performance Courses
Near and Middle East
Year 1 courses
- Introduction to Arabic Culture 15 590 1205
- Introduction to Israeli Culture 15 590 0947
- Introduction to Israeli Literature 15 590 1248
- Literatures of the Near and Middle East 15 590 0991
- Introduction to the Study of the Qur'an 15 590 1343
Year 2/3 courses
- History of Zionism 15 590 1168
- Israeli History and the Israel-Palestine Conflict 15 590 1167
- Biography and Traditions of the Prophet Mohammad 15 590 1337
- Introduction to Sufism 15 590 1375
- The Muslim World: Unity in Diversity 15 590 1258
Year 3 courses
Politics and International Studies
Year 1 courses
- States, people and power in Asia and Africa 15 340 0056
- Comparative and International Politics 15 340 0063
Year 2/3/4 courses
- Comparative Political Sociology of Asia and Africa 15 340 0067
- Government and Politics of China 15 340 0071 (requires approval from the course convenor)
- Government and Politics of South Asia 15 340 0020
- Government and Politics of the Middle East 15 340 0060
- International Politics 15 340 0014 (requires approval from the course convenor)
- Political Theory 15 340 0054
- Politics of Development 15 340 0042
- Southeast Asian Government and Politics 15 340 0022
- Taiwan's Political and Economic Development 15 340 0072
- The State and Politics in Africa 15 340 0064
Year 3/4
South Asia
Year 1 courses
Year 2/3/4 courses
- Cinema and Society in South Asia 15 590 0826
- Society, Culture and Politics in Nepal 15 590 1305
- South Asian Literature in English 15 590 0927
South East Asia
Year 1 courses
Year 2/3/4 courses
- Thailand on Screen (post '97) 15 590 1317 (0.5)
- Indonesia on Screen 15 590 1354 (0.5)
- Language in South East Asia 15 590 1358 (0.5)
- The City and the Countryside in South East Asian Literatures 15 590 1326 (0.5)
Study of Religions
Year 1 courses
- Buddhism: Foundation 15 800 0110 (0.5)
- World Christianities Foundation 15 800 0117 (0.5)
- Hinduism: Foundation 15 800 0118 (0.5)
- Introduction to the Study of Religions 15 800 0096
- Judaism: Foundation 15 800 0148 (0.5)
- Introduction to Islam 15 740 0020 (requires approval from the course convenor)
- Religions of Africa 15 800 0119 (0.5)
- Religions of East and Central Asia 15 800 0100 (0.5)
- Syriac for Beginners 15 800 0034
Year 2/3/4 courses
- Advanced Theory in the Study of Religions 15 800 0135 (requires approval from the course convenor)
- Buddhism in Central Asia 15 800 0121 (0.5)
- Critical Theory and Study of Religions 15 800 0116 (requires approval from the course convenor)
- Death and the Meaning of Life 15 800 0172
- Eastern Christianity 15 800 0132 (0.5)
- Independent Study Project in the Study of Religions 15 740 0023 (requires approval from both undergraduate tutors)
- Islam in Britain 15 800 0169
- Non-violence in Jain Literature, Philosophy and Law 15 800 0054
- Jewish Identity from Ancient to Modern Times 15 800 0168 (0.5)
