Undergraduate non-language open option modules 2022/23

Non-language open options

The following modules are available in principle as open options at undergraduate level. Follow the links for full details of whether the module is running/not running and information on pre-requisites (if any) that are needed to take the module. Some modules will need the permission of the module convenor. Please ensure that you have this permission before choosing the module. This is normally requested through email. Some modules will have a limit on numbers.

Africa

Anthropology and Sociology

Year 1

Anthropology in and of the World: An Introduction (A) (155901506)

Year 1/2

Social Theory, Reform and Revolution in an Age of Extremes (155901490)
World Social Theory: Imagining Society from 500BCE to 1900 (155901489)

Year 2/3

Migration, Borders and Space: Decolonial Approaches (151802052)
Anthropology and Climate Change (151802087)
Anthropology of 'Race', Gender and Desire (151802088)
Anthropology Through History (155901512)
Theory in Anthropology (155901513)
Anthropology of Economic Life (155901514)
Regional Perspectives in Anthropology (I) 155901515
Regional Perspectives in Anthropology (II) (155901516)

Year 3

Mind, Culture and Psychiatry (151802017)
Medical Anthropology: An Introduction (155901519)

Year 4

Anthropology Through History (155901512)

School of Arts

Year 2/3

Curating Global Arts (158100004)
Key Concepts in Cultural Theory (158100002)
Film Festivals and Film Curating (155902002)
Music in Africa: Critical Listening - The Mande World (155800096)

Year 2/3/4

Art of the Islamic World: Objects in Context (158100015)

Year 3 modules

Arts, Culture and Commodification: Themes in the Global Creative and Cultural Industries (158100001)

Centre for English Studies

Year 2

Please check directly with department for options available

Year 3

Please check directly with department for options available

Centre for Media and Film Studies

Year 1

Please check directly with department for options available

Year 2/3

Film Festivals and Film Curating (155902002)

History of Art and Archaeology

Year 2

Theories of Art II (154900206)
Decolonising the Arts (158100024)

Year 2/3

Museums and Museology (154900178)

Year 2/3/4

Arts of the African Diaspora (154900203)

Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy

Year 1/2

Please check with department directly for options available

Year 2/3

Please check with department directly for options available

China and Inner Asia

Year 1

Myths, Legends and Folkways of East Asia (155901460)

Year 2

Contemporary Chinese Society (155901478)

Year 2/3 or 4

Culture and Society of Taiwan (155903020)
Literature, Politics and National Identity in Modern China (155903017)
Myths, Legends and Folkways of East Asia (155901460)
Chinese Cinema (155901474)
East Asian Imperialisms (155901481)
Gender in East Asian Literature (155901482)

School of Finance and Management

Please note:

School of Finance and Management open options are NOT available to First year students, they are only available for selection by Returning students in April. Availability of modules is explained in the header of each section below.
When selecting 15-credit open options, the number of modules taken in each term would be expected to remain equal
The number in brackets following the module name indicates the number of credits for that module – (15) or (30) credits

Available as an open option to year 2 students

Introduction to Accounting (151030001) 15 credits
Introduction to Business In China (151030051) 15 credits
Introduction to Business In Japan and Korea (151030052) 15 credits
Introduction to Business In MENA (151030053) 15 credits
Management Accounting 2 (151030007) 15 credits - Requirements Introduction to Accounting and Financial Accounting 1
Principles and Management of Marketing (151030004) 15 credits
Quantitative and Analytical Techniques for Managers (151030005) 15 credits
Financial Accounting 1 (151030002) 15 credits Requirement Introduction to Accounting
Organisational Behaviour (151030025) 15 credits
Principles of Management (151030026) 30 credits
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (151030027) 30 credits
International Business Strategy (151030008) 15 credits
International Marketing (151030050) 15 credits
Managerial Economics (151030009) 15 credits
Qualitative and Case Study Research (151030011) 15 credits

Available as open options to year 3/ final year students

Financial Strategy (151030012) 15 credits - Please contact the Module Convenor to ensure you have the correct pre-requisite knowledge
Finance in East Asia (151030013) 15 credits Pre-requisite 151030012
International marketing (151030050) 15 credits
Consumer Behaviour (151030049) 15 credits
Corporate Governance (151030017) 15 credits
International Human Resource Management (151030018) 15 credits
Contemporary Issues in the Japanese and Korean Economies (151030020) 15 credits
Finance in the Middle East and North Africa (151030022) 15 credits Pre-requisite Financial Strategy

Development Studies

Priority will be given to Development Studies students

Year 1

Introduction to Global Development (151010001)
Introduction to Political Economy of Development (151010048)

Year 2

Development from Below (151010022)
The Working Poor and Labour (151010059)

Year 3

Issues in Gender and Development (151010021)
Issues in Cities and Development (151010052)
Development Studies Immersion Programme (151010053)

Economics

Students from departments other than Economics wishing to take more advanced year 2 or year 3 modules in Economics as their open option modules, MUST consult the module convenor of their chosen open option PRIOR to signing up for this module on the precise level and type of prior economics knowledge is required. This can vary between modules, depending on a number of factors, such as whether these are general theory modules, specialised regional development modules, modules with a strong microeconomic or strong macroeconomic contents, and/or largely applied empirical modules. Please note that it in the students' own best interest to consult module convenors in this regard prior to signing up for any more advance Economic open options in order to ensure their successful completion of their open option modules.

Year 1

Economic Principles (Micro) (155901495)
Economic Principles (Macro) (155901494)

Year 1/2

Elementary Statistics (155901496)
Introductory Mathematics for Economists I (155901497)
Introductory Mathematics for Economists II (155901502)
Statistics 155901500

Year 2

Banking and Finance (155901493)
Development Economics (155901501)
Econometrics (153400103)
Global financial Markets (155901499)
International Trade and Investment (155901498)

Year 2/3

Macroeconomic Analysis (153400123)
Microeconomic Analysis (153400130)

Year 3

China and World Development (153401003 *)
Economic Development in the Asia Pacific Region (153400133)
Economic development of Africa (153401016)
Professional placement in Economics (155901503)
The Economics of the Environment (153400136)
Applied Econometrics (155901492)

*requires module convenor’s approval

History

Year 1

H102 World Histories: Global Encounters and Connectivities (154800293)
H110 Introduction to the History of Africa (154800228)
H120 The Confucian World (154800229)
H130 Introduction to the Early History of the Middle East (154800230)
H140 Introduction to the History of South Asia (154800231)
H150 Introduction to the History of Modern East and Southeast Asia (154800323)
H160 The Middle East in the Modern World (154800324)
H103 Colonial Curricula: Empire and Education at SOAS and Beyond (155906741)

Year 2

H201 Historical Research: Approaches and Methods (154800300)

Year 2/3

Second and third year students may take one of the following intermediate modules (subject to the approval of the module convenor and the module running).