Modules on offer
Overview
At the University of Leicester we call the individual units that you will study “modules”. They are sometimes called classes or courses at other universities.
As a Study Abroad student you can apply for modules from a wide range of academic fields. Please refer to the subject lists below to find the range of modules available for the Spring Semester 2022/23. Where possible, we would advise you to discuss your choices with your home university before you apply.
Please note that the modules listed are subject to change, and the delivery of their content and methods of assessment may vary.
Online module application form
Shortly after your acceptance, we will send you a Module Selection Guide to provide further details on how to choose modules, assessment patterns and module combinations, as well as subject-specific information. In order to request your modules, you will be asked to review this Guide and fill out our online module application form. We will then send the list directly to the relevant academic department, along with your transcript, so that they can consider your request.
If a department is not be able to approve a module request, we will try to place you with one of your alternative choices. We will be in touch with you through email if we require more alternatives.
You will be sent your personal provisional module list prior to your arrival. You will be able to fully confirm your module selection during Orientation Week.
If you have any questions, please email the Study Abroad team.
Archaeology and Ancient History
- Introduction to Roman History (AH1011)
- Introduction to Classical Culture (AH1013)
- Roman Religion (AH2041)
- Introduction to Graeco-Roman Medicine (AH2047)
- Greek and Roman Art: Ancient and Modern Contexts (AH3062)
- Great Greek Monuments (AH3082)
- Babylonian Sources (AH3084)
- Decolonising Classical Studies (AH3085)
- An Introduction to World Archaeology AD (AR1005)
- Using Archaeological Evidence (AR1008)
- Debates in Archaeological Heritage (AR1013)
- Archaeological Survey and Geomatics (AR2028)
- Theory in Archaeology (AR2029)
- Artefact Analysis (AR2031)
- Heritage Skills (AR2036)
- The Medieval Mediterranean World (AR2043)
- Archaeology/Ancient History in Education (AR3070)
- Power and Difference in the past (AR3089)
- Bodies and Beings of the Viking Worlds (AR3092)
Biosciences
- From Individuals to Populations - An Introduction to Genetics (BS1050)
- Multicellular Organisation - An Introduction to Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience (BS1060)
- Biodiversity and Behaviour - An Introduction to Zoology (BS1070)
- Contemporary Techniques in Biological Data Analysis (BS2004)
- Exercise Physiology and Pharmacology (BS2014)
- Genes, Development and Inheritance (BS2026)
- Immunology and Eukaryotic Microbiology (BS2032)
- Bioinformatics (BS2040)
- Behavioural Neurobiology (BS2066)
- Neurobiology and Animal Behaviour (BS2077)
- From Genes to Proteins (BS2091)
- Protein Control in Cellular Regulation (BS2093)
- Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology (BS3003)
- Microbial Pathogenesis and Genomics (BS3011)
- Human and Environmental Microbiomics (BS3013)
- Neuroscience Futures (BS3016)
- Physiology, Pharmacology and Behaviour (BS3033)
- Cellular Physiology of the Cardiovascular System (BS3056)
- Conservation and Ecological Genetics (BS3073)
- Research Project (BS3902)
- Introduction to Medical Bioscience (MB1080)
- Pathophysiology of Disease (MB2080)
- Biochemical Mechanisms of Human Disease (MB3001)
- Advanced Topics in Medical Microbiology (MB3020)
- Medical Genetics (MB3050)
- Current and Future Therapeutics (MB3057)
Business
- Macroeconomics (EC1001)
- Maths for Economics II (EC1008)
- Statistics for Economists II (EC1009)
- Topics in Applied Econometrics (EC2011)
- Econometrics II (EC2019)
- Principles of Finance (EC2022)
- Economic History (EC2034)
- Principles of Personal Taxation (EC2083)
- Audit and Assurance (EC2084)
- Principles of Business Taxation (EC2085)
- Economics of Education (EC3044)
- Management Science (EC3057)
- Corporate Finance (EC3058)
- International Finance (EC3067)
- Accounting (EC3076)
- Investment Management (EC3077)
- Public Economics (EC3080)
- Economics of Health (EC3082)
- Audit and Assurance (EC3084)
- Principles of Business Taxation (EC3085)
- Behavioural Economics (EC3089)
- Business Finance and Reporting (MN1010)
- The Future of Work (MN1013)
- Introduction to Management Accounting (MN1018)
- Introduction to Finance (MN1019)
- Managing Digital Technologies (MN1024)
- Enterprise in Practice (MN1027)
- Contemporary Issues in Business and Management (MN1028)
- Management Theory and Debate (MN2018)
- Marketing Intelligence (MN2026)
- Labour Market Trends and Debates (MN2027)
- Consultancy Challenge (MN2105)
- Marketing Communications and Digital Media (MN2106)
- Operations Management (MN2110)
- Corporate Social Responsibility: Theory and Practice (MN2116)
- Developing HR Practitioner Skills (MN2128)
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Organisations (MN2133)
- Financial Markets Products: Futures and Forwards (MN2137)
- Accounting, Decision-making and Control (MN2138)
- Macro-Finance (MN2140)
- Research Methods For Accounting and Finance (MN2150)
- Strategic Human Resource Management (MN3012)
- International Business (MN3104)
- The Production and Consumption of Culture (MN3106)
- Managing Knowledge in Organisations (MN3110)
- International Marketing (MN3117)
- Services Marketing (MN3119)
- Advanced Option Pricing (MN3129)
- Ecology and Sustainability: Contemporary Issues (MN3131)
- Behavioural Finance and Investment Strategies (MN3138)
- Technology in Financial Markets (MN3139)
- Accounting for Non-Profit Organisations (MN3143)
- Advanced Taxation (MN3148)
- Professional Ethics and Critical Theory (MN3150)
- Big Data and People Analytics in HR (MN3161)
- Employment Law for HR Practitioners (MN3162)
Chemistry
- Chemistry of the Real World (CH1207)
- Introductory Pharmaceutical Chemistry (CH1209)
- Analytical Chemistry in Practice (CH2206)
- Advanced Physical Chemistry (CH3203)
- Biological Chemistry (CH3204)
- Metals in Synthesis (CH3205)
- Advanced Analytical Chemistry (CH3206)
- Advanced Materials Chemistry (CH3208)
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry (CH3211)
- Forensic Science (CH3212)
Computing
- Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (CO1105)
- Requirements Engineering and Professional Practice (CO1106)
- Algorithms, Data Structures and Advanced Programming (CO1107)
- Foundations of Computation (CO1108)
- Business and Financial Computing (CO1109)
- User Interface Design and Evaluation (CO2104)
- Data Analytics (CO2106)
- Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (CO2114)
- Analysis and Design of Algorithms (CO3002)
- Big Data and Predictive Analytics (CO3093)
- Foundations of Cybersecurity (CO3099)
- Technology and Innovation Management (CO3103)
- Functional Programming (CO3111)
- Algorithms for Bioinformatics (CO4200)
- Generative Development (CO4207)
- Service-Oriented Architectures (CO4214)
Criminology
- Sex and Violence (CR2003)
- Legal Psychology and Offender Rehabilitation (CR2023)
- Terrorism (CR2025)
- Criminal Investigations (CR2032)
- Forensic Science and Criminal Justice (CR3013)
- Criminal Justice and Mental Disorder (CR3019)
- Drugs Crime and Society (CR3020)
English
- American Literature in the Twenties and Thirties (EN1005)
- Reading Poetry (EN1010)
- Introduction to Writing Creatively Part 2 (EN1035)
- English and Arts Journalism (EN2025)
- Advanced Creative Writing Skills (EN2080)
- Modern Literature from Conrad to Orwell (EN2330)
- Rewriting Britain from Windrush to Now (EN2340)
- Queering the Renaissance (EN3015)
- Modern Literature (EN3030)
- Weird Fiction/Weird Film (EN3035)
- Autobiography and American Literature (EN3111)
- Late Victorian Gothic: Texts and Context (EN3128)
- Jane Austen: The Novels, their Contexts and their Adaptations (EN3158)
- Writing For Laughs (EN3204)
- Sex and Sensibility: Women, Writing, Revolution (EN3208)
- Advanced Sociolinguistics (EN3331)
- Rewriting Britain: Literature 1945-Present (EN3340)
English Language
- Advanced Writing (EL1005)
- Advanced Speaking (EL1007)
- English Pronunciation (EL2011)
- Words & Meaning: English Vocabulary Development (EL2012)
- English Grammar in Use (EL2013)
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (EL2017)
- English Language and Literature (EL3022)
Geography and Geology
- Environment / Nature / Society (GY1412)
- Working with Geographical Information (GY1421)
- The Contemporary Earth System (GY1432)
- Political Geography: Space, Territory and Power (GY2416)
- Geographical Information Science (GY2421)
- Remote Sensing of the Environment (GY2424)
- An Introduction of Past Global Climate Changes (GY2436)
- Cities of the Global South (GY3412)
- Migration, Place and Diversity (GY3415)
- Critical, Symbolic and Emotional Rural Geographies (GY3417)
- Information Visualisation (GY3421)
- Stable Isotopes in the Environment (GY3434)
- The Biosphere in the Earth System (GY3437)
- River Dynamics (GY3438)
- Understanding the Tropical Forests of SE Asia (GY3439)
- Natural Resources and Energy for the 21st Century (GL1104)
- Geological Maps and Structures (GL1105)
- Introduction to Geochemistry (GL2101)
- Structure and Tectonics (GL2102)
- Depositional Processes and Environments (GL2105)
- Planetary Science (GL3106)
- Reflection Seismology (GL3107)
- Geological Application of Microfossils (GL3108)
- Mineral Exploration, Economics and Sustainability (GL3109)
- Archaeological Geophysics Field Course (GL3115)
History
- Madness, Monarchy and Politics in Georgian Britain (HS2307)
- Domestic Revolutions: Women, Men and the Family in American History (HS2311)
- Britain's Imperial Economy: Power, Wealth and Colonialism, 1830-1914 (HS3614)
- Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, c1350-1650 (HS3691)
- Abolitionists: Antislavery Activism in Britain and America, 1787-1865 (HS3810)
History of Art
- Film and Art: Academic Study and the Workplace (HA1115)
- Introduction to Film History II (HA1202)
- American Film and Visual Culture (HA1324)
- Researching World Cinema (HA2030)
- Film, Reception and Consumption (HA2433)
- New Chinese Cinemas (HA3427)
- Film and Art Journalism (HA3439)
Law
- Constitutional and Administrative Law (Study Abroad) (LW1121)
- Law of Tort (Study Abroad) (LW1151)
- EU Law (Study Abroad) (LW2241)
- Employment Law (Study Abroad) (LW3231)
- Family Law (Study Abroad) (LW3251)
- Human Rights in the 21st century (Study Abroad) (LW3271)
- International Law (LW3281)
- Commercial Law (LW3311)
- Criminology (Study Abroad) (LW3351)
- Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Confidential Information and Freedom of Expression (LW3381)
- Jurisprudence (Study Abroad) (LW3411)
- Law and Political Theory (Study Abroad) (LW3431)
- Gender, Sexuality and the Law (LW3531)
- Dispute Resolution (LW3571)
- Criminal Justice: Prosecutions and Criminal Trials (LW3592)
- Capital Markets (LW7008)
- Feminist Perspectives on International Law (LW7067)
- Freedom of Expression (LW7078)
- Intellectual Property Law for International Business (LW7083)
- Contemporary Challenges in Intellectual Property Law (LW7084)
- Justice and the Future (LW7087)
- International Banking Law (LW7116)
- Company Law (LW7145)
- International Investment Law (LW7146)
- International Migration and Refugee Law (LW7147)
- The European Convention on Human Rights (LW7240)
- International Law and the Use of Force (LW7261)
- Autonomy Capacity and Consent (LW7291)
Mathematics
- Introductory Statistics (MA1202)
- Mathematics in Business (MA1254)
- Plane Geometry (MA1272)
- Business Macroeconomics (MA1402)
- Differential Equations and Dynamics (MA2021)
- Advanced Discrete Mathematics (MA2042)
- Algebra (MA2133)
- Statistical Data Analysis (MA2206)
- Introduction to Computing (MA2252)
- Business Finance (MA2402)
- Actuarial Modelling 2 (MA2405)
- Mortality Modelling (MA2414)
- Business Applications of Mathematics (MA2511)
- Computational Partial Differential Equations with Finite Elements (MA3013)
- Data Mining and Neural Networks (MA3022)
- Topics in Mathematical Biology (MA3063)
- Financial Risk (MA3073)
- Complex Analysis (MA3121)
- Representation Theory (MA3142)
- Number Theory (MA3153)
- Generalized Linear Models (MA3201)
- Liability Modelling (MA3266)
- Business Macroeconomics (MA3402)
- Computational Partial Differential Equations with Finite Elements (MA4011)
- Data Mining and Neural Networks (MA4022)
- Topics in Mathematical Biology (MA4061)
- Financial Risk (MA4073)
Media, Communication and Sociology
- Studying Media and Communication (MS1002)
- Global Media (MS1003)
- Creative Audiences (MS1010)
- Working in the Creative Industries (MS2005)
- Journalism Studies (MS2010)
- Media and Communication Research in Practice (MS2016)
- Television Studies (MS2017)
- Media and Gender (MS3000)
- The Media, Celebrity and Fan Culture (MS3009)
- Advertising and Consumer Culture (MS3019)
- Online Journalism: Theory and Practice (MS3025)
- Society in Transformation (SY1002)
- Using Numbers in Social Research (SY2008)
- Sociological Theory Explained (SY2078)
- Sociology of Fashion (SY2083)
- Work, Employment & Society (SY2089)
- Sociology Through Literature and Film (SY2098)
- We Are What We Buy: Consumption, Self & Identity (SY2101)
- Football and Society (SY3057)
- Social Movements (SY3092)
- Space, Place and Contemporary Culture (SY3093)
- Sociology of Health and Illness (SY3095)
- International Migration (SY3097)
Modern Languages
- 20th-Century French Literature (FR1014)
- Introduction to Francophonie (FR1027)
- Introduction to French linguistics (FR2032)
- Media and Cultural Practices in France (FR2045)
- Italy since 1945 (IT1029)
- Italian Linguistics (IT2011)
- Contemporary Italian Fiction (IT3136)
- Postwar Italian Directors (IT3139)
- Latin American Literature and Film (SP1031)
- Spanish Literature and Film (SP1041)
- The Spanish Silver Age (1900 - 1950): A Revolution in Language (SP2042)
- Latinx Literature & Culture in the United States (SP2070)
- Boom Literature: Language and Creation (SP3134)
- Cinematic Representations of Latin America: Local versus Global (SP3140)
- Introduction to Translation Studies (TS1004)
- General Translation (TS1005)
- Consecutive Interpreting (TS2005)
- Translation Studies (TS2006)
Natural Sciences
- Evolution (NT2002)
- Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience (NT2005)
- Genetics, Biodiversity and Behaviour (NT2006)
- Light and Matter, Waves and Quanta (NT2010)
- Interdisciplinary Research Journal (NT3003)
- From Genes to Proteins and Bioinformatics (NT3005)
- Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics (NT3011)
- Independent Project III (NT3201)
Physics
- Light and Matter (PA1120)
- Waves and Quanta (PA1140)
- Mathematical Physics 1.2 (PA1720)
- Condensed Matter Physics (PA2230)
- Intermediate Astrophysics and Modern Physics (PA2601)
- Intermediate Astrophysics and Applied Physics (PA2602)
- Intermediate Astrophysics and Space Science (PA2603)
- Intermediate Modern Physics and Space Science (PA2604)
- Intermediate Applied Physics and Space Science (PA2605)
- Intermediate Applied Physics and Modern Physics (PA2606)
- Thermal and Statistical Physics (PA2720)
- Radiation and Matter (PA3230)
- Stellar Astrophysics (PA3602)
- Elementary Particles, The Standard Model and Beyond (PA3604)
- Planetary Physics (PA3606)
- Quantum Theory of Solids (PA4601)
- Nanotechnology: Techniques and Devices (PA4605)
- Advanced Space Science (PA4607)
- Supermassive Black Holes and Large-Scale Structure (PA4608)
Politics and International Relations
- Political Concepts (PL1011)
- Comparative European Politics (PL1012)
- Order and Disorder: International Relations 1989 to the Present (PL1016)
- Power in the World Economy (PL1021)
- European Union Politics (PL2016)
- International Security Studies (PL2018)
- Foreign Policy Analysis (PL2019)
- Contemporary Political Philosophy: Theories of Justice (PL2027)
Psychology
- Introduction to Developmental, Social and Applied Psychology (PS1105)
- Introduction to Brain and Behaviour (PS1106)
- Information Processing and Cognition (PS2111)
- Advanced Social and Developmental Psychology (PS3108)
- Occupational Psychology (PS3113)
- Neuroscience of Mental Health (PS3114)
- Individual Differences and Well-being (PS3115)
- Evolution, Cognition and Behaviour (PS3116)
- Clinical and Cognitive Neuropsychology (PS3117)