Academic Skills for Computer Science FC0004
An introduction to academic skills that are essential to successfully completing the foundation programme and pursuing an undergraduate degree.
Short courses
Modules from many of our undergraduate and postgraduate courses can be studied individually, as short courses.
These are ideal for continuing professional development, refreshing your knowledge, or simply exploring a personal interest.
We offer a wide variety of modules in areas ranging from data science to human rights, all taught by world-leading experts from our federation members. If you later decide to continue your studies, you may be able to use any completed modules as credit towards a full qualification.
Short courses
Accounting and finance
This module introduces a toolkit that enables a better understanding of the performance of businesses and the decisions and problems they face (credit bearing).
Accounting for managers
This module endeavours to cover fundamental concepts and techniques of management accounting (credit bearing).
Administrative Law
Administrative law's core purpose is to ensure that any decisions or actions taken by government are lawful and, when they are not, to provide redress for grievances.
Admiralty law
Admiralty Law provides the framework for international trade, looking at trade from an integrated perspective (credit bearing).
Advanced contract law
This course aim to give you a detailed understanding of contract law (credit bearing).
Advanced Creative and Life Writing
This course is designed as a progression of the concepts and practices introduced in Level 4 ‘Introduction to Creative and Life Writing’ and Level 5 ‘Creative and Life Writing’.
Advanced management accounting
This module provides insights into advanced aspects of planning, decision-making, performance evaluation and control (credit bearing).
Advanced statistical methods in epidemiology
Learn to apply and interpret the results of advanced techniques for the design and analysis of epidemiological studies (credit bearing).
Advanced statistical methods in veterinary epidemiology
This module will provide an introduction to advanced methods of statistical modelling of epidemiological data (credit bearing). 240-hours.
Advanced torts
This course covers an introduction to torts and trespass to the person, the defamation action and tort theory (credit bearing).
Animal welfare
Issues addressed in this module range from the methods used by farmers and producers to individual cases brought to veterinarians (credit bearing). 240-hours.
Applicable laws and procedures in international commercial arbitration
This course looks at commercial arbitration from a comparative and international perspective (credit bearing).
Applied communicable disease control
Explore the knowledge and skills necessary for the application of communicable disease control activities in varied settings and populations (credit bearing).
Applied cryptography
This module introduces how cryptography provides digital security for everyday applications such as the internet, mobile phones and wireless networks.
Applied Machine Learning
This module focuses more on the practical techniques and methods with Python and Scikit-Learn than on the theories or statistics behind these methods.
Approaches to Text
This course introduces essential concepts in modern literary study, enabling you to become a more observant, perceptive and analytical reader (credit bearing).
Artificial Intelligence
This module aims to introduce symbolic and agent-based approaches to artificial intelligence (credit bearing).
Bacterial infections
This module aims to give students an understanding of the biology of bacteria as pathogens (credit bearing).
Basic epidemiology
Improve your understanding of essential epidemiological methods and their use in public health (credit bearing).
Basic statistics for clinical trials
Learn how to select and apply appropriate statistical methods to analyse data from clinical trials plus present the analyses clearly (credit bearing).
Basic statistics for public health and policy
This module aims to improve your understanding of essential statistical methods and their use in public health (credit bearing).
Biblical Hebrew: Language and texts
This course looks at the translation, grammar, and exegesis of a set portion of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament.
Big Data Analysis
This module covers the topic of Big Data which is a key element of contemporary applications of data science (credit bearing).
Biodiversity, biosecurity and conservation
This module extends students’ knowledge of biodiversity and how it can be protected and conserved effectively and equitably.
Biology of infectious diseases
This module introduces students to the way pathogens work (credit bearing).
Blockchain Programming
This module will provide a practical and theoretical knowledge of how blockchains work (credit bearing).
Buddhism
This module is an introduction to Buddhism.
Carriage of goods by sea
Contract of carriage can come in various shapes and in this course you will study the two main forms of contract and carriage and their uses (credit bearing).
Climate change and environmental hazards
This module develops students’ knowledge about the science and policy related to climate change and the hazards that relate to a changing climate.
Clinical trials in practice
The key steps in the logistical and practical implementation of a clinical trial are investigated in this module (credit bearing).
Cluster randomised trials
Learn to understand the key features in the design, analysis and reporting of cluster randomised trials (credit bearing).
Commercial banking law: bank customer relationship
This course deals with the English law and various features of the relationship between banks and their customers (credit bearing).
Commercial law
Commercial law is a dynamic area and this module will develop a critical understanding of key aspects of commercial law including in the international context.
Commercial trusts law
This course considers how the trusts law is used by commercial entities, banks and other financial institutions and large corporations (credit bearing).
Company law
A vital module for anyone intending to operate in a commercial field (credit bearing).
Comparative criminal justice policy
This course considers criminal justice systems from a range of jurisdictions, highlighting the merits and drawbacks of these systems (credit bearing).
Conflict of laws
Also known as private international law, this is the body of rules applied by the English courts to cases with a foreign element (credit bearing).
Constitutional and institutional law of the European Union
This course aims to provide you with advanced knowledge of the constitutional framework of the European Union (credit bearing).
Consumer and buyer behaviour
This module examines research and theory about issues relating to consumer/buyer behaviour, and its application to marketing management.
Control of infectious diseases
An introduction to public health, methods for the control of infectious diseases, surveillance methods, and the design of control programmes (credit bearing).
Corporate finance and management issues in company law
This course aims to convey to students a good knowledge and understanding of the key corporate finance and management issues in company law (credit bearing).
Corporate finance law (currently not available)
A critical view of current global legal developments and trends, identifying the most salient legal issues involved in corporate finance (credit bearing).
Corporate governance and compliance
This course will help you understand the driving force behind the development and importance of corporate governance (credit bearing).
Corporate governance and ethics
This module covers issues affecting both the business community and the wider societal effects of the debate on corporate governance (credit bearing).
Corporate governance, ethics and sustainability
This module will examine the ethical issues of corporate governance and social responsibility in modern organisations.
Creative and Life Writing
This course is designed as a progression of the concepts and practices introduced in Level 4 ‘Introduction to Creative and Life Writing’.
Criminology
With a focus on criminological theory as a discipline and challenges you to confront the presuppositions you have about crime and offenders (credit bearing).
Cyber security foundations
This module introduces cyber security, why it is important, and the techniques and technologies that are used to achieve cyber security.
Data management
Understand the principles and practices required to collect high quality clinical trial data and to review data for regulatory compliance (credit bearing).
Data monitoring and interim analyses
This module will cover issues relating to the on-going monitoring of the data in a study (credit bearing).
Data Programming in Python
This module provides you with the programming skills you will need to carry out the programming tasks you will encounter in the other modules (credit bearing).
Data Science Research Topics
This module introduces you to research topics related to data science (credit bearing).
Data Visualisation
This module aims to equip you with a data visualisation skillset (credit bearing).
Derivatives Law
This course raises theoretical questions about the way derivatives markets function and how the law and regulations should interact with them (credit bearing).
Developing and monitoring of livestock production systems
This module provides an analytical framework from which you can develop a systematic appreciation of livestock production systems (credit bearing). 240-hours.
Digital and social media marketing
Gain an understanding of marketing concepts and tools enabling you to develop digital marketing communication strategies.
Dispute resolution – resolving civil claims in England and Wales
This module addresses the key elements of claims in civil litigation and gives an overview of the context in which civil trials happen.
Economic analysis for health policy
Strengthen your knowledge of the conceptual bases for health economics analysis (credit bearing).
Economics for livestock development and policy
This module provides an understanding of economics that can be applied in policy development at national and individual farm level (credit bearing). 240-hours.
Economics for managers
This module aims to introduce students without economic background to basic concepts and models in economics (credit bearing).
Employee relations and motivation
This module will examine key aspects of the labour contract - power and motivation (credit bearing).
Employment Law
This module introduces students to theory and methods in the comparative analysis of employment relations (credit bearing).
Enhancing learning, teaching and assessment
This module will enable you to develop as educators in higher education; to enhance and innovate in online, face-to-face and/or blended learning.
Entrepreneurial finance and private equity
This module will provide an understanding of how a firm's financial information can be used to obtain funding (credit bearing).
Entrepreneurial marketing
Explore marketing from an entrepreneurial perspective, focusing on the different approaches required for established firms and new ventures (credit bearing).
Environment, health and sustainable development
Improve your understanding of environmental issues in public health policy and practice (credit bearing).
Environmental change and global health policy
An introduction to the basic principles in environment, health and sustainable development and their interaction for global health policy (credit bearing).
Environmental epidemiology
Gain a better understanding of the main themes in environmental epidemiology (credit bearing).
Environmental health policy
This module aims to introduce you to a range of key methodological tools for assessing and controlling environmental risks to health (credit bearing).
Epidemiology and animal health economics
This module provides an overview of analytical methods relevant in the context of animal disease control and livestock production (credit bearing). 240-hours.
Epidemiology and control of infectious diseases
The aim of the module is to provide epidemiological methods useful for the investigation of communicable diseases (credit bearing).
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Gain an in-depth knowledge of important concepts in communicable disease epidemiology, and many of the skills to apply these concepts (credit bearing).
Equity and Trusts
Equity and Trusts deals with the rules and principles governing the creation and operation of trusts – a particular method of holding property (credit bearing).
Equity and trusts in context
This course examines Equity and Trusts in a deep context (credit bearing).
EU law
Will appeal to students who enjoy public law or who have an interest in public affairs, politics, economics or international relations (credit bearing).
European convention on Human Rights
This course aims to provide you with a detailed knowledge of how the European human rights legal process has evolved (credit bearing).
European internal market
This course provides you with advanced knowledge and critical understanding of the rules and principles underpinning the EU internal markets (credit bearing).
European Union competition law
This course deals with the general and specific issues surrounding EU Competition rules and the enforcement of those rules (credit bearing).
Evaluation of public health interventions
Provide students with the knowledge and skills to design an evaluation of a public health programme (credit bearing).
Evidence
Gain knowledge on how evidence is used in the courtroom and the roles of lawyers, jury and judge in an adversarial system (credit bearing)
Explorations in Literature
This course introduces a wide range of works from the literary canon, from ancient Greek texts in translation to the contemporary (credit bearing).
External relations law of the European Union
This course is about what the European Union does in the world (credit bearing).
Family law
This law examines modern legal regulation of family relationships and its complex interaction between the family and the state (credit bearing).
Financial accounting frameworks
This module provides an introduction to core accounting principles and their applications, both internal and external, to a business organisation.
Financial Data Modelling
This module aims to provide you with the ability to analyse financial, time series data using machine learning techniques (credit bearing).
Financial management in sport
Learn the ability to apply the various concepts of the broad discipline of financial management in any modern sports organisation (credit bearing).
Financial markets
This module gives you the mathematical tools to analyse modern financial markets, helping you develop strategies for market participants (credit bearing).
Financial reporting and analysis
This module offers a structured and in-depth exploration of financial reporting and analysis, tailored for MBA students.
FinTech: Law and regulation
This module will help you understand what FinTech is and also introduce you to blockchain (credit bearing).
Foundational and constitutional issues in company law
The course provides the skills for analysing the theory and statutory structure of key foundational and constitutional issues in company law (credit bearing).
Foundations for health promotion
Gain an understanding of the theories that inform health promotion activities (credit bearing).
Franchising law
In franchising law you will study how and why the rules governing franchise agreements work (credit bearing).
Fundamentals of clinical trials
Gain a solid understanding of the main issues in the design and interpretation of clinical trials (credit bearing).
Fundamentals of Epidemiology
This module aims to introduce students to the basic ideas and methods of epidemiology (credit bearing).
Further statistical methods for clinical trials
Gain skills and knowledge to confidently analyse individually randomised clinical trials with binary, continuous or time-to-event endpoints (credit bearing).
Genocide, gross human rights violations and reconciliation
Covers a range of approaches from the social sciences and humanities to develop an understanding of genocide and reconciliation processes (credit bearing).
Global epidemiology of non-communicable diseases
Provides an introduction to the key areas and methods in the global epidemiology of non-communicable diseases (credit bearing).
Global food systems and health
This module offers students approaches to examine food systems and health and how these can be managed sustainably.
Global Human Resource and Diversity Management
This is a central module on the MSc degree programmes in HRM offered by Birkbeck College (credit bearing).
Global mental health
This module aims to introduce you to key issues in Global Mental Health and to provide a critical understanding of this emerging field (credit bearing).
Globalisation and health
Gain a conceptual and practical understanding of the multiple and complex links between various forms of global change and human health (credit bearing).
Health care evaluation
Introduction to the principles, concepts and methods of health care evaluation from a multi-disciplinary perspective (credit bearing).
Health Decision Science
Develop your understanding of the roles, pros and cons of different analytical models to support health care management decision-making (credit bearing).
Health policy, process and power
Introduction to the main theoretical approaches to the dynamics of health policy processes (credit bearing).
Health services
Provide students with a range of ways of thinking about health services and health systems (credit bearing).
Health systems
Understand the function of health systems and undertake analysis of health systems in developed and developing countries (credit bearing).
Healthcare systems
Gain the necessary knowledge and skills to evaluate healthcare systems and make meaningful comparisons between different delivery approaches.
Healthcare-associated infections
Gain the necessary knowledge to be able to develop a strategy to prevent healthcare associated and hospital infections (credit bearing).
History and health
This modules will enable you to employ historical perspectives in the fields of public health and health services (credit bearing).
History of Christianity
This module introduces the central events, personalities, movements and ideas that have influenced the history of Christianity from the 1st to the 21st century.
HIV
Gain a broad understanding of the HIV epidemic and learn to analyse alternative therapeutic and preventive intervention strategies (credit bearing).
Human resources in organisations
Develop a practical understanding of relevant theory and practice in HRM through this module (credit bearing).
Human rights of women
Many of the issues and examples you will explore on this course are contemporary human rights issues (credit bearing).
Human Rights, Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice
This module will equip students to understand the conceptual, legal & practice-based links of human rights with development & the protection of the environment.
Immunology of Infection and Vaccines
This module provides an overview of modern molecular immunology methods and immunity to infection (credit bearing).
Indigenous peoples, minorities and human rights
Investigate key historical and contemporary human rights issues faced by indigenous peoples and ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (credit bearing).
Industrial and intellectual property
This course covers the fascinating area of industrial and intellectual property (credit bearing).
Information privacy
In this module you’ll study the challenge of maintaining personal data privacy, an issue which is of great importance to society.
Innovation and change
This module equips the participants with the knowledge and skills to manage innovation in today’s rapidly evolving global marketplace (credit bearing).
Innovation and quality improvement
Examine quality in healthcare, how it can be measured and how quality improvement might effectively be adopted into the culture of everyday.
Insurance law (excluding Marine insurance law)
This course introduces you to the essential features and principles of English insurance law and insurance contracts (credit bearing).
Intellectual property
This law seeks a difficult balance between rewarding the right owner of a piece of intellectual property, and the needs of society (credit bearing).
Intellectual property and medicine
The course will introduce you to the basic concepts of intellectual property (credit bearing).
Intellectual property and sport
The four models of this course cover how intellectual property fits into sports branding (credit bearing).
Intellectual property on the internet
This course investigates the relationship between intellectual property and the internet (credit bearing).
International accounting
This module provides an opportunity to gain real world accounting expertise within an international context (credit bearing).
International and comparative bank regulation
The aim of this course is to provide you with the basic tools to enable you to understand this interesting and exciting area of law (credit bearing).
International and comparative competition law
This course deals with competition law and policy in the context of the globalised economy (credit bearing).
International and comparative law of patents, trade secrets and related rights
In this course you will study how, why and when patents are granted (credit bearing).
International and comparative law of trade marks, designs and unfair competition
Concepts underlying forms of protection such as trade marks and important international agreements are discussed as a part of this course (credit bearing).
International and comparative trust law
This is a very practical course and it deals with a lot of issues that are significant to trusts law practitioners in the world (credit bearing).
International commercial insurance law
This course will enable you to study the development of commercial insurance law (credit bearing).
International corporate finance for managers
Explore how firms fund themselves, how they choose between different types of finance and how those financing decisions influence investments (credit bearing).
International criminal law
In this course you will become familiar with both the most important primary sources of the law and leading scholarly commentaries on it (credit bearing).
International criminal law and procedure
This course addresses the most important primary sources of international criminal law and leading scholarly commentaries on it.
International economic law
This course covers the law regulating international economic relations and the role of international organisations such as the United Nations (credit bearing).
International environmental law
You will learn about the development of environmental law from this point onwards in this course (credit bearing).
International finance law: transactions, policy, and regulation
This module provides students with a multidimensional understanding of the core issues in international finance transactions (credit bearing).
International financial markets and institutions
This module introduces students to international transactions and the role of foreign exchange markets (credit bearing).
International investment law
This course is designed to give you exposure to the world of law concerned with the regulation of foreign investment (credit bearing).
International law of the sea
This course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive picture from evolution to the current application of the law of the sea (credit bearing).
International merger control
This course is rather unique as it deals with a particular business phenomenon: mergers between firms (credit bearing).
International natural resources law
This course will provide you with the skills to analyse the theory of international natural resources law and its practical application (credit bearing).
International protection of human rights
This module examines the protection afforded to individuals, the concepts and principles which underpin the law of international human rights (credit bearing).
International refugee law
In this course we will initially look at the historical move towards affording protection to persons who may be deemed to be a refugee (credit bearing).
International rights of the child
This is a highly analytical course and we will also identify problem areas in regard to the rights of the child (credit bearing).
International sport development
This module provides you with knowledge of the ‘ever changing’ social and political contexts in which international sport development operates (credit bearing).
International trade law
In this course you will see how trade transactions relate to each other and how they operate in a commercial context (credit bearing).
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming FC0003
An introduction to computer science and programming fundamentals.
Introduction to Creative and Life Writing
This course introduces students to some of the key concepts involved in creative writing, especially for those beginning to write (credit bearing).
Introduction to English Language
This course introduces students to basic terminology and concepts in the study of the English language (credit bearing).
Introduction to health economics
Aims to introduce you to the economic approaches used in public health and the scope and contribution of health economics (credit bearing).
Introduction to Islamic law
Gain an overview of Islamic law, the religious and historical foundations of Islamic law and its application in contemporary jurisdictions (credit bearing).
Introduction to philosophy
This course introduces the methods and content of philosophy by considering some of the central problems that arise within the subject (credit bearing).
Issues in global health policy
Gain an understanding of global health policy through the application of concepts, theories and methods to key global health issues (credit bearing).
Jurisprudence and legal theory
Jurisprudence examines the nature of law, its place in society and how a legal system operates as a system of rules.
Jurisprudence and legal theory - a new approach
This module sets out the contemporary theories of the nature of law and of the purpose of tort law as well as a number of different approaches to thinking about causation in law.
Law and global health policy
Introduces you to the key concepts and practices in public health law at both domestic and international level (credit bearing).
Law and policy of international courts and tribunals
This course examines the establishment, processes and functioning of international courts, tribunals and related institutions and mechanisms (credit bearing).
Law of financial crime
This course studies how the law works in the UK and also how criminal law, the financial market practice and financial regulation all interact (credit bearing).
Law of international finance: syndicated loans
This course is about the important way in which large companies raise vast amounts of money (credit bearing).
Law of international project finance
The structuring and finance of projects is a specialised discipline and one that will be explored in detail in this course (credit bearing).
Law of international taxation
This course examines the rules and principles that form how countries assert and limit their jurisdiction to tax cross-border flows of income (credit bearing).
Law of treaties
This course will provide you with knowledge of both theoretical and practical issues of the law of treaties (credit bearing).
Law on investment entities
This course explores law on investment: substantive laws relating to investment and the regulation of investment and how we protect consumers (credit bearing).
Leadership
This module is concerned with different approaches to managing and leading people at work (credit bearing).
Leadership and ethical decision making
This module helps students recognise how their personal moral approaches effect leadership when confronted with ethical issues (credit bearing).
Leadership and management models
This module prepares students for strategic leadership and transformational roles in organisations (credit bearing).
Leadership, transformation and organisational change
This module focuses on leaders and leadership at the apex of the organisation.
Leading and developing people
This module enables students to develop a critical understanding of the strategic concept of human resource development (credit bearing).
Learning and development
On this module, we aim to explore the meaning of training and development (credit bearing).
Legal aspects of financing development
This module examines the legal framework underpinning the flow of different sources of external capital to developing countries (credit bearing).
Legislation and statutory interpretation
This course will provide you with a systematic understanding of knowledge of legislative studies in the wide interdisciplinary concept (credit bearing).
Life career development
This module reflects how significant careers have become as the world has become more complex (credit bearing).
Machine Learning
This module provides a broad view of machine learning and statistical pattern recognition (credit bearing).
Malaria
An introduction to parasites and their vectors, malaria as a disease, and how it can be controlled (credit bearing).
Management accounting frameworks
This module provides the knowledge, understanding and skills to establish an understanding of cost and management and insights into their applications.
Management of infectious disease outbreaks in animal populations
This module provides comprehensive theoretical knowledge and practical tools for managing major infectious diseases in livestock (credit bearing). 240-hours.
Managing and financing projects in the TV and film industries
This module will provide students with an in depth understanding of the implementation of projects in the TV and film creative industries.
Managing health services
Develop your understanding of the concepts and approaches of management, managerial leadership and governance (credit bearing).
Marine insurance law
Over the duration of this course you will come to understand the intricacies of marine insurance law (credit bearing).
Maritime dispute settlement
Maritime dispute settlement deals with both general and specific issues of the settlement of maritime disputes. (credit bearing).
Marketing for managers
This module teaches students the core marketing functions that will assist them in decision-making and enhanced outcomes in the marketplace (credit bearing).
Marketing research and analytics
Presenting a dynamic analysis of the fundamental methods, developments and debates in the wider field of marketing research and approaches to analytics.
Mathematics for Computer Science FC0001
An introduction to mathematical concepts such as calculus, algebra and trigonometry.
Mathematics for Data Science
This module aims to provide you with the key mathematical concepts and techniques you will need to interpret results generated through data analysis.
Medical anthropology in public health
An introduction to concepts, perspectives, theories and methods in medical anthropology, and their relevance to public health issues (credit bearing).
Medical law and ethics
This course requires students to use sophisticated analytical skills in evaluating complex legal and ethical dilemmas (credit bearing).
Modelling and the dynamics of infectious diseases
Gain an in-depth knowledge of important concepts in communicable disease epidemiology and associated skills to apply these (credit bearing).
Modern copyright law
This module aims to provide you with both a general understanding of copyright law from a comparative perspective and to familiarise you with more contemporary debates.
Module 1: Thinking about Learning
You will study theories about how learning happens in the classroom and what research tells us about learning.
Module 2: Learning in Teaching
This module focuses on assessment for learning and inclusion, you will gain an insight into the diverse needs of students.
Multinational enterprises and the law
This course explores the relationship between multinational enterprises or MNEs and the law (credit bearing).
Natural Language Processing (short course)
This module provides you with a grounding in both rule-based and statistical approaches to Natural Language Processing (credit bearing).
Negotiation and conflict management
This module applies practical skills complemented with substantive knowledge to help participants become highly effective leaders and managers (credit bearing).
New Testament Greek: language and texts
This course provides an opportunity to learn koine Greek in order to deepen your understanding of the New Testament (credit bearing).
New Testament Theology: Texts in English
This course builds on the Level 4 course, Reading the New Testament, to focus on New Testament theology.
Nutrition and infection
This module aims to provide you with a basic understanding of the interactions between nutrition and infections (credit bearing).
Operations and quality management
This module introduces you to the key components of driving successful projects forward, including operations, strategy, process and quality management.
Organisational behaviour and human resource management
Gain an understanding of key theoretical and practical issues relating to organisational behaviour and human resource management (credit bearing).
Organisational management
Develop your knowledge and understanding of organisational structures and theoretical underpinnings of public health organisations (credit bearing).
Organization and Change Perspectives
The module provides multiple perspectives for thinking critically about organisations and organisational change (credit bearing).
Parasitology
Gain an understanding of the biology of parasites, vectors and the ways in which they can cause disease (credit bearing).
Portfolio management
This module focuses on investment decision-making and improved portfolio management from an applied perspective (credit bearing).
Practical epidemiology
Aims to provide you with a step-by-step guide to the practical stages involved in the planning and conduct of an epidemiological study (credit bearing).
Principles and practice of health promotion
To help those engaged in health promotion translate health promotion foundations and theory into practice (credit bearing).
Principles of biology
Will introduce you to the fundamental biological principles which are necessary for the Postgraduate Diploma and MSc in Infectious Diseases (credit bearing).
Principles of biostatistics and epidemiology
Will provide you with a solid introduction to epidemiology and statistics upon which further Infectious Diseases modules will build (credit bearing).
Principles of social research
This module aims to introduce the basic principles of social research practice and theory as applied to health (credit bearing).
Private international law in international commercial litigation
The course as a whole tries to take you through those various elements of private international law (credit bearing).
Private law aspects of the law of finance
The idea of this course is to pull together some of the most significant aspects of private law that relate to finance (credit bearing).
Professional development and learning
This module allows you to examine your own self-development and learning while critically analysing key conceptual frameworks (credit bearing).
Professional practice for computer scientists
This module prepares you for post-graduation computing careers by enhancing your technical education with broader professional skills.
Project management and research coordination
Introduces a range of project management techniques, tools and methods which can help ensure the smooth delivery of clinical trials (credit bearing).
Property law
This module centres on various interests that can exist in land, principles governing the creation, transfer and extinction of these interests (credit bearing).
Protocol Development
The aim of this module is to be able to produce the protocol for a trial (credit bearing).
Public international law
This module concerns legal relations between states and also deals with the role of international organisations connected to human rights (credit bearing).
R for Data Science
This module provides you with a wide range of applied data analysis techniques in R (credit bearing).
Reading the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
This course provides an introduction to key books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (credit bearing).
Reading the New Testament
Introduction to key books of the New Testament, a knowledge of which is essential for those wishing to gain an understanding of Christianity and its influence.
Regulation and infrastructure of international commercial arbitration
Define and investigate arbitration and look at the juridical nature of arbitration and tribunals (credit bearing).
Regulatory affairs, good clinical practice and ethics
Understand the key features relating to the regulatory legislation and approvals and permissions required to conduct high quality trials (credit bearing).
Religion and ethics
The relationship between religion and ethics is about that between revelation and reason.
Religion and global politics
Study the relationship between states and religions, and the role of religion in issues of conflict, peace, and democratization (credit bearing).
Religion and reason
This course provides an opportunity to study the philosophy of religion in greater depth, focusing on arguments for the existence of God (credit bearing).
Religion and science
Explore the multiple relationships between religion and science in the light of the cutting-edge developments in science and technology (credit bearing).
Religion and violence
The course will examine a range of issues bearing upon the relation of religion and violence mainly in recent scholarship.
Religion, meaning and value
An introduction to the study of religion which outlines key aspects of five major world religions and five methods of studying them (credit bearing).
Religions in relationship
In this module, students will be offered an opportunity to examine a range of key interactions between the five main world religions.
Renaissance Comedy: Shakespeare and Jonson
This course provides students with an introduction to the works of Shakespeare and Jonson within the genre of ‘comedy’ (credit bearing).
Reporting and reviewing clinical trials
Covers writing up completed trials, guidelines for authors, and guidelines for readers to aid their critical appraisal of trial reports (credit bearing).
Research design and methods
In this module students will undertake a research project, including the presentation of results and writing a grant application (credit bearing). 240-hours.
Research design and methods for the analysis of global health policy
Introduces students to the key concepts and practices in research design as well as to research methods (credit bearing).
Research design, management and analysis
The aim of this module is to enable students to develop and understand research projects (credit bearing).
Research methods - human resource management
This module introduces social sciences methods as applied broadly to the study of topics that arise as part of organisational life (credit bearing).
Research methods - Organizational Psychology
This module introduces social sciences methods as applied broadly to the study of topics that arise as part of organisational life (credit bearing).
Researching human rights: social science research methods
Introduces you to the theories and methods of qualitative social sciences research and how they can be applied to the study of human rights (credit bearing).
Resource management in healthcare
This module provides an introduction to financial and human resources management in healthcare organisations.
Risk management and decision-making
The module takes an applied perspective, focussing on decision-making in risky environments, which is of importance to the finance industry (credit bearing).
Risk, governance and patient safety
This module provides students with an understanding of risk and governance as it applies to healthcare organisations and systems.
Russian law and legal institutions
The course is intended to provide a basic grounding in Russian law and institutions and also extend your intellectual horizons and abilities (credit bearing).
RVC 240-hour modules
The full range of 240-hour modules available for Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
RVC 35 and 50-hour modules
A range of 35 and 50-hour modules are available with academic direction from the Royal Veterinary College for Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Securing human rights
Critically examine the strategies employed by inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations to secure human rights (credit bearing).
Securing human rights in development and conflict
Review the strategies employed by actors to secure human rights in the context of development and conflict situations (credit bearing).
Securities law
This course aims to provide you with a strong grasp of the dense regulation within securities law (credit bearing).
Security management and governance
This module introduces you to the fundamental concepts, tools and techniques for planning and managing the delivery of projects.
Security management and governance
This module introduces you to the fundamental concepts, tools and techniques for planning and managing the delivery of projects.
Selection and assessment
The module is designed to provide an introduction to key techniques for selection and assessment at work (credit bearing).
Sexual health
Aims to acquaint you with the theoretical and empirical aspects of the study of sexual health, and their application to public health practice (credit bearing).
Social Media and Network Science
This module introduces students to the theory and techniques of graph analysis (credit bearing).
Sports entrepreneurship
This module aims to develop, evaluate and critique entrepreneurial skills related to launching new products or services in the sport industry (credit bearing).
Sports event management
This module will focus on the creation of sustainable events and on designing the legacies to maximise the contribution made by the event (credit bearing).
Sports marketing, sponsorship and media
This module focuses on the role of sponsorship and media for sports organisations (credit bearing).
Sports strategy, governance and leadership
This module will evaluate the importance of strategy and strategic thinking for sports organisations (credit bearing)
Statistical methods in epidemiology
Gain key statistical knowledge and skills needed to analyse and interpret data from the common forms of epidemiological studies (credit bearing).
Statistical methods in veterinary epidemiology
This module provides key statistical knowledge and the skills needed to analyse and interpret data in epidemiological studies (credit bearing). 240-hours.
Statistics and Statistical Data Mining
This module covers the key statistical concepts and techniques you will need to interpret the results you might generate through data analysis (credit bearing).
Statistics for Computer Science FC0002
An introduction to statistical inference methods and fundamental principles of probability theory.
Statistics for Epidemiology
Aig to provide students with the key statistical principles that are essential for anyone studying epidemiology (credit bearing).
Strategic Approaches to Careers & Employability in Higher Education
The aim is to equip participants to design, implement, communicate and evaluate a careers and employability learning strategy relevant to their institution.
Strategic Management
This module focuses on models based on businesses in developed countries and applies to all sizes of firm including global corporations (credit bearing).
Strategic marketing management
This module is designed to advance knowledge and enhance skills in strategic marketing decision making and the development of marketing plans.
Study design: writing a grant application
Learn to design an epidemiological research study and prepare a grant application suitable for submission to a funding agency (credit bearing).
Successful leadership
This module explores leadership as a relational and global phenomenon and describes, contrasts, and explains a variety of leadership theories (credit bearing).
Supporting learning, teaching and assessment
The aim of this module is to develop skills, knowledge and strategies to support teaching, learning, assessment and feedback to enable student learning.
Surveillance and investigation of animal health
This module provides an overview of the different methods suitable for designing surveillance programmes for disease control (credit bearing). 240-hours.
Taxation principles and policy
This course takes a principled approach to consider why tax systems are structured in a particular way and what may influence the structure (credit bearing).
Telecommunications law
This course is all about the area of law that regulates the telecommunications industry (credit bearing).
The economics of global health policy
Introduces you to economic concepts, practice and evidence concerning the global economy and its relation to global health (credit bearing).
The Magna Carta and its legacy
This course will cover how the Magna Carta was established, why it was radical in its day and how it has been reinvented over the centuries (credit bearing).
The politics of global health policy
This module aims to improve students’ understanding of the political dynamics shaping global health policy (credit bearing).
Topics in international human rights law
Develop a more advanced legal understanding around a broad range of crucially important aspects of human rights principles and practice (credit bearing).
Transfer of technology law
The course examines the issues of intellectual property rights largely from the perspective of the United Kingdom and European Union law (credit bearing).
Translating human rights into international law
This module will provide you with a firm understanding of how human rights are translated into international law (credit bearing).
Trial designs
Learn to understand clinical trials and their fundamental characteristics and appropriate use in the testing of therapies (credit bearing).
Tuberculosis
This module will give you a broad understanding of TB control, with an emphasis on the biology and pathology of tuberculosis (credit bearing).
Understanding human rights
Develop a nuanced understanding of human rights and human rights abuses, and an insight on key debates and an overview of related literature (credit bearing).
United Nations protection of human rights
This course will take you on a journey of discovering and studying the role of the United Nations in promoting and protecting human rights (credit bearing).
Venture capital and entrepreneurship
Examine how funding is obtained from venture capital firms by entrepreneurs, and how business professionals make and manage investments (credit bearing).
Veterinary public health
This module provides an overview of the role of veterinary professionals with respect to the protection of the health of the public (credit bearing). 240-hours.
Viral infections
This module aims to undertake a systematic overview of the important viruses causing infections in humans (credit bearing).
Waste and pollution
This module explores the causes and impacts of waste and pollution, examining risks to terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments, humans and other organisms.
Water and energy resources
This module introduces students to water and energy resources, the main challenges associated with their use, and how they can be managed in a sustainable way.
Water, sanitation and hygiene
This module will enable you to understand the principles and practices that should underlie water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions (credit bearing).
Western European legal history
This course is about the history of legal development in Europe, from the fall of the Roman Empire right up to the modern times (credit bearing).
Work and well-being
This module examines the role and respective interplay between psychological, social and organisational aspects of working (credit bearing).
World trade law
The course covers the history of the WTO, its objectives and how it operates (credit bearing).
Writing and reviewing epidemiological papers
The module aims to provide basic skills for writing epidemiological research papers and searching and evaluating the scientific literature (credit bearing).
Youth justice
In this course students will discuss and analyse the socio-legal concepts of youth and childhood in both academic and legal discourse (credit bearing).