Specialist modules: Pathways in the Faculty of Humanities
Business and Management
This module helps students understand key features of commerce, and includes: models of management; the business environment; managing people, leadership; corporate social responsibility; human resource management; corporate strategy; marketing; organisation structure; managing operations. Topics cover the scrutiny of corporate annual reports and accounts; how economic factors affect business;an introduction to key concepts in marketing; introduction to management; current themes in business.
Teaching is by lectures, seminars and tutorials with the use of case studies and project work. Students practise examination questions of various types covering a broad range of the syllabus.
Economics
This module explores microeconomics and macroeconomics and includes key terminology, important theoretical models and concepts used in both areas. This module includes essay writing, seminar presentation and considering various real-world applications.
Mathematics
This module includes: integral calculus, coordinate geometry, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions, proof by induction, and an introduction to 2D and 3D vector geometry. Students will develop a methodical approach to problem solving using mathematical techniques and theory.
Politics and Society
The module is designed to help students develop a critical awareness of British politics, through knowledge and understanding of the different political institutions, the structures of authority and power within them and how they differ from other countries.
Following a general introduction to British Society, topics covered include: Parliament; Political Parties; Electoral Systems; Political Participation; Central government and Britain’s place in the European Union, and in comparison with the USA and other developed democracies
