Core and Optional Modules

The following modules are currently available (listed by home department, with suggestions for suitability to particular pathways).

Some modules are worth 20 credits but can be upgraded to 30 credits by writing a 5,000 word essay and having five hours' extra tuition. Credit ratings are listed after the title.
Only ONE of these should be taken.
If you decide to study two 30 credit modules, you are strongly advised to take one module in Semester I and one in Semester II.
Some options will require experience of study in a related subject (contact us for details).

School of English

Module	For these pathways
Words and Word Meanings (20)	English
English Books and Texts 1060-1220 (20)	English, Medieval Studies
Charles Dickens (20)	English
Evolution and Entropy (20)	English
Victorian Lives: Life-Writing in the Victorian Period (20)	English
Literature and Culture in 1859 (20)
Literature and Exile: American Writers in Paris (20)	English, American Studies
Poetry Writing and Contemporary Poetry (20)	English
Literature and Gender: Deviant Bodies and Dissident Desires (20)	English. Gender Studies
Writing Fiction (20)	English
Herioc Poetry in Old English and Old Norse (20)	English
Introduction to Manuscript Studies (20)	English
Gender and Sexuality in Medieval Europe (20)	English, Gender Studies
The English Country House in Literature (20)	English, History of Art
Journeys 1700-1830 (20)	English
Gender, Language and Discourse (20)	English, Gender
Narrative: Theories, Texts and Practices (20)	English

Module	For these pathways

Historical Research Methods (30)	History
The American Century: Explaining the History of American Foreign relations (30)	History, American Studies
Those were the Days: Perpetrators, Profiteers, and Bystanders of the Holocaust (30)	History
Mastering Medieval Sources (30)	History
Political Leadership in 20th Century Britain (30)	History
Victorian Society (30)	History
The City in History (30)	History, Urban History
History and Social Theory (30)	History
The English Revolution, 1640-1660: Histories and Sources (30)	History
Anglo-Saxon England and the Continent (30)	History
Religion in Modern Russia (30)	History
Conservation, Heritage and the Urban Environment (30)	History, Urban History
Urban Topography: Image and Reality 1540-1840 (30)	History, Urban History
Colonial Cities in British Asia and Africa c. 1850-1950 (30)	History, Colonialism
Vices and Virtues, Behaving and Misbehaving in British Society, 1850-1950 (30)	History
Testimonies of the City: the filmed and spoken record(30)	History, Urban History
Project Management (30)	History
Urban Sustainability (30)	English, Urban History
The Local Identities and Palaeography of Early Modern England, 1500-1700 (30)	History
Community, Conflict and Change in England and Wales from the late 17th Century to the Early 19th Century (30)	History

Module	For these pathways
Classical Aesthetics and its Legacy (20)	History of Art
Comceptual Art and its Aftermath (20)	History of Art
B-Films and Serials (20)	Film Studies
British Cinema and Society in the 1980s and 1990s (20)	Film Studies
The Death and Life of Modernist Architecture (20)	History of Art
Hollywood and Melodrama (20)	Film Studies, American Studies
Holbein to Hilliard: Painting in England in the Sixteenth Century (20)	Film Studies
Women in Cinema (20)	Film Studies, Gender Studies
Film and Film Cultures in Historical Contexts (30)	Film, Historical Studies
Approaches to Textual Analysis (30)	History of Art

Module	For these pathways
The Country House in Literature (30)	History of Art, English
The Country House; management, preservation education (30)	History of Art
The Country House and Film and Television (30)	History of Art, Film Studies
The Politics of the Country House (30)	History of Art
The Country House in History (30)	History of Art
The Country House and the Collecting of Art: Evolution and Dispersal (30)	History of Art

Module	For these pathways
Postwar Italian Directors (20)	Modern Languages, Film Studies
French Cinema (20)	Modern languages, Film Studies
Immigration (20)	Modern Languages
Gender and Power (20)	Modern Languages, Gender Studies
Italian Women's Writing (20)	Modern languages
Visions of Modernity (20)	Modern Languages
The Spanish Picaresque Novel (20)	Modern Languages, Literature
Latin American Boom Literature (20)	Modern Languages, American Studies
Salvador Dali (20)	Modern Languages, History of Art
The Cinema of Louis Bunuel (20)	Modern Languages, Film Studies
Art and Society in Spain (20)	Modern Languages, History of Art
Gender in the Spanish American Development Novel: Selfhood and Society (20)	Modern Languages, Literature
*Spanish modules: Interested students should consult the module leader before registering as not all modules are suitable to students without a background in Spanish.

Module	For these pathways
Museums, Societies and Cultural Change	Museum Studies
Special Options: Teaching patterns for these special options will vary between semesters. Please contact Gus Dinn ad63@le.ac.uk to discuss details of teaching arrangements. Special options can be taken alongside, or instead of the above option from Museum Studies (all modules are 20 credits)	Museum Studies
Archaeological Curatorship	Museum Studies
Museums and Histories	Museum Studies, History
Natural Science Curatorship	Museum Studies
Curating the Art Museum	Museum Studies, History of Art
Museum and Gallery Communication and Education	Museum Studies
Museum and Gallery Marketing	Museum Studies
Digital Media and Curatorship	Museum Studies
World Arts/Museum Ethnography	Museum Studies

College of Arts Humanities & Law - Medical Humanities	For this pathway
Literature, the Visual Arts and Medicine (30)	Medical Humanities dedicated option, although this can be taken by students without medical expertise.
Patients and Practitioners: Responding to Illness in Early Modern Europe 1540-1750) (30)	Medical Humanities dedicated option, although this can be taken by students without medical expertise.