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Modules for incoming mobility students 

These modules are intended for incoming exchange/mobility students for the Academic Year 2023/24.

Modules are regularly updated, and this list should be used for guidance purposes only.  Modules are not guaranteed and students wishing to study at Staffordshire University on exchange are expected to be flexible in their choice of study modules.

Education
Semester 1, Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Research methods 
  • Contemporary issues 
  • Approaches to play therapy
  • Developing professional practice 
40 credits
  • Exploring alternative and global educational contexts
  • Perspectives of learning and development
  • International pedagogy and practice
Semester 2, Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Approaches to play therapy
  • Developing professional practice 
40 credits
  • Perspectives of learning and development

International Studies and History
Semester 1, Level 4 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Introduction to international relations
Semester 2, Level 4 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • History of United States
  • Issues in global security
Semester 1, Level 6 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Governments and intelligence agencies
  • Issues in European defence and security
  • Nomads tribal groups and the state   
Semester 2, Level 6 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Russian security from the Tsars to Putin   
  • Islamisms: religion, politics and colonialism from WWI to the 21st century
  • Human rights in global security

Psychology
Semester 1, Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Psychological interventions
40 credits
  • Childhood contexts
  • Contemporary issues in psychology
  • Psychology of crime and serious offending
Semester 2, Level 6 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Psychology of oppression and empowerment
  • Children and pictures
  • Health psychology

Business
Semester 1, Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Entrepreneurship and culture
  • Enterprise in practice
  • The business of doing good
  • Digital marketing strategy
  • Data analysis and visualisation
  • Social media strategy
  • Entrepreneurial finance
  • Audit and forensic accounting
  • Finance and value creation
  • Governance and climate change

Biological Sciences
Semester 1 & 2 Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Global issues and professional development
  • Interventions and disease management
40 credits
  • Applied scientific practice (advanced skills)
Semester 1, Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Health, disease (development and detection)
Semester 1, Level 6 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Cancer biology and regenerative medicine
  • Conservation biology
  • Diagnostic pathology
  • Integrated biology of disease
  • Managing the natural world
  • Medical immunology and immunotherapy
Semester 2, Level 6 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Current advances and bioethics
40 credits

  • Life science research project

Media, Performance, and Communication
Semester 2, Level 4 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Content marketing
Semester 1, Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Non-fiction film production
  • Digital storytelling
  • Production cultures
  • Blogging and social media
  • Science fiction film and media
40 credits
  • Experimental filmmaking
Semester 2, Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Content writing
  • Media production skills 2
40 credits
  • Professional filmmaking practice
Semester 1, Level 6 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
60 credits
  • Sports media work placement 2: professional practice
Semester 1, Level 7 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Posthumanism and technology
  • Animation culture and critique
40 credits

  • Staging plays 2: realisation

  • The mirror universe and relational ontology

Sport and Exercise
Semester 2, Level 4 modules, Stoke-on-Trent Campus
20 credits
  • Fundamentals of Exercise Psychology
Semester 1, Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Coaching Pedagogy
40 credits
  • Teaching & Coaching PE National Curriculum Activities
  • Industry Project

  • Sport and Exercise Placement

Semester 2, Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent campus
20 credits
  • Sport and Exercise Nutrition
40 credits
  • Teaching & Coaching PE National Curriculum Activities
  • Industry Project

  • Sport and Exercise Placement

Law
Semester 1, Level 4 modules, Stoke-on-Trent Campus
20 credits
  • English Legal System
  • Legal Skills 
  • Tort Law 
Semester 2, Level 4 modules, Stoke-on-Trent Campus
20 credits
  • Constitutional Law 
  • Contract Law 
  • Law in Practice

Policing and Investigation
Semester 1, Level 5 modules, Stoke-on-Trent Campus
20 credits
  • Law, Practice and Procedure
  • Fairness in Policing
  • Policing in a digital age
  • Professionalising Policing

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Research Excellence Framework 2021

of Research is “Internationally Excellent” or “World Leading”

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