Liberal Arts School of Humanities Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
For academic year: 2022/23 Last Updated: 19 January 2023
Liberal Arts Single Honours (Masters) - Level 7 Modules
Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/Semester 1
Approaches to music research
Module Code
MUS-40001 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Cultural Theory
Module Code
MDS-40001 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Not normally available to Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students (except by prior negotiation with Departmental Tutor)
Approaches to historical research
Module Code
HIS-40002 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Accounting For Decision Making
Module Code
ACC-40003 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
International Corporate Governance and Sustainability
Module Code
ACC-40005 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Performance Management
Module Code
ACC-40006 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Module Code
PHI-40007 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Criticism, analysis, theory in literary studies
Module Code
ENG-40007 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Research Skills in the Humanities
Module Code
HIS-40017 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
The Writer as Critic, The Critic as Writer
Module Code
ENG-40018 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Globalisation, Culture, Media
Module Code
MDS-40018 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Writing Fiction
Module Code
ENG-40019 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Writing Poetry
Module Code
ENG-40020 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
International Law and Human Rights
Module Code
LAW-40038 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Foundations of International Law
Module Code
LAW-40040 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
High Culture: Drink, Drugs, and the American Dream
Module Code
AMS-40040 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Foundations of Human Resource Management
Module Code
HRM-40042 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Postmodernism: Fiction, Film and Theory
Module Code
ENG-40044 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Human Resource Management
Module Code
HRM-40047 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Branding
Module Code
MAN-40047 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Equality, Discrimination, Minorities
Module Code
LAW-40047 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Foundations of Human Rights
Module Code
LAW-40048 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Foundations in Law and Society Research: Theories and Concepts
Module Code
LAW-40053 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Leadership
Module Code
MAN-40056 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Constructing Nations
Module Code
HIS-40060 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Modernist Manifestos and Magazines (Masters)
Module Code
ENG-40067 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Subject Specialism I
Module Code
HIS-40080 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
The Theory of Global Security
Module Code
PIR-40088 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Financial Management
Module Code
MAN-40092 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
The Changing International Agenda
Module Code
PIR-40093 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Strategic Marketing
Module Code
MAN-40094 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Research in Action
Module Code
PIR-40095 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Managing People and Organisations
Module Code
MAN-40096 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Digital Transformation and Information Management
Module Code
MAN-40098 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Global Education Issues
Module Code
EDU-40100 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Dimensions of Environmental Politics
Module Code
PIR-40106 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
International Operations and Supply
Module Code
MAN-40110 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
International Strategic Management
Module Code
MAN-40116 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Understanding Consumer Behaviour
Module Code
MAN-40120 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Contemporary Marketing Research
Module Code
MAN-40122 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Branding
Module Code
MAN-40126 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Marketing Management in the Digital Age
Module Code
MAN-40128 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
The US Presidency and Public Policy
Module Code
PIR-40130 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Semester 1-2
Masters in Liberal Arts Creative Project
Module Code
LIB-40001 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
60
European Credits
30
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Masters - Dissertation
Module Code
LIB-40002 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
60
European Credits
30
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Semester 2
International Financial Reporting
Module Code
ACC-40001 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Multinational Accounting and Control
Module Code
ACC-40002 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Contemporary Issues in Accounting
Module Code
ACC-40004 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Advanced Techniques in Creative Music Technologies
Module Code
MUT-40005 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Individual Research Orientation in Philosophy
Module Code
PHI-40006 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Crime in Neoconservative America (Masters)
Module Code
FIL-40008 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Creative Media Practice
Module Code
MDS-40016 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Reflective Practice in the Humanities
Module Code
HIS-40016 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Entrepreneurship
Module Code
MAN-40018 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Mediated Communications: Theory and Practice
Module Code
MDS-40029 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Life/Writing
Module Code
ENG-40031 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Sex, Scandal and Society: Eighteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Module Code
ENG-40035 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Strategy and Information Management
Module Code
MAN-40036 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Introduction to International Economic Law
Module Code
LAW-40037 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
E - Examination Only
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Life, Death and the Human Body
Module Code
ETH-40040 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
The Writer in The Community : Practical Project
Module Code
ENG-40041 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Advanced International Law
Module Code
LAW-40042 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Postcolonial and World Literature in English
Module Code
ENG-40042 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Healthcare, Justice and Society
Module Code
ETH-40042 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
International Environmental Law
Module Code
LAW-40043 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Employee Resourcing and Development
Module Code
HRM-40043 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Strategic Human Resource Management
Module Code
HRM-40044 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Employee Relations and Reward
Module Code
HRM-40045 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Human Rights and Global Politics
Module Code
LAW-40046 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
International Human Resource Management
Module Code
HRM-40049 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Socio-legal studies: applications and themes
Module Code
LAW-40052 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Global Health Law
Module Code
LAW-40056 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Work Placement for Humanities Postgraduates
Module Code
ENG-40057 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Creativity and Personal Development
Module Code
MAN-40058 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
The Alcohol Question: Advanced Studies in the Literature of Drink and Drinking Cultures
Module Code
ENG-40061 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
COVID-19 in law, policy, and practice
Module Code
LAW-40064 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Violence and Death: Advanced Studies in Shakespeare's Theatre
Module Code
ENG-40065 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Subject Specialism 2
Module Code
HIS-40082 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Creativity, Innovation and Quality
Module Code
MAN-40090 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Comparative European Politics
Module Code
PIR-40096 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Extensive Company Research Project
Module Code
MAN-40102 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
45
European Credits
22.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Opportunities and Challenges in Contemporary Management
Module Code
MAN-40112 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Contemporary Challenges in Global Business
Module Code
MAN-40118 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Race and Justice: Civil Rights in the U.S.
Module Code
PIR-40119 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Strategic Marketing in a Global Context
Module Code
MAN-40124 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
C - Continuous Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
War, Memory and Popular Culture
Module Code
PIR-40126 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
International Marketing Communications
Module Code
MAN-40130 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Advanced Approaches to Politics and International Relations
Module Code
PIR-40132 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students