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Stage 1 introductory modules
Title
Credits
Start month
Active bodies: introducing the study of sport and exercise (E114)
60
Oct
An introduction to business and management (B100)
60
Feb
Beginners’ Chinese (L108)
30
Oct
Civil justice and tort law (W112)
60
Feb | Oct
Communication skills for business and management (LB170)
30
Oct
Criminal law and the courts (W111)
60
Feb | Oct
Cultures (A112)
60
Feb | Oct
Design practices (T190)
60
Feb | Oct
Design thinking: creativity for the 21st century (U101)
60
Feb | Oct
Discovering mathematics (MU123)
30
Feb | Oct
Discovering the arts and humanities (A111)
60
Feb | Oct
Economics in context (DD126)
30
Feb | Oct
Engineering: frameworks, analysis, production (T193)
30
Apr | Oct
Engineering: mathematics, modelling, applications (T194)
30
Oct
Engineering: origins, methods, context (T192)
30
Apr | Oct
Environment: journeys through a changing world (U116)
60
Feb | Oct
Essential mathematics 1 (MST124)
30
Feb | Oct
Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
30
Oct
Exploring perspectives on young children's lives and learning (E109)
60
Oct
Exploring psychological worlds: thinking, feeling, doing (D110)
60
Feb | Oct
French studies 1 (intermediate) (L112)
30
Oct
German studies 1 (intermediate) (L113)
30
Oct
Global challenges: social science in action (D113)
60
Feb | Oct
Human biology: a body in balance (SK190)
60
Oct
Intermediate Chinese (L118)
30
Oct
Introducing English language studies (L101)
60
Oct
Introducing health and social care (K102)
60
Feb | Oct
Introducing statistics (M140)
30
Feb | Oct
Introduction to childhood studies and child psychology (E104)
60
Oct
Introduction to computing and information technology 2 (TM112)
30
Oct | Apr
Introduction to criminology (DD105)
60
Feb | Oct
Introduction to French studies (beginners) (L102)
30
Oct
Introduction to German studies (beginners) (L103)
30
Oct
Introduction to Spanish studies (beginners) (L106)
30
Oct
Learning and teaching in the primary years (E103)
60
Oct
Making your learning count (YXM130)
30
Oct
Marketing essentials (B128)
30
Oct
Questions in science (S111)
60
Feb | Oct
Revolutions (A113)
60
Feb | Oct
Science and health: an evidence-based approach (SDK100)
60
Feb | Oct
Spanish studies 1 (intermediate) (L116)
30
Oct
Wellbeing across the lifecourse (K119)
60
Oct
Working effectively in sport and exercise (E129)
60
Oct
You and your money (DB125)
30
Feb | Oct
You and your world: introducing the social sciences (D112)
60
Feb | Oct
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