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Forensic psychology can be thought of as an umbrella term to bring together two different streams of research in psychology and law: legal psychology is the application of psychological research and methods to the process of law, and criminological psychology is the application of psychological research and methods to the understanding of criminal behavior. This course introduces students to some of the main topics and questions in forensic psychology, so that students can appreciate the different perspectives, methods, and applications involved in the discipline. The course focuses on the application of research findings to the criminal justice system, and the understanding, treatment, and reduction of criminal behavior.

This course explores how environmental factors such as pollution, waste management, climate change, and urban planning affect and shape the health of individuals in our societies. It touches on the environment-health nexus within the sustainable development goals and global agendas, and it explores the theoretical approaches to understanding the environmental determinants of health. It also explores case studies and empirical research conducted in both developed and developing countries and dives into the social inequalities in environmental exposures and health. Methodologically, this course provides analytical skills such as collection, analysis, and interpretation of quantitative (statistical literacy) and qualitative (e.g., Photovoice) data and generic research skills including reading and critically summarizing and presenting research papers.

Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by a type of virus, manifesting itself in individual human beings; but the covid-19 pandemic was not just a health issue, but a social and economic phenomenon. This course explores the economics and politics of the covid-19 pandemic and the policy response (health-related, economic and social) in the UK and other countries. It does not cover specific medical or scientific aspects of covid-19 as a disease, but beyond that discusses a wide range of topics relating both to the direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic on societies and economies across the glob. There is a particular focus on how and why policy decisions were taken; and on the longer-term implications.

This course provides a broad introduction to Marine Archaeology and illustrates through a series of case studies how crucial the sea was in terms of human development. The social, economic, and cultural progress of humanity has always been closely connected to the water and the sea. From the spread of human groups in early prehistory to the importance of container shipping and maritime commerce to modern economies today, sea travel has remained central to the development and maintenance of human societies. 

This course offers a comprehensive overview of Europe in the world since 1848. Important topics that are covered are state formation and citizenship, colonialism and the resistance against it in the second half of the 19th century, and the rise of large ideologies (democracy, fascism) around the two world wars. This course discusses how this period was characterized by both war and genocide and important initiatives in the field of international cooperation, in Europe and beyond. Students learn to understand the global Cold War and how it is intertwined with the decolonization process. They study the rise of neoliberalism, the consumer society, and the welfare state in the second half of the 20th century. The more recent period covers globalization, terror, and climate change. This course deals with many topical issues and helps students to think about current events in their historical context.

This course introduces students to some major neuropsychological disorders and outlines how an understanding of these deficits can inform our understanding of brain function and enlighten cognitive neuroscience. Impairments of higher visual functions such as agnosia, optic ataxia, and hemispatial neglect are presented in detail and their relevance to models of brain function outlined. Students also become familiar with cognitive neuropsychological tests.

The course allows students to hear from a broad range of experts in social psychology, social cognition, and social neuroscience at UCL. The course offers interdisciplinary perspectives that are at the cutting edge of social experimental research. It has the following objectives: To provide students with an understanding of social determinants of cognition, judgment and behavior; and the interplay between social processes and individual processes, to familiarize students with basic methods used in social psychology, and to help students critically discuss research in social psychology in an interdisciplinary manner, in order to establish connections between social phenomena and psychological functioning.  

This course teaches about the role of attention as a fundamental cognitive process and how it relates to short and long-term memory. It examines the phenomenon of learning, looking at learning theories and neuroimaging evidence to discover how learning occurs in the brain; and investigates the role of cognition in language, sleep, and consciousness. Throughout the course students learn about the methods involved in studying Psychology and how to think critically about empirical research. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology offers a solid foundation for future study in Psychology and provides an opportunity to hear about cutting-edge research taking place at the University of Oxford.

This course examines the relationships between technological developments and cultural change, with a particular focus on digital media. It interrogates the changing theorizations of technology in society by tracing the influence of key texts in media studies, philosophy of technology, sociology, cultural studies and science and technology studies. Students explore the significance of technology in social power, identity, gender, social shaping, class, space, assemblages, actor-networks, experience, thought, time, and materiality. 

This course addresses the fundamental concepts and advanced methodologies of deep learning and relates them to real-world problems in a variety of domains. It provides an overview of different approaches, both classical and emerging. The course equips students with the necessary knowledge and skills to work in the field of deep learning and to contribute to ongoing research in the area.