King's College London

This course builds on the methods and designs covered in the introduction to Research Methods 1, 2, and 3. Students learn about advanced experimental, quasi-experimental, and survey designs along with the statistical techniques appropriate to analyze data produced by these approaches.

Almost from its origins, the novel has been thought of as a form of literature which both documents and celebrates human subjectivity. This course will read the emergence of the novel form alongside questions of human cognition and consciousness to ask why the association between minds and fiction first emerged, and what has happened to this association since. Some of the questions students discuss include: Just why has the novel been so persistent as a form? What are its historical, cultural and aesthetic origins? What can the rise and development of the novel tell us about the lives of the people who read it? And has its time passed? Particular attention will be paid to the social and cultural history of the form, and how these intersect with philosophical and political questions pertaining to human consciousness and identity.   

This core course examines contemporary approaches to the past through a critical examination of current literature, case studies – mainly British, European and imperial/colonial – and fieldwork excursions in and around London. The course explores the complex relationships between past and present, promotes an understanding of the nature of history as a discipline, and investigates the social and public functions of historical research. 

This course introduces psychology to students from diverse biomedical backgrounds. The course covers a wide range of topics, spanning all core perspectives within psychology (biological, cognitive, social, developmental and individual differences). It introduces key theories, experimental findings, and research methods. There will be weekly core lectures, followed by lectures focusing on special topics, such as synaesthesia, addiction, false memories and hypnosis. 

This course gives students a thorough introduction to the field of behavioral organizational economics. The course discusses seminal as well as current research papers in the field, featuring empirical studies as well as lab and field experiments. The goal of the course is to transfer research findings to real-world applications in organizations. Students study employment relationships between workers and organizations and get to know key factors that shape them in a positive way. Students focus on the two concepts of motivation and selection, and they learn about how to detect discrimination in the hiring process.

Environmental questions have been at the heart of Geography's disciplinary identity for the last century or more. The course introduces some of the questions that geographers have sought to tackle, at the same time as drawing out some of the key issues for environmental politics and policy.  How we make sense of nature matters not only for the kind of environment we want to be a part of, but also for our sense of the political possibilities within the world.  Articulating a position within such debates has been the central task of society-environment geographers for much of the discipline's existence and is the focus in this series of lectures.

This course develops students' critical awareness of the core issues surrounding cultural competency, and provides them with practical tools with which to implement this awareness in their academic, professional, and everyday lives, and through this to effect positive change. While the course is embedded in the students' experience at King's, it also equips them with skills that are highly regarded by employers and which will enable them to be effective global citizens. 

This course introduces students to the changing nature of modern medicine. It offers insights into the emergence and evolution of modern medicine, its key actors and institutions, as well as discourses and practices. Health and disease are more than medical matters. They are shaped by social, cultural, political, and technological forces. Questions of health and disease are inextricably linked with questions of science, technology, modernity, religion, colonialism, capitalism, racism, globalization, humanitarianism, and the state.