University of Manchester

This course considers the ways in which humans grow, change and mature across various life stages. Students consider the behavioral, emotional, physical, and cognitive changes which occur during these developmental stages. This course offers students opportunities to explore core development milestones during childhood such as language, moral and gender development, and core psychological topics such as the formation of relationships and how people learn. The course also focuses on real-world application; providing opportunities to consider the environmental influences upon development and critical consideration of the extent to which theories are applicable in the educational context.

The course introduces students to selected areas of work psychology, including how organizations identify and select talent (personnel selection), individual differences, teamwork, motivation, leadership, stress in the workplace and career management. The course focuses on the application of psychological theory and research to help students from any discipline develop their future careers and to thrive in the modern world of work.

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.

The course introduces host-pathogen interactions and disease as general ecological phenomena that extend far beyond the clinical/ biomedical context and have considerable relevance for agriculture and conservation. It fosters active, self-paced, independent learning in a blended course that is delivered online, with optional face-to-face workshop sessions and ample online support. It is assessed entirely by coursework to promote the development of skills that are relevant for authentic professional work.

Hydrological systems such as river catchments represent a fundamental component of our landscapes. The environmental and hydrological processes which operate in river catchments influence important ecosystem services such as water supply, the provision of high water quality, and high (flood) and low flow regulation. The effective management of these systems is dependent on our scientific understanding of these processes and their dynamics. This course covers the key principles of hydrology and catchment systems and introduces key principles for monitoring and managing catchment systems.

This course introduces the major concepts underpinning pharmacology. It describes the main molecular mechanisms of action of some important classes of drugs acting on the cardiorespiratory system and relates these mechanisms to their cellular, tissue, organ and whole animal effects.

This course offers students an introduction to world cinema through a range of debates and concepts that problematize its delineation. It addresses the development of world cinema through key historical junctures within the 20th and 21st centuries: such as the crises of modernity and the cultural ruptures emerging as a result of a confluence of geo-historical and political developments. Students learn to read cinema in and of the world as both bound by national formations while simultaneously exceeding them, through an understanding of the dynamics of cultural flows across histories and political formations. 

This course introduces molecular cell biology: the study of the interactions between molecules and systems in a cell. Students will learn how cells function individually and as part of a tissue or organism. Students will study the processes that determine how and when a cell communicates, grows, interacts with its neighbors, divides and dies, and how these processes go awry during cancer.