University of Manchester

This course examines moral arguments relating to the functioning of markets; considers the different ways in which the use of markets may, in general terms, be justified or criticized; introduces students to a range of normative perspectives on the operation and appropriate extent of markets, and demonstrate how such ideas are deployed in political debate; and provides a detailed assessment of a number of specifically troubling areas of exchange. 

This course introduces the craft and theory of documentary storytelling. Students learn how to create powerful 5-minute documentary films that respond creatively to a set brief. Students develop their own narrative and filmmaking approach through practical and theoretical instruction in the tools and techniques of digital film production. These include principles of camera and sound, interviews and narration, multi-media archival research and use, editing with Adobe Premiere and lo-fi graphics and animation. These practical creative skills are developed alongside a critical investigation of documentary technique and the art and ethics of storytelling.

Project management practices are increasingly important to organizations across a range of sectors. Projects are the main vehicles by which organizations (public and private) embark on deliberate and proactive strategic change. This course explores the practicalities of managing projects from a value creation and lifecycle perspective.

The course equips students with a basic knowledge of management which can be used as a foundation for personal development. The course also is an introduction to future courses in management. 

This course involves studying the ethical aspects of various principle issues in contemporary world politics. It introduces students to a number of ethical difficulties surrounding identifying and applying ethical principles to aspects of world politics, such as war and human rights. Students begin by asking to what extent moral action is possible in international politics. As such, the course starts by analyzing theoretical approaches to the place of ethics in world politics and then moves to consider specific issues such as war, human rights, and the politics of the human and torture, for example.

In this course, students evaluate the importance of sex and gender as relevant categories in politics, whether and how they give rise to inequalities and disadvantages, and what should be done about it. In so doing, they also ask how certain areas of life, which are traditionally considered to be entirely private and thus lying beyond the realm of political concern (such as family life) might also have important political ramifications. Students address these questions mainly from a normative perspective. They ask what, if anything, is wrong about gender representations and relations in our society and what, if anything at all, should be done about it.

Countering organized crime has been accorded high priority by many states and intergovernmental bodies, however, the concept is ill-defined and often subject to clichéd, analytically weak discourse. This course reframes the debate to think in terms of how serious crimes are organized. Students analyze the nature and organization of criminal activities (i.e., the crime commission process) such as modern slavery, drug trafficking, alcohol counterfeiting, and money laundering.

Environmental management professionals frequently require the ability to understand and work with quantitative data. This course unit starts by introducing the practical and ethical implications of working with quantitative data. Following this, content provides grounding in different data sources, exploring varied data types and the processes required before any visualization or analysis can occur. The course then explores different analytical methods that can be used to facilitate interpretation and presentation of outputs related to environmental management professions, including inferential statistics and the foundations of basic computer coding.

This course covers various theoretical traditions of scholarship within the sociology of education, and explores questions about the role of education in society. It explores institutional based processes, such as institutional power dynamics, teacher labelling, the curriculum and "hidden curriculum," and the construct of ability. In doing so, the course explores the processes through which educational and social inequality are generated and how alternative forms of education might address inequality.

This course provides a foundation knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of financial reporting and of the role of accounting information within its broader economic, social, and organizational context. It offers broad coverage of the core financial statements presented and considers the capacity for accounting information to develop in response to changing economic and social needs.