University of Manchester

This course defines how endocrine and brain circuits control sexual, affiliative, and aggressive behavior. Students are introduced to comparative examples from the animal kingdom and underlying genetic mechanisms, as well as neuroendocrine circuits and peptide relays in the brain. Where possible, examples are drawn from the medical literature to indicate the common nature of these processes in our own species, and governing our behavior.

This course introduces students to key theoretical ideas about the growth, development, and change of urban areas. It is divided into two parts. The first part of the course provides an overview of the evolution of planning and development, with a focus on the UK from the 19th century to the 1980s. The second part of the course introduces a range of key concepts that are necessary for understanding contemporary cities, covering issues of modernist urban planning, deindustrialization, urban competitiveness, neoliberalism, urban regeneration, gentrification, creating spatial order in cities, and so on. Through discussing these topics, students develop an understanding of the evolution of urban planning and development approaches and the ability to analyze how economic, social, political, and environmental pressures shape patterns of land use in urban areas.