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CRIMES OF VIOLENCE
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
University of Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology
UCEAP Course Number
130
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CRIMES OF VIOLENCE
UCEAP Transcript Title
CRIMES OF VIOLENCE
UCEAP Quarter Units
12.00
UCEAP Semester Units
8.00
Course Description
The course examines a variety of violent crimes. Specifically, it focuses on hate crime, state violence/terrorism and murder. The underlying aim of the course is to understand motivations for violent crime and to critically assess appropriate criminal justice responses. The course will focus on three key areas of violent crime: hate crime, state violence/ terrorism and serial murder, which are areas of increasing topical and policy concern. Each will be examined in relation to policy and the lived reality for victims and offenders. The course examines different victim groups, which might include ethnic minorities, the disabled or women, situating them within the wider field of victimology. The aetiology of offenders will be examined, which spans people who commit 'everyday' violent crime to those who are passionately committed to extremism. Finally, you will evaluate cultural and media representations of violent crime.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
L5104B
Host Institution Course Title
CRIMES OF VIOLENCE
Host Institution Campus
Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Criminology and Sociology
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COMMUNICATING POLITICS
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
University of Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science
UCEAP Course Number
128
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
COMMUNICATING POLITICS
UCEAP Transcript Title
COMMUNICATING POL
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course equips students with the tools to analyze the communication of political messages, thereby enhancing their understanding of how verbal and non-verbal forms of language shape and reproduce power relationships. Students apply the tool kit to a range of actors involved in the communication of political ideas (such as politicians, news outlets, and artists) as well as a range of communication methods (such as speeches, TV, photographs, and music).
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
L2155
Host Institution Course Title
COMMUNICATING POLITICS
Host Institution Campus
University of Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Politics
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APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
University of Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Psychology
UCEAP Course Number
81
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
UCEAP Transcript Title
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course provides students with an insight into five areas of professional applied psychology: clinical, health, educational, forensic, and occupational. Students learn some of the core psychological knowledge that underpins these applied areas, covering some detailed examples of the issues that professional applied psychologists deal with. Students also examine the research and theories that support these applied areas.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
C8101
Host Institution Course Title
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
Host Institution Campus
University of Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Psychology
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CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY: MENTAL HEALTH
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
University of Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Psychology
Health Sciences
UCEAP Course Number
108
UCEAP Course Suffix
N
UCEAP Official Title
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY: MENTAL HEALTH
UCEAP Transcript Title
CLIN PSY&MENTL HLTH
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
With the help of a team of researchers and clinical practitioners students consider theory, research, and treatment of a range of psychological disorders, including anxiety, depression, and psychosis. Students learn about psychological perspectives on areas of mental health difficulty, research to better understand these problems, and application to treatment and support.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
C8512
Host Institution Course Title
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH
Host Institution Campus
University of Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Psychology
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PSYCHOBIOLOGY
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
University of Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
UCEAP Course Number
116
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
PSYCHOBIOLOGY
UCEAP Transcript Title
PSYCHOBIOLOGY
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course provides an overview of human and non-human animal behavior. It discusses the basic anatomy of the peripheral and central nervous systems, as well as the structure and physiological function of nervous cells. The course introduces systems neuropsychology and the effects of drugs on neuronal functioning. Students examine brain-behavior relations in three areas: the biological basis of emotions in a hormonal and brain systems context; essential motivated behaviors and homeostatic and non-homeostatic peripheral and central mechanisms that underlie drinking and eating behavior; and the brain mechanisms that allow organisms to acquire, store, and retrieve new information and alter their behaviors. The course also takes a more evolutionary perspective to explore how many components and aspects of human behavior have been shaped by adaptation and selection, relying on field studies into the foundations of animal behavior.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
C8003
Host Institution Course Title
PSYCHOBIOLOGY
Host Institution Campus
Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Psychology
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RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
Summer in Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Psychology
UCEAP Course Number
186
UCEAP Course Suffix
S
UCEAP Official Title
RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY
UCEAP Transcript Title
RESEARCH IN PSYCH
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
In this course, students carry out supervised psychology research in the School of Psychology at Sussex. They work with professors on either established research projects, or carry out psychology research in their area of interest. Research projects may come from a wide range of research areas in psychology and may involve a range of different duties. These duties may include review of empirical literature, design of a research study, hypotheses development and testing, data collection, statistical analysis, summary and write- up, and oral presentation of research efforts.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
IS292
Host Institution Course Title
RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY
Host Institution Campus
Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
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COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
University of Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Psychology
UCEAP Course Number
109
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
UCEAP Transcript Title
COGNITIVE NEUROSCI
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course explores how research in cognitive neuroscience has informed the understanding of cognitive processes in the brain. The course draws evidence from a wide variety of methods including case studies of brain-damaged individuals, electrical recordings of brainwaves (EEG), and neuroimaging using fMRI to examine the organization of cognition in the living human brain. Following a discussion of the above primary methods, the remaining lectures are organized around a series of different cognitive processes such as recognizing objects and faces, space and action, memory and amnesia, brain development, the musical brain, executive control of behavior, and understanding numbers.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
C8517
Host Institution Course Title
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Host Institution Campus
University of Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
School of Psychology
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PERIOD OF LITERATURE: 1750-1880
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
University of Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
135
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
PERIOD OF LITERATURE: 1750-1880
UCEAP Transcript Title
LITERATUR 1750-1880
UCEAP Quarter Units
12.00
UCEAP Semester Units
8.00
Course Description
This course addresses a selection of authors and themes prominent between 1750 and 1880. Authors include Johnson, Gray, Sterne, Goldsmith, Blake, Lewis, Austen, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Carlyle, De Quincey, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Ruskin, Dickens, Gaskell, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, W.M. Thackeray, Wilkie Collins, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. Students examine themes including sentimentalism and sensibility, slavery and empire, Romantic aesthetics and Romantic poetry, theories of the sublime and the imagination, the Gothic, responses to the French Revolution and the oppression of women, images of women, the condition of England, progress and evolution, art and society, mind and spirit, the inner life, and questions of a culture in crisis.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
Q3135
Host Institution Course Title
PERIOD OF LITERATURE: 1750-1880
Host Institution Campus
University of Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
School of English
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HISTORY SHORT PERIOD: ENGLAND IN THE 16TH CENTURY
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
University of Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
History
UCEAP Course Number
125
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
HISTORY SHORT PERIOD: ENGLAND IN THE 16TH CENTURY
UCEAP Transcript Title
ENGLAND IN 16C
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course explores the Tudor century in England, from 1485-1603, with a focus on England's place in European politics and movements, and in an increasingly global world. At the turn of the sixteenth century, England was a war-torn backwater. By the end, it had established a national identity and the foundations of a global empire. This course explores elements of cultural, political, religious, and social history in the Tudor century, utilizing case studies of individuals, families, communities, and artifacts in order to demonstrate the scale of the change that took place over the course of this century.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
V1454
Host Institution Course Title
HISTORY SHORT PERIOD: ENGLAND IN THE 16TH CENTURY
Host Institution Campus
University of Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
School of History, Art History, and Philosophy
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VIDEO GAMES:CREATIVE AND CRITICAL WRITING
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
Summer in Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
English
UCEAP Course Number
105
UCEAP Course Suffix
S
UCEAP Official Title
VIDEO GAMES:CREATIVE AND CRITICAL WRITING
UCEAP Transcript Title
VIDEO GAMES:WRITING
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course studies examples of successful imagined worlds (Zelda: Breath of the Wild), powerful storytelling (The Last of Us), literary games (Kentucky Route Zero), indie games (Braid), micro-Indies (Problem Attic), and classic adventure games (Monkey Island). Students explore the possibilities of play, world-building, narrative, character-design, game mechanics, and game dynamics. Technical understanding of the medium provides students with an array of opportunities for writing and imagining video games: composing narratives and shooting-scripts, creating avatars, and developing fictional worlds. The course introduces students to game development software, though it is not designed as a coding course. It is ideal for students looking beyond the surface of video games, wanting to engage with thoughtful critique of an emerging industry. The course reflects on the social implications of game design, taking into account discourses around gender, race, and sexuality.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
IS403
Host Institution Course Title
VIDEO GAMES:CREATIVE AND CRITICAL WRITING
Host Institution Campus
University of Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
English Literature