University of Sussex

This course introduces students to narrative using the moving image. It encourages students to reflect critically on issues of form and representation in relation to their own work. Students learn key processes and techniques involved in film production: research, scripting, camera, sound, and editing. 

This course examines when and why people care and help – or do not. Although the focus will be on caring for and helping other people, this course considers commitment more generally, e.g., to one’s self, to one’s relationships, to one’s country, to one’s god, to justice, etc. The course is concerned with whether non-human animals ever have similar concerns and commitments. Most sub-disciplines within psychology (e.g., biological, clinical, cognitive, developmental, personality, social) will be considered on the module, as will aspects of several related disciplines (e.g., economics, philosophy, sociology).

This course explores issues with humankind's relationship to food from a psychobiological perspective. The course focuses on appetite control and constructs of hunger and satiety. Students discuss flavor perception and hedonics, concepts of food craving and addiction, and food choice and preference. The course examines non-nutritive effects of foods (including nutriceuticals) and links food to mood and cognition. Finally, students explore the basis of the rise of obesity and disordered eating from a psychobiological perspective.

This course provides an interdisciplinary focus on six issues of current social concern. The topics include the consequences of child abuse, the effect of divorce on children, perceptions of rape and rape victims, eating disorders, stereotyping and prejudice, and abortion. Students have the opportunity to explore these contemporary social issues from a psychological and sociological perspective, using relevant readings as well as intimate lectures and a range of media sources.