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Continuing and
Professional Education
Addysg Barhaus
a Phroffesiynol
Part-time courses
for adults
2021-22
www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn tel: 029 2087 0000
Mae'r prosbectws hwn ar gael yn Gymraeg, cysylltwch â ni am gopi
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Pathways to
Welcome a Degree
It gives me pleasure to welcome you
to Cardiff University’s programme of
part-time
courses for
adult learners.
We offer a wide
range of
subjects to
study at a
variety of
different levels.
We also provide
Pathways to a
Degree which is a part time route to
undergraduate study at Cardiff
University. So whether you’re studying
with us for personal development, to
enhance your career prospects, or to
increase your knowledge you can
expect to be stimulated and
challenged and, on most courses,
earn credits toward a qualification
from Cardiff University.
Best wishes,
Dr Zbig Sobiesierski
Director, Continuing and
Professional Education
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Qualifications Contents
Reasons to study with us 22
Prove your potential by gaining
qualifications, enhance your studies,
improve your CV and realise your personal
ambitions.
Business and Management 23
What qualifications can you Computer Studies 6
25
gain with us?
Humanities 9
Certificate of Continuing Education Creative Writing, Literature, Media, 36
With 60 credits at Level 4 or Level 5 within Philosophy, Historical Studies and Music
one subject area
Modern Languages 2
28
Certificate of Higher Education
Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek,
With 120 credits at Level 4 or Level 5 Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese,
36
Russian, Spanish and Interpreting
Diploma of Higher Education
With 120 credits at Level 5 completed in pre- Politics and International
defined 60 credit study blocks. Subjects
46
69
Relations/Law
currently available: Computing, French,
German, Italian and Spanish.
Science and Environment 50
2
International language qualifications
such as DELF-DALF, the DELE, Goethe
Zertifikat, CILS, JLPT and HSK
Pathway to Healthcare 54
2
Social Studies 58
2
Community Learning 62
2
How to Enrol 64
26
Contact details and map 66
back
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Libraries and facilities
Reasons to When you enrol on a course, you
become a Cardiff University student for
the duration of your study. This gives
study with us you access to a wealth of resources:
◗ Libraries – you can use most of the
University’s libraries. You will have
access to books, newspapers,
magazines, journals, CDs, DVDs
and an online library search. You
can borrow up to ten items at a
Our fascinating subjects will challenge and inspire you. time. You can also book a study
Here is a flavour of what you will enjoy when you study space.
◗ Computer Accounts – A computer
with Continuing and Professional Education. account will automatically be
created you when you enrol. Your
log-in details will be sent to the
email you provide when you enrol.
This will give you access to a range
Open, relaxed and of applications and software.
inclusive learning ◗ Language Laboratory – we have an
interactive digital language
laboratory, which we use extensively
We encourage and welcome everyone to enhance your speaking, listening
to study with us. Many of our courses and interpreting skills.
have no entry requirements – all you ◗ Computer suite – this is a dedicated
need is an interest in the subject and teaching room for computer
a willingness to explore it in the programming and web development
company of others. Expect stimulating courses.
discussions and a strong sense of
community.
Student rates and
discounts
Flexible and
accessible study ◗ Full use of the University’s sports
facilities and a reduced rate
We schedule courses in the daytime, ◗ Student Union membership:
evening, weekends and online to make 30 credits or above = full membership
it as easy as possible for you to assessments you will earn credits
towards qualifications. These credits Below 30 credits = associated
attend.
are a national scheme, which means membership
We are based in the centre of Cardiff they are recognised by most ◗ Discounts with a large range of
with good transport links. universities, particularly useful for companies upon purchase of an
We are happy to discuss specific those wishing to study a degree. NUS card.
access requirements you may have.
Please contact our Disability Advisor if
you have concerns about accessing Cardiff University staff
the building or need aids to learning. Extra study support and student discount
Contact learn@cardiff.ac.uk
Your tutor will support and encourage Staff and full-time students at Cardiff
you as you study. We also have online University are eligible for a discount on
Gain university credits resources to help you plan and write our part-time courses and pay the
and qualifications your assessments: concessionary fee.
◗ The Learning Guide
Our Pathways to a Degree provide a ◗ The Student Handbook
part-time route to degree study at These resources are found on our
Cardiff University (see inside cover). website.
When you successfully complete your
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Managing Finance I
Business and Management
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Business and ◗ Dr Petros Makris
Managers and employers at all levels
need to be competent at a level of
Management financial management. This course is
designed to help students understand the
financial aspects required to run a
business/department. No prior knowledge
is required. Please pre-enrol.
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 7 October 2021
Co-ordinating Lecturer: Jan Stephens Continuing and Professional Education,
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
Tel: 029 2087 6248
10 Credits, Level 4
Email: stephensj4@cardiff.ac.uk BAM21A1361A
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 3 February 2022
Continuing and Professional Education,
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
10 Credits, Level 4
BAM21A1361B
Managing Finance II
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
◗ Dr Petros Makris
This course provides a further study of
financial statements, planning and control
and other financial management
techniques. Students should have
completed Managing Finance I, or have a
prior knowledge of accounting.
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Mondays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 31 January 2022
Continuing and Professional Education,
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
10 Credits, Level 4
BAM21A2861A
Essential Management Essential Leadership
Skills Skills Project Management
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
◗ Mark Flagg
◗ Jemma Cox ◗ Jemma Cox This course provides a good introduction to
This comprehensive course is highly This course is highly interactive, and those skills needed for successful project
interactive, and provides excellent provides excellent coverage of the management. This is an area of study and
coverage of the essential knowledge, essential knowledge, skills and application which is increasingly popular
skills and techniques for success as a techniques needed for success as a and is useful in all aspects of employment
manager. The course is designed for leader in any field. This course is taught and life management. This course is
students looking to become managers through a mix of online learning and extremely popular, please pre-enrol.
or supervisors but with no formal classroom-based learning. The course ◗ 10 weekly meetings
management training. This course combines theoretical knowledge and Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
combines theoretical knowledge and concepts on Leadership Styles with Starting 7 October 2021
practical Management Skills. practical Leadership Skills. Continuing and Professional Education,
◗ 5 fortnightly meetings ◗ 5 fortnightly meetings 21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
Mondays from 19:00 to 21:00 Mondays from 19:00 to 21:00 10 Credits, Level 4
Starting 4 October 2021 Starting 31 January 2022 BAM21A5264A
Continuing and Professional Education, ◗ 10 weekly meetings
Continuing and Professional Education,
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
Starting 3 February 2022
plus 10 online hours plus 10 online hours Continuing and Professional Education,
10 Credits, Level 4 Starting 31 January 2022 21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
BAM21A4924A 10 Credits, Level 4 10 Credits, Level 4
BAM21A5176A BAM21A5264B
tel: 029 2087 0000 www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn 3
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Business and Management
Pathway to
Pathways to a Degree in Business
Management,
Marketing and
Business Management, Accounting courses
Marketing and Society and
Economy
Accounting Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £376.00)
◗ Dr Jo Smedley
Co-ordinating Lecturer: Pathways Coordinator: This module explores the relationships
Jan Stephens Dr Sara Jones between society and the economy and
Tel: 029 2087 5268 provides theoretical insights into the ways
Tel: 029 2087 6248
in which society can shape the economic
Email: Email: practices of business organisations.
stephensj4@cardiff.ac.uk pathways@cardiff.ac.uk Students will develop strategic,
communication and entrepreneurial skills
which are transferable to small-group
www.cardiff.ac.uk/part-time-courses-for-adults/pathways-to-a-degree community goals to improve local socio-
economic contexts.
◗ 12 weekly meetings
Wednesdays from 18:30 to 21:00
plus 2 Saturday day schools
Starting 22 September 2021
Continuing and Professional Education,
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
20 credits, Level 4
BAM21A5393A
Management: Theory
and Evidence
Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £376.00)
◗ Dr Jo Smedley
◗ Jemma Cox
This module equips students with the
We offer a pathway which will allow you to study towards these ability to understand and critically
degrees at Cardiff University: evaluate the claims of management
theorists using quantitative and qualitative
◗ Management evidence bases. Students will be
introduced to data interpretation,
◗ Marketing presentation and analysis methods so
that they are able to read, understand
◗ Accounting and critique basic management theory.
◗ 12 weekly meetings
You need to have a Mathematics GCSE, grade B or 5/6, for your Wednesdays from 18:30 to 21:00
degree application to be considered by Cardiff Business School. plus 2 Saturday day schools
Starting 26 January 2022
Continuing and Professional Education,
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
20 Credits, Level 4
BAM21A5394A
4 tel: 029 2087 0000 www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn
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People in
Business and Management
Organisations
Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £376.00)
◗ Jemma Cox
The course provides students with an
introduction to the key themes, concepts
and theories relating to the study of the
management of people in organisations.
Particular attention is paid to organisations
as the nodal points of human interaction
within the business world, focusing on both
the social and the psychological aspects of
these relations. The People in Organisations
module is a 20 credit module on the
Pathway to Business Management.
◗ 12 weekly meetings
Wednesdays from 18:30 to 21:00
plus 2 Saturday day schools
Starting 20 April 2022
Continuing and Professional Education,
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
20 credits, Level 4
BAM21A4920A
Your chance to study
tel: 029 2087 0000 www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn 5
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Java III
Computer Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00)
◗ Dr Mike Evans
Topics covered include the use of
Studies sequential and random access files,
introduction to threads, creation of a
multithreaded application, introduction to
networking, creation of client/server
network applications using both the User
Datagram Protocol (UDP) and the
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP),
Remote Method Invocation (RMI), the
RMI registry and, finally, the creation of
an application using RMI. Assessed
Co-ordinating Lecturer: Dr Mike Evans exercises will reinforce the work covered
in the lectures.
Tel: 029 2087 0000
◗ 12 weekly meetings
Email: evans@cardiff.ac.uk Wednesdays from 18:00 to 21:00
plus 1 Saturday day school
Starting 18 May 2022
Lecture Room T2.07, Trevithick Building,
Computer Science Department (entrance
via the Parade), Cardiff
20 Credits, Level 5
COM21A3339A
PHP1 - PHP Scripting
for the Web
Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00)
◗ Christopher Maggs
The fundamentals of PHP scripting in a
web environment to produce dynamic web
pages. Topics include conditional logic,
form validation, file handling and
manipulation of external data sources
(XML). This course assumes knowledge of
the topics covered in Web Development
with HTML and CSS, or prior
understanding of HTML, and feeds directly
Java I Java II into PHP2 - Using MySQLwith PHP for
the Web.
Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00) Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00) ◗ 12 weekly meetings
Thursdays from 18:00 to 21:00
◗ Dr Mike Evans ◗ Dr Mike Evans plus 1 Saturday day school
An introduction to JAVA programming. Builds on the concepts learnt in Java I. Starting 23 September 2021
Topics covered include an introduction to Topics covered include exception Continuing and Professional Education,
classes and objects, arithmetic operators, handlers using try, catch and finally 21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
use of methods of the Math class, blocks, introduction to inheritance,
20 Credits, Level 5
comparison operators and use of if interfaces, abstract and final classes,
COM21A3599A
statement, use of while, do and for loops, introduction to event handling, the
creation of simple drawing frames, MouseListener interface and the
keyboard input and exception handling, MouseAdapter class, use of the
use of methods of the String and FlowLayout, BorderLayout, GridLayout
Character classes, text file input, pattern and GridBagLayout layout managers
matching, accessor and mutator methods, with the Abstract Windowing Toolkit
static variables and static methods and, (AWT) and adding components to the
finally, arrays. A mix of lectures and graphical frame. Practical work includes
practical sessions. the creation of applications with a
◗ 12 weekly meetings graphical user interface (GUI).
Wednesdays from 18:00 to 21:00 ◗ 12 weekly meetings
plus 1 Saturday day school Wednesdays from 18:00 to 21:00
Starting 6 October 2021 plus 1 Saturday day school
Lecture Room T2.07, Trevithick Building, Starting 2 February 2022
Computer Science Department (entrance Lecture Room T2.07, Trevithick Building,
via the Parade), Cardiff Computer Science Department
20 Credits, Level 5 (entrance via the Parade), Cardiff
COM21A3337A 20 Credits, Level 5
COM21A3338A
6 tel: 029 2087 0000 www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn
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Computer Studies
PHP2 - Using mySQL C Programming Python Programming
with PHP for the Web
Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00) Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00)
Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00) ◗ Dr Mike Evans ◗ Dr Mike Evans
An introduction to C programming. Topics An introduction to programming in the
◗ Christopher Maggs covered include data types, arithmetic Python scripting language, which is ideal if
The fundamentals of designing a relational operators, comparison operators, use of you already have some knowledge of
database using MySQL, and the interface conditional and iterative control computer programming. Topics covered
between the mySQL server and the PHP statements, formatting of output, use of include an introduction to Python, creating
scripting engine. Learn how to design and functions from the C library, creation of and executing Python scripts, built-in
build database tables and use them to user defined functions, introduction to object types such as numbers, strings,
produce dynamic website applications. pointers, introduction to arrays, accessing lists and dictionaries, user defined
This course assumes knowledge of the arrays using both subscripts and pointers, functions, files, exception handling, built-
topics covered in the PHP1 - PHP use of standard input/output library in tools and keyed database management.
scripting for the Web, or an functions, use of text files, use of C pre- A mix of lectures and practical sessions.
understanding of the basic constructs of processor directives and manipulation of
data structures. No previous experience ◗ 12 weekly meetings
PHP, and leads onto PHP3 – PHP Web
of programming required. Mondays from 18:00 to 21:00
Application Development.
plus 1 Saturday day school
◗ 12 weekly meetings ◗ 12 weekly meetings
Tuesdays from 18:00 to 21:00 Starting 4 October 2021
Thursdays from 18:00 to 21:00
plus 1 Saturday day school plus 1 Saturday day school Lecture Room T2.07, Trevithick Building,
Starting 20 January 2022 Starting 5 October 2021 Computer Science Department (entrance
Lecture Room T2.07, Trevithick Building, via the Parade), Cardiff
Continuing and Professional Education,
Computer Science Department (entrance 20 Credits, Level 5
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
via the Parade), Cardiff COM21A5337A
20 Credits, Level 5
20 Credits, Level 5
COM21A3598A ◗ 12 weekly meetings
COM21A3340A
Mondays from 18:00 to 21:00
plus 1 Saturday day school
Starting 31 January 2022
PHP3 - PHP Web C++ Programming Lecture Room T2.07, Trevithick Building,
Application Development Computer Science Department (entrance
Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00) via the Parade), Cardiff
Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00) 20 Credits, Level 5
◗ Dr Mike Evans COM21A5337B
An introduction to C++ programming.
◗ Christopher Maggs
Topics covered include arithmetic operators,
An introduction to object oriented PHP to simple input and output, conditional and
create and maintain web applications. The iterative control statements, formatting of
course includes the development of a output, creation of user defined functions,
personal web application, and assumes introduction to pointers, arrays, classes and
knowledge of the topics covered in PHP1 objects, class variables, constructors and
and PHP2, or an understanding of using functions, using classes containing static
PHP for web development. functions and static variables introduction
◗ 12 weekly meetings to inheritance by creating a derived class
Thursdays from 18:00 to 21:00 from a base class, inherited and overridden
plus 1 Saturday day school functions and, finally, accessing text files.
Starting 21 April 2022 ◗ 12 weekly meetings
Continuing and Professional Education, Tuesdays from 18:00 to 21:00
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff plus 1 Saturday day school
Starting 1 February 2022
20 Credits, Level 5 Lecture Room T2.07, Trevithick Building,
COM21A5213A Computer Science Department (entrance
via the Parade), Cardiff
20 Credits, Level 5
COM21A2652A
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Computer Studies
Advanced Python Web Development Web Development with
Programming using HTML and CSS Javascript and AJAX
Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00) Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00) Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £423.00)
◗ Dr Mike Evans ◗ Huw Davies ◗ Huw Davies
Builds on the concepts introduced in Learn how to build a website using HTML AJAX enables web pages to be highly
Python Programming. Topics covered (Hyper Text Markup Language), CSS dynamic. The course teaches the basics of
include reading data from a file into an (Cascading Style Sheets) and jQuery JavaScript, the DOM, JSON and XML in
array, using Python to analyse a MicroSoft (Javascript). This is a HTML and CSS order to manipulate data on a web page.
spreadsheet, sorting data using multiple coding course and all coursework will be Using HTTP, data encoded in JSON or XML
keys, introduction to Python classes and coded by hand without the use of any can be fetched from the webserver and
inheritance, introduction to Graphical User drag/drop functionality, or tools such as placed on the existing page. PHP is used as
Interfaces (GUIs), systems programming DreamWeaver and WordPress. Minimal the vehicle for server-side scripting in this
applications using Python scripts and, jQuery coding will be covered as pre-built course, so some knowledge of PHP or
finally, network programming using both jQuery components such as sliders, another server-side scripting language
UDP and TCP protocols. A mix of lectures accordions, drop-down menus and would be helpful, but not essential. You do
and practical sessions. slideshows will be used. Course content need a good knowledge of HTML and the
includes adding headers, text, links, structure of its elements. We will also
◗ 12 weekly meetings
Thursdays from 18:00 to 21:00 images, tables, lists, menus, Google maps, introduce Node JS, a Javascript runtime
plus 1 Saturday day school YouTube videos and forms, plus an environment for the server side.
Starting 3rd February 2022 introduction to Responsive Web Design and ◗ 11 weekly meetings
the principles of SEO (Search Engine Tuesdays from 18:00 to 21:00
Lecture Room T2.07, Trevithick Building, Optimisation). No prior knowledge of
Computer Science Department (entrance plus 1 Saturday day school
HTML, CSS or jQuery is required. Starting 18 January 2022
via the Parade), Cardiff
◗ 11 weekly meetings Continuing and Professional Education,
20 Credits, Level 5 Tuesdays from 18:00 to 21:00
COM21A5395A 21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
plus 1 Saturday day school
12 weekly meetings Starting 21 September 2021 20 credits, Level 4
Thursdays from 18:00 to 21:00 COM21A4572A
Continuing and Professional Education,
plus 1 Saturday day school 21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
Starting 19 May 2022
20 credits, Level 4
Lecture Room T2.07, Trevithick Building, COM21A4867A
Computer Science Department (entrance
via the Parade), Cardiff ◗ 11 weekly meetings
Tuesdays from 18:00 to 21:00
20 Credits, Level 5 plus 1 Saturday day school
COM21A5395B Starting 26 April 2022
Continuing and Professional Education,
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
20 credits, Level 4
COM21A4867B
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Exploring Creative
Writing
Humanities Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Humanities
◗ Mab Jones
Are you intrigued by creative writing but
not sure how to go about it? Does the
blank page intimidate you? This course
offers an introduction to the main
techniques of writing creatively and will
enable you to develop your ideas in a
friendly and supportive environment.
Various forms of writing will be
examined, including fiction and poetry,
Co-ordinating Lecturer: Dr Michelle Deininger and work will be shared and discussed.
Beginners and more experienced writers
Tel: 029 2087 0000
are very welcome!
Email: DeiningerMJ@cardiff.ac.uk ◗ 10 weekly meetings
Thursdays from 10:00 to 12:00
Starting 30 September 2021
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5444A
Creative Writing:
Starting to Write
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Is writing something that feels a little
terrifying, like a leap into the
unknown? Do you wish you could start
writing that novel, memoir, or a
something shorter? This course will
introduce you to some of the most
important skills in a creative writer’s
toolbox: imagination, confidence and
perseverance. By the end of the
course, you will have made the leap
and started to write!
◗ Rachel Smith
10 weekly meetings
Mondays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 27 September 2021
natural and authentic, as well as extending This course will be taught online
General and what feels possible, to them as writers. The
class will involve presentation, lively
10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5363A
discussion and feedback.
Introductory ◗ 10 weekly meetings
◗ Rachel Smith
10 weekly meetings
Mondays from 10:00 to 12:00
Writing Courses Starting 27 September 2021
Tuesdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 18 January 2022
This course will be taught online
Continuing and Professional Education,
10 Credits, Level 4 21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
Creative Writing CRW21A5455A
10 Credits, Level 4
Workshop ◗ 10 weekly meetings CRW21A5363B
Mondays from 10:00 to 12:00
◗ Jamie Woods
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) Starting 9 May 2022
10 weekly meetings
This course will be taught online Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
◗ Briony Goffin 10 Credits, Level 4 Starting 27 January 2022
This is a warm and lively class, suitable for CRW21A5456A This course will be taught online
both new and experienced writers. 10 Credits, Level 4
Emphasis is placed on exploration and CRW21A5363C
experimentation, with the idea that each Learn with us and...
student learns about their own voice and
exposes their own creative potential. use our highly
Through sampling various written forms, specialised libraries
from lists to letters, poetry to prose, fiction
to memoir, students discover what feels
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Continuing to Write Asynchronous Popular Genres
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) writing courses
Novel Writing Workshop
◗ Rachel Smith
Humanities
This course is a continuation of The Sound of Writing Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
'Starting to Write' and encourages
students to further develop the skills
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) Guided by a professional author, this is a
they have established in the earlier
course for anyone who has a book currently
course. Students who have not studied in them that they’d prefer to see sitting in a
‘Starting to Write' who are keen to ◗ Jannat Ahmed
bookshop. What are the components that
explore their writing skills further are Tailored for amateur writers, this make a novel unputdownable? How can you
very welcome to join, too. asynchronous course is for those who may ensure that your readers are enthralled?
◗ 10 weekly meetings already have their own writing goals and Looking at all genres of contemporary full-
Tuesdays from 19:00 to 21:00 would like regular feedback, prompts, and length fiction, this course will take you right
Starting 26 April 2022 inspiration to support their learning and through the novel-writing process, as well as
Continuing and Professional Education, progress. You will be provided with weekly offering guidance in the all-important art of
tasks to complete (and share) within a attracting an agent and/or publisher.
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
small and supportive group.
10 Credits, Level 4 ◗ Dr Katherine Stansfield
◗ 10 weekly meetings 10 weekly meetings
CRW21A5464A Starting 27 September 2021 Wednesdays from 19:00 to 21:00
This course will be taught Starting 29 September 2021
online asynchronously This course will be taught online
Writing without limits 10 Credits, Level 4 10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5459A CRW21A4674A
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) ◗ Lynne Barrett-Lee
10 weekly meetings
◗ Rachel Smith Wednesdays from 10:00 to 12:00
Designed for anyone who has
Writing for Wellbeing Starting 19 January 2022
completed one of our introductory and Self-Awareness Continuing and Professional Education,
writing courses, such as Starting to 21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
Write and Continuing to Write, or for Online 10 Credits, Level 4
those who simply want to improve their CRW21A4674B
writing skills further, this course Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
provides the opportunity to learn more
about the craft and gain more ◗ Joanne Meek
confidence in writing skills. Taught by a qualified counsellor and
◗ 10 weekly meetings creative writing practitioner, this
Writing Crime Fiction
Tuesdays from 19:00 to 21:00 asynchronous online course explores how
Starting 28 September 2021 writing can be used as a tool for Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
This course will be taught online developing personal wellbeing strategies.
Suitable for all with an interest in the
10 Credits, Level 4 ◗ Dr Katherine Stansfield
topic, regardless of previous experience.
CRW21A5461A Are you passionate about crime novels?
◗ 10 weekly sessions
Would you like to try your hand at writing
Starting 17 January 2022
crime fiction? This course will introduce you
This course will be taught to the building blocks of crime fiction,
online asynchronously including plotting, character construction,
Enrol
10 Credits, Level 4 writing convincing dialogue and how to build
CRW21A5421A tension and create mystery and suspense. It
will be particularly suitable for writers coming
Now!
to this popular genre for the first time, but it
will also suit more experienced writers who
are wishing to learn more about what
publishers of crime fiction are looking for.
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Mondays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 27 September 2021
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5166A
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Wednesdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 27 April 2022
Continuing and Professional Education,
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5166B
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Further Adventures in
Writing Crime Fiction
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Humanities
◗ Dr Katherine Stansfield
Developed as a continuation of Writing
Crime Fiction and as a place for more
experienced writers to hone their craft,
this course explores strategies for
structure, the role of twists, the power of
setting, shaping secondary characters,
and using narrative time with confidence.
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Mondays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 24 January 2022
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5416A
Magical Realism Writing Historical Adventure Writing
Fiction
Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00) Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
◗ Gemma Scammell ◗ Mab Jones
This course introduces students to Magical ◗ Dr Katherine Stansfield People have always been enthralled by
Realism as a literary genre, tracing the adventure, from the earliest epics up to
How can we render the language of the
origins of the form through to modern day thrillers, sagas, memoirs, and
past? What’s the difference between
contemporary fiction. Students will analyse even sci fi. Discover what makes a gripping
historical facts and historical fiction? What tale, explore the many genres of the form,
a selection of texts from across the globe, does writing about the past say about the
including writers such as Latin America's develop convincing, compelling characters,
present? This course explores the key learn the essentials of world building, and
best-known author and Nobel Laureate, elements of writing historical fiction,
Gabriel García Márquez, and Japan’s adventure into adventure writing!
balancing historical accuracy with the
multi-award-winning Haruki Murakami. demands of crafting fiction. ◗ 10 weekly meetings
Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
◗ 9 weekly meetings ◗ 10 weekly meetings Starting 30 September 2021
Tuesdays from 17:00 to 19:00 Wednesdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 5 October 2021 This course will be taught online
Starting 19 January 2022
This course will be taught online 10 Credits, Level 4
This course will be taught online CRW21A5454A
10 Credits, Level 4 10 Credits, Level 4 ◗ 10 weekly meetings
LIT21A5448A CRW21A5451A Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 28 April 2022
Continuing and Professional Education,
Writing Science Fiction Nineteenth-Century 21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
and Fantasy 10 Credits, Level 4
Literature and Culture CRW21A5454B
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
◗ Gemma Scammell ◗ Dr Catherine Phelps Young Adult Fiction
What makes for successful science The Victorian period was characterised by
fiction? How do you build a fantasy great change, from the social to the Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
world? This practical writing course technological. This course will introduce
explores a range of frameworks and students to Victorian cultural, social, and ◗ Gemma Scammell
concepts that underpin these popular historical contexts across a range of
genres, from alterity to the posthuman, Young Adult (YA) Fiction is one of the most
literary texts, and will explore a variety of
and explores ways in which writers can popular and growing markets within the
different genres, from the sensation novel
publishing industry. But what makes a good
avoid the pitfalls of exposition and to detective fiction. YA novel? This practical creative writing
infodumps.
◗ 10 weekly meetings course examines a range of genres, from
◗ 10 weekly meetings Thursdays from 17:00 to 19:00 the darkness of The Hunger Games to the
Tuesdays from 17:30 to 19:30 Starting 20 January 2022 feel good ‘up-lit’ of Kate Mallinder’s
Starting 25 January 2022 This course will be taught online Summer of No Regrets. Includes Q&A
This course will be taught online sessions with successful writers.
10 Credits, Level 4
10 Credits, Level 4 ◗ 10 weekly meetings
LIT21A4790A
CRW21A5452A Wednesdays from 17:00 to 19:00
Starting 27 April 2022
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5307A
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People and Places
Writing the Domestic
Humanities
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
◗ Briony Goffin
Taking the world of home, family and
community as inspiration for writing, this
course offers an intimate glimpse into the
spaces we live and the spaces we grow;
the stories we inherit and the stories we
pass down; our rituals and routines;
minutiae and milestones; rifts and
reunions; the public and the personal.
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Wednesdays from 10:00 to 12:00
Starting 29 September 2021
Continuing and Professional Education,
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5465A
People Watching: Sensory Writing Wonders of Nature:
Exploring Further Explorations
Characterisation Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) ◗ Mab Jones
Taste, touch, smell, sound, sight. These ◗ Briony Goffin
◗ Briony Goffin senses are the very building blocks of This course uses the medium of creative
This course uses people as its inspiration, our relationship with the world around writing to explore and depict our
from the people we’ve known, the people us. This course takes a holistic relationship with the natural world in a
we’ve seen, the people we’ve overheard approach, using listening exercises, warm, supportive and stimulating
and the people we’ve imagined. Each objects, and drawing on memories of environment for writers of all
class will explore a different aspect of taste, for example, to encourage experiences. It acts as a sequel to
characterisation and will look at how to participants to engage in the delights of Wonders of Nature but can easily be
grow memoir and fiction from the people sensory writing. studied as a standalone option.
of our lives. Via a variety of writing ◗ 10 weekly meetings
◗ 10 weekly meetings
exercises and suggestions, students will Thursdays from 13:00 to 15:00 Wednesdays from 13:00 to 15:00
amass a portfolio of original works built Starting 27 January 2022 Starting 27 April 2022
around luminous, three-dimensional and This course will be taught online
unforgettable characters. The teaching Continuing and Professional Education,
10 Credits, Level 4 21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
style will ensure a warm, supportive and
CRW21A5463A 10 Credits, Level 4
stimulating environment for writers of all
experiences. CRW21A5420A
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Mondays from 10:00 to 12:00 Wonders of Nature
Starting 24 January 2022 Life Writing
Continuing and Professional Education, Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
10 Credits, Level 4 ◗ Briony Goffin
CRW21A5168A From beaches to backyards, forests to ◗ Mab Jones
flowerbeds, wild weather to wild beasts,
Draw on your own history and experience
epic sightings to intimate encounters, this
to tell the story of your life. Whether you
creative writing course will seek to nurture
want to engage readers, share your history
curiosity and capture wonder, providing a
with family and friends, or simply write for
stimulating environment for writers of all
yourself, this course will give you the
experiences.
methods and means of composing
◗ 10 weekly meetings compelling life writing, autobiography and
Wednesdays from 10:00 to 12:00 memoir.
Starting 19 January 2022 ◗ 10 weekly meetings
Continuing and Professional Education, Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
21 - 23 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff Starting 20 January 2022
10 Credits, Level 4 This course will be taught online
CRW21A5165A 10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5231A
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Humanities
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Stage and Screen Scripting a Television Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 27 January 2022
Drama John Percival Building, Colum Drive,
Cardiff
Writing for Stage and Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) 10 Credits, Level 4
Screen CRW21A4087A
◗ Russ Gascoigne
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) Led by an experienced, professional Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
scriptwriter and former BBC Drama script Starting 28 April 2022
editor, this vibrant and wide-ranging
◗ Rachel Smith John Percival Building, Colum Drive,
course takes you through the process of
Are you curious about writing for the stage Cardiff
writing for TV/film and incorporates a
or screen? Would you like to learn the comprehensive understanding of how the 10 Credits, Level 4
tools to write your own script? Taught by industry operates as well as covering the CRW21A4087B
an experienced and award-winning writer technicalities of scriptwriting itself. Using a
and director, you’ll have the opportunity to variety of screened material and in-class
explore how to write short film and short exercises, the course deconstructs and
play scripts with confidence. demystifies scriptwriting’s often complex
Writing Audio Drama
◗ 10 weekly meetings demands through practical
Mondays from 19:00 to 21:00 demonstrations of its key components and Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Starting 17 January 2022 principles to enable you to conceive, plan
This course will be taught online and script a television drama in keeping ◗ Rachel Smith
with established techniques and How can you create suspense with just
10 Credits, Level 4
professional criteria. the sound of a voice? How can you
CRW21A5462A
build character through the nuances of
dialogue? This course introduces
students to the fundamental skills
needed to write for audio, whether in
the form of radio plays, audio theatre,
or fiction podcasts.
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Mondays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 25 April 2022
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5460A
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note of your course
venue? Details are
in the course
description!
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Pathways to a Degree in
Humanities
English Language, English Literature,
Creative Writing, and Philosophy
Co-ordinating Lecturer: Pathways Coordinator:
Dr Michelle Deininger Dr Sara Jones
Tel: 029 2087 0000 Tel: 029 2087 5268
Email: Email:
DeiningerMJ@cardiff.ac.uk pathways@cardiff.ac.uk
www.cardiff.ac.uk/part-time-courses-for-adults/pathways-to-a-degree
We offer an Inside Narratives There are no formal entry
pathway which will allow you to requirements. Once you have
study towards these degrees at successfully completed an Inside
Cardiff University: Narratives pathway, you are
guaranteed an interview at Cardiff
◗ English Literature
University. Should you progress on
◗ English Literature and to a degree programme, you will
Creative Writing be eligible for ‘advanced standing’
◗ English Language of 60 credits – this means that
these 60 credits will count
◗ English Language and towards the first year of your
Literature degree.
◗ Philosophy
How the Pathway works Modules listed page 15-16.
Inside Narratives is made up of 60 credits.
Each module is worth 10 credits.
To study a particular If you want to apply If you're not sure If you want,
degree subject after for the degree in which degree you'd
like to do after the you can pick
the Pathway, you must English Literature and
Pathway, make sure ONE suitable
study the appropriate Creative Writing, pick
you pick a range of 10 credit module
core module. All the Inside Literature,
core and optional from the main
Inside Narratives core Inside Creative
Pathway modules that prospectus instead of
modules have the word Writing, and Inside
you find interesting, a Pathway module*.
'Inside' in the title. Poetry. totalling 60 credits.
* For example, students interested in Creative Writing could pick Environmental Writing, Digital Publishing, or
one of the children’s or young adult creative writing courses.
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Core modules
Inside Creative
Humanities
Writing
Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
◗ Dr Emily Blewitt
What is the relationship between writers
and writing? How can reading shape a
writer’s craft? Why is critical reflection
important? This practical module
introduces students to some of the main
genres within the discipline, including the
short story, poetry and creative non-fiction
through both theory and practice.
◗ 9 weekly meetings
Wednesdays from 17:00 to 19:00
Starting 6 October 2021
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4
CRW21A5275A
Inside Language
Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
◗ Ada Huggett-Fieldhouse
This module will introduce students to
some of the big questions involved in the
study of language. What is language? How
do children learn language? Do animals
use language? We will investigate these
questions and more in order to
understand the value and importance of
language study in the modern world.
◗ 9 weekly meetings
Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 7 October 2021
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4
ENG21A5313A
Inside Philosophy Inside Literature Inside Poetry
Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00) Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00) Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
◗ Dr Clea Rees ◗ Dr Michelle Deininger ◗ Dr Emily Blewitt
What is the meaning of life? What's so ◗ Dr Siriol McAvoy What makes a poem? What makes a
bad about death? Are you free to take this What can literature tell us about the poet? How can reading poetry shape
class, or was your choice determined even human condition? Why do authors explore writing? This practical creative and
before your birth? Socrates claimed that the human tendency to overreach? How critical writing course introduces
only the examined life was worth leading. do texts explore the end of the world? students to some of the main issues
On this module, we will embark on a Learn to read novels, poetry and plays within the discipline of writing
philosophical journey that will enable us to reflectively and analytically through a contemporary poetry. By giving
start examining our lives and questioning range of dark, disturbing, and dystopian students the space both to read and
our assumptions. No previous knowledge perspectives. write widely in the genre, the course
assumed. aims to develop writing skills and build
◗ 9 weekly meetings confidence.
◗ 9 weekly meetings Tuesdays from 17:00 to 19:00
Mondays from 19:00 to 21:00 Starting 11 January 2022 ◗ 9 weekly meetings
Starting 31 January 2022 Wednesdays from 17:00 to 19:00
This course will be taught online Starting 26 January 2022
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4 This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4 LIT21A5001A
PHI21A5311A 10 Credits, Level 4
ENG21A5439A
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Humanities
Optional modules Comedy, Tragedy and How to Navigate the
the Art of Living: Apocalypse
Ancient Philosophy and
The Moral of Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
Literature
the Story
◗ Dr Michelle Deininger
Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00) The end of the world has a long and
Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
healthy history. In this online asynchronous
◗ Dr Julian Ryall module, we will trace the development of
◗ Dr Clea Rees (post) apocalyptic texts in the Western
◗ Dr Rodolfo Piskorski
Does the parable of the Good tradition, from its earliest beginnings to its
Samaritan illustrate the care we owe to The cultural achievements of the ancient
rise in popularity during the modern era.
Greeks and Romans have never been
strangers? What can the adventures of Students will be prepped with an
surpassed, or perhaps even equalled, in the
Bilbo Baggins teach us about the understanding of cultural and historical
millennia following their downfall. On this
nature of goodness and the roots of contexts, and attain access to a stockpile
module, we will explore some of the
evil? This module will use stories as greatest philosophy, poetry and rhetoric that of essential critical resources.
starting points for explorations of key western civilisation has ever produced. A ◗ 9 weekly sessions (asynchronous)
questions in moral philosophy. wandering hero kills a one-eyed giant; a Starting 3rd May 2022
◗ 9 weekly meetings philosopher proves the stupidity of his fellow This course will be taught online
Mondays from 19:00 to 21:00 men, and is put to death by way of thanks;
Starting 4 October 2021 the King of Thebes finds his predecessor’s 10 Credits, Level 4
killer, and does Sigmund Freud a huge MED21A5375A
This course will be taught online
favour in the process. Widen your horizons
10 Credits, Level 4 and find out what the ancients did for us!
PHI21A5022A ◗ 9 weekly meetings
Tuesdays from 19:00 to 21:00 The Tudors: Fact,
Starting 5 October 2021
This course will be taught online
Fiction and Fantasy
Magical Realism
10 Credits, Level 4
ENG21A5312A Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
◗ Dr Juliette Wood
◗ Gemma Scammell
Propaganda and In introducing the interplay between history,
This course introduces students to legend and fantasy in Tudor Britain, this
Magical Realism as a literary genre, Persuasion module goes beyond the historical deeds of
tracing the origins of the form monarchs like Henry VIII, Mary and
through to contemporary fiction. Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00) Elizabeth I to examine the relationship
Students will analyse a selection of between historical sources and the
texts from across the globe, including construction of real and imagined lives in
◗ Dr Dafina Paca
writers such as Latin America's best- art, film, novels and fantasies.
known author and Nobel Laureate, 'War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance
Gabriel García Márquez, and Japan’s is Strength'. This iconic slogan from Orwell's ◗ 9 weekly meetings
1984 captures the way propaganda often Thursdays from 18:00 to 20:00
multi-award-winning Haruki
contradicts our understanding of 'truth'. This Starting 28 April 2022
Murakami.
module explores the language and John Percival Building, Column Drive, Cardiff
◗ 9 weekly meetings
Tuesdays from 17:00 to 19:00 iconography of propaganda, the rise of mass 10 Credits, Level 4
Starting 5 October 2021 communication, and how understanding is HIS21A5453A
shaped by the language of persuasion.
This course will be taught online
◗ 9 weekly meetings
10 Credits, Level 4 Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
LIT21A5448A Starting 3rd February 2022
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4
MED21A5304A
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Pathways to a Degree in
Humanities
Journalism, Media
and Culture
Co-ordinating Lecturer: Pathways Coordinator:
Dr Michelle Deininger Dr Sara Jones
Tel: 029 2087 0000 Tel: 029 2087 5268
Email: Email:
DeiningerMJ@cardiff.ac.uk pathways@cardiff.ac.uk
www.cardiff.ac.uk/part-time-courses-for-adults/pathways-to-a-degree
We offer an Inside Narratives pathway which will allow you to
study towards these degrees at Cardiff University:
◗ Journalism and Communications
◗ Media and Communications
◗ Media, Journalism and Culture
There are no formal entry requirements. Once you have
successfully completed a pathway, you are guaranteed an
interview at Cardiff University.
How the
Pathway Option 1: Media Pathway Modules
Pick FOUR other Propaganda and Persuasion
works modules on the
Media Pathway to
The World of Cinema
How to Navigate the Apocalypse
get your 60 credits.
Inside Language, & Popular
Music, Culture and Society
The Pathway to Media
is made up of 60 credits.
To complete the Pathway
you must study the Core
Module, Introduction to
Media, Journalism and
Culture (20 credits) Option 2: Other suitable modules*
Pick THREE Media include:
Pathway courses, Inside Creative Writing,
plus ONE other Young Adult Fiction, and
suitable module from Writing Audio Drama
the main prospectus.
*Other options may also be available at the discretion of the Co-ordinating Lecturer.
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Introduction to The World of Cinema Popular Music, Culture
Media, Journalism and Society
Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
and Culture Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
◗ Dr Robert Ellis
Humanities
Fee £470.00 (Concessionary Fee £376.00)
This module explores the rich world of ◗ Dr Danijela Špirić-Beard
cinema, considering key technological, Why does popular music matter so much
◗ Susan Bisson conceptual, theoretical and aesthetic to us? How and why does popular music
What does it mean to study the media? issues in order to gain a better insight become meaningful for us in our everyday
How do we study journalism? Why is the into the films themselves, the lives? How do we use music to
study of culture important? This course companies that produce them, the understand our own identities and those
explores key areas of modern media and money that goes into them, and the of others? This course will address these
the history of media and news production. audiences who love, and sometimes questions and seek to explore them from
This course is the core 20 credit module hate, them. a variety of perspectives.
on the Pathway to Media. ◗ 9 weekly meetings ◗ 9 weekly meetings
◗ 12 weekly meetings Tuesdays from 19:00 to 21:00 Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Tuesdays from 18:30 to 21:00 Starting 1 February 2022 Starting 28 April 2022
Starting 21 September 2021 This course will be taught online This course will be taught online
Plus 2 Saturday day schools 10 Credits, Level 4 10 Credits, Level 4
This course will be taught online MED21A5310A MED21A5070A
20 Credits, Level 4
MED21A5316A
Inside Language Propaganda and How to Navigate the
Persuasion Apocalypse
Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00) Fee £235.00 (Concessionary Fee £188.00)
◗ Ada Huggett-Fieldhouse
This module will introduce students to ◗ Dr Dafina Paca ◗ Dr Michelle Deininger
some of the big questions involved in ‘War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. The end of the world has a long and
the study of language. What is Ignorance is Strength.’ This iconic slogan healthy history. In this online module, we
language? How do children learn from Orwell’s 1984 captures the way will trace the development of (post)
language? Do animals use language? propaganda often contradicts our apocalyptic texts in the Western tradition,
We will investigate these questions and understanding of ‘truth’. This module from its earliest beginnings to its rise in
more in order to understand the value explores the language and iconography of popularity during the modern era. Students
and importance language study in the propaganda, the rise of mass will be prepped with an understanding of
modern world. communication, and how understanding is cultural and historical contexts, and attain
shaped by the language of persuasion. access to a stockpile of essential critical
◗ 9 weekly meetings
◗ 9 weekly meetings resources.
Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Starting 7 October 2021 Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00 ◗ 9 weekly sessions (asynchronous)
Starting 3rd February 2022 Starting 3rd May 2022
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4 This course will be taught online This course will be taught online
ENG21A5313A 10 Credits, Level 4 10 Credits, Level 4
MED21A5304A MED21A5375A
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Historical Studies
Turning Points in
Humanities
Welsh History
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
◗ Elizabeth Jones
What are the main turning points in Welsh
history? Is it the English conquest of
Wales? The industrial awakening of the
Welsh valleys? This course examines key
moments from the Roman invasion to the
present day, examining the political,
economic and social changes that have
constructed modern Wales.
◗ 10 weekly meetings
Tuesdays from 17:00 to 19:00
Starting 5 October 2021
This course will be taught online
10 Credits, Level 4
Essential Works of
Philosophy Western Philosophy
HIS21A5308A
Introducing Moral Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Problems
◗ Dr Julian Ryall
To best grasp the core disciplines that
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) constitute the essence of Western
philosophy, it is necessary to examine those
◗ Dr Clea Rees seminal philosophical texts – including
Is abortion morally permissable? Should works by Plato, Kant, Locke, Descartes and
pornography be censured? What moral Rousseau – which inform our understanding
consideration is due to non-human and our approach to these now established
animals? What are our obligations to fields of enquiry. Through examining these
victims of famine in other countries? This texts we learn to philosophize ourselves and
course will explore a selection of moral acquire the necessary tools to justify our
questions relevant to our lives as favoured solutions to these perennial, and
individuals and members of political and still pressing, problems.
social communities. ◗ 10 weekly meetings
◗ 10 weekly meetings Tuesdays from 19:00 to 21:00
Mondays from 14:00 to 16:00 Starting 18 January 2022
Starting 4 October 2021 This course will be taught online
This course will be taught online 10 Credits, Level 4
10 Credits, Level 4 PHI21A5237A
PHI21A4937A
Environmental Philosophy Philosophy of Introduction to British
Emotion Archaeology
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00) Fee £175.00 (Concessionary Fee £140.00)
◗ Dr Julian Ryall
What do we mean when we talk of the ◗ Dr Clea Rees ◗ Dr Tudur Davies
“natural world”? How can philosophy help What is an emotion? Why is fear an The British Isles are rich in their
us think about our relationship with the emotion but anxiety a mood? What archaeological traces: from villas and
environment? This course explores some makes something anger rather than roundhouses to grand medieval castles.
key texts within environmental philosophy terror? Are emotion and reason This course introduces the archaeology of
and examines the complex interplay fundamentally opposed or more akin than Britain from the dawn of Roman Britain to
between the natural world and humanity’s traditional views suggest? What role the later Middle Ages, providing you with a
place within it. No previous experience of should emotions play in enquiry, sequence of the archaeological record
philosophy is required. judgement and moral life? No previous and an understanding of the rich material
◗ 10 weekly meetings knowledge of philosophy is required. culture and history of our isles.
Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00 ◗ 10 weekly meetings ◗ 10 weekly meetings
Starting 7 October 2021 Mondays from 14:00 to 16:00 Wednesdays from 19:00 to 21:00
This course will be taught online Starting 31 January 2022 Starting 6 October 2021
10 Credits, Level 4 This course will be taught online This course will be taught online
PHI21A5427A 10 Credits, Level 4 10 Credits, Level 4
PHI21A5449A ARC21A4927A
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