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This course provides an historical introduction to the development of folklore studies in Britain. It will review historical conceptions and approaches to folklore from the seventeenth-century antiquarians to the present.

This course explores American art from the late nineteenth century to the postwar era, examining how artists responded to urbanisation, mass media, European modernism, consumer culture, and America’s changing place in the world.

Step into the world of Biblical Archaeology and uncover the secrets of ancient Israel and Judah. Explore how discoveries and artifacts bring the Hebrew Bible to life, while debating the connections between history, interpretation, and faith.

Introduction to the content of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, together with their religious and socio-political backgrounds, languages and main theological themes and interpretations.

The majority of the world’s population lives in the cities of low- and middle-income countries, often referred to as the Global South. The course explores the rapid growth of such cities, and their place in a sustainable urban future.

This course offers an introduction to Economics through the lens of micro, macro, behavioural economics, and political economy for beginners. It covers the key thinkers, policies, and institutions that shape our world.

Writing flash fiction brings benefits to writers of all stripes. In this hands-on workshop, we'll be writing each week, discussing our work, and developing new skills in brevity, language and form.

An exploration of happiness through classical and contemporary philosophy, examining flourishing, pleasure, emotions, morality, freedom, and the good life through philosophers including Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and contemporary philosophers.

This course introduces you to the basic principles of Classical Latin. It provides a firm basis of grammar, sentence structure and vocabulary of the language, through which you will be able to read and translate into English Roman drama in adaptation.

Gain insight into the most important programming tools using the Python programming language, for obtaining data, bringing it into a usable form, exploring and modelling it, and for presenting discoveries to a wider audience.

Discover how minds form, from infancy to emerging adulthood. Explore milestones in developing language, morality, and identity. Through developmental science and philosophical enquiry, learn how we “know” and apply these new insights in daily life.

Climate change will cause agricultural land to turn into deserts. Artificial intelligence will make millions of people out of work. Biotechnology will increase life spans will strain the welfare systems of countries as will mass migration.