North West Social Science Doctoral Training PartnershipPostgraduate students within the NWSSDTP can take modules from the partner institutions, at master’s or PhD level, for accreditation or just for auditing purposes. Guidance on how to set up a module exchange can be found here. A list of modules available can be found below:
Accounting and Finance modules
Lancaster University
AC.F861: Advanced Accounting: Theory
AC.F862: Advanced Accounting: Empirical
AC.F855: Advanced Corporate Finance
AC.F602: Advanced Investment Management
AC.F603: Financial Reporting for Complex Entities
AC.F606: Financial Statement Analysis
AC.F609: Financial Econometrics
AC.F610: Advanced Management Accounting
University of Manchester
BMAN80281 – Advanced Finance Research Seminar 1
BMAN80292 Advanced Research Seminar 2
BMAN80312 – Advanced Corporate Finance
BMAN 80271 – Advanced Financial Accounting Theory
BMAN 80900 – Advanced Accounting Research Seminars
BMAN80842 – Market Based Accounting Research Seminar
BMAN80931 – Advanced Finance Theory
Business and Management modules
University of Liverpool
ULMS602 Business and Management as a Social Science
ULMS600 Advanced Research Methods
ULMS603 Quantitative Methods in Business and Management
ULMS601 Qualitative Research in Business and Management
University of Manchester
BMAN80062 – Comparative Case Study Analysis
BMAN80121 – Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods
BMAN80432 – Reviewing and Evaluating Manuscripts
BMAN80502 – Structural Equation Modelling
BMAN80792 – Introduction to Hierarchical Linear Modelling with HLM
BMAN80941 – Qualitative Research Methods in Practice
BMAN80992 – Multiple Regression
BMAN88152 – Exploratory Factor Analysis
BMAN80022 – Case Study Research
Criminology, Social Policy and Social Work modules
University of Liverpool
SOCI504 Philosophy of Social Science
University of Manchester
NURS60015 Critical Appraisal and Evidence Synthesis
NURS60017 Qualitative Design and Analysis
NURS60016 Quantitative Design and Analysis
Development and Humanitarianism in an Unequal World modules
Lancaster University
LEC.401: Perspectives on Environment and Development
LEC.403: Environmental Governance and Management
University of Manchester
All modules at the Global Development Institute and the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute are open for 1+3 and +3 scholarship holders.
Economic and Social History modules
Lancaster University
HIST421: Beyond the Text: Image, Sound and Object as Historical Evidence
HIST425: Introduction to Latin Translation for Historians
HIST426: Using Digital Texts as Historical Sources
HIST420: How Historians Understand and Explain
HIST427: Belief and Unbelief: Gods and Pagans from Antiquity to Today
HIST429: Spatial Technologies for Historical Analysis
HIST424: Medieval Primary Sources: Genre, Rhetoric and Transmission
HIST477: Creative Voices: History and Fiction
HIST434: Critical Heritage Studies
HIST491: Outreach, Heritage and Public History Placement
University of Liverpool
HIST521 Approaches to the Global 18th Century
HIST516 Themes in Cultural History
HIST503 Flashpoints and Watersheds in Twentieth Century History
HIST575 Recordkeeping Systems and the Organisational Context
HIST579 English Post-medieval Records (Reading and Interpretation)
HIST560 Medieval Palaeography (general)
HIST522 Revolution and social change: politics, cultures and societies in the 18th-century world
HIST520 Sites of Cultural History
HIST512 Flashpoints and Watersheds in Twentieth Century History 2
HIST587 Literature, Art and Architecture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
University of Manchester
HIST61221 History Beyond the Nation State: Debates & Dialogues in Modern History
HIST60041 Remaking Modern British History
HIST62282 Cultural Theory for Historians: Discourse, Place, Agency & Power
HIST61041 War, Culture and Conflict
HIST64491 Public History: Historians & the Public Sphere
HIST64192 Club Med? How Mediterranean Empires Went Global
HIST64292 From Cottonopolis to Metropolis: Manchester Communities & Institutions
HIST64392 The Boundaries of the Political: Conceptual Innovation & Political Change
HIST65192 Landscapes of Modernity: Cities & Urban Culture in Historical Perspective
SALC61202 The History of Humanitarian Aid
Economics modules
Lancaster University
ECON810 Applied Behavioural Economics
ECON811 The Economics of Human Capital
University of Manchester
All relevant MSc-level modules are available for module exchange. Doctoral-level units are also available, detailed below:
ECON80021 Applied Econometrics
ECON80041 Advanced Microeconomic Theory
ECON80150 Advanced Topics in Microeconomics: Behavioural Economic Theory
ECON80062 Dynamic Macroeconomics
ECON80072 Advanced Methods for Environmental Valuation and Decision Making
Geography and Environment modules
Lancaster University
LEC.401 Perspectives on Environment and Development
LEC.403: Environmental Governance and Management
University of Liverpool
ENVS416: Theorising Human Geography
SOCI501: The Politics and Practices of Social Research
SOCI504: Philosophy of Social Science
University of Manchester
GEOG40121 Key Debates in Environmental Governance
GEOG70911 Issues in Environmental Policy
GEOG70472 Doing Environmental Research
GEOG60942 Environmental Remote Sensing
GEOG60951 GIS and Environmental Applications
Health and Wellbeing modules
University of Manchester
NURS60015 Critical Appraisal and Evidence Synthesis
NURS60017 Qualitative Design and Analysis
NURS60016 Quantitative Design and Analysis
Language Based Area Studies modules
University of Liverpool
LATI503 Research Methods for Latin American Studies
Planning and Environment modules
University of Liverpool
ENVS383 Marine Ecology: Theory and Applications
ENVS541 Marine Planning Theory and Practice
ENVS423 Advanced Conservation Biology
ENVS432 Theory, Power & Ethics
ENVS459 Implementing and Managing Change
ENVS469 Trends, Outcomes and Impacts
ENVS470 Business & the Environment
ENVS471 Tackling Environmental Issues
ENVS525 Politics of the Environment
ENVS536 Urban and Regional Regeneration
ENVS557 Social and Spatial Inequalities
ENVS563 Geographic Data Science
SOCI327 Culture, Economy and Cities
University of Manchester
PLAN60042 Urban Theory, Planning Theory and Professional Ethics
PLAN60021 Planning Powers and Procedures
PLAN60102 Land and Development
PLAN60812 Neighbourhood Planning
PLAN60712 Urban Regeneration (Specialism)
PLAN60771 Planning for Environmental Change
PLAN60871 Infrastructure Planning
PLAN60511 Local Economic Development
PLAN60472 Appraisal and Auditing
PLAN60441 Concepts in Environmental Law
PLAN60462 Strategic Environmental Assessment
MGDI60552 Climate Change, Disasters and Responses
MGDI60531 Critical Issues in Urban Inequality
PLAN60342 Real Estate Law in Practice
PLAN72061 Urban Development Planning in Cities of the South: An International Perspective
PLAN72072 Best Practice Case Studies in Urban Development Planning in Cities in the South
Psychology modules
Lancaster University
PSYC402: Analysing and Interpreting Psychological Data II
PSYC604: Analysing Talk and Text
PSYC481: Psychological Aspects of Advertising
Social Anthropology modules
Lancaster University
SOCL913 Gender, Sex and Bodies
SOCL521 Environment and Culture
SOCL906 The Social Life of Science and Technology: Theories and Debates
GWS.406 Feminist Technoscience Studies
University of Liverpool
SOCI521 Ethnographic Studies of Science and Technology
LATI516 Latin American Studies Special Subject I
LATI502 Latin American Studies Special Subject II
University of Manchester
SOAN60022 Medical Anthropology
SOAN60031 An Anthropology of Science, Magic and Expertise
SOAN60122 Contemporary Issues in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East
SOAN70591 Anthropology of Vision, Senses and Memory
SOAN60992 Documentary and Sensory Media
SOAN70641 Issues in Ethnographic Research I
SOAN70652 Issues in Ethnographic Research II
SOAN70691 MA Ethnography Reading Seminar
SOAN70811 Key Approaches in Social Anthropology
SOAN70822 Contemporary Debates in Social Anthropology
Social Statistics modules
University of Manchester
SOST70022 Longitudinal Data Analysis
SOST70032 Advanced Survey Methods
SOST70042 Structural Equation and Latent Variable Modelling
SOST71032 Social Network Analysis
Social Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine modules
Lancaster University
SOCL913 Gender, Sex and Bodies
SOCL937 Mobilities, Society & Change
SOCL931 Methods in Science and Technology Studies
SOCL906 The Social Life of Science and Technology: Theories and Debates
SOCL521 Environment and Culture
GWS.407 Debates in Gender Research
GWS.406 Feminist Technoscience Studies
University of Manchester
BMAN80962 – Advanced Methods in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Analysis
BMAN80810 – Advanced Topics in Science Technology & Innovation Policy
Sociology modules
Lancaster University
SOCL521 Environment and Culture
SOCL919 Research Projects in Practice: From Design to Dissemination
GWS.407 Debates in Gender Research
SOCL937 Mobilities, Society & Change
SOCL913 Gender, Sex and Bodies
SOCL906 The Social Life of Science and Technology: Theories and Debates
SOCL921 Contemporary Debates in Social Theory
SOCL931 Methods in Science and Technology Studies
SOCL922 The Philosophies of Social Research
GWS.403 Feminist Media and Cultural Studies
GWS.406 Feminist Technoscience Studies
SOCL907 Social and Cultural Theory
University of Liverpool
SOCI504 Philosophy of Social Science
SOCI501 The Politics and Practices of Social Research
SOCI508 Understanding Society Using Quantitative Methods
SOCI514 Using Surveys and Statistics to Understand Social Attitudes
SOCI515 Using Foucault’s Methods
SOCI517 Critical Discourse Analysis
SOCI518 Visual Data, Visual Analysis
SOCI519 Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
SOCI520 Participatory Action Research
SOCI521 Ethnographic Studies of Science and Technology
SOCI524 Narrative Interviewing
SOCI534 Spatial Analysis: Mapping Techniques in Social Research
SOCI540 Photography and Creative Practice
SOCI571 Doing Ethical Research
SOCI573 Doing Twitter Analytics
University of Manchester
SOCY60432 Methodological Issues in Social Research
SOST70511 Introduction to Quantitative Methods
SOCY60231 Foundational and Advanced Perspectives on Qualitative Research
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