Taking inspiration from Ninja's Ultimate Accommodation thread, here is a guide to all things module related!
The module descriptions on the uni website can be pretty dry and don't tell you whether or not lecturers are any good or if the continuous assessment is massively difficult, so post your reviews of modules you've taken and I'll add them to the main post here. I will add lots of reviews for maths because that's all I've really done. Even if someone else has already done a review for a module, add your own if you've taken it too!
I'm going to use the following format, if you want to add anything else in feel free!
Module: MT6666 Advanced Timey-Wimey Stuff Mathematics
Credits: 30
User: a_pond
Year/Semester: 1967/8 S1
Lecturer(s): Dr W. Ho
Review: This module is awful! The lecturer obviously knows what he's talking about but can't seem to communicate this to the class. The project involved solving several equations that required you to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow and takes absolutely ages to do! I would only advise you to take this module if you can't find anything else!
Remember that the lecturers for modules can change and that can have a massive influence on the module content (especially honours modules). For example Linear Algebra has changed beyond recognition since when I took it, so my review would be very different to someone who's taking it now!
FAQ on Modules
Q. How many modules can I take?
A. There's no limit on the number of modules, rather a limit on the number of credits. Most people are limited to 120 credits per year and this is normally taken in a 60/60 spilt over the semesters. Most first year modules are worth 20 credits so you will take 3 per semester. A lot of second year science modules are worth 30 credits, where arts are still 20. At honours the credits go a bit crazy and you get 10,15,20, and 40 credit modules depending on what you do. Certain programmes (like the 4-year MMath) require you to take more credits than normal (MMath needs 150 per year at honours).
Q. Can I take more than 120 credits a year?
A. Yes, but be prepared to argue with your advisor about it. There is a definite upper limit (I think it's 180 credits in any one year, can someone confirm this?)
Q. What does 'Class Hour' mean and can I take two modules with the same class hour?
A. Class hour is when the lectures for the module will be held. There will also be tutorials that will be arranged once you start the module and the schools try to plan them for you so they don't clash. Normally you cannot take two modules that have the same class hour unless it specifies they are held on alternate days (e.g. honours modules in Maths).
Q. In the first two years, are the degree structures to joint and single honours courses the same?
A. Essentially yes. In your first two years you just have to take 120 credits per year and included in this should be the basic modules that form part of your chosen degree. For example I study Psychology and must take PS1001, PS1002, PS2001 & PS2002 in years one and two.
This will leave you free to take another subject's modules, I take International Relations modules and then depending on what I fancy my third module is a bit of a pick and mix. In a joint honors degree you'll most probably, in fact I can guarantee you'll have to take both subjects first and second year modules. So if your degree was Psychology and Maths you'd have to take the first and second year modules for those two subjects and then if you require further credits to make up your 120 then you take a third module. (thanks to Hopefull)
Q. What do the module codes and levels mean?
A. Modules have codes that look something like MT1001. The first two letter represent the subject, so in this case MT is maths. There are lots of different subject codes so I'm not going to list them all, but a few examples are PH - Physics, CH - Chemistry, PY - Psychology, FR - French, MO - Modern History. The number then tells you what level the course is, so 1001 would be a first level course. The level roughly equates to what year you should take it in, so you'd take a 1000 level course in first year and a 2000 level course in second year. There are, as always exceptions to this.
Art History
Art History Modules
Chemistry
Chemistry Modules
Classics
(Ancient History, Classical Studies, Greek, Latin)
Module: AN1001 Greek History to Alexander the Great
Credits: 20
User: oh-wow
Year/Semester: 2010 S1
Lecturer(s): Dr Lewis, Dr Anderson, Dr Graham, Dr Racine
Review: I really enjoyed this module. I thought the content was interesting and was accessible for someone who had never studied Ancient History before. Most of the lectures were clear and easy to understand, particularly Dr Anderson and Dr Racine. Dr Lewis is good and clearly knows her stuff (shes very good at answering any questions) but I feel her notes are hard to follow. All the lecturers are lovely and very helpful. Only problem I had with this module was that the tutorials were fortnightly, which may sound great as it's one less hour every week but I felt like alot of topics I had a vague knowledge of them and if I tried to discuss them in the tutorial, they were rushed over. Anyone interested in this module should get their own copies of Thucydides and Herodotus as they are the core texts and I really used them a lot.
Module: AN1002
Credits: 20
User: oh-wow
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S2
Lecturer(s): Felix Racine, Ralph Anderson, E J Graham, John Coulston
Review: I found this module quite boring. You basically study the period from foundation to empire and go through Punic Wars, conquests, politics from gracchi, Marius and Sulla, Pomey and Caesar, Antony and Augustus etc. Theres alot of names, dates and wars and it can get a bit dry. The tutorials were interesting as we studied roman army, religion, women, Cato the Elder, Augustus and Cicero. This semester only had two essays and the questions were quite easy. I found this module a bit boring but it had the least work of my three.
Module: AN1001 Greek History to Alexander the Great
Credits: 20
User: Sappho
Year/Semester: 2011/12 S1
Lecturer(s): Sian Lewis, Ralph Anderson, Rebecca Sweetman, Jon Coulston, Félix Racine
Assessment: 1 commentary (10%), 2 essays (2*20%), exam (50%)
Review: I thought this module was quite challenging because it really covers an awful lot of stuff in one semester. I didn't know much about Greek history before, but at least some bits, and I think that was only good. Don't be put off, if you're really interested and committed, this is a great module because they teach you not only random facts about history, but also much about how the study of history works etc. Though maybe not an optimal "third subject" in which you can relax. I found most lecturers really good, and tutorials were very helpful. There are three lectures a week plus a tutorial in two weeks.
[B]Module: GK1005 Greek Language and Literature I (i.e. Advanced Greek)
Credits: 20
User: Sappho
Year/Semester: 2011/12 S1
Lecturer(s): Alex Long (Plato), Nicolas Wiater (Menander), Juan Coderch (Language and Grammar), Jon Hesk (Unseens)
Assessment: 1 essay (20%), 1 language test (10%), 1 unseens test (10%), 1 Menander test (in the format of the exam, 10%), exam (50%)
Review: I really liked this module. The lecturers are really nice (only Hesk is a shouter, but not deliberately). We had two reading classes, one language and grammar class and an unseen class every week. The works read can differ from year to year, but generally the try to give you a broad range of literature over the modules in the first two years. People's level in Greek were quite different, which is taken into account. Juan's classes help to consolidate your knowledge of grammar, and unseens classes were quite helpful to teach you how to cope with a passage you've never seen before. Do try this module if your Greek is about at a level equivalent to A Level.
Module: LT1003 The World of Latin I (i.e. Advanced Latin)
Credits: 20
User: Sappho
Year/Semester: 2011/2012 S1
Lecturer(s): Emma Buckley (Seneca), Nora Goldschmidt (Catullus), Juan Coderch (Language and Grammar
Assessment: 2 commentaries and 2 unseens (10% each), exam (60%)
Review: We read Seneca's Apocolocyntosis and a selection of Catullus' poetry. The first part was a bit chaotic, though the second part was really good. The choice of the Apoc is a bit weird, though their justification is that they want to read something people are unlikely to have dealt with before, so I guess it makes sense. The two works were also good as an introduction to how Latin works at uni as opposed to work at school. If you think of doing this module, go for it! Latin is always a great thing to have and the workload is pretty okay.
Computer Science
Module: CS1002
Credits: 20
User: do5
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S1
Lecturer(s): Alan Dearle, Ian Miguel
Review: Difficult module to review, some found this class quite straight forward, whilst some of my friends regretted not dropping it sooner. The module in itself is an introduction to programming and will teach you a lot of skills using Java. The module starts from basics assuming you know nothing about programming or computer science. The title might be quite misleading as the course has nothing to do with actual Computer Science and is instead all about programming.
Extremely coursework heavy, a new assignment every week, and I often found myself spending 15-20 hours on each. You will be very prone to bugs whilst learning, which will get very frustrating, however, demonstrators are there to help for 9 hours/week.
All in all, a rather difficult module, but at the end of it, quite enriching as it will give you a good understanding of one of the most widely used
Module: CS1004 - Internet Programming
Credits: 20
User: do5
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S2
Lecturer(s): Mirco musolesi, Kevin Hammond.
Review: Module is split into two parts, first the fundamentals of the internet and how it works with a "top down" approach, second, a more practical guide on how to program a number of things such as HTML, client-server design with Java and some more complicated Java concepts such as Exceptions, Input/Output, CGI, Applets and some GUI material.
Like CS1004, the lectures got quite boring in my opinion, (I've always been a more hands-on learning type of guy), and didn't feel too guilty about missing some. However, in hindsight I do feel intellectually fulfilled knowing how a number of internet concepts work. Compared to the last module, the practicals are hugely more difficult and my time in the comp lab nearly tripled (30 hours/Assignment). But again, this might be because I'm not the best of programmers.
When it came to the final exam, the module wasn't too difficult to revise and I'm quite confident about the exam. I can't recommend the textbook "Computer Networking - A Top Down Approach" highly enough. You can get this free from the library for the entire term, so spare your money.
Divinity
Module: DI4700 Hebrew Prose and Poetry
Credits: 30
User: Long Jo(h)n Silver, yarrr
Year/Semester: 2010/11 S1
Lecturer(s): Dr W. Tooman
Review: An extremely relaxed class which benefits from rarely having more than three or four people taking it. You need to have taken the two sub-honours Hebrew modules (or have a decent standard of Hebrew otherwise) in order to take it. The class is fantastic, with one of (if not the best) lecturers in the School of Divinity. We met for two hours or so each week, to read texts and discuss issues with translation and meaning. Preparation for the class was somewhat more rigorous, however. Each week we prepared a set of exhaustive notes on some manner of Hebrew syntax (relative clauses, asyndetic conditional clauses, etc). Each week's notes were worth 2.5% of total grade. Obviously, it helps to prepare the primary texts too, which are usually about a chapter long, ranging from Biblical Poetry (such as Isaiah 11, Exodus 15 etc) to legal texts (Deut 5) to narratives (Samson's epic Judges 13ff). Preparation of the text tends to take about 6-8 hours a week (if you're doing it systematically, with commentaries etc, rather than just doing a quick translation), but the notes tend to take about 10-12 hours a week, depending on how many grammars you are willing to read and how exhaustive you make them (remember you'll also need to be learning vocab and obscure grammar). There was also an exegetical essay which was worth a substantial amount of the grade, but you're given free reign over which text (as long as it isn't covered in class).
A word about Dr Tooman. He's fantastic. I've been taught by him for two of my four honours modules, and I've never seen anyone able to inspire so much enthusiasm in a class. We were often laughing, at some strange anecdote or just the way Dr Tooman phrases things. He's also incredibly understanding, and prefers his students to be relaxed and happy rather than stressed out with work in precisely on time. This isn't to say he's okay with people missing deadlines, but he often gives a good extension (if there's a reason other than 'I can't be bothered'). He actually won the award for best dissertation supervisor in Arts and Divinity last year (I'm lucky enough to have him as my supervisor this year).
Overall, a great module. Small class, great tutor, decent and challenging workload. Oh yeah, and the exam was easy. By the end of the course, if you've really put the effort in, you'll have a really good understanding of some quite advanced grammar and texts. If you know Hebrew and are in Divinity, you MUST take this module. It's great.
Module: DI1001 - Theology: Issues and History
Credits: 20
User: Buzzzz
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S1
Lecturer(s): Alan Torrance
Review: Theology is split up into a crazy mish-mash of different subjects, including: absolutist claims about God, evidentialism, arguments for and against the existence of God, the homoousian, covenants, repentance, arguments around infant baptism, iconography, creation… and other stuff. I didn't know what half of those words even meant before starting the course, but Torrance goes through everything nicely and explained it all very well. He likes to focus on the works of Barth and the homoousian quite a lot. There were two essay questions during the year (the first worth 20% and the second 30%), and in the exam (worth 50%) there was a choice between SIXTEEN (!!! : D !!!) questions, of which any three could be answered. It is Christian theology, but you needn't have much/any prior knowledge of Christianity to take the module, although it would probably help a bit. Dr. Torrance is a really nice lecturer and replies to emails and everything pretty quickly.
Module: DI1012 - Living Faith
Credits: 20
User: Buzzzz
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S2
Lecturer(s): Dr Eric Stoddart and Dr Mario Aguilar
Review: Living faith is a pretty intense subject, I think you need to have done DI1001 to take it. It's split into two parts: practical theology and systematic theology. Dr Stoddart lectured in the Practical Theology section, where each week a different theologian and issue was covered; there was pastoral theology (theology in hospitals and social care and stuff), urban theology, feminist theology, managerial theology and congregational studies. It was alright, some of the more hardcore theologians were not so keen on the postmodern nature of some of the theologies, but overall it's an interesting insight into practical theology. Dr Aguilar (who is the best lecturer ever!) taught the second half of the module on theology in Latin America (from 1492 right until the modern day) and Africa (all the way back yonder to the first century)—it's a pretty nice course and covers a lot of history and theology. As before, you don't need any knowledge of anything in particular to take this course. There's one essay per subject (25% each) and they were very very straightforward questions, and in the exam you have to answer three questions with at least one from each half. As long as you study, it's a blast.
Module: DI1004 - Hebrew
Credits: 20
User: Buzzzz
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S1
Lecturer(s):
Review: Hebrew is so much fun. I love it. You don't have to know any hebrew to start the course at all, and I totally sucked at languages at school but did okay in this class. It's probably one of the hardest subjects for most people—you really get thrown in at the deep end and you can't slack off or miss many lectures, because it moves fast and you have to keep on top of the work. There are three class tests (contributing to 50% of the final grade) and then a final exam-you'll need to learn to translate from Hebrew to English, but not the other way around for the tests. And there will be parsing involved (i.e. verb endings, tenses etc). I had a cue card pile at least 120 words strong, with more words I just never put on there. The things you translate tend to be along the lines of "the prophet of Israel burned with a serpant in the wilderness". You really have to keep practicing the vocab most days if you want to get through this class alive, because it really does take a lot of hard work. That's probably why half of the class dropped out before the second lecture, I think there were only 15 of us left at the end! But it's the most fulfilling subject ever, although not for the faint hearted!
Economics
Module: EC1002 - Microeconomics
Credits: 20
User: Ecosse_14
Year/Semester: 2010/11 S1
Lecturer(s): Paola Manzini
Review: This course starts from the very basics so is suitable for those who have never did economics before (like me). The final mark is 25% coursework (15% class test and 10% on 6 assignments you do (or maybe it's vice versa?)) and then 75% on the final exam which is made up of multiple choice questions and questions which require working out and number answers. The whole module is based upon the book Microeconomics by Mankiw and Taylor and it was essential you bought this book. You also use a website called Aplia where you are given 6 assignments throughout the semester which are graded (you then go through these in the tutorials). It can get confusing sometimes if you've never studied economics before but if you have then you will probably fly through it.
Module: EC1001 - Macroeconomics
Credits: 20
User: Ecosse_14
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S2
Lecturer(s): Prof Alan Sutherland and Dr Kannika Thampanishvong
Review: Starts of with the basics of macroeconomics (GDP, CPI, unemployment, etc) and then goes on to things like aggregate demand, shocks to potential output, LRAS/SRAS curves, IS-LM model and stuff like that. You need to keep up with lectures or you'll get totally lost and confused (like me). 75% exam (40% multiple choice and 60% theory/mathsy type question) and 25% is based on a class test. The lecturers are good and tutorials are extremely helpful in your understanding and doing practice questions.
English
[B]Module:[B] EN1003 - Ghosts and Doubles: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature
[B]Credits: 20
[B]User: fever skin
[B]Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S1
[B]Lecturer(s): Dr MacLachlan, Mrs Bartlett, Dr Blyth, Dr Byatt, Dr Crawford, Prof Crawford, Dr Herbert, Prof Hutson, Dr C S Jones, Dr Tom E Jones, Dr Lodge, Dr Manly, Prof Paterson, Prof Plain, Prof Sellers, Dr Stabler.
[B]Review: 50% coursework, 50% exam, and both halves consist of two essays. A very comprehensive module which takes you through a variety of literary works. You're encouraged to look at literature from different perspectives - eg. Great Expectations from a feminist point of view (!). I was somewhat disappointed at the fact that the texts were often analysed at quite a superficial level but that was necessary to get through the workload. There is a LOT of reading for this module - 4 novels, 2 novellas and 4 blocks of poetry. Most people don't read all the texts - one of my friends only read one novel and some of the poetry - though I wouldn't recommend doing this. If you're doing English here, even as just another module, I'd really recommend you read at least the first two novels over the summer. One thing I didn't like quite so much about the module is that there are a lot more lecturers for it than for my other two modules, so it feels a bit impersonal. But some of the lectures are incredible - for instance, being taught contemporary Scottish poetry by some of the best poets in Scotland (Robert Crawford, Don Paterson...) was fantastic. Overall, an interesting module that's a bit of a shock to the system after school-level English but is enjoyable nonetheless.
Film Studies
Module: FM1001 - Key Concepts in Film Studies
Credits: 20
User: fever skin
Year/Semester: 2010/11 S1
Lecturer(s): Prof Robert Burgoyne, Dr Tom Rice, Dr Leshu Torchin
Review: 10% computer quiz, 40% coursework (1 essay), 50% exam (2 essays). This module was very easy in comparison to my other modules and people will often slate you for taking film studies. Basically, it just introduces you to the various aspects of film analysis and the technical terms you should use in essays. The films on the module can be a bit hit-and-miss - personally I'd only have chosen to watch about half of them - and often the DVD corrupted mid-screening. Unlike most of the arts courses, for this module you only get 2 lectures a week instead of 3. However, the module is enjoyable - mainly because it's so easy and because you can legitamately watch two films a week for the course. If I could go back again I would still choose to study this module.
Geography and Geoscience
Geography & Geosciences Modules (and Sustainable Development)
History
Module: MO1007 The Early Modern Western World, c.1450 - c. 1700
Credits: 20
User: oh-wow
Year/Semester: 2010 S1
Lecturer(s): Dr Pettegree, Dr Michelson, Dr Kirwan, Walsby, John, Yamamoto, Constantinidou, Kastritsis, Houston
Review: This course is good in some ways and not so great in others. Pettegree is a great and the majority of the rest of them aren't too bad. However, I felt that most of the subject matter was boring. There's a huge focus on the printing press which I found wasn't very interesting and thought sone of the course went too fast. For example, we had half a lecture on the Dutch Revolt but there were a few questions in the exam focused solely on it. You get a course reader with articles for each week to read and some weeks I found it very useful but other weeks it seemed a bit irrevelant. Alot of the books that I bought, I barely used. A. Pettegree, Europe in the Sixteenth Century is the best bok to buy. It gives a good overview of a good section of the course. I would say this module was a bit hit and miss for me. Some weeks I loved it and other weeks I hated it.
Module: MO1008
Credits: 20
User: oh-wow
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S2
Lecturer(s): Bernard Struck, Aileen Fyfe, Prof De Groot, Frank Muller, James Koranyi, Koji Yamamoto, Frances Nethercott, Dr Ferris, Bill Knox, S. Tyre, J. Clark, Z. Wojnowski, A. Ansari, C. Fischer
Review: I really enjoyed this module compared to last semester. It's divided into five sections and is not a linear course. The sections are international history, revolutions, Society and culture, economy, science and technology and ideologies. Some of the lectuers are great, particularly Ansari, De Groot, Nethercott and Bernard Struck. You study a wide range of topics.
International history is Diplomacy from
the French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna, Great Power Relations in the Age of Empire, The Eastern Question since 1774, The Inter-War Period (1918-1939)
The Cold War (1945-1989) and UN, EU
Revolutions is American, French, 1848/1849 revolution, Russian, 1979 Iranian revolution and the 1989 collapse of USSR. Society and Culture discusses the legacy of the French Revolution, emergence of poltical culture, revoluton in information and communication, rise of the bourgeois, leisure and consumption in Interwar Europe, Total War and it's impoact on soceity and the Baby Boom and the 'Me' generation (go to this lecture. It's great). Economy etc. is industrial revolution, great depression, creation of nuclear bomb and ecological crisis. Ideologies is Romanticismm, Liberalism, Nationalism, socialsm and communism, fascism, race and racism and liberal democracy and the end of history.
I found most of the topics really interesting as they are true modern history topics. This was a new module this year and I think the layout may be reviewed because the themes thing did get confusing and a bit disjointed at times. However there were loads of great books available for essays because the essays were really broad and allowed you to focus on one lecture from each theme. The course reading material is also great. Some interesting sources. All in all, I really enjoyed this module and would recommend it.
Also. If you're going to buy any books for this module (and they're not really needed. The library has a good selection for essays and the course reader has good background info) buy Hobsbawn Age of Extremes and Age of Revolutions.
Module: ME1006
Credits: 20
User: oh-wow
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S2
Lecturer(s): Alex Wolff, Joh Hudson, Dr McGalderry (other's that I can't remember of the top of my head)
Review: This was my first medieval history module and I enjoyed it. It focused on Scotland and England in the medieval period and had a nice mix of military, politcal and social history. I particularly enjoyed the establishment of new monastic orders, Becket, Chaucer, the Black Death, The Peasants revolt, the Hundred Years war and the growth of parliament. Dr Helena Carr was my tutor and I thought she was really great. Helpful and interesting and set up the tutorials in a way that everyone contributed and we worked of each other. This is a really interesting module and is easy to understand even if you don't have any previous knowledge of medieval history.
International Relations
International Relations Modules
Linguistics
Module: LI1001 - Foundations of Language 1
Credits: 20
User: hayheyley
Year/Semester: 2011/12 S1
Lecturer(s): Lesley Thirkell, Ally Malcolm-Smith, Jonathan Harvey, Mike Orr
Review: The module is split into 3 sections- Structure of Sentences (Lesley) is about grammar, Sounds in Language (Ally) is about the sounds we make to communicate and includes a little bit about accents, Words and Meanings (Jonathan & Mike) is about categorising words and looking more philosophically at language. There is one lecture per week for each subject, and the tutorial will focus on of those subjects each week although you keep the same tutor (so 4 hours per week in class). What I particularly liked about Linguistics is that it's more relaxed than other subjects - a large part of each lecture involves discussions either with 1-2 others or as a whole lecture - and the lecturers are friendly and always happy to help or give advice. Assessment is weighted 50% on class tests (one per section) and 50% on the final exam. I found the workload for this module lighter than for my others but a very enjoyable module. I should also point out that having studied a foreign language may slightly help but it is not necessary as you only study English, however people do bring up examples from other languages in discussions which I find interesting to compare with English. Also be aware that there are only two Linguistics modules available.
Module: LI1002 - Foundations of Language 2
Credits: 20
User: hayheyley
Year/Semester: 2011/12 S2
Lecturer(s): Lesley Thirkell, Ally Malcolm-Smith, Jonathan Harvey, Kerry Tavakoli
Review: Much the same as the previous module really. Each module is standalone so you can take this module in S2 one year and then take LI1001 in S1 the following year. Assessment and structure of the module are the same as before, the three sections for this module are- Language and Society (Lesley) which is about how and why language is used differently in different situations, it also involves a lot of eavesdropping on people which is always fun ; Language and Teaching (Ally) is about the different approaches to teaching English as a foreign language; Words in the Mind (Jonathan & Kerry) is about how people learn their 1st and 2nd languages. Again, studying/having studied a foreign language is not at all necessary but I found it helped a bit - more with this module than the previous - because you can draw on more experience for discussions/essays about teaching methods or comparing 1st and 2nd languages. Another really interesting module for me and it linked really well with my other modules (Psychology and a language). Would definitely recommend Linguistics if you have any interest in language or how people use it.
Management
Module: MN1001 - Organisations and Society
Credits: 20
User: Ecosse_14
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S1
Lecturer(s): Prof Jan Bebbington, Dr Sam Mansell, Dr Huw Davies, Diane McGoldrick, Dr Eleanor Burt
Review: This module is split into 3 sections. The first section is the business environment (looking at PESTEL, etc along with some public/private sector case studies), the second is organisational behaviour (looking at stress, motivation theories, work, what managers do, power and control) and the last is theory of organisations (looking at structure, culture, power and politics, etc). Coursework makes up 40% of your final grade (3 class tests in different formats) and 60% from the final exam which is 3 essay questions from each of the topics. In the last topic, you watch films as a way of seeing the things you learn being put into practice and the essay questions were made on the films. Tutorials are weekly and extremely helpful in understanding the topics, and you're guided to loads of different articles and things. Good module if you're interested in business/management but must be incredibly boring if you just want to take it to fill up your credits. Some of the lecturers are really good (I really liked Diane) and others are not so good AT ALL (particularly 1, who I won't mention). Oh, also, the book Organisational Behaviour by Fiona M. Wilson is excellent for the organisational behaviour section.
Module: MN1002 - Organisations and Analysis
Credits: 20
User: Ecosse_14
Year/Semester: 2010/2011 S2
Lecturer(s): Prof Rob Gray, Ryan Parks & Diane McGoldrick
Review: Once again, this module is split into 3 sections. For the first 7 weeks, half the time is spent studying 'Introduction to Financial Accounting' and the other half 'Business Statistics'. After Spring break, you spend 4 weeks doing a group integrative case study. Financial accounting can be rather hard to get to grips with if you've never studied it before but the lecturer (Rob Gray) is fantastic so just go to lectures. Financial accounts has 6 tutorials in the semester, and business stats has 3 - they're really helpful. The case study is your chance to work in a group with other students. You're given a company and you need to go away and research it (it's market, it's finances, external environment, marketing technique, competitors, etc), come up with problems, recommendations and solutions. You then need to present these in a formal presentation and hand in a group report (this is worth 50% of your coursework and 20% of the final modules). The other 20% of coursework is made up of 10% an accounting assignment and 10% a business stats class test. The exam has 2 sections - section A for financial accounting and section B for business stats. The lecturers and tutors are great and approachable. Be prepared to work VERY hard if you're taking this module, especially for the case study.
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obviously that's not a real module, but you never know with maths!!
Last edited by Hopefull; 01-09-2010 at 04:57.
obviously that's not a real module, but you never know with maths!!
