German-Jewish history has often been regarded as ‘leading up to the Holocaust’. In this module we will explore the life and culture of Jews in Germany from the late C18th until the eve of the Nazi takeover in 1933. Starting with the Jewish enlightenment, initiated by philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729/1786), we see the emergence of a modernizing Jewish element within a modernizing German society and its capital city of Berlin. Here, all Jewish ‘fantasies’, from Assimilation to Zionism, have been played out, discussed, created tensions within the Jewish community and produced an unparalleled cultural creativity, particularly around the turn of the century and in the 1920s. Antisemitism in German society led to the establishment of Jewish organisations such as the Centralverein, but also to the development of a ‘Jewish renaissance’, a re-discovery of a Jewish identity nearly lost in the processes of modernization. Using a core set of primary sources as our foundation, we will trace Jewish life from the struggle for emancipation through to the cultural, social, and political transformations of the 19th and early 20th centuries
Among philosophers in the modern era, Immanuel Kant is widely acknowledged as the most important, original and influential. His challenging book, Critique of Pure Reason, asks what we can know about the nature of reality at the most fundamental level. Can we know about reality in a way that goes beyond science and experience, using reason to discover whether there is a God, or a human soul, or whether we have free will? Kant answers: No. We can know the world only as it appears to us, not as it is in itself. But his original idea is that, rather than being left with the despairing thought that our experience might be an illusion, we can turn to investigate the way the mind must work in order to experience anything at all, and discover how the world we construct for ourselves obeys necessary rules, and how we can distinguish in a new way what is objective from what is merely subjective. The aim of this module is to introduce and explain the philosophical positions and arguments advanced in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, and encourage critical reflection upon them in the light of recent philosophical commentary.
This module provides the key background and skills for students on the MSc Geophysics programme to enable successful future careers. You will learn why geophysics is a key enabler of the energy transition, how to design geophysical surveys, aspects of equipment mobilisation, and acquire different types of high-resolution marine geophysical data.
Key Skills module for the MSc Applied Coastal and Offshore Geoscience
This module first provides students with an understanding of academic writing at Masters Level in UK Higher Education, with regard to essay writing and then with regard to the practical skills necessary for presenting a clear and concise business report. This emphasis is designed to provide early feedback on improvements that they can make towards studying further on this and other modules on their programme. This module then turns to developing skills and attitudes that enable us to work and act in the modern business world, spanning HR skills necessary for HR practitioners but also team work, collaboration and employability. The module is relevant not just too future work opportunities but also to day-by-day work at University. The lessons learned are intended to have immediate practical application.
The module introduces you to key thinkers and their contributions to social theory, their ideas about the social world and the way it works. These ideas provide the building blocks for your degree whether you are studying sociology or criminology. Different theories are introduced in their historical context highlighting the particular issues their proponents initially sought to grapple with and explain at the time they were writing. We consider the broad questions these theories address and highlight the relevance of these ideas to the world we inhabit today
This module introduces key sources of social science data (both UK and non-UK), and the measurement of key concepts using these data, within a range of substantive areas. In doing so it focuses on the analysis of a number of fundamental social issues – including (for example) poverty and inequality, social mobility, and educational attainment and achievement. The module links the conceptual and practical: it touches on debates about how these issues should be understood, and examines how these issues are operationalised and measured in practice using quantitative measures. It also introduces students to the use of the STATA statistical software package.
This module focuses on the knowledge exchange activities that take place between universities and educational institutions (school networks, schools, colleges). The module explores the different forms that knowledge exchange activities can take as well as their purpose and utility to different education stakeholder groups. You will be taught how to conduct a rapid evidence review and you will engage in group work to carry one of these out in response to the real-life needs of local education stakeholder groups in and around the City of Southampton. Depending on capacity, there is the intent to provide an opportunity to students to follow-up on this review with a presentation of its findings with local educational stakeholder groups external to the university.
The last decade and a half have seen the Web move away from a purely document-centric information system to one in which hypertext techniques are applied to the sort of data found in databases; the term “Semantic Web” is used to refer to this Web of linked data. Semantic Web technologies enable people to create data stores on the Web, build vocabularies, write rules for handling data, and develop systems that can support trusted interactions over the network. This module looks at the development of the Semantic Web, at the technologies underlying it, and at the way in which those technologies are applied.
As organisations have become more knowledge intensive, the ability to manage knowledge has become a matter of competitive survival. This module is intended to provide students with a blend of theory and current practice in knowledge management in organisations. After introducing the contemporary importance of knowledge and knowledge management, information and communication technologies that play a prominent role in knowledge management processes are examined. The module examines the importance of knowledge for organisational learning, as well as knowledge creation and organisational unlearning. Socio-cultural issues related to managing and sharing knowledge will also be considered. The role of leadership and how it can support and facilitate knowledge management activities is also examined.
This module is complementary to the other Science Foundation Year modules (GSCI0008, GSCI0009, GSCI0010 and GSCI0012 ), and is comprised of the coursework assignments in biology, chemistry and maths as well as the practical assessment for biology and chemistry. The module is designed to give students the opportunity to develop the skills that underpin success in a scientific discipline, including report writing, giving presentations and extended writing along with hands-on practical skills.
Each student undertakes an investigation which includes both practical and theoretical components. The theory component will consist of a critical review of the literature relating to the proposed experimental component of the project. The laboratory work is related to the appropriate degree programme. Each student is assigned to an appropriate supervisor who will advise on and direct the project. The aim of this module is to allow students to carry out an extensive laboratory-based project on a special topic related to his/her main area of study, and to complete a literature survey on a topic related to this area of research.
This module will put into practice the theoretical concepts gained from Research Skills module in semester 1 and aims to provide a foundation for practical laboratory skills including; good laboratory practice and an appreciation for laboratory safety and risk, the ability to follow standard operating procedures and protocols, good record keeping, understanding and practicing experimental techniques, data analysis and interpretation, and report writing and data presentation.
The module will introduce students to key theories in the analysis of labour markets and to develop knowledge of the relevant institutional framework. The module aims to relate both theory and evidence to key policy issues.
The course discusses in details some of the most important topics in labour economics research by bringing the theory to the data using a combination of empirical methodologies.
Land Law investigates the private law rules affecting the ownership and use of land. It explains the principles governing the nature of property ownership and property rights, their formal and informal acquisition and priority incorporating the registration of land title and property rights, the co-ownership and management of land through trusts, the use of land as security and the relationship between neighbouring land owners.
This version of Land Law is provided for you if you are studying the LLB JD Pathway or the LLB Accelerated programme. Land Law investigates the private law rules affecting the ownership and use of land. It explains the principles governing the nature of property ownership and property rights, their formal and informal acquisition and priority incorporating the registration of land title and property rights, the co-ownership and management of land through trusts, the use of land as security and the relationship between neighbouring land owners.
