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    • AI: Robot Overlord, Replacement or Colleague?
    • Climate Change and Society
    • Communicating with Confidence
    • Crisis of Nature
    • Biology for Curious Minds
    • Creating a Sustainable World - 21st Century Challenges
    • Digital Society: Your Place in a Networked World
    • Entrepreneur: Innovator and Risk-taker
    • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
    • Essential Enterprise
    • From Cholera to COVID-19: A Global History of Epidemics
    • From Sherlock to CSI: A History of Forensic Science and Medicine
    • Geo-political Rivalry: Global Power Struggles in Science and Technology
    • In Frankenstein's Footsteps: Science Fiction in Literature and Film
    • Introduction to Sports Business: Innovation, Marketing Strategy and Sustainability
    • Language Experiences for all Programmes
    • Language Mind and Brain
    • Language Mind and Brain Online
    • Leadership in Action
    • Leadership of Learning with Teaching Placement
    • LEAP British Sign Language
    • Madness and Society in the Modern Age
    • Medicine and the Media
    • On Creativity: Practices and Perspectives
    • Philosophy in Action: Philosophical Approaches to the Big Problems of our Time
    • Programming: What? Why? How?
    • Science, Technology and Democracy
    • The Nuclear Age
    • Trust and Security in a Digital World: From Fake News to Cybercriminals
    • Understanding Mental Health
    • Visualising Information
    • Why China Matters
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Unit Catalogue

Browse and learn more about the 2025/6 undergraduate units you can study with UCIL.

Semester

Delivery method

Credits

  • AI unit icon

    AI: Robot Overlord, Replacement or Colleague

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL20122
    • Online

    Full details

  • Biology for Curious Minds unit icon

    Biology for Curious Minds

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL20882 / UCIL20892
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • Climate Change and Society unit icon

    Climate Change and Society

    • Semester 1
    • UCIL33201 / UCIL33501
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • Communicating with Confidence unit icon

    Communicating with Confidence

    • Semester 1 or 2
    • UCIL21301 / UCIL21302
    • Blended

    Full details

  • Creating a Sustainable World unit icon

    Creating a Sustainable World: 21st Century Challenges and the SDGs

    • Semester 1
    • UCIL20311
    • Online

    Full details

  • Crisis of Nature unit icon

    Crisis of Nature: Issues in Environmental History

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL20092 / UCIL20592
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • Digital Society unit icon

    Digital Society: Your Place in a Networked World

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL26002
    • Online

    Full details

  • Entrepreneur: Innovator and Risk-taker unit icon

    Entrepreneur: Innovator and Risk-taker

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL24002
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • EDI unit icon

    Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Your Role in Shaping a Fairer World

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL22302
    • Online

    Full details

  • Essential Enterprise unit icon

    Essential Enterprise

    • Semester 1 or 2
    • UCIL22001 / UCIL22002
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • From Cholera to COVID-19: A Global History of Epidemics unit icon

    From Cholera to Covid-19: A Global History of Epidemics

    • Semester 1
    • UCIL20331 / UCIL20081
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • From Sherlock to CSI: A History of Forensic Science and Medicine unit icon

    From Sherlock Holmes to CSI: A History of Forensic Science and Medicine

    • Semester 1
    • UCIL32011 / UCIL32511
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • In Frankenstein's Footsteps: Science Fiction in Literature and Film unit icon

    In Frankenstein's Footsteps: Science Fiction in Literature and Film

    • Semester 1
    • UCIL20301 / UCIL20801
    • Blended

    Full details

  • Geo-political Rivalry: Global Power Struggles in Science and Technology unit icon

    Geo-political Rivalry: Global Power Struggles in Science and Technology

    • Semester 1
    • UCIL25011 / UCIL25021
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • Introduction to Sports Business: Innovation, Marketing Strategy and Sustainability unit icon

    Introduction to Sports Business: Innovation, Marketing Strategy and Sustainability

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL23002 / UCIL23022
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • Language Experiences for all Programmes unit icon

    Language Experience for all programmes

    • Semester 1 or 2
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • Language Mind and Brain unit icon

    Language, Mind and Brain

    • Semester 1
    • UCIL10201
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • Language Mind and Brain Online (online) unit icon

    Language, Mind and Brain (Online)

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL20202
    • Online

    Full details

  • Leadership in Action unit icon

    Leadership in Action

    • Semester 1 or 2
    • UCIL20031 / UCIL20030
    • UCIL20032
    • Online

    Full details

  • Leadership of Learning unit icon

    Leadership of Learning with Teaching Placement

    • Semester 1 or 2
    • UCIL20001 / UCIL21001
    • UCIL21002 / UCIL20002
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • LEAP: British Sign Language unit icon

    LEAP British Sign Language

    • Semester 1 or 2
    • ULBS50001/ULBS50002 
    • ULBS51001/ULBS51002
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • Madness and Society unit icon

    Madness and Society in the Modern Age

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL30832 / UCIL30332
    • Blended

    Full details

  • Medicine and the Media unit icon

    Medicine and the Media

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL20712 / UCIL20722
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • On Creativity unit icon

    On Creativity: Practices and Perspectives

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL21112
    • Online

    Full details

  • Philosophy in Action unit icon

    Philosophy in Action

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL20162
    • Blended

    Full details

  • Programming: What? Why? How? unit icon

    Programming: What? Why? How?

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL22212
    • Face-to-face

    Full details

  • Science, Technology and Democracy unit icon

    Science, Technology and Democracy

    • Semester 1
    • UCIL24141 / UCIL24151
    • Online

    Full details

  • The Nuclear Age unit icon

    The Nuclear Age: Global Nuclear Threats from Hiroshima to Today

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL31212 / UCIL31712
    • Blended

    Full details

  • Trust and Security unit icon

    Trust and Security in a Digital World: From Fake News to Cybercriminals

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL20132
    • Online

    Full details

  • Understanding Mental Health unit icon

    Understanding Mental Health

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL20112
    • Online

    Full details

  • Visualising Information unit info

    Visualising Information

    • Semester 1
    • UCIL20401 / UCIL20421
    • Blended

    Full details

  • Why China Matters unit icon

    Why China Matters

    • Semester 2
    • UCIL22602
    • Online

    Full details

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