Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Sociology

at Newcastle University United Kingdom

Our International Business Management master's celebrates the diversity of living and working across cultures. It focuses on the skills, competencies and knowledge necessary for individuals working in today's global business environment.

The opportunities, and challenges, for international businesses are becoming ever more complex. Increased mobility and globalisation of populations create new market opportunities and product possibilities. Businesses are seeking responsible managers who can:

• Work across cultures
• Capitalise on the opportunities presented by this rapidly developing and dynamic business landscape

This course combines subject area and practice-focused integrative skills modules with an individual project. You'll:

• Develop your knowledge and experience of thinking and working like an international manager
• Gain a rich introduction to the complexity of globalisation and cultural difference
• Progress to developing effective international strategies and managing change
• Cultivate a greater understanding of contemporary business issues

You'll enhance your management 'toolkit' through:

• Our links to industry
• An employability strategy running throughout your master's
• The opportunity to engage with international collaboration/exchange

Artificial Intelligence is all around us and used on a daily basis. All Artificial Intelligence uses data analytics as the underpinning science.

Throughout this master's in Data Science with specialisation in Artificial Intelligence you'll:

• Explore the key topics in the field of Artificial Intelligence
• Develop the skills needed to address real problems in a given application area
• Receive a comprehensive grounding in the theory and application of data science

Through project work you'll experience the full lifecycle from design of interactive visualisation to experimental evaluation of an advanced visualisation approach.

Topics covered in the course include:

• Data visualization
• Cloud computing
• Bayesian statistics
• Machine learning

You'll benefit from our substantial expertise in data science. We focus on a wide range of application areas, including:

• Healthcare
• Transport
• Cybersecurity
• Smart cities
• Manufacturing

This three-year Speech and Language Therapy degree will provide you with the thorough knowledge, experience and understanding you need to undertake speech and language therapy practice.

Through case-based teaching, you will read and discuss complex, real-life scenarios to develop your problem-solving and decision-making skills.

You will study core modules in speech and language pathology. These include causes, diagnosis, assessment and treatment of a range of speech, language, communication and swallowing disorders in adults and children.

Clinical experience during every year of the course will allow you to put this theory into practice, providing you with a scientifically orientated, and theoretical understanding of speech and language therapy. You'll graduate a confident, competent and highly skilled speech and language therapist.

Landscape architects create and manage the landscapes we live and work in. They plan and design places. This ranges from the private garden to the urban square and the city region.

The Master of Landscape Architecture is a two-year full-time postgraduate conversion course. It's suitable for:

• Graduates in other disciplines who wish to qualify and work as professional landscape architects
• Those with international landscape qualifications who wish to pursue professional studies in the UK

Whether or not you have a background in design, you'll develop the skills needed for contemporary practice.

You'll gain a practical understanding of the theories, methods and techniques employed in landscape architecture. Most of what you learn is applicable worldwide.

The Master of Landscape Architecture has candidate accreditation from the Landscape Institute (LI). We are applying for full LI Accreditation status upon graduation of the first cohort.

Our full-time master in business administration programme offers you a carefully structured and immersive experience. It will empower you to push beyond your boundaries. It's designed to focus on developing the capabilities you need to be competitive and successful in any industry or entrepreneurial venture.

You'll focus your skills in:

• Leadership
• Critical thinking
• Communication

Using these skills you'll work to improve your performance. Your Newcastle University MBA journey is designed to provide you with the opportunity to:

• Enhance your self-awareness
• Integrate and apply your learning
• Develop your consulting skills
• Contribute to, and lead, multicultural teams

You'll emerge:

• More confident and capable
• Better equipped to drive change within your organisation
• Ready to excel in your career

Our MBA careers package offers you a range of information and resources. These work hand-in-hand with:

• The classroom
• Networking
• One-to-one support

Our Biochemistry integrated master's degree studies life at the molecular level. You'll develop an understanding of what causes diseases like cancer and how new technologies and drug treatments can help patients.

You’ll explore the chemical processes that occur in cells of other living organisms, from bacteria to humans. You'll also gain knowledge and skills in molecular biology, biomedical sciences, biotechnology.

You’ll learn how analytical techniques used by the industry – particularly the pharmaceutical or biotech companies – are used to discover or design new drugs or solve environmental problems.

The course includes topics such as:

• DNA replication, recombination and repair
• control of gene expression
• molecular basis of cancer and chronic diseases
• applications of biochemistry in real-world problems such as biofuels, drug-design, nano-circuits and bio-sensing

BSc or MSci?
Some of our degrees are offers at two levels:

• three-year Bachelor of Science (BSc)
• four-year Master in Science (MSci)
• Our MSci degrees include an additional year of advanced study at master’s level, where you will gain additional research and practical experience to increase your employability and have the opportunity to work alongside our world-leading experts.

Our students are helping transform the oral health of local communities. You'll help patients avoid and manage oral disease by promoting good oral health and providing treatments. This degree will provide you with the practical, theoretical and professional skills required for this role.

At Newcastle our work has worldwide impact and you'll be taught by some of the top academics and internationally renowned experts in their field.

This degree begins with a foundation in biomedical sciences, providing a basis for clinical work as the course progresses. You'll study advanced topics such as human disease, managing medical emergencies, and health promotion.

This three-year nutrition with food marketing degree focuses on developing your critical and analytical skills. Ensuring you will graduate as a conscientious and socially aware food professional, ready for a career in nutrition and marketing.

Our industry-recognised qualification helps to fast-track your career. You will be able to apply for direct entry into the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists as soon as you graduate.

Our degree's teaching is informed by the research carried out by experts based at Newcastle University. This guarantees your studies are at the cutting edge of industry developments, so you graduate with the most up-to-date knowledge of nutrition and food marketing.

You'll explore topics such as: human nutrition, marketing strategy and consumer behaviour, while developing a holistic understanding of the global food system.

This three-year degree will give you the opportunity to develop an in-depth knowledge of this fascinating field. You'll be equipped with the practical skills and professional experience you need to analyse, design, and build electrical and electronic circuits.

Working on projects designed in collaboration with leading companies, you'll develop the skills and knowledge demanded by industry, through practical project work and research-informed teaching.

This broad-ranging degree covers the core aspects of the generation, distribution, storage, and conversion of electrical power, alongside a wide choice of specialist modules, including everything from the operation of nano-electronic devices, through to national-scale electricity networks.

This course meets the demand for increased knowledge in intercultural communication.

Changing social conditions and circumstances need:

• New ways of dealing with people
• Fresh ways of interacting and communicating with people of other cultures

Our cross-cultural communication master's covers how cultures and human behaviour reflexively interconnect.

We must improve our knowledge and understanding of the processes and issues involved in cross-cultural communication. We must discover how we can apply such knowledge in everyday experiences.

In practice, we need to develop our knowledge of why and how communication 'works' and how and why it sometimes does not 'work'.

The course answers questions including:

• How cultural background impacts upon successful communication
• How language, thought, and behaviour are interrelated