Master of Arts in Global Literary Industries Management

at University of Southampton - Highfield Campus United Kingdom

Study the mathematical techniques that are driving advances in modern chemistry. You'll explore topics ranging from the use of artificial intelligence to predict chemical reactions, to the discovery of new drugs through quantum mechanical modelling.

On this three-year degree you’ll combine your passion for chemistry with your talent for maths. This subject has important applications in fields such as:

• Analytical chemistry
• Biotechnology
• Drug discovery
• Nanotechnology
• Programming and computational chemistry

You'll gain advanced analytical and statistical skills, with the chance to apply these to practical problems. By choosing from complementary chemistry and maths options you can also tailor your studies to suit your interests.  

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Develop knowledge that is highly valued in the chemical industries
• Learn from academics at the forefront of chemistry research
• Study in modern, spacious teaching laboratories, using state-of-the-art equipment.  

Our MMus Music Composition programme gives you the opportunity to specialise in various elements of musical composition. On this course, you’ll learn:

• Current trends in composition
• 20th and 21st century musical developments
• Aesthetic, technical and critical issues in modern compositional practice
• In-depth analysis of your chosen compositional genres, materials, techniques and forms

Our academic staff are internationally noted performers with active solo and ensemble careers, and established composers of contemporary art music, electronic music, media music (for example, in film, TV and videogames), and jazz. These world-leading experts can offer you intensive one-to-one tuition in music history, culture and performance.

On the Composition pathway, you’ll work towards the final goal of a composition portfolio. We’ll work with you to create a portfolio that’s relevant to your career aspirations. On completion of the course, you’ll be ready to:

• Continue your research at a doctoral level
• Work in the music industry or wider cultural sector
• Become a teacher
• Work as a freelance musician

Civil engineering is essential to the development of our society, from planning to construction. Our 4-year, integrated master's course goes beyond the 3-year degree, and lets you specialise in an area of your choosing. You'll develop the design, management and teamwork skills that employers look for. Major engineering companies often get involved in our group design projects.

This MEng Civil Engineering course follows the BEng Civil Engineering degree for the first 3 years. In the fourth year, you can choose to focus on specialist topics, including:

• Coastal and maritime engineering
• Earthquake engineering
• Bioenergy
• Transport modelling
• Waste resource management
• Architectural acoustics

The group project in year 4 lets you apply your conceptual engineering and scientific knowledge to an engineering design problem. As a team you’ll develop an idea through detailed design, experimentation, computer modelling and manufacture. Our Design Show blog has examples of our students’ design work.

You'll have access to our extensive facilities, including:

• National Infrastructure Laboratory
• Professional manufacturing centre
• Hydraulics and geotechnics labs
• Heavy structures facilities

As part of this course you can:

• Apply analytical techniques and problem-solving skills to engineering problems
• Develop technical skills, such as computer-aided design (CAD), model-making, surveying and computer programming
• Take part in the Constructionarium challenge, where teams build scaled-down versions of famous structures
• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show

You can take this course with an additional year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code HH20 for the Industrial Placement Year option.

On this BSc Mathematics with French degree you'll spend your a year in France or Belgium, studying at one of our partner universities. This degree is a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in French, while developing your mathematical problem-solving skills. You’ll study pure and applied maths, statistics and operational research. You’ll graduate with sought after skills and experience of working and studying in another language.

This course is varied and covers the foundations of algebra, calculus and statistics. You’ll investigate the applications of mathematics in a variety of contexts and use mathematical and statistical models.

As part of this course you’ll:

• Be able to specialise in pure or applied mathematics, operational research or statistics
• Become proficient in French, understanding subtleties and conversing easily in the language, both formally and informally
• Spend your third year at one of our Erasmus partner institutions in Liege, Lille or Paris
• Use our student centre, a dedicated learning and social space for maths students
• Use mathematical and computational packages such as Python and the statistics package 'R'

You’ll be taught through a combination of lectures and workshops, by leading researchers in fields, such as group theory, the mathematics of nature and experimental design.

This BSc Politics degree will help you learn about political systems, political thinkers, democracy and the modern state. You’ll gain insight into issues such as modern migration, the role of the media, and the future of the European Union. This course can lead to jobs in politics, the civil service, think tanks, campaign organisations, business or journalism.

Discover how to get into politics as you:

• Study political theory, global politics, public policy, and political analysis
• Focus on topics of contemporary political importance, for example, globalisation, public policy, constitutional politics, security studies and migration
• Choose from a wide array of topics through optional modules, including political topics relating to the UK, the EU or the US, and modules in criminology, economics or ethics

A BSC Politics degree from the University of Southampton will:

• Develop your critical thinking skills
• Hone your analytical capacity
• Train you in a range of research skills that are highly valued by employers

You'll develop transferable skills such as:

• Effective oral and written communication
• Problem solving
• Data analysis

This degree gives excellent training for a range of careers, including roles in:

• The civil service and international organisations
• NGOs, advocacy and lobby groups
• Political campaigning
• Journalism
• A broad range of business sectors

Prepare for a career as an expert actuary with our actuary master's degree at the University of Southampton.

You'll have an early advantage in your career with a professional actuary degree that is recognised by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

By the end of your studies, you’ll be able to assess and manage risk using advanced actuarial science methods. You can apply what you’ve learned to work as an analyst, or to many other careers that need quantitative skills.

You’ll learn how to become an actuary – a specialist who identifies, analyses and manages risks with long-term financial consequences. This expertise is vital in many businesses across the financial services industry.

This degree covers a broad collection of topics including:

• Actuarial maths
• Statistics and probability
• Economics
• Accounting and finance
• Survival models and analysis

The course is flexible and will cater to students both with and without actuarial education. When you start, we’ll advise you on module choices to meet your specific needs.

Explore the fascinating worlds of crime, the criminal mind and deviant behaviour. Examine the different, and sometimes contradictory, views on the psychology behind our nature and the choices we make. These are complementary subjects, which often feature in the media and popular culture.

Criminology looks at the origins and patterns of criminality, the justice system and the reasons for committing crime. Psychology examines the mind to try to explain and predict human interaction and behaviour choice.

On this criminology and psychology course, you’ll study:

• Criminal behaviour
• Victimisation and society's reaction
• The socio-legal context of crime
• The future of social control

You’ll also examine the major views and topics within psychology, including:

• Cognitive psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Social psychology

As part of your degree you can:

• Use our research facilities, which include eye-movement recording and virtual reality labs
• Examine cyber and international crime
• Study abroad for a semester in Brazil, Canada or China
• Challenge yourself and help make a difference with our Social Impact Lab
• Take specialist modules from other disciplines to unlock a range of career options

The University is also home to the Institute of Criminal Justice. You can take part in seminars, workshops and lectures, and explore the relationships between criminal justice scholarship, research, policy, and practice.

This programme is accredited by the British Psychological Society. It will open the door to further research or careers in public service, criminal justice and beyond.

Become an expert in international relations and the challenges of globalisation on this MSc in international politics. You'll cover a range of topics on this UK course, including the analysis of global politics, governance and social change. Prepare for a career in politics, advocacy or the civil service, or pursue your research passions to PhD level.

On this master’s degree at the University of Southampton you’ll gain specialist understanding of current global and international politics.

You’ll learn how developments in this area have major consequences for how states:

• Interact with each other
• Maintain security  
• Avoid conflict
• Deal with issues such as migration and the emergence of new global powers

You’ll also gain knowledge and understanding of:

• The main approaches to the study of international politics
• The issues and events that challenge contemporary understanding of international political change
• Philosophical and methodological debates in the study of this subject

Through your dissertation you’ll learn research skills such  searching and referencing sources, and managing complex information. These and other key skills, like critical thinking and independent study, will be crucial to your future career.

Through this optical fibre course, you'll gain specialist knowledge of technologies that harness the power of light, such as lasers and optical fibres. You'll also master the engineering skills and business insight to apply your knowledge in this growth sector.

You’ll be part of an active, research-focused, postgraduate-only community; the largest photonics group in the UK. You'll also have a rare opportunity to see firsthand how fibres are made, as we’re one of only a handful of universities with optical fibre production facilities.

During this MSc degree, you'll make photonic components and devices in our new 1,200m2 cleanroom complex. This is the largest multidisciplinary cleanroom of its type in the UK. 

Our inventions can be found on the Moon, on Mars and on the International Space Station. We built the foundations of the internet and our research is powering changes in medicine, telecommunications, defence, renewable energy and manufacturing.

Some of the best photonics researchers in the world will support you to develop your research skills and you’ll gain hands-on experience of the many practical applications of optical fibres and photonics engineering.

You'll gain practical insights into how to run a modern photonics business through our Industrial Showcase Week. During the week you’ll visit several businesses and learn from experienced photonics business leaders how to apply research and engineering skills to real-world problems.

Spend your third year in Spain, studying maths at one of our partner universities. This degree is a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in Spanish, while developing your mathematical problem-solving skills. You’ll study pure and applied mathematics, statistics and operational research. You’ll graduate with sought after skills in mathematics as well as experience of working and studying in another language.

This BSc Maths with Spanish degree covers the foundations of algebra, calculus and statistics. You’ll investigate the applications of mathematics in a variety of contexts and use mathematical and statistical models.

As part of this course you’ll:

• Be able to specialise in pure or applied mathematics, operational research or statistics
• Become proficient in Spanish, understanding subtleties and holding formal and informal conversations with ease
• Spend your third year at one of our Erasmus partner institutions in Madrid, Malaga, or Santiago de Compostela
• Use our student centre, a dedicated learning and social space for maths students
• Use mathematical and computational packages such as Python and the statistics package 'R'

You’ll be taught through a combination of lectures and workshops by leading researchers. Their fields of expertise include group theory, the mathematics of nature, and experimental design.