The “Neurodiversity and Development” module explores the wide range of developmental pathways shaping mental health, wellbeing, behaviour, and cognitive functioning across infancy, childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. The module critically discusses traditional models of psychopathology and impairment, while also exploring alternative frameworks that conceptualise neurodivergence as a valuable aspect of natural human diversity. Students will engage in critical and scientifically informed analysis of how environmental fit, societal expectations, and systemic barriers contribute to distress, wellbeing, and functional outcomes. The module will also address issues of identification, assessment, and support across developmental stages.
The module syllabus is designed to provide you with the theoretical basis and the analytical skills needed for senior decision-making roles in clinical practice. The module will include clinical problem-based elements and will afford participants the opportunity of considering different approaches to the management of clinical problems by involvement in case-based discussions.
There is a growing need for psychological input in physical health settings which may include working with acute, long-term and neurological conditions (PPN, 2020). A core feature of this work is adopting a bio-psycho-social approach to create a holistic understanding of a person and their presenting problems. Clinical neuropsychology addresses the link between the human brain and behaviour using a bio-psycho-social framework. It considers the impact of both normal and abnormal brain functioning on a broad range of cognitive, emotional and behavioural functions. Neuropsychological assessment provides a scientific way of quantifying and describing the changes in brain function caused by damage or disease which can be used to develop a formulation and inform diagnosis, interventions and monitor changes over time. Being able to effectively choose, use and interpret a range of cognitive tests remains a core competency for clinical psychologists. Psychological interventions may need to be adapted due to the physical and cognitive sequalae of a neurological disorder or long-term health condition. The focus may also be less on symptom reduction, but more on living a meaningful life alongside a long-term health condition. This can include using models of psychological adjustment and consideration of psychological factors which may affect a person’s ability to engage in health interventions. This module will introduce you to clinical neuropsychology and clinical health psychology. This includes understanding the role of a clinical neuropsychologist, neuroanatomy, common neurological and long-term health conditions, neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation. This will involve the acquisition of practical skills in test administration and interpretation. You will also learn to adapt individual therapeutic interventions to meet the needs of specific populations (e.g. people with cognitive impairments, physical health conditions) and consider other ways of delivering interventions such as working with carers and staff teams.
This module provides a description of the cells, circuits and systems that coordinate sensory responses, complex brain functions and behaviours. Lectures will be accompanied by a practical that reinforces the taught material.
The module will look at key concepts in cultural geography.
This module provides you with practical skills and knowledge which are important in developing a new venture. The module will assist you in identifying opportunities to exploit, how to establish a business model and how to protect intellectual property. You will also become familiar with tools and techniques which are useful in developing and planning a new venture. At the end of the course, you will be able to develop a business plan and to prepare a business pitch to potential investors.
Reading the works of Friedrich Nietzsche is both exciting and troubling. He sets out to undermine the basis of many of our beliefs about values. Christianity, he believed, has had a powerfully negative effect on the potential of human beings. His method of ‘genealogy’ seeks to reveal the origins of our present-day values and make us question them. What are our values, and what should they be, if we no longer believe in God? Is morality good for us, or does it stifle great achievements? Why do we hold the values we do? What do our cherished beliefs in the values of compassion, equality, and safety from harm tell us about our own psychology? Are we under illusions about our own identity and freedom? This module will explore these issues through close readings of Nietzsche’s seminal works, On the Genealogy of Morals and Beyond Good and Evil.
NMR spectroscopy is a powerful analytical tool: by combining a wide range of 1D and 2D NMR experiments, the assignment of functional groups, atom connectivity and 3D molecular structure can be undertaken. This module will be delivered with a focus on practical skills associated with acquiring and evaluating NMR data and spectral interpretation. The module will be built from fundamental basics: NMR spectroscopic theory will be used only where necessary to illustrate a practical point.
Noise control engineering is concerned with the application of basic acoustics and vibration theory to reduce noise in practical situations. The noise control engineer needs to know how to set targets, how to characterise and quantify noise sources, and how to reduce noise either at source or, more commonly, in the transmission path. Suitable formulae are provided and explained for each of these steps. The main assessment consists of a design calculation study which makes use of these formulae to solve a practical problem. The report is written in a form suitable for a client.
This module will further establish your knowledge, technical skills and develop your clinical reasoning within non-invasive cardiology. The fundamental theme will be your ability to clinically interpret electrocardiographic data derived from a range of procedures including; 12 lead ECGs , ambulatory monitoring and cardiac stress testing and echocardiography. Your teaching will take place in a dedicated specialist facility at University Hospital Southampton and delivered by clinical specialists. All theory and practice is designed to prepare you for your year 2 clinical placement in a cardiac department.
Modern (and future) aircraft employ a variety of nonlinear techniques to both design control systems and perform analysis of the arising closed-loop. This is due to the fact that aircraft dynamics are fundamentally nonlinear and also, with the widespread use of digital fly-by-wire technology today, because engineers have considerably more opportunity to be flexible and adventurous with their designs. However, as with any control system, great care has to be taken to ensure that the arising system is stable and robust; this is all the more important with nonlinear methods as one cannot directly apply the powerful linear techniques which the student will be familiar with from classical control. This module will i) provide a broad and deep foundation in nonlinear control theory, ii) introduce the student to a number of interesting nonlinear controller design techniques, and iii) illustrate the use of such techniques using flight control examples. The module will highlight the opportunities and drawbacks provided by nonlinear techniques, equipping the student with a balanced appreciation of when and where such techniques may be effectively applied.
This module is designed to familiarise students with the principal theories, concepts, and research methods relevant to the area of nostalgia. The lectures and readings are designed to acquaint students with both classic and current research trends in the area of nostalgia. This module will help students to discover ways in which to apply the subject matter to their day-to-day experiences, and to better understand themself and others. Lectures will include discussion and class presentations. Discussion and class activities are important to class dynamics and the learning environment, and active participation will increase students understanding of the subject matter.
Students will learn about Nuclear Scattering, various properties of Nuclei, the Liquid Drop Model and the Shell Model, radioactive decay, fission and fusion. By the end of the course, the students should be able to classify elementary particles into hadrons and leptons, and understand how hadrons are constructed from quarks. They will also learn about flavour quantum numbers such as isospin, strangeness, etc. and understand which interactions conserve which quantum numbers. They will study the carriers of the fundamental interactions and have a qualitative understanding of QCD as well as the mechanisms of weak and electromagnetic interactions. This course provides an introduction to nuclear and particle physics. There are approximately 16 lectures for each section supplemented by directed reading. Lectures delivered using mainly blackboard and with a slight admixture of computer presentation for selected topics. There will be three problem sheets with respective three sessions devoted to going over these problem sheets. Model solutions will be provided after the problem sheets are due to be handed in. The problem sheets also contain non-assessed supplementary questions usually of a descriptive nature designed for deeper understanding of the material.
The aim of this module is to introduce students to some of the basic ideas of number theory, and to use this as a context in which to discuss the development of mathematics through examples, conjectures, theorems, proofs and applications. The module will introduce and illustrate different methods of proof in the context of elementary number theory, and will apply some basic techniques of number theory to cryptography. One of the pre-requisites for MATH3078
The solution of differential equations is essential in most mathematical sciences. This module introduces the numerical techniques needed when the problems are not analytically tractable, and the mathematical techniques to analyse the resulting numerical methods.
