School of Languages and Social Sciences - Aston University courses

...Teaching Assistantships in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. If you would like to study at an exchange university abroad we currently have links with prestigious...

...as well as an understanding of the international arena, our International Relations and Spanish degree will be ideal for you. Course outline The course...

...especially in the Final Year. Throughout your degree you benefit from a variety of teaching and learning styles including lectures, seminar classes...

...Strengths of our Sociology programme include its focus on key contemporary social issues, social policy and decision making and international comparisons...

...national and regional levels is also explored. The complex relationship between ethics and international action - be it cooperation or...

...employers often struggle to find in a graduate, such as communication skills and critical thinking and the ability to question and evaluate data from many sources...

...This is strongly influenced by Aston's excellent placement opportunities. Aston Business School is rated as one of the UK's leading Business Schools...

...In your final year you complete an individual research dissertation which improves your independent research skills and report writing skills...

...African Development Bank in Uganda, TNS (market research.) You will be given support and advice on finding a placement. Many employers return each...

...Assessment is through a combination of exams, coursework, essays, presentations and an extended dissertation during your final year. Placement year...

...Our Aims. Many of the key questions in today's world concern the way in which states, peoples and religions relate to each other. How and why do they become enemies or allies?...

...Aston Business School has excellent links with eight hundred and fifty companies both in the UK and abroad. Around two thousand jobs are advertised...

...and ceramics. Many chemists work in consumer based industries such as food and brewing or in service industries such as health and water treatment...

...Ministry of Defence, Audit Commission, working with local MPs, British High Commission in Ghana, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, House of Lords...

...There is a fully integrated Placement Year with extensive preparation and support offered by our dedicated international placements team. Learning...

...British High Commission in Ghana, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, House of Lords, African Development Bank in Uganda, TNS (market research.) Recent Sociology placements include...

...further electives include modules on corpus linguistics, multimodal texts, critical discourse analysis and psycholinguistics. Learning, teaching & assessment...

...The School's outstanding reputation for teaching quality was confirmed by our score of 22 out of a possible 24 in the last Teaching Quality Assessment exercise...

...or one of an approved range of subjects from within the Combined Honours portfolio. The School of Languages & Social Sciences (LSS) at Aston is recognised...

...how it works in society and its role in the world today. It will also help you to develop your own communication and writing skills to high levels...