Undergraduate Modules

"That's what I love about IATL modules, they give you a glimpse into other worlds that you may not encounter otherwise."
- Dr Dave Wood, Principal Teaching Fellow, Mathematics Institute

Studying on an IATL module gives you the opportunity to work with students and lecturers from right across the university, developing connections between ideas, experiences and practice. These skills, of working with people from different backgrounds and developing complex understandings of concepts, are increasingly valued by both students and employers alike and offer you ways of engaging with some of the big questions facing us today. In an IATL module you are not merely learning about the world, you are working with others to develop new ways of understanding it.

Available to

All undergraduates in years 2, 3 or 4 (with home department approval)

Past modules (including modules offered in 2017-18)

Term 1 (Autumn)

Applied Imagination: Theory and Practice

IL005 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Naomi de la Tour

Cracking Earth foating in water

Challenges of Climate Change

IL006 CATS: 7.5 or 15 Convenors: Prof. David Mond & Dr Michael Pounds

[Please note: module moving to GSD from 2018-19; see bottom of page]

Entrepreneurship: A Critical Perspective

IL020 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Vishalakshi Roy

Earth from space

Laughter: a Transdisciplinary Approach

IL024 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Carolin Debray head

[Module Full]

Navigating Psychopathology

IL002 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Viv Joseph Illustrations and graphs drawn on a wall

[Also available in Term 2]

Reinventing Education

IL008 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Naomi de la Tour

South Asia in Britain: Connections, Communities and Conflict

IL030 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Dr Saba Hussain clouds

Understanding Wellbeing: Theory and Practice

IL028 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Dr Elena Riva

Term 2 (Spring)

Achieving Sustainability: Potentials and Barriers

IL012 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Prof. John Pickering

[Please note: module moving to GSD from 2018-19; see bottom of page]

Applied Imagination: Long Project

IL025 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Naomi de la Tour

Prerequisite: Applied Imagination: Theory and Practice (IL005)

Censorship and Society

IL018 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Roxanne Bibizadeh Three-dimensional abstract shape

Community Engagement: Theory into Practice

IL017 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Mark Hinton Woman holding placard at demonstration

[Module Full]

Gender and Violence

IL026 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Dr Ravi Thiara Test tubes containing coloured liquids and representations of DNA strands

Genetics: Science and Society

IL023 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Dr Elena Riva [DESCRIPTION]

[Module Full]

Interdisciplinary Computer Modelling

IL027 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Dr James Kermode Picnic

Introduction to Design Thinking Theory and Practice

IL029 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Dr Robert O'Toole Illustrations and graphs drawn on a wall

[Also available in Term 1]

Reinventing Education

IL008 CATS: 12 or 15 Convenor: Naomi de la Tour Audio graph on a computer screen

The Science of Music

IL016 CATS: 7.5, 12 or 15 Convenor: Dr Oksana Trushkevych

Allocation of places

Priority will be given on a first come, first served basis to those who have completed and submitted the IATL module registration form (see button at top of page). However, please note that in the event of a module being oversubscribed, priority will be given to students taking the module for credit rather than those auditing or 'overcatting' and to students in their final year of study.

Undergraduate interdisciplinary modules from Global Sustainable Development (GSD)

The modules below were incubated by IATL and will be offered in 2018-19 onwards by Global Sustainable Development. The new pages for the modules will be ready shortly and links will then be added below.