In this module we will explore the human senses in both health and disease. We will cover the anatomical and physiological functioning of the human senses as well as other abilities considered to be a ‘sense’ such as equilibrioception. We will also investigate the different pathologies related to the senses and discuss their treatments. Through a series of workshops you will learn how to assess the various senses with the methods used in clinical practice and will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge to clinical cases.

Overall, this module aims to provide you with a fundamental knowledge and understanding of the senses we all use to navigate the world around us and in doing so will enable you to achieve the following learning outcomes:

• Describe the anatomy and physiology underlying each human sense

• Identify pathology related to each human sense

• Outline how to examine each human sense in the clinical environment

• Effectively communicate research to a lay audience through a written piece of work

In this course, we will aim to develop aspects of the theory of matrices with real number entries and give an introduction to the theory of real vector spaces....

In this course, we will aim to develop aspects of the theory of matrices with real number entries and give an introduction to the theory of real vector spaces. During the course, we are also due to see examples of techniques which illustrate the use of matrices.

Literature both explores and exerts enigmatic forces of attachment. For Max Weber, ‘charisma’ represented a source of authority that inheres in...

Literature both explores and exerts enigmatic forces of attachment. For Max Weber, ‘charisma’ represented a source of authority that inheres in neither rationality nor tradition but in the mysterious attraction exerted by an ‘extraordinary’ individual, and was thus close to notions of grace and the sacred. Literature provides a particularly apt medium through which to depict and analyze the subtle power of charisma, which so often resists precise definition.

The course will examine a variety of modes and paradigms through which charisma has featured in European literature from the Medieval period to the 20th century. Particular attention will be paid to ‘dark’ charisma, which, figured variously as corruption, seduction, or hypnosis, has often lured individuals and communities to act in contrast to the dictates of reason or morality.

Reading List/ Suggested Reading

Primary works read will include:

Chretien de Troyes, The Knight of the Cart
	Dante, The Divine Comedy
	Goethe, Faust (Part I)
	Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
	Bram Stoker, Dracula
	Viktor Dyk, The Ratcatcher
	Hermann Broch, The Spell
Theoretical works will draw upon Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgment; Samuel Coleridge, Biographia Literaria; Thomas Carlyl, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History; Max Weber, 'The Sociology of Charismatic Authority'; and Elias Canetti, Crowds and Power.

Please note: This module description is accurate at the time of publication. Amendments may be made prior to the start of the academic year.