This module, which is taught in the autumn term, explores modern culture from 1900 to the present day by reading literature and other art forms (ranging from...

This module, which is taught in the autumn term, explores modern culture from 1900 to the present day by reading literature and other art forms (ranging from the high-brow to the popular) in the context of a broad range of societal, philosophical, and technological developments.

The following topics may be covered: Modernity and the City; Underworlds; City Symphonies; Underworlds; The Wireless Imagination; Haunting; Filming New York; TV and the City, The Wire; Print Culture; Psychogeography; Blackness and the City.

It is assessed by a 4,000-word essay submitted in the spring term.

The Course Assessment component of the BA English programme is derived from the termly tutorial marks awarded in your second and third year; second- and...

The Course Assessment component of the BA English programme is derived from the termly tutorial marks awarded in your second and third year; second- and third-year tutorial averages are equally weighted.

The aims of the course and expected learning outcomes are that at the end of the course the students should be able to:


	understand the basic ideas of...

This module identifies the major classes of active devices deployed in power electronics systems and shows how the active device limits the performance of all...

This module identifies the major classes of active devices deployed in power electronics systems and shows how the active device limits the performance of all power electronic systems, and how the device performance specification is controlled by the material, design and construction. The module considers ideal device models which are limited in applicability by the physics but enable simpler circuit design. An appreciation is given of the importance of the driving and protection circuits in enabling optimised circuits to perform reliably.
Topics from earlier modules (electronic circuits, phasor analysis, multi-phase systems, semiconductor devices and electrical machines) are built upon to gain an appreciation of the methods of analysis and design appropriate to converters and inverters, DC choppers and cyclo-converters and the main performance degradations in such systems (such as overlap).
The module provides an introduction to and examples of the applications of power electronics devices in systems and an introduction to the application of these components to DC motor control and other applications.

By the end of the module students should have a good understanding of:

Semiconductor devices for power electronic applications (e.g. diodes, bipolar junction transistor Field effect transistors, thyristors, modern semiconductor materials)
	High power passive circuit components
	DC and AC voltage, current and power
	Power conversion systems and applications
	Power Supplies
	Appreciation of Smart grid techniques.