Undergraduate study
The University of Manchester teaches more subjects than almost any other British university.
You can choose from a wide range of humanities subjects to study, with an array of topics to select from when deciding which optional course units to study within your subject alongside your core units.
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American Studies
Study topics including the colonial era, Hollywood film, hip-hop culture, the changing nature of work and leisure, and the idea of revolution in American culture.
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Architecture
Architecture studies at Manchester take place at the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA), one of the top architecture schools in the UK.
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Art History
Study modern and contemporary art, architectural history, museum studies, and the intersections of art and science.
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Business Studies
Our Business School teaches accounting and finance, innovation management and policy, management sciences and marketing, and people, management, and organisations.
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CAHAE
Explore the ancient world, from the Near East and Egypt to the Hellenistic and Roman Empires, with Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology (CAHAE).
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Criminology
Criminology is the study of crime – its measurement and definition, causes and effects, and social implications.
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Drama
Theatre studies, performance, applied theatre, and screen studies delivered through lectures, seminars, tutorials, and group practical projects.
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Economics
Economics is the study of the way in which incentives affect behaviour, and economists analyse how choices are made and their influence on society as a whole.
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Education
Addressing social justice and enabling educational change through scholarly activities and collaborative partnerships with professionals.
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English Literature and Creative Writing
Course units range from Anglo-Saxon literature to 21st-century writing and film and cover medieval romance to the postcolonial and postmodern.
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Film Studies
Our specialist areas include documentary, fantasy, and science fiction films, as well as American, British, French, German, Japanese, Spanish language, and transnational Chinese cinemas.
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Geography
Research and teaching by Manchester geographers set national and international research agendas in human and physical geography.
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Global Development
Development courses promote social justice, economic development, and greater equality within countries, particularly for marginalised groups.
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History
Modern British and European cultural history, economic and social history from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, and the study of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
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HCRI
Leading global institute for the study of humanitarianism and conflict response, global health, international disaster management, and peacebuilding.
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International Disaster Management
Develop knowledge about resilience and recovery relating to the current humanitarian response to disaster management.
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Law
Explore opportunities to learn about today’s legal issues in one of the most diverse cities in the UK, and gain the skills to pursue a law-related profession.
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Liberal Arts
Combining different subject areas within and beyond the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures.
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Linguistics and English Language
Study topics as diverse as dialects, Old English, children's language, and the speech of men and women.
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Modern Languages and Cultures
Our Modern Languages provision is amongst the broadest and most diverse in the UK, featuring more than 100 different subject combinations.
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Music
Our research and teaching covers composition (instrumental and vocal), electroacoustic composition and computer music, ethnomusicology, musicology, and performance.
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Philosophy
Our research and teaching areas include analytic philosophy, with emphasis on metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, the history of philosophy, and the philosophy of mind.
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Planning, Property and Environmental Management
Planning, Property and Environmental Management covers spatial analysis, politics and planning, governance, sustainable urbanism, and urban research.
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Politics
Politics at Manchester is one of the strongest groupings in the UK with a distinguished history as a centre of research, training, and education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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Religions and Theology
Study of the beliefs, texts, practices, histories, and cultures of the great religious traditions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
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Social Anthropology
The study of social and cultural diversity, including conflict and its aftermath, economic change, poverty, inequality, globalisation, sex, gender, identities, and the material world.
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Social Statistics
Developing statistical methods for longitudinal and multilevel data, longitudinal survey data, social networks, statistical disclosure and confidentiality, and small area estimation.
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Sociology
The study of social life and social change, adopting the perspective that behaviour can only be understood by studying people's social context and their webs of connection.
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