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Study outside your norm with UCIL

No matter who you are or what you’re studying, UCIL offers a variety of course units you can take as part of your degree.

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Featured online units

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Creating a Sustainable World

Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills needed to address The Sustainable Development Goals.
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AI: Robot Overlord

Demystify AI and start understanding how it works and its limitations.
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Understanding Mental Health

How could we protect and improve our own mental health and wellbeing and that of others?

Featured blended units

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In Frankenstein's Footsteps

Use science fiction literature and film to explore the changing place of science in cultural imagination.
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Communicating with Confidence

This practical and engaging unit aims to provide you with a toolkit of techniques to communicate with impact.
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Visualising Information

Learn to recognise and critique oversimplifying, biased, or misleading forms of visual representation and create your own visualisations.

Featured face to face units

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Essential Enterprise

Improve your awareness and understanding of key business and enterprise principles.
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Geo-political Rivalry

Unpack the ways in which technological breakthroughs and scientific leadership shape global power.
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Biology for Curious Minds

Discover the biomedical and biological science behind the headlines.