London Courses

Unless otherwise specified by their home institution, most students in London enroll in one of our Key Courses, which analyze British life through a particular lens (Business, Culture, Europe, or Visual Media). In these courses, students contextualize their experience in London.

Students participating in the Study & Internship or Study & Service Internship programs will be enrolled in a corresponding Experiential Education Course.

Also included on this page:

• Charting the Course
• Quality Assurance

Depending on the program, students may also choose Elective Courses in the topics below. *Courses offered are subject to change by term based on academic programming needs, student enrollment, and faculty availability.

• Arts, Literature & Theatre
• Contemporary Britain
• Global Business
• Global Studies
• Health Sciences
• History & Politics
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Media & Communications
• Social Justice

✔ Indicates course is available

✔ Indicates the course is also available for Spring Quarter

Key Courses

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
British Life and Business	✔
British Life and Cultures	✔
British Life and Europe	✔
British Life and Visual Media	✔	✔ ✔

EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION COURSES

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
International Internship Course	✔
International Service Internship Course	✔
FIE Online International Internship Course	✔

ARTS, LITERATURE & THEATRE COURSES

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
Contemporary British Theatre * There is a compulsory lab fee of £90 for this course	✔	✔
Harry Potter: Magic, Myth & Meaning * This course requires that you have read all the books in the Harry Potter series	✔	✔
History of Modern Design	✔	✔
Literary London: Reading the Restless City	✔
Music in 20th Century Britain	✔	✔
Photojournalism: London through the Lens * A camera is required for this course (not just a phone camera) – more details here.	✔	✔
Realism in British Cinema	✔	✔
Shakespeare and Elizabethan Literature	✔	✔
The Nature of Story: Creative Writing	✔
Travel Writing	✔	✔
Understanding Art Through London’s Collections	✔	✔

CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN COURSES

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
British Politics	✔	✔
‘Cash, Money, Records Forever’: An Introduction to the Business Practices of the Evolving British Music Industry	✔	✔
Contemporary British Broadcasting	✔	✔
Food, Society, and Culture in Britain: From Traditional Tastes to Contemporary Concerns * There is a compulsory lab fee of £90 for this course	✔	✔
Harry Potter: Magic, Myth & Meaning * This course requires that you have read all the books in the Harry Potter series	✔	✔
Media in Britain	✔	✔
Photojournalism: London through the Lens * A camera is required for this course (not just a phone camera) – more details here.	✔	✔
Pride and Prejudice: LGBTQ Histories, Rights and Contemporary Issues in London	✔	✔
Social Welfare Issues in the UK		✔ (Spring Quarter Only)
Sustainable Cities: London in the Era of Climate Change	✔	✔
Understanding Art Through London’s Collections	✔	✔

GLOBAL BUSINESS COURSES  

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
‘Cash, Money, Records Forever’: An Introduction to the Business Practices of the Evolving British Music Industry	✔	✔
Ecology, Environment, and Economics: Market Forces and Sustainability	✔	✔
Ethical Dilemmas: Business and the World	✔	✔
Fundamentals of Finance	✔
Global Marketing	✔	✔
International Trade	✔	✔
Principles of Management	✔	✔
Principles of Marketing	✔	✔
Strategic Brand Management	✔	✔
The Political Economy of the EU: Brexit and Beyond	✔	✔

GLOBAL STUDIES COURSES   

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
Diversity in Britain: Immigration, Discrimination, and Integration	✔	✔
Ecology, Environment, and Economics: Market Forces and Sustainability	✔	✔
International Diplomacy: Issues, Conventions, and Practices	✔	✔
Social Psychology in a Global Context	✔	✔

HEALTH SCIENCES   

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
Economics of Health Care		✔ (Spring Quarter Only)
Genetics in Nursing and Healthcare	✔	✔ ✔
Health Care Ethics	✔	✔ ✔
Health Care Policy	✔	✔

HISTORY & POLITICS COURSES  

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
Modern British History	✔	✔
British Politics	✔	✔
History of Modern Design	✔	✔
International Diplomacy: Issues, Conventions, and Practices	✔	✔
Music in 20th Century Britain	✔	✔
Pride and Prejudice: LGBTQ Histories, Rights and Contemporary Issues in London	✔	✔
Social Welfare Issues in the UK		✔ (Spring Quarter Only)

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSES   

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
Diversity in Britain: Immigration, Discrimination, and Integration	✔	✔
Ethical Leadership * There is a compulsory lab fee of £90 for this course for Spring Semester; this covers your participation in the SGLC	✔		Fall   Spring
Food, Society, and Culture in Britain: From Traditional Tastes to Contemporary Concerns * There is a compulsory lab fee of £90 for this course	✔	✔
International Diplomacy: Issues, Conventions, and Practices	✔	✔
Pride and Prejudice: LGBTQ Histories, Rights and Contemporary Issues in London	✔	✔
Social Psychology in a Global Context	✔	✔
Social Welfare Issues in the UK		✔ (Spring Quarter Only)
Sport in British Society	✔	✔
Sustainable Cities: London in the Era of Climate Change	✔	✔
Understanding Civilizations: Islam and the West	✔	✔

MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS COURSES  

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
‘Cash, Money, Records Forever’: An Introduction to the Business Practices of the Evolving British Music Industry	✔	✔
Contemporary British Broadcasting	✔	✔
Creative Thinking for Advertising	✔	✔
Media in Britain	✔	✔
Music in 20th Century Britain	✔	✔
Photojournalism: London through the Lens * A camera is required for this course (not just a phone camera) – more details here.	✔	✔
Realism in British Cinema	✔	✔
Travel Writing	✔	✔

SOCIAL JUSTICE COURSES  

Course Name	Fall & Spring Semesters	Fall & Winter Quarters	Syllabus
Diversity in Britain: Immigration, Discrimination, and Integration	✔	✔
International Diplomacy: Issues, Conventions, and Practices	✔	✔
Pride and Prejudice: LGBTQ Histories, Rights and Contemporary Issues in London	✔	✔
Social Welfare Issues in the UK		✔ (Spring Quarter Only)
Understanding Civilizations: Islam and the West	✔	✔

CHARTING THE COURSE

FIE’s courses reflect an engagement with its values of inclusivity, ethics and human rights, social and cultural engagement, and sustainability. For information on how each of FIE’s courses maps to these values, please see Charting the Course. 

QUALITY ASSURANCE

FIE periodically conducts both internal and external reviews to focus our quality assurance efforts.FIE is pleased to announce that over the last few years, we have been successful in achieving recognition from the British Accreditation Council and the Quality Assurance Agency in regards to our academic provision. In addition, we continue to work closely with the Forum on Education Abroad and to grow our Academic Advisory Council. Please visit our Quality Assurance page for more information.