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Understanding Corruption (958M9)

30 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Autumn teaching

To fight corruption effectively, we first need to understand it.

On this module, you’ll gain the knowledge and analytical skills you need to explore corruption around the globe in developed and developing countries.

You’ll explore approaches to defining, measuring and explaining corruption. You’ll analyse the different theories and debates, developing your own views on their effectiveness.

You’ll cover five topics with a range of research interests in different disciplines. Topics include:

• corruption in sport, business and politics
• different theories about how the “anti-corruption industry” functions
• corruption itself as a topic of study.

You’ll also learn about:

• debates about the definition and ideas around corruption
• the impact these have on corruption studies
• approaches to measuring corruption
• how innovations in this area are addressing critiques of traditional approaches
• the range of theoretical approaches that explain corruption in context
• the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 20 hours of contact time and about 280 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.