Frequently Asked Questions
Information on selecting your optional modules online.
Questions
Some programmes will offer optional modules which start in Semester 1, please Login to RISIS to check your programme requirements. You will need to take action to gain a place on the module, this is called Module Selection. Where permitted, and at the designated time you must select your modules on RISIS.
Here are the selection and change deadlines by programme and year:
Undergraduate PART 0 IFP & IFY
New students on International Foundation Programme or Year
For Part 0 International Foundation Programmes (IFP) and International Foundation Year (IFY)
Online module selection opens 16 September 2024 at 09:00 (UK time), Login to RISIS to browse your options and make your online selection before 26 September 2024, 23:59 (UK time).
The deadline for changing Semester 1 optional modules is 11 October 2024 12:30pm (UK Time). Please contact moduleselection@reading.ac.uk if you require any changes to your modules.
Undergraduate PART 0 FY
New Foundation year students
For Part 0 Foundation Year (FY) students, For Part 0 Foundation Year (FY) students, to browse your optional modules from 16 September. Please email the team moduleselection@reading.ac.uk to confirm your selection. For optional modules offered where there are restricted numbers you may have questions or wish to contact the module selection team.
Undergraduate PART 1
New Part 1 students
For Part 1 programmes, please to check if your programme offers Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP) modules, alongside other optional modules offered which are starting in Semester 1. Browse your optional modules from 16 September 2024 and contact the team moduleselection@reading.ac.uk to confirm your selection. For optional modules offered where there are restricted numbers you may have questions or wish to contact the module selection team.
Undergraduate PARTS 2, 3, 4
Returning students
You will already have selected your optional modules for the forthcoming semester. Please contact moduleselection@reading.ac.uk if you require any changes to your modules. The deadline for changing Semester 1 modules (except IWLP) is 11 October 2024 12:30pm (UK Time).
Postgraduate Taught Students
Online module selection opens for you on 16 September 2024 at 09:00 (UK time), to make your selection before 26 September 2024, 23:59 (UK time).
The deadline for changing Semester 1 optional modules is 11 October 2024 12:30pm (UK Time). Email moduleselection@reading.ac.uk if you require any changes to your modules after the online selection is closed.
Please note:
Some modules have a limited number of places, and you are not guaranteed a place by submitting your module choices. If you are not successful in gaining a place, the Module Selection team will email you asking you to select an alternative module (see ‘What happens if I am unsuccessful in gaining a place on my preferred module’).
When you make your selections, please ensure that you save your choices and press submit. If you fail to press the submit button, your choices will not be submitted and you will not be considered for a place on your selected modules.
Some Schools send out alternative module selection information, but this is usually communicated to students ahead of their module selection period by Support Centres or Programme Directors.
The following Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP) and University Wide Modules (UWM) modules are available for the 2024 – 2025 academic year.
If IWLP/UWM modules are available as part of your options, these modules will either show within the full modules available on your online selection or with instructions in the Help text for your part on how to request an IWLP or UWM module. Students can only select a UWM at the same Part of their year of study. Please note not all Programmes/Parts offer IWLP/UWM.
If you are unsure if your Programme of study is offering IWLP or an UWM module, please email moduleselection@reading.ac.uk for clarification.
For Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP) modules you can request a change from one IWLP module to another IWLP module up 12:30pm (UK Time) on Friday of Semester 1, week 4. You can request a change from an IWLP module to a Semester 2 module up to 12:30pm (UK Time) on Friday of Semester 1, week 7.
School |
Module Title |
Module Code |
Credits |
Level |
Semester(s) in which taught |
|
IWLP LANGUAGES |
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|
|
|
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IWLP Arabic (pre-group allocation) |
LA1XXA |
20 |
4 |
Across Semester 1&2 |
|
IWLP British Sign Language (pre-group allocation) |
LA1XXB |
20 |
4 |
Across Semester 1&2 |
|
IWLP Chinese (pre-group allocation) |
LA1XXC |
20 |
4 |
Across Semester 1&2 |
|
IWLP French (pre-group allocation) |
LA1XXF |
20 |
4 |
Across Semester 1&2 |
|
IWLP German (pre-group allocation) |
LA1XXG |
20 |
4 |
Across Semester 1&2 |
|
IWLP Italian (pre-group allocation) |
LA1XXI |
20 |
4 |
Across Semester 1&2 |
|
IWLP Japanese (pre-group allocation) |
LA1XXJ |
20 |
4 |
Across Semester 1&2 |
|
IWLP Modern Greek (pre-group allocation) |
LA1XXK |
20 |
4 |
Across Semester 1&2 |
|
IWLP Russian (pre-group allocation) |
LA1XXR |
20 |
4 |
Across Semester 1&2 |
|
IWLP Spanish (pre-group allocation) |
LA1XXS |
20 |
4 |
Across Semester 1&2 |
|
PART 1 UWM |
|
|
|
|
SAPD |
Towards Sustainability: Positive action for a better world |
AD1SPA |
20 |
4 |
Semester 2 |
SACD |
Drawing Practice |
FA1DR2 |
20 |
4 |
Semester 2 |
SACD |
Wildlife Documentary |
FT1WD |
20 |
4 |
Semester 2 |
ISLI |
Intercultural Competence and Communication |
IL1GICC |
20 |
4 |
Semester 2 |
ISLI |
Modern Britain: Society History and Politics |
IL1GMB |
20 |
4 |
Semester 2 |
SPCLS |
Introduction to Psychology |
PY1IPY |
20 |
4 |
Semester 2 |
SACD |
What the font? Making and using typefaces |
TG1WTF |
20 |
4 |
Semester 2 |
|
PART 2 UWM |
|
|
|
|
SAPD |
Towards Sustainability: Positive action for a better world |
AD2SPA |
20 |
5 |
Semester 2 |
SAGES |
Forensic Archaeology & Crime Scene Analysis |
AR2CSA |
20 |
5 |
Semester 2 |
SACD |
Wildlife Documentary |
FT2WD |
20 |
5 |
Semester 2 |
HBS |
Personal Finance |
IC213 |
20 |
5 |
Semester 2 |
ISLI |
Intercultural Competence and Communication |
IL2GICC |
20 |
5 |
Taught in Semester 1 and again in Semester 2 |
ISLI |
Modern Britain: Society History and Politics |
IL2GMB |
20 |
5 |
Taught in Semester 1 and again in Semester 2 |
SMPCS |
Climate Change: Causes And Consequences |
MT2CCC |
20 |
5 |
Semester 1 |
|
PART 3 UWM |
|
|
|
|
SHUM |
Leadership Skills and Values from Antiquity |
CL3LEAD |
20 |
6 |
Semester 2 |
ISLI |
Intercultural Competence and Communication |
IL3GICC |
20 |
6 |
Taught in Semester 1 and again in Semester 2 |
SMPCS |
Climate Change: Causes And Consequences |
MT3CCC |
20 |
6 |
Semester 1 |
SPEIR |
Terrorism and Counterterrorism |
PO3TEU |
20 |
6 |
Semester 1 |
SPEIR |
US Foreign Policy |
PO3USU |
20 |
6 |
Semester 2 |
You must ensure that you register for the right modules each academic year, including the correct compulsory modules for your programme and any pre/co-requisites for the modules you are taking, as well as the correct number of credits:
- Full-time undergraduate students must ensure that they have a total of 120 credits
- Full-time postgraduate students must ensure that they have a total of 180 credits
- Part-time students should be aiming to take half the full-time number of credits in each year of study, although some programmes do not follow this rule.
Some programmes will offer optional modules which start in Semester 1, please to check your programme requirements. You will need to take action to gain a place on the module, this is called module selection,
The following information offers deadlines, timing and changes that can be made depending on your programme and year of study:
Undergraduate PART 0 IFP & IFY
New students on International Foundation Programme or Year
For Part 0 International Foundation Programmes (IFP) and International Foundation Year (IFY)
Online module selection opens 16 September 2024 at 09:00 (UK time), Login to RISIS to browse your options and make your online selection before 26 September 2024, 23:59 (UK time).
The deadline for changing Semester 1 optional modules is 11 October 2024 12:30pm (UK Time). Please contact moduleselection@reading.ac.uk if you require any changes to your modules.
Undergraduate PART 0 FY
New Foundation year students
For Part 0 Foundation Year (FY) students, to browse your optional modules from 16 September. Please email the team moduleselection@reading.ac.uk to confirm your selection.
For optional modules offered where there are restricted numbers you may have questions or wish to contact the module selection team.
Undergraduate PART 1
New Part 1 students
For Part 1 programmes, please to check if your programme offers Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP) modules, alongside other optional modules offered which are starting in Semester 1. Browse your optional modules from 16 September 2024 and contact the team moduleselection@reading.ac.uk to confirm your selection. For optional modules offered where there are restricted numbers you may have questions or wish to contact the module selection team.
Undergraduate PARTS 2, 3, 4
Returning students
You will already have selected your optional modules for the forthcoming semester. Please contact moduleselection@reading.ac.uk if you require any changes to your modules. The deadline for changing Semester 1 modules (except IWLP) is 11 October 2024 12:30pm (UK Time).
Postgraduate Taught Students
Online module selection opens for you on 16 September 2024 at 09:00 (UK time), to make your selection before 26 September 2024, 23:59 (UK time).
The deadline for changing Semester 1 optional modules is 11 October 2024 12:30pm (UK Time). Email moduleselection@reading.ac.uk if you require any changes to your modules after the online selection is closed.
Some modules have limited spaces. If these modules are oversubscribed (i.e. too many students have enrolled on them) we will need to remove students from these lists.
This is done randomly and we will contact you by email if you have been unsuccessful in gaining a place, asking you to select an alternative module. You will also be given the option to be added to a waiting list for the oversubscribed module.
Please respond to this email quickly to make sure you have a full quota of credits on your record. It it your responsibility to check your University email account regularly and reply to module change requests any as soon as possible.
Module selections are not made on a first come first served basis, therefore as long as you select your modules before the given deadline, you will have done everything you can to secure your place on your preferred modules.
If you would like to make changes to your selected modules you may request this, however, please note that you do not have an automatic right to change your optional modules. Consideration will be given as to whether you have the necessary pre- and co-requisites, whether there are places available on the module and whether the deadline for changing optional modules has passed. Requests to change modules can be done during the following periods:
• for modules taught in the Semester 1 and Semester 2: until the Friday of week 2 at 12:30 hrs (UK time) in Semester 1,
• for modules taught in Semester 2: until the Friday of Semester 2 week 2 at 12:30 hrs (UK time).
• Any exceptional cases may be considered after the deadline by Programme Directors and SDTLs, on a case-by-case basis.
• You should continue to attend classes for the initial module selection that you made until:
• You have received confirmation that the requested change has been approved and processed
• You have checked that your requested change has been recorded on your RISIS profile
• You have checked that there are no timetable clashes for this requested change in all Semesters.
Your Semester 1 timetable will be available from September. Check your timetable on Outlook or the UoR student app which will show all the modules you are enrolled on.
If you want to check whether a module you might want to take will clash with your existing timetable, please log into the
In your timetable, select the 'Toggle timetable list’ icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen (as above) and then click add, then click on the ‘Module’ tab and in the ‘Select Module’ field 3rd option in the list you can then add the module of your choice and click ‘OK’ button. This will display your timetabled lectures, seminars and other sessions. If you have a clash you will be able to see the two events displayed as running at the same time.
Please note:
• If your timetable clashes with a seminar/tutorial group, you may be able to switch to another group to remove the clash (please contact the Module Selection team to make these changes).
• If the clash is with a compulsory module, you will be asked to change the optional module it clashes with.
• If you have a clash over 2 weeks or less, this may be acceptable, and we would advise you to contact the Module Convener to discuss this.
• Please do not request a new module change if it results in a clash with a compulsory module on your programme.
• Adding a module to this timetabling platform to check for any clashes does not mean that you have been enrolled on the module, or that this has been added to your timetable. You need to contact the module selection team to request your module enrolment, after checking for any clashes. Once module selection is complete, the new module will appear on your timetable within 24 hours
The timetable team makes every effort to set up a timetable free of clashes, however, there are times when these are unavoidable. If this happens, the Module Selection team will contact you and will ask you to select another module which does not clash with your timetable:
- If the clash is with a compulsory module, you will be asked to change the optional module it clashes with;
- If the clash is with a group (either seminar or lecture), you may be able to move to another group to resolve the clash;
- If you have a clash over 2 or so weeks, this may be acceptable and we would advise you to contact the Module Convener to discuss how this can be resolved.
Modules are categorised into Schools, so you may need to know which school is delivering the module, and check which year/part this is for.