Frequently Asked Questions
Information on selecting your optional modules online.
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If you are required to select optional modules for your programme, you will receive email communications from the Module Selection team informing you that you need to do this and by which date.
Select your modules on RISIS.
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.
Please contact moduleselection@reading.ac.uk using your university email account, if you have any questions relating to your optional modules.
The following Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP) and University Wide Modules (UWM) modules are available for the 2025 – 2026 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 Helptext 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.
Institute Wide Language Programme (IWLP)
Module Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Semester Taught |
LA1XXA |
IWLP Arabic |
20 |
Semester 1 & 2 |
LA1XXB |
IWLP British Sign Language |
20 |
Semester 1 & 2 |
LA1XXC |
IWLP Chinese |
20 |
Semester 1 & 2 |
LA1XXF |
IWLP French |
20 |
Semester 1 & 2 |
LA1XXG |
IWLP German |
20 |
Semester 1 & 2 |
LA1XXI |
IWLP Italian |
20 |
Semester 1 & 2 |
LA1XXJ |
IWLP Japanese |
20 |
Semester 1 & 2 |
LA1XXK |
IWLP Modern Greek |
20 |
Semester 1 & 2 |
LA1XXR |
IWLP Russian |
20 |
Semester 1 & 2 |
LA1XXS |
IWLP Spanish |
20 |
Semester 1 & 2 |
Part 1 (UWM)
Module Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Semester Taught |
AD1SPA |
Towards Sustainability: Positive action for a better world |
20 |
Semester 2 |
FA1DR2 |
Drawing Practice |
20 |
Semester 2 |
FT1WD |
Wildlife Documentary |
20 |
Semester 2 |
HS1024 |
The United States and the Global Environment: History, Power and Sustainability, 1920-2020 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
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IL1GICC |
Intercultural Competence and Communication |
20 |
Semester 2 |
IL1GMGB |
Modern Britain in Global Society |
20 |
Semester 2 |
PY1IPY |
Introduction to Psychology |
20 |
Semester 2 |
TG1WTF |
What the font? Making and using typefaces |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Part 2 (UWM)
Module Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Semester Taught |
AD2SPA |
Towards Sustainability: Positive action for a better world |
20 |
Semester 2 |
AR2CSA |
Forensic Archaeology and Crime Scene Analysis |
20 |
Semester 2 |
FT2WD |
Wildlife Documentary: Ecology and Representation |
20 |
Semester 2 |
IC213 |
Personal Finance |
20 |
Semester 2 |
IL2GICC* |
Intercultural Competence and Communication |
20 |
Semester 1 |
IL2GICC* |
Intercultural Competence and Communication |
20 |
Semester 2 |
IL2GMGB* |
Modern Britain in Global Society |
20 |
Semester 1 |
IL2GMGB* |
Modern Britain in Global Society |
20 |
Semester 2 |
MT2CCC |
Climate Change: Causes and Consequences |
20 |
Semester 1 |
TG2WTF |
What the font? Making and using typefaces |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Part 3 (UWM)
Module Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Semester Taught |
CL3LEAD |
Leadership Skills and Values from Antiquity |
20 |
Semester 2 |
IC320 |
Money Makes the World Go Round: Milestones in Financial History |
20 |
Semester 2 |
IL3GICC* |
Intercultural Competence and Communication |
20 |
Semester 1 |
IL3GICC* |
Intercultural Competence and Communication |
20 |
Semester 2 |
LS3IC |
Intercultural Communication |
20 |
Semester 1 |
MT3CCC |
Climate Change: Causes And Consequences |
20 |
Semester 1 |
PO3TEU |
Terrorism and Counterterrorism |
20 |
Semester 1 |
PO3USU |
US Foreign Policy |
20 |
Semester 2 |
NB: *These modules are offered for selection in both Semester 1 and Semester 2. Please note this is subject to timetabling requirements and students may only be permitted to select these modules in a defined semester.
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.
For all returning students who will be taking modules in the 2025/2026 academic year, the deadline for online module selection is Thursday 1 May 2025 at 23:59 hrs (UK time).
Please contact moduleselection@reading.ac.uk using your university email account, if you have any questions relating to your optional modules.
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.
Once you have made your module selections online and submitted these, these will be assigned to your RISIS record. If you were not successful in gaining a place on a module with limited spaces, you will receive an email from the Module Selection team asking you to select another module.
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 University timetabling system
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.