Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC1020: Global Environmental Politics

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Globalization and the environment

Environmental goals and values

International environmental regimes

State-led and global environmental governance

Non-state global environmental governance

Trade and the environment

Environmental movements

Environment and the media

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
26.5	123.5	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity	16.5	Eleven 1.5 hour lectures (starting from week 1). It encourages collaborative work and presentations. Some topics will be introduced with a film.
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity	10	Weekly tutorials (1 hour) from week 2
Guided Independent Study	44	Writing up essays
Guided Independent Study	79.5	A variety of independent study tasks directed by your module leader including, for example, preparing for group presentations and undertaking wider reading.

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).