Module POLM085 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM085: Work Placement in Conflict, Security and Development
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
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:
1. Introduction to module and placements
2-4. Actors in Conflict Security and Development including: a) International organizations – third-parties or neoimperialists? b) Non-governmental organisations –change-makers or donors’ puppets? c) National governments – partners or spoilers or agents? d) Business – resource-extractors or drivers of reform?
5-7. Methodologies in the study of Conflict Security and Development including: 1) indexes and rankings of conflict, security and development; 2) formal Monitoring & Evaluation of programmes; 3) political risk analysis/conflict analysis; 4) ethnography of aid; 5) process tracing
8-11. Working in conflict, security and development – practitioner talks
12-14. Reporting and plenary discussions
Learning and Teaching
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | 197 | 75 |
...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 Activities | 12 | 6 x 2 hour seminars led by module convenor and including small group work, presentations, discussion, reflection |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 8 | Practitioner Seminars: 4 X 2-hour seminars led by visiting speakers |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 8 | Work placement preparation and reporting seminars: 4 X 2-hour seminars led by module convenor and/or by students |
| Guided Independent Study | 30 | Independent and assisted preparation for placement: Contact with organisation, arrangements for travel, accommodation and visa (where necessary), arrangements of work activities, meetings with appointed academic advisor, email and telephone communication with work supervisor |
| Placement/Study Abroad | 75 | Work placement: Two weeks work or the equivalent across a term |
| Guided Independent Study | 167 | Reading, reflection, essay writing, presentation preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE: http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
