Module POC2087 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC2087: Security Studies, Part One
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
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:
- "Security! What do you mean?"
- State Security and Trident
- Liberal Security and Trident
- Emancipation and Intervention
- Feminism and Sex
- Postcolonialism and Development
- Poststructuralism and Fear
- Securitization and the Everyday
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 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 & Teaching activities | 11 | 11 x 1 hour seminars |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 11 | 11 x 1 hour lectures |
| Guided independent study | 35 | Research and preparation of student-led seminar |
| Guided independent study | 3 | Research and preparation of Respondent Presentation |
| Guided independent study | 15 | Research and composition of essay plan |
| Guided independent study | 35 | Research and composition of the essay |
| Guided Independent study | 3 | Composition of peer reviews |
| Guided independent study | 37 | Reading assignments and preparing responses for seminar questions |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
CHALLENGE: A Research Project Funded by the Sixth Framework Research Programme of DG Research (European Commission) (http://www.libertysecurity.org/)
Critical Approaches to Security in Europe (c.a.s.e. collective):http://www.casecollective.org
Histories of Violence. (http://historiesofviolence.com/)
Other Learning Resources
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Four Lions (2010)
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Respondent to Student-Led seminar | 5 minutes | 1-5, 8 | Oral |
| Essay plan | 1000 words | 1-7 | Written feedback from peers |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 70 | 3000 words | 1-7 | Written |
| Student-led seminar | 30 | 15 minutes per student | 1-9 | Written and oral |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | Essay (3000 words) | 1-7 | August/September re-assessment period |
| Student-led seminar | 1000 word essay by the relevant student(s) | 1-9 | August/September re-assessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Collins, A. (ed.) Contemporary Security Studies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
Peoples, C. and Vaughan-Williams, N., Critical Security Studies: An Introduction (London, Routledge, 2010)
Baldwin, D. ‘The Concept of Security’, Review of International Studies, 23(1), (1997), pp. 5-26.
Walt, S.'The Renaissance of Security Studies,' International Studies Quarterly, 35(2), (1991), pp. 211-239
Huysmans, J. ‘Security! What do you mean?’ European Journal of International Relations, (1998) 4: 226-255.
Barry Buzan, Ole Wæver and Jaap de Wilde, Security: A New Framework for Analysis (London: Lynne Rienner, 1998)
