Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3225: Understanding Civil War

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

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:

Introduction and causes of civil war; civil war datasets reliability

Dynamics of civil war including fighter recruitment, insurgency strategies, and civilian targeting

Research design in studies of civil war

Conflict resolution

New topics in the study of civil war such as rebel governance, rebel state-building, and student wishes

Presentation of research designs

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
44	256

...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	44	22 x 2 hour seminars
Guided Independent Study	51	Revision and review of class activities
Guided Independent Study	80	Reading assignments
Guided Independent Study	20	Preparation and writing of two critical response papers
Guided Independent Study	40	Preparation and writing of case study
Guided Independent Study	5	Preparation for Presentation
Guided Independent Study	60	Preparation and writing of research design

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