Module POL3238 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3238: European Public Opinion
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 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:
- The nature and origins of political attitudes
- Understanding quantitative research results
- Attitude formation
- dimensions of political conflict: left-right vs. cultural openness
- Models of voting behavior
- Social media and public opinion
- Post factual politics and the role of emotions
- Identity politics: anti-immigrant sentiments, social identities, and cosmopolitanism
- Brexit and European integration
- Support for and opposition to redistribution
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 |
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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 |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 22 | 2 hour weekly seminars with a mix of short formal lectures, student led seminar, and collective discussion |
Guided Independent Study | 50 | Preparing for seminars: reading and research |
Guided Independent Study | 78 | Completing assessment tasks: reading, research and writing |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
http://www.economist.com/world/europe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/eu
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france/institutions-and-politics/french-government/