Module POL2101 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL2101: Public Environmental Politics
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 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:
- Histories of environmental politics and green political thought.
- Roles of the public sphere, mass media and environmental communication
- Campaigning: environmental social movements and NGOs
- Environmental publics, participatory governance and science-policy interfaces
- Policy frameworks: sustainable development?
- Policy instruments: regulation, markets & values
- Environmental governance in the UK and EU
- Global environmental politics
Throughout the course, these conceptual lenses will be used to help students investigate and understand topical issues in environmental politics such as air pollution, water, waste, land management; biodiversity, energy and climate change.
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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21 | 129 | 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 | 11 | 11 x 1 hour lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 10 | 10 x 1 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 60 | Reading |
Guided independent study | 39 | Assignment preparation: conducting research, critical analysis of literature & media content, and writing the case study |
Guided independent study | 30 | Groupwork; preparation of video and writeup |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
House of Commons EAC: http://www.parliament.uk/eacom
United Nations Environment Programme: http://www.unep.org/
European Union: http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
For media sources, check the Library resources at http://libguides.exeter.ac.uk/az.php?t=24641 Box of Broadcasts, Gale News Vault and Nexis are particularly useful.
Web of Science allows you to conduct searches of all the major academic journals. You can find details of the Web of Science at: http://www.library.ex.ac.uk/guides/essentials/wos.pdf
Also google scholar is useful, particularly for finding OA copies of material not available through the library: http://scholar.google.co.uk
If you have any further questions please consult the Library staff.