Module POL3204 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3204: Politics through the Life Course
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to improve (1) your understanding of political socialisation processes over the life-course and how this interacts with social and political structures, (2) your ability to analyse empirical, quantitative data on political attitudes and behaviour especially longitudinal data, and (3) your capacity to critically evaluate the interdisciplinary research on life cycle events, identity, communication, inter-personal and social networks and political behaviour. Finally, the module aims to improve your ability to communicate thoughts and ideas through an original research report.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Critically assess how political attitudes and behaviour develops over the life course 2. Understand and apply the key theories and approaches explaining the effects of life cycle events on political behaviour and attitudes |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Use statistical methods to analyse data and model political life cycle effects 4. Critically evaluate political science research according to its assumptions, methods, and conclusions |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Confidently select relevant data, assimilate and synthesise multiple data sources 6. Integrate political science and other relevant disciplinary research with independent statistical analysis |