College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Military Revolutions and Political Change
Module POL3233 for 2019/0
Module POL3233 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3233: Military Revolutions and Political Change
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:
- defining military revolutions
- approaches to studying war and the state
- the origins of war
- violence, sovereignty and state formation
- ‘mercenaries’, ‘contractors’, and ‘pirates’
- asymmetric, colonial, and low-intensity warfare
- nuclear weapons
- nationalism
- war and the democratic state
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 Activity | 22 | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
| Guided independent study | 50 | Private study reading and preparing for seminars |
| Guided independent study | 78 | Preparation for essay and pre-seen exam including researching and collating relevant sources; planning the structure and argument; writing up the essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
