Module POLM084 for 2024/5
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM084: Conflict, Security and Development in World Politics
This module descriptor refers to the 2024/5 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| One essay plan | 500 words | 1, 2, 7 | Written |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 85 | 0 | 15 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 85 | 5000 words | 1-8 | Written |
| Presentation | 15 | 20 Minutes | 2,4,9 | Written/oral |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 5000 word essay | 1-8 | August/September re-assessment period. |
| Presentation | 20 minutes | 2, 4, 9 | Beginning of Term 2 |
Re-assessment notes
Re-arranged presentations will be agreed with the Module Convenor
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Library resources:
Danielle Beswick and Paul Jackson, Conflict, Security and Development: An Introduction, Routledge 2011.
Mary Anderson, Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace or War, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1999.
Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss, Humanitarianism in Question: Politics, Power, Ethics, Cornel University Press, 2008.
Alan Collins, Ed., Contemporary Security Studies, Oxford University Press, 2018 (or previous editions).
David Lake, The Statebuilder’s Dilemma: On the Limits of Foreign Intervention. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016.
Klejda Mulaj Ed., Postgenocide, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Paul D. Williams and Matt McDonald, Eds., Security Studies, Routledge, 2018 (or previous editions).
