Module POLM144 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM144: The West, Civilisations and World Order
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is however envisaged that the syllabus will cover most or all of the following topics:
Part I: The ‘West’ and Transatlantic Relations: Between Conflict and Cooperation
- Introduction
- What and Who’s ‘West’?
- Transatlantic Relations: History and Theory
- Transatlantic Security
- Transatlantic Economics
- Transatlantic Norms, Values and Identities
Part II: The ‘West’ and World Order: Between Particularity and Universality
- The West and Civilizational Analysis
- The West and (Liberal) World Order
- Post- and Anti-Western Thought and Practices
- Human Rights: Universal Norms or Western Standard of Civilization?
- The Future of the West and the Liberal World Order
- Final Seminar
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 | 278 | 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 | 11 x 2 hour per week seminars including small group work, presentations, discussion, reflection and simulations |
Guided independent study | 278 | Reading (150 hours), preparation for seminar and presentations (50 hours), essay writing (78 hours). |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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 |
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Class presentation (usually in pairs) | Usually 10/15 minutes | 1-7 | Oral |
General seminar participation and engagement | Throughout the course | 1-7 | Oral |
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 |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...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 |
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Essay 1 | 50 | 4,000 | 1-7 | Written |
Essay 2 | 50 | 4,000 | 1-7 | Written |
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 |
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Essay 1 | Essay 1 (4,000 words) | 1-7 | August/September re-assessment period |
Essay 2 | Essay 2 (4,000 words) | 1-7 | August/September re-assessment period |