Module POL3170 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3170: Marxism and Post-Structuralism
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Marx’s emergence from Hegelian Idealism, the Critique of Religion. Classical Economics and the Labour Theory of Value, his Theory of History and the Economics, The Marginalist Revolution, and the Theory of Imperialism. Marxism-Leninism. Really existing communism and 1989, the character of Globalisation, the end of ideology? Contra-structural movements in social theory, Wittgenstein and the linguistic turn, Derrida and the sign, Lyotard and the end of the Grand Narrative. Assessment.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | 256 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and teaching activity | 44 | 22 weekly two-hour seminar classes |
| Guided Independent study | 256 | A variety of private study tasks directed by module leader. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formative Essay | 2,500 words | 1-14 | Written feedback |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examination | 50 | 2 hours | 1-11 13-14 | Written feedback |
| Essay 1 | 25 | 2,500 words | 1-14 | Written feedback |
| Essay 2 | 25 | 2,500 words | 1-14 | Written feedback |
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Examination | Examination (2 hours) | 1-11 13-14 | August/September assessment period |
| Essay 1 | Essay (2,500 words) | 1-14 | August/September assessment period |
| Essay 2 | Essay (2,500 words) | 1-14 | August/September assessment period |
