Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC1022: Violence in World Politics

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.

Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.

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:

· What is violence?

· War and the State

· Liberal Democracy and Violence Capitalism,

· Resources and Inequality Terrorism in a Postcolonial World Religion,

· Secularism and Radicalism

· Gender-based Violence

· Migration and Identity

· Risk and Technology

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
27.5	122.5	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 activities	16.5	11 x 1.5 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	11	11 x 1 hour seminars
Guided independent study	26.5	Reading and preparing for seminars, planning and writing formative and summative essays
Guided independent study	56	Researching and writing assessments and assignments
Guided Independent study	40	Preparation for seen examination

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).