Module POC2093 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC2093: Understanding Israel and Palestine: Seeking Peace
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Illustrative seminar topics:
- Introduction to the Module: The never-ending conflict?
- The Road to Oslo
- The Oslo Peace Process: What went wrong?
- The Stumbling Blocks: Territory, Settlements, and Water
- The Stumbling Blocks: Jerusalem and Refugees
- Bad Fences Make Bad Neighbours: the ‘Separation Wall’
- Palestinian Violence
- Israel and Palestine (un)divided: Internal Conflicts and Prospects for Peace
- External Actors
- 'The Penryn Peace Process'-the UN-sponsored conference: Simulation exercise
- Conclusion: Is the end in Sight?
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 |
...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 | 11 | Lectures and discussion facilitated by the convenor |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 11 | Seminars guided by questions and readings assigned by the convenor |
| Guided independent study | 35 | Reading and preparing for seminars |
| Guided independent study | 11 | Research and preparation of student-led seminar |
| Guided independent study | 22 | Researching and preparation for simulation assessment |
| Guided independent study | 10 | Composition of report on simulation exercise |
| Guided independent study | 15 | Reading and Preparing for examination practice |
| Guided independent study | 35 | Reading and Preparing for Unseen examination |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Israel Foreign Ministry- www. mfa.gov.il
Negotiations Affairs Department, Palestine Liberation Organisation- www.nad-plo.org
Foundation for the Middle East Peace- www.fmep.org
Other Learning Resources
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land (2004,Sut Jhally and Bathsheba Ratzkoff, 2004)
Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East (2003, Wayne Kopping)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Respondent to Student-Led Seminar | 5 minutes | 1-9,11 | Oral |
| Examination practice sessions | 300-500 words | 1-11 | Oral |
| Discussions during tutorials | Throughout module delivery | 1-9,11 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simulation assessment and 1 x 1,000 word report | 40 | 15 min per student and 1 x 1,000 word report | 1-11 | Oral and Written |
| Examination | 60 | 1 hour | 1-11 | Written |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000-word report on the simulation exercise | 1,000-word report | 1-11 | August/September assessment period |
| Examination | 1 hour | 1-11 | August/September assessment period |
