Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC2101: Religion and Global Conflict

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

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

Module Aims

This module aims to enable you:

- To interrogate contemporary understandings about what religion is and how it functions by drawing on inter-disciplinary literature

- To question what the relation of religion is to politics

- To link theory to a range of case studies and give you the opportunity to research contemporary empirical cases

- To explore the various interfaces between religion and contemporary political challenges such as conflict, peacebuilding, development, terrorism, the refugee crisis and development

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. Demonstrate competent knowledge about religious identity and practice in various global locations, with reference to state of the art theoretical debate as well as empirical cases 2. Demonstrate competent understanding of debates about the nature and function of religion in global politics
Discipline-Specific Skills	3. Assimilate taught materials and utilize them to comprehensively analyse and evaluate religions role in a range of contemporary global political challenges 4. Demonstrate knowledge of major political theories and good understanding of how to apply them to empirical case studies identified in the course 5. Synthesise a range of literatures
Personal and Key Skills	6. Research and write analytically 7. Communicate complex arguments effectively through written submissions intended for a range of audiences 8. Communicate complex empirical and theoretical insight through class debate

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
Research essay plan	300 words	2,3,4,7	Written or verbal

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
75	0	25

...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
Class Group Presentation	25	15 minutes	1,2,3,4,9	Written and Peer Review
Media Briefing Paper	25	1000 words	2-7	Written
Research Essay	50	2,500 words	1-8	Written
	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
Class Group Presentation	1000 word self-reflective report	1-8	August/September reassessment period
Media Briefing Paper	1000 word media briefing paper	2-7	August/September reassessment period
Research essay	2500 word research essay	1-8	August/September reassessment period