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

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary, the syllabus may cover some or all of the following topics:

- Secularization

- Religious resurgence

- Religion and colonial politics

- Religion and identity politics

- Religious terrorism

- Religion and peace

- Religion and Migration

- Religion and the Refugee Crisis

- Religion and Development

- Religion and the State

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	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 and Teaching Activities	22	11 x 2 hour seminars
Guided Independent Study	68	For directed reading and completing the formative assignment
Guided Independent Study	10	To complete the media briefing paper
Guided independent study	10	To prepare the class presentation
Guided independent study	40	To complete the research essay

Online Resources

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