Module POC2116 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC2116: South Asian Conflict Studies
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 understand contemporary theory about conflict, and how to apply it to compare contemporary empirical case studies
- To conduct substantive, independent research
- To communicate this research through verbal and written presentation
- To critically employ theoretical knowledge to conduct empirical comparison
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate competent knowledge about conflict theory applied to empirical cases in South Asia. 2. Demonstrate a good understanding of debates about the nature of conflict and how to address it |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Assimilate taught materials and utilize them to critically analyse and evaluate conflict case studies 4. Demonstrate knowledge of major political theories and understandings of how to apply them to empirical case studies 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 |
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Conflict map and analysis outline | 300 words | 2-7 | 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 |
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70 | 0 | 30 |
...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 |
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Seminar Participation and Self Evaluation | 30 | 1500 words | 1-8 | Written |
Comparative Essay | 70 | 2000 words | 2-7 | Written |
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 |
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Essay | 1500 words | 1-8 | August/September reassessment period |
Comparative Essay | 2000 words | 2-7 | August/September reassessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Dietrich, W., 2015. Elicitive conflict mapping. Springer Fachmedien.
GOODHAND, J., KORF, B. and SPENCER, J. (2011). Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka. London: Routledge.
MACGINTY, R. (2010). Hybrid peace: The interaction between top-down and bottom-up peace. Security Dialogue. 41. p. 391-412.
RAMSBOTHAM et al, ‘Contemporary Conflict Resolution’
RICHMOND, O (2011), A Post Liberal Peace, Routledge
SPENCER, J. (1990a). Sri Lanka, history, and the roots of conflict. London: Routledge.
SPENCER, J. (2007). Anthropology, politics and the state: democracy and violence in South Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
THIRANAGAMA, S. (2011). In my mother’s house: Civil war in Sri Lanka. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
VENUGOPAL, R. (2009). The making of the Sri Lankan post-conflict economic package and the failure of the 2001–4 peace process. Oxford: CRISE. Working Paper 64.
WALKER, R. (2010). Violence, the everyday and the question of the ordinary. Contemporary South Asia. 18 (1). p. 9–24.