Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC2084: Foreign Policy

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 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 foreign policy? Why study it?
Realism and Liberalism
Constructivist and Critical Approaches
Case study: International Law
Actors and Structures in Foreign Policy Analysis:
Personality, Rationality and Psychology:
Implementing Foreign Policy: Power, Diplomacy, Economic Statecraft and Soft Power
Domestic Sources of Foreign policy, Public Diplomacy and the Art of Persuasion
Parliamentary Debate

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 & Teaching activities	11	11 x 1 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	11	11 x 1 hour seminars
Guided independent study	55	Reading assignments, preparing responses for seminar questions
Guided independent study	48	Research and composition of essay
Guided independent study	25	Research and preparation of parliamentary debate

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

Film

The Power of Nightmares. 2004

The Fog of War. 2003

Thirteen Days. 2000

Inside Job. 2011

Dr. Strangelove. 1963