Module POC1026 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC1026: Power, Inequality and Global Justice
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Aims
The aims of this module are to:
- Encourage you to think critically about hegemonic practices in world politics, and the assumptions that sustain them
- Enable you to analyse and deconstruct these practices
- Use these deconstructive processes to the possibilities for global justice.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Generate critical questions about world politics 2. Analyse and deconstruct hegemonic practices in world politics 3. Use deconstructive practices to discuss and evaluate possibilities for global justice |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. Engage in comparative and critical analytical work in politics 5. Articulate your own political and ethical viewpoints and justify them 6. List, describe and evaluate different political interpretations in the light of appropriate evidence |
| Personal and Key Skills | 7. study independently and in groups 8. Communicate orally and deliver presentations to peers 9. Construct well-structured rigorous arguments based on logical deduction 10. Appropriately use ICT for research and presentation purposes 11. Work independently, within a limited time frame, and without access to external sources, to complete a specified task |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
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:
How can we think critically?
How do we find out what is going on in the world?
Why do we obey?
Why is the world divided territorially?
Do colonialism and slavery belong in the past?
Why are some people better off than others?
What makes the world dangerous?
What can we do to change the world?
Who do we think we are?
How can we end poverty?
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 27.5 | 122.5 |
...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 | 16.5 hours | 11 x 1.5 hour Lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 11 hours | 11 x 1 hour Seminars guided by questions and readings assigned by the tutor and including assessed presentations |
| Guided Independent Study | 33 | Reading and preparing for seminars, planning and writing formative presentation |
| Guided independent study | 45 | Researching and writing essay |
| Guided independent study | 44.5 | Preparation for examination |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group presentation | Approx. 5 minutes per student | 1-11 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examination | 50 | 1 hour | 1-7,9-11 | Written |
| Essay | 50 | 2,000 words | 1-7,9-10 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | Essay (2,000 words) | 1-7,9-10 | August/September assessment period |
| Examination | Examination (1 hour) | 1-7,9-11 | August/September assessment period |
