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 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

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.

Jenny Edkins and Maja Zehfuss (eds) Global Politics: A New Introduction (London: Routledge, 2014)

Frost, Mervyn. Global ethics: anarchy, freedom and international relations. Routledge, 2008.

Weber, Cynthia. International relations theory: a critical introduction. Routledge, 2013.