Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC2087: Security Studies

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:

"Security! What do you mean?"
State Security and Trident
Liberal Security and Trident
Emancipation and Intervention
Feminism and Sex
Postcolonialism and Development
Poststructuralism and Fear
Securitization and the Everyday

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 & Teaching activities	11	11 x 1 hour seminars
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	11	11 x 1 hour lectures
Guided independent study	40	Reading assignments and preparing responses for seminar questions
Guided independent study	35	Research and preparation of student-led seminar
Guided independent study	3	Research and preparation of Respondent Presentation
Guided independent study	50	Revising and preparing for exam

Online Resources

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

CHALLENGE: A Research Project Funded by the Sixth Framework Research Programme of DG Research (European Commission) (http://www.libertysecurity.org/)

Critical Approaches to Security in Europe (c.a.s.e. collective):http://www.casecollective.org

Histories of Violence. (http://historiesofviolence.com/)

Other Learning Resources

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Four Lions (2010)

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
Respondent to Student-Led seminar	5 minutes	1-5, 8	Oral
Practice exam answers	10 minutes	1-7	Oral

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
30	70	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	70	2 hours	1-7	Written
Student-led seminar	30	15 minutes per student	1-9	Written and oral

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
Examination	Unseen exam (2 hours)	1-7	August/September re-assessment period
Student-led seminar	1000 word essay by the relevant student(s)	1-9	August/September re-assessment period