Module POC3094 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3094: Global Policy Challenges
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 module’s objective is to examine critical policy challenges facing policy makers on a global scale, through achievement of four main aims. Firstly, to introduce key concepts such as sustainable development, governance and policy. Secondly, to introduce a selection of theories of governance, including multi-level governance, network governance and collaborative governance. Thirdly, to identify, discuss and theoretically analyse major global policy issues as a basis for learning and lesson-drawing. Finally, to develop a range of transferable research skills, including formulating research questions, data collection, critical analysis of different policy options, plus interdisciplinary and normative problem-solving: which are key skills required for future policy makers in a rapidly globalizing world
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate knowledge of sustainable development, governance and policy key concepts, theoretical arguments and major academic texts. 2. Assimilate taught materials and utilise them to analyse critical global policy issues. |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Research, write and present analytical assignments on political issues. 4. Formulate rigorous political arguments. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. Communicate arguments effectively through coursework submissions and seminar contributions. 6. Develop and present policy relevant recommendations based in analysis. |
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:
- Global policy challenges
- Governance theoretical frameworks
- Sustainable development - conceptual and policy responses
- An overview of the MDGs, SDGs and critical targets
- Eradicating poverty and hunger
- Improving health
- Ensuring access to clean water
- Promoting clean energy
- Creating sustainable cities
- Preserving the oceans
- Climate action
- Lesson-drawing on policy responses
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 and Teaching Activity | 22 | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 60 | Directed reading |
| Guided Independent Study | 6 | To complete the formative research proposal |
| Guided Independent Study | 12 | To complete the poster |
| Guided Independent Study | 50 | To complete the consultancy report. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UN consultancy report proposal | 300 words | 1-6 | Written |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UN consultancy report | 70 | 3000 words | 1-6 | Written |
| Research poster | 30 | 1 A3 research poster | 1-6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UN consultancy report | UN consultancy report, 3000 words | 1-6 | August/September re-assessment period |
| Research poster | Research poster, 1 A3 research poster | 1-6 | August/September re-assessment period |
