Module POC3107 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3107: The Politics of Statelessness
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 will:
1) familiarise you with critical perspectives on the politics of human rights within contemporary political theory;
2) examine the fruitfulness of the concept of the political for understanding the politics of statelessness
3) reflect on the nature of politics and its thematization within different traditions of political thought.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Critically evaluate what is political (and, potentially, apolitical, unpolitical or anti-political) about human rights; 2. Interpret in depth a human rights issue (broadly understood) in terms of one of the key concepts (e.g. biopolitics or dissensus) discussed on this module |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Employ complex political concepts in order to (re)describe and evaluate political phenomena; 4. Critically evaluate the relative insightfulness of competing theoretical interpretations of political phenomena; |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Independently design and undertake advanced research; 6. Communicate professionally in speech and writing; |
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 |
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Formative research proposal | 500 words | 1-6 | Written and or verbal feedback |
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 |
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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 |
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Textual analysis | 35 | 1,500 words | 1-6 | Written Feedback |
Essay | 65 | 2,500 words | 1-6 | Written Feedback |
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 |
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Textual analysis | Textual analysis (1,500 words) | 1-6 | Next reassessment period |
Essay | Essay (2,500 words) | 1-6 | Next reassessment period |