Module POL3208 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3208: Maritime Power and Security in Global Politics
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
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:
– Introduction to Seapower – concepts / theory
– Seapower in history – Bronze age to Age of sail
– Seapower in history – Age of sail to 1914
– Seapower in history – Total War and Cold War
– Contemporary seapower – the UK
– Contemporary seapower – the USA
– Contemporary seapower – China
– Contemporary seapower – Russia
– Contemporary seapower – the EU
– The future of ‘traditional seapower’
– The future of ‘non-traditional’ seapower – role of non-state actors, ngo’s, terrorism and seapower
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 | 22 | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
| Guided independent study | 50 | Private study - reading and preparing for seminars |
| Guided independent study | 78 | Preparation for essay and portfolio including researching and collating relevant sources; planning the structure and argument; writing up the essay |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay outline | 500 words | 1-11 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 50 | 2000 words | 1-11 | Written |
| Portfolio of applied writing | 50 | 2000 words | 1-12 | 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 (2000 words) | 1-11 | August / September re-assessment period |
| Portfolio of applied writing | Portfolio of applied writing (2000 words) | 1-12 | August / September re-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.
Barnett, R.W. & Gray, C.S. (eds), Seapower and strategy, (London : Tri-Service, 1989)
Bell, C. M., Churchill and seapower, (Oxford: OUP, 2012)
Corbett, J.S., Some Principles of Maritime Strategy, (London: Longmans Green, 1911)
Dutton, P., Ross, R. S., Tunsjo, O., (eds), Twenty-first century seapower : cooperation and conflict at sea, (London: Routledge, 2012)
Gorshkov, S. G., The seapower of the state, (Annapolis: NIP, 1979)
Gray, Colin S. The leverage of sea power : the strategic advantage of navies in war (London : Maxwell Macmillan, 1992)
Klein, N., Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea, (Oxford: OUP, 2012)
Mahan, A.T., The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783 (London: Sampson Low, 1890)
Manicom, J., ‘China and American Seapower in East Asia: Is Accommodation Possible?’ Journal of Strategic Studies, Jun2014, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p345-371.
Parry, C., Super Highway: Sea Power in the 21st Century, (London: Elliot and Thompson, 2014)
Rubel, R.C., Navies and Economic Prosperity: The New Logic of Seapower, Corbett Paper 11, https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/dsd/research/researchgroups/corbett/corbettpaper11.pdf
Tangredi, S., Globalization and Maritime Power, (2012)
Till, G., Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century, (London: Routledge, 2013) available online through Uni log in.
Till, G., The Development of British Naval Thinking, (London: Routledge, 2006)
