Module POL3251 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3251: Climate Justice
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
The module will enable students to explore debates about the demands of climate justice and how climate policymaking reflects (or fails to reflect) these demands. It will encourage students to use the tools of political theory to explore the theoretical roots of climate justice, the responsibilities of individuals and groups, the demands of mitigation and adaptation, what we owe to future people, geoengineering proposals, and climate denial.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Understand in depth the justice challenges created by climate change and critically evaluate proposals in the literature for meeting these challenges. 2. Recognise the salience of these challenges and proposals for real-world climate policy |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Assess normative arguments for their validity and soundness and begin to construct such arguments of your own. 4. Trace the evolution of abstract theoretical concepts into practical climate politics. |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Engage in respectful conversation with others on contested political questions; 6. Present your own views on a topic with support from arguments and evidence; 7. Study independently and manage time and assessment deadlines effectively. 8. Communicate effectively in speech and writing. 9. Demonstrate critical and analytical skills through tutorial discussions and module assessments. 10. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of the internet, online journal databases and other IT resources for the purposes of tutorial and assessment preparation. 11. Demonstrate effective applied 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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Essay outline | 500 words | 1-11 | Peer-assessed |
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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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 |
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Essay | 50 | 2,000 words | 1-11 | Written |
Pre-seen exam | 50 | 1.5 hours | 1-11 | 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 |
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Essay | Essay (2000 words) (50%) | 1-11 | August/September reassessment period |
Pre-seen exam | Pre-seen exam (1.5 hours ) (50%) | 1-11 | August/September reassessment period |