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 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:
- an introduction to the science and politics of climate change
- a theoretical analysis of the problem of climate change
- consideration of the bases of climate responsibility
- assessment of individuals and groups as bearers of climate duties
- exploration of the demands of intergenerational justice in the face of climate change
- climate displacement and resettlement
- geoengineering proposals
- climate denial, hope and despair
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 |
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Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activity | 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 pre-seen exam 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).
Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org
World Resources Institute: https://www.wri.org/
IPCC: https://www.ipcc.ch/
Desmogblog: https://www.desmogblog.com/
Climate Equity Reference Project: https://climateequityreference.org/
Project Drawdown: https://www.drawdown.org/
Climate Action Tracker: https://climateactiontracker.org/
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change: http://wires.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WiresJournal/wisId-WCC.html
The Guardian, Climate Change: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-change
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 |