Module POC2018 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC2018: National and Community Identity
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Aims
This module explores the question of to what extent policy needs to consider the politics of identity, through the concepts of belonging and difference.
In practical terms, it introduces students to the idea of communities as imagined narratives which have a function within society, which is extended to national identity where we consider questions relating to the extent to which identity is learned or an accident of birth. The module next takes in the idea that identity is not just about ‘belonging to’, but also about asserting ‘difference from’ other groups. This, and belonging has an impact not just on how groups see themselves, but also how they are perceived by others which affects the kinds of opportunities and courses for action that lie open to group members. The effects of this have impacts beyond public and international policy, extending to the terms of political discourse and social justice.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate a substantive understanding of the importance that identity plays for individuals and communities, and the impact that this has for UK and global policy. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 2. use primary and secondary sources to indentify and construct arguments on a policy and theoretical level. They will also be able to make informed judgements about the policy implications of abstract concepts, and assess possible outcomes. 3. make informed judgements about the policy implications of abstract concepts, and assess possible |
Personal and Key Skills | 4. formulate complex arguments about theory and policy, with clarity and precision in written and oral presentations. 5. formulate their own conclusions based on differing forms of evidence. |
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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Group project | 500 words per student | All | Verbal feedback on review |
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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Essay | 50 | 2,500 words | All | Written and verbal feedback on review |
Essay | 50 | 2,500 words | All | Written and verbal feedback on review |
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 (2,500 words) | All | August\September reassessment period |
Essay | Essay (2,500 words) | All | August\September reassessment 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.
Anderson, B. Imagined Communities; Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (London: Verso, 1991, Revised Edition).
Durkheim, E. Suicide, A Study in Sociology (London: Routledge, 1987 [1897]).
Freud, S. Civilization And Its Discontents (London: Penguin Books, 2004 [1930]).
L, Hinchman., S, Hinchman (eds) Memory, Identity, Community; The Idea of Narrative in the Human
Sciences (New York: State University of New York Press, 2001).
Hutchinson, J. Nations as Zones of Conflict (London: Sage Publications, 2005).
Hutto, D. (ed) Narrative and Understanding Persons (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).
Nietszche, F. On the Genealogy of Morality, K, Ansell-Pearson (ed) (Cambridge: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, (1994) [1887]).
Said, E. Orientalism (London: Penguin Books, 2003).
Smith, A. National Identity (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd, 1991).
Smith, A. Nationalism and Modernism (Oxon: Routledge, 1998).
Tonnies, F. Community and association : Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (Imprint London : Routledge & K.Paul, 1955).
Payton, P (ed) Cornish Studies Series 1-18, University of Exeter Press.
Hopkins, P. Muslims in Britain: Race, Place and Identities (Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh: 2008).