Module POL3262 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3262: The Idea of Human Rights
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socratic method | 20 minutes | 1-6 | Verbal comments |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Textual Commentary | 25 | 1000 words | 1-6 | Written feedback |
| Essay | 75 | 3000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Textual Commentary | Essay (1000 words) | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |
| Essay | Essay (3000 words) | 1-6 | 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.
The reading will vary from year to year, but will usually include a number of classic historical and contemporary texts that concern human rights, including the following:
- Thomas Paine, Rights of Man (1791 [1995]), ed. Mark Philp, Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1958) London: George Allen & Unwin
- John Rawls, The Law of Peoples (1999) Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
- James Griffin, On Human Rights (2008) Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Charles Beitz, The Idea of Human Rights (2009) Oxford: Oxford University Press
