Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA3200: Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Palestine/Israel

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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:

Gender, Sexuality & Settler Colonialism

Gendering Political Violence

Nationalism & the Construction of Collective Identities

Borders, Boundaries & the Politics of Space

Displacement & Diaspora

Embodiment: Experiences of Control & Carcerality

The Politics of Everyday Life: Normalcy &‘Getting By’

Feminist Praxis & Women’s Activism

Queer Politics: Pinkwashing & Homonationalism

Resistance: From Ordinary Actions to Popular Protest

Anti-colonial Politics & De-colonial Projects

Toward New Political Futures: Imagination and Cultural Production

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching ActivitiesGuided independent studyPlacement / study abroad
27.5122.50

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

CategoryHours of study timeDescription
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity27.5Classroom hours (11 x 2.5-hour seminars)
Guided Independent Study55Weekly reading 5 hours per week
Guided Independent Study12.5Class/seminar preparation (including researching and posting news forums links)
Guided Independent Study28.5Project (18.5 hours researching/coordinating, 10 hours writing/preparing presentation)
Guided Independent Study26.5Essay (16.5 hours reading, 10 hours writing)

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

Other Learning Resources

Videos/films, TV programmes, online materials (news sites, blogs, social media), images, podcasts, play scripts, music, memoirs.

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 assessmentSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
Class discussions & workshopsWeekly1-6Verbal feedback
Project proposal700 words1-6Written & Verbal feedback

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.

CourseworkWritten examsPractical exams
10000

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment% of creditSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
Reflective Diary452,000 words1-8Written feedback
Summative project (group or individual)45Written submission of 2000 words OR 15 minute pre-recorded presentation. Submissionswill be in a DIGITAL format [e.g., film review, exhibition review, op-ed article, short film, podcast, video or photo essay, poetry, play script, Instagram page, blog, etc.]. This list is not exhaustive.1-8Written feedback; verbal feedback (if required)
News article posts (3)103 x online links to existing news articles, posted to our class forum4-6, 8Verbal feedback in seminar discussion
0
0
0

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 assessmentForm of re-assessmentILOs re-assessedTimescale for re-assessment
Reflective diaryReflective diary (2,000 words)1-8August/September re-assessment period
ProjectWritten submission of 2000 words OR 15-minute pre-recorded presentation. 1-8August/September re-assessment period
News article posts (3)3 x online links relevant to topics from our course4-6, 8August/September reassessment period