Module POC1021 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC1021: Key Concepts in Politics and International Relations
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio exercise | 500 words | 1-7 | Written |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | 95 | 3,500 words | 1-7 | Written |
| Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Online Quiz | 5 | 15 mins | 7 | Online responses |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Portfolio (3,500 words) | 1-7 | August/September reassessment period |
| Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Online Quiz | Academic Honesty and Plagiarism online quiz (15 minutes) | 7 | 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.
Stephen McGlinchey, Rosie Walters and Christian Scheinpflug. 2007. International Relations Theory.
Berenskoetter, Felix, ed. (2016). Concepts in World Politics. London: Sage.
Agnew, John. (1994). “The Territorial Trap: The Geographical Assumptions of International Relations Theory’, Review of International Relations 1(1): 53–80.
Butler, Judith. (2003). ‘Violence, Mourning, Politics’, Studies in Gender and Sexuality 4(1): 9–37.
Buzan, Barry, Ole Wæver, and Jaap de Wilde. (1998). Security: A New Framework for Analysis. London: Lynne Rienner.
Chowdhry, Geeta and Sheila Nair, eds. (2002) Power, Postcolonialism and International Relations: Reading Race, Gender and Class. New York: Routledge.
Enloe, Cynthia. (1989). Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. London: Pandora.
Cynthia Weber (2010, 3rd Ed). Textbook International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction.
Fanon, Frantz. (1967). Black Skin, White Masks. New York: Grove Press.
Harvey, David. (2001). Spaces of Capital: Towards a Critical Geography. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Huntington, Henry P. (2013). ‘A Question of Scale: Local versus Pan-Arctic Impacts from Sea-Ice Change’, in Media and the Politics of Arctic Climate Change: When the Ice Breaks, edited by Miyase Christensen, Annika E. Nilsson and Nina Wormbs, 114–127. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Kaldor, Mary. (2010). ‘Humanitarian Intervention: Toward a Cosmopolitan Approach’, in The Cosmopolitanism Reader, edited by Garrett W. Brown and David Held, 334–350. Cambridge: Polity Press.
MacKenzie, Megan. (2010). ‘Securitization and de-Securitization: Female Soldiers and the Reconstruction of Women in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone’, in Gender and International Security: Feminist Perspectives, edited by Laura Sjoberg, 151–167. London: Routledge
Pankhurst, Donna. (2008). ‘Introduction: Gendered War and Peace’, in Gendered Peace: Women’s Struggles for Post-War Justice and Reconciliation, edited by Donna Pankhurst, 1–30. New York: Routledge
Rawls, John. (1971). A Theory of Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Weber, Cynthia. (2014). ‘Why is there no queer international theory?’, European Journal of International Relations 21(1): 27–51.
Wendt, Alexander. (1992) ‘Anarchy is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics’, International Organization 46(2): 391–425.
