Module POC3120 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3120: Political Thinkers of the Early Twentieth Century
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module will survey a range of exemplary thinkers and texts from the early twentieth century. While the specific thinkers and texts surveyed may vary from year to year, they will be selected to reflect a range of themes (such as freedom, revolution, oppression and social order) and ideologies (such as conservativism, socialism, anarchism, libertarianism). An indicative list of thinkers whose work the module might examine includes: W.E.B. Du Bois, Emma Goldman, Rosa Luxemburg, Vladimir Lenin, Mahatma Gandhi, Carl Schmitt, Benito Mussolini, Antonio Gramsci, Simone Weil, and Friedrich August von Hayek.
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 |
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20 | 130 | 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 and Teaching Activity | 20 | Weekly seminars (10 x 2 hours) |
Guided Independent Study | 40 | Reading and preparation for seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 90 | Preparation and completion of assessment tasks |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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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Commentary on a selected text | 700 words | 1-6 | Peer review and verbal comments in class |
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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85 | 0 | 15 |
...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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Small group presentation | 15 | 20 minutes | 1-6 | Verbal and written comments |
Exercise comprising commentaries on selected texts | 85 | 3,500 words | 1-6 | Written comments |
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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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Small group presentation | Essay (1,000 words) | 1-6 | August/September assessment period |
Exercise comprising commentaries on selected texts | Exercise comprising commentaries on selected texts (3,500 words) | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |