Module POC3132 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3132: Politics of War
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to introduce you to contemporary interdisciplinary approaches war and society, with a particular focus on critical interventions made by scholars within the humanities and social sciences. The module will locate war within its wider social, economic and political context, encouraging a broader understanding of the experience and legacies of war through a focus on race, gender and class. You will be introduced to a range of theoretical approaches to war, for example feminism and postcolonialism. The ultimate aim of the module is to encourage you to think critically about war-making, commemoration and militarism.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate a critical understanding of the military, political, and social impacts of war 2. demonstrate excellence in the application of various theoretical perspectives in the analysis of concrete examples of war and its consequences |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. relate the academic study of war to questions of public concern in order to develop well-reasoned arguments and conclusions 4. think critically and independently about events, ideas and institutions with minimal guidance 5. demonstrate awareness of contingency in historical, sociological and political processes |
| Personal and Key Skills | 6. study independently and manage time and assessment deadlines effectively 7. communicate effectively 8. demonstrate critical and analytical skills through seminar discussions and module assessments 9. demonstrate proficiency in the use of the internet, online journal databases and other IT resources for the purposes of tutorial and assessment preparation 10. work collaboratively with peers |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Indicative content includes: critical approaches to studying war and society; the role of gender, race, and nationalism in legitimising war; introduction to a range of different historical and cultural contexts; consideration of cultural practices surrounding war which may include film, ceremony, art; questions of agency and resistance; the relationship between military technologies and the experience of war.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activity | 22 | 11 x 2-hour seminars |
| Guided Independent study | 50 | Private study reading and preparing for seminars |
| Guided Independent study | 78 | Preparation for portfolio and group project including researching and collating relevant sources; planning the structure and argument; writing up the work |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
