Module POL1018 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL1018: The Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module’s precise content may vary from year to year. Topics covered range from international organizations and human rights, the global political economy and the capitalist system, global challenges such as poverty, climate change, and migration, to the implications for international security and order of great power competition, terrorism, and populism.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 26.5 | 123.5 | 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 and Teaching activity | 16.5 | 11 x 1.5 hour lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 10 | 10 x 1 hour tutorials |
| Guided Independent study | 73.5 | Preparation and completion of course work |
| Guided Independent study | 50 | Reading for tutorials |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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 for the module will all be made available through the module's web page in ELE. please see:
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Indicative learning resources include:
Baylis, John, Smith, Steve, and Owens, Patricia (2019), The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations (8th edn.: Oxford University Press).
Beeson, Mark and Bisley, Nick (eds.) (2017), Issues in 21st century world politics (3rd edn.: Palgrave MacMillan)
Edkins, Jenny and Zehfuss, Maja (eds.) (2019), Global Politics: A New Introduction (3rd edn., London: Routledge).
