Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3270: East Asian Regional Order

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

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
Essay outline	400 words	1-8	Verbal

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
80	0	20

...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
Research essay	80	3,000 words	1-8	Written
Group presentation	20	8 minutes per student	1-5, 7-8	Written
	0
	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 assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Research essay	Research essay, 3,000 words	1-8	August/September re-assessment period
Group Presentation	Individual written assignment, 1,200 words	1-8	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.

Goh, Evelyn (2013). The Struggle for Order: Hegemony, Hierarchy, and Transition in Post-Cold War East Asia (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

Goh, Evelyn and Rosemary Foot (2019). ‘The International Relations of East Asia: A New Research Prospectus’, International Studies Review 21(3): 398-423.

Loke, Beverley (2021). ‘The United States, China, and the Politics of Hegemonic Ordering in East Asia’, International Studies Review. doi: 10.1093/isr/viaa096

Pekkanen, Saadia, John Ravenhill, and Rosemary Foot (eds) (2014). The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of Asia (New York: Oxford University Press).

Yeo, Andrew (2019). Asia’s Regional Architecture: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press),