Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3265: Maritime Power and Security in Global Politics

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

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Introduction to Seapower – concepts / theory
The key maritime thinkers
Seapower in history – Bronze age to Age of sail
Seapower in history – Age of sail to 1914
Seapower in history – Total War and Cold War
Contemporary seapower – the UK
Contemporary seapower – the USA
Contemporary seapower – China
Contemporary seapower – Russia
Contemporary seapower – the EU
Contemporary seapower – Latin America
Contemporary seapower – Africa
The future of ‘traditional seapower’
The future of ‘non-traditional’ seapower – role of non-state actors, ngo’s, terrorism and seapower

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
44	256	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	44	22 x 2-hour seminars
Guided independent study	100	Private study - reading and preparing for seminars
Guided independent study	156	Preparation for assignments including researching and collating relevant sources; planning the structure and argument; writing up the essay

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).