Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC1026: Power, Inequality and Global Justice

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.

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:

How can we think critically?

How do we find out what is going on in the world?

Why do we obey?

Why is the world divided territorially?

Do colonialism and slavery belong in the past?

Why are some people better off than others?

What makes the world dangerous?

What can we do to change the world?

Who do we think we are?

How can we end poverty?

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
27.5	122.5

...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 Activities	16.5 hours	11 x 1.5 hour Lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	11 hours	11 x 1 hour Seminars guided by questions and readings assigned by the tutor and including assessed presentations
Guided Independent Study	33	Reading and preparing for seminars, planning and writing formative presentation
Guided independent study	45	Researching and writing essay
Guided independent study	44.5	Preparation for examination

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