Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3180: Latin American Parties, Politics and Elections

This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 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:

1) Introduction: Political Science and Latin American Studies

2) The historical path: major political developments, 1950 – 2012

3) The current "state" of democracy in in Latin America:

4) Political Institutions and Institutional Design in Latin America:

5) Parties, Politics and Elections

6) Latin America in the Global System:

7) Social Movements

8) Case Studies

9) Review Session

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 activities	44	Seminars led by the lecturer (22 weeks, x 2 hours each seminar).
Guided independent study	155	Reading and preparation for seminars and presentations
Guided independent study	55	Writing up 2 essays and a film review based on the topics/materials covered in class.
Guided independent study	46	Web-based activities preparation for seminars and presentations.

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

- ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/latin_america/

- MercoPress: http://en.mercopress.com/

- Latin American Public Opinion Project: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/

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