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The modules in this section are only applicable to students who will be studying them between September 2016 and August 2017.
If you wish to look at details for a module you studied in an earlier academic year please see undergraduate modules for other academic years.
If you intend to study one of these modules from September 2017 or later, you may refer to these descriptors as a guide; but please be aware that details they contain - including (but not limited to) reading lists, duration and assessments - may change for your academic year.
The module list for September 2017 - August 2018 will be published here in March 2017 (exact date to be confirmed).
Exeter Campus Level One
Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
---|---|---|---|
POL1001B | State of Britain | 15 | 2 |
POL1006 | State and Society | 15 | 2 |
POL1017 | Globalisation of World Politics | 15 | 1 |
POL1018 | Facing the Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century | 15 | 2 |
POL1019 | Power and Democracy | 15 | 1 |
POL1020 | Politics in Europe | 15 | 1 |
POL1025 | Classical Political Thought | 15 | 1 |
POL1026 | Early Modern Political Thought | 15 | 2 |
POL1027 | Strategic Theory and Contemporary International Conflict | 15 | 2 |
POL1028 | Introduction to Strategic Studies | 15 | 2 |
POL1041 | Data Analysis in Social Science | 15 | 2 |
POL1042 | Rational Choice and Environmental Problems | 15 | 2 |
Exeter Campus Level Two
Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
---|---|---|---|
POL2020 | Contemporary Theories of World Politics | 15 | 1 |
POL2026 | Political Analysis: Behaviour, Institutions, Ideas | 15 | 2 |
POL2027 | The Politics of the World Economy | 15 | 2 |
POL2028 | Political Ethics: Theory and Case Studies | 15 | 2 |
POL2038 | International Relations, War and Peace in the Middle East | 15 | 2 |
POL2046 | The Economics of Politics | 15 | 1 |
POL2047 | American Politics | 15 | 2 |
POL2050 | Political Philosophy | 15 | 2 |
POL2051 | War and Peace in the Middle East | 15 | 2 |
POL2052 | Foreign Policy: Leadership, Power and Responsibility | 15 | 1 |
POL2057 | Security Studies | 15 | 2 |
POL2059 | Political Thought of Modernity | 15 | 1 |
POL2075 | Integration and Disintegration in the EU | 15 | 1 |
POL2076 | Rising Powers, Peace and Conflict | 15 | 1 |
POL2077 | Data Analysis in Social Science II | 15 | 1 |
POL2078 | Governing the Public Sector: Bureaucratic Power and Politics | 15 | 1 |
POL2079 | Contemporary Public Debate in an Age of 'Anti-Politics' | 15 | 2 |
POL2081 | Thinking about Race: Perspectives from the Biological and Social Sciences | 15 | 2 |
POL2082 | The Changing Character of Warfare | 15 | 1 |
POL2084 | European Union Foreign Policy | 15 | 2 |
POL2094 | Data Analysis in Social Science III | 15 | 2 |
POL2097 | Behavioural Public Policy and the Nudge Agenda | 15 | 1 |
Exeter Campus Level Three
Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
---|---|---|---|
POL3040 | Dissertation | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3054 | Nuclear Weapons in International Relations | 15 | 2 |
POL3069 | Globalisation and the Politics of Resistance | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3076 | Research Design for Dissertation | 30 | 1, 2 and 3 |
POL3077 | Global Environmental Politics and Policy | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3078 | Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3080 | The International Politics of Religion | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3081 | Markets, Regulation and Europeanisation | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3086 | Dissertation Planning, Preparation and Proposal (D3P) | 15 | |
POL3094 | Data Analysis in Social Science III | 15 | 2 |
POL3125 | The History and Political Development of Iraq | 15 | 2 |
POL3126 | Ethno-Politics: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies | 15 | 2 |
POL3129 | Politics and Reform in the Gulf | 15 | 2 |
POL3132 | Globalisation and Democratic Politics: the End of the Nation State? | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3154 | The Politics of Climate Change | 15 | 1 |
POL3156 | Central Asian Politics | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3168 | War and its Aftermath: Interventions and Contemporary Conflict | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3170 | Marxism and Post-Structuralism | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3172 | Political Participation | 15 | 1, 2 and 3 |
POL3175 | Nationalisms in the Middle East | 15 | 1 |
POL3180 | Latin American Parties, Politics and Elections | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3184 | Politics of Semidemocratic and Authoritarian Countries | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3193 | Women in the Criminal Justice System: Law, Policy and Institutions | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3194 | Rethinking the Politics of Communities | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3195 | The Politics of Regulation: Risks and Regulatory Failures | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3196 | Democracy in the European Union | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3197 | Anarchy and World Order: The Anarchist Perspective | 15 | 2 |
POL3198 | Revolution and Modern Political Thought | 30 | 1, 2 and 3 |
POL3199 | Images of Democracy | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3201 | International Security and US Foreign Policy | 15 | 1 |
POL3202 | China in World Affairs | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3203 | Comparative Public Opinion | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3205 | Civic Engagement | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3206 | The Political Economy of the State | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3207 | Realism in International Security | 15 | 2 |
POL3208 | Maritime Power and Security in Global Politics | 15 | 2 |
POL3210 | Global Justice | 15 | 2 |
POL3211 | Nonviolence: Power and Politics | 15 | 1 |
POL3212 | Developments in British Politics: From Baldwin to Brexit | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POL3213 | Feminist Political Theory | 15 | 2 |
POL3214 | Disrupting Western Hegemony: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Post-WWII | 15 | 1 |
Penryn Campus Level One
Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
---|---|---|---|
POC1003 | British Government and Politics | 15 | 1 |
POC1014 | The Public Policy Process | 15 | 2 |
POC1021 | Key Concept in Politics and International Relations | 15 | 1 |
POC1022 | Violence in World Politics | 15 | 2 |
Penryn Campus Level Two
Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
---|---|---|---|
POC2012 | The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention | 15 | 1 |
POC2041 | The Political Psychology of Elites | 15 | 1 |
POC2083 | The Research Toolkit for Politics and International Relations | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POC2084 | Foreign Policy | 15 | 1 |
POC2085 | Theories of The Good Life: From the Agora to the American Dream | 15 | 1 |
POC2086 | Governing the Good Life: Contemporary International Studies | 15 | 2 |
POC2087 | Security Studies, Part One | 15 | 2 |
POC2088 | Understanding Israel and Palestine: One Land, Two People | 15 | 1, 2 and 3 |
POC2090 | Violence, Conflict and Religion in the Middle East | 15 | 2 |
POC2093 | Understanding Israel and Palestine: Seeking Peace | 15 | 2 |
Penryn Campus Level Three
Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
---|---|---|---|
POC3040 | Dissertation | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POC3048 | US Field Course | 30 | 1 and 2 |
POC3072F | Politics of Protest (Fieldwork) | 15 | 1 |
POC3085 | Theories of the Good Life: From the Agora to the American Dream | 15 | 1 |
POC3094 | Global Policy Challenges | 15 | 1 |
College Modules Level Two
Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
---|---|---|---|
SSI2001 | Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences | 15 | 2 |
SSI2002 | Data Analysis in the Workplace | 15 | 1 |
SSI3999 | One Year study abroad | 120 | 1 and 2 |