Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL1001B: State of Britain

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 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:

What is Public Policy and why do we study it?
Policy making in the British State: parliamentary processes, institutions and actors
Multi-level policy I: Public Policy in a Devolved Britain
Multi-level policy II: The Europe Union and British Public Policy
Governance and the concept of policy networks: The Rise of the Hollow State?
Agenda setting: ideas and actors
Policy Implementation and the Tools of Government
Making policy in an era of New Public Management
Case Study: Health Policy and the NHS
Trends in British Policy Making: From Blair to Cameron

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
26.5	123.5	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 and Teaching activity	16.5	11 x 1.5 hour Lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	10	Tutorials are based on lecture topics. Every student will be expected to present a tutorial paper during the year.
Guided Independent study	5	Preparation for formative seminar presentation
Guided Independent study	40	Preparation and writing of essay
Guided Independent study	40	Preparation and revision for examination
Guided Independent study	38.5	Reading for tutorials

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