Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL1025: Classical Political Thought

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 the following topics:

Socrates on knowledge, virtue and Athenian democracy

Plato’s conception of justice

Plato’s theory of Forms

Plato’s Ideal State

Aristotle and the state as a product of nature

Aristotle on citizenship and constitutions

Epicurus’s and the Stoics’ critique of Greek political theory

Cicero and the roman reception of Greek thought

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	10 x 1 hour tutorials
Guided independent study	73.5	Preparation for and completion of summative assessments.
Guided Independent study	50	Reading and preparation for Tutorials

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