Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL2047: American Politics

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:

The American Constitutional Framework

Ideology, Public Opinion, and the Media

Interest Groups

Congress

The Courts

The President

Bureaucracy

Voting, Elections, and Parties

Public Policymaking

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

...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	123.5	A variety of private study tasks directed by module leader. These tasks may include (with an indicative number of hours): Reading assignments (70 hours) Preparation for and completion of examination (25 hours) Writing a multi-part critical essay (25 hours) Following American political news events (5 hours)

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

(For specific readings, see ELE – vle.exeter.ac.uk)