Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3154: The Politics of Climate Change

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:\

1. The politicisation of climate science

2. The political economy of climate change

3. Climate policy evaluation

4. Communicating climate change

5. International climate policy

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
22	128	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 v	22	Weekly 2 hour seminars over 11 weeks
Guided Independent study	78	Reading and seminar preparation
Guided Independent study	50	Course work preparation and writing

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

ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk