Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC2084: Foreign Policy

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.

Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.

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 foreign policy? Why study it?
Realism and Liberalism
Constructivist and Critical Approaches
Case study: International Law
Actors and Structures in Foreign Policy Analysis
Personality, Rationality and Psychology
Implementing Foreign Policy: Power, Diplomacy, Economic Statecraft and Soft Power
Domestic Sources of Foreign policy, Public Diplomacy and the Art of Persuasion
Case Studies on Iraq, Libya, Crimea and Iran
Simulation Exercise

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 & Teaching activities	11	11 x 1 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	11	11 x 1 hour seminars
Guided independent study	40	Research and composition of portfolio
Guided independent study	5	Composition of critical self-reflection
Guided independent study	28	Group research and preparation of student-led seminar
Guided independent study	55	Reading assignments, preparing responses for seminar questions and composing entries for online discussion forum

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

Film

The Power of Nightmares. 2004

The Fog of War. 2003

Thirteen Days. 2000

Inside Job. 2011

Dr. Strangelove. 1963