Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC2087: Security Studies, Part One

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:

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 seminars
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	11	11 x 1 hour lectures
Guided independent study	40	Reading assignments and preparing responses for seminar questions
Guided independent study	35	Research and preparation of student-led seminar
Guided independent study	3	Research and preparation of Respondent Presentation
Guided independent study	50	Revising and preparing for exam

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

CHALLENGE: A Research Project Funded by the Sixth Framework Research Programme of DG Research (European Commission) (http://www.libertysecurity.org/)

Critical Approaches to Security in Europe (c.a.s.e. collective):http://www.casecollective.org

Histories of Violence. (http://historiesofviolence.com/)

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Four Lions (2010)