Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC3103: The Resource Paradox: Blessing or Curse?

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, the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

- Ethical consumption

- The resource curse and political economy

- Major theories about the relationship between resources and development

- Indigenous peoples and land conflict

- Case studies

- Conflict minerals

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	22	11 seminars, each 2 hours long
Guided Independent Study	60	For directed reading and completing formative assignment
Guided Independent Study	6	For completing the media briefing
Guided independent study	14	For preparing the presentation and debate
Guided independent study	48	For completing the research essay

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

Antipode

Development in Practice

Development and Change

Environment and Planning

Extractive Industries and Society

Geoforum

Third World Quarterly