Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL2057: Security Studies

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

Introduction: War, conflict, security: contentious concepts

Part 1:Classical approaches to war, security and conflict: Strategy, geopolitics, and traditional IR theories

Part 2: Contemporary security studies: new theories and new objects in a changing world

Part 3: Crossing disciplinary boundaries: security through the lens of Economics and Psychology

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. Subject knowledge will be communicated in lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	10	10 x 1 hour tutorials - subject knowledge will be developed through tutorial discussion and group worksheets prepared in advance
Guided Independent study	14	Worksheet preparation
Guided Independent study	109.5	Weekly reading, essay reading and writing, exam revision

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

Other materials will be identified by the module convener in lectures, tutorials and via ELE.