Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC2048: Research Methods in International Relations

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 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:

The ‘Great Debates’ of International Relations

Philosophy of Social Science: Ontologies, Epistemologies and Methodologies

Pluralist causality in International Relations research

Feminist Methods in war and militarisation

Archival Research, Genealogy and Problematisation in security policy

Narrative representation in conflict areas

Materialism in diplomacy

Critical game theory and quantitative methods in foreign policy

Student research conference

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
21	129

...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 Activities	11	11 x 1 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	10	10 x 1-hour seminars
Guided Independent Study	38	Reading assignments and preparing responses for seminar questions
Guided independent study	38	Research and preparation of data analysis
Guided independent study	10	Research and composition of Research Proposal Plan
Guided Independent Study	40	Research and composition of Essay
Guided Independent study	3	Composition of peer reviews

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