Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC3106: Biopolitics of Security

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:

Introduction to Biopolitics.

Governmentality: Understanding the ‘conduct of conduct.’
Creating Bare Life and States of Exception: Understanding life reduced to nakedness.
Regulating Death.
Surveillance and Control: Understanding how societies are governed and regulated.
Resistance to Biopolitics.

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 Activities	22	11x 2 hour seminars
Guided Independent Study	50	Seminar preparation through directed reading
Guided Independent Study	6	To complete the formative essay plan
Guided independent study	24	To complete the review essay
Guided independent study	48	To complete the critical research paper.

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