Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL1020: Politics in Europe

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:

Comparative government and governance in Europe: theoretical and methodological foundations.
Varieties of political systems in Europe: governments and parliaments
Representative democracies: political parties and elections
The role of the media
Participation and interest groups
The UK
Germany
France
Southern Europe
The Scandinavian model meets Europe
The challenge of enlargement
How European integration affects governance in the member states (main hypotheses and mechanisms of Europeanization).

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	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	16.5	11 x 1.5 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	10	10 x 1 hour tutorials
Guided Independent study	66	Coursework and independent study includes reading, note taking, and sketching answers to essay and seminar questions and essay writing. This study is continuous throughout the course and should take at least six hours a week
Guided Independent study	57.5	Further independent study.

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