Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3275: The Politics and Policies of Youth Engagement

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover for example the following topics:

The decline of democracy; which ‘democracy’ and why?
The challenges and opportunities in the measurement and conception of participation
Alternative, alienated and apathetic: causes and consequences of youth disengagement
Young People’s Politics: Brexit, the Climate Crisis, Inequality, Protest and Political Literacy
Comparative approaches: central policy responses to youth disengagement in the UK and EU, with a focus on civic education and the rise of deliberative democracy
Global participation; with a focus on the MENA region post ‘Arab spring’ and the contemporary protests in Asia

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 x 2-hour seminars
Guided Independent Study	50	Private study; reading and preparing for seminars
Guided Independent Study	78	Preparation for assessments; including researching and collating relevant sources; planning the structure and argument; writing up the essay and constructing the research brief

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