 Academic Year:
| 2012/3 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 1
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| Assessment:
| CW 20%, EX 80% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims:
The unit aims:
* to provide an introduction to major political thinkers of the European tradition;
* to raise the students' awareness of the extent to which contemporary politics in European countries is based on philosophical and moral traditions that reach back for at least two centuries;
* to enable students to contextualise and evaluate contemporary political debates in the light of ongoing debates in political thought and theory.
Learning Outcomes:
Students who have successfully completed this unit should:
* have achieved a solid overview of major traditions in European political thought;
* have acquired the ability to see contemporary politics and political debates in the context of European political thinking;
* be able to understand and discuss political issues making use of the conceptual tools provided by political thought and theory.
Skills:
Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are taught and assessed in this unit. Skills in effective learning are developed in this unit.
Content:
The course provides a survey of the major European political thinkers from Niccolo Machiavelli to Antonio Gramsci.
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Programme availability:
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PL20385 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Economics
- UHES-AFB01 : BSc (hons) Economics and Politics (Full-time) - Year 2
- UHES-AKB01 : BSc (hons) Economics and Politics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AYB13 : BA (hons) French and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 2
- UHPL-AYB12 : BA (hons) German and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 2
- UHPL-AYB16 : BA (hons) Italian (ab initio) and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 2
- UHPL-AYB14 : BA (hons) Italian and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 2
- UHPL-AYB15 : BA (hons) Russian (ab initio) and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 2
- UHPL-AYB17 : BA (hons) Spanish and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 2
- UHPL-AAB10 : BSc (hons) Politics with Economics (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 2
- UHPL-AFB10 : BSc (hons) Politics with Economics (Full-time) - Year 2
- UHPL-AKB10 : BSc (hons) Politics with Economics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- UHPL-AAB29 : BSc (hons) Politics with International Relations (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 2
- UHPL-AFB29 : BSc (hons) Politics with International Relations (Full-time) - Year 2
- UHPL-AKB29 : BSc (hons) Politics with International Relations (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
PL20385 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- UHSP-AFB16 : BSc (hons) Social Policy (Full-time) - Year 2
- UHSP-AFB16 : BSc (hons) Social Policy (Full-time) - Year 3
- UHSP-AKB16 : BSc (hons) Social Policy (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- UHSP-AKB16 : BSc (hons) Social Policy (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- UHSP-AKB01 : BSc (hons) Social Policy and Administration (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- UHSP-AFB05 : BSc (hons) Social Sciences (Full-time) - Year 2
- UHSP-AFB05 : BSc (hons) Social Sciences (Full-time) - Year 3
- UHSP-AKB05 : BSc (hons) Social Sciences (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- UHSP-AKB05 : BSc (hons) Social Sciences (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- UHSP-AFB04 : BSc (hons) Sociology (Full-time) - Year 2
- UHSP-AFB04 : BSc (hons) Sociology (Full-time) - Year 3
- UHSP-AKB04 : BSc (hons) Sociology (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- UHSP-AKB04 : BSc (hons) Sociology (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- UHSP-AFB10 : BSc (hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Full-time) - Year 2
- UHSP-AFB10 : BSc (hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Full-time) - Year 3
- UHSP-AKB10 : BSc (hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- UHSP-AKB10 : BSc (hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- UHSP-AFB11 : BSc (hons) Sociology with Human Resource Management (Full-time) - Year 2
- UHSP-AFB11 : BSc (hons) Sociology with Human Resource Management (Full-time) - Year 3
- UHSP-AKB11 : BSc (hons) Sociology with Human Resource Management (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- UHSP-AKB11 : BSc (hons) Sociology with Human Resource Management (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
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