 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| 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 Summary:
| CW 20%, EX 80% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Coursework (CW 20%)
- Examination (EX 80%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| 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: |
PL20385 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Economics
- UHES-AFB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Year long work placement (Year 2)
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AYB13 : BA(Hons) French and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB12 : BA(Hons) German and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB16 : BA(Hons) Italian ab inito and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB14 : BA(Hons) Italian and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AFB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations (Year 2)
- UHPL-AAB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UHPL-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics (Year 2)
- UHPL-AAB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB15 : BA(Hons) Russian ab inito and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB17 : BA(Hons) Spanish and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 2)
PL20385 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- UHSP-AFB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy (Year 2)
- UHSP-AFB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AFB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 2)
- UHSP-AFB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AFB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology (Year 2)
- UHSP-AFB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Year 2)
- UHSP-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UHSP-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 4)
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