POL8029 : The Politics of Global Change (Inactive)
POL8029 : The Politics of Global Change (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Matt Davies
- Owning School: Geography, Politics & Sociology
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
European Credit Transfer System | |
Pre-requisite
Modules you must have done previously to study this module
Pre Requisite Comment
N/A
Co-Requisite
Modules you need to take at the same time
Co Requisite Comment
N/A
Aims
The central aims of this course are to provide students with an advanced understanding of the
politics of contemporary global change, a comprehensive and critical knowledge of debates concerning transnational and transversal politics, and an in-depth case knowledge of global restructuring.
Original Summary:
Module Summary (For pre-entry promotional purposes): The module has the following objectives:
1. To introduce the competing theoretical perspectives on transnational and transversal politics, and global restructuring.
2. To critically explore the extent and nature of global change across a range of social spheres.
3. To encourage students to think critically about the nature of the political in a global context.
4. To encourage students to reflect upon the challenges posed to conventional state-centric understandings of politics by processes of global change.
5. To offer students the opportunity to develop interests in spheres of global political change that may form the basis for their future independent research/dissertation.
Outline Of Syllabus
Topics covered are likely to vary from year to year, depending on events. The following outline should indicate a framework for these topics.
1. What must 'politics' mean when considered at the level or scale of the global?
2. Changing times and spaces of world politics.
3. Global politics, authority and state power.
4. Global institutions and regulation.
5. Politics of global corporations.
6. Transnationalisation of technologies and technologies of transnationalisation.
7. Emergence of global financial markets.
8. Intensification of global communication and cultural flows.
9. Global politics and conflict.
10. Global politics of resistance.
Learning Outcomes
Intended Knowledge Outcomes
Upon conclusion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Identify and critically assess contemporary debates on transnational and transversal politics.
2. Critically discuss substantive issues of global change in different spheres, such as the state, corporation, technology, culture, etc.
3. Understand the limits to political thought and political action at the 'global' state.
4. Understand the limits of the 'global' as a scale of political thought and action.
Intended Skill Outcomes
Upon completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Communicate, in written and oral formats, their advanced knowledge of the key debates concerning globalisation and its political problematics.
2. Plan, organise, and structure critical responses to questions surrounding the debates on globalisation, through individual and group tasks.
3. Demonstrate experience of research into global transformation, presenting their findings in both oral and written formats.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
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Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 11 | 2:00 | 22:00 | N/A |
Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 178:00 | 178:00 | N/A |
Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The 2-hour weekly seminar will involve a combination of a presentation by the module leader and discussion based around presentations by students. The themes of the seminars will relate to the theoretical, methodological and substantive issues outlined in the module aims. The seminar-based teaching and learning methods will enable students to develop employment-related skills such as interpersonal communication, oral presentation, teamwork, planning and organising, information literacy and problem solving.
Reading Lists
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Research paper | 2 | M | 100 | 4,000 word research paper |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Rationale and relationship of assessment methods to learning outcomes: All students will write a research essay on a topic to be determined in consultation with the module leader. All students will make an in-class oral presentation on topics specified in the module guide.
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- POL8029's Timetable
Past Exam Papers
- Exam Papers Online : www.ncl.ac.uk/exam.papers/
- POL8029's past Exam Papers
General Notes
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