GV958-7-FY-CO:
Theory and Explanation in Political Science
2023/24
Government
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Postgraduate: Level 7
ReassessmentOnly
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
30
17 February 2022
Requisites for this module
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MA L24512 United States Politics
It introduces students to different ways to model social phenomenon, the assumptions that political scientists make when analysing politics, and different topics that contemporary political science addresses. No single module can offer a complete picture of the discipline, but the course tries to cover material from a wide variety of angles, viewpoints, and approaches.
This module aims to provide students with an overview of how political scientists and study the social world and the types of questions they ask. It introduces students to different ways to model social phenomenon, the assumptions that political scientists make when analysing politics, and different topics that contemporary political science addresses. No single module can offer a complete picture of the discipline, but the course tries to cover material from a wide variety of angles, viewpoints, and approaches.
Key Skills:
1. Learn to read core political science texts quickly and extract key points of information from them.
2. Learn to concisely summarize and write about key concepts in political science
3. Learn to develop questions of interest to modern political science
4. Learn to structure a political science research paper
1. Students should learn to think like social science researchers
2. Students should become familiar with the models and methods used by modern political science
3. Students should be gain familiarity with the types of questions and topics addressed by modern political science
No additional information available.
This module will be taught over 2 hours per week
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay 1 |
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50% |
| Coursework |
Essay 2 |
|
50% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Laura Sudulich, email: l.sudulich@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Laura Sudulich
Module Supervisor Dr Laura Sudulich l.sudulich@essex.ac.uk or Module Administrator Jamie Seakens (govpgquery@essex.ac.uk)
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Dr Adrian Florea
University of Glasgow
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
Available via Moodle
Of 40 hours, 40 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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