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War & Peace - POL00073I

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• Department: Politics and International Relations
• Credit value: 20 credits
• Credit level: I
• Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
  • See module specification for other years: 2023-24

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Semester 1 2024-25

Module aims

• Examine issues of contemporary war, security and peace-making through a critical lens and through a range of perspectives.
• Distinguish and critically assess changing patterns of war and peace-making, or the way in which these issues are understood.
• Employ skills in collecting and analyzing information from a variety of sources in completing their coursework.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the origins, evolution and contemporary dynamics of war and peace with an in-depth engagement with both national and international dimensions. (MLO1)

Apply with minimum guidance theories, concepts and methods to aspects of war and peace, using critical reasoning and (where appropriate) empirical testing to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. (MLO2)

Work with minimum guidance to address problems in war and peace, working towards solutions through the creative application of appropriate theoretical and practical perspectives, and analysis of empirical data. (MLO4)

Communicate arguments effectively and fluently, translating detailed ideas through the appropriate media (MLO5)

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled)	100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled)	100

Module feedback

Students will receive written timely feedback on their formative assessment. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their feedback during the module tutor's feedback and guidance hours.

Students will receive written feedback on their summative assessment no later than 25 working days after submission; and the module tutor will hold a specific session to discuss feedback, which students can also opt to attend. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their feedback during the module tutor's regular feedback and guidance hours.

Indicative reading

Ramsbotham, Oliver, Tom Woodhouse and Hugh Miall, 2011. Contemporary Conflict Resolution: Third Edition. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Mary Kaldor (1999). New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era (Cambridge: Polity Press).

Richmond, Oliver P. and Audra Mitchell, 2011. Hybrid Forms of Peace: From Everyday Agency to Post-liberalism. Basingstoke: Palgrave.