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The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the foreign, security and defence policy of the European Union. At its conclusion you will be expected to be able to explain the theoretical bases of international security policy in the post-Cold War context of European foreign, security and defence policy. You will also be expected to be able to contextualise and to explain the European Union's capacity as an international actor in these areas. You will also be expected to explain why the EU is deserving of attention in this area and to outline its international role. You should also be prepared to offer an empirically based assessment of the Union's success and/or failure as an international actor and an informed assessment of the critical issues that it faces.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Seminar (or Webinar) | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 180 |
Total | 204 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Group Project: You are required to make an oral seminar presentation on a specified seminar topic, responding to the seminar prompts provided. Depending on class numbers, this will likely entail a group presentatio | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Attendance: Engagement in discussion and oral presentation, including contributions to in-class discussions, debates and group oral presentations. | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Oral Examination: The Interactive Oral Exam (IOE) will be based on a single specific scenario communicated to students in advance. These will be conducted via recorded zoom to an agreed schedule | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Assignment: Each student must submit a 1500-2000 word review of an EU foreign policy-based video (debate, conference presentation, webinar). | Week 5 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Written feedback is provided on submitted written work and to group presentations.