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On the completion of this module, you will be able to
• read and critically engage with historical and more modern normative political theory texts
• summarize and explain central positions in the history of political thought
• analyse and evaluate different arguments about balancing the authority of the state with individual liberty
• develop and defend your own normative political theory arguments in the form of a clearly structured normative political theory essay
Legitimacy
Social Contract Theory
Liberalism
Republicanism
Feminism
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Autonomous Student Learning | 81 |
Lectures | 22 |
Tutorial | 8 |
Total | 111 |
Ideally, students would have taken INRL 10010 Introduction to Political Theory and International Relations or another module introducing the methods of normative political theory.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Weekly tests in form of multiple choice quizzes on the relevant required readings, lectures, and handouts. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Assignment: 1000 word writing exercise. | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Essay: 2500 word normative political theory essay. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Continuous Assessment: In-class exercises during the tutorials. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
In addition to any relevant comments in class, there will be automated feedback on the knowledge questions of the weekly quizzes informing the students which materials to re-read if they got the answer wrong. Further questions can be discussed in the office hour. For the writing exercise and the final essay, students will receive semi-automated but individualised feedback using a rubric.
Name | Role |
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Ms Grace Culhane | Tutor |
Ms Daire Denby | Tutor |
Ms Zuzanna Krakowska | Tutor |
Meabh Lonergan | Tutor |
Annie MacDonald | Tutor |
Gina Paula Montano Parrales | Tutor |
Katherene Welsh |
Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Mon 13:00 - 13:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Wed 13:00 - 13:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Mon 14:00 - 14:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Mon 15:00 - 15:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Tues 13:00 - 13:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Tues 10:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 6 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Tues 12:00 - 12:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 7 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Tues 14:00 - 14:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 9 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Mon 10:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 10 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Wed 11:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 11 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Wed 12:00 - 12:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 12 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Wed 10:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 13 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Wed 14:00 - 14:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 15 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Mon 11:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 16 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Wed 15:00 - 15:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 17 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Thurs 11:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 18 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Thurs 10:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 20 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Thurs 13:00 - 13:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 21 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Thurs 14:00 - 14:50 |