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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
Social Contract Theory
Liberalism
Republicanism
Feminism
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Tutorial | 8 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 81 |
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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Essay: 2500 word normative political theory essay. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
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 |
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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Katherene Welsh |
Tutor |