FIRST YEAR 2015-16
Course
Code
Module
Lecturer
Method of Assessment
(In all written examinations all
questions are weighted equally)
POLS 101: Understanding Politics
Dr Peter Kerr
08 20889
08 26972
08 26974
POLS 102: Classical Political Thought
Dr Christopher
Finlay
08 26066
08 27723
08 27741
POLS 103: Politics as a Vocation
Dr Laura Jenkins
08 20890
08 25815
08 25816
POLS 105: Introduction to International
Relations Theory
Dr Marco Vieira
Term One:
N/A
Term Two:
1 x 2,000 words summative
assessed work (50%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One :
N/A
Term Two :
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Three
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One :
N/A
Term Two :
1 essay x 1,500 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Three
2 hour examination (50%)
First Year
08 26060
08 26916
08 26917
08 20891
08 26976
08 26977
POLS 107: Introduction to Political
Economy
Dr Peter Burnham
09 08716/
09 21387
POLS 108:End of Empire: Problems of
International History / Introduction to
Problems of World History in the
Twentieth Century
Professor Scott
Lucas
08 23570
Research Skills & literacy: Philosophy
and Methods in Social Sciences
Sotirios Zartaloudis
Term One:
1,500 words assessed essay
(40%)
Term Two:
Presentation (10%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
2,000 words assessed essay
(50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour exam (50%)
Term One:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Course
Code
Module
Lecturer
Method of Assessment
(In all written examinations all
questions are weighted equally)
SOC 101: Social Divisions
Dr Shelley Budgeon
08 21905
08 28197
08 28198
SOC 102: Social Worlds and the
Sociological Imagination
Dr Justin
Cruickshank
08 26073
08 28196
08 28192
SOC 103: Sociology of Everyday Life
Team Taught
Term One:
1 x 2,000 words summative
assessed work (30%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
3 hour examination (70%)
Term One:
N/A
Term Two:
1 x 2,000 words summative
assessed work (50%)
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 x 2,000 words summative
assessed work (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three
3 hour examination (50%)
First Year
08 21903
08 26978
08 26979
Course
Code
Module
Lecturer
08 10718/9
REES 101 Twentieth Century
Russian Politics
Dr David White
08 19190
08 26907
08 26908
REES 104 Introduction to the
European Union
Dr Tim Haughton
Method of Assessment
(In all written examinations all
questions are weighted
equally)
Term One:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
N/A
Term Two:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
SECOND YEAR 2015-16
Course
Code
Module
Lecturer
08 26067
08 26988
08 26989
POLS 202: Modern Political
Thought
Dr Richard Shorten
08 26059
08 27728
08 27747
POLS 203: Comparative European
Politics
Dr. Isabelle Hertner and
Dr Tim Haughton
08 20895
08 25817
08 25818
POLS 205: International Political
Economy
Dr Huw Macartney
08 20896
08 25785
08 25786
POLS 206: Diplomatic History
Post-1945
Dr Richard Lock Pullan
Method of Assessment
(In all written examinations all
questions are weighted equally)
Term One:
1 x 2,000 words summative
assessed work (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1,500 words assessed essay (40%)
Term Two:
Presentation (10%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
08 20897
08 26990
08 26991
POLS 207: Institutions and Policies
of the EU
Dr George Kyris
08 20898
08 25819
08 25820
POLS 209: British Politics
Professor Colin Thain
08 20901
08 27720
08 27751
POLS 216: The International
Politics of East Asia I & II
Dr Julie Gilson/Dr
Tsering Topgyal
08 23898
POLS 217: Introduction to
American Politics
Dr Robert Watt
08 20903
08 25787
08 25788
POLS 218: International Security
Dr Lorenzo Cladi /
Professor Stefan Wolf
Term One:
N/A
Term Two:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
N/A
Term Two:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term Two:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
07 20792
08 26909
08 26910
POLS 220: Politics and Policy
Dr Phillip Whiteman
08 25004
08 26992
08 26993
POLS 222: Europeanization
Dr Julian Paenke
08 23568
08 27727
08 27746
Data Analysis and Research
Design
Dr Andrew Knops
08 27732
POLS 227: Global Governance
Dr Eleni Vezirgiannidou
Term One/Two:
Presentation (15%)
Term Two:
1,500 words assessed essay (40%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 x 1,500 summative essay (25%)
Term Two:
1 x 2,500 summative essay (50%)
Term Three:
1 x 1,500 summative dissertation
proposal (25%)
Term One:
1 x 2,000 word assessed work (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Course
Code
Module
Second Year Sociology
08
SOC 201: Modern Sociological
16779/80
Theory
Lecturer
Method of Assessment
(In all written examinations all
questions are weighted equally)
Dr Will Leggett
Term One:
1 essay x 3,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 essay x 3,000 word assessed
work (30%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
3 hour examination (70%)
Term One:
1 essay x 3,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
Formative class exercise
Term Two:
1 essay x 3,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
08 22860
08 25811
08 25812
SOC 202: Global Societies
Dr Will Leggett
08 26046
08 26986
08 26987
SOC 203: Sociology of ‘Race’ and
Ethnicity – A Global Perspective’
Dr Gëzim Alpion
08 19221
08 25778
08 25780
SOC 204: Gender and Sexuality
Dr Shelley Budgeon
Course
Code
Module
Lecturer
08 08434/5
REES 201
The Cultural Politics of Russia
and Eastern Europe
Nino Kemoklidze
08 12050/1
REES 202
Contemporary Russian and
East European Politics
Dr David White
08 21809
08 27729
08 27749
REES 205
European Societies: A CrossCultural Perspective
Dr Deema Kaneff
Method of Assessment
(In all written examinations all
questions are weighted equally)
Term One:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term One:
N/A
Term Two:
1 essay x 2,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (50%)
Term One
1 essay x 1,800 word assessed work
(45%)
Quiz (5%)
Term Two
1 essay x 1,800 word assessed work
(45%)
Quiz (5%)
Term Three
N/A
FINAL YEAR 2015-16
Course
Code
Module
Lecturer
08 27331
08 27730
08 27750
POLS 302: Contemporary Political
Theory
Dr Richard North
08 20907
08 25823
POLS 306: Power in Britain
Dr Stephen Bates
08 20909
08 25789
08 25790
POLS 310: Contemporary US Foreign
& Security Policy
Dr Adam Quinn
Method of Assessment
(In all written examinations all
questions are weighted equally)
Term One:
N/A
Term Two:
1 essay x 3,000 word assessed
work (50%)
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 x 2,000 word assessed work
(35%)
Term Two:
Presentation (15%)
Term Three:
1 x 3,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term One:
3,000 word essay 50%
Term Two:
Presentation 15%
Term Three:
2 hour examination 35%
08 20911
08 25793
08 25796
POLS 312: Contemporary IPE
Dr Huw Macartney
08 20912
08 25828
08 25830
POLS 315: Topics in British Politics
Dr Peter Kerr
08 22555
08 25831
08 25833
POLS 318: Controversies in
Contemporary Democracies:
Comparative Perspectives
Dr David Bailey
08 20916
08 25802
08 25803
POLS 319: European Security
Dr Lorenzo Cladi
0820918
08 27726
08 27745
POLS 326: Democracy and
Democratization in Contemporary
Europe
Dr David White
Term One
1 x 3,000 word Seminar portfolio
(comprised of 4 x 750 word
briefing papers) (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
1 x 3,000 word assessed case
study (50%)
Term One
N/A
Term Two:
1 x 3,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Three:
3 hour exam (50%)
Term One/Two:
Presentation (15%)
Term Two:
1 x 3,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (35%)
Term One
1 x 3,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Two
N/A
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
Country fact-file assignment (25%)
Term Two:
3,000 word assessed work (40%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (35%)
08 19192
08 26940
08 26941
POLS 329: War Torn States and PostConflict Reconstruction in the South
Dr Danielle Beswick/Dr
Christalla Yakinthou
08 22991
08 26970
08 26971
POLS 330: Critical approaches to
Security
Dr C. Moore/ Dr
Lorenzo Cladi
08 19471
08 26980
08 26981
POLS 332: Advanced Modern Asia
Dr Julie Gilson//Dr
Tsering Topgyal
08 27831
POLS 336: European Union Foreign
and Security Policy
Dr Julian Paenke
08 22558
08 25834
08 25835
POLS 338: Left Parties and Protest
Movements
Dr David Bailey
Term One:
1 x 3,000 assessed work (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
1 x 3,000 assessed work (50%)
Term One/Two:
3,000 word assessed work (which
can be split however the
Convenor wishes) (50%)
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 x 2,000 word assessed work
(30%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
1 x 1000 word reflection paper
(20%)
Documentary (50%)
Term One
3,000 assessed work (50%)
Term Two:
Presentation (15%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination (35%)
Term One:
1 x 3,000 assessed work (50%)
Term Two:
N/A
Term Three:
1 x 3,000 assessed work (50%)
Course
Code
Module
Final Year Sociology
08
SOC 302: Contemporary Social
16787/88
Theory
Lecturer
Method of Assessment
(In all written examinations all
questions are weighted equally)
Dr Justin
Cruickshank
Term One:
N/A
Term Two:
1 x 4,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
Term One/Two:
1 x 4,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
Term One:
1 x 4,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
Term One/Two:
1 x 4,000 word assessed work
(50%)
Term Three:
3 hour examination (50%)
08 21906
08 26996
08 26997
SOC 309: Sociology of Success and
Fame
Dr Gëzim Alpion
08 26047
08 26918
08 26919
SOC 310: Sociology of Film
Dr Gëzim Alpion
08 25073
08 28138
08 28139
SOC 315: Sociology of Health and
Illness
Dr Kerry Allen and
Dr Nicola Gale
0
8
1
5
1
3
0
/
3
0
8
2
6
0
4
3
0
8
2
6
9
9
4
0
8
2
6
9
9
5
REES 304
The Russian Economy: From
Plan to Market
Dr Richard
Connelly
Term One:
1 x 3,000 assessed
work (50%) Term
Two:
N/A
Term Three:
3 hour examination
(50%)
REES 315
The Political Economy of Energy
and Energy Security
Dr Richard
Connolly
Term One:
1 x 3,000 assessed
work (50%)
Term Two:
Presentation (15%)
Term Three:
2 hour examination
(35%)