Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 15 Hours. (15 x 1 hour) |
Seminars / Tutorials | 7 Hours. (7 x 1 hour) |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Seminar Presentation | 10% |
Semester Assessment | 1 x 2,500 word essay Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics. | 40% |
Semester Exam | 3 Hours Exam | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
On completion of the module, students should be able to:
- Critically assess the literature on the causes of war
- Discuss a range of key concepts and historical and contemporary events in relation to the evolution of war
- Understand the role of legal and moral restraints on war
- Assess the conflicting theories on whether force can be controlled or abolished as a tool of inter-state relations
Brief description
This module provides an analytical foundation to the critical study of war, politics and strategy.
Aims
This module aims to provide a comprehensive basis (concepts, theories, history) for understanding and explaining the most salient issues of war, politics and strategy in the contemporary world.
Content
(1) the causes of war;
(2) the changing character of warfare;
(3) legal and moral restraints on war;
Transferable skills
10 ECTS credits
Reading List
Recommended TextAlan Collins, ed Contemporary Security Studies 2007 Oxford University Press Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6