Module Identifier | IP39420 | ||
Module Title | ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dafydd Trystan-Davies | ||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | ||
Next year offered | N/A | ||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||
Course delivery | Practical | 6 Hours - 3 x 2 hours (2 computing practicals and one survey design workshop) | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 8 Hours (8 x 1 hour) | ||
Lecture | 14 Hours (14 x 1 hour) | ||
Assessment | Semester Assessment | Group Project: | 30% |
Semester Assessment | Student Report: | 30% | |
Semester Assessment | 40% | ||
Supplementary Exam | 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. |
1. critically analyse the principal theoretical explanations provided for voting behaviour in the UK
2. critically analyse the history of elections in the UK
3. utilize computer software to analyse opinion poll results
- To give students a thorough understanding of competing explanations of voting behaviour in the UK
- To provide students with a detailed knowledge of the development of the franchise and patterns of electoral behaviour in the UK.
- To introduce students to survey based work and quantitative data analysis.
- To develop team-working and communication skills through in-depth group project work.
10 ECTS credits