PO384 - East Asian Transformations: A Political Economy Perspective
- Module code: PO384
- Module name: East Asian Transformations: A Political Economy Perspective
- Department: Politics and International Studies
- Credit: 30
Content and teaching | Assessment | Availability
Module content and teaching
Principal aims
The module seeks to: offer an overview of the dynamics and characteristics of the East Asia region; facilitate an examination of past and contemporary issues pertaining to East Asian political economies and their development; provide advanced level knowledge of a region which is of growing international importance, and on which expertise is increasingly in demand; equip students with the conceptual and analytical tools to make sense of the region’s political and economic transformation; enhance student research skills through the collection and analysis of information from a wide range of primary and secondary sources.
Principal learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to: demonstrate knowledge of and analytical insight into processes of political, economic and cultural change in the region; combine empirical knowledge of East Asia with theoretical insight in all aspects of the module; locate the study of regional dynamics within the wider field of political economy theorizing; analyse critically complex ideas, both orally and in writing, in relation to the issues influencing the transformation of East Asia; construct and substantiate a critical argument.
Timetabled teaching activities
1 x Lecture and 1 x Seminar per week. Classes begin in week 1 of the autumn term and finish in week 20
Departmental link
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/studyundergrad/ugmodules/po384
Module assessment
Assessment group | Assessment name | Percentage |
---|---|---|
30 CATS (Module code: PO384-30) | ||
A (Assessed work only) | Assessed Course Work | 50% |
Assessed Course Work | 50% | |
Examination - Main Summer Exam Period (weeks 4-9) | 100% | |
Assessed Course Work | 50% | |
Examination - Main Summer Exam Period (weeks 4-9) | 50% | |
Assessed Course Work | 100% |
Module availability
This module is available on the following courses:
Core
N/A
Optional Core
- Undergraduate Economics, Politics and International Studies (LM1D) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Economics 4 Year Variants (LM1H) - Year 3
Optional
- Undergraduate Economics, Politics and International Studies (LM1D) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Economics 4 Year Variants (LM1H) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Economics 4 Year Variants (LM1H) - Year 4
- Undergraduate Politics (M100) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Politics (with Intercalated Year) (M101) - Year 4
- Undergraduate Politics with International Studies (M160) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Politics with International Studies (with Intercalated Year) (M161) - Year 4
- Undergraduate Politics, International Studies and Quantitative Methods (M162) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Politics and International Studies (M16A) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Politics and International Studies (with Intercalated Year) (M16B) - Year 4
- Undergraduate Politics with French (M1RC) - Year 4
- Undergraduate Politics and Sociology (ML13) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Politics and Sociology (with Intercalated year) (ML14) - Year 4
- Undergraduate French with International Studies (R1MA) - Year 3
- Undergraduate French with International Studies (R1MA) - Year 4
- Undergraduate Italian with International Studies (R3M1) - Year 4
- Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7ML) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with Intercalated year) (V7MM) - Year 4
- Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7MP) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with Intercalated year) (V7MQ) - Year 4
- Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7MR) - Year 3
- Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7MR) - Year 4
- Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with Intercalated year) (V7MS) - Year 4
- Undergraduate History and Politics (VM11) - Year 3
- Undergraduate History and Politics (with Year Abroad) (VM12) - Year 4