Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2016 | Page 201

• Education Politics and Policy
• The Left in Modern Politics
• Environmental Politics in the USA
• The Modern Middle East

Teaching and assessment

You will be taught through a combination of large group lectures
and smaller seminars. Lectures are designed to move beyond the
basic texts and to encourage critical assessment of conflicting
theories. In seminars, you can take part in discussion and debates
in small groups facilitated by lecturers and professors.
The Politics course at Keele has more types of assessment than
most other courses. We have been praised for our diverse and
innovative approach to assessment. Some modules are assessed
through a combination of coursework and examinations, some are
assessed only on written coursework (including reports, portfolios,
book reviews, and blogs), while in other modules oral presentations
and other types of seminar contributions are formally assessed.

Skills and careers

Employers regard a politics degree as evidence of an ability to
think critically, work