Away MAVE

The Distance Mode of MA in Values and the Environment at Lancaster University

410 Politics and the Environment

Assessment

The assessment for this module is based on either
1 long essay of 5,000 words or
1 essay of 3,500 words and a portfolio of discussion site contributions

If you would like feedback on an essay plan please send it to me in plenty of time for you to make use of the comments.

Please note there is a penalty of 5 marks for work that is seriously overlength (seriously overlength is defined as more than 10% longer than the maximum or guidline length).

Essay questions

To follow

As with most modules if none of the titles suit your your particular interests you can devise your own title as long as you check with me (John) first.

Discussion

Discussion is an invaluable tool in philosophy - it enables collaborative learning, sharing different perspectives in relation to the course material and an opportunity to express your own critical views.
An essential dimension of discussion for distance learners is the web-based discussion-site. Home students are taking the course at the same time, and following the same course material, so we encourage all students to join in on the discussion. All students on this module, and any MAVE module, will have a user password for the MAVE web based discussion site. Click on the discussion link above

You will be asked to send a contribution to the discussion site. This is usually in response to one of the discussion questions or exercises. If you choose, your discussion-site contributions may count toward your assessment for this course.