Module manager: Prof Paul Bagguley
Email: P.Bagguley@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
| PIED3565 | Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases |
| SLSP3230 | Global Terrorism and Violence |
SLSP3230 Global Terrorism and Violence
This module is approved as a discovery module
This module is concerned with the sociological analysis of political violence in the 20th and 21st century. The module will introduce students to the current theoretical debates and primary analytical perspectives in the study of political violence and terrorism. These will be illustrated and explored through historical and comparative examples from Western Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.
- To introduce students to the study of terrorism and political violence historically as well as in the contemporary world.
- To investigate popular discourse on security and international conflict for academics, policymakers, and popular debate.
- To assess the nature, evolution, causes and normative justifications of political violence and what is called terrorism.
- To investigate how terrorism has emerged as a global phenomenon.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Demonstrate a sociological understanding of terrorism, its history, its relationship to racialisation and trends over time.
2. Assess how terrorism varies among different ethnic and racialized groups and across countries.
3. Demonstrate a critical understanding of sociological theories and arguments in the field of terrorism studies, especially those that relate to ethnicity and processes of racialisation.
4. Apply these theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of terrorism in a selected case study.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1. Critical Reading of sociological and other social science texts in the study of terrorism.
2. Subject Knowledge (Evaluation and application of theories of terrorism and violence)
3. Information Searching by students carrying out their own library and internet based research for their essays
4. Referencing in the assessed essays through the accurate use the Leeds library version of the Harvard system of referencing.
5. Academic Integrity demonstrated in the assessed essays, such as avoiding plagiarism.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lecture | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Private study hours | 179 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 21 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
A formal formative assessment opportunity will be provided for each summative assessment task, which is specifically pedagogically aligned to that task. As part of this, each student will receive feedback designed to support the development of knowledge and skills that will be later assessed in the summative task.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | . | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
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Last updated: 05/02/2025
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