Gwybodaeth Modiwlau

Module Identifier
GS10220
Module Title
The city & the country: processes of conflict & changes
Academic Year
2025/2026
Co-ordinator
Rhys Dafydd Jones
Semester
Semester 1
Exclusive (Any Acad Year)
DA10520
Reading List
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Other Staff
 

Course Delivery

 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment End of module assessment  (to be submitted to Blackboard).  50%
Semester Assessment Essay  1500 Words  50%
Supplementary Assessment End of module assessment  (to be submitted to Blackboard).  50%
Supplementary Assessment Essay  1500 Words  50%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Identify and explain the key processes shaping contemporary urban and rural change.

Evaluate the key processes shaping contemporary urban and rural change.

Apply a range of relevant theoretical and conceptual literatures to explain urban and rural change.

Evaluate the policy implications emerging from such changes.

Demonstrate the skills of critical reading, interpretation and evaluation.

Brief description

This module examines the ways in which geographers and other social scientists have understood and explored urban and rural spaces, and the connections between them. These approaches are examined through the context of economic, demographic, social, and cultural changes in both urban and rural settings. Such changes have often brought conflict around the meaning attributed to urban and rural spaces, and the people, values, and behaviour the 'belong' there. The module also considers how tension is manifested in different forms, and strategies for more harmonious coexistence.

Content

The module is divided into two substantive parts: The City and The Countryside. Each part contains 8 x 1-hour lectures and 2 x 1-hour seminars. ‘The City’ will cover themes including urban design and planning, changing urban economies, changing urban populations, and urban governance. ‘The Country’ will cover themes including agricultural change, changing rural economies, rural preservation and conservation, and rural population change and diversity. Short introductory and concluding sections will be held in the first and final weeks, covering induction, definitions and approaches to urban and rural studies, and policy implications.

The module consists of 20 x 1-hour lectures and fortnightly 1-hour seminars (n=5) to support student engagement with content, assignment preparation, and skills.

Module Skills

Skills Type Skills details
Application of Number Not explicitly, although this may well come into course content on occasion.
Communication Yes; written communication skills for the assessments; oral communication skills through class discussions etc.
Improving own Learning and Performance Yes, through practical sessions attached to the module focussed on supporting content and study skills.
Information Technology Yes, through the production of the coursework and making use of VLEs
Personal Development and Career planning Yes, with applied knowledge
Problem solving Yes, through course content (e.g. defining urban and rural spaces; examining policy implications)
Research skills Yes, through engaging with current research to prepare the essay and end of module assessment.
Subject Specific Skills Yes, engagement with current theoretical ideas underpinning current debates in urban and rural geography.
Team work Yes, through small group discussions in class

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4