Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 x 2 Hour Lectures |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours 2 hour examination | 100% |
| Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours 2 hour examination | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Outline the different conceptual approaches human geographers use to understand the social world
2. Critically assess the social and historical context of those approaches and their continuing relevance for geographers
Brief description
Geography is an expansive discipline that encompasses a range of perspectives. While other disciplines tend to have a strong tradition of core topics that constitute their disciplinary purview, geographers often think of themselves as bringing a ‘spatial perspective’ to a wide variety of phenomenon, processes and events. This way of thinking has spawned a number of theoretical and methodological traditions in the discipline, many of which continue to be practiced in various ways. This module will examine a number of those traditions and explain their historical and contemporary relevance to the field of human geography, including the types of independent dissertation projects potentially undertaken by students.
Content
The emphasis of the module is on four themes: 1) explaining a number of core geographic concepts and the key associated terminologies and theories; 2) examining the social and historical context in which those concepts emerged; 3) understanding the relevance of those concepts to contemporary issues and problems; and 4) understanding the relevance of those concepts to the types of independent dissertation projects potentially undertaken by students.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | N/A |
| Communication | Demonstrated via written answers under exam conditions |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Gained via independent reading and contribution to in-class discussions |
| Information Technology | Students will demonstrate their competency with using Blackboard and the e-resources available in that information environment |
| Personal Development and Career planning | he skills developed through this module can provide the foundation for higher-level studies and also are transferable to many applied, non-academic contexts. Students will be made aware of the relevance for further study and employability throughout the module |
| Problem solving | Demonstrated via discussion of conceptual frameworks and relevance to student research |
| Research skills | Reading, thinking and writing skills demonstrated through in class discussion and the exam |
| Subject Specific Skills | Understanding geographic concepts |
| Team work | Team work and small group discussion will be involved in many lectures |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5