Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)
Module GEOG1071: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: SPACE AND PLACE IN A CHANGING WORLD
Department: GEOGRAPHY
GEOG1071: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: SPACE AND PLACE IN A CHANGING WORLD
| Type | Tied | Level | 1 | Credits | 20 | Availability | Available in 2006/07 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Durham |
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| Tied to | CFG0 |
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| Tied to | F800 |
| Tied to | FR89 |
| Tied to | L702 |
| Tied to | LMV0 |
| Tied to | LR79 |
| Tied to | X1F8 |
Prerequisites
- None.
Corequisites
- None.
Excluded Combination of Modules
- None.
Aims
- The module introduces students to a broad range of concepts and approaches in human geography, using scale, from global to local, as the organising framework.
- The module is a foundation module for specialist human modules in level 2 and 3.
Content
- The module is based on an examination of different scales of inquiry.
- Lectures being with global issues and processes.
- There is then a progressive focusing down to more local-level concerns.
- At particular stages there is reference to a particular region (e.g. the Pacific Rim) and country (e.g. Mexico).
- The module also links with the parallel Physical Geography module.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
- demonstrate comprehension of scale and knowledge of the diversity of human lifeworlds, the distinctiveness of place, and the production of variation and inequality,
- assess, judge and critically evaluate competing intellectual positions
- critically engage with key issues in human geography.
Subject-specific Skills:
- abstract information from multiple sources,
Key Skills:
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- The module is based on a programme of lectures.
- These provide the context in which facts and introductory concepts, contributing to building knowledge and understanding, are conveyed.
- Lectures are complemented by small group tutorials where concepts introduced in lectures can be explored in more detail.
- Full reading lists provide students with the means to undertake independent study and learning.
- Formative assessment and 50% of summative assessment is set, marked and returned to tutorial groups.
- Three essays (two summative) provide students with scope to explore in greater detail selected themes drawn from the module.
- The remainder of the summative assessment is based on an unseen examination paper designed to assess students' acquisition of the learning outcomes.
- Tutorials also provide a forum enabling the active acquisition of skills.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
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| Lectures | 44 | Twice weekly | 1 hour | 44 | |
| Tutorials | 4 | Four times annually | 1 hour | 4 | |
| Preparation and Reading | 152 | ||||
| Total | 200 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Examination | Component Weighting: 50% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| unseen written examination 2 questions in 2 hours | 100% | ||
| Component: Tutorial Essays | Component Weighting: 50% | ||
| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| tutorial essay 1 max.1500 words | 50% | ||
| tutorial essay 2 max.1500 words | 50% | ||
Formative Assessment:
Three tutorial essays of which two are also summative.
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University