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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2009-2010 (archived)

Module GEOG3221: SPECIALIZED ASPECTS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Department: Geography

GEOG3221: SPECIALIZED ASPECTS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Type Open Level 3 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2009/10 Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

  • Any Level 1 or level 2 GEOG module.

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • Specialized Aspects of Physical Geography GEOG3431

Aims

  • To develop an understanding of specialized aspects of Human Geography using materials related to two specific branches, theoretical and / or substantive, chosen from a list of topics representing some of the main human geography research areas in the Department

Content

  • Critical Geopolitics
  • Cyberspace Geographies
  • Development in Southeast Asia
  • Environmental Politics and Policy
  • Geographies of Affect and Emotion
  • Geographies of the Body
  • Geographies of Transformation in Eastern Europe
  • Geographies of Transformation in Southern Africa
  • Geography, Gender and Change
  • Geography of Health
  • Governing Cities
  • Governing Climate Change: New Political Geographies
  • Governing Technoscience
  • Material Geographies: Culture, Landscape and Environment
  • Memory, Space and Place
  • Postcolonialism and Development
  • Representing Nature
  • Space Sexuality and Gender
  • Territory and Geopolitics
  • Tourism Geographies
  • Trading Places: The Complex Economy of Housing
  • Urban Geographies
  • Victorian Cities
  • Visual Culture, Media and the Politics of Place
  • Visual Geographies: Representing ‘Africa’
  • NOT ALL THESE SPECIALIZED ASPECTS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ANY ONE YEAR

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • On successful completion of the module students are expected to be able to:
  • Demonstrate advanced levels of knowledge and understanding in two specific areas of Human Geography
  • Be competent in accessing and assimilating literatures of an advanced nature relating to departmental human geography research interests
Subject-specific Skills:
  • Deploy skills specific to the Specialized Aspects they are studying
Key Skills:
  • Show analytical skills in the written, summative examination

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • The lectures aim to provide students with an outline of key debates in the topic area, to discuss the literature that they should explore, and to give any relevant examples and case studies
  • The student preparation and reading time is partly devoted to any formative assignments set by staff and partly to the general and specific reading suggested by staff in lectures
  • The end of year examination is a summative test of the knowledge, understanding and analytical skills acquired by students

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Lectures 8-10 weekly 2h 20
Tutorials or Seminars Varies Varies Varies 6 ■
Fieldwork Varies Varies Varies 2 ■
Practicals Varies Varies Varies 2
Preparation and Reading 170
Total 200

Summative Assessment

Component: Coursework Assignment Component Weighting: 50%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
Coursework Assignment Normally maximum 5 pages 100%
Component: Examination Component Weighting: 50%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
Written examination 1.5 hours 100%

Formative Assessment:

Varies according to which specialized aspects are taken; details are available on duo via “Geography Module Selection” or “Geography Options for Non Single Honours Students”.

■ 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