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Undergraduate Handbook 2010-2011 (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	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Tied	1	20	Available in 2010/2011	None.	Durham

Tied To

CFG0: Natural Sciences
F800: Geography
FR89: Geography (European Studies) (see Undergraduate Handbook 2009-2010 for details)
L702: Geography
LMV0: Combined Honours in Social Sciences
LR79: Geography (European Studies) (see Undergraduate Handbook 2009-2010 for details)
X1F8: Education Studies - Geography

Pre-requisites

None

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combinations

None

Aims

To critically explore the relations between globalization and human geography
To use a variety of specific case studies to introduce the latest ideas in human geography about how space and place are changing in the context of globalization
To introduce students to a broad range of concepts and approaches in human geography, using scale, from global to local, as the organising framework

Content

The module is based on an examination of different scales of inquiry in relation to several substantive themes within human geography:
Relationships of cities and globalization
Globalisation, health and people’s bodies
Development and space
Environment, citizenship and globalisation

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

On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
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	Attendance Monitored
Lectures	38	Twice weekly	1 hour	38
Tutorials	5	Five times annually	1 hour	5	Yes
Preparation and Reading				157
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Element Weighting
Examination	50%	unseen written examination 2 questions in 2 hours	100%
Tutorial Essays	50%	tutorial essay 1 max.4 sides A4	50%
Tutorial Essays	50%	tutorial essay 2 max.4 sides A4	50%

Formative Assessment

Three tutorial essays of which two are summative. Essays are not to exceed 4 sides of A4

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.