Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2011-2012 (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 2011/12 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Durham |
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| Tied to | CFG0 |
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| Tied to | F800 |
| Tied to | L702 |
| Tied to | LMV0 |
| Tied to | FGC0 |
| Tied to | X1F8 |
Prerequisites
- None
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combination of Modules
- 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:
- Development, poverty and inequality
- Global and local food geographies
- Critical geographies of home
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:
- Critically judging and evaluating evidence
- Abstracting and synthesising information
- Developing a reasoned argument
Key Skills:
- Self-directed learning
- Written communication
- Contextualizing information
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 | 38 | Twice weekly | 1 hour | 38 | |
| Tutorials | 5 | Five times annually | 1 hour | 5 | ■ |
| Preparation and Reading | 157 | ||||
| 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.4 sides A4 | 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
■ 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