Module GEOG1071: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: SPACE AND PLACE IN A CHANGING WORLD

Department: Geography

GEOG1071: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: SPACE AND PLACE IN A CHANGING WORLD

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To introduce students to a broad range of concepts and approaches in human geography, which may include space, place, scale & landscape.
• To use a variety of specific case studies to introduce the latest ideas in human geography about how space and place are changing.

Content

• The module is based on an examination of different scales of inquiry in relation to several substantive themes within human geography. The module showcases cutting edge research currently being undertaken by members of the Geography Department. Indicative topics include cities in the Middle East; the relations of neighbourhood, locality with national and global processes, and geopolitics, technology and violence.

Learning Outcomes

• On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
• Demonstrate comprehension of a range of human geographical ideas and knowledge of the diversity of human lifeworlds, places, and the production of difference and inequality
• Assess, judge and critically evaluate competing intellectual positions
• critically engage with key issues in human geography

• On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
• Critically judging and evaluating evidence
• Abstracting and synthesising information
• Developing a reasoned argument

• 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
• NOTE: this module also includes a suite of transition study skills exercises, which are delivered to students electronically via duo for completion between early September and mid October (prior to the first tutorial meeting). Details can be found in the Formative Assessment text box below.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Prior to their first tutorial (scheduled for mid-October), students will be asked to complete a series of transition study skills tasks based around the following indicative themes: Exploring academic literature Critical reflection Effective essay writing (introductions, paragraphs and conclusions) Note taking How to avoid Plagiarism Time management Marking previously submitted essays The tasks will be made available to incoming students via duo during September, with an expectation that they will be completed prior to their first tutorial, so that comprehensive group feedback can be given. Other formative assessment includes one formative essay (max 4 x A4 sides) plus detailed feedback given on the two summative essays.

■ 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