Module GEOG2472: SOCIAL RESEARCH IN GEOGRAPHY

Department: Geography

GEOG2472: SOCIAL RESEARCH IN GEOGRAPHY

Tied To

• CFG0: Natural Sciences
• CFG1: Natural Sciences with Year Abroad
• CFG2: Natural Sciences with Placement
• FGC0: Natural Sciences
• L702: Geography
• L704: Geography with Year Abroad
• LA01: Liberal Arts
• LA02: Liberal Arts (with Year Abroad)
• LA03: Liberal Arts (with Placement Year)
• LMV0: Combined Honours in Social Sciences
• LMV1: Combined Honours in Social Sciences (Human Sciences) (see Undergraduate Handbook 2018-2019 for details)
• LMV2: Combined Honours in Social Sciences (Human Sciences) (with Year Abroad) (see Undergraduate Handbook 2018-2019 for details)
• LMVA: Combined Honours in Social Sciences (with Year Abroad)
• LMVP: Combined Honours in Social Sciences (with Placement Year)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To enable students to learn the principles, practices and conceptual issues involved in:
• good research design
• rigorous data collection, construction and interpretation
• the presentation of research findings and the appraisal and critical evaluation of research will be achieved through group seminars, practicals and field work
• To enable students to acquire direct practical experience in a range of important research methods

Content

• Practical exercises on qualitative and quantitative techniques in Human Geography
• Students will choose 3 from a selection of practical exercises
• Possible examples include:
• Interviews
• Questionnaires
• GIS & Spatial Data Analysis
• Participatory Methods
• Ethnography
• Visual Methodologies
• Textual Analysis
• Group design and implementation of multi-methodological research project during Easter fieldtrip

Learning Outcomes

• On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
• Demonstrate knowledge of a range of methods and associated methodological issues within Human Geography

• On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
• Describe the conceptual and practical issues involved in the collection, analysis and presentation of data within a human geography research project
• Work within a group to collect, construct and interpret data relevant to posed research questions in a coherent and conceptually informed manner
• Plan a substantial piece of human geography research on an approved topic

• Data collection and analysis as above
• Project design and implementation as above

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

• Social Research in Geography uses multiple modes of teaching: lectures, practicals and fieldwork
• Lectures will be used to introduce conceptual issues in social research that will be explored in more depth in seminars
• Practicals will extend this conceptual understanding and provide students with direct experience of research design and practice in a range of methods applicable to group and independent research
• Fieldwork will develop students' understanding and experience in the design, implementation and presentation of a research project
• Students' understanding and knowledge of a range of research methods will be assessed by three practical project exercises
• Students' ability to design and conduct a conceptually informed and integrated research project will be assessed by the multi-methodological residential fieldwork project

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Formative feedback is provided during practical sessions, pre-fieldwork seminars, on group presentation during residential fieldtrip and on all summative coursework.