GG2014 Geography: Exploring the discipline 2

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 8

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Planned timetable

Lectures: 9.00 am Tues, Wed, Thurs

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr M P Simpson

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Michael Simpson; Dr Matthew Sothern; Dr Althea Davies; Dr David McCollum; and Dr Charles Warren

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This second 2000-level module introduces further disciplinary training, sub-disciplinary fields, and core themes such as environment, difference, and mobility, to lay the foundation for specialisation at honours. The module explores more deeply Geography’s long interest in the environment, and the long and complex coproduction of humanity, ecosystems and landscapes. It will consider both long term shifts and trends and contemporary challenges for environmental management, as well as radical ideas for reformulating what has become a destructive relationship between social and environmental systems. In addition, it will focus sub-disciplinary fields more exclusively related to human geography with discussion of the nature of power, difference and unequal subjectivities in society as well as those related to migration and human mobility (though these issues also have many implications for humans’ relationship with the environment).

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS GG1001 AND PASS GG1002 AND PASS GG2013

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU PASS GG2012 OR TAKE GG2012

Assessment pattern

100% coursework

Re-assessment

100% coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

3 lectures (x 10 weeks), 1 tutorial (x 4 weeks), 1 x fieldtrip (half day), 2 hr laboratory practical (x 4 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

46

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

160

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Have both an understanding of a range of specialist sub-disciplinary fields within Geography and an ability to both move between them and connect them.
  • Have an appreciation of core themes in the geographical tradition including those related to the environment and to the geographies of difference and migration and mobility
  • Have competence in a variety of study, research and communication skills including literature review, written argument, oral presentation, and field- and lab-work
  • Show a developing competence towards continued study of geography at a more advanced, honours Level