Last modified: 22 May 2019 17:07
The fieldtrip is based in Boston, Massachusetts, a compact city with much of historical and contemporary interest to human geographers. The course is based around an seven day residential field-course supported by taught and student-led sessions on campus. Students complete independent research projects, conducted in small groups, on topics they select themselves and which are developed with support from an academic supervisor. In previous years project topics have included transport, tourism, immigration, housing and urban regeneration.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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Building on content introduced in the complementary course Concepts in Human Geography, material will cover theory, background information and case studies appropriate to the chosen field area. Students will design and execute projects that target specific human geographical aspects of their choice (e.g., addressing how hybridity, mobility, difference/diversity, regional development or globalisation affect the social spaces of the field area).
Estimated cost towards the field course is £550.
Teaching for this course begins in the second half-session of third year. Normally this course will only run if 15 or more students are registered. Students are asked to make their own travel arrangements to and from the field course venue and they are also asked to make a contribution towards the cost of the field course. Please ask for further details.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt: 100% coursework: pre-trip presentation, end of trip presentation (each 16.7%) plus final report (66.6 %). Resit: Resubmission of failed trip report, with mark for this component to be capped at CAS 9.
Students work in groups, supported by staff, to prepare their field trip projects. Pre-trip and end-of-trip presentations provide opportunities for formative feedback that can be used to improve students' performance at the next task/stage of assessment. Production of the report provides useful practice, with feedback, for students who will submit a dissertation.
Feedback (verbal and/or written) on students' pre-trip presentation before the field trip provides opportunities to adjust the proposed research design. Feedback (verbal and/or written) on students' end-of-trip presentation provides opportunities to adjust the processing and write-up of data. Students receive individual written feedback on their project report.
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