GG3578: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: HONOURS FIELD COURSE (2022-2023)

Last modified: 05 Sep 2022 15:21

Course Overview

The course is based around a one week 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.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	3
Term	Second Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Joe Pierce

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Programme Level 3
Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
One of GG2004 Space, Economy and Society (Passed) or GG2011 Perspectives in Human Geography (Passed) or GG2012 Space, Economy and Society (Passed) or GG2014 Space, Economy and Society (Passed)
One of GG3573 Research Design (Studied) or GG3574 Research Design (Studied) or MS3553 Research Methods for Business (Studied) or PI3069 Researching in the 21st Century (Studied) or SO3524 Social Research Methods (Studied)
Either GG2507 Skills and Techniques in Geosciences (Passed) or GG2508 Skills and Techniques in Geosciences (Passed)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

GG3577 Montane Environments (Studied)
GG4570 Montane Environments (Studied)
GG4573 Montane Environments (Passed)
GG4574 Human Geography: Honours Field Course (Passed)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

Building on previous courses 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).

Associated Costs

Description	Value
Estimated cost towards the field course.	550.0000

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt

2 x presentation (33.33% in total)

Individual report (66.67%)

Resit

Students may resit failed elements of the coursework, but with mark capped at CGS D3/9, or may be asked to complete an alternative assessment. Contact course coordinator.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.