APPROACHES TO GEOGRAPHY (JOINT PROGRAMMES)

Course Code: GG 3063
Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Dr N Spedding

Pre-requisites

Available only to joint programme candidates in Programme Year 3 who have passed GG 2507 and at least three from GG 2003, GG 2004, GG 2504, GG 2505.

Notes

This course may not be taken as part of a graduating curriculum with GG 3031 or GG 3052.

Overview

The course is designed to introduce students to key debates, both past and present, on the nature and scope of academic geography. As such, it provides essential background for study of geography at an advanced level, irrespective of any intended specialisation. Wherever possible, parallels are drawn between the physical, environmental and human branches of the subject, although the reality (or otherwise) of geography as a single, coherent discipline is also put under scrutiny. Students are encouraged to take a critical stance towards the various claims made for and against the different types of geography, and the notion of geography as a 'contested enterprise' forms a major theme of the course.

Structure

1 two-hour lecture per week plus 4 two-hour seminars.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Coursework: one seminar presentation (33%) plus one piece of written work (33%), plus 1 one-hour examination (33%).

Resit: Original coursework carried forward (67%) plus 1 one-hour examination (33%).