Unit name | Study and Field Skills E |
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Unit code | GEOG20014 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Ed Atkins |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
All core units in Single Honours Geography Year 1 |
Co-requisites |
GEOG20012 Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This course is about exploring, experiencing and representing urban geographies. Its main focus is in the linking of theory and practice through field work in a major city. It examines a particular sequence of artistic, architectural, philosophical and political movements extending from the C19th to the late C20th including literary, historical and philosophical figures. Pedagogically, the course shows how a particular empirical encounter sources experience, inspires theory and becomes the site of certain practices which then perform the social. In more general terms it will be shown that urban movements, whether artistic, political or social, were and are transformers of modern society today. The course provides material for the basis of day-projects in the field.
The unit aims to:
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
The following transferable skills are developed in this Unit:
Fieldwork (if possible residential; includes some field lectures). Students who either begin or continue their studies in an online mode may be required to complete laboratorypractical and/or field work, or alternative activities, in person, either during the academic year 2020/21 or subsequently, in order to meet the intended learning outcomes for the unit, prepare them for subsequent units or to satisfy accreditation requirements.
Percentage of the unit that is coursework: 100%
Fieldwork report submitted at the end of the field trip (100%).
Selected readings:
A full reading list will be distributed at the field trip briefing.
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