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. Franklin Ginn |
Open unit status | Not open |
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
GEOG20012 Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography |
Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
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:
Briefing lectures, fieldwork (residential, overseas).
Percentage of the unit that is coursework: 100%
Fieldwork report submitted at the end of the field trip (100%).
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.