CRITICAL APPROACHES TO GEOGRAPHY

CRITICAL APPROACHES TO GEOGRAPHY
Course Code
GG 3031
Credit Points
30
Course Coordinator
Dr N Spedding

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in programme year 3 who have passed GG 2507 and at least three from GG 2003, GG 2004, GG 2504, GG 2505.

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 tutorials.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (50%) and 1 two-hour examination (50%).

Resit: Resit arrangements are identical to 1st Attempt.