Module Identifier | GG12610 | ||
Module Title | ENGAGING HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Mark A Goodwin | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Other staff | Dr Robert J Mayhew | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 20 Hours 20 x 1 hr | |
Assessment | Semester Assessment | to be submitted individulally by specified deadlines spread throught the semester. Standard IGES policy on th late submission of work applies to all exercises. | 100% |
Supplementary Assessment | requires the re-submission of specified failed elements. | 100% |
Section 1 (lectures 1-5) introduces the course and examines: the conception of human geography, geographical description, and geographical explanation - in the era from Columbus's discovery of the Americas in 1492 to the birth of "Modern" human geography c. 1900.
Section 2 (lectures 6-8) introduces the ways in which contemporary human geographers observe, describe and explain geographical phenomena. Lectures will include discussion and illustration of the practice of geographical research and of the use of theory in human geographical analysis.
Section 3 (lectures 9-15) looks at contemporary concepts and debates about the place and purpose of human geography, including issues of policy, morality and political engagement in geography and examines non-Western traditions and discourses of geography.
Section 4 (lectures 16-20) situates human geography with respect to the humanities and the social sciences and discusses possible future trends in human geography.