Module Identifier | GG23110 | ||||||||||||||
Module Title | THEORY AND PRACTICE IN GEOGRAPHY | ||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2003/2004 | ||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Robert J Mayhew | ||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||||||||||||||
Other staff | Dr Deborah P Dixon, Dr Tony Jones, Dr Sarah G Cant, Mr Gareth C Hoskins | ||||||||||||||
Pre-Requisite | Acceptance to a Single or Joint Honours degree programme in Geography | ||||||||||||||
Co-Requisite | Other core modules for Single or Joint Honours Geographers | ||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 12 Hours 6 x 2 hours | |||||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 8 Hours 4 x 2 hours | ||||||||||||||
Practical | 8 Hours 4 x 2 hours | ||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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a) describe the historical, philosophical and methodological development of the discipline of Geography from a number of key perspectives
b) evaluate the appropriateness of different conceptual and methodological approaches for undertaking research in Geography.
Section 1
Lectures 1-5, discuss the intellectual heritage of Geography as a discipline prior to 1950 and is followed by all students.
Section 2
Lectures 6-10, develop two parallel streams of intellectual development in the subject - as a natural science and as a social science. B.Sc students follow a series of laboratory-based case studies which examine themes such as 'position fixing', the 'analysis of extreme events' and methodologiesfor field enquiries in physical geography: while B.A. students undertake a lecture and seminar programme examining the theoretical and methodological development of human geography from positivist spatial science to recent post-positivist perspectives.
Section 3
Lecture 11, unites the year group in an exploration of the continuing engagement of geographers with the themes of sustainability and policy relevant research.
This module is at CQFW Level 5