Module Identifier | GGM2540 | |||||||||||||||||
Module Title | POSITIONING HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY | |||||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2006/2007 | |||||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Heidi V Scott | |||||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | |||||||||||||||||
Co-Requisite | GGM2240 , PGM0210 , PGM0520 , PGM0410 | |||||||||||||||||
Mutually Exclusive | GGM2640 | |||||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 42 Hours. (14 x 3 hour timetabled sessions) | ||||||||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 28 Hours. (Reading Group, 14 x 2 hour timetable sessions) | |||||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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Section 2: Writing Historical Geography_
Session 4: History of Geography: Methods, Historiography and Debates
Session 5: Geography and Print
Session 6: Geography and Literature: Some Interactions
Section 3: Historical Geography and Power_
Session 7: Empire and Historical Geography
Session 8: State Formation: Power and Space
Session 9: Historical Geographies of Resistance
Section 4: Key Themes in Historical Geography_
Session 10: Cultures of Collection
Session 11: Cultures of Travel
Session 12: Mobility and Marginality
Session 13: The Historical Geography of Landscape
Section 5: Futures_
Session 14: Where Next for Historical Geography?
In addition to the 14 sessions detailed below, students on this module also attend a Human Geography Reading Group, which involves selected readings from across geography and seminar presentations by visiting speakers. They are required to complete a journal that covers selected readings and also participate in oral debate and discussion with academic staff.
Problem_solving | Developed through the 7,000 Project Essays - an independent piece of work demonstrating an appreciation of connections between philosophical, epistemological, and theoretical debates in historical geography. | ||
Research skills | Developed through the 7,000 Project Essays (see above) and the Journal, which requires readings, noting taking, and critical reflection. | ||
Communication | Oral skills will be developed through the seminars attached to the main sessions and more specifically in relation to individual participation in the Human Geography Reading Group. Oral skills are assessed in the Oral Presentation. Communication skills are also assessed through the marking of the Journal, which communicates critical evaluations on selected readings. Written skills will be assessed through the written submissions. | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will be expected to undertake a significant amount of self-directed study, including extensive reading for the project essay. Students will be required to develop self and time-management skills and will receive guidance from the MA coordinator, the module coordinator and the coordinator of the session. | ||
Team work | Both elements of this module involve group-based discussions and activities. Team work is also required in the module main sessions and the reading group, where students are frequently required to discuss concepts and ideas within pairs and within a group setting. The key skills developed here: listening, reflecting, negotiating and debating. | ||
Information Technology | Students will be expected to use Information Technology in the presentation of their coursework. They will also become familiar with the use of the Internet and the Web of Knowledge in the provision of academic writing¿for example on-line journals (assessed through the Project Essays). | ||
Application of Number | Some reading by students will discuss empirical research based on numerical analysis. | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | Students who wish to pursue careers within the discipline of historical geography, i.e. through further research and study, will be encouraged to situate themselves and their work within the particular aspects of the module. | ||
Subject Specific Skills | None: most of the above key skills straddle the boundary between generic M-level skills and subject specific skills in historical geography. |
This module is at CQFW Level 7