Module Identifier | GGM1440 | |||||||||||||||||
Module Title | POSITIONING POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY | |||||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Rhys A Jones | |||||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | |||||||||||||||||
Pre-Requisite | Enrollment in MA in Space, Place and Politics | |||||||||||||||||
Co-Requisite | GGM2340 | |||||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Seminars / Tutorials | |||||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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Section 1: States, Territories and Regulation_
2. States and Territories
3. States and Imperialism: Historical and Contemporary Contexts
4. States and Geopolitics: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
5. States and the Political Geographies of Globalisation
6. The State's Changing Forms and Functions
Section 2: Place and Political Identity_
7. The Political Geographies of the Nation
8. Power and Place
9. Contesting Place
Section 3: People, Policy and Geography_
10. Democracy, Participation and Citizenship
11. Public Policy Communities and Political Geography
Section 4: Non-human political geographies_
12. Environmental Geopolitics and Nature Wars
13. Biocentric political geographies
14. The Future(s) of Political Geography
Problem solving | Students will be expected to develop their problem solving skills in the context of the Project Essays and Research Journal. The seminar format of much of the course will help to develop this skill. | ||
Research skills | Students will undertake a significant degree of independent researching for the Project Essays and Research Journal. Equivalent preparatory work will be required for the Oral Presentation. | ||
Communication | The seminar format of much of the course will help to develop the communication skills of the students (in the formal teaching sessions and the reading groups). This is assessed in the context of the Oral Presentation. In addition, written communication skills will be developed in the context of the Project Essays and Research Journal. | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | There is a strong emphasis in the course on student-led learning. This is a key feature of preparing for discussions in seminars and researching for the Project Essays, Research Journals and the Oral Presenation. In each case, students will be required to develop self and time-management skills. | ||
Team work | The seminar component of this module involves group-based discussions and activities. It is not formally assessed. | ||
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 Internet in the provision of academic writing, for example on-line journals (assessed through the Project Essays and Research Journal). They will also be expected to use Powerpoint when doing their Oral Presentation. | ||
Application of Number | Some readings by students will discuss empirical research based on numerical analysis (not assessed). | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | The module provides knowledge and understanding that is central to teaching geography at the tertiary and higher education sector level. Students who wish to pursue careers within the discipline of Political Geography will be encouraged to situate themselves, and their work, within the broad sweep of recent developments in Political Geography. | ||
Subject Specific Skills | Important subject specific skills are developed in the context of this module and are assessed in the Project Essays, Research Journal and Oral Presentation. |
This module is at CQFW Level 7