Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 3 x 1 hour lectures per week |
Other | 1 x 3 hour workshop |
Other | 1 x 3 hour visit |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Assignment Outcomes assessed: 1, 2 | 50% |
Semester Exam | 1.5 Hours Outcomes assessed: 1, 2, 3 | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Candidates will be required to re-take the element(s) of assessment that resulted in failure of the module |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Outcome 1
Identify and describe the systems and processes by which the countryside is governed
Outcome 2
Identify and explain the contemporary rural issues as they impact upon the countryside.
Outcome 3
Select and apply suitable techniques to survey the rural resource.
Aims
This module aims to introduce the student to the contemporary social issues that affect the countryside, the organisations involved in the management of the countryside and the systems and processes by which it is governed and regulated. Contemporary issues include the concept of community and the issues that affect communities, the nature and impacts of recreation and tourism in rural areas and social exclusion. Organisations that will be considered as part of this module range from Government, Government departments and agencies, local authorities, the voluntary sector and pressure groups. The role and function of the law and its impact on governance will also feature as a theme. The module considers the methodological approaches that can be taken to surveying the rural resource. The nature of the subject matter demands an integrated approach and the module seeks to make linkages between issues, organisations and governance.
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Application of Number | Lectures will contain a variety of numeric information about contemporary rural issues |
Communication | Oral discussion will be encouraged throughout the module |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Developed through the assignment |
Information Technology | Developed through the assignment - searching for information in the library and on the web. Word processing of assignment |
Personal Development and Career planning | This module will be very helpful in developing an awareness of the organisations that operate within the countryside. |
Team work | Addressed within the assignment and through group work in classes |
Reading List
General TextCabinet office (2000) Sharing the Nation's prosperity: Economic, Social and Environmental conditions of the countryside Cabinet Office, London Primo search Department of the Environment (1995) Rural England: a nation committed to a living countryside Department of the Environment Primo search Derounian J (1993) Another Country: Real life Beyond Rose Cottage Primo search Dwyer J, and Hodge, I (1994) Countryside in Trust: Land management by conservation, recreation and amenity organisations Wiley Primo search Glyptis S (1991) Countryside recreation Longman Primo search Newby H (1985) Green and Pleasant Land Primo search Rawcliffe, P (1998) Environmental pressure groups in transition Manchester University Press Primo search Sharpley, R (2002) Tourism and leisure in the countryside Elm Publications Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4