Methodological Debates in Society and Space (P01832)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : GEO-P-HGMDSS

This course provides students with knowledge of advanced debates around the role of spatial imaginaries and methodologies in the social sciences and humanities. The subject uses directed readings and seminar discussions to explore the place of spatial theory and method in constructing distinctive social scientific and other knowledges. The course also examines the relationship between academically-formed spatial knowledges and other frameworks of spatial and environmental knowledge, including the spheres of policy and the everyday. The subject is designed to be responsive to the specific research interests of students and requires students to read in a specialist area relevant to the design of their proposed research.

The course aims to provide:
- Knowledge of current methodological debates in the field of society and space
- Appreciation of the varied cultures and histories of geographical and spatial knowledge formation and their relevance to contemporary methodological perspectives
- Ability to synthesise and critically analyse a range of debates associated with methodology, in written and verbal form
- Understanding of the relationship between theory and methodology, and methodology and techniques

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Available only to postgraduate students

? Costs : N/A

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate Research Courses (School of GeoSciences), (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- Appreciate the skills required for postgraduate study and understand where appropriate training is available;
- Be familiar with a range of spatial methodological debates current in the social sciences and related fields;
- Know the relationship between theory and methodology and techniques;
- Present, in written form, a critical evaluative summary of a methodology or methodological debates relevant to their proposed research topic.