Undergraduate Course: Human Geography Fieldwork: Journey to the Western Isles (GEGR10100)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Geography |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will run in June and builds on Year 2 & 3 coursework to develop the practical aspects of Human Geography through the study of contemporary Scottish society. The field trip incorporates tuition and practice of social science methods (qualitative and quantitative) with group-based and individual research projects. The core themes addressed during the field trip are:
- nature-society relationshops in the Scottish West coast context, with a specific focus on fishing, land reform and alternative forms of energy production
-political, social and economic impacts of immigration and emigration for island communities
-emotional geographies of Highland communities
-historical and contemporary legacies of the Clearances and land tenure issues
The field classes and independent research projects are designed to engage with contemporary political debates which centre on the environment, history, immigration and regional economic links.
Eight full days are spent in the Western Isles (including Lewis and Harris), a minimum of three of which are devoted to individual and group project work. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | £250 |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, students will have developed a detailed knowledge and an integrated understanding of the social and environmental factors which continue to influence the development of the Scottish Highlands.
At the conclusion of the course, students should be able:
To critically asses a range of theoretical and conceptual issues in Human Geography with specific reference to Scottish society and to apply these to wider empirical and theoretical contexts;
To critically identify and analyse professional level problems;
To understand key issues at the interface of the environment and human society at a variety of scales;
To understand how to undertake historical investigations and link them to present day processes
To have extended their transferable skills of team working, research design, project design and implementation;
To employ a range of writing and analytical skills for the original interpretation and presentation to informed audiences of qualitative and quantitative geographical data
To describe the standard techniques employed in this field so to make students aware of how understanding in this subject is developed
To make judgments where data/ information is limited or comes from a range of sources. |
Assessment Information
Degree assessment: One 4,000 word project (80%)
Degree Project Outline: 1000 word (20%) |
Special Arrangements
| Only available to students registered on 4th year MA Geography, BSc Geography and MA Geography with Environmental Studies programmes. |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | gegr10100 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrea Nightingale
Tel: (0131 6)50 2526
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Course secretary | Mrs Catherine Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
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