Undergraduate Course: Human Geography Fieldwork: Outer Hebrides (GEGR10110)
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 |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is intended to run in June. It develops key research and methodology skills, building on coursework offerings in years 2 and 3 to allow students pursue their own study of a human geographical theme in a Scottish island context.
The field class includes teaching on: the theory and practice of social science; how to develop a research question; project design; ethics; situating a study within an academic literature. While a particular emphasis is given to qualitative methods, an effort will be made, where practicable, to accommodate students who wish to pursue a quantitative study.
Fieldwork will comprise of both group-based work for training and individual work for assessment.
Key themes include but are not limited to:
¿ landscape and memory; folklore and the oral tradition
¿ crofting agriculture; histories of crofting and Clearance
¿ land ownership and access
¿ society ¿ environment relations
¿ local economies and labour practices
¿ Gaelic language; island religious practices
¿ valuing the environment, from tourism to windfarms
The field class will last approximately 8 days, including travel to and from Edinburgh.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | £250 |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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 Outer Hebrides.
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 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 make judgments where information is limited or comes from a range of sources.
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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
| Academic description |
Replaces GEGR10100 |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | GEGR10110 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Fraser Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)50 2293
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Course secretary | Mrs Catherine Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
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