Undergraduate Course: Visions for Geography (GEGR10067)

Course Outline
School	School of Geosciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course is the final core course of the four-year honours degree in Geography. It draws this degree programme to a conclusion by developing and expressing students' visions for Geography through an undergraduate conference and a short series of lectures delivered by the most senior academic staff in the discipline (mainly Professors). The undergraduate conference consists of poster presentations prepared by students, based on their dissertation research and presenting the importance of this work for the discipline of Geography, including its various subfields. It will be preceded by two workshops. The lecture series consists of a series of visions for Geography presented by senior academics, focussing on their respective research specialisms.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Economic and Political Geography (GEGR08003) AND Social and Cultural Geography (GEGR08004)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 154 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Submitted essay of 1500 words (30%) One three-hour examination (2 questions) (70%) Overall mark for the course (ie essay and examination) of at least 40
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will have further developed their skills of engagement in rigorous discussion with peers and senior colleagues about the prospects for the discipline of Geography. Students will be in a better position to reflect on the broader discipline in which their specialist knowledge is situated. They will have gained transferable skills in the preparation of posters based on research, including skills of effective visual presentation of their research. Students will also have reflected on the entirety of their degree programme. They will be capable of critically reviewing their knowledge and the current understanding in their discipline set in the context of claims and debates among recent research themes. They will have an understanding of how those research themes seek to solve some of the most pressing issues in today's world.