Undergraduate Course: Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature (GEGR10125)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to develop the students' understanding of the concepts of land and landscape. Predominantly university-based, this course aims to show how societal attachments to landscape are culturally developed.
***PLEASE NOTE FIELD COURSE LOCATIONS MAY CHANGE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING SECURITY RISKS, INCREASED COSTS OR INABILITY TO ACCESS FIELD LOCATIONS. ANY CHANGES TO THE MAIN DESTINATION OF THE FIELD TRIP WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE*** |
| Course description |
What is landscape? What is land? How do people study the world around them? What does it mean to see the world in process, as a representational device, as a product of practice or through the lens of estrangement? Utilising a geohumanities perspective, this course is designed to show, and consider why, land and landscape are not only physical but social entities. In particular we will explore the means by which geographers have engaged with these ideas. In doing so we will explore the politics, practices, philosophies which create landscapes and govern land.
The course will be taught using a range of lectures and tutorials supported by online material. There is also a one day field trip. The lectures will introduce students to the main ways in which geographers have engaged with the concepts of land and landscape, including ideas of 'representation', 'practice' and 'politics'. The tutorials will enable students to explore these themes in a group setting where they will be asked to draw upon their own observations, experiences and readings.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Formative Assessment Hours 5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
169 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Group Presentations (formative)
Individual response to group work task 1000 words (10%)
Essay Proposal (200-300 words and indicative bibliography) no grade
Reading portfolio (30%)
Degree Essay (3000 words, 60%)
Assessment deadlines:
Essay Proposal: Week 8
Reading Portfolio: Week 10
Degree Essay: early April
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| Feedback |
Feedback will be given on all pieces of submitted work. Of particular note will be the feedback on the essay abstract (200-300 words) and indicative bibliography as well as comments on a single entry for the reading portfolio. These are important opportunities to use feedback as a process and thus an opportunity to improve final pieces of coursework. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Engage with philosophical understanding of nature/society
- Trace the ways in which Cultural Geography has engaged with the concept of landscape
- Produce an individual research project which deals with a key idea or a landscape of their choice
- Work beyond the disciplinary boundaries of geography
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Reading List
| Landscape, Wylie J (2007), London: Routledge |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Land,Landscape,Geohumanities,Representation,Practice,Politics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Rachel Hunt
Tel: (0131 6)50 2548
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Carry Arnold
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: |
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