Critical Human Geography
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| GEOG3065 | Geography | 3 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- GEOG3065
- School
- Geography
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module introduces students to a range of approaches and current research themes within critical human geography, unified by their commitment to social justice and progressive change. It enables them to integrate questions of theory and empirical research, each stage of the module stressing the concepts and methods underpinning the research under discussion, and the cultural and political contexts of the research. Key thematic issues structure the module, including geographical understandings of history, culture and economy, and the geographies of nature. Each section of the module emphasises the distinctive contribution made by critical human geography in thinking spatially in relationship to the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities, and explores how geographers have sought the application and production of their research beyond academia.
Target Students
Only open to Final Year UG students on Geography degree programmes: BA/BSc Geography (L700, F800) Geography with Business (L7N1). Also available to Liberal Arts Degree students. Available to Master’s students within the School of Geography where the module was not taken at UG level (subject to timetabling considerations and pathway lead approval).
Classes
This module will be taught with a combination of lectures and seminars.
Assessment
- 50% Project 1: A recorded multimedia presentation on a selected topic
- 50% Moodle Remote Exam (2-hour): Moodle Remote Exam
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
The module aims to give an understanding of the conceptual basis and real-world applications of critical human geography, showing how and why ideas have developed, and how these ideas have been applied in the analysis of particular subject matter. The module seeks to understand the relationship of critical human geography to other areas of geography and to subjects across the humanities and social sciences, and to show how this research has been applied and produced beyond academia.Learning Outcomes
A detailed understanding of the concepts informing critical human geography.
An understanding of the relationship between human geography and other areas of the humanities and social sciences.
An appreciation of the relationship between theoretical and empirical work in human geography and beyond.
An understanding of the production and application of critical geographical understanding beyond academia.
An appreciation of the relationship between environmental, economic and cultural-historical approaches in critical human geography.