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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
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description This courses 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 invidual 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 debats which centre on the environment, history, immigration and regional economic links.

The field trip will include a circular tour to the northern Western Isles, beginning in Ullapool, travel by ferry to Stornoway and concluding by a short visit to the Isle of Skye. Eight full days are spent in the field, a minimum of three of which are devoted to individual and group project work.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs £200
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
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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Contacts
Course organiser Dr Andrea Nightingale
Tel: (0131 6)50 2526
Email: andrea.nightingale@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Mrs Catherine Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: cathy.campbell@ed.ac.uk
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