Undergraduate Course: Social and Cultural Geography (GEGR08004)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Social and Cultural Geography considers why geography matters to the analysis and understanding social relations, cultural identity and social inequality. We examine how social life is structured at a variety of scales - with respect to bodies, homes, neighbourhoods, cities, nations, and the world as a whole - drawing from policies, practices and everyday lives in Western Europe, North America and Australasia. The many case studies are used to consider how social inequalities are made, and how social identities are negotiated, around the themes of class, gender, sexuality, health, disability and 'race'.
The overriding concern of the course is to show how, and consider why, the material and the cultural aspects of social life are linked. In particular we explore the way social inequalities are not only made (through the unequal distribution of incomes and wealth) but also legitimised and contested as individuals and groups struggle over meanings and representations. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Human Geography (GEGR08007)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 135 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
160 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Students are required to pass both the degree coursework and the exam in order to pass the course.
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One 2000 word Project = 30%, One two-hour examination (2 questions) = 60%, Tutorial Participation= 10% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
This course is designed:
1. To provide you with a broad understanding of the scope, core concepts and some current debates in social and cultural geography, which will provide a foundation for more specialised Year 3 and 4 courses.
2. To provide a detailed knowledge of why geography matters to the analysis and understanding of social relations, cultural identity and social inequality
3. To encourage you to develop your oral and written communication skills so that you are confident conveying complex information to a range of audiences for a range of purposes e.g. during discussion in tutorial groups or through essay writing
4. To encourage effective group working and individual study
5. To develop your skills of constructive criticism and analysis so you can apply these to mainstream issues within social and cultural geography
6. To encourage the formation of independent opinions and develop your ability to know when these opinions are worth defending and when they might better be revised, and
7. To encourage you to read widely using bibliographic databases and other library resources.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
plus tutorials |
| Keywords | GEGR08004 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Nina Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 4242
Email: N.Morris@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Beth Muir
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: beth.muir@ed.ac.uk |
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