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Undergraduate Course: Human Geography Fieldwork: Outer Hebrides (GEGR10110)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course is intended to run in June. It develops key research and methodology skills, building on coursework offerings in years 2 and 3 to allow students pursue their own study of a human geographical theme in a Scottish island context.

The field class includes teaching on: the theory and practice of social science; how to develop a research question; project design; ethics; situating a study within an academic literature. While a particular emphasis is given to qualitative methods, an effort will be made, where practicable, to accommodate students who wish to pursue a quantitative study.

Fieldwork will comprise of both group-based work for training and individual work for assessment.

Key themes include but are not limited to:

¿ landscape and memory; folklore and the oral tradition
¿ crofting agriculture; histories of crofting and Clearance
¿ land ownership and access
¿ society ¿ environment relations
¿ local economies and labour practices
¿ Gaelic language; island religious practices
¿ valuing the environment, from tourism to windfarms

The field class will last approximately 8 days, including travel to and from Edinburgh.
Course description Replaces GEGR10100
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed:
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs £250
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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 Outer Hebrides.

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 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 make judgments where information is limited or comes from a range of sources.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Only available to students registered on 4th year MA Geography, BSc Geography and MA Geography with Environmental Studies programmes.
KeywordsGEGR10110
Contacts
Course organiserDr Fraser Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)50 2293
Email: Fraser.Macdonald@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Catherine Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: cathy.campbell@ed.ac.uk
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