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Postgraduate Course: Methodological Debates in Society and Space (PRGE11007)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course provides students with knowledge of advanced debates around the role of spatial imaginaries and methodologies in the social sciences and humanities. The subject uses directed readings and seminar discussions to explore the place of spatial theory and method in constructing distinctive social scientific and other knowledges. The course also examines the relationship between academically-formed spatial knowledges and other frameworks of spatial and environmental knowledge, including the spheres of policy and the everyday. The subject is designed to be responsive to the specific research interests of students and requires students to read in a specialist area relevant to the design of their proposed research.

The course aims to provide:
- Knowledge of current methodological debates in the field of society and space
- Appreciation of the varied cultures and histories of geographical and spatial knowledge formation and their relevance to contemporary methodological perspectives
- Ability to synthesise and critically analyse a range of debates associated with methodology, in written and verbal form
- Understanding of the relationship between theory and methodology, and methodology and techniques
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs N/A
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
- Appreciate the skills required for postgraduate study and understand where appropriate training is available;
- Be familiar with a range of spatial methodological debates current in the social sciences and related fields;
- Know the relationship between theory and methodology and techniques;
- Present, in written form, a critical evaluative summary of a methodology or methodological debates relevant to their proposed research topic.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/MSc/mscprogrammes/geores/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsDebates, methodologies, humanities, spatial knowledge, society
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jane Jacobs
Tel: (0131 6)50 2515
Email: Jane.Jacobs@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Caroline Keir
Tel: (0131 6)51 7192
Email: caroline.keir@ed.ac.uk
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