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Undergraduate Course: Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature (GEGR10125)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course aims to develop the students' understanding of the concepts of land and landscape. Predominantly university-based, this course aims to show how societal attachments to landscape are culturally developed.

***PLEASE NOTE FIELD COURSE LOCATIONS MAY CHANGE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING SECURITY RISKS, INCREASED COSTS OR INABILITY TO ACCESS FIELD LOCATIONS. ANY CHANGES TO THE MAIN DESTINATION OF THE FIELD TRIP WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***
Course description What is landscape? What is land? How do people study the world around them? What does it mean to see the world in process, as a representational device, as a product of practice or through the lens of estrangement? Utilising a geohumanities perspective, this course is designed to show, and consider why, land and landscape are not only physical but social entities. In particular we will explore the means by which geographers have engaged with these ideas. In doing so we will explore the politics, practices, philosophies which create landscapes and govern land.
The course will be taught using a range of lectures and tutorials supported by online material. There is also a one day field trip. The lectures will introduce students to the main ways in which geographers have engaged with the concepts of land and landscape, including ideas of 'representation', 'practice' and 'politics'. The tutorials will enable students to explore these themes in a group setting where they will be asked to draw upon their own observations, experiences and readings. The proposed field trip to Jupiter Art Land will further these understandings.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  40
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Formative Assessment Hours 5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 169 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework 40%: Essay proposal (10%), Degree Essay (2,000 words), 300%
Exam 60%: two out of six questions
Feedback Submission of essay abstract (200-300 words) and indicative bibliography for comments and feedback.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Land and Landscape: Exploration in Society and Nature Exam2:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Engage with philosophical understanding of nature/society
  2. Critically identify the complexity of land and landscape governance
  3. Report on a geohumanities assessment of the terms
  4. Work beyond the disciplinary boundaries of geography
Reading List
Landscape, Wylie J (2007), London: Routledge
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsLand,Landscape,Geohumanities,Representation,Practice,Politics
Contacts
Course organiserDr Rachel Hunt
Tel: (0131 6)50 2548
Email: rachel.hunt@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Kirsty Allan
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: Kirsty.Allan@ed.ac.uk
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