GEOG20210

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this module, students should have:
1. Developed and demonstrated their skill at understanding and reading a 'real' environment.
2. Enhanced their understanding of geography as the integrating discipline between the social and natural sciences;
3. Enhanced their competency in observation, measurement, data gathering, analysis and synthesis, problem-solving, communication and collaborative working.
4. Keen understanding and awareness of ethical issues related to field work data collection, management, analysis and synthesis.

Indicative Module Content:

This module will focus on the geographies of a particular Irish region through lectures, small group tutorials and fieldwork. Indicative topics include:

The practice of fieldwork (1): Why do we do it?
The practice of fieldwork (2): Ethics, logistics, health and safety
Historical, social and political geographies of the border region
Physical and environmental geographies of the border region
Urban geographies of the border region
Human-nature interactions in the border region

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

This is a highly interactive module and informal feedback will be ongoing. However students will get specific group feedback on their preparatory wiki and presentation; ongoing feedback in the field during activities; and individual feedback on their final report.