GEO2130 : Development & Globalisation (Semester 2) (Inactive)

Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 2 Credit Value: 10
ECTS Credits: 5.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

•To provide students with an understanding of processes of development and globalisation
•To allow students to situate these understandings through recent debates on global change, culture and development
•To enable students to critically reflect upon the concept of globalisation through the application of geographical case studies and examples
•To encourage students to develop independent learning skills through reading, research and writing

Outline Of Syllabus

IMAGINED GLOBALIZATION: ‘THE WEST AND THE REST’

Orientalism: Imagined Geographies of the Middle East and Beyond
Occidentalism and Development in Global Context
The Idea of the West
Americanization and Global Development
Asia: A Contested Concept
The Asian Century?

GEOGRAPHICAL IMAGINATIONS AND UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT
Picturing Place, Viewing the World: Global Imaginations and Visual Media
The Power of Africanism: Africa in the Western Geographical Imagination
Global games, National Images: Sport Mega-events and Development
Uneven Globalisation and Rights-Based Development
Global Energy, Land and Development
Revision Lecture

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture121:0012:00N/A
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion171:3071:30N/A
Guided Independent StudyDirected research and reading42:008:00N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching11:301:30Screenings led by TA's
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesWorkshops41:004:00Led by TA's
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesDrop-in/surgery31:003:00N/A
Total100:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

The teaching methods (lectures, workshops) are designed to enable students to develop critical understandings of globalization, culture and development. They encourage students to become familiar with key literature and authors in the field. The workshops equip students to apply concepts and ideas on globalization to a variety of case studies.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Essay2M100A 48 hour take home exam, 2000 words. Answer 1 question from 4. Students should spend no longer than 2 hours completing the assessment.
Formative Assessments

Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.

Description Semester When Set Comment
Essay2MFormative assessment to be agreed between student and ML on an individual basis, from options including an annotated bibliography, oral presentation, or essay’ all at 0%.
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The assessment is designed to enable students to work and think independently. The workshops ask students to synthesise, compare and contrast different literatures on globalization, culture and development and this is assessed through a staggered individual portfolio document. This will enable students to absorb material in an incremental manner in preference to rote learning.

Reading Lists

Timetable