GEO2122 : Political Geography (Semester 2 for Exchange Students)
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
- Module Leader(s): Professor Nick Megoran
- Co-Module Leader: Dr Olivia Mason
- Lecturer: Dr Ingrid A. Medby, Dr Matthew Richmond, Dr Matt Benwell
- Owning School: Geography, Politics & Sociology
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
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
This course aims to give students a thorough grounding in the concepts, practices and disciplinary traditions of political geography. In doing so, students will be equipped with the skills to critically analyse the spatialities of political life from local to global scales.
Outline Of Syllabus
LECTURES
Part 1: GEOPOLITICS
Geopolitics, classical and critical
The War on Terror I&II
Popular geopolitics
Environmental and Resource geopolitics
Great Power Geopolitics
Practical/performative geopolitics
Geopolitics and nonviolence
Concepts that matter: Planetary political geography
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 15:00 | 15:00 | N/A |
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 9 | 2:00 | 18:00 | |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 65:00 | 65:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | Optional reading seminars |
| Total | 100:00 |
Jointly Taught With
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| GEO2047 | Political Geography |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The lectures, activities and directed reading aim to thoroughly ground students in the concepts, practices and disciplinary traditions of political geography, focusing on Geopolitics and Citizenship, to critically evaluate these, and to connect them to a broad range of case studies in the world today.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 2 | M | 100 | 2000 words |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written exercise | 2 | M | Formative assessment to be agreed between student and ML on an individual basis, from options including an annotated bibliography, oral presentation, or essay. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
1. Essay will assess knowledge and understanding of political geographic concepts relating to Geopolitics and Citizenship and their application to current affairs.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- GEO2122's Timetable