Module Catalogue 2024/25

GEO1100 : Interconnected World: Economic, Social and Political Geographies - (Semester 2 for Exchange students) (Inactive)

GEO1100 : Interconnected World: Economic, Social and Political Geographies - (Semester 2 for Exchange students) (Inactive)

  • Inactive for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Dr Kathryn Manzo
  • Lecturer: Professor Nick Megoran, Dr Kean Fan Lim, Dr Robert Shaw, Dr Craig Jones
  • 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
Pre-requisite

Modules you must have done previously to study this module

Pre Requisite Comment

N/A

Co-Requisite

Modules you need to take at the same time

Co Requisite Comment

Incoming exchange students ONLY

Aims

To introduce and provide a foundation for the study of human geography.
To outline the practice of human geography at University level
To introduce core concepts for thinking about global and local life
To provide an understanding of the complex interconnections underpinning everyday life across the globe. This exchange module focuses on the social, political and economic dimensions of global life

Outline Of Syllabus

Content Summary is indicative and subject to change.

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHIES: PRODUCTION, EXCHANGE AND INTERRELATIONS
The Geography of the Economy
The Global Production System
Finance: Money makes the world go round
Consumption Geographies
Alternative Economies
Networks

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHIES: CONNECTIONS AND DISPLACEMENT IN A CHANGING WORLD
Intro: Territoriality and the World Map
The State
Geopolitics Migration Citizenship

SOCIAL GEOGRAPHIES: SELF AND COMMUNITY IN AN INTERCONNETED WORLD
Fragmenting Societies
Living with Difference
Emotional Geographies
China and a World of Cities: Urban social geographies
Encounters and Public Space


Module Conclusion: Connecting Social and Economic Change

Learning Outcomes

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

Teaching and learning is organised to:
Introduce students to the main principles of human geography and provide a broad awareness of the contribution made by geography to an understanding of the complex and inter-connected nature of the human world.
Provide a foundation for further study by developing a critical awareness of different human geography approaches to understanding economic and social phenomena
. Appreciate the distinctiveness of place and the way it is remade by political, economic and social processes. Understand the relationship between society and economy
Provide an introductory understanding of the way in which human geography processes operate at local, regional, national and global scales and an appreciation of their impact on everyday life.

Intended Skill Outcomes

Encourage students to develop an appreciation of the inter-relatedness of the processes that create the human geographical world and to be able to synthesise the different approaches to understanding them.
Help students to develop a critical approach to the various aspects of human geography, and to appreciate the provisional and contested nature of geographical knowledge and understanding. To encourage effective study and active learning through a variety of class and library activities. To develop the ability to interpret qualitative and quantitative information.
To develop the ability to communicate ideas in written and oral form.
To begin to develop a number of transferable skills that will serve students well in their University career and beyond.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture151:0015:00Present-in-Person Lectures
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion120:0020:001 assessed essay + 1 article review
Structured Guided LearningStructured research and reading activities111:0011:00Recommended reading in weekly newsletter
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching21:002:00Seminars with first two module blocks
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study152:0052:00N/A
Total100:00
Jointly Taught With
Code Title
GEO1010Interconnected World
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lectures provide the core material in the course, and seminars offer an opportunity to discuss in depth.

Reading Lists

Assessment Methods

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

Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Essay2M25Article review. Students explore one four suggested readings.
Essay2M752,000 words
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The essay will provide students with the opportunity to explore aspects of the module in greater depth. The essay will provide a means of assessing their ability to place and synthesise the material gained from lectures in addition to empirical, conceptual and theoretical understandings derived from their own independent study. The essay will also assess students’ ability to critically and succinctly evaluate such material.
The article review will be done in advance of the essay, with the students explaining how they will use the article to help answer the question. This will provide the students with feedback.

Timetable

Past Exam Papers

General Notes

N/A

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