GEO2103 : Development & Globalisation (Inactive)
GEO2103 : Development & Globalisation (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Raksha Pande
- Co-Module Leader: Dr Matthew Richmond
- Lecturer: Professor Alastair Bonnett, Dr Kathryn Manzo
- 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 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Pre-requisite
Modules you must have done previously to study this module
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| GEO1010 | Interconnected World |
Pre Requisite Comment
GEO1010
Co-Requisite
Modules you need to take at the same time
Co Requisite Comment
N/A
Aims
To provide students with an understanding of processes of development and globalization and the relationship between the two.
• 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 development and 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
PART I – INTRODUCING THE CONCEPTS
Understanding Globalisation
Understanding Neoliberalism
Visualizing Globalisation: Global Processes and Visual Metaphors
Understanding Development
PART II – GEOGRAPHICAL IMAGINATIONS AND UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT
Picturing Place, Viewing the World: Global Imaginations and Visual Media
Globalisation and rights-based development
Global Games, National Images: Sport Mega-events and Development
Global Energy, Land and Sustainable Development
De-development
Volunteering for development?
Revision
PART III - IMAGINED GLOBALIZATION: ‘THE WEST AND THE REST’
Wildlife conservation and development
South-led (post)development: Buen vivir, Ubuntu, Sumak Kawsay
Orientalism: Imagined Geographies of the Middle East and Beyond
Occidentalism and Development in Global Context
Americanisation and Development
The Asian Century
PART IV –DEVELOPMENT AND THE CARIBBEAN
Postcolonialism and Decolonization
Contested islands and island movements
Resilience and development in a complex world
Participatory development: Tyranny or Panacea
Revision
Learning Outcomes
Intended Knowledge Outcomes
By the end of the module students should have demonstrated:
• A critical understanding of development and globalization.
• A familiarity with the literature on development and globalization.
• An ability to apply concepts and ideas on development and globalization to a variety of case studies.
Intended Skill Outcomes
By the end of the module students should have demonstrated:
• An ability to work independently and as part of team.
• An ability to synthesise, compare and contrast literatures on globalization, culture and development.
• An ability to put concepts and ideas into practice.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | PiP in the first instance; synchronous online or pre-recorded if necessary |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 2 | 1:30 | 3:00 | PiP revision lecture and workshop. |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 167:00 | 167:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 12 | 2:00 | 24:00 | PiP in the first instance; synchronous online if necessary. Workshops with 1 hr lecture component. |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | Timetabled drop-in assessment prep surgery/tutorial. |
| Total | 200:00 |
Jointly Taught With
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| GEO2129 | Development & Globalisation - (Semester 1 for Exchange Students) |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The teaching methods (lectures and seminars) are designed to enable students to develop critical understandings of development and globalization. They encourage students to become familiar with key literature and authors in the field. The seminars equip students to apply concepts and ideas related to development and globalization to a variety of case studies.
The structured guided independent learning tasks are aimed at encouraging deeper engagement with each lecture block with an emphasis on developing skills of critical analysis and making evidence-based arguments.
Reading Lists
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Examination | 2880 | 2 | M | 50 | A 48 hour take home exam, 2000 words. Answer 1 question from 4. Students should spend no longer than 2 hours completing the assessment. |
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | 1 | M | 50 | Answer 1 question from 3. 2000 words. A portfolio comprising of an empirical project that requires incorporation of visual and empirical examples to inform the answer to the chosen question. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The assessments are designed to enable students to work and think independently. The interactive workshops ask students to synthesize, compare and contrast different literatures on development and globalization. This will enable students to absorb material in an incremental manner in preference to rote learning. Through the empirical project, students are required to engage with research reports and data sets in order to understand how concepts and ideas on globalization and development learned from academic literature are understood and put into practice by key institutions. The take-home exam is aimed at encouraging substantive engagement with core ideas, arguments and empirical literature from throughout semester two.
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- GEO2103's Timetable
Past Exam Papers
- Exam Papers Online : www.ncl.ac.uk/exam.papers/
- GEO2103's past Exam Papers
General Notes
N/A
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