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Semester 2

Social and Cultural Geography (GEGR08004)

Subject

Geography

College

SCE

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

2

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Course Summary

Social and Cultural Geography considers why geography matters to the analysis and understanding of social relations as well as cultural identities and values.

Course Description

The course will explore a number of key themes which are central to the practice of contemporary social and cultural geography, including knowledge, representation, decolonisation, everyday life, nature, landscape, materials, affect and mobility. A variety of local, national and international case studies will be used to illustrate how social inequalities are made, and how identities are negotiated, through social knowledges and categories such as class, gender, sexuality, disability, and 'race'. The overriding concern of the course is to show how, and consider why, social structures, cultural meaning, and material circumstance are linked. In particular, we will explore the way social inequalities are not only made (through the unequal distribution of incomes and wealth) but also legitimised and contested as individuals and groups struggle over meanings and representations.The course will be taught using a mixture of lectures and tutorials supported by a range of on-line material. The lectures will alert you to the main themes and ideas associated with the study of social and cultural geographies. The tutorials will enable you to explore these themes in a group setting in which you will be asked to draw upon your own observations, experiences and readings. You will also be guided through a programme of directed reading which is designed to feed into tutorials, essays, and the degree examination.This course is open to all university students: priority for places is given to students on the Geography degree programmes and Sustainable Development.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 60%, Coursework 40%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Assessment Information

Written Exam: 60%, Course Work: 40 %, Practical Exam: 0%.One 2000 word Critical Analysis = 30%,Tutorial Participation = 10%One two-hour examination (2 questions) = 60%,Students are expected to pass their degree essay and exam to pass the course.Assessment deadlinesThe deadline for the formative assignment is in Week 4.The deadline for the Critical Analysis assignment (coursework essay) is in Week 8.

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