Module Descriptors
WORLD REGIONS: A GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH
GEOG40377
Key Facts
School of Justice, Security and Sustainability
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Elizabeth Young
Email: L.Young@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 16
Independent Study Hours: 134
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
University Library, Faculty of Sciences Learning Resource Centre, internet and email resources
Module Additional Assessment Details
A two hour examination weighted at 100%. [Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Additional Assessment Details:
The examination consists of 2 essay questions based on the world regions studied.
Formative Assessment: The activities running during the workshops/seminars will provide opportunities for students to discuss relevant ideas and issues and from this be able to evaluate their understanding of module materials. An exam support session will be available.
Additional Assessment Details:
The examination consists of 2 essay questions based on the world regions studied.
Formative Assessment: The activities running during the workshops/seminars will provide opportunities for students to discuss relevant ideas and issues and from this be able to evaluate their understanding of module materials. An exam support session will be available.
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures: 10 hours (These review the emergence of the modern world and three major regions and their core characteristics)
Workshops/seminars: 6 hours (These allow for more in-depth analysis of particular issues and themes as well as providing an opportunity for some student-centred learning. Activities may include videos, debates, role playing, group work etc.).
Directed independent study: 134 hours Independent learning will focus on developing detailed knowledge of the selected world regions, their principal characteristics and their place in the global community. Specific themes will be studied with reference to each world region.
Workshops/seminars: 6 hours (These allow for more in-depth analysis of particular issues and themes as well as providing an opportunity for some student-centred learning. Activities may include videos, debates, role playing, group work etc.).
Directed independent study: 134 hours Independent learning will focus on developing detailed knowledge of the selected world regions, their principal characteristics and their place in the global community. Specific themes will be studied with reference to each world region.
Module Indicative Content
This module examines the emergence, character and dynamics of world regions. Regions are considered as basic units of geographical analysis, real environmental, political, economic and cultural entities, and socially constructed places and identities. A systematic analysis of several world regions is undertaken to examine the internal and external factors that help explain their contemporary geographies. This considers their historical-geographical development and their present condition through detailed consideration of key themes, amongst which might be population, colonialism, industrialisation, urbanisation and environmental challenges . The inter-connections between these regions is considered in the context of growing globalisation.
Module Texts
Pulsipher, L (2005) World Regional Geography. 5th edition (Freeman)
Knox, P. & Agnew, J. (2008) The Geography of the World Economy. 3rd edition (Arnold)
Parker, G. (ed) (2007) Times Atlas of World History. 12th edition (Harper-Collins)
Knox, P. & Agnew, J. (2008) The Geography of the World Economy. 3rd edition (Arnold)
Parker, G. (ed) (2007) Times Atlas of World History. 12th edition (Harper-Collins)