Module Descriptors
GLOBALIZATION, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
GEOG70290
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 7
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 8
Independent Study Hours: 142
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 60%
- EDITORIAL REPORT weighted at 40%
Module Details
Module Resources
A networked computer for accessing Blackboard, web sites and electronic journals.
Course texts.
Learning pack.
official web sites of various international institutions (World Bank, IMF, WTO, UN)
electronic access to various academic journals
Course texts.
Learning pack.
official web sites of various international institutions (World Bank, IMF, WTO, UN)
electronic access to various academic journals
Module Additional Assessment Details
A. One 2500 word essay (1,2,3, 5)
B. Newspaper editorial on globalisation (1000 words) (4,5)
Pass criteria
You will demonstrate a sound awareness and understanding of the subject matter. Assignments are expressed reasonably and coherently. Work is academically sound, evidencing focussed observations and acknowledging key questions. There is evidence of sound reading and thorough critical analysis of the available literature.
Distinction criteria
You will demonstrate an excellent awareness and understanding of the subject matter. Assignments are well argued and excellently organized. Work is academically excellent, evidencing perceptiveness, insight and demonstrating creativity and originality. There is evidence of excellent reading, systematic review and thorough critical meta-analysis of the available literature.
B. Newspaper editorial on globalisation (1000 words) (4,5)
Pass criteria
You will demonstrate a sound awareness and understanding of the subject matter. Assignments are expressed reasonably and coherently. Work is academically sound, evidencing focussed observations and acknowledging key questions. There is evidence of sound reading and thorough critical analysis of the available literature.
Distinction criteria
You will demonstrate an excellent awareness and understanding of the subject matter. Assignments are well argued and excellently organized. Work is academically excellent, evidencing perceptiveness, insight and demonstrating creativity and originality. There is evidence of excellent reading, systematic review and thorough critical meta-analysis of the available literature.
Module Learning Strategies
8 hours workshop
142 hours independent study
You will attend a workshop at which you will be introduced to the module content and learning resources and be introduced to the basic important questions about Globalization. The workshop will also introduce module themes through the use of video and textual resources. Over subsequent weeks you will then work through self-instructional course material providing a structure for reading key texts and papers and specifying tasks to be completed. This work will be undertaken on an individual basis but at various points you will be expected to interact and share material with other students in a designated learning group.
142 hours independent study
You will attend a workshop at which you will be introduced to the module content and learning resources and be introduced to the basic important questions about Globalization. The workshop will also introduce module themes through the use of video and textual resources. Over subsequent weeks you will then work through self-instructional course material providing a structure for reading key texts and papers and specifying tasks to be completed. This work will be undertaken on an individual basis but at various points you will be expected to interact and share material with other students in a designated learning group.
Module Indicative Content
At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries we may recognize the global character of many significant processes of economic, political, social and environmental change. However we must not presume that globalization affects all people or all places in equal manner. This module reviews changes in the contemporary world political economy and their implications for sustainable development. One of the most important factors generating change is globalization and we examine the ideologies and institutions which serve to integrate all regions and peoples more intensely than ever before. Globalization influences patterns of production and consumption in every corner of the globe and consequently influences resource use and environmental impacts everywhere.
Module Texts
Planet Dialectics: explorations in environment and development Sacks, W (1999) [Zed Books]
Sharing the World: Sustainable Living and Global Equity in the 21 century Carley, M and Ph Spapens (1998) [Earthscan]
Sharing the World: Sustainable Living and Global Equity in the 21 century Carley, M and Ph Spapens (1998) [Earthscan]