This course provides students with a deep knowledge and understanding of conceptual debates in human geography and engages with contemporary debates in the discipline relating to spaces, politics and ecologies

Normally Mondays 3:00-5:00pm

2,000-word essay which gets students to engage with debates relating to ways of approaching the histories and geographies of the discipline. -  35% of course mark.

3,000-word essay on Comparing Critical Concepts - 65% of course mark.

■ providing a deep knowledge and understanding of conceptual debates in human geography;

■ enabling students to undertake writing which develops their critical engagement with contemporary debates in human geography

By the end of the course the student the student should be able to:

■ discuss the history of human geography, and the historiography of how this history has been written to date;

■ analyse the different conceptual approaches favoured within current human geography;

■ discuss how these conceptual approaches have been applied and developed within human geography, and be able to discuss substantive studies;

■ discuss debates about the 'nature' of space, old and new, and explain their lineages within and beyond human geography;

■ to engage with contemporary debates in the discipline relating to spaces, politics and ecologies

■ provide evidence, through essay and dissertation writing, of independent critical thought

Attendance at all seminars and completion of assessed coursework