Module Aims and Learning Outcomes

This module aims to give you knowledge on

• Key concepts and approaches within human geography
  
• The contested and political nature of geographical thought, both in the past and present
  
• Current controversies within the discipline of geography
  
• The contributions of different epistemologies to social scientific research theory and practice, and the place of geography within that context
  
• Developing a research strategy which is appropriate to the nature of the student's research questions
  
• A range of qualitative and quantitative methods and their strengths and weaknesses
  

...And the following skills:

• Critically synthesise complex bodies of literature 
  
• Develop the ability to work with a range of theoretical frameworks
  
• Evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of competing conceptions
• Conduct research through the interrogation of contemporary and historical sources, deploying a range of quantitative and qualitative techniques of data collection and analysis 
  
• Design a piece of research appropriate at master's level
  
• Enhance a range of transferable skills notably critical reading, oral and written communication
  
• Initiate and lead group discussions
  
• Acquire participatory and group working skills
  
• Write reports and items of coursework to potentially publishable standard
  
• Work collaboratively with team members 
  
• Produce and deliver multi-media presentations
  
• Undertake to piece of research using appropriate research techniques