Module manager: Julie Peacock
Email: J.Peacock@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
| GEOG1400 | Digital Geographies |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
High levels of literacy (critical writing skills), numeracy (statistics and modelling), and applied graphicacy (graphing and mapping of data) are the hallmark of a good geography graduate from a world top 100 university. In addition, competency in research design, fieldwork, data collection, and specialist geographical analysis such as GIS and remote sensing, are expected of a geography graduate. This module aims to ensure all our graduates have these skills and that they know how and where/when to apply them in a variety of real-world situations.
On completion of this module, students will have gained: i. A detailed knowledge and understanding of how to design and implement research projects in physical geography. ii. A good level of literacy (critical writing skills), numeracy (statistics), and applied graphicacy (graphing and mapping of data). iii. Detailed knowledge and understanding of the practical use and application of IT (statistical, GIS and remote sensing packages) in physical geography. iv. Practical field skills of observation, measurement, and data collection in physical geography.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. to design and implement their own research project (e.g., dissertation)
2. to effectively use GIS to address different problems
3 to effectively use remote sensing to address different problems
4 to effectively use complex statistics in different situations address different problems
5. communicate their results effectively using maps, images, graphs and statistics.
6. to critically review the literature
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
7.Critical thinking
8.Teamworking
9.Communication
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Fieldwork | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Lecture | 21 | 1 | 21 |
| Practical | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Seminar | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Independent online learning hours | 2 | ||
| Private study hours | 316 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 82 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 400 | ||
Student progress will be monitored via tutorial and practical class performance. Fieldwork provides an opportunity to observe students working together in, for many, unfamiliar surroundings. Project pitches in week 3 provide verbal feedback from three academics to student groups and an opportunity for a feedback dialogue.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Coursework | 25 |
| Assignment | Coursework | 30 |
| Assignment | Coursework | 15 |
| Assignment | Coursework | 15 |
| Assignment | Coursework | 15 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The resit for the group report will be an individual report with data provided. Disclaimer: Resit exercises must be appropriate for individual students to take alone, and do not take place in groups. The skills learning objective in teamworking (SLO 5) is therefore not assessed by resit exercises on this module. However, teamwork skills are assessed in other modules throughout the degree programme.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 29/04/2024
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