(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
a detailed understanding of human social, economic, political and cultural systems from a spatial and/or environmental perspective;
an understanding of geography's intellectual development and important theoretical perspectives applied in the study of space, place and the environment;
a detailed appreciation of the practical contributions made by geographers to debates and policy on societal and environmental issues, and an understanding of their potential for continuing such contributions;
the skills necessary to engage with ideas in the social sciences and humanities;
skills in the use of geographical information systems and data analysis, and the application of qualitative and, particularly, quantitative methods/analysis to geographical study;
6. Skills in teamwork, investigation, presentation and communication.
Skills Learning Outcomes
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme, the following qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to human geography:
1. Time management
2. Decision making
3. Critical thinking
4. Academic language
5. Academic writing
6. Teamwork/collaboration
7. Effective communication
8. Information searching
9. Problem solving and analytics skills
10. Technical/IT skills
Approach to assessment
The assessments at Level 2 build on the knowledge and skills gained at Level 1 and start to build a portfolio of knowledge and key transferable skills relevant to future career pathways within the subject discipline. Assessments have a range of formats in accordance with the learning and skills outcomes of the modules specified at this level in the programme. Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of human geography to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to human geography;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.
Errors, omissions, failed links etc should be notified to the Catalogue Team