Geography Overseas Field Class (L7024)
Geography Overseas Field Class
Module L7024
Module details for 2022/23.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 5
Module Outline
In year two, all single honours Geography students – optional for Geography joint honours students - get to take part in a field class, either overseas or a non-residential one in Sussex. We offer an extensive range of international field class destinations, with recent examples including China, the Greek islands, Los Angeles and the Mojave Desert. We keep our international field class provision under constant review; trips to new destinations are always being developed. The field class presents an opportunity for faculty to familiarise students with a location in which they themselves may conduct research and gives students the experience of carrying out their own research in that location.
Module learning outcomes
Employ appropriate field investigation skills and methods to analyse either/or the physical and human geography of the field class location.
Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the nature of the relationships and processes that shape the field class location.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the prainciples and prcatices of developing research projects in the field.
Demonstrate an organised approach to the design, execution and writing up of research.
Recognise and critically evaluate the importance of being and researching in a different natural and/or social and cultural environment.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 100.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Portfolio | A2 Week 2 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 2 hours | 11111111100 |
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 2 hours | 11111111110 |
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 2 hours | 11111111110 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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