- Department: Environment and Geography
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: C
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
This module is built around two field exercises including a residential field trip in the northeast of England, and a one-week flood exercise in York. During the 3-day residential field trip, students will have the opportunity to examine in-depth a key theme (or themes) of interest to them including, for example: urban, rural, economic and social transformation; tourism; socio-cultural histories of places; sustainable food and agriculture; socio-economic cost and benefits of alternative energy developments; and climate change adaptation (e.g. flooding). This latter theme of climate change adaptation will be further developed in the one-week flood risk exercise (albeit the focus will be on fluvial flooding).
For the residential fieldtrip part of this module, accommodation and travel is usually booked by the department and paid for in advance. All students will be expected to stay in the appointed accommodation and travel by the transport provided. A residential fieldtrip provides a unique experience and it is important academically and logistically that all students reside in the same location.
Information about the course will also be available on the VLE.
No additional charges are associated with the field work component of this module.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Summer Term 2022-23 |
This module gives students the opportunity to consolidate and build upon the research skills and knowledge they have been taught throughout the first year of their programmes. Students will have the opportunity to utlise material and knowledge from the first two terms of this year and apply that knowledge in field settings.
Subject content:
Academic and graduate skills
Task | % of module mark |
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Coursework - extensions not feasible/practicable | 10 |
Essay/coursework | 90 |
None
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Feedback on field project report is provided as written comments on returned work.
Page and Getz (1997). The business of rural tourism: International Perspectives. Thompson Business Press.
Douglas, Douglas, Derrett (2001). Special Interest Tourism
Telfer (2002), Tourism and regional development issues
Geography of rural Change (2014) edited by Ilbery. Routledge