First Year Fieldcourse

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use geographical principles, theories and methods to design and undertake a research project based on data (B4)
• Produce fluent and comprehensive written reports on complex topics (C2)
• Use your interpersonal skills in group activities, including project work in the field and have a respect for differing views (C7)
• Collect, analyse and understand data in geography, using field techniques (D4)
• Plan and carry out an exacting piece of research in geography and produce a report to a high standard (D1)
• Analyse, reflect on and critically interpret geographical data (B6)
• Marshall and retrieve data from library and internet resources (C6)
• Analyse reflectively and critically literature in geography (B1)
• Understand the importance of integrity, quality assurance and archiving in relation to data (D6)
• Understand the use of concepts of space and spatial variation in geographical analysis (A6)
• Conduct field research with appropriate techniques, in a responsible and safe manner, paying due attention to risk assessment, rights of access, relevant health and safety regulations, and sensitivity to the impact of investigations on the environment and stakeholders (D2)
• Understand the various approaches available for representing the urban or natural world (A5)
• Understand the nature of change in environments (A1)
• Understand the relationships between human processes in shaping physical environments (A2)
• Pursue knowledge in an in-depth, ordered and motivated way (C1)
• Understand the distinctiveness of particular places and regions within the global mosaic (A4)

Preparatory lectures leading up to the fieldtrip: Introduction to fieldwork; research ethics and risk assessment

The 4-day residential fieldcourse, including a mini project with group presentation on the final day of the fieldcourse

Lectures pre trip

Risk assessments and ethics assessment guidance and briefings

Field trip walking tours and talks in the field

Tutorials and guidance on field activities, observations and measurements

Field data collection and observations of field phenomena

Group work and research design.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.