The module aims to enhance students’ ability to critically evaluate material production and consumption issues in a wider economic, social and political context through a fieldtrip to Prague.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Summer Vacation 2021-22 to Autumn Term 2022-23 |
The aim of the module is to enhance your ability to critically evaluate material production and consumption issues in a wider economic, social and political context. The fieldtrip involves you visiting the Skoda car plant, a crystal manufacturing factory and a Distillery/Brewery, where you will engage actively with the external world through empirical learning beyond the formal classroom. The experiences gathered during the fieldtrip will provide you with an opportunity to develop strong ‘geographical imaginations’ to understand the geographies of production and consumption and its complexities in a holistic way. You will be able to apply conceptual and methodological skills learned elsewhere in the curriculum to more complex field environments.
On completion of this module, a capable student will be able to:
Subject content:
Academic and graduate skills
As this is an optional field course module a charge additional to tuition fees is incurred by students taking this module. Costs will vary depending on number of students on the module, exchange rates, changes in accomodation charges by providers etc. In 2017-18 the cost of the field course per student, with 15 students attending the module, was £407 per student.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Project Report |
N/A | 60 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam Project Presentation |
N/A | 40 |
None
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Reassessment: Essay |
N/A | 100 |
Continuous feedback will be made available to the students during the fieldtrip after their presentations
Feedback on project report will be delivered individually (4 week turnaround).
Reading material will be provided on the VLE.