Social Geography

6 ECTS credits
160 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1004123ANR for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Alvorens men kan inschrijven voor "Sociale Geografie" voor studenten Politieke Wetenschappen of Sociologie dient men voor minstens 30 ECTS geslaagd te zijn in het eerste Bachelortraject.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences

Department

Geography

Educational team

Nick Schuermans
Bas Van Heur (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

32 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals

Course Content

The course offers an introduction to the research domain of human geography. Human geographers study the relation between people and their environment with specific attention paid to the spatial patterns of social interactions.

Additional info

All literature is made available on Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

At the end of the course you should:

- Have an insight into the main research domains of human geography;

- Have a first awareness of the historical development of human geography as a research domain;

- Understand the relation between human geography and other disciplines;

- Have a preliminary knowledge of the main research methods used in human geography.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
PRAC Teamwork determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

exm schriftelijk with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Within the PRAC Teamwork category, the following assignments need to be completed:

oefeningen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context