Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Political Geographies
School	School of Geog Earth & Env Sci
Department	Geography
Module Code	03 37690
Module Lead	Adam Ramadan
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
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Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Seminar-6 hours Guided independent study-174 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	This module uses a range of contemporary key concepts and approaches in political geography and geopolitics to understand how, why and in what ways current and emergent forms of nationalism, statehood, territoriality and sovereignty are mobilised across a range of scales. Specifically, drawing on historic and contemporary examples, the module examines (1) how sovereignty emerged and been sustained as one of the critical drivers of political geography by actors and organizations, and how is it manifested at a variety of spatial scales; and (2) how geopolitics is implicated in current and likely future patterns and processes of political contestation, (dis)integration and political developments locally, nationally and globally.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Be able to recognise the political implications, elements and functioning of nationalism, sovereignty and territoriality at a variety of scales, and understand the core components of political geographical thought with regard to contemporary geopolitics - Relate political geography approaches to questions of nationality, sovereignty, state formation, borders, territories, migration, and contemporary geopolitics - Understand some of the key concepts in contemporary political geographical and geopolitical thought and the key events and processes underpinning changing political geographies of sovereignty
Assessment	37690-01 : Essay : Coursework (50%) 37690-02 : Exam : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment One: 2000 words (50%) Essay Assessment Two: 1800 words (50%) Take-home examination Reassessment: Resubmit coursework Resit examination in supplementary period.
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