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Module Title
LH Geopolitics and global challenges. Middle East | Russia | Cities
School
School of Geog Earth & Env Sci
Department
Geography
Module Code
03 36270
Module Lead
Sara Fregonese
Level
Honours Level
Credits
20
Semester
Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
None
Exclusions
Description
This specialist module explores concepts and case studies related to the geopolitics of current global challenges. The module draws on political geography, critical geopolitics, and cognate areas, to explore some of the most important geopolitical processes of our time.
The module adopts a deliberately wide notion of geopolitics encompassing a variety of scales and their interactions, from the regional and transnational through the national to the urban, the everyday and intimate.
The module will equip students with a broad knowledge of current global geopolitical challenges and concepts, applying them to relevant examples. The module blends lectures and seminars, where students will deepen their knowledge of and engage in learned debate about a range of specific cases and/or ideas.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Identify and critically evaluate the main and geopolitical challenges in a number of crucial settings (e.g. Russia, the Middle East and cities) in the 20th and 21st century.
Master a conceptual and policy-relevant vocabulary to address and communicate aspects, concepts and dynamics of geopolitics and more widely political geography across a variety of scales.
Demonstrate in-depth empirical and policy-relevant understanding of contemporary global geopolitical challenges.
Develop analytical skills to understand complex issues and be able to write about, discuss, and communicate geopolitical issues for a range of target audiences.
Assessment
36270-01 : 4000 word essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment: Coursework short essay format 4000 word maximum (100%)
Method of Reassessment: Resubmission of essay on a new topic
