Module: Geographical Fieldwork & Observation Skills

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Geographical Fieldwork & Observation Skills
Module Code	GY107 (ITS) / GEO1011 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	History & Geography
Module Co-ordinator	Hamidreza Rabiei Dastjerdi
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	6	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

Students will be introduced to key fieldwork skills including fieldwork planning and design, participation (including Health and Safety), and accurate acquisition of data, utilisation of fieldwork equipment, interpretation, analysis and reporting of data. Key skills including: field journaling; landscape observation; Sketch mapping; Mapping; GIS; measuring and photographing. Students will participate in fieldwork activities and will be encouraged to apply skills and knowledge to real world situations. Students are expected to attend and engage in the module.

Learning Outcomes

1. How to organise and plan fieldwork.
2. Accurate acquisition and mapping of data
3. Analysis and Interpretation of spatial data
4. Field equipment and its use
5. Field Journaling, data transfer and interpretation
6. Reporting skills
7. Mapping
8. Carrying out fieldwork

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	Lectures, seminars and practicals
Independent Study	51	Independent reading, expansion on in-class material and completion of practical exercises
Fieldwork	50	Preparation and implementation of fieldwork and associated assignments
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	Assignments throughout the module	50%	As required
Report(s)	Fieldtrip report	50%	As required

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Clifford, N., French, S., & Valentine, G. Sage.: 0, Key Methods in Geography,
Phillips, R. and Johns, J. Sage: 0, Fieldwork for Human Geography,

Other Resources

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