Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE GEO1028

 
TITLE Population, Culture and Society 1

 
UM LEVEL 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL Not Applicable

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Geography

 
DESCRIPTION The study-unit deals with the development of human geography as an academic discipline and then focuses on population geography as demonstrated by demographic and socio-economic factors. The unit helps to explain the geography as explained by demographic and socio-economic factors. The unit helps to explain the geography of the census and how demographic, socio-economic, cultural and racial factors have their overlapping geographies.

Study-unit Aims:

The aims of the study-unit are to:
- to explain the development of demography studies and its applicability to geography,
- to examine the various aspects of cultural geography,
- to define the concepts of the main demographic variables: birth, mortality and migration rates.
- to describe the geographies pertaining to the location of dense population.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
- describe the geographies pertaining to the location of densely populated regions
- identify areas where marked socio-economic variables are prevalent
- define cultural geography and its multiple fields

2. Skills:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
- analyze a report on the census publication
- examine numerical matrices presented as part of the census results.
- place within the proper geographical context the demographic variables in a census.

Reading List:

- Gregory, D. et al (2009) The Dictionary of Human Geography Wiley Blackwell.
- Holcomb, B., and Attard, M. (2001) Islands in the (Cyberspace) Sun: Marketing Islands for Tourism Online Tourism Vol.49 (3) 177-188.
- Mitchell, D. (2000) Cultural Geography A Critical Introduction. Blackwell Publishing.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Examination (2 Hours) Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Maria Attard
Therese Bajada
John A. Schembri

 

 
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