Social Geography
Semester: 2nd | Compulsory | ECTS: 5.0
Module Leader: Pratsinakis Manolis
Module Objectives
The course examines how social identities and social relations are constituted in space, at different geographical scales, from the body, to the city, to the nation and beyond. Students will become acquainted with key concepts in Social Geography; gain knowledge of the different ways in which space or places play a crucial role in contemporary societies; develop the ability to apply geographic concepts and ideas to issues related to a wide range of social issues; develop skills in presenting material to support a reasoned argument and the ability to synthesize data and concepts in Human Geography.
Course Content
The course explores the unequal ways in which individuals experience and use different spatialities in their everyday live, as well as the plural meanings and identities they attribute to them. It introduces the notion of socio-spatial dialectic, the complex interrelationship between social and spatial structures, emphasizing the role of space in mediating the (re)production and challenging of social hierarchies based on class, race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality and disability. The course also introduces key concepts of social theory.
Teaching and Assessment
Lectures and seminars with active student participation. Three optional short papers. Final written examination.
Undergraduate Program of Studies
1st Year
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
1st Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- Physical Geography | C | 5
- Historical Geography | C | 5
- Elementary Economics for Geographers | C | 5
- Introduction to Informatics | C | 5
- Introduction to Human Geography | C | 5
- Foreign Language Ι | FL | 5
2st Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- Statistical Analysis for Geographers | C | 5
- Social Geography | C | 5
- Introduction to Cartography | C | 5
- Environmental Geography | C | 5
- Academic skills and methodology of scientific writing | C | 5
- Foreign Language ΙΙ | FL | 5
2nd Year
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
3rd Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- Environmental Management | C | 5
- Thematic Cartography | C | 5
- Qualitative Methods of Analysis in Geography | C | 5
- Spatial Analysis | C | 5
- Population Geography & Demography | C | 5
- Meteorology-Climatology | C | 5
4th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- Political Geography | C | 5
- Urban Geography | C | 5
- Rural Geography | C | 5
- Photointerpretation-Remote Sensing | C | 5
- Hydrology – Water Resources management | C | 5
- Geomorphology | C | 5
3rd Year
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
5th Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- Regional Development | C | 5
- Cultural Geography | C | 5
- Economic Geography | C | 5
- Geographical Information Systems I | C | 5
- Regional Planning | C | 5
- Oceanography | C | 5
6th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- Synthetic Geographical Project | C | 5
- Environmental Impact Assessment | C | 5
- 4 Elective Modules | Ε | 4x5
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
- Climate Change | Ε | 5
- Coastal Geomorphology - Coastal Management | Ε | 5
- Biogeography | Ε | 5
- Quaternary Geology - Geoarchaeology | Ε | 5
- Environmental Management Tools | Ε | 5
- Management of Natural Disasters | Ε | 5
- Geomorphological Mapping | Ε | 5
- Renewable Energy Sources | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
- Spatial Economics | Ε | 5
- Location Applications | Ε | 5
- Geographies of Poverty and Social Exclusion | Ε | 5
- Historical Geography of Ancient and Modern Times | Ε | 5
- Population: Economy and Politics | Ε | 5
- International Migration | Ε | 5
- The Economic History of a Globalized World | Ε | 5
- Geography of Globalized Production Networks | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
- Sustainable, Resilient and Safe Cities | E | 5
- Urban-Spatial Planning | E | 5
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
- Geographical Information Systems ΙΙ | 5
- Geoinformatics Applications Development | Ε | 5
- GNSS Technology and Navigation | Ε | 5
- Special Topics in Spatial Analysis | Ε | 5
- Applied Geographical Information Systems | Ε | 5
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Additional Modules
- Placement | Ε | 10
- Themes in Geography ΙΙ | Ε | 5
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4th Year
SECOND STUDY CYCLE
7th Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- 6 Εlective Modules | Ε | 6x5
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
- Environmental Policy | E | 5
- Waste Management in the Circular Economy | E | 5
- Fluvial Geomorphology | E | 5
- Ecosystem Services- Assessment and Mapping | E | 5
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
- Geography of the European Union | E | 5
- Special Topics in Spatial Economic Analysis | E | 5
- Sociospatial Hierarchies & Inequalities | E | 5
- Spatial Dimension of Small Entrepreneurship | E | 5
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
- Geography of Transport and Infrastructure | E | 5
- Spatial Analysis Application in Real Estate Management | E | 5
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
- Remote Sensing Applications | E | 5
- Statistical and Numerical Methods | E | 5
- Applied Geoinformation in Environmental Management | E | 5
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Additional Modules
- Placement | Ε | 10
- Themes in Geography I | Ε | 5
8th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- 2 Εlective modules | Ε | 2x5
- Dissertation | Ε | 20
or alternatively
- 6 Εlective Modules | Ε | 6x5
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
- Climate Change | Ε | 5
- Coastal Geomorphology - Coastal Management | Ε | 5
- Biogeography | Ε | 5
- Quaternary Geology - Geoarchaeology | Ε | 5
- Environmental Management Tools | Ε | 5
- Management of Natural Disasters | Ε | 5
- Geomorphological Mapping | Ε | 5
- Renewable Energy Sources | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
- Spatial Economics | Ε | 5
- Location Applications | Ε | 5
- Geographies of Poverty and Social Exclusion | Ε | 5
- Historical Geography of Ancient and Modern Times | Ε | 5
- Population: Economy and Politics | Ε | 5
- International Migration | Ε | 5
- The Economic History of a Globalized World | Ε | 5
- Geography of Globalized Production Networks | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
- Sustainable, Resilient and Safe Cities | E | 5
- Urban-Spatial Planning | E | 5
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
- Geographical Information Systems ΙΙ | 5
- Geoinformatics Applications Development | Ε | 5
- GNSS Technology and Navigation | Ε | 5
- Special Topics in Spatial Analysis | Ε | 5
- Applied Geographical Information Systems | Ε | 5
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Additional Modules
- Placement | Ε | 10
- Themes in Geography ΙΙ | Ε | 5
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Address
Geography Department
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