MRes Critical Human Geographies

at University of Exeter

This programme provides core modules in social and geographical theories and methodologies, along with three research-led modules through which you can experience the variety of cutting-edge scholarship undertaken in the department:
 

1. Geographies of Culture, Creativity and Practice,
2. Geographies of Life,
3. Space, Politics and Power. 
    

The programme structure and content of MRes Critical Human Geographies reflects our commitment to integrating MRes students into the wider research culture of the department, whilst the degree title reflects the commitment that human geography staff at the University of Exeter have to pursuing critical intellectual agendas within the discipline.
 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.
 

180 credits of compulsory modules
 

Compulsory modules

• Research Methods and Design in Human Geography

• Contemporary Debates in Human Geography

• Dissertation

• Geographies of Culture, Creativity and Practice

• Geographies of Life

• Space, Politics and Power

• Qualitative Methods in Social Research

• Applied Quantitative Data Analysis

• Philosophy of the Social Sciences 1

All applicants are considered individually on merit, although we usually require a 2:1 Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.

English Language Requirements
 

• IELTS

  Overall score 6.5. No less than 6.0 in any section.
   

• TOEFL

  Overall score 90 with minimum scores of 21 for writing, 21 for listening, 22 for reading and 23 for speaking.

UK fees per year:
£8,500 full-time; £4,250 part-time
 

International fees per year:
£24,000 full-time; £12,000 part-time

The MRes Critical Human Geographies is essentially designed to develop in you a broad-based and relevant knowledge of research approaches and methods in human geography and the social sciences, and to provide you with a range of transferable skills appropriate to Masters-level research within the discipline.
 

The programme aims to prepare you for a career as a professional researcher in either academic or non-academic environments. The core training in social scientific philosophy, epistemology, methodology and analysis is set within a contemporary human geography context, allowing you to apply the wider concepts and skills introduced in the broader social scientific setting to specific topics of geographical inquiry.