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Assignment Details

Coursework Assignment #1:
This assignment comprises 0% of the TOTAL MARK for this module.
The WORD LIMIT is 500 words.
The submission deadline is as indicated on your KEATS module page under the section Assessment and Feedback.
This assignment will be marked using the formative essay question detailed in the Geography Student Handbook.

The following specific requirements apply (over and above the official Coursework Submission Requirements):

You must visit an archive (or the special collections of a museum or university library) in London that holds a significant collection on empire. You must confirm your choice of an archive with one of the instructors. Write a 500-word essay that includes a brief history of the archive that came to hold the historical materials, a description of the materials relevant to environmental and spatial aspects of empire. Your essay must identify at least 5 potential primary sources (documents, photos, paintings, maps, etc.) to serve as the basis of your summative assessment.

Coursework Assignment #2:
This assignment comprises 100% of the TOTAL MARK for this module.
The WORD LIMIT is 3000 words.
The submission deadline is as indicated on your KEATS module page under the section Assessment and Feedback.
This assignment will be marked using the formative essay question detailed in the Geography Student Handbook.

The following specific requirements apply (over and above the official Coursework Submission Requirements):

Compose a 3,000-word essay on a historical topic (or a topic that connects imperial historical geography with a contemporary issue) concerning the environment and development (broadly speaking). Your essay must draw on at least 3 primary sources and 12 secondary sources. Possible topics might be one of the following: boundary disputes, conservation, trade, global environmental governance, developmental legacies of slavery, imperial irrigation, or resource nationalism.

Additional Information

Information on referencing, formatting, online submission, marking criteria & mitigating circumstances is available in the Geography Student Handbook:
Referencing online at: Undergraduate Programmes → Coursework Formatting, Word Limits, and Submission Procedures → Referencing.
Official UG instructions on formatting, online submission procedures, word limits and late submission online at: Undergraduate Programmes → Coursework Formatting Requirements.
Undergraduate Assessment types/process online at: Undergraduate Programmes → UG Coursework Descriptions AND Student UG Assessment Handbook.
The Geography UG Marking Criteria for different assignment types are available online at: Undergraduate Programmes → Undergraduate Assessment Marking Criteria.
Mitigating Circumstances. Details on the Mitigating Circumstances process and how to apply can be found in: Support and Wellbeing.
This module syllabus was last updated on 15 September 2022 by Dr Majed Akhter