Human Geography: GIS and Fieldwork Methodology

<p>The course is taught within term 2 of the Master's programme in Human Ecology: Culture, Power and Sustainability (120 credits), and within term 2 of the Master's programme in Human Geography (120 credits). The course is not offered as a freestanding course.</p><p>The course focuses on introducing methodologies through applied fieldwork. The first course element is concerned with preparation of fieldwork, including formulation of research questions, selecting between research methods, organisation of data collection and introduction to several GIS-related techniques for data collection.</p> <p>The second course element is fieldwork, either in Sweden or abroad, where the prepared methods are applied and data collected. The final course element is analysis of the gathered data and communication of results. Any eventual fieldwork costs are to be financed by the student.</p><p>https://www.keg.lu.se/</p>