| Semester: | 5. |
| Credits: | 6 CP |
| Duration: | 1 Semester |
| Module Supervisor: | Prof. Dr. Matthias Kiese, Dr. Stefanie Heinze |
| Contact hours: | 4 SWS |
| Selfstudy: | 180 h |
| Group size: | 24 |
Human geography orientation
The students should become acquainted with the application of geographical concepts, knowledge and methods for the analysis and processing of practical problems in an exemplary manner according to their intended professional field or the desired specialisation in the Master's degree programme in Geography and be enabled to comprehend solution paths or to develop them themselves. Attendance of the modules in the 4th (and possibly 5th) semester is recommended.
Physical orientation
Students are enabled to understand and develop solutions for the analysis and processing of practical problems.
Human geography orientation
This compulsory elective module deals with exemplary content-related and methodological issues of applied human geography. The focus is on the application of geographical concepts, knowledge and methods to deal with practical problems. The Department of Geography always offers a selection of modules from the field of human geography, so that students can choose a specialisation.
Physical orientation
Teaching and application of geographical knowledge, concepts and methods for dealing with practical environmental problems in physical geography. The course aims to impart knowledge on the typification of anthropogenic environmental influences as well as the assessment and classification of harmful effects on the various environmental media. In addition, possibilities and measures for preventing or minimising potential harmful effects of anthropogenic influences on the environment are discussed. Through the problem-oriented treatment of specific topics, a practical analysis of anthropogenic environmental impacts in Central Europe is aimed at.
Depending on the thematic orientation, different types of events (seminar, exercise, lecture, excursion, field work, internship) are combined in one or two semesters.
Depending on the type of course: term paper and/or report with presentation, to be announced at the beginning of each course.
Conditions for granting credit points
Regular attendance and passing the examination
Attendance is compulsory in excursions as well as in seminars, (field) exercises and practical courses that serve centrally to practise scientific methods or scientific discourse.
Usage of the module
Compulsory elective module in the B.Sc. degree programme Geography for the formation of specialisations
Stellenwert der Note für die Endnote
The module grade is CP-weighted (6/180) and is included in the final B.Sc. grade
Announcement: For students of the examination regulations WS 22/23.
For all students who started the B.Sc. study program Geography in WS 22/23, the module Applied Geography with the physical orientation (Anthropogenic Environmental Impact) consists only of the one-semester seminar, which always takes place in the winter semester (5th semester).
All students of former examination regulations still have the possibility to complete the module in the original 2-semester form (lecture in SoSe (4th semester) and seminar in WS (5th semester)) until WS 23/24.
For this purpose, there is still the last opportunity to take the exam (digitally) on the following dates:
09.10.2023 - from 4-5 p.m.
11.12.2023 - from 9-10 a.m.
ATTENTION: After that the exam will NOT be offered anymore!
In this module you will take either the Physical Strand "Anthropogenic Environmental Impact" or an elective option of the Human Geography Strand. Please be sure to observe the registration procedures and additional information mentioned in the course descriptions!
Please note: The 'Hackathon' solution development teams may consist of international students as well as different universities and disciplines, therefore parts of the Urban Solutions Lab may be held in English. To successfully complete the seminar, active participation in the hackathon and pitch on the above-mentioned dates is mandatory. Contact Mr. Flögel: floegel@iat.eu
| Lecturers: | Franz Flögel |
| Course type: | Seminar |
| Registration: | The registration process is through the Wahlwoche (link) of the Department of Geography. Be sure to check the Studinews regularly for this. Registration from 09.12.-13.12.2024 via Moodle: https://moodle.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/course/view.php?id=59644 |
| Examination components: | Term paper |
| Target audience: | The seminar is aimed at Bachelor students of geography from the 4th semester onwards who are interested in the topics of sustainability, innovation and urban and regional development. |
| Requirements: | Basic knowledge of human geography; willingness to work in a team in a hackathon format; time to participate in the hackathon dates listed below. |
The Urban Solution Lab aims to develop creative and sustainable solutions for specific challenges facing the structurally weak city of Gelsenkirchen. Students from various universities in the Ruhr region (RUB, TU Dortmund, UWH) and disciplines develop solutions for real problems in the city, the urban economy and civil society as part of the “Urban Solutions Lab”, which is organized as a kind of hackathon. The preceding seminar prepares the participants for the 'Hackathon' and refreshes their knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods of human geography.
ContentThe Institute of Work and Technology at the Westfälische Hochschule Gelsenkirchen is organizing the Urban Solution Lab 2025, which offers a creative and collaborative method for solving problems. Selected institutions from Gelsenkirchen pose current challenges of sustainable transformation (e.g. use of vacant real estate, promotion of technical and social innovations or dealing with poverty), which are worked on in the hackathon within 8 hours.
The results are presented in a pitch to the challenge donors and the public, and the best teams receive an award.
No special IT or programming skills are required to successfully participate in the hackathon.
In the preparatory seminar (Wednesdays), the challenges of structurally weak cities are discussed and the necessary skills for the hackathon and the pitches are taught. The seminar will include refresher exercises on qualitative and quantitative methods of human geography, creative techniques and pitch training.
Seminar (Wed 16.15 to max. 17.30)
Hackathon
Literature
Chilla, T.; Kühne, O.; Neufeld, M., 2016: Regionalentwicklung. (=UTB, 4566). Stuttgart: Ulmer.
Mattissek, A.; Pfaffenbach, C.; Reuber, P., 2013: Methoden der empirischen Humangeographie. (2. Auflage). (=Das Geographische Seminar). Braunschweig: Westermann.
Meier Kruker, V.; Rauh, J., 2005: Arbeitsmethoden der Humangeographie. (=Geowissen kompakt). Darmstadt: Wiss. Buchges.
The seminar includes four four-hour on-site appointments in June and July 2025 (Fridays 2-6 p.m.) in the regional area. The seminar will be held in cooperation with Kersten Peter, spokesperson for the Retail Working Group of the German Association for Applied Geography (DVAG).
| Lecturers: | Matthias Kiese, Kersten Peter |
| Course type: | Seminar |
| Registration: | The registration process is through the Wahlwoche (link) of the Department of Geography. Be sure to check the Studinews regularly for this. Registration from 09.12.-13.12.2024 via Moodle: https://moodle.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/course/view.php?id=59644 |
| Examination components: | Term paper |
| Target audience: | B.Sc./B.A. 6th semester |
| Requirements: | none |
The spread of online retail has triggered a transformation process in the retail sector, which has been intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent coronavirus crisis. These developments are having an impact on urban development and are posing new challenges for city centers in particular. Where bricks-and-mortar retail is retreating and leaving vacancies in shopping centers and shopping streets, new mixes of uses are required to revitalize city centers. Against this background, the seminar examines the effects of the transformation of the retail sector with structural changes such as shopping centers or online retail on the development of cities with a special focus on inner-city retail. Early shopping centers, such as Bochum's Ruhrpark, were located in easily accessible “greenfield” sites or on old industrial sites outside established city centers, as in the case of CentrO in Oberhausen. As the negative effects on city centers quickly became apparent, the development of newer locations shifted into the city centers. Today, there is a controversial debate as to whether these inner-city shopping centers strengthen the city center by increasing retail centrality or merely lead to the desolation of other areas of the city center by diverting existing purchasing power flows.
Against this background, the seminar examines the impact of shopping centers on the development of city centers and the factors that determine whether shopping centers strengthen city centers or lead to further desolation. The starting point is the development of the basic functions of city centers and the structural change in the retail sector with its forms of operation. This also includes the increase in online retail: online and offline are currently two competing sales channels that operate under completely different framework conditions. Should brick-and-mortar stores still be opened and operated in cities and shopping centers? Store opening hours in particular are a key attraction factor for city centers. However, these are increasingly in direct competition with online retail, which opens immediately without any restrictions or extensive additional costs and can also be operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week with logistics centers on greenfield sites. Against this backdrop, will bricks-and-mortar retail be able to score points with customers in the future with an appealing environment, attractive city centers, a wide range of services and leisure activities and good accessibility in competition with e-commerce?
OrganizationLiterature
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Diringer, J.; Pätzold, R.; Trapp, J.H.; Wagner-Endres, S., 2022: Frischer Wind in die Innenstädte: Handlungsspielräume zur Transformation nutzen. Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik https://repository.difu.de/handle/difu/583691[16.11.2024].
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| Lecturers: | Birgit Elvers, Stefanie Heinze, Valentin Klaus |
| Course type: | Seminar |
| Registration: | eCampus Registration via eCampus from 10.06.-24.06.2024 |
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