Teaching geography to non-geographers at Glasgow Caledonian University

This paper discusses the teaching of geography to 'non-geographers' at Glas gow Caledonian University (GCU). GCU is one of the so-called 'new' universi ties in the UK and it shares with many of these institutions a mission to f acilitate access to groups that have traditionally been under-represented i n higher education. Human geography is one of the six subject area streams within the interdisciplinary social sciences degree programme, although geo graphical subject matter is taught in many other degree programmes, in each of GCU's three faculties. The arrangements for teaching human geography at GCU present pedagogical challenges for staff. Means to address these probl ems have been implemented. In this case study, it is argued that the experi ence of teaching human geography to 'non-geographers' at GCU may be of more general significance to the discipline, to the teaching of geography in bo th 'old' and 'new' universities and to those responsible for the delivery o f mainstream geography degree programmes.