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Title:

Climatology

Code:

GV1C

Convenor:

PROF Maria Shahgedanova

Summary:

This module discusses fundamentals of atmosphere and climate providing foundation for all other modules addressing aspects of climate and climate change. The lectures and practicals explain the main processes of climate formation at local, regional and global scales with regard to energy balance and atmospheric circulation; the development of weather systems; and introduces the concept of climate change. The module incorporates two practicals. The first is a hands-on field-based practical session enabling students to learn about meteorological measurements and field data analysis. Students will visit the 黑瓜吃料网 Atmospheric Observatory and use a variety of instruments to take a range of meteorological measurements. The second practical is designed to learn how to obtain and analyse the freely-available global climate data and perform interactive analyses online. Although the module does not have any pre-requisites, it will require willingness to cope with GCSE maths andphysics and learning basic statistics.

Assessment Method:

Class test 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Geomorphology

Code:

GV1GS

Convenor:

DR Alison Macleod

Summary:

This module provides an overview of the basics of geomorphology, that is, the processes and landforms which operate upon and make up, the surface of the Earth. It is designed to give a solid foundation for first year physical geographers and environmental scientists, but it will also benefit all those who are simply interested in knowing more about the surface morphology of our wonderful planet.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Project 30%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Techniques in Geography and Environmental Science

Code:

GV1TGE

Convenor:

DR Rob Fry

Summary:

This module provides all students in Geography & Environmental Science with an introduction to methodology and techniques across the discipline. The module will ensure that all students have the required skills for the analysis and interpretation of geographical and environmental data based on a series of lectures, laboratory and computer-based practicals and a compulsory fieldclass (-3 days) to Somerset.

Assessment Method:

Set exercise 10%, Project 30%, Report 50%, Class test 10%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Introduction to Environmental Science

Code:

GV1B1

Convenor:

DR Hazel McGoff

Summary:

The module provides an overview of the scope of Environmental Science, and introduces the scientific processes that control and affect our environment.

Assessment Method:

Exam 60%, Assignment 40%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Biogeography and Ecology

Code:

GV1BGE

Convenor:

PROF Frank Mayle

Summary:

This introductory module explores the relationship between plants and animals and their living and physical environment (ecology), as well as their patterns of geographic distribution across the globe (biogeography).  These themes are considered over a range of temporal (past, present, future) and spatial (local, regional, global) scales.

This is a 10 credit module, which means that it is intended to occupy you for 100 hours of work: attending lectures; background reading; taking part in the one-day fieldtrip to Kew; and revision and sitting the examination. With that in mind, the kind of workload you should expect might be as follows:

• 19 contact hours in formal teaching sessions
• 57 hours engaged in background reading for lectures
• 8 hours fieldtrip to Kew Gardens
• 1 hour Revision class
• 13.5 hours Revision
• 2 hours Examination (Summer Term)

Assessment Method:

Exam 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Contemporary Issues in Human Geography

Code:

GV1CIG

Convenor:

DR Anna Jackman

Summary:

This module provides students with an appreciation of the geographical dimensions of contemporary global issues and events that are shaping the world around us. This appreciation works in two ways, by encouraging students to operationalise geographical concepts to better understand these issues, and by reflecting back on the nature of geographical research in the light of contemporary events. The module is taught by a team of active researchers in human geography, each of whom will use illustrations from their own work as the basis for the module.

Assessment Method:

Set exercise 50%, Report 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Hydrology

Code:

GV1D

Convenor:

DR Jess Neumann

Summary:

This is the elementary hydrology course, providing the basis for more advanced courses and for understanding other aspects of physical geography.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Report 30%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Our Dynamic Earth

Code:

GV1DE

Convenor:

DR Hazel McGoff

Summary:

Earth is a dynamic and evolving planet with a record of plate tectonic and environmental change over its 4.6 billion year history. This module explores the geological structure and the processes that shape our planet. A series of practicals are designed to explore the science behind these key processes.

Assessment Method:

Exam 60%, Set exercise 40%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Soils in the Environment

Code:

GV1E1

Convenor:

DR Steve Robinson

Summary:

This module provides an introduction to the wide ranging scientific processes that explain why soils are so variable in terms of their properties and functions in the wider environment.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Report 30%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Environmental Issues

Code:

GV1EI

Convenor:

PROF Alan Howard

Summary:

This module presents an overview of the history of concerns about the natural environment and a focus on current issues related to population growth, health, energy resource utilisation and climate, water quality problems and prospects for the future. The module is equally appropriate to Human and to Physical Geographers and to students from a range of disciplines across the university. Module content is mainly non-scientific and is delivered through traditional lectures and online content. Assessment is through written examination.

Assessment Method:

Exam 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Introducing Human Geography

Code:

GV1HGI

Convenor:

PROF Steve Musson

Summary:

This module aims to increase your understanding of what it is to do geography, think geographically and be a geographer. Starting from first principles, it explores the basic concepts that mark out human geography as a distinctive discipline and traces how geographers have come to define themselves. It asks why geography’s history is essential to understanding how we, as geographers, investigate and ask questions of the world. This module supports the more specific subject modules found in the first, second and third year of the degree programme by providing geographical context.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Report 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Introduction to Quaternary Science

Code:

GV1QS

Convenor:

PROF Nicholas Branch

Summary:

This module provides students, who have an interest in physical geography, human geography, archaeology and environmental science, with an introductory knowledge and understanding of the interaction between human activities, climate change and environmental change over the last c. 20,000 years (since the final stages of the last glaciation). Drawing upon a global set of case studies, the module seeks to illustrate the use of different types of evidence for reconstructing climate and environmental change and evaluating its impact upon human societies, as well as the evidence for the impact of human groups on the environment (e.g. burning, deforestation, farming).

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Practical 25%, Oral 25%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Contemporary world cultures: an introduction to social anthropology

Code:

GV1SOC

Convenor:

DR Alanna Cant

Summary:

This module provides a general introduction to social anthropology, the study of human societies and cultures. It will introduce you to major themes in the discipline of anthropology through focused study on topics that may include: kinship and marriage, gender and sexuality, the roles of religion, ritual and witchcraft in modern life, the concepts of ethnicity and race, and contemporary hunting and gathering societies. The module will also consider how anthropology can help us understand key issues in today’s world, such as ethnicity, race and decolonisation, and the role that work and consumption play in forming identities. Teaching is focused on real-world case studies from different cultures and regions around the globe, including the research expertise of the lecturer(s). 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Set exercise 30%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Introduction to Agricultural and Food Systems

Code:

AP1A02

Convenor:

Summary:

To achieve global food security we need to do more than produce more food. This module explains why and introduces you to the factors that influence food security around the world: how climate, people, and markets affect where food is produced, processed, and transported around the world; and how government policies are used to support the food system. You will also learn about the environmental impacts of food production, and the likely impacts of future climate change. This will help you to develop a better understanding of how agricultural and food systems need to change in the future.

Assessment Method:

Exam 60%, Assignment 20%, Class test 20%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Introduction to Marketing

Code:

AP1EM1

Convenor:

MR Nick Walker

Summary:

Gain fundamental knowledge of the key concepts of marketing and relate these critically to contemporary practice. Examine traditional approaches to marketing such as strategic marketing, segmentation, targeting and positioning, as well as the marketing mix, and discuss issues arising within marketing theory and practice, which bring into question some of the foundational principles of the discipline. Through lectures, readings, and the analysis of case studies, address the latest thinking within the marketing discipline.

Assessment Method:

Class test 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

International Development: Global and Local Issues

Code:

AP1ID2

Convenor:

DR Garth Holloway

Summary:

Identify the challenges currently confronting societies, governments, and households and examine how researchers seek to understand these challenges in order to enhance welfare, global sustainability, and the protection of rural livelihoods. In this module you will engage with a range of experienced practitioners and you will learn through diverse teaching methods, including assigned readings, participatory discussions, and directed exercises. These activities will help you understand the formal theories underpinning development processes and the nuances surrounding participatory governance, and will prepare you for future employment in fields of International Development.

Assessment Method:

Class test 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Introduction to Management

Code:

AP1SB1

Convenor:

PROF Julian Park

Summary:

This module provides a contemporary and comprehensive introduction to management science and its relevance to businesses. Interactive in-class activities and the use of online apps will help you learn techniques for inspiring teamwork in an organisation context, discover the importance of strategic management design for achieving an organisation's goals, and understand the roles of the manager and the responsibilities this carries. You will also have a range of opportunities to gain hands-on practising decision making through case studies. Furthermore, develop your leadership skills to motivate and guide a team towards the achievement of an organisation’s objectives.  

Assessment Method:

Class test 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Revolutions in Human Behaviour: 4 Million Years BC to the Present

Code:

AR1REV

Convenor:

PROF Steve Mithen

Summary:

This module investigates the development of human society from a long-term and global perspective. It traces the human journey from our earliest ancestors of c. 4 million years ago to the present day. The module considers the key revolutions and transitions that have affected human thought, behaviour and society, focussing on the evidence from material culture. Key themes include: human evolution, the development of complex societies, the inventions of metallurgy and writing, the industrial and agricultural revolutions, and globalisation. The module is taught by  a combination of online lectures, face-to-face seminars and lectures, practical classes and a field trip.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Revolutions in Human Behaviour: 4 Million Years BC to the Present [10 credits]

Code:

AR1REV10

Convenor:

PROF Steve Mithen

Summary:

This module investigates the development of human society from a long-term and global perspective. It traces the human journey from our earliest ancestors of c. 6 million years ago to the present day. The module considers the key revolutions and transitions that have affected human thought, behaviour and society, focussing on the evidence from material culture. Key themes include: human evolution, the development of complex societies, the inventions of metallurgy and writing, the industrial and agricultural revolutions, and globalisation. The module is taught by a combination of online lectures and face-to-face seminars and lectures.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Ecology

Code:

BI1EC2

Convenor:

DR Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez

Summary:

Do you want to learn about ecological concepts AND get your hands dirty in the field and lab? Then this module is for you. During lectures you will learn about how species interact with each other and their environment, how biodiversity assembles in communities and forms entire ecosystems, and how human activities are influencing many ecological processes. During practical sessions you will learn how to identify species and use sampling techniques such as e-DNA and camera traps to collect and then analyse your own data. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Report 30%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Ancient Greek 1

Code:

CL1G1

Convenor:

PROF Amy Smith

Summary:

This module aims to teach students some elements of the Ancient Greek language and give them skills to read Ancient Greek at an elementary level.

Assessment Method:

Class test 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Latin 1 (C)

Code:

CL1L1

Convenor:

MRS Jackie Baines

Summary:

This module aims to teach students some elements of the Latin language and give them skills to read Latin at an elementary level.

Assessment Method:

Class test 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

The Economics of Climate Change

Code:

EC110

Convenor:

DR Stefania Lovo

Summary:

The module will offer an economic perspective on the causes and consequences of climate change. It will provide an introduction to key theoretical concepts, such as externalities and public goods, and to the policy tools available to devise adequate responses to climate change, such as command and control measures, taxation and subsidies. The module will also introduce national and international policy approaches in dealing with climate change and provide an overview of their implications for economic development.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Class test 40%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Comedy on Stage and Screen

Code:

FT1CSS

Convenor:

DR Tonia Kazakopoulou

Summary:

This module gives you the opportunity to study comedy on stage and screen, encompassing film, television, theatre and stand-up comedy. You will engage with the relevant critical vocabulary and contextual knowledge to explore how humour is created, consumed and debated, across a range of genres and practices. Case studies may include classic and contemporary film comedies (e.g. screwball comedy, black comedy); musical comedies (e.g. The Book of Mormon); stand-up comedy (e.g. Ali Wong, Hannah Gadsby); sitcoms (e.g. Friends); or the work of specific creative practitioners (e.g. Joe Orton).

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Set exercise 40%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Introduction to Linguistics

Code:

ML1IL

Convenor:

PROF Federico Faloppa

Summary:

This module aims to familiarise students with principles in general linguistics, and to give students an overall picture of what a language is, how it works, and what its main structures are, with a particular focus on French, German, Italian and Spanish. It will also provide useful meta-linguistic competence which can be applied to the study of any other language.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Oral 20%, Set exercise 40%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Geography & Environmental Science Field Class 3

Code:

GV2FCN

Convenor:

DR Alison Macleod

Summary:

Fieldwork is a fundamental component of Physical Geography degrees. This module is designed to introduce you to key concepts in Physical Geography that allow you to undertake field research in a real-world setting using a range of contemporary methods and equipment for data gathering. Participants make a contribution towards the financial cost of the trip. The highest standards of conduct and professionalism are expected from all participants.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 30%, Oral 20%, Report 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Research Training for Geography and Environmental Science

Code:

GV2RTS

Convenor:

DR Jonathan Dale

Summary:

This module enables the development of a wide range of professional skills, including research training, project management, career awareness and employability. The main focus during the first part of the module is a team based research project, in which students work closely with an academic mentor to carry out a piece of carefully planned and highly professional research. Students will act as consultants, designing, executing and reporting on a research project that meets the original project brief. They will also gain experience of the 黑瓜吃料网 Research Ethics and Health and Safety processes as they prepare for their project. In the second part of the module, students will encounter more advanced-level research skills training which they will be required to reflect on as they start to prepare for their dissertations. Students will also receive guidance on CV writing and produce a supporting covering letter, and will be required reflect on the employability skills they have developed. This element will be supported by the Careers Service.

Assessment Method:

Oral 30%, Report 50%, Class test 20%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Analysing Social Data

Code:

GV2ASD

Convenor:

PROF Steve Musson

Summary:

I have met hundreds of students during my career who told me they 'couldn't do statistics'. This view was often based on a lack of confidence in their mathematical ability to follow through the technical steps required to complete a statistics test, and confusion over how to interpret statistical results. As a consequence, large numbers of students are switched off from using numerical data because they aren't sure they can handle it. This module takes a different approach to analysing social data. Rather than seeing data as a set of numbers that need to be subjected to complex mathematical processes, it sees such data as political and social ammunition. In this module, we will use social data to persuade, argue, illustrate and deceive. The emphasis will NOT be on developing your statistical ability. Instead, I want you to become a better informed, more confident and critical user of social data. I hope that these skills will be useful both in the remainder of your degree and in your life after university.

Assessment Method:

Set exercise 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Corporate Social Responsibility Consultancy

Code:

GV2CSR

Convenor:

MR Jim Ormond

Summary:

This module introduces students to critical analyses of corporate social responsibility and environmental governance. The module encourages students to play the role of sustainability consultants, drawing on the module convenor’s extensive experience in this area. As such, students will gain employability and professional development skills alongside the more intellectual content of the module.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Geographies of Development, Identity and Place

Code:

GV2DIP

Convenor:

PROF Mike Goodman

Summary:

This module takes a global development approach to exploring the interplay between globalisation, socio-economic and cultural transformations across the Majority and Minority worlds. The module discusses key concepts and approaches to the study of culture, identity and place and relates these to global processes of socio-economic change and geographies of global development. It explores how people in different places and contexts are impacted by globalisation and social-cultural change and how they may contest and resist dominant representations. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Energy Resources

Code:

GV2ER

Convenor:

PROF Alan Howard

Summary:

The module explores key social, environmental and political issues affecting energy resource provision. The module covers key events dating back to the 1940s although the focus is on the current energy context in the UK and its future prospects.

Assessment Method:

Portfolio 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Soil Ecology and Functions

Code:

GV2F4

Convenor:

PROF Elizabeth Shaw

Summary:

The module will present an introduction to soil organisms, their ecology and the functional role they play in soil. The module will provide fundamental information on: the soil as a microbial and macrobial habitat; the diversity of organisms living in soil, their food-web interactions and their functional role in nutrient cycling. The associated practical work will provide experience in use of laboratory and/or computer simulation methods to study the soil nitrogen cycle and techniques for studying soil organisms in the laboratory. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Set exercise 40%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Geography & Environmental Science Field Class 3

Code:

GV2FCN

Convenor:

DR Alison Macleod

Summary:

Fieldwork is a fundamental component of Physical Geography degrees. This module is designed to introduce you to key concepts in Physical Geography that allow you to undertake field research in a real-world setting using a range of contemporary methods and equipment for data gathering. Participants make a contribution towards the financial cost of the trip. The highest standards of conduct and professionalism are expected from all participants.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 30%, Oral 20%, Report 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Geographical Information Systems

Code:

GV2GIS

Convenor:

DR Rob Fry

Summary:

The module introduces students to the principles, techniques and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Following an online introductory lecture the focus is 'hands-on', based on a series of practical sessions to introduce students to basic tasks including: working with different types of spatial data and their storage and management; setting coordinate systems and projections; geoprocessing, creating and editing data, spatial analysis, symbology, labelling and map design.

Assessment Method:

Practical 20%, Report 60%, Class test 20%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Geological Resources

Code:

GV2GRE

Convenor:

DR Hazel McGoff

Summary:

This module explores key types of geological resources including metals and non-metals, , oil, gas and building materials.. The geological and geographical origin of these resources will be considered. In addition their economic and strategic importance will be considered. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 25%, Practical 25%

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The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Natural Hazards

Code:

GV2HAZ

Convenor:

DR Alison Macleod

Summary:

This module introduces and investigates the origin, frequency and impacts of a range of natural hazards. These will be considered at both the local and global geographical scales and will look at Hazards in the present day, how they are represented in the palaeorecord and what this can tell us about long-term operation and impact of these natural processes.

Assessment Method:

Exam 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Hydrological Processes

Code:

GV2HY

Convenor:

PROF Andrew Wade

Summary:

This module introduces students to the science and practice of hydrology. More specifically, hydrological processes are described in terms of the physical, chemical and/or biological mechanisms operating, and related to variations in climate, geology, soil and land cover. The hydrological processes are then considered in terms of important management issues, such as flood protection, drought, water supply and over-abstraction, and water quality and aquatic ecology. Topics include: evapotranspiration and irrigation demand; hillslope hydrology and flood generation; soil water processes and water availability; groundwater recharge, groundwater movement and the consequences of over-abstraction; channel flow and flood propagation; ground- and surface-water interactions, and water quality. Practical sessions focus on hydrological measurement and the use of hydrological models.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Report 30%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Monitoring the Earth from Space

Code:

GV2MES

Convenor:

DR Jonathan Dale

Summary:

This module will introduce students to a variety of remotely sensed data and teach them how to turn this into useful information for a range of geographical applications. This module will also develop skills in extracting useful information about the environment from a wide range of Earth Observation data, using industry-standard software tools.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Summer Micro-Placement

Code:

GV2MPL

Convenor:

PROF Nicholas Branch

Summary:

This module gives students an opportunity to undertake a research or professional placement broadly related to the general area of their degree programme, during the summer vacation preceding Part 2 or 3 study. Research placements will provide the opportunity of working with a member of staff on a current project based in the UK or internationally. Professional placements would allow students to work with a professional organisation, consultancy or government organisation to gain experience of the professional sector.

Assessment Method:

Practical 50%, Oral 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Nature, Society and Imaginaries of Degrowth

Code:

GV2NS

Convenor:

PROF Hilary Geoghegan

Summary:

This module will introduce the students to a variety of geographical approaches to understanding nature-society relations. It will consider key concepts, theoretical frameworks and practices relevant to the politics of nature and economic growth to critically evaluated interrelationships between socio-economic systems, environmental values and sustainable development, with a specific focus on the climate and biodiversity crisis.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Oral 15%, Report 15%

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The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Summer Placement

Code:

GV2PLA

Convenor:

PROF Nicholas Branch

Summary:

This module gives students an opportunity to undertake a research or professional placement broadly related to the general area of their degree programme, during the summer vacation preceding Part 2 or Part 3 study. Research placements will provide the opportunity of working with a member of staff on a current project based in the UK or internationally. Professional placements would allow students to work with a professional organisation, consultancy or government organisation to gain experience of the professional sector.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Practical 30%, Oral 30%

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The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Population Geography

Code:

GV2POP

Convenor:

DR Amanda Caine

Summary:

This module provides an introduction to population geography topics and a methodological analytical foundation for the study of populations. This encompasses demographic methods, the analysis of population data and measures, contemporary dynamics of population growth, composition, spatial distribution and processes associated to population change. The module will introduce you to a secondary data analysis approach to population key topics. We will explore how demographic trends link with development. The module addresses essentially global issues.

You will learn through independent reading guided by the lectures, and quantitative data analyses taught and applied in practical classes. You will encounter a range of quantitative data and, in addition to developing your conceptual appreciation of population-related topics and contemporary issues, you will gain practical skills associated with secondary data analysis and interpretation.

Assessment Method:

Set exercise 70%, Class test 30%

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Title:

Quaternary Climate and Environmental Change

Code:

GV2QCEC

Convenor:

PROF Nicholas Branch

Summary:

The module is designed to provide an understanding of past climate and environmental changes over the Quaternary (the last 2.6 million years) of Earth’s history. Students will develop their knowledge and understanding of long-term climate and environmental change from global to regional-scale perspectives, evaluating a range of proxy records and analytical approaches. The module will also explore the evidence for human modification of the natural environment, and the response of human communities to climate and environmental change. The relationships between climate and environmental change, and human activities, will be investigated using case studies from around the world but with an emphasis on the UK. The module will consider the relevance of these scientific data for present day and future environmental conservation and management, and human adaptation to climate change. Using lectures, seminars and laboratory practical classes the module will study proxy records from a range of archives, especially sub-fossil plant and animal remains (e.g. pollen, plant macrofossils, testate amoebae, charcoal, insects and megafauna), and other records of past climate and environmental change. In particular, it will consider the fundamental principles of studying sub-fossil remains, with an emphasis on past vegetation succession, climate change and land-use history. In the field, we will look at issues of site selection, sampling strategies, analytical techniques for both Pleistocene and Holocene remains, archaeological records of human activities, and the causes of landscape and environmental change through time.

Assessment Method:

Practical 100%

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Title:

Research Training for Geography and Environmental Science

Code:

GV2RTS

Convenor:

DR Jonathan Dale

Summary:

This module enables the development of a wide range of professional skills, including research training, project management, career awareness and employability. The main focus during the first part of the module is a team based research project, in which students work closely with an academic mentor to carry out a piece of carefully planned and highly professional research. Students will act as consultants, designing, executing and reporting on a research project that meets the original project brief. They will also gain experience of the 黑瓜吃料网 Research Ethics and Health and Safety processes as they prepare for their project. In the second part of the module, students will encounter more advanced-level research skills training which they will be required to reflect on as they start to prepare for their dissertations. Students will also receive guidance on CV writing and produce a supporting covering letter, and will be required reflect on the employability skills they have developed. This element will be supported by the Careers Service.

Assessment Method:

Oral 30%, Report 50%, Class test 20%

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Title:

Forestry and Woodlands

Code:

AP2A26

Convenor:

PROF Martin Lukac

Summary:

Everyone wants to plant trees, you probably want to plant trees, it looks like trees can save the world - but not all trees have been created equal. You will learn how we decide which trees to plant and where. You will discover how we can create the right tree community and how we manage it. Using your new skills, you will design an afforestation plan and learn how to show it off. Whether it is conservation, timber yield or carbon credits, you will have to have an opinion and have the opportunity to discuss it.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Project 50%

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Title:

Forensic Archaeology and Crime Scene Analysis

Code:

AR2F17

Convenor:

PROF Mary Lewis

Summary:

Through lectures and practical seminars, targeted reading and online resources students will be able to understand and engage with the theory behind a range  of forensic and archaeological practices, when and why they are used, and the  process by which these are undertaken.

Assessment Method:

Report 70%, Class test 30%

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Title:

Medieval Europe: power, religion and death

Code:

AR2M8

Convenor:

DR Gabor Thomas

Summary:

This single-term module gives students an overview of how archaeology has changed our understanding of European society over the course of the ‘Long Middle Ages’ (5th-16th centuries AD). It comprises 10 weekly sessions involving a combination of teacher-led content with student-led discussions, is assessed by an essay and site interpretation panel and has a field trip to Winchester - one of the richest medieval urban landscapes in southern England.  It will also include a formative assessment in the form of group poster presentations designed to support students in developing essay topics.  

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Set exercise 40%

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Title:

Changing the Face of the Earth: Past, Present and Future Sustainability

Code:

AR2SCF2

Convenor:

DR Wendy Matthews

Summary:

This module examines how archaeology, environmental science and anthropology can provide a deep time perspective on global challenges and sustainability and contribute to future solutions such as those outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Human societies are highly dependent on natural resources and the archaeological record is full of examples of the emergence, sustainability, and collapse of communities and civilizations. The role of humans in changing climate and ecosystems is an important issue that now affects political, economic and social life globally and there is much debate about the onset date of the “Anthropocene”. Looking at case studies from across the world, this module will investigate how humans have become a major force in shaping ecosystems and landscapes, and the impact of change on different societies through time. By integrating archaeological, environmental and anthropological approaches, this course will provide an understanding of the relationship between ecological and social change as well as vital information on current and future global challenges, the sustainability of societies and human impact on the Earth and other species.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Report 30%

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Title:

Ancient Epic

Code:

CL2AE

Convenor:

DR Doukissa Kamini

Summary:

This module offers an introduction to Greek and Latin epic, centring around close study of the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid, but including discussion of other early Greek hexameter poems such as Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and the Epic Cycle. It may also cover Hellenistic epic, for example Apollonius Rhodius, or other Roman epics like Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Ancient Egyptian Language and Hieroglyphs

Code:

CL2AEL

Convenor:

PROF Rachel Mairs

Summary:

This module aims to teach students some elements of the Ancient Egyptian language and give them skills to read Egyptian, in the hieroglyphic script, at an elementary level.

Assessment Method:

Class test 100%

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Title:

Greek History: Persian Wars to Alexander

Code:

CL2CGH

Convenor:

PROF Emma Aston

Summary:

Greek History 479-323 BC, from the end of the Persian Wars, through the Peloponnesian War and the fall of Sparta, to the rise of Macedon and the meteoric career of Alexander the Great.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Ancient Drama

Code:

CL2DR

Convenor:

PROF David Carter

Summary:

This module examines the ancient genre of drama, with respect to its content, themes and style, and the context of performance culture which surrounded it.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Roman History: From Republic to Empire

Code:

CL2RO

Convenor:

DR Tim Penn

Summary:

This Roman history module covers the period from the second triumvirate in the last years of the Republic to the reigns of the emperors.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Wildlife Documentary: Ecology and Representation

Code:

FT2WD

Convenor:

DR Adam O'Brien

Summary:

This module gives you the opportunity to study wildlife documentaries and filmmaking addressing ecological issues. You will engage with the relevant critical vocabulary and contextual knowledge to explore how meaning is created and constructed. Case studies may include David Attenborough’s landmark BBC series, nature documentaries such as March of the Penguins and climate change films such as An Inconvenient Truth. There may be a Q&A with a guest speaker from the creative industries.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Oral 40%

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Title:

Introduction to English Language Teaching

Code:

LS2LAT

Convenor:

DR Erhan Aslan

Summary:

The course aims to provide an overview of key aspects of language teaching methodology and practice. 

Assessment Method:

Portfolio 100%

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Title:

Language and New Media

Code:

LS2LNM

Convenor:

PROF Rodney Jones

Summary:

In this module, students will explore the ways digital media are changing the way people use language. Students will be introduced to a range of theories from sociolinguistics, media studies and discourse analysis and will learn to apply these theories to analysing authentic texts and interactions. Among the topics covered in the module are genres and registers of mediated communication, social networking and online identity, multimodal and multimedia communication, mobile communication and wearable computers, and online tracking and surveillance.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 25%, Oral 25%, Portfolio 50%

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Title:

Science, perversion, and dream in global fantastic literature

Code:

ML2GF

Convenor:

DR Alice Christensen

Summary:

This module will explore a number of key literary texts that engage the Fantastic mode of literary representation. The module aims to promote critical awareness of the ways in which French, Hispanic, Italian and German literary traditions adapted and transformed the Fantastic narrative so that it spoke to a number of specific issues such as the advances in science and technology, the changing roles of women, the pressures of modernisation, the impact of psychoanalysis, and fears related to changes brought about by colonisation, the political structure of the Nation-state, and the economy. Texts will be read in the original language if the student is taking that language to degree level, and in English translation if not.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Society, Thought, and Art in Modern Europe

Code:

ML2STA

Convenor:

DR Athena Leoussi

Summary:

This module aims to provide students with a systematic historical and cross-national understanding of the key ideas, institutions and symbols that have come to constitute and represent modernity, in its original cradle in Europe and the rest of the world. The module examines the birth of modern men and women in Europe in the late eighteenth century, in the fulcrum of the Enlightenment and Romanticism, and the broad intellectual, cultural, economic, political and social conditions which have been shaping and re-shaping them since. The module further shows a) the contributions of different European nations to a common European reaction to and re-evaluation of tradition and innovation and b) the diffusion of modernity (Westernisation) from Europe to Asia and Africa and its role in the creation of a global world. Finally, it shows how art has played a leading role in the transformations of modernity - not only recording it but also constituting one of its central components.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 80%, Class test 20%

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Title:

Practice of Entrepreneurship

Code:

MM270

Convenor:

PROF Norbert Morawetz

Summary:

This is a dynamic module introducing students to key concepts of business start-up. Students work in a team to identify and develop a new business opportunity, and then seek to test their idea through ‘lean start-up’ experiments. Students will be introduced to key concepts of entrepreneurial management including design thinking, business model creation, entrepreneurial finance and marketing. This is a highly interactive and practical module, with a focus on experiential learning.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Oral 30%, Class test 30%

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Title:

The Science of Climate Change

Code:

MT2CC

Convenor:

PROF Nigel Arnell

Summary:

This module provides an introduction to the science of climate change, aimed at students who do not necessarily have a scientific background.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Assignment 30%

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Title:

Modern International Relations

Code:

PO2MIR

Convenor:

DR Joseph O' Mahoney

Summary:

This module provides an advanced analysis of some theoretical approaches to international politics, including models of interstate bargaining, international order, and collective action.  Students will also learn about some of the most important  global issues, including the causes of war, globalisation, US hegemony, international cooperation to combat climate chaos, nuclear weapons, cyberwar, and terrorism. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 45%, Set exercise 5%

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Title:

Politics of the Welfare State

Code:

PO2PWS

Convenor:

DR Christoph Arndt

Summary:

The course is an introduction to the politics of welfare states in the developed economies of OECD countries with a particular focus on Western Europe. It focuses on the interaction between political and economic factors in explaining the emergence and evolution of welfare states and their various forms across countries. Students learn the major theoretical approaches in the study of the welfare state and apply them to contemporary debates about the welfare state as well as the politics of welfare state reform.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 40%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Political Thinking

Code:

PO2THI

Convenor:

DR Maxime Lepoutre

Summary:

Module in applied political theory. The course investigates the ethical issues that lie behind some important contemporary policy debates. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Ethical Argument 1: Philosophy and How to Live

Code:

PP2EA1

Convenor:

DR Luke Elson

Summary:

This module introduces students to longstanding methods, issues and arguments in moral philosophy.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Global Philosophy 1

Code:

PP2GP1

Convenor:

MISS Michela Bariselli

Summary:

This module introduces some key thinkers and issues in global philosophy, the philosophy of gender and race, the ethics of resistance and the epistemology of terrorism. Some of the claims we will examine include: Gender is an illusion, male and female ‘sex’ attributes are social constructions!  Race categories are racist, they should be abolished! Persons are ‘processes’; self and identity are conceptual fictions!  Self-immolation is an ethical form of political protest! Gandhi and Islamist suicide bombing share an ethics of sacrificial dying! Debt is founded on violence! We should undertake dying with full awareness, by meditative fasting!

We will engage in philosophical conversations with (i) contemporary feminist and race theorists such as Judith Butler, Sally Haslanger and Naomi Zack on performativist,  constructionist and essentialist approaches to gender and race; (ii) Buddhist philosophers on the metaphysics of self and identity; (iii) Buddhist, Gandhian and Islamic ethics of sacrificial dying and political resistance; (iv) interdisciplinary perspectives on the nature and origins of debt and money; (v) Jaina conceptions of meditative dying, suicide and euthanasia; (vi) the epistemology of terrorism and Islamic approaches to non-violence.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Hume, Kant, and Wittgenstein 1

Code:

PP2HKW1

Convenor:

DR Sev.J. Schroeder

Summary:

This module introduces students to the ideas of three great philosophers: David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, focussing especially on their respective conceptions of philosophy.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Ignorance, Doubt, and Relativism 1

Code:

PP2IDR1

Convenor:

DR Walter Veit

Summary:

This module introduces students to a core area of philosophy – epistemology (the theory of knowledge), makes them familiar with key stances on the extent and nature of human knowledge (modal theories, reliabilist theories, virtue theories etc.), and requires them to evaluate such stances and find their place on the epistemological map. They will also be introduced to the social aspect of epistemology, by considering what role knowledge plays within a society, how we gain knowledge from others, and how we may be harmed specifically as knowers.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Meaning and the Mind 1

Code:

PP2MM1

Convenor:

DR Walter Veit

Summary:

This module introduces students to core philosophical issues about meaning and the mind, and to central connections between these issues. How could there be minds in a physical world? Are states of consciousness physical states? How do our thoughts and words come to represent the world around us? These questions are intimately related. The capacity to represent the world is a central, problematic feature of the mind. Moreover, to assess what minds are, we must pay careful attention to what our words for mental states mean, and to how they come to mean what they do. We will investigate these questions by reading and discussing recent work in the philosophy of mind and language, by authors such as David Chalmers, Hilary Putnam and John Searle, as well as classic texts by authors such as Gottlob Frege and Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Oppression, Inequality, and the Enemies of Democracy 1

Code:

PP2OID1

Convenor:

DR George Mason

Summary:

In this wide-ranging module, with an emphasis on contemporary political philosophy, we will explore some of the most important concerns for society. We will ask questions such as: Do existing accounts of justice need to be amended to acknowledge, explicitly, the concerns arising from race, gender, and disability? How should political philosophy respond to intersecting oppressions? What aspects of modern life threaten democracy? What is the best method by which to develop theories of justice? Is justice a local or global concern? How should we balance loyalty to our own state with concerns for global justice?

Assessment Method:

Assignment 90%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Carbon and Global Change

Code:

GV317

Convenor:

PROF Anne Verhoef

Summary:

The impact of human activity on the global carbon cycle and subsequent effect on the climate is one of the main environmental issues of our time. This module will provide students with an overall understanding of the global carbon cycle as a basis for evaluating recent advances in scientific knowledge on the impact of climate change, land use and atmospheric pollution on carbon cycling in natural environments. Particular focus will be given to understanding carbon on the land surface. There will be additional emphasis on the links between the global carbon-, water, - and energy balance, and monitoring and modelling efforts in this area

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Culture and Development in Africa

Code:

GV344

Convenor:

DR Yaw Adjei-Amoako

Summary:

This module explores the relationship between culture and development in the context of Sub- Saharan Africa from theoretical and policy perspectives. Students analyse key social, cultural and development processes and contemporary issues affecting Africa at a range of geographical scales.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Water Resources

Code:

GV362

Convenor:

PROF Alan Howard

Summary:

This module is delivered at the 黑瓜吃料网 and focusses on water quality, public health and associated water resource management... A range of historical, current and emerging water quality problems will be considered relating to drinking water and water-bodies used for bathing and recreation. The role of the WHO, EU and national governments in water resource management will be considered. Delivery is through a traditional lecture-format with weekly interactive micro-learning tasks to enhance learning, Assessment consists of an exam and coursework assignment.   

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

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Title:

Air Pollution: Effects and Control

Code:

GV3AP

Convenor:

PROF Hong Yang

Summary:

This course examines the effects and control of air pollution, enabling students to understand the issues and give them a basis for evaluating the controversies. The module will cover the history of air pollution, the “classical” air pollutants – sulphur dioxide and smoke; nitrogen oxides and particulates; ozone and other secondary pollutants; carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases; acid rain; indoor air pollution and air pollution in Asia. Current controversies about urban air pollution and the role of traffic, such as "Dieselgate" will be discussed in detail. The module will also examine the management of air pollution: how decisions are made and what legislation is in force. A visit to a monitoring site or industrial installation will be included if possible.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 40%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Climate Change

Code:

GV3CC

Convenor:

PROF Maria Shahgedanova

Summary:

This course examines natural and human-induced climate change with reference to examples from different parts of the world. By the end of the module, students will gain knowledge about forcings driving climate change (e.g. greenhouse gases, solar variability, volcanic eruptions, desert dust and black carbon aerosol), impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems, methods of climate change assessment and projection, and adaptation to climate change. The course combines the science of climate change (e.g. climatic variability with emphasis on El Nino Southern Oscillation and North Atlantic Oscillation, conceptual understanding of climate modelling) with its application (e.g. investigation of impacts of climate change on glaciated environments, water resources, urban areas). It addresses interactions between climatic changes and conditions of economies and communities focusing on vulnerabilities to climate change, development of adaptation strategies and techniques, and assessments of barriers to adaptation. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Report 50%

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Title:

Consumption, Politics and Space

Code:

GV3CPS

Convenor:

PROF Mike Goodman

Summary:

This module provides students with an appreciation of the theoretical and empirical links among consumption, globalisation and sustainability from the perspective of political ecology. It enables students to develop a critical awareness of the role of the middle-class and rich people in global patterns of consumption and enviro-social sustainability and facilitates an understanding of the moral economies of global consumption networks.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Oral 20%, Portfolio 20%

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Title:

Dissertation (Study Abroad Students)

Code:

GV3DSA

Convenor:

PROF Avril Maddrell

Summary:

This module allows students to opt to spend one of their third year terms (Autumn or Spring) at one of our Erasmus partner institutions in Europe or through the University-wide links in North America and Australia. Currently, the Department has established links with: The Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen (The Netherlands); The University Centre on Svalbard (UNIS) and The Department of Geography, University of Bergen (Norway). For those students studying abroad in Europe, funding is contributed by the ERASMUS+ Exchange Scheme. Each study abroad student takes modules equivalent to 40 credits, which are substituted for course credits in 黑瓜吃料网.

Assessment Method:

Dissertation 100%

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Title:

ERASMUS Exchange Programme

Code:

GV3ER1

Convenor:

DR Aleks Pluskowski

Summary:

This module allows students to opt to spend one of their third year terms (Autumn or Spring) at one of our Erasmus partner institutions in Europe or through the University-wide links in North America and Australia. Currently, the Department has established links with: The Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen (The Netherlands); The University Centre on Svalbard (UNIS) and The Department of Geography, University of Bergen (Norway). For those students studying abroad in Europe, funding is contributed by the ERASMUS+ Exchange Scheme. Each study abroad student takes modules equivalent to 40 credits, which are substituted for course credits in 黑瓜吃料网.

Assessment Method:

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Title:

ERASMUS Exchange Programme

Code:

GV3ER3

Convenor:

DR Aleks Pluskowski

Summary:

This module allows students to opt to spend one of their third year terms (Autumn or Spring) at one of our Erasmus partner institutions in Europe or through the University-wide links in North America and Australia. Currently, the Department has established links with: The Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen (The Netherlands); The University Centre on Svalbard (UNIS) and The Department of Geography, University of Bergen (Norway). For those students studying abroad in Europe, funding is contributed by the ERASMUS+ Exchange Scheme. Each study abroad student takes modules equivalent to 40 credits, which are substituted for course credits in 黑瓜吃料网.

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Ecosystems Modelling

Code:

GV3ESM

Convenor:

DR Shovonlal Roy

Summary:

This module concentrates on modelling ecological dynamics with emphasis to ecosystems on land and in the ocean, which are relevant to a range of global issues, from environmental changes to food security, including the earth’s primary production, oxygen generation, and carbon fixation. The module will cover techniques and aspects required for in-depth understanding the ecosystems function and dynamics. As such this module has got some mathematical contents which is higher than usual in typical Geography modules. Lecture materials and recommended reading includebasic calculus, differential equations, logarithms and algebraic manipulations, however, these are not included in theassessments. The content, both technical and general, is suitable for  thefinal year undergraduate students with little or no experience in ecosystem modelling, but those who are interested in learning the building blocks of modelling, and applying it to the stat-of-the-art environmental and ecological systems.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 30%, Oral 10%, Report 60%

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Title:

Geography & Environmental Science Dissertation

Code:

GV3GED

Convenor:

PROF Avril Maddrell

Summary:

All students taking Geography and Environmental Science as their main degree subject are required to produce a dissertation as part of their degree. The dissertation is an original piece of research carried out by the students independently, with the support of an allocated staff adviser known as a ‘Supervisor’, and contributing to knowledge in a particular field of study. Students have a choice of dissertation topic within the range of expertise available in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science.

Assessment Method:

Dissertation 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

The Anthropology of Heritage and Cultural Property

Code:

GV3HCP

Convenor:

DR Alanna Cant

Summary:

This module focuses on the concepts, institutions, politics, and legal claims of heritage and cultural property in the contemporary world. You will learn about the historical development of these concepts and the national and global institutions, such as English Heritage and UNESCO, through which they are promoted. You will develop a critical understanding of the political, economic, social and environmental effects of these processes. You will also develop your understanding of how heritage has become an important global industry premised on economies of tourism and heritage site conservation. By looking at different cases of heritage and cultural property, you will investigate such questions as: What is the relationship between heritage, identity and the nation-state? What happens when culture becomes a resource? Can the concept of cultural property afford the protections that indigenous and minority groups seek? What are the consequences of natural and human made threats to heritage sites? Course materials will primarily be academic texts and documentary films about specific cases from all over the world. The module will be delivered through a series of lectures, seminar sessions (small groups and general discussions), and documentary films.  It will also include presentations by guest speakers who work in the heritage industries.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Iceland Expeditionary Fieldclass

Code:

GV3IFC

Convenor:

DR Stuart Black

Summary:

This is a field-based module to enhance training and experience of in-situ investigations. The field class is based in Iceland and will allow students to experience a range of natural environments and will include a day long expedition including such activities as: ice cave formation, glacier walking, volcanic tephra sampling, volcano monitoring and archaeological investigations.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 80%, Oral 20%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Global Justice, Labour and Development

Code:

GV3JLD

Convenor:

DR Sally Lloyd-Evans

Summary:

芦p禄Recent debates around sweatshops and forced labour have refocused geographical attention on the injustices brought about by globalization that have led to escalating poverty, inequalities between the 'North' and the 'South’ and a global 'cheap labour economy'. This module provides an in-depth insight into contemporary academic and policy debates around labour and livelihoods in the global South from ‘social justice’ and 'development' perspectives.   Through a critique of globalisation, migration, civil society, gender and international governance, students will explore some of the most pressing ethical and justice debates on decent work today such as child labour, the ‘DIY’ or informal economy and modern day slavery.芦/p禄

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Oral 10%, Report 40%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

China Environmental Analysis Fieldclass

Code:

GV3NUI

Convenor:

DR Steve Robinson

Summary:

This is a field-based module to enhance training and experience of monitoring and assessing environmental issues; e.g. waste and contaminated land management, water and air quality, and sustainable agri-ecosystems.  The class is based at the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), China, with the field work conducted in the local area.   This module provides you with a unique opportunity to spend time working with local students and academics in Nanjing.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 85%, Oral 15%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Preparing For Floods

Code:

GV3PFF

Convenor:

PROF Hannah Cloke

Summary:

The module will provide a basis for understanding key issues in flood preparedness, from the local to the global scale, including flood forecasting and warning, response and incident management and building community resilience. The module uses lectures, seminars for discussion and includes a visit to the Global Flood Awareness System operational centre. Written exam questions will be drawn from scientific modelling and social science and policy based topics. The module will be partially run in conjunction with GVMPFF to increase opportunity for peer discussion.

Assessment Method:

Exam 90%, Set exercise 10%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Environmental Pollution

Code:

GV3POL

Convenor:

PROF Tom Sizmur

Summary:

Human activities have elevated the concentration of potentially toxic elements in the environment. This module will provide you with an understanding of the sources, transport pathways, and toxicity of key environmental contaminants. The practical content will allow you to apply contemporary methods to assess the effects of contaminants in the environment and interpret environmental data. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Tropical Rainforests, Climate & Lost Civilisations

Code:

GV3TRC

Convenor:

PROF Frank Mayle

Summary:

This module is delivered at the 黑瓜吃料网.  It aims to unravel the long-term (multi-millennial scale) history of tropical forests and human-environment interactions using a range of complimentary approaches.  This inter-disciplinary perspective integrates physical and human geography, ecology, and archaeology.  The module focuses largely on tropical South America (in particular, Amazonia) and focuses on several key questions: 1) What have been the interrelationships between climate change, human land use, and tropical forest ecosystems through the Holocene, i.e. the last ca. 12,000 years?  2) How was Amazonia transformed from a pristine wilderness into a domesticated landscape?  3) How did ancient human societies achieve long-term environmental and socio-economic sustainability, and why did they eventually collapse?  4) What are the implications of this historical perspective for today’s global challenges of sustainable living and tropical forest conservation against the backdrop of global warming?

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Report 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Development of transferable skills through a school placement 4

Code:

ED3TS4

Convenor:

DR Caroline Foulkes

Summary:

This module enables undergraduate students to develop key transferable skills needed for employment, and also provides outreach experience. Following specialist training on key aspects of working in schools, ten day placements in June/July in secondary schools in the 黑瓜吃料网 area will provide work experience in a professional setting.

In the autumn, students will build on the knowledge and transferable skills acquired in order to plan and deliver, with colleagues, a teaching session that shares knowledge of their degree specialism with small groups of school pupils. Students will reflect on, and share, their experiences with their colleagues. Assessment will be by coursework, and placement supervisor report on professionalism and engagement.

Students will be selected by application and interview.

Please be aware that once the placement has been completed in June it is not possible to switch from this module in the Autumn Term as students have completed practical activities directly relating to 50% of the mark (Professionalism and portfolio) and that link to activities in the Autumn Term.

Assessment Method:

Practical 10%, Oral 50%, Portfolio 40%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Genes, Lifestyle and Nutrition

Code:

FB3NGLA

Convenor:

DR Vimal Karani

Summary:

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Practical 40%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Intercultural Communications

Code:

LS3IC

Convenor:

DR Erhan Aslan

Summary:

In this module, students will explore how people of different discourse systems or groups communicate with one another in various face-to-face and digitally-mediated contexts. Specifically, students will gain an understanding of how assumptions and values that have been constructed or adopted within a specific culture group influence the ways in which people successfully communicate with each other as well as experience miscommunication. Students will become familiar with a variety of topics in intercultural communication as they engage in hands-on analyses of intercultural encounters.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Set exercise 10%, Project 40%

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The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Criminology

Code:

LW3CRY

Convenor:

PROFESSOR Jo Phoenix

Summary:

Criminology is a lecture-led module examining the nature of crime as a social phenomenon, theoretical explanations of criminal behaviour, and official responses to crime. The module will incorporate tutorial classes and a piece of assessed coursework.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Identity and Conflict in Modern Europe

Code:

ML3IC

Convenor:

DR Athena Leoussi

Summary:

This module focuses on identity and conflict in modern Europe. By examining race, gender, warfare, revolution and immigration, it explores the evolution of modern conceptions of the self, of what it is to be human. The module further examines a) the ways in which  modern identities have been pursued and realised in different European contexts, for example, through social movements and national and international legislation; b) the conflicts which new and modern visions of the self have generated and in which they have been shaped; and c) cultural expressions of identity and conflict in paintings, sculptures, monuments and films.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 30%, Oral 20%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Language and Power

Code:

ML3LP

Convenor:

PROF Federico Faloppa

Summary:

This module aims to familiarise students with the linguistic means by which a whole range of persuasive texts can be analysed. We will also be considering the use of language as a powerful tool in itself. We will investigate a range of genres, discourse types, and theoretical approaches, and we will look at textual, pragmatic, and rhetorical features to better understand power relations and how texts (and their content) can be manipulated. We will then understand, and apply techniques to reveal a text’s underlying ideological stance and bias. 

Assessment Method:

Oral 25%, Project 75%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Entrepreneurial Project

Code:

MM302

Convenor:

DR Matteo Borghi

Summary:

Every new company faces a range of digital challenges. This module helps entrepreneurs to learn from the playbook of digital start-ups. Digital start-ups often operate in hyper-competitive winner-takes-it-all markets from inception. To succeed in this environment, they need to leverage digital technologies to shape novel business models, market their products and services and develop monetization strategies until they find product-market-fit, and achieve a scalable method of customer acquisition, typically by targeting global markets from the outset.

The module discusses how digital entrepreneurial ventures take advantage of the tensions and opportunities arising from current technological change. It then explores the approaches, methods and strategies employed by entrepreneurial, digital companies in validating and developing products, gaining market and customer traction, competing for scale in hyper-competitive markets as well as in monetizing their product, service and data offerings. It explores entrepreneurial marketing methods used by digital entrepreneurs including approaches to customer development. Finally, it also discusses data-driven decision making processes.

Assessment Method:

Project 40%, Report 60%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Feminism and Political Theory

Code:

PO3FPT

Convenor:

DR Maxime Lepoutre

Summary:

This module explores the contributions of feminism to contemporary political theory. It begins by examining theoretical controversies surrounding the definition, subject matter, and aims of feminism. It then brings these theoretical insights to bear on a range of pressing issues in feminist politics, such as abortion, surrogacy, pornography, marriage and sexist language.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

International Political Economy

Code:

PO3IPE

Convenor:

DR Jonathan Golub

Summary:

The course is an introduction to International Political Economy (IPE), which focuses on the interaction between states and markets at the domestic and international levels. It covers the major theoretical approaches to IPE and applies them to study international trade, development, financial crises, and economic sanctions. It also considers the relationship between globalisation and the welfare state as well as the environment.

Assessment Method:

Exam 40%, Assignment 40%, Oral 20%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

US Foreign and Defence Policy since 1950

Code:

PO3USF

Convenor:

DR Graham O'Dwyer

Summary:

American foreign policy matters. As the most powerful, wealthiest, and influential state in the contemporary international system what Washington thinks and does is important to understand. But how did the US come to be in such a dominant position? This module explores this question and a set of integrated ones that flow from this concerning the American foreign policy tradition, the growth of presidential power in foreign policy making since 1945, and a number of case studies that explore key events and policies across time. By exploring historical and contemporary cases, since the Vietnam War, students will analyse how foreign policy decisions are made, look at who influences them, and how this has evolved overtime. Drawing on primary and secondary sources students will gain an understanding of crucial events such as the Vietnam War, nuclear diplomacy during the Cold War, US-Mexico-Colombia relations and the War on Drug, and the response to 9/11. Finally, the course will explore salient challenges faced by US foreign policymakers today.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Report 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.