Modules

The following links will take you to a description of each of the modules that are offered within the Geography Programme.

Level 1

• A World in Crisis? Population, Environment and Development
  This module examines the perceived crises associated with a rapid increase in population and its coincidence with forces resulting in global, regional and local damage to the physical environment.
• A World of Plenty? Environment, the City and Society
  A module that provides an overview of natural resources at the global scale and introduces key concepts about social and economic change in different parts of the World.

Level 2

• Dynamic Human Worlds: Society, Culture, Economy
  This module examines how space and place interact with social, cultural and economic processes.
• Dynamic Physical Worlds: Earth, Water and Ice
  Key concepts used in geomorphology and hydrology are covered in this module, including processes related to glaciers, rivers etc and includes a residential fieldtrip to Aviemore.

Level 3

• Environmental Remote Sensing
  
• Biogeography
  
• Reconstructing Past Environments
  
• Glacial Processes and Environments
  A module that takes you to the spectacular ice-covered parts of the planet to discover how glaciers form, how they tell us about climate change and how their motions help shape the landscape.
• Population Geography
  
• Hydrology & Water Resources
  Aspects of hydrology and water resource management are covered in this module and include a look at the issues of flooding, climate change and hazards.
• Concepts and Techniques
  Core module for Single Honours level 3 students. Runs every year.
• Geographies of Health
  
• Geographies of Children and Youth
  
• Water Hazards and Risk
  
• Migration and Ethnicity
  A look at the global flows of labour migrants and refugees, including links between international migration, urbanisation and UK immigration policy.
• Research Methods and Field Skills
  Core module for Single Honours and BSc Joint Honours students. Runs every year.
• Geographical Information Systems
  This module introduces the principles and applications of GIS, including data entry, management, analysis and includes environmental and social problem solving. Runs every year.
• Geographies of Power
  This module investigates how power and politics connect to space, place, territories and borders. It also looks at the political geographies of the 'War on Terror' and how forms of political protest make use of spatial tactics.
• Cities: Places, People and Conflict
  
• Tourism, Transnationalism, and Mobility
  

Level 4

• Environmental Change, Natural Resource Use and Sustainability
  
• Coastal & Estuarine Geoscience
  
• Geography Dissertation
  This module is a chance for students to undertake a research project of their choice and writing this up as a 10,000 word report with the aid of one-to-one supervision. Runs every year.
• Advanced Hydrology & Water Resources
  Aspects of hydrology and water resource management are covered in this module and include a look at the issues of flooding, climate change and hazards. Coursework assessed by a series of independent numerical assignments.
• Advanced Population Geography
  
• Advanced Geographies of Health
  
• Advanced Glacial Processes and Environments
  A module that takes you to the spectacular ice-covered parts of the planet to discover how glaciers form, how they tell us about climate change and how their motions help shape the landscape.
• Advanced Geographies of Children and Youth
  
• Advanced Water Hazards and Risk
  
• Catchment Sediment Dynamics
  A module that examines issues of sediment supply, including soil erosion and control, sediment fingerprinting and the movement of sediment within rivers.
• Critical Reading and Review Essay
  MA Joint Honours students must take this module or GE41006 Dissertation. Runs every year.
• Geographies of Power (Advanced)
  This module investigates how power and politics connect to space, place, territories and borders. It also looks at the political geographies of the 'War on Terror' and how forms of political protest make use of spatial tactics.
• Geographical Information Systems (Advanced)
  This module introduces the principles and applications of GIS, including data entry, management, analysis and includes environmental and social problem solving. Runs every year.
• Migration and Ethnicity (Advanced)
  
• Advanced Cities: People, Places and Conflict
  
• Advanced Tourism, Transnationalism and Mobility