Geography Modules

The Geography modules listed below will be offered in academic year 2012-2013. Please note that the modules listed may be subject to change and that final module selection will depend on academic approval of your module choice at both the point of application and the academic advising session before Matriculation.

Level 3

GE31006 - Concepts and Techniques

30 credits, Semester 2
This module includes elements on 'Geographical Thought' (covering the history and key concepts of physical and human geography), 'Statistics and Cartography' (covering computer-aided anaylsis of data and the production of maps).

GE32007 - Research Methods and Field Skills

30 credits, Semester 1
This module promotes best practice in the design and execution of a research project in either human and physical geography, it provides a platform for successful independent research. It introduces students to the key methodological tools and techniques used in human or physical geography. It also includes a field trip to south-east Spain.

GE30008 - Geographical Methods

60 credits, year long
This includes elements on 'Geographical Thought' (covering the history and key concepts of physical and human geography), 'Statistics and Cartography' (covering computer-aided analysis of data and the production of maps), and 'Research Methods in Geography' (students can choose to study the methods used in physical or human geography and get 'hands-on' experience of using these methods).

GE32019 - Tourism, Transnationalism and Mobility

This module explores the role of space and place in tourism practices and the social and cultural construction of tourism. The course involves examining a range of local, national and international case studies in order to understand the different methods used in research with tourists, tourism managers, policy makers and media practitioners.

GE31002 - Glacial Processes and Environments

30 credits, Semester 1
This module 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 motion impacts on the shape of the landscape.

GE31004 - Hydrology and Water Resources

30 credits, Semester 2
This module focuses on the applied aspects of hydrology and water resource management. Issues addressed include flooding and climate change, managing the water balance in river basin catchments, and examining how hydrological hazards can be managed for the benefit of people and the environment.

GE31003 - Population Geography

30 credits, Semester 1
This module focuses on demographic change in the developed and developing worlds and addresses key questions about processes such as mortality, fertility and internal migration.

Geographies of Health

This module focuses on themes including the pairing of illness and disease. The relationship between places and health, experiences of health and illness, the unequal provision of healthcare, and public health issues such as obesity and alcohol abuse. The module includes lectures, seminars (focussed on health, key readings and video), workshops (including working with data and a field trip (a visit to a healthy living initiative in Dundee).

GE32014 - Geographies of Power: Contemporary Political Geography

30 credits, Semester 1
This module investigates how power and politics connect to space, place, territories and borders. It explores issues such as the political geographies of the 'war on terror', why territory is important to national identity and nationalism, and how different forms of political protest make use of spatial tactics in their campaigns.

GE32012 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

30 credits, Semester 2
This module introduces students to the principles of GIS, covers data entry, management, analysis and mapping of spatial information, and involves the execution of a GIS project to solve a particular environmental or social problem.

GE32018 - Cities: People, Places, Conflicts

30 credits, Semester 2
This module considers the following questions: what impact have processes of globalization had on the economic and political fortunes of cities? How have conflict, violence and security impacted upon cities? How have changes in architecture and urban design affected experiences of the city? Why different social groups are increasingly segregated in urban areas? Why are social problems (like poor health and poverty) clustered in different parts of the city? There is a fieldtrip to New York to explore these questions.

GE31017 - Geographies of Children and Youth

30 credits, Semester 1
This module explores the social and spatial practices of young people's lives in a variety of settings and contexts. How do your experiences and geographies differ to those of street children, young sex workers, and young people in prison or migrant children?