“By creating we think, by living we learn” Patrick Geddes
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.
30 credits, Semester 2
This course examines issues of catchment sediment supply including soil erosion, sediment budgets, erosion control and management and sediment fingerprinting. It also looks at transport and sediment storage including sediment transport in rivers, global sediment loads, sediment geochemistry and integrated catchment management.
60 credits, year long
This involves students choosing a geographical topic and then carrying out the research, analysis and writing up of their study in the form of a 10,000 word report. All dissertation students receive one-to-one supervision from a member of staff.
30 credits, Semester 2
An introductory lecture on the module is followed by a choice of three student-led reading-based seminars on a range of topics from which students write one reflective essay. Students then develop their review essay as an independent study with individual staff supervision to produce a 5000 word essay.
30 credits, Semester 1
This module explores the ice-covered regions of the world, analysing how glaciers form, how they tell us about climate change, and how their motion leaves an indelible footprint on the landscape. Field and practical work are integral parts of the course. These are just some of the questions that we address:
30 credits, Semester 1
This course explores the field of political geography at the international, national and local scales to explore such questions as:
30 credits, Semester 2
This module advances students' theoretical and practical understandings of mobility and the role of space and place in tourism practices. Through an examination of diverse case studies and theoretical approaches, the course encourages a critical appreciation of the ways in which tourists, travellers, academics, policymakers and media practitioners use, represent and experience tourism.
30 credits, Semester 2
This module provides further understanding of geographies of health that is offered in Year 3.
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.
30 credits, Semester 2
The module further enhances 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.
30 credits, Semester 2
This module further enhances students to consider 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.
30 credits, Semester 1
This module aims to develop the ways in which children and youth use and experience different achievements. The module is global in perspective and covers topics such as street children, young migrants, youth transitions, children in poverty and urban childhoods. It also aims to develop your understanding of methods and ethics in research with young people.
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