geography (GEOG10401)

Overview This course provides a starting point to the Geography degree. It provides a brief introduction to the history and philosophy of the discipline. The course will help situate others modules throughout the degree programme. A range of varied key ideas and concepts across the breadth of the discipline will be showcased by different physical and human Geography staff members. For example, indicative concepts include; space and place, scale, nature and processes. Aims To introduce som...

Overview What caused the ice ages? How can long-term tectonic processes change the global climate? Why should we think about river basin processes at the global scale? How does vegetation influence climate? Has the Earth ever been in a Snowball state? What role do volcanoes play in the climate system? Why are these questions important? These are just some of the questions that we will consider in this course. GEOG 10401 presents a global perspective on physical geography and examines key intera...

Overview This course offers students a conceptual and geographical grasp of key debates within human geography. Most notably, the course will explore how geographers have understood and examined issues of social difference, identity (gender, sexuality - along with race and ethnicity), morals and ethics, bodies and emotions, the geopolitics of nation-states and borders, the politics and process of international migration, and the social geographies of the city. Using a range of contemporary exam...

Overview This course will critically examine notions of globalisation, and in particular, economic globalisation, under the following headings: Introducing globalisation… From international to global economy: the changing map of economic activities Major shapers of the global economy 1: nation-states Major shapers of the global economy 2: transnational corporations The role of technology in economic globalisation Cities/regions in the global economy Labouring in the global economy N...

Environmental Pollution