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UG Modules 2013-2014 Single

March 15th, 2013
(May be Subject to Change)

Each module counts for 20 units of academic credit.

Click on the module code for a description of the relevant module.

Year 1

Full-time students are required to take 120 units over the academic year and no more than 60 units per semester. GAP1009, GAP1011, GAP1012 and GAP1007 are required modules (C) and count for 80 units in total. 40 additional units (20 per semester) must be taken in other subjects (O - for example, see List B).

List A

Semester 1

CodeUnits ModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
C  Processes and Principles of Physical Geography PW
GAP1011
C
  Human Geographies of the Modern World SR, KL, NJ (plus NM, SR, IS, SK, AF, DF)

 

Semester 2

Code UnitsModuleConvenor (& Other Staff)
C  Dynamic Earth AR, JMcK
GAP1012 C  Spaces of Development NM, SK (plus IS, NJ, KL, SR, AF, DF)

 

List B

Optional units can be taken in any subject (provided any pre-requisites are met and the timetable fits with the above required modules). Those available within the School include:

Semester 1

CodeUnits ModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
O  Mummies, Animals and Gods EM, FMcC
O  From Cave Art to Celts: Europe in Prehistory DB, CM
O  Introduction to World Archaeology AH, CH, PR, FMcC, EM, CM

 

Semester 2

CodeUnits ModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
O  Barbarians, Vikings and Traders: The Archaeology of Historic Europe CD, FMcC
GAP1002 O  Environmental Change: Past, Present and Future GP, MB

 

Year 2

Full-time students will be required to take 120 units over the academic year and no more than 60 units per semester. GAP2042 and GAP2040 are required modules (C) and count for 40 units in total. 80 additional units (O) must be taken (40 in Semester 1, 40 in Semester 2).

Students can take only one of the following: GAP2046, GAP2047 or GAP2048.

Students may substitute a total of 20 optional units within their pathway with 20 units of study in a different subject (e.g. see List B).

List A

Semester 1

CodeUnits ModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
C  Contemporary Approaches to Geographical Enquiry DF, AF, NJ, KB
O  Mediterranean Culture and Landscape CH
O  Climate Change and Geographical Information Systems AC, AR, AL, LB, ConorG

 

Semester 2

CodeUnitsModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
C  Geographic Research and Personal Development KL, SR (& all staff for Dissertations); PW (Careers and Employability)
O  Maps and Mappings: From the Stone Age to the Digital Age KL
O  Rapid Environmental Change  MB, GP, AR, PR et al
O  Sustaining the Biosphere HR, KB, MB
O  Geomorphology IB, AR
O  Techniques in Earth Science (Mallorca) (max 35 students) JMcK
O  Heritage Culture and Land Use (Malta) (max 35 students) SAR, AF
O  The Mediterranean: Exploring Dynamic Environments (Mallorca) (max 35 students) HR, NM

 

List B

Modules in other subjects that students may consider taking in place of one of the above optional modules include:

Semester 1

CodeUnits ModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
O  Environmental Management AL
O  Flints, Farmers and Forts: Ireland in Prehistory DMB, GP
O  Archaeology and the Heritage of Rome (Italy) (max 35 students) CM

 

Semester 2

CodeUnits ModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
O  Introduction to Environmental Economics DC
O  From St. Patrick to the Plantation: The Archaeology of Historic Ireland FMcC, MG, CD

 

Year 3

Full-time students are required to take 120 units over the academic year and no more than 60 units per semester. GAP3057 is a required module (C) and counts for 20 units in total. 100 additional units (O) must be taken (40 in Semester 1, 60 in Semester 2). At Level 3 students may substitute a total of 20 optional units within their pathway with 20 units of study in a different subject (eg. see List B).

List A

Semester 1

Code UnitsModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
GAP3057
 C  Dissertation SR (and all staff)
O  Geopolitics of post-Cold War Eurasia AF
O  Geoforensics AR
O  Spaces of urbanisation in emerging economies & sustainable development SK
O  Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphology IB
O  Dating the Past MB, GP, PR, David Brown

 

Semester 2 

CodeUnits ModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
O  Arid Environments PW
O  Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology AR
O  Quaternary Palaeoecology KB, MB
O  Advanced GIS JMcK
O  Aspects of Urban Development SR
O  Geography at Work  IS
O  Geography, Science and Society DF
O  Geographies of Global Finance NM

 

List B

Modules in other subjects that students may consider taking in place of one of the above optional modules include:

Semester 1

CodeUnits ModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
O  Environmental Assessment GH
O  Policies for Environmental Sustainability AL
O  Monuments and Ritual in European Prehistory CM

 

Semester 2

CodeUnits ModuleConvenor(& Other Staff)
O  Colonialism, Capitalism & Conflict: Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern World AH