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UG Modules 2013-2014 Extended

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. In addition students are required to take two modules (40 units) in one of the following languages: French or Spanish. The appropriate language modules, which must be agreed in consultation with the School of Languages, Literature and Performing Arts, will depend on the candidate's A-Level grades (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

The language modules are:

Semester 1 

Code UnitsModuleConvenor (& Other Staff)
FRH1001
 O  French Language A  
SPA1001 O  Hispanic Studies 1  

 

Semester 2

Code UnitsModuleConvenor (& Other Staff)
FRH1002
 O  French Language B  
SPA1002 O  Hispanic Studies 2  

 

Year 2

Students are required to take three modules per semester. These must include the compulsory modules GAP2042 and GAP2040 (40 units in total). Two half-modules (10 units each) will be taken in the chosen foreign language (French or Spanish); see School of Languages, Literature and Performing Arts (see List B). In addition three optional modules (60 units) should be selected from the list below (40 units in one semester and 20 units in the other semester).

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 C).

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
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

The language modules are:

Semester 1

Code UnitsModuleConvenor (& Other Staff)
FRH2061
 O  Language Studies for Science Students (10 units)  
SPA1003 O  Spanish Language 3 (10 units)  

 

Semester 2

Code UnitsModuleConvenor (& Other Staff)
FRH2062
 O  Language Studies for Science Students (10 units)  
SPA1004 O  Spanish Language 4 (10 units)  

 

List C

Modules in other subjects that students may consider taking in place of one of the above GAP 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 (Placement Year)

Students undertake the equivalent of 120 QUB units worth of Geography modules at one of our European partner universities under the Socrates Erasmus student mobility programme. Currently we have exchange agreements with Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble (France), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) and Universidad de Granada (Spain). You must contact the Study Abroad Programme Coordinator by February of the academic year PRIOR to when your placement year commences to discuss placement options, apply to the partner institution, develop a learning agreement and apply for financial support to QUB under the Erasmus programme. Modules are normally taught within the host country’s native language (Spanish or French).

 

Year 4

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, DB

 

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