The Changing Environment (Spr)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| GEOG2020 | Geography | 2 | 10 | Spring UK |
- Code
- GEOG2020
- School
- Geography
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module considers the mechanisms for and evidence of, global environmental change. Divided into five main themes, the module focuses on current research into:
1. Impacts and prediction of future change;
2. Instrumental and historical records of environmental change;
3. Biological, chemical, sedimentary and morphological evidence of change;
4. Areas of concern in human environment interactions;
5. Ocean-atmosphere-terrestrial connectivity and feedbacks
Target Students
Available for Geography students who have studied a semester abroad ie F800, L700, L7N1 (not available to those that have not undertaken study abroad). Available to Environmental Science students including those on F900, F750 and F759 (Environmental Sciences). Available to year 3 or 4 International Environmental Science students (F753 and F75Y). Also available to Natural Sciences third-year students on Geography pathways (FGC0 and GFC0). Please note that this module cannot be taken with GEOG2074 (formerly GEOL2001). Students wanting to take 20 credits of this module must take version GEOG2074.
Classes
Teaching will take place through a mixture of lectures and practicals.
Assessment
- 70% Coursework 1: Group Coursework (Podcast)
- 30% Coursework 2: 1,000 words
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to provide: an understanding of the mechanisms driving global change ata range of different timescales a knowledge of the existence and limitations of evidence for change an appreciation of sources of information on this topic and how to integrate this knowledge into cogent written and oral arguments related to Quaternary environmental change. An ability to evaluate the nature of change from literature-based evidence a foundation of skills and knowledge for further study of Quaternary environments and proxy records of change.Learning Outcomes
a. Knowledge and understanding:
- Proxy indicators of environmental change.
- Role of connectivity and feedback mechanisms in driving change.
- The importance of multi-proxy field and laboratory-based interpretation in environmental reconstruction.
b. Intellectual Skills:
- Ability to evaluate contested theories of environmental change.
- Appreciation and synthesis of sources of information.
- Development of reasoned arguments related to the study of Quaternary environments.
c. Professional Practical Skills:
- Evaluation of instrumental records and archive evidence in reconstructing past and present environments.
- Ability to design and undertake disseminate via podcast presentation.
d. Transferable Skills:
- Data Synthesis.
- Critical Analysis.
- Time management.