GEG-10017 - Module Specification
School of Life Sciences
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

This module explores the heart of Geography, connecting Human and Physical topics to help you achieve a detailed understanding of our increasingly complex world. Geography is an integrative subject, and we combine the study of landscape, climate change, and natural hazards with topics such as social exclusion, modernization, identity politics and (counter-) urbanisation. Putting this material in the context of big ideas like scientific uncertainty and Geography’s colonial framing, the module provides a strong foundation for further study in the subject.

The module aims to provide a self-contained introduction to human and physical geographies for students from a variety of backgrounds, including those with no previous experience in the subject, and to provide a foundation in the subject for those students who wish to pursue it at a higher level.

Intended Learning Outcomes

become acquainted with some of the broad range of topics, developments, key concepts, and major approaches, which the disciplines of Human and Physical Geography encompass.
: 1,2,3
select and interpret information from a range of different sources of geographical knowledge, particularly from academic literature on key issues in Human and Physical Geographies.
: 1,2,3
Apply and understand the geographical knowledge by engaging with current debates and recent developments in the disciplines.: 1,2,3
reflect on the wide range of different methods of empirical inquiry in Human Geography and the range of different data and perspectives that can be used to carry out research in Human Geography, and then present differing interpretations and arguments in written form on key issues: 1,3
briefly explain important concepts in Physical Geography, including the dynamic, plural and contested nature of the discipline and the contribution of research to the development of knowledge, recognising the importance of clear, concise writing in science, and present differing interpretations and arguments in written form on key issues: 2

Study hours

32 hour lectures
32 hours directed and private study
100 hours of sourcing materials, research, and reading
68 hours preparation periods for assessments
68 hours of drafting, revision and editing assessments

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment