Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

Globalisation; global warming; environmental economics; conservation and ecology; resource use and abuse; hurricanes; coastal geomorphology and sea�level rise; volcanoes; the future of Africa and other developing areas; AIDS and the geography of health; glacial and hydrological processes; social and economic inequalities; cultural differences; these are just some of the topics which concern geography today; all societies rely on their relationships with each other and on the physical environment; increasingly these are fragile interdependences presenting intellectual and practical challenges of the highest priority; they're central to the problems of modern geography; the course tackles these issues from a broad base; it also allows students to specialise hence the degree can be science�based or arts�based; or both.

Modul program

Year 1: Students take the following papers: human geography and physical geography; students also take the geographical skills and methods paper that covers numerical methods; survey and interview techniques; documentary and archival data; spatial data and field; laboratory and desk�based skills. Year 2: All students take a core paper covering geographical ideas and themes relating to global change; students select 3 papers from a choice of 6 which may include: human geography; cities; understanding the economy; contemporary geographies of capitalism; development; geography and public policy; culture and society; physical and environmental geography; processes in the climate system; glacial processes; landforms and sediment; environmental hazards; biogeography; rivers and coasts; students also undertake project work involving a range of field, laboratory and computer skills and techniques; all 2nd year students participate in a 1 week residential field class; a piece of submitted work on the field class forms part of the 2nd year assessment. Year 3: Students select 4 papers from a choice of 12, these vary each year but can include: Europe and beyond: politics, societies and economies; political geography: geographies of post�colonialism; the social engagement with nature; the human geography of the arctic regions; contemporary India: the politics of society; environment and development; geographies of discipline and social regulation in the nineteenth century; biosedimentary coastal systems; biogeography; glacial environments; and volcanology; students are also required to write a dissertation of 10,000 words on a topic of their choice.

Kualifikasi

Sarjana (S1)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

University of Cambridge

Nama jurusan

Geography