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First Year Courses
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GEO 1009F - Introduction to Earth & Environmental Sciences
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EGS1003S - Human Geography
Second Year Courses
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EGS2013F - The Physical Environment
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EGS2015S SOCIETY & SPACE
There is a compulsory fieldwork component involving half-day field excursions.
24 NQF credits at NQF level 6
Convener: Dr S Scheba
Course entry requirements: For BSc: EGS1003S; For BA or BSocSc: EGS1003S or Social Science Foundation course and two full first year Humanities courses, or equivalent.
Course outline:
Spatial thinking sits at the core of Geographical scholarship, and space and human societies are always mutually constitutive. This course explores how geographers have theorised space and place as central to understanding historical processes, social relations and cultural practices. Focusing particularly on Africa and other regions of the global South, the course covers foundational Human Geography concepts including modernity, landscape, memory, heritage, identity and inclusion. Through theoretical work and field-based experiential learning, we examine how space and place both shape and are shaped by a range of power dynamics.
Lecture times: Monday - Friday, 5th period
DP requirements: Attendance and satisfactory completion of practical including fieldwork and tutorial assignments; students must attain an average mark of not less than 40% for the coursework.
Assessment: Essays, a class test, practical assignments based on compulsory fieldwork and tutorial work count 50%; one 2-hour theory examination written in November counts 50% (subminimum of 40% required).
Third Year Courses
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EGS3012S - Atmospheric Science
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EGS3023F ANTHROPOCENE ENVIRONMENTS IN PERSPECTIVE
36 NQF credits at NQF level 7
Convener: Associate Professor P Anderson
Course entry requirements: EGS2013F
Course outline:
The course deals with the dynamic physical environment including the human impact on global environments at various spatial and temporal scales during the so-called Anthropocene. The general aim of this course is to illustrate the nature and scale of changes that characterise the earth’s environment, against a background of both natural and anthropogenically-induced processes. This provides an important perspective when thinking about contemporary environments and how they might change in the future – with obvious consequences for our own species and that of the others with which we share the planet.
Lecture times: Monday - Friday, 5th period
DP requirements: Satisfactory completion of practicals and all written assignments, including fieldwork report, essays and class tests. Students must attain an average mark of not less than 40% for the coursework.
Assessment: Field report, essays, class tests and practical assignments count 50%; one 3-hour examination written in June count 50% (sub-minimum of 40% required).
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EGS 3021F - Sustainability and the Environment
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EGS 3012S - Geographic Thought