Level 1 Geography course introducing the nature of human geography, physical geography and environmental geography.

Lectures - 11.00 or 16.00 Tuesday to Thursday; 

Practical classes - S1 and S2 include block-structured laboratories and workshops. Labs are two hours in duration; workshops are one hour in duration.

GEOG1007 Geography 1 Half Course

Continuous assessment in the form of 12 Moodle quizzes associated with each of the six blocks that course content is organised around (40%). The top 10 quiz grades will be awarded with each quiz equating to 4% of the overall grade (totalling 40%). 2 class essays, one in each semester worth 20% each (totalling 40%). Laboratory group work assessments including oral presentations, one in each semester worth 10% each (totalling 20%).  

To introduce students through lectures, workshops and essay work to the nature of:

■ human geography: issues of development and underdevelopment; identity, connections and social relations;

■ physical geography: aspects of climatology, geomorphology, hydrology and biogeography, as interacting environmental elements in the past and present;

■ human and physical inter-relations: climate change, biodiversity, resources and sustainability;

■ key skills in geographical analysis through basic data collection, interpretation and presentation.

Subject specific learning outcomes:

At the completion of the course students should be able to:

■ explain the inter-relation of processes in physical and human geography that produce our changing world;

■ describe key concepts (scale, connection, resources, systems and environment) and explain their importance in developing a geographical awareness;

■ effectively employ new skills in geographical data collection and interpretation, and cartographic representation.

Transferable skill learning outcomes:
At the completion of the course students should have developed the following skills:

■ oral presentation and teamwork skills;

■ the ability to construct a written critical argument based on library-based research and conforming to academic conventions in terms of citations and referencing;

■ numeracy, and the ability to handle quantitative and qualitative data;

■ the ability to work to deadlines.

Attendance is required at labs and workshops.