GG1002
A World in Crisis?
2023-2024
20
10
SCQF level 7
2
Academic year(s): 2023-2024
SCOTCAT credits : 20
ECTS credits : 10
Level : SCQF level 7
Semester: 2
Planned timetable:
Contemporary global problems such as pollution, biodiversity loss and population growth are critical issues for the planet's future and demonstrate the interdependence of social and environmental systems. This module unpacks the complexity of these challenges by analyzing different manifestations of 'a world in crisis' as questions of geography - shaped by geographic processes operating at a range of scales (from the global to the local). The module thus explores how Geography works as a 'world discipline' that is equipped to examine global problems from a range of human, environmental and physical geography perspectives. Teaching comprises a mix of lecture learning and project work on selected global problems.
Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass GG1001
Weekly contact: 3 x 1-hour lectures (x 10 weeks), 4 x 1 hour tutorials, 4 x 2 hour laboratory. Optional 1/2 day field-trip (weather permitting)
Scheduled learning hours: 46
Guided independent study hours: 154
As used by St Andrews: 100% continual assessment.
As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%
Re-assessment: 100% continual assessment.
Module coordinator: Dr M B Sothern
Module teaching staff: Team taught
Module coordinator email mbs10@st-andrew.ac.uk