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ESC-30018 - Module Specification
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 24 November 2024

ESC-30018 - Global Environmental Change
Coordinator: Alix Cage Tel: +44 1782 7 33177
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733615

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

The Earth¿s environment has been constantly changing throughout the history of the planet, and continuing change will have a serious impact on human activity. However, our understanding of how the environment changes is incomplete, and thus our ability to predict and adapt to future change is limited. This module aims to examine the key issues and debates surrounding global environmental change throughout the Quaternary period. In particular, it aims to highlight the relationships between global environmental change and the characteristics of the Earth's surface processes and landscapes, and to recognise the contested and limited nature of knowledge in this very dynamic subject.

Aims
This module aims to examine the key issues and debates about global environmental change. In particular, it aims to highlight the relationships between global environmental change and the characteristics of the Earth's surface processes and landscapes, and to recognise the contested and limited nature of knowledge in this very dynamic subject.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/esc-30018/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically evaluate the literature surrounding key issues and debates in global environmental change: 1,2
explain how past climate and environments are reconstructed using their knowledge of Quaternary Science methods: 2
select, analyse and interpret Quaternary Science data to produce a reconstruction of past environmental change: 2
critique the role of climate upon the Earth's physical landscape and processes: 1,2
appraise the role of humans and nature in past, modern and future climate scenarios: 1
debate the contested and limited nature of knowledge in the discipline of global environmental change: 1,2

Study hours

22 hours of scheduled synchronous in situ sessions.
2 hours of additional drop in clinics.
33 hours of structure engagement with online resources and directed research.
93 hours of independent learning hours preparing for coursework assessments and independent study.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Critique weighted 50%
Conversation-style communication piece


2: Paper weighted 50%
Report in style of a journal manuscript


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Last Updated: 24 November 2024