GG2801 Scotland's Evolving Landscape

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Summer after graduation

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

12

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 8

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Module coordinator

Dr C R Warren

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Professor William Austin, Dr Charles Warren, Dr David McCollum, Dr Tom Cowton and Dr Vanessa Schofield

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

A bespoke, 4 week-long, 12 credit (120 study hours) summer programme for international study-abroad students from the College of William & Mary (USA). The course will be delivered by faculty from the School of Geography & Sustainable Development and addresses themes of broad interest relating to the interdisciplinary study of Scotland’s Evolving Landscape. Course themes will include “physical landscapes”, “cultural landscapes”, “climate change”, “population change”, and “landscape management”. Students will enjoy an extensive programme of field trips to gain first-hand experience of Scotland’s breath-taking landscapes and a deeper understanding of the forces that have shaped and continue to shape the land and its people. Students who complete this course will be able to analyse and synthesize the processes (physical, social and economic) that shape landscapes over time and will be able to critically “read” (evaluate) a landscape through the lens of interdisciplinary scholarship.

Assessment pattern

100% Coursework

Re-assessment

100% Coursework

Intended learning outcomes

  • Understanding the basic principles of landscape evolution.
  • Able to define landscape-shaping forces and processes in Scotland.
  • Able to chart climate history and climate-shaping processes, notably glacial landscapes.
  • Able to chart the course of cultural landscape evolution in the Scottish context and offer a critical and reflexive analysis.
  • Able to write up a field report in a suitable format and a reflective essay.