| Unit name | Study and Field Skills A |
|---|---|
| Unit code | GEOG25100 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Jim Freer |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
All Year 1 Single Honours Geography units |
| Co-requisites |
All Year 2 Syllabus A Single Honours Geography units |
| School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit is a seven-day, intensive fieldwork trip to Mallorca, Spain, with both human and physical geography components. The first day will consist of a tour of a large part of the island, with field lectures at relevant locations on the physical and human geography of Mallorca, the Balearic Islands, Spain, and the Mediterranean region generally. For the next four days, students will execute staff-led projects, focussed on topics and techniques such as ethnography, remote sensing, geomorphology, water quality, social surveys, land-use change, and the environmental, economic, and social/cultural impacts of tourism. In the final two days, groups of students will develop their own projects, in human or physical geography, or both, and present the results to staff and the rest of the unit participants.
