Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Students completing the module acquire the following:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of the theories of the patterns and processes that shape human interaction within the built and natural environments
• Knowledge of the range of ways in which humans attempt to regulate interactions with their biophysical environments through governance, management and policy
• Can be critical toward various perspectives on human-environment interactions and reflect on how differing human values influence human uses and relations to the environment

Skills

• Can apply theories of human-environmental interactions seen through global change
• Can assess the value and reliability of others’ research and methodology in relation to the patterns and processes that shape human interactions with the built and natural environments
• Can articulate and critique the place and space dimensions of patterns and processes that shape human interactions with the built and natural environments

Competences

• Can demonstrate continuous professional development through acquisition of new knowledge of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the built and natural environments
• Can construct an analytical-theoretical understanding of the local dimensions of global change
• Can appreciate commonalities and diversity in the local expressions of global change processes
• Can reflect on the power relations and structural dimensions embedded in human-environment interactions

Type of instruction

Lectures, field work, workshops, seminars, assignments, etc. 

Exam

Exams